+    def _extract_theplatform_smil(self, smil_url, video_id, note='Downloading SMIL data'):
+        meta = self._download_xml(
+            smil_url, video_id, note=note, query={'format': 'SMIL'},
+            headers=self.geo_verification_headers())
+        error_element = find_xpath_attr(meta, _x('.//smil:ref'), 'src')
+        if error_element is not None:
+            exception = find_xpath_attr(
+                error_element, _x('.//smil:param'), 'name', 'exception')
+            if exception is not None:
+                if exception.get('value') == 'GeoLocationBlocked':
+                    self.raise_geo_restricted(error_element.attrib['abstract'])
+                elif error_element.attrib['src'].startswith(
+                        'http://link.theplatform.%s/s/errorFiles/Unavailable.'
+                        % self._TP_TLD):
+                    raise ExtractorError(
+                        error_element.attrib['abstract'], expected=True)
+
+        smil_formats = self._parse_smil_formats(