+class OoyalaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _PLAYER_BASE = 'http://player.ooyala.com/'
+    _CONTENT_TREE_BASE = _PLAYER_BASE + 'player_api/v1/content_tree/'
+    _AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE = _PLAYER_BASE + 'sas/player_api/v1/authorization/embed_code/%s/%s?'
+
+    def _extract(self, content_tree_url, video_id, domain='example.org'):
+        content_tree = self._download_json(content_tree_url, video_id)['content_tree']
+        metadata = content_tree[list(content_tree)[0]]
+        embed_code = metadata['embed_code']
+        pcode = metadata.get('asset_pcode') or embed_code
+        video_info = {
+            'id': embed_code,
+            'title': metadata['title'],
+            'description': metadata.get('description'),
+            'thumbnail': metadata.get('thumbnail_image') or metadata.get('promo_image'),
+            'duration': float_or_none(metadata.get('duration'), 1000),
+        }
+
+        urls = []
+        formats = []
+        for supported_format in ('mp4', 'm3u8', 'hds', 'rtmp'):
+            auth_data = self._download_json(
+                self._AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE % (pcode, embed_code) +
+                compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                    'domain': domain,
+                    'supportedFormats': supported_format
+                }),
+                video_id, 'Downloading %s JSON' % supported_format)
+
+            cur_auth_data = auth_data['authorization_data'][embed_code]
+
+            if cur_auth_data['authorized']:
+                for stream in cur_auth_data['streams']:
+                    url = base64.b64decode(
+                        stream['url']['data'].encode('ascii')).decode('utf-8')
+                    if url in urls:
+                        continue
+                    urls.append(url)
+                    delivery_type = stream['delivery_type']
+                    if delivery_type == 'hls' or '.m3u8' in url:
+                        formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                            url, embed_code, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                            m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+                    elif delivery_type == 'hds' or '.f4m' in url:
+                        formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                            url + '?hdcore=3.7.0', embed_code, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+                    elif '.smil' in url:
+                        formats.extend(self._extract_smil_formats(
+                            url, embed_code, fatal=False))
+                    else:
+                        formats.append({
+                            'url': url,
+                            'ext': stream.get('delivery_type'),
+                            'vcodec': stream.get('video_codec'),
+                            'format_id': delivery_type,
+                            'width': int_or_none(stream.get('width')),
+                            'height': int_or_none(stream.get('height')),
+                            'abr': int_or_none(stream.get('audio_bitrate')),
+                            'vbr': int_or_none(stream.get('video_bitrate')),
+                            'fps': float_or_none(stream.get('framerate')),
+                        })
+            else:
+                raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (
+                    self.IE_NAME, cur_auth_data['message']), expected=True)
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        video_info['formats'] = formats
+        return video_info
+
+
+class OoyalaIE(OoyalaBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:ooyala:|https?://.+?\.ooyala\.com/.*?(?:embedCode|ec)=)(?P<id>.+?)(&|$)'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            # From http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/04/25/178216/recovering-data-from-broken-hard-drives-and-ssds-video
+            'url': 'http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=pxczE2YjpfHfn1f3M-ykG_AmJRRn0PD8',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'pxczE2YjpfHfn1f3M-ykG_AmJRRn0PD8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Explaining Data Recovery from Hard Drives and SSDs',
+                'description': 'How badly damaged does a drive have to be to defeat Russell and his crew? Apparently, smashed to bits.',
+                'duration': 853.386,
+            },
+        }, {
+            # Only available for ipad
+            'url': 'http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=x1b3lqZDq9y_7kMyC2Op5qo-p077tXD0',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'x1b3lqZDq9y_7kMyC2Op5qo-p077tXD0',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Simulation Overview - Levels of Simulation',
+                'duration': 194.948,
+            },