-        info_page = self._download_webpage('http://vxml.56.com/json/%s/' % text_id,
-                                           text_id, 'Downloading video info')
-        info = json.loads(info_page)['info']
-        formats = [{
-            'format_id': f['type'],
-            'filesize': int(f['filesize']),
-            'url': f['url']
-        } for f in info['rfiles']]
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, text_id)
+        sohu_video_info_str = self._search_regex(
+            r'var\s+sohuVideoInfo\s*=\s*({[^}]+});', webpage, 'Sohu video info', default=None)
+        if sohu_video_info_str:
+            sohu_video_info = self._parse_json(
+                sohu_video_info_str, text_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+            return self.url_result(sohu_video_info['url'], 'Sohu')
+
+        page = self._download_json(
+            'http://vxml.56.com/json/%s/' % text_id, text_id, 'Downloading video info')
+
+        info = page['info']
+
+        formats = [
+            {
+                'format_id': f['type'],
+                'filesize': int(f['filesize']),
+                'url': f['url']
+            } for f in info['rfiles']
+        ]