-class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for blip.tv"""
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?blip\.tv/((.+/)|(play/)|(api\.swf#))(.+)$'
-    _URL_EXT = r'^.*\.([a-z0-9]+)$'
-    IE_NAME = u'blip.tv'
-    _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://blip.tv/cbr/cbr-exclusive-gotham-city-imposters-bats-vs-jokerz-short-3-5796352',
-        u'file': u'5779306.m4v',
-        u'md5': u'b2d849efcf7ee18917e4b4d9ff37cafe',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u"upload_date": u"20111205", 
-            u"description": u"md5:9bc31f227219cde65e47eeec8d2dc596", 
-            u"uploader": u"Comic Book Resources - CBR TV", 
-            u"title": u"CBR EXCLUSIVE: \"Gotham City Imposters\" Bats VS Jokerz Short 3"
+class BlipTVIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?blip\.tv/(?:(?:.+-|rss/flash/)(?P<id>\d+)|((?:play/|api\.swf#)(?P<lookup_id>[\da-zA-Z+_]+)))'
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://blip.tv/cbr/cbr-exclusive-gotham-city-imposters-bats-vs-jokerz-short-3-5796352',
+            'md5': 'c6934ad0b6acf2bd920720ec888eb812',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '5779306',
+                'ext': 'mov',
+                'title': 'CBR EXCLUSIVE: "Gotham City Imposters" Bats VS Jokerz Short 3',
+                'description': 'md5:9bc31f227219cde65e47eeec8d2dc596',
+                'timestamp': 1323138843,
+                'upload_date': '20111206',
+                'uploader': 'cbr',
+                'uploader_id': '679425',
+                'duration': 81,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/2274
+            'note': 'Video with subtitles',
+            'url': 'http://blip.tv/play/h6Uag5OEVgI.html',
+            'md5': '309f9d25b820b086ca163ffac8031806',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '6586561',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Red vs. Blue Season 11 Episode 1',
+                'description': 'One-Zero-One',
+                'timestamp': 1371261608,
+                'upload_date': '20130615',
+                'uploader': 'redvsblue',
+                'uploader_id': '792887',
+                'duration': 279,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967465
+            'url': 'http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#h6Uag5KbVwI',
+            'md5': '314e87b1ebe7a48fcbfdd51b791ce5a6',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '6573122',
+                'ext': 'mov',
+                'upload_date': '20130520',
+                'description': 'Two hapless space marines argue over what to do when they realize they have an astronomically huge problem on their hands.',
+                'title': 'Red vs. Blue Season 11 Trailer',
+                'timestamp': 1369029609,
+                'uploader': 'redvsblue',
+                'uploader_id': '792887',
+            }