+                               'uploader':     video_uploader,
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       video_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Generic last-resort information extractor."""
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return True
+
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.')
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[generic] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[generic] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               video_id = url.split('/')[-1]
+               request = urllib2.Request(url)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+               except ValueError, err:
+                       # since this is the last-resort InfoExtractor, if
+                       # this error is thrown, it'll be thrown here
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               # Start with something easy: JW Player in SWFObject
+               mobj = re.search(r'flashvars: [\'"](?:.*&)?file=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       # Broaden the search a little bit
+                       mobj = re.search(r'[^A-Za-z0-9]?(?:file|source)=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               # It's possible that one of the regexes
+               # matched, but returned an empty group:
+               if mobj.group(1) is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_url = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+               video_id  = os.path.basename(video_url)
+
+               # here's a fun little line of code for you:
+               video_extension = os.path.splitext(video_id)[1][1:]
+               video_id        = os.path.splitext(video_id)[0]
+
+               # it's tempting to parse this further, but you would
+               # have to take into account all the variations like
+               #   Video Title - Site Name
+               #   Site Name | Video Title
+               #   Video Title - Tagline | Site Name
+               # and so on and so forth; it's just not practical
+               mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*)</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+
+               # video uploader is domain name
+               mobj = re.match(r'(?:https?://)?([^/]*)/.*', url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_uploader = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'uploader':     video_uploader,
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       video_title,