+               return video_info
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               if self._downloader is None:
+                       return
+
+               useremail = None
+               password = None
+               downloader_params = self._downloader.params
+
+               # Attempt to use provided username and password or .netrc data
+               if downloader_params.get('username', None) is not None:
+                       useremail = downloader_params['username']
+                       password = downloader_params['password']
+               elif downloader_params.get('usenetrc', False):
+                       try:
+                               info = netrc.netrc().authenticators(self._NETRC_MACHINE)
+                               if info is not None:
+                                       useremail = info[0]
+                                       password = info[2]
+                               else:
+                                       raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
+                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError), err:
+                               self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: parsing .netrc: %s' % str(err))
+                               return
+
+               if useremail is None:
+                       return
+
+               # Log in
+               login_form = {
+                       'email': useremail,
+                       'pass': password,
+                       'login': 'Log+In'
+                       }
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, urllib.urlencode(login_form))
+               try:
+                       self.report_login()
+                       login_results = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+                       if re.search(r'<form(.*)name="login"(.*)</form>', login_results) is not None:
+                               self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: bad username/password, or exceded login rate limit (~3/min). Check credentials or wait.')
+                               return
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+               video_id = mobj.group('ID')
+
+               # Get video webpage
+               self.report_video_webpage_download(video_id)
+               request = urllib2.Request('https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=%s' % video_id)
+               try:
+                       page = urllib2.urlopen(request)
+                       video_webpage = page.read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Start extracting information
+               self.report_information_extraction(video_id)
+
+               # Extract information
+               video_info = self._parse_page(video_webpage)
+
+               # uploader
+               if 'owner' not in video_info:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname')
+                       return
+               video_uploader = video_info['owner']
+
+               # title
+               if 'title' not in video_info:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video title')
+                       return
+               video_title = video_info['title']
+               video_title = video_title.decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+
+               # simplified title
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+               simple_title = simple_title.strip(ur'_')
+
+               # thumbnail image
+               if 'thumbnail' not in video_info:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'WARNING: unable to extract video thumbnail')
+                       video_thumbnail = ''
+               else:
+                       video_thumbnail = video_info['thumbnail']
+
+               # upload date
+               upload_date = u'NA'
+               if 'upload_date' in video_info:
+                       upload_time = video_info['upload_date']
+                       timetuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(upload_time)
+                       if timetuple is not None:
+                               try:
+                                       upload_date = time.strftime('%Y%m%d', timetuple[0:9])
+                               except:
+                                       pass
+
+               # description
+               video_description = video_info.get('description', 'No description available.')
+
+               url_map = video_info['video_urls']
+               if len(url_map.keys()) > 0:
+                       # Decide which formats to download
+                       req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
+                       format_limit = self._downloader.params.get('format_limit', None)
+
+                       if format_limit is not None and format_limit in self._available_formats:
+                               format_list = self._available_formats[self._available_formats.index(format_limit):]
+                       else:
+                               format_list = self._available_formats
+                       existing_formats = [x for x in format_list if x in url_map]
+                       if len(existing_formats) == 0:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: no known formats available for video')
+                               return
+                       if req_format is None:
+                               video_url_list = [(existing_formats[0], url_map[existing_formats[0]])] # Best quality
+                       elif req_format == 'worst':
+                               video_url_list = [(existing_formats[len(existing_formats)-1], url_map[existing_formats[len(existing_formats)-1]])] # worst quality
+                       elif req_format == '-1':
+                               video_url_list = [(f, url_map[f]) for f in existing_formats] # All formats
+                       else:
+                               # Specific format
+                               if req_format not in url_map:
+                                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: requested format not available')
+                                       return
+                               video_url_list = [(req_format, url_map[req_format])] # Specific format
+
+               for format_param, video_real_url in video_url_list:
+
+                       # At this point we have a new video
+                       self._downloader.increment_downloads()
+
+                       # Extension
+                       video_extension = self._video_extensions.get(format_param, 'mp4')
+
+                       try:
+                               # Process video information
+                               self._downloader.process_info({
+                                       'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'url':          video_real_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'uploader':     video_uploader.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'upload_date':  upload_date,
+                                       'title':        video_title,
+                                       'stitle':       simple_title,
+                                       'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'format':       (format_param is None and u'NA' or format_param.decode('utf-8')),
+                                       'thumbnail':    video_thumbnail.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'description':  video_description.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'player_url':   None,
+                               })
+                       except UnavailableVideoError, err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: unable to download video')
+
+class BlipTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for blip.tv"""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?blip\.tv(/.+)$'
+       _URL_EXT = r'^.*\.([a-z0-9]+)$'
+       IE_NAME = u'blip.tv'
+
+       def report_extraction(self, file_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[%s] %s: Extracting information' % (self.IE_NAME, file_id))
+
+       def report_direct_download(self, title):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[%s] %s: Direct download detected' % (self.IE_NAME, title))
+
+       def _simplify_title(self, title):
+               res = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', title)
+               res = res.strip(ur'_')
+               return res
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               if '?' in url:
+                       cchar = '&'
+               else:
+                       cchar = '?'
+               json_url = url + cchar + 'skin=json&version=2&no_wrap=1'
+               request = urllib2.Request(json_url)
+               self.report_extraction(mobj.group(1))
+               info = None
+               try:
+                       urlh = urllib2.urlopen(request)
+                       if urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '').startswith('video/'): # Direct download
+                               basename = url.split('/')[-1]
+                               title,ext = os.path.splitext(basename)
+                               ext = ext.replace('.', '')
+                               self.report_direct_download(title)
+                               info = {
+                                       'id': title,
+                                       'url': url,
+                                       'title': title,
+                                       'stitle': self._simplify_title(title),
+                                       'ext': ext,
+                                       'urlhandle': urlh
+                               }
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+               if info is None: # Regular URL
+                       try:
+                               json_code = urlh.read()
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to read video info webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                               return
+
+                       try:
+                               json_data = json.loads(json_code)
+                               if 'Post' in json_data:
+                                       data = json_data['Post']
+                               else:
+                                       data = json_data
+       
+                               upload_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(data['datestamp'], '%m-%d-%y %H:%M%p').strftime('%Y%m%d')
+                               video_url = data['media']['url']
+                               umobj = re.match(self._URL_EXT, video_url)
+                               if umobj is None:
+                                       raise ValueError('Can not determine filename extension')
+                               ext = umobj.group(1)
+       
+                               info = {
+                                       'id': data['item_id'],
+                                       'url': video_url,
+                                       'uploader': data['display_name'],
+                                       'upload_date': upload_date,
+                                       'title': data['title'],
+                                       'stitle': self._simplify_title(data['title']),
+                                       'ext': ext,
+                                       'format': data['media']['mimeType'],
+                                       'thumbnail': data['thumbnailUrl'],
+                                       'description': data['description'],
+                                       'player_url': data['embedUrl']
+                               }
+                       except (ValueError,KeyError), err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to parse video information: %s' % repr(err))
+                               return
+
+               self._downloader.increment_downloads()
+
+               try:
+                       self._downloader.process_info(info)
+               except UnavailableVideoError, err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: unable to download video')
+
+
+class MyVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information Extractor for myvideo.de."""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?myvideo\.de/watch/([0-9]+)/([^?/]+).*'
+       IE_NAME = u'myvideo'
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+       
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[myvideo] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[myvideo] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self,url):
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._download.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_id = mobj.group(1)
+               simple_title = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
+               # should actually not be necessary
+               simple_title = sanitize_title(simple_title)
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', simple_title)
+
+               # Get video webpage
+               request = urllib2.Request('http://www.myvideo.de/watch/%s' % video_id)
+               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
+
+               self.report_extraction(video_id)
+               mobj = re.search(r'<link rel=\'image_src\' href=\'(http://is[0-9].myvideo\.de/de/movie[0-9]+/[a-f0-9]+)/thumbs/[^.]+\.jpg\' />',
+                                webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract media URL')
+                       return
+               video_url = mobj.group(1) + ('/%s.flv' % video_id)
+
+               mobj = re.search('<title>([^<]+)</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+
+               video_title = mobj.group(1)
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+
+               try:
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id,
+                               'url':          video_url,
+                               'uploader':     u'NA',
+                               'upload_date':  u'NA',
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          u'flv',
+                               'format':       u'NA',
+                               'player_url':   None,
+                       })
+               except UnavailableVideoError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: Unable to download video')
+
+class ComedyCentralIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for The Daily Show and Colbert Report """
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'^(:(?P<shortname>tds|thedailyshow|cr|colbert|colbertnation|colbertreport))|(https?://)?(www\.)?(?P<showname>thedailyshow|colbertnation)\.com/full-episodes/(?P<episode>.*)$'
+       IE_NAME = u'comedycentral'
+
+       def report_extraction(self, episode_id):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[comedycentral] %s: Extracting information' % episode_id)
+       
+       def report_config_download(self, episode_id):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[comedycentral] %s: Downloading configuration' % episode_id)
+
+       def report_index_download(self, episode_id):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[comedycentral] %s: Downloading show index' % episode_id)
+
+       def report_player_url(self, episode_id):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[comedycentral] %s: Determining player URL' % episode_id)
+
+       def _simplify_title(self, title):
+               res = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', title)
+               res = res.strip(ur'_')
+               return res
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               if mobj.group('shortname'):
+                       if mobj.group('shortname') in ('tds', 'thedailyshow'):
+                               url = 'http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/'
+                       else:
+                               url = 'http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/'
+                       mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+                       assert mobj is not None
+
+               dlNewest = not mobj.group('episode')
+               if dlNewest:
+                       epTitle = mobj.group('showname')
+               else:
+                       epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
+
+               req = urllib2.Request(url)
+               self.report_extraction(epTitle)
+               try:
+                       htmlHandle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+                       html = htmlHandle.read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % unicode(err))
+                       return
+               if dlNewest:
+                       url = htmlHandle.geturl()
+                       mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+                       if mobj is None:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid redirected URL: ' + url)
+                               return
+                       if mobj.group('episode') == '':
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Redirected URL is still not specific: ' + url)
+                               return
+                       epTitle = mobj.group('episode')
+
+               mMovieParams = re.findall('<param name="movie" value="(http://media.mtvnservices.com/([^"]*episode.*?:.*?))"/>', html)
+               if len(mMovieParams) == 0:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to find Flash URL in webpage ' + url)
+                       return
+
+               playerUrl_raw = mMovieParams[0][0]
+               self.report_player_url(epTitle)
+               try:
+                       urlHandle = urllib2.urlopen(playerUrl_raw)
+                       playerUrl = urlHandle.geturl()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to find out player URL: ' + unicode(err))
+                       return
+
+               uri = mMovieParams[0][1]
+               indexUrl = 'http://shadow.comedycentral.com/feeds/video_player/mrss/?' + urllib.urlencode({'uri': uri})
+               self.report_index_download(epTitle)
+               try:
+                       indexXml = urllib2.urlopen(indexUrl).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download episode index: ' + unicode(err))
+                       return
+
+               idoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(indexXml)
+               itemEls = idoc.findall('.//item')
+               for itemEl in itemEls:
+                       mediaId = itemEl.findall('./guid')[0].text
+                       shortMediaId = mediaId.split(':')[-1]
+                       showId = mediaId.split(':')[-2].replace('.com', '')
+                       officialTitle = itemEl.findall('./title')[0].text
+                       officialDate = itemEl.findall('./pubDate')[0].text
+
+                       configUrl = ('http://www.comedycentral.com/global/feeds/entertainment/media/mediaGenEntertainment.jhtml?' +
+                                               urllib.urlencode({'uri': mediaId}))
+                       configReq = urllib2.Request(configUrl)
+                       self.report_config_download(epTitle)
+                       try:
+                               configXml = urllib2.urlopen(configReq).read()
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: %s' % unicode(err))
+                               return
+
+                       cdoc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(configXml)
+                       turls = []
+                       for rendition in cdoc.findall('.//rendition'):
+                               finfo = (rendition.attrib['bitrate'], rendition.findall('./src')[0].text)
+                               turls.append(finfo)
+
+                       if len(turls) == 0:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: unable to download ' + mediaId + ': No videos found')
+                               continue
+
+                       # For now, just pick the highest bitrate
+                       format,video_url = turls[-1]
+
+                       self._downloader.increment_downloads()
+
+                       effTitle = showId + '-' + epTitle
+                       info = {
+                               'id': shortMediaId,
+                               'url': video_url,
+                               'uploader': showId,
+                               'upload_date': officialDate,
+                               'title': effTitle,
+                               'stitle': self._simplify_title(effTitle),
+                               'ext': 'mp4',
+                               'format': format,
+                               'thumbnail': None,
+                               'description': officialTitle,
+                               'player_url': playerUrl
+                       }
+
+                       try:
+                               self._downloader.process_info(info)
+                       except UnavailableVideoError, err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: unable to download ' + mediaId)
+                               continue
+
+
+class EscapistIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for The Escapist """
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'^(https?://)?(www\.)?escapistmagazine\.com/videos/view/(?P<showname>[^/]+)/(?P<episode>[^/?]+)[/?]?.*$'
+       IE_NAME = u'escapist'
+
+       def report_extraction(self, showName):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[escapist] %s: Extracting information' % showName)
+
+       def report_config_download(self, showName):
+               self._downloader.to_screen(u'[escapist] %s: Downloading configuration' % showName)
+
+       def _simplify_title(self, title):
+               res = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', title)
+               res = res.strip(ur'_')
+               return res
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               htmlParser = HTMLParser.HTMLParser()
+
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+               showName = mobj.group('showname')
+               videoId = mobj.group('episode')
+
+               self.report_extraction(showName)
+               try:
+                       webPage = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download webpage: ' + unicode(err))
+                       return
+
+               descMatch = re.search('<meta name="description" content="([^"]*)"', webPage)
+               description = htmlParser.unescape(descMatch.group(1))
+               imgMatch = re.search('<meta property="og:image" content="([^"]*)"', webPage)
+               imgUrl = htmlParser.unescape(imgMatch.group(1))
+               playerUrlMatch = re.search('<meta property="og:video" content="([^"]*)"', webPage)
+               playerUrl = htmlParser.unescape(playerUrlMatch.group(1))
+               configUrlMatch = re.search('config=(.*)$', playerUrl)
+               configUrl = urllib2.unquote(configUrlMatch.group(1))
+
+               self.report_config_download(showName)
+               try:
+                       configJSON = urllib2.urlopen(configUrl).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download configuration: ' + unicode(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Technically, it's JavaScript, not JSON
+               configJSON = configJSON.replace("'", '"')
+
+               try:
+                       config = json.loads(configJSON)
+               except (ValueError,), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid JSON in configuration file: ' + unicode(err))
+                       return
+
+               playlist = config['playlist']
+               videoUrl = playlist[1]['url']
+
+               self._downloader.increment_downloads()
+               info = {
+                       'id': videoId,
+                       'url': videoUrl,
+                       'uploader': showName,
+                       'upload_date': None,
+                       'title': showName,
+                       'stitle': self._simplify_title(showName),
+                       'ext': 'flv',
+                       'format': 'flv',
+                       'thumbnail': imgUrl,
+                       'description': description,
+                       'player_url': playerUrl,
+               }
+
+               try:
+                       self._downloader.process_info(info)
+               except UnavailableVideoError, err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'\nERROR: unable to download ' + videoId)
+
+
+
+class PostProcessor(object):
+       """Post Processor class.
+
+       PostProcessor objects can be added to downloaders with their
+       add_post_processor() method. When the downloader has finished a
+       successful download, it will take its internal chain of PostProcessors
+       and start calling the run() method on each one of them, first with
+       an initial argument and then with the returned value of the previous
+       PostProcessor.
+
+       The chain will be stopped if one of them ever returns None or the end
+       of the chain is reached.
+
+       PostProcessor objects follow a "mutual registration" process similar
+       to InfoExtractor objects.
+       """
+
+       _downloader = None
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               self._downloader = downloader
+
+       def set_downloader(self, downloader):
+               """Sets the downloader for this PP."""
+               self._downloader = downloader
+
+       def run(self, information):
+               """Run the PostProcessor.
+
+               The "information" argument is a dictionary like the ones
+               composed by InfoExtractors. The only difference is that this
+               one has an extra field called "filepath" that points to the
+               downloaded file.
+
+               When this method returns None, the postprocessing chain is