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@@ -10,27 +10,51 @@ import re
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
+import math
 
 from ..compat import (
     compat_cookiejar,
 
 from ..compat import (
     compat_cookiejar,
+    compat_cookies,
+    compat_etree_fromstring,
+    compat_getpass,
     compat_http_client,
     compat_http_client,
+    compat_os_name,
+    compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
+    compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_urlparse,
-    compat_str,
 )
 )
+from ..downloader.f4m import remove_encrypted_media
 from ..utils import (
 from ..utils import (
+    NO_DEFAULT,
+    age_restricted,
+    bug_reports_message,
     clean_html,
     compiled_regex_type,
     clean_html,
     compiled_regex_type,
+    determine_ext,
+    error_to_compat_str,
     ExtractorError,
     ExtractorError,
+    fix_xml_ampersands,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
     RegexNotFoundError,
     sanitize_filename,
     RegexNotFoundError,
     sanitize_filename,
+    sanitized_Request,
     unescapeHTML,
     unescapeHTML,
+    unified_strdate,
+    url_basename,
+    xpath_element,
+    xpath_text,
+    xpath_with_ns,
+    determine_protocol,
+    parse_duration,
+    mimetype2ext,
+    update_Request,
+    update_url_query,
+    parse_m3u8_attributes,
 )
 )
-_NO_DEFAULT = object()
 
 
 class InfoExtractor(object):
 
 
 class InfoExtractor(object):
@@ -40,11 +64,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     information about the video (or videos) the URL refers to. This
     information includes the real video URL, the video title, author and
     others. The information is stored in a dictionary which is then
     information about the video (or videos) the URL refers to. This
     information includes the real video URL, the video title, author and
     others. The information is stored in a dictionary which is then
-    passed to the FileDownloader. The FileDownloader processes this
+    passed to the YoutubeDL. The YoutubeDL processes this
     information possibly downloading the video to the file system, among
     other possible outcomes.
 
     information possibly downloading the video to the file system, among
     other possible outcomes.
 
-    The type field determines the the type of the result.
+    The type field determines the type of the result.
     By far the most common value (and the default if _type is missing) is
     "video", which indicates a single video.
 
     By far the most common value (and the default if _type is missing) is
     "video", which indicates a single video.
 
@@ -60,7 +84,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
                     Potential fields:
                     * url        Mandatory. The URL of the video file
 
                     Potential fields:
                     * url        Mandatory. The URL of the video file
-                    * ext        Will be calculated from url if missing
+                    * ext        Will be calculated from URL if missing
                     * format     A human-readable description of the format
                                  ("mp4 container with h264/opus").
                                  Calculated from the format_id, width, height.
                     * format     A human-readable description of the format
                                  ("mp4 container with h264/opus").
                                  Calculated from the format_id, width, height.
@@ -86,14 +110,18 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     * player_url SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
                     * protocol   The protocol that will be used for the actual
                                  download, lower-case.
                     * player_url SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
                     * protocol   The protocol that will be used for the actual
                                  download, lower-case.
-                                 "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp", "m3u8" or so.
+                                 "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp", "rtmpe",
+                                 "m3u8", "m3u8_native" or "http_dash_segments".
                     * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
                                  present and not None, the formats get sorted
                                  by this field, regardless of all other values.
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
                     * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
                                  present and not None, the formats get sorted
                                  by this field, regardless of all other values.
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
-                    * language_preference  Is this in the correct requested
-                                 language?
+                                 < -1000 to hide the format (if there is
+                                    another one which is strictly better)
+                    * language   Language code, e.g. "de" or "en-US".
+                    * language_preference  Is this in the language mentioned in
+                                 the URL?
                                  10 if it's what the URL is about,
                                  -1 for default (don't know),
                                  -10 otherwise, other values reserved for now.
                                  10 if it's what the URL is about,
                                  -1 for default (don't know),
                                  -10 otherwise, other values reserved for now.
@@ -105,12 +133,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                   (quality takes higher priority)
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
                                   (quality takes higher priority)
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
-                    * http_referer  HTTP Referer header value to set.
-                    * http_method  HTTP method to use for the download.
                     * http_headers  A dictionary of additional HTTP headers
                                  to add to the request.
                     * http_headers  A dictionary of additional HTTP headers
                                  to add to the request.
-                    * http_post_data  Additional data to send with a POST
-                                 request.
+                    * stretched_ratio  If given and not 1, indicates that the
+                                 video's pixels are not square.
+                                 width : height ratio as float.
+                    * no_resume  The server does not support resuming the
+                                 (HTTP or RTMP) download. Boolean.
+
     url:            Final video URL.
     ext:            Video filename extension.
     format:         The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)
     url:            Final video URL.
     ext:            Video filename extension.
     format:         The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)
@@ -118,39 +148,109 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     The following fields are optional:
 
 
     The following fields are optional:
 
+    alt_title:      A secondary title of the video.
     display_id      An alternative identifier for the video, not necessarily
                     unique, but available before title. Typically, id is
                     something like "4234987", title "Dancing naked mole rats",
                     and display_id "dancing-naked-mole-rats"
     thumbnails:     A list of dictionaries, with the following entries:
     display_id      An alternative identifier for the video, not necessarily
                     unique, but available before title. Typically, id is
                     something like "4234987", title "Dancing naked mole rats",
                     and display_id "dancing-naked-mole-rats"
     thumbnails:     A list of dictionaries, with the following entries:
+                        * "id" (optional, string) - Thumbnail format ID
                         * "url"
                         * "url"
+                        * "preference" (optional, int) - quality of the image
                         * "width" (optional, int)
                         * "height" (optional, int)
                         * "resolution" (optional, string "{width}x{height"},
                                         deprecated)
     thumbnail:      Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
                         * "width" (optional, int)
                         * "height" (optional, int)
                         * "resolution" (optional, string "{width}x{height"},
                                         deprecated)
     thumbnail:      Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
-    description:    One-line video description.
+    description:    Full video description.
     uploader:       Full name of the video uploader.
     uploader:       Full name of the video uploader.
+    license:        License name the video is licensed under.
+    creator:        The creator of the video.
+    release_date:   The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released.
     timestamp:      UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available.
     upload_date:    Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
                     If not explicitly set, calculated from timestamp.
     uploader_id:    Nickname or id of the video uploader.
     timestamp:      UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available.
     upload_date:    Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
                     If not explicitly set, calculated from timestamp.
     uploader_id:    Nickname or id of the video uploader.
+    uploader_url:   Full URL to a personal webpage of the video uploader.
     location:       Physical location where the video was filmed.
     location:       Physical location where the video was filmed.
-    subtitles:      The subtitle file contents as a dictionary in the format
-                    {language: subtitles}.
-    duration:       Length of the video in seconds, as an integer.
+    subtitles:      The available subtitles as a dictionary in the format
+                    {language: subformats}. "subformats" is a list sorted from
+                    lower to higher preference, each element is a dictionary
+                    with the "ext" entry and one of:
+                        * "data": The subtitles file contents
+                        * "url": A URL pointing to the subtitles file
+                    "ext" will be calculated from URL if missing
+    automatic_captions: Like 'subtitles', used by the YoutubeIE for
+                    automatically generated captions
+    duration:       Length of the video in seconds, as an integer or float.
     view_count:     How many users have watched the video on the platform.
     like_count:     Number of positive ratings of the video
     dislike_count:  Number of negative ratings of the video
     view_count:     How many users have watched the video on the platform.
     like_count:     Number of positive ratings of the video
     dislike_count:  Number of negative ratings of the video
+    repost_count:   Number of reposts of the video
+    average_rating: Average rating give by users, the scale used depends on the webpage
     comment_count:  Number of comments on the video
     comment_count:  Number of comments on the video
+    comments:       A list of comments, each with one or more of the following
+                    properties (all but one of text or html optional):
+                        * "author" - human-readable name of the comment author
+                        * "author_id" - user ID of the comment author
+                        * "id" - Comment ID
+                        * "html" - Comment as HTML
+                        * "text" - Plain text of the comment
+                        * "timestamp" - UNIX timestamp of comment
+                        * "parent" - ID of the comment this one is replying to.
+                                     Set to "root" to indicate that this is a
+                                     comment to the original video.
     age_limit:      Age restriction for the video, as an integer (years)
     age_limit:      Age restriction for the video, as an integer (years)
-    webpage_url:    The url to the video webpage, if given to youtube-dl it
+    webpage_url:    The URL to the video webpage, if given to youtube-dl it
                     should allow to get the same result again. (It will be set
                     by YoutubeDL if it's missing)
     categories:     A list of categories that the video falls in, for example
                     ["Sports", "Berlin"]
                     should allow to get the same result again. (It will be set
                     by YoutubeDL if it's missing)
     categories:     A list of categories that the video falls in, for example
                     ["Sports", "Berlin"]
+    tags:           A list of tags assigned to the video, e.g. ["sweden", "pop music"]
     is_live:        True, False, or None (=unknown). Whether this video is a
                     live stream that goes on instead of a fixed-length video.
     is_live:        True, False, or None (=unknown). Whether this video is a
                     live stream that goes on instead of a fixed-length video.
+    start_time:     Time in seconds where the reproduction should start, as
+                    specified in the URL.
+    end_time:       Time in seconds where the reproduction should end, as
+                    specified in the URL.
+
+    The following fields should only be used when the video belongs to some logical
+    chapter or section:
+
+    chapter:        Name or title of the chapter the video belongs to.
+    chapter_number: Number of the chapter the video belongs to, as an integer.
+    chapter_id:     Id of the chapter the video belongs to, as a unicode string.
+
+    The following fields should only be used when the video is an episode of some
+    series or programme:
+
+    series:         Title of the series or programme the video episode belongs to.
+    season:         Title of the season the video episode belongs to.
+    season_number:  Number of the season the video episode belongs to, as an integer.
+    season_id:      Id of the season the video episode belongs to, as a unicode string.
+    episode:        Title of the video episode. Unlike mandatory video title field,
+                    this field should denote the exact title of the video episode
+                    without any kind of decoration.
+    episode_number: Number of the video episode within a season, as an integer.
+    episode_id:     Id of the video episode, as a unicode string.
+
+    The following fields should only be used when the media is a track or a part of
+    a music album:
+
+    track:          Title of the track.
+    track_number:   Number of the track within an album or a disc, as an integer.
+    track_id:       Id of the track (useful in case of custom indexing, e.g. 6.iii),
+                    as a unicode string.
+    artist:         Artist(s) of the track.
+    genre:          Genre(s) of the track.
+    album:          Title of the album the track belongs to.
+    album_type:     Type of the album (e.g. "Demo", "Full-length", "Split", "Compilation", etc).
+    album_artist:   List of all artists appeared on the album (e.g.
+                    "Ash Borer / Fell Voices" or "Various Artists", useful for splits
+                    and compilations).
+    disc_number:    Number of the disc or other physical medium the track belongs to,
+                    as an integer.
+    release_year:   Year (YYYY) when the album was released.
 
     Unless mentioned otherwise, the fields should be Unicode strings.
 
 
     Unless mentioned otherwise, the fields should be Unicode strings.
 
@@ -158,11 +258,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
 
     _type "playlist" indicates multiple videos.
 
 
     _type "playlist" indicates multiple videos.
-    There must be a key "entries", which is a list or a PagedList object, each
-    element of which is a valid dictionary under this specfication.
+    There must be a key "entries", which is a list, an iterable, or a PagedList
+    object, each element of which is a valid dictionary by this specification.
 
 
-    Additionally, playlists can have "title" and "id" attributes with the same
-    semantics as videos (see above).
+    Additionally, playlists can have "title", "description" and "id" attributes
+    with the same semantics as videos (see above).
 
 
     _type "multi_video" indicates that there are multiple videos that
 
 
     _type "multi_video" indicates that there are multiple videos that
@@ -174,9 +274,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     _type "url" indicates that the video must be extracted from another
     location, possibly by a different extractor. Its only required key is:
     "url" - the next URL to extract.
     _type "url" indicates that the video must be extracted from another
     location, possibly by a different extractor. Its only required key is:
     "url" - the next URL to extract.
-
-    Additionally, it may have properties believed to be identical to the
-    resolved entity, for example "title" if the title of the referred video is
+    The key "ie_key" can be set to the class name (minus the trailing "IE",
+    e.g. "Youtube") if the extractor class is known in advance.
+    Additionally, the dictionary may have any properties of the resolved entity
+    known in advance, for example "title" if the title of the referred video is
     known ahead of time.
 
 
     known ahead of time.
 
 
@@ -237,8 +338,15 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def extract(self, url):
         """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
 
     def extract(self, url):
         """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
-        self.initialize()
-        return self._real_extract(url)
+        try:
+            self.initialize()
+            return self._real_extract(url)
+        except ExtractorError:
+            raise
+        except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+            raise ExtractorError('A network error has occurred.', cause=e, expected=True)
+        except (KeyError, StopIteration) as e:
+            raise ExtractorError('An extractor error has occurred.', cause=e)
 
     def set_downloader(self, downloader):
         """Sets the downloader for this IE."""
 
     def set_downloader(self, downloader):
         """Sets the downloader for this IE."""
@@ -255,13 +363,13 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     @classmethod
     def ie_key(cls):
         """A string for getting the InfoExtractor with get_info_extractor"""
     @classmethod
     def ie_key(cls):
         """A string for getting the InfoExtractor with get_info_extractor"""
-        return cls.__name__[:-2]
+        return compat_str(cls.__name__[:-2])
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
-        return type(self).__name__[:-2]
+        return compat_str(type(self).__name__[:-2])
 
 
-    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
+    def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
         """ Returns the response handle """
         if note is None:
             self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
         """ Returns the response handle """
         if note is None:
             self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
@@ -270,6 +378,14 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 self.to_screen('%s' % (note,))
             else:
                 self.to_screen('%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
                 self.to_screen('%s' % (note,))
             else:
                 self.to_screen('%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
+            url_or_request = update_Request(
+                url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
+        else:
+            if query:
+                url_or_request = update_url_query(url_or_request, query)
+            if data is not None or headers:
+                url_or_request = sanitized_Request(url_or_request, data, headers)
         try:
             return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
         except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
         try:
             return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
         except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
@@ -277,31 +393,29 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 return False
             if errnote is None:
                 errnote = 'Unable to download webpage'
                 return False
             if errnote is None:
                 errnote = 'Unable to download webpage'
-            errmsg = '%s: %s' % (errnote, compat_str(err))
+
+            errmsg = '%s: %s' % (errnote, error_to_compat_str(err))
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
             else:
                 self._downloader.report_warning(errmsg)
                 return False
 
             if fatal:
                 raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
             else:
                 self._downloader.report_warning(errmsg)
                 return False
 
-    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
+    def _download_webpage_handle(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
         """ Returns a tuple (page content as string, URL handle) """
         # Strip hashes from the URL (#1038)
         if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)):
             url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0]
 
         """ Returns a tuple (page content as string, URL handle) """
         # Strip hashes from the URL (#1038)
         if isinstance(url_or_request, (compat_str, str)):
             url_or_request = url_or_request.partition('#')[0]
 
-        urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
         if urlh is False:
             assert not fatal
             return False
         if urlh is False:
             assert not fatal
             return False
-        content = self._webpage_read_content(urlh, url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        content = self._webpage_read_content(urlh, url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, encoding=encoding)
         return (content, urlh)
 
         return (content, urlh)
 
-    def _webpage_read_content(self, urlh, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, prefix=None):
-        content_type = urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
-        webpage_bytes = urlh.read()
-        if prefix is not None:
-            webpage_bytes = prefix + webpage_bytes
+    @staticmethod
+    def _guess_encoding_from_content(content_type, webpage_bytes):
         m = re.match(r'[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s*;\s*charset=(.+)', content_type)
         if m:
             encoding = m.group(1)
         m = re.match(r'[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s*;\s*charset=(.+)', content_type)
         if m:
             encoding = m.group(1)
@@ -314,6 +428,16 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 encoding = 'utf-16'
             else:
                 encoding = 'utf-8'
                 encoding = 'utf-16'
             else:
                 encoding = 'utf-8'
+
+        return encoding
+
+    def _webpage_read_content(self, urlh, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, prefix=None, encoding=None):
+        content_type = urlh.headers.get('Content-Type', '')
+        webpage_bytes = urlh.read()
+        if prefix is not None:
+            webpage_bytes = prefix + webpage_bytes
+        if not encoding:
+            encoding = self._guess_encoding_from_content(content_type, webpage_bytes)
         if self._downloader.params.get('dump_intermediate_pages', False):
             try:
                 url = url_or_request.get_full_url()
         if self._downloader.params.get('dump_intermediate_pages', False):
             try:
                 url = url_or_request.get_full_url()
@@ -336,7 +460,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             self.to_screen('Saving request to ' + filename)
             # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see
             # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx)
             self.to_screen('Saving request to ' + filename)
             # Working around MAX_PATH limitation on Windows (see
             # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx)
-            if os.name == 'nt':
+            if compat_os_name == 'nt':
                 absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename)
                 if len(absfilepath) > 259:
                     filename = '\\\\?\\' + absfilepath
                 absfilepath = os.path.abspath(filename)
                 if len(absfilepath) > 259:
                     filename = '\\\\?\\' + absfilepath
@@ -357,12 +481,32 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             if blocked_iframe:
                 msg += ' Visit %s for more details' % blocked_iframe
             raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
             if blocked_iframe:
                 msg += ' Visit %s for more details' % blocked_iframe
             raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
+        if '<title>The URL you requested has been blocked</title>' in content[:512]:
+            msg = (
+                'Access to this webpage has been blocked by Indian censorship. '
+                'Use a VPN or proxy server (with --proxy) to route around it.')
+            block_msg = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'</h1><p>(.*?)</p>',
+                content, 'block message', default=None)
+            if block_msg:
+                msg += ' (Message: "%s")' % block_msg.replace('\n', ' ')
+            raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
 
         return content
 
 
         return content
 
-    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
+    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, tries=1, timeout=5, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
         """ Returns the data of the page as a string """
         """ Returns the data of the page as a string """
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        success = False
+        try_count = 0
+        while success is False:
+            try:
+                res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
+                success = True
+            except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+                try_count += 1
+                if try_count >= tries:
+                    raise e
+                self._sleep(timeout, video_id)
         if res is False:
             return res
         else:
         if res is False:
             return res
         else:
@@ -371,25 +515,30 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def _download_xml(self, url_or_request, video_id,
                       note='Downloading XML', errnote='Unable to download XML',
 
     def _download_xml(self, url_or_request, video_id,
                       note='Downloading XML', errnote='Unable to download XML',
-                      transform_source=None, fatal=True):
+                      transform_source=None, fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
         """Return the xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element"""
         xml_string = self._download_webpage(
         """Return the xml as an xml.etree.ElementTree.Element"""
         xml_string = self._download_webpage(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal)
+            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal, encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
         if xml_string is False:
             return xml_string
         if transform_source:
             xml_string = transform_source(xml_string)
         if xml_string is False:
             return xml_string
         if transform_source:
             xml_string = transform_source(xml_string)
-        return xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(xml_string.encode('utf-8'))
+        return compat_etree_fromstring(xml_string.encode('utf-8'))
 
     def _download_json(self, url_or_request, video_id,
                        note='Downloading JSON metadata',
                        errnote='Unable to download JSON metadata',
                        transform_source=None,
 
     def _download_json(self, url_or_request, video_id,
                        note='Downloading JSON metadata',
                        errnote='Unable to download JSON metadata',
                        transform_source=None,
-                       fatal=True):
+                       fatal=True, encoding=None, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
         json_string = self._download_webpage(
         json_string = self._download_webpage(
-            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal)
+            url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal=fatal,
+            encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
         if (not fatal) and json_string is False:
             return None
         if (not fatal) and json_string is False:
             return None
+        return self._parse_json(
+            json_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
+
+    def _parse_json(self, json_string, video_id, transform_source=None, fatal=True):
         if transform_source:
             json_string = transform_source(json_string)
         try:
         if transform_source:
             json_string = transform_source(json_string)
         try:
@@ -426,20 +575,34 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         """Report attempt to log in."""
         self.to_screen('Logging in')
 
         """Report attempt to log in."""
         self.to_screen('Logging in')
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def raise_login_required(msg='This video is only available for registered users'):
+        raise ExtractorError(
+            '%s. Use --username and --password or --netrc to provide account credentials.' % msg,
+            expected=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def raise_geo_restricted(msg='This video is not available from your location due to geo restriction'):
+        raise ExtractorError(
+            '%s. You might want to use --proxy to workaround.' % msg,
+            expected=True)
+
     # Methods for following #608
     @staticmethod
     # Methods for following #608
     @staticmethod
-    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None):
-        """Returns a url that points to a page that should be processed"""
+    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None):
+        """Returns a URL that points to a page that should be processed"""
         # TODO: ie should be the class used for getting the info
         video_info = {'_type': 'url',
                       'url': url,
                       'ie_key': ie}
         if video_id is not None:
             video_info['id'] = video_id
         # TODO: ie should be the class used for getting the info
         video_info = {'_type': 'url',
                       'url': url,
                       'ie_key': ie}
         if video_id is not None:
             video_info['id'] = video_id
+        if video_title is not None:
+            video_info['title'] = video_title
         return video_info
 
     @staticmethod
         return video_info
 
     @staticmethod
-    def playlist_result(entries, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None):
+    def playlist_result(entries, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, playlist_description=None):
         """Returns a playlist"""
         video_info = {'_type': 'playlist',
                       'entries': entries}
         """Returns a playlist"""
         video_info = {'_type': 'playlist',
                       'entries': entries}
@@ -447,9 +610,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             video_info['id'] = playlist_id
         if playlist_title:
             video_info['title'] = playlist_title
             video_info['id'] = playlist_id
         if playlist_title:
             video_info['title'] = playlist_title
+        if playlist_description:
+            video_info['description'] = playlist_description
         return video_info
 
         return video_info
 
-    def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=_NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
+    def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
         """
         Perform a regex search on the given string, using a single or a list of
         patterns returning the first matching group.
         """
         Perform a regex search on the given string, using a single or a list of
         patterns returning the first matching group.
@@ -464,7 +629,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 if mobj:
                     break
 
                 if mobj:
                     break
 
-        if os.name != 'nt' and sys.stderr.isatty():
+        if not self._downloader.params.get('no_color') and compat_os_name != 'nt' and sys.stderr.isatty():
             _name = '\033[0;34m%s\033[0m' % name
         else:
             _name = name
             _name = '\033[0;34m%s\033[0m' % name
         else:
             _name = name
@@ -475,16 +640,15 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 return next(g for g in mobj.groups() if g is not None)
             else:
                 return mobj.group(group)
                 return next(g for g in mobj.groups() if g is not None)
             else:
                 return mobj.group(group)
-        elif default is not _NO_DEFAULT:
+        elif default is not NO_DEFAULT:
             return default
         elif fatal:
             raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
         else:
             return default
         elif fatal:
             raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
         else:
-            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract %s; '
-                                            'please report this issue on http://yt-dl.org/bug' % _name)
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract %s' % _name + bug_reports_message())
             return None
 
             return None
 
-    def _html_search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=_NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
+    def _html_search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
         """
         Like _search_regex, but strips HTML tags and unescapes entities.
         """
         """
         Like _search_regex, but strips HTML tags and unescapes entities.
         """
@@ -496,7 +660,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def _get_login_info(self):
         """
 
     def _get_login_info(self):
         """
-        Get the the login info as (username, password)
+        Get the login info as (username, password)
         It will look in the netrc file using the _NETRC_MACHINE value
         If there's no info available, return (None, None)
         """
         It will look in the netrc file using the _NETRC_MACHINE value
         If there's no info available, return (None, None)
         """
@@ -508,7 +672,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         downloader_params = self._downloader.params
 
         # Attempt to use provided username and password or .netrc data
         downloader_params = self._downloader.params
 
         # Attempt to use provided username and password or .netrc data
-        if downloader_params.get('username', None) is not None:
+        if downloader_params.get('username') is not None:
             username = downloader_params['username']
             password = downloader_params['password']
         elif downloader_params.get('usenetrc', False):
             username = downloader_params['username']
             password = downloader_params['password']
         elif downloader_params.get('usenetrc', False):
@@ -520,11 +684,11 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 else:
                     raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
             except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
                 else:
                     raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
             except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as err:
-                self._downloader.report_warning('parsing .netrc: %s' % compat_str(err))
+                self._downloader.report_warning('parsing .netrc: %s' % error_to_compat_str(err))
 
         return (username, password)
 
 
         return (username, password)
 
-    def _get_tfa_info(self):
+    def _get_tfa_info(self, note='two-factor verification code'):
         """
         Get the two-factor authentication info
         TODO - asking the user will be required for sms/phone verify
         """
         Get the two-factor authentication info
         TODO - asking the user will be required for sms/phone verify
@@ -535,22 +699,29 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             return None
         downloader_params = self._downloader.params
 
             return None
         downloader_params = self._downloader.params
 
-        if downloader_params.get('twofactor', None) is not None:
+        if downloader_params.get('twofactor') is not None:
             return downloader_params['twofactor']
 
             return downloader_params['twofactor']
 
-        return None
+        return compat_getpass('Type %s and press [Return]: ' % note)
 
     # Helper functions for extracting OpenGraph info
     @staticmethod
     def _og_regexes(prop):
 
     # Helper functions for extracting OpenGraph info
     @staticmethod
     def _og_regexes(prop):
-        content_re = r'content=(?:"([^>]+?)"|\'([^>]+?)\')'
-        property_re = r'(?:name|property)=[\'"]og:%s[\'"]' % re.escape(prop)
+        content_re = r'content=(?:"([^"]+?)"|\'([^\']+?)\'|\s*([^\s"\'=<>`]+?))'
+        property_re = (r'(?:name|property)=(?:\'og:%(prop)s\'|"og:%(prop)s"|\s*og:%(prop)s\b)'
+                       % {'prop': re.escape(prop)})
         template = r'<meta[^>]+?%s[^>]+?%s'
         return [
             template % (property_re, content_re),
             template % (content_re, property_re),
         ]
 
         template = r'<meta[^>]+?%s[^>]+?%s'
         return [
             template % (property_re, content_re),
             template % (content_re, property_re),
         ]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _meta_regex(prop):
+        return r'''(?isx)<meta
+                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property|id|http-equiv)=(["\']?)%s\1)
+                    [^>]+?content=(["\'])(?P<content>.*?)\2''' % re.escape(prop)
+
     def _og_search_property(self, prop, html, name=None, **kargs):
         if name is None:
             name = 'OpenGraph %s' % prop
     def _og_search_property(self, prop, html, name=None, **kargs):
         if name is None:
             name = 'OpenGraph %s' % prop
@@ -560,7 +731,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         return unescapeHTML(escaped)
 
     def _og_search_thumbnail(self, html, **kargs):
         return unescapeHTML(escaped)
 
     def _og_search_thumbnail(self, html, **kargs):
-        return self._og_search_property('image', html, 'thumbnail url', fatal=False, **kargs)
+        return self._og_search_property('image', html, 'thumbnail URL', fatal=False, **kargs)
 
     def _og_search_description(self, html, **kargs):
         return self._og_search_property('description', html, fatal=False, **kargs)
 
     def _og_search_description(self, html, **kargs):
         return self._og_search_property('description', html, fatal=False, **kargs)
@@ -581,9 +752,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
-            r'''(?ix)<meta
-                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property)=(["\']?)%s\1)
-                    [^>]+content=(["\'])(?P<content>.*?)\1''' % re.escape(name),
+            self._meta_regex(name),
             html, display_name, fatal=fatal, group='content', **kwargs)
 
     def _dc_search_uploader(self, html):
             html, display_name, fatal=fatal, group='content', **kwargs)
 
     def _dc_search_uploader(self, html):
@@ -611,33 +780,114 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             'mature': 17,
             'restricted': 19,
         }
             'mature': 17,
             'restricted': 19,
         }
-        return RATING_TABLE.get(rating.lower(), None)
+        return RATING_TABLE.get(rating.lower())
+
+    def _family_friendly_search(self, html):
+        # See http://schema.org/VideoObject
+        family_friendly = self._html_search_meta('isFamilyFriendly', html)
+
+        if not family_friendly:
+            return None
+
+        RATING_TABLE = {
+            '1': 0,
+            'true': 0,
+            '0': 18,
+            'false': 18,
+        }
+        return RATING_TABLE.get(family_friendly.lower())
 
     def _twitter_search_player(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('twitter:player', html,
                                       'twitter card player')
 
 
     def _twitter_search_player(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('twitter:player', html,
                                       'twitter card player')
 
-    def _sort_formats(self, formats):
+    def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, **kwargs):
+        json_ld = self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<script[^>]+type=(["\'])application/ld\+json\1[^>]*>(?P<json_ld>.+?)</script>',
+            html, 'JSON-LD', group='json_ld', **kwargs)
+        if not json_ld:
+            return {}
+        return self._json_ld(json_ld, video_id, fatal=kwargs.get('fatal', True))
+
+    def _json_ld(self, json_ld, video_id, fatal=True):
+        if isinstance(json_ld, compat_str):
+            json_ld = self._parse_json(json_ld, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+        if not json_ld:
+            return {}
+        info = {}
+        if json_ld.get('@context') == 'http://schema.org':
+            item_type = json_ld.get('@type')
+            if item_type == 'TVEpisode':
+                info.update({
+                    'episode': unescapeHTML(json_ld.get('name')),
+                    'episode_number': int_or_none(json_ld.get('episodeNumber')),
+                    'description': unescapeHTML(json_ld.get('description')),
+                })
+                part_of_season = json_ld.get('partOfSeason')
+                if isinstance(part_of_season, dict) and part_of_season.get('@type') == 'TVSeason':
+                    info['season_number'] = int_or_none(part_of_season.get('seasonNumber'))
+                part_of_series = json_ld.get('partOfSeries')
+                if isinstance(part_of_series, dict) and part_of_series.get('@type') == 'TVSeries':
+                    info['series'] = unescapeHTML(part_of_series.get('name'))
+            elif item_type == 'Article':
+                info.update({
+                    'timestamp': parse_iso8601(json_ld.get('datePublished')),
+                    'title': unescapeHTML(json_ld.get('headline')),
+                    'description': unescapeHTML(json_ld.get('articleBody')),
+                })
+        return dict((k, v) for k, v in info.items() if v is not None)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _hidden_inputs(html):
+        html = re.sub(r'<!--(?:(?!<!--).)*-->', '', html)
+        hidden_inputs = {}
+        for input in re.findall(r'(?i)<input([^>]+)>', html):
+            if not re.search(r'type=(["\'])(?:hidden|submit)\1', input):
+                continue
+            name = re.search(r'(?:name|id)=(["\'])(?P<value>.+?)\1', input)
+            if not name:
+                continue
+            value = re.search(r'value=(["\'])(?P<value>.*?)\1', input)
+            if not value:
+                continue
+            hidden_inputs[name.group('value')] = value.group('value')
+        return hidden_inputs
+
+    def _form_hidden_inputs(self, form_id, html):
+        form = self._search_regex(
+            r'(?is)<form[^>]+?id=(["\'])%s\1[^>]*>(?P<form>.+?)</form>' % form_id,
+            html, '%s form' % form_id, group='form')
+        return self._hidden_inputs(form)
+
+    def _sort_formats(self, formats, field_preference=None):
         if not formats:
             raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
 
         if not formats:
             raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
 
+        for f in formats:
+            # Automatically determine tbr when missing based on abr and vbr (improves
+            # formats sorting in some cases)
+            if 'tbr' not in f and f.get('abr') is not None and f.get('vbr') is not None:
+                f['tbr'] = f['abr'] + f['vbr']
+
         def _formats_key(f):
             # TODO remove the following workaround
             from ..utils import determine_ext
             if not f.get('ext') and 'url' in f:
                 f['ext'] = determine_ext(f['url'])
 
         def _formats_key(f):
             # TODO remove the following workaround
             from ..utils import determine_ext
             if not f.get('ext') and 'url' in f:
                 f['ext'] = determine_ext(f['url'])
 
+            if isinstance(field_preference, (list, tuple)):
+                return tuple(f.get(field) if f.get(field) is not None else -1 for field in field_preference)
+
             preference = f.get('preference')
             if preference is None:
             preference = f.get('preference')
             if preference is None:
-                proto = f.get('protocol')
-                if proto is None:
-                    proto = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(f.get('url', '')).scheme
-
-                preference = 0 if proto in ['http', 'https'] else -0.1
+                preference = 0
                 if f.get('ext') in ['f4f', 'f4m']:  # Not yet supported
                     preference -= 0.5
 
                 if f.get('ext') in ['f4f', 'f4m']:  # Not yet supported
                     preference -= 0.5
 
+            proto_preference = 0 if determine_protocol(f) in ['http', 'https'] else -0.1
+
             if f.get('vcodec') == 'none':  # audio only
             if f.get('vcodec') == 'none':  # audio only
+                preference -= 50
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['aac', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'webm', 'ogg', 'opus']
                 else:
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['aac', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'webm', 'ogg', 'opus']
                 else:
@@ -648,6 +898,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 except ValueError:
                     audio_ext_preference = -1
             else:
                 except ValueError:
                     audio_ext_preference = -1
             else:
+                if f.get('acodec') == 'none':  # video only
+                    preference -= 40
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['flv', 'mp4', 'webm']
                 else:
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['flv', 'mp4', 'webm']
                 else:
@@ -662,21 +914,55 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 preference,
                 f.get('language_preference') if f.get('language_preference') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('quality') if f.get('quality') is not None else -1,
                 preference,
                 f.get('language_preference') if f.get('language_preference') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('quality') if f.get('quality') is not None else -1,
+                f.get('tbr') if f.get('tbr') is not None else -1,
+                f.get('filesize') if f.get('filesize') is not None else -1,
+                f.get('vbr') if f.get('vbr') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('height') if f.get('height') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('width') if f.get('width') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('height') if f.get('height') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('width') if f.get('width') is not None else -1,
+                proto_preference,
                 ext_preference,
                 ext_preference,
-                f.get('tbr') if f.get('tbr') is not None else -1,
-                f.get('vbr') if f.get('vbr') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('abr') if f.get('abr') is not None else -1,
                 audio_ext_preference,
                 f.get('fps') if f.get('fps') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('abr') if f.get('abr') is not None else -1,
                 audio_ext_preference,
                 f.get('fps') if f.get('fps') is not None else -1,
-                f.get('filesize') if f.get('filesize') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('filesize_approx') if f.get('filesize_approx') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('source_preference') if f.get('source_preference') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('filesize_approx') if f.get('filesize_approx') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('source_preference') if f.get('source_preference') is not None else -1,
-                f.get('format_id'),
+                f.get('format_id') if f.get('format_id') is not None else '',
             )
         formats.sort(key=_formats_key)
 
             )
         formats.sort(key=_formats_key)
 
+    def _check_formats(self, formats, video_id):
+        if formats:
+            formats[:] = filter(
+                lambda f: self._is_valid_url(
+                    f['url'], video_id,
+                    item='%s video format' % f.get('format_id') if f.get('format_id') else 'video'),
+                formats)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _remove_duplicate_formats(formats):
+        format_urls = set()
+        unique_formats = []
+        for f in formats:
+            if f['url'] not in format_urls:
+                format_urls.add(f['url'])
+                unique_formats.append(f)
+        formats[:] = unique_formats
+
+    def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'):
+        url = self._proto_relative_url(url, scheme='http:')
+        # For now assume non HTTP(S) URLs always valid
+        if not (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://')):
+            return True
+        try:
+            self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item)
+            return True
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_urllib_error.URLError):
+                self.to_screen(
+                    '%s: %s URL is invalid, skipping' % (video_id, item))
+                return False
+            raise
+
     def http_scheme(self):
         """ Either "http:" or "https:", depending on the user's preferences """
         return (
     def http_scheme(self):
         """ Either "http:" or "https:", depending on the user's preferences """
         return (
@@ -701,61 +987,175 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         self.to_screen(msg)
         time.sleep(timeout)
 
         self.to_screen(msg)
         time.sleep(timeout)
 
-    def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id):
+    def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=None,
+                             transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
+                             fatal=True, m3u8_id=None):
         manifest = self._download_xml(
             manifest_url, video_id, 'Downloading f4m manifest',
         manifest = self._download_xml(
             manifest_url, video_id, 'Downloading f4m manifest',
-            'Unable to download f4m manifest')
+            'Unable to download f4m manifest',
+            # Some manifests may be malformed, e.g. prosiebensat1 generated manifests
+            # (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6215#issuecomment-121704244)
+            transform_source=transform_source,
+            fatal=fatal)
+
+        if manifest is False:
+            return []
+
+        return self._parse_f4m_formats(
+            manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=preference, f4m_id=f4m_id,
+            transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal, m3u8_id=m3u8_id)
+
+    def _parse_f4m_formats(self, manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=None,
+                           transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
+                           fatal=True, m3u8_id=None):
+        # currently youtube-dl cannot decode the playerVerificationChallenge as Akamai uses Adobe Alchemy
+        akamai_pv = manifest.find('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}pv-2.0')
+        if akamai_pv is not None and ';' in akamai_pv.text:
+            playerVerificationChallenge = akamai_pv.text.split(';')[0]
+            if playerVerificationChallenge.strip() != '':
+                return []
 
         formats = []
 
         formats = []
+        manifest_version = '1.0'
         media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}media')
         media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}media')
+        if not media_nodes:
+            manifest_version = '2.0'
+            media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0}media')
+        # Remove unsupported DRM protected media from final formats
+        # rendition (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8573).
+        media_nodes = remove_encrypted_media(media_nodes)
+        if not media_nodes:
+            return formats
+        base_url = xpath_text(
+            manifest, ['{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}baseURL', '{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0}baseURL'],
+            'base URL', default=None)
+        if base_url:
+            base_url = base_url.strip()
+
+        bootstrap_info = xpath_element(
+            manifest, ['{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}bootstrapInfo', '{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0}bootstrapInfo'],
+            'bootstrap info', default=None)
+
         for i, media_el in enumerate(media_nodes):
             tbr = int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('bitrate'))
         for i, media_el in enumerate(media_nodes):
             tbr = int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('bitrate'))
-            format_id = 'f4m-%d' % (i if tbr is None else tbr)
+            width = int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('width'))
+            height = int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('height'))
+            format_id = '-'.join(filter(None, [f4m_id, compat_str(i if tbr is None else tbr)]))
+            # If <bootstrapInfo> is present, the specified f4m is a
+            # stream-level manifest, and only set-level manifests may refer to
+            # external resources.  See section 11.4 and section 4 of F4M spec
+            if bootstrap_info is None:
+                media_url = None
+                # @href is introduced in 2.0, see section 11.6 of F4M spec
+                if manifest_version == '2.0':
+                    media_url = media_el.attrib.get('href')
+                if media_url is None:
+                    media_url = media_el.attrib.get('url')
+                if not media_url:
+                    continue
+                manifest_url = (
+                    media_url if media_url.startswith('http://') or media_url.startswith('https://')
+                    else ((base_url or '/'.join(manifest_url.split('/')[:-1])) + '/' + media_url))
+                # If media_url is itself a f4m manifest do the recursive extraction
+                # since bitrates in parent manifest (this one) and media_url manifest
+                # may differ leading to inability to resolve the format by requested
+                # bitrate in f4m downloader
+                ext = determine_ext(manifest_url)
+                if ext == 'f4m':
+                    f4m_formats = self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                        manifest_url, video_id, preference=preference, f4m_id=f4m_id,
+                        transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
+                    # Sometimes stream-level manifest contains single media entry that
+                    # does not contain any quality metadata (e.g. http://matchtv.ru/#live-player).
+                    # At the same time parent's media entry in set-level manifest may
+                    # contain it. We will copy it from parent in such cases.
+                    if len(f4m_formats) == 1:
+                        f = f4m_formats[0]
+                        f.update({
+                            'tbr': f.get('tbr') or tbr,
+                            'width': f.get('width') or width,
+                            'height': f.get('height') or height,
+                            'format_id': f.get('format_id') if not tbr else format_id,
+                        })
+                    formats.extend(f4m_formats)
+                    continue
+                elif ext == 'm3u8':
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                        manifest_url, video_id, 'mp4', preference=preference,
+                        m3u8_id=m3u8_id, fatal=fatal))
+                    continue
             formats.append({
                 'format_id': format_id,
                 'url': manifest_url,
             formats.append({
                 'format_id': format_id,
                 'url': manifest_url,
-                'ext': 'flv',
+                'ext': 'flv' if bootstrap_info is not None else None,
                 'tbr': tbr,
                 'tbr': tbr,
-                'width': int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('width')),
-                'height': int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('height')),
+                'width': width,
+                'height': height,
+                'preference': preference,
             })
             })
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
-
         return formats
 
         return formats
 
-    def _extract_m3u8_formats(self, m3u8_url, video_id, ext=None,
-                              entry_protocol='m3u8', preference=None):
-
-        formats = [{
-            'format_id': 'm3u8-meta',
+    def _m3u8_meta_format(self, m3u8_url, ext=None, preference=None, m3u8_id=None):
+        return {
+            'format_id': '-'.join(filter(None, [m3u8_id, 'meta'])),
             'url': m3u8_url,
             'ext': ext,
             'protocol': 'm3u8',
             'url': m3u8_url,
             'ext': ext,
             'protocol': 'm3u8',
-            'preference': -1,
+            'preference': preference - 1 if preference else -1,
             'resolution': 'multiple',
             'format_note': 'Quality selection URL',
             'resolution': 'multiple',
             'format_note': 'Quality selection URL',
-        }]
+        }
+
+    def _extract_m3u8_formats(self, m3u8_url, video_id, ext=None,
+                              entry_protocol='m3u8', preference=None,
+                              m3u8_id=None, note=None, errnote=None,
+                              fatal=True, live=False):
+
+        formats = [self._m3u8_meta_format(m3u8_url, ext, preference, m3u8_id)]
 
         format_url = lambda u: (
             u
             if re.match(r'^https?://', u)
             else compat_urlparse.urljoin(m3u8_url, u))
 
 
         format_url = lambda u: (
             u
             if re.match(r'^https?://', u)
             else compat_urlparse.urljoin(m3u8_url, u))
 
-        m3u8_doc = self._download_webpage(
+        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
             m3u8_url, video_id,
             m3u8_url, video_id,
-            note='Downloading m3u8 information',
-            errnote='Failed to download m3u8 information')
+            note=note or 'Downloading m3u8 information',
+            errnote=errnote or 'Failed to download m3u8 information',
+            fatal=fatal)
+        if res is False:
+            return []
+        m3u8_doc, urlh = res
+        m3u8_url = urlh.geturl()
+
+        # We should try extracting formats only from master playlists [1], i.e.
+        # playlists that describe available qualities. On the other hand media
+        # playlists [2] should be returned as is since they contain just the media
+        # without qualities renditions.
+        # Fortunately, master playlist can be easily distinguished from media
+        # playlist based on particular tags availability. As of [1, 2] master
+        # playlist tags MUST NOT appear in a media playist and vice versa.
+        # As of [3] #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION tag is REQUIRED for every media playlist
+        # and MUST NOT appear in master playlist thus we can clearly detect media
+        # playlist with this criterion.
+        # 1. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.4
+        # 2. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3
+        # 3. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3.1
+        if '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION' in m3u8_doc:  # media playlist, return as is
+            return [{
+                'url': m3u8_url,
+                'format_id': m3u8_id,
+                'ext': ext,
+                'protocol': entry_protocol,
+                'preference': preference,
+            }]
         last_info = None
         last_info = None
-        kv_rex = re.compile(
-            r'(?P<key>[a-zA-Z_-]+)=(?P<val>"[^"]+"|[^",]+)(?:,|$)')
+        last_media = None
         for line in m3u8_doc.splitlines():
             if line.startswith('#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:'):
         for line in m3u8_doc.splitlines():
             if line.startswith('#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:'):
-                last_info = {}
-                for m in kv_rex.finditer(line):
-                    v = m.group('val')
-                    if v.startswith('"'):
-                        v = v[1:-1]
-                    last_info[m.group('key')] = v
+                last_info = parse_m3u8_attributes(line)
+            elif line.startswith('#EXT-X-MEDIA:'):
+                last_media = parse_m3u8_attributes(line)
             elif line.startswith('#') or not line.strip():
                 continue
             else:
             elif line.startswith('#') or not line.strip():
                 continue
             else:
@@ -763,37 +1163,457 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     formats.append({'url': format_url(line)})
                     continue
                 tbr = int_or_none(last_info.get('BANDWIDTH'), scale=1000)
                     formats.append({'url': format_url(line)})
                     continue
                 tbr = int_or_none(last_info.get('BANDWIDTH'), scale=1000)
-
+                format_id = []
+                if m3u8_id:
+                    format_id.append(m3u8_id)
+                last_media_name = last_media.get('NAME') if last_media and last_media.get('TYPE') not in ('SUBTITLES', 'CLOSED-CAPTIONS') else None
+                # Despite specification does not mention NAME attribute for
+                # EXT-X-STREAM-INF it still sometimes may be present
+                stream_name = last_info.get('NAME') or last_media_name
+                # Bandwidth of live streams may differ over time thus making
+                # format_id unpredictable. So it's better to keep provided
+                # format_id intact.
+                if not live:
+                    format_id.append(stream_name if stream_name else '%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)))
                 f = {
                 f = {
-                    'format_id': 'm3u8-%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)),
+                    'format_id': '-'.join(format_id),
                     'url': format_url(line.strip()),
                     'tbr': tbr,
                     'ext': ext,
                     'protocol': entry_protocol,
                     'preference': preference,
                 }
                     'url': format_url(line.strip()),
                     'tbr': tbr,
                     'ext': ext,
                     'protocol': entry_protocol,
                     'preference': preference,
                 }
-                codecs = last_info.get('CODECS')
-                if codecs:
-                    # TODO: looks like video codec is not always necessarily goes first
-                    va_codecs = codecs.split(',')
-                    if va_codecs[0]:
-                        f['vcodec'] = va_codecs[0].partition('.')[0]
-                    if len(va_codecs) > 1 and va_codecs[1]:
-                        f['acodec'] = va_codecs[1].partition('.')[0]
                 resolution = last_info.get('RESOLUTION')
                 if resolution:
                     width_str, height_str = resolution.split('x')
                     f['width'] = int(width_str)
                     f['height'] = int(height_str)
                 resolution = last_info.get('RESOLUTION')
                 if resolution:
                     width_str, height_str = resolution.split('x')
                     f['width'] = int(width_str)
                     f['height'] = int(height_str)
+                codecs = last_info.get('CODECS')
+                if codecs:
+                    vcodec, acodec = [None] * 2
+                    va_codecs = codecs.split(',')
+                    if len(va_codecs) == 1:
+                        # Audio only entries usually come with single codec and
+                        # no resolution. For more robustness we also check it to
+                        # be mp4 audio.
+                        if not resolution and va_codecs[0].startswith('mp4a'):
+                            vcodec, acodec = 'none', va_codecs[0]
+                        else:
+                            vcodec = va_codecs[0]
+                    else:
+                        vcodec, acodec = va_codecs[:2]
+                    f.update({
+                        'acodec': acodec,
+                        'vcodec': vcodec,
+                    })
+                if last_media is not None:
+                    f['m3u8_media'] = last_media
+                    last_media = None
                 formats.append(f)
                 last_info = {}
                 formats.append(f)
                 last_info = {}
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
+        return formats
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _xpath_ns(path, namespace=None):
+        if not namespace:
+            return path
+        out = []
+        for c in path.split('/'):
+            if not c or c == '.':
+                out.append(c)
+            else:
+                out.append('{%s}%s' % (namespace, c))
+        return '/'.join(out)
+
+    def _extract_smil_formats(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None, transform_source=None):
+        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal, transform_source=transform_source)
+
+        if smil is False:
+            assert not fatal
+            return []
+
+        namespace = self._parse_smil_namespace(smil)
+
+        return self._parse_smil_formats(
+            smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=namespace, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+
+    def _extract_smil_info(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None):
+        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+        if smil is False:
+            return {}
+        return self._parse_smil(smil, smil_url, video_id, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+
+    def _download_smil(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, transform_source=None):
+        return self._download_xml(
+            smil_url, video_id, 'Downloading SMIL file',
+            'Unable to download SMIL file', fatal=fatal, transform_source=transform_source)
+
+    def _parse_smil(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, f4m_params=None):
+        namespace = self._parse_smil_namespace(smil)
+
+        formats = self._parse_smil_formats(
+            smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=namespace, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+        subtitles = self._parse_smil_subtitles(smil, namespace=namespace)
+
+        video_id = os.path.splitext(url_basename(smil_url))[0]
+        title = None
+        description = None
+        upload_date = None
+        for meta in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('./head/meta', namespace)):
+            name = meta.attrib.get('name')
+            content = meta.attrib.get('content')
+            if not name or not content:
+                continue
+            if not title and name == 'title':
+                title = content
+            elif not description and name in ('description', 'abstract'):
+                description = content
+            elif not upload_date and name == 'date':
+                upload_date = unified_strdate(content)
+
+        thumbnails = [{
+            'id': image.get('type'),
+            'url': image.get('src'),
+            'width': int_or_none(image.get('width')),
+            'height': int_or_none(image.get('height')),
+        } for image in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//image', namespace)) if image.get('src')]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title or video_id,
+            'description': description,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'subtitles': subtitles,
+        }
+
+    def _parse_smil_namespace(self, smil):
+        return self._search_regex(
+            r'(?i)^{([^}]+)?}smil$', smil.tag, 'namespace', default=None)
+
+    def _parse_smil_formats(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=None, f4m_params=None, transform_rtmp_url=None):
+        base = smil_url
+        for meta in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('./head/meta', namespace)):
+            b = meta.get('base') or meta.get('httpBase')
+            if b:
+                base = b
+                break
+
+        formats = []
+        rtmp_count = 0
+        http_count = 0
+        m3u8_count = 0
+
+        srcs = []
+        media = smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//video', namespace)) + smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//audio', namespace))
+        for medium in media:
+            src = medium.get('src')
+            if not src or src in srcs:
+                continue
+            srcs.append(src)
+
+            bitrate = float_or_none(medium.get('system-bitrate') or medium.get('systemBitrate'), 1000)
+            filesize = int_or_none(medium.get('size') or medium.get('fileSize'))
+            width = int_or_none(medium.get('width'))
+            height = int_or_none(medium.get('height'))
+            proto = medium.get('proto')
+            ext = medium.get('ext')
+            src_ext = determine_ext(src)
+            streamer = medium.get('streamer') or base
+
+            if proto == 'rtmp' or streamer.startswith('rtmp'):
+                rtmp_count += 1
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': streamer,
+                    'play_path': src,
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'rtmp-%d' % (rtmp_count if bitrate is None else bitrate),
+                    'tbr': bitrate,
+                    'filesize': filesize,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+                if transform_rtmp_url:
+                    streamer, src = transform_rtmp_url(streamer, src)
+                    formats[-1].update({
+                        'url': streamer,
+                        'play_path': src,
+                    })
+                continue
+
+            src_url = src if src.startswith('http') else compat_urlparse.urljoin(base, src)
+            src_url = src_url.strip()
+
+            if proto == 'm3u8' or src_ext == 'm3u8':
+                m3u8_formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    src_url, video_id, ext or 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False)
+                if len(m3u8_formats) == 1:
+                    m3u8_count += 1
+                    m3u8_formats[0].update({
+                        'format_id': 'hls-%d' % (m3u8_count if bitrate is None else bitrate),
+                        'tbr': bitrate,
+                        'width': width,
+                        'height': height,
+                    })
+                formats.extend(m3u8_formats)
+                continue
+
+            if src_ext == 'f4m':
+                f4m_url = src_url
+                if not f4m_params:
+                    f4m_params = {
+                        'hdcore': '3.2.0',
+                        'plugin': 'flowplayer-3.2.0.1',
+                    }
+                f4m_url += '&' if '?' in f4m_url else '?'
+                f4m_url += compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(f4m_params)
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(f4m_url, video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+                continue
+
+            if src_url.startswith('http') and self._is_valid_url(src, video_id):
+                http_count += 1
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': src_url,
+                    'ext': ext or src_ext or 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'http-%d' % (bitrate or http_count),
+                    'tbr': bitrate,
+                    'filesize': filesize,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+                continue
+
+        return formats
+
+    def _parse_smil_subtitles(self, smil, namespace=None, subtitles_lang='en'):
+        urls = []
+        subtitles = {}
+        for num, textstream in enumerate(smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//textstream', namespace))):
+            src = textstream.get('src')
+            if not src or src in urls:
+                continue
+            urls.append(src)
+            ext = textstream.get('ext') or mimetype2ext(textstream.get('type')) or determine_ext(src)
+            lang = textstream.get('systemLanguage') or textstream.get('systemLanguageName') or textstream.get('lang') or subtitles_lang
+            subtitles.setdefault(lang, []).append({
+                'url': src,
+                'ext': ext,
+            })
+        return subtitles
+
+    def _extract_xspf_playlist(self, playlist_url, playlist_id, fatal=True):
+        xspf = self._download_xml(
+            playlist_url, playlist_id, 'Downloading xpsf playlist',
+            'Unable to download xspf manifest', fatal=fatal)
+        if xspf is False:
+            return []
+        return self._parse_xspf(xspf, playlist_id)
+
+    def _parse_xspf(self, playlist, playlist_id):
+        NS_MAP = {
+            'xspf': 'http://xspf.org/ns/0/',
+            's1': 'http://static.streamone.nl/player/ns/0',
+        }
+
+        entries = []
+        for track in playlist.findall(xpath_with_ns('./xspf:trackList/xspf:track', NS_MAP)):
+            title = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:title', NS_MAP), 'title', default=playlist_id)
+            description = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:annotation', NS_MAP), 'description')
+            thumbnail = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:image', NS_MAP), 'thumbnail')
+            duration = float_or_none(
+                xpath_text(track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:duration', NS_MAP), 'duration'), 1000)
+
+            formats = [{
+                'url': location.text,
+                'format_id': location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:label', NS_MAP)),
+                'width': int_or_none(location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:width', NS_MAP))),
+                'height': int_or_none(location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:height', NS_MAP))),
+            } for location in track.findall(xpath_with_ns('./xspf:location', NS_MAP))]
+            self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+            entries.append({
+                'id': playlist_id,
+                'title': title,
+                'description': description,
+                'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+                'duration': duration,
+                'formats': formats,
+            })
+        return entries
+
+    def _extract_mpd_formats(self, mpd_url, video_id, mpd_id=None, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, formats_dict={}):
+        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
+            mpd_url, video_id,
+            note=note or 'Downloading MPD manifest',
+            errnote=errnote or 'Failed to download MPD manifest',
+            fatal=fatal)
+        if res is False:
+            return []
+        mpd, urlh = res
+        mpd_base_url = re.match(r'https?://.+/', urlh.geturl()).group()
+
+        return self._parse_mpd_formats(
+            compat_etree_fromstring(mpd.encode('utf-8')), mpd_id, mpd_base_url, formats_dict=formats_dict)
+
+    def _parse_mpd_formats(self, mpd_doc, mpd_id=None, mpd_base_url='', formats_dict={}):
+        if mpd_doc.get('type') == 'dynamic':
+            return []
+
+        namespace = self._search_regex(r'(?i)^{([^}]+)?}MPD$', mpd_doc.tag, 'namespace', default=None)
+
+        def _add_ns(path):
+            return self._xpath_ns(path, namespace)
+
+        def is_drm_protected(element):
+            return element.find(_add_ns('ContentProtection')) is not None
+
+        def extract_multisegment_info(element, ms_parent_info):
+            ms_info = ms_parent_info.copy()
+            segment_list = element.find(_add_ns('SegmentList'))
+            if segment_list is not None:
+                segment_urls_e = segment_list.findall(_add_ns('SegmentURL'))
+                if segment_urls_e:
+                    ms_info['segment_urls'] = [segment.attrib['media'] for segment in segment_urls_e]
+                initialization = segment_list.find(_add_ns('Initialization'))
+                if initialization is not None:
+                    ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization.attrib['sourceURL']
+            else:
+                segment_template = element.find(_add_ns('SegmentTemplate'))
+                if segment_template is not None:
+                    start_number = segment_template.get('startNumber')
+                    if start_number:
+                        ms_info['start_number'] = int(start_number)
+                    segment_timeline = segment_template.find(_add_ns('SegmentTimeline'))
+                    if segment_timeline is not None:
+                        s_e = segment_timeline.findall(_add_ns('S'))
+                        if s_e:
+                            ms_info['total_number'] = 0
+                            for s in s_e:
+                                ms_info['total_number'] += 1 + int(s.get('r', '0'))
+                    else:
+                        timescale = segment_template.get('timescale')
+                        if timescale:
+                            ms_info['timescale'] = int(timescale)
+                        segment_duration = segment_template.get('duration')
+                        if segment_duration:
+                            ms_info['segment_duration'] = int(segment_duration)
+                    media_template = segment_template.get('media')
+                    if media_template:
+                        ms_info['media_template'] = media_template
+                    initialization = segment_template.get('initialization')
+                    if initialization:
+                        ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization
+                    else:
+                        initialization = segment_template.find(_add_ns('Initialization'))
+                        if initialization is not None:
+                            ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization.attrib['sourceURL']
+            return ms_info
+
+        mpd_duration = parse_duration(mpd_doc.get('mediaPresentationDuration'))
+        formats = []
+        for period in mpd_doc.findall(_add_ns('Period')):
+            period_duration = parse_duration(period.get('duration')) or mpd_duration
+            period_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(period, {
+                'start_number': 1,
+                'timescale': 1,
+            })
+            for adaptation_set in period.findall(_add_ns('AdaptationSet')):
+                if is_drm_protected(adaptation_set):
+                    continue
+                adaption_set_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(adaptation_set, period_ms_info)
+                for representation in adaptation_set.findall(_add_ns('Representation')):
+                    if is_drm_protected(representation):
+                        continue
+                    representation_attrib = adaptation_set.attrib.copy()
+                    representation_attrib.update(representation.attrib)
+                    # According to page 41 of ISO/IEC 29001-1:2014, @mimeType is mandatory
+                    mime_type = representation_attrib['mimeType']
+                    content_type = mime_type.split('/')[0]
+                    if content_type == 'text':
+                        # TODO implement WebVTT downloading
+                        pass
+                    elif content_type == 'video' or content_type == 'audio':
+                        base_url = ''
+                        for element in (representation, adaptation_set, period, mpd_doc):
+                            base_url_e = element.find(_add_ns('BaseURL'))
+                            if base_url_e is not None:
+                                base_url = base_url_e.text + base_url
+                                if re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
+                                    break
+                        if mpd_base_url and not re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
+                            if not mpd_base_url.endswith('/') and not base_url.startswith('/'):
+                                mpd_base_url += '/'
+                            base_url = mpd_base_url + base_url
+                        representation_id = representation_attrib.get('id')
+                        lang = representation_attrib.get('lang')
+                        url_el = representation.find(_add_ns('BaseURL'))
+                        filesize = int_or_none(url_el.attrib.get('{http://youtube.com/yt/2012/10/10}contentLength') if url_el is not None else None)
+                        f = {
+                            'format_id': '%s-%s' % (mpd_id, representation_id) if mpd_id else representation_id,
+                            'url': base_url,
+                            'ext': mimetype2ext(mime_type),
+                            'width': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('width')),
+                            'height': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('height')),
+                            'tbr': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('bandwidth'), 1000),
+                            'asr': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('audioSamplingRate')),
+                            'fps': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('frameRate')),
+                            'vcodec': 'none' if content_type == 'audio' else representation_attrib.get('codecs'),
+                            'acodec': 'none' if content_type == 'video' else representation_attrib.get('codecs'),
+                            'language': lang if lang not in ('mul', 'und', 'zxx', 'mis') else None,
+                            'format_note': 'DASH %s' % content_type,
+                            'filesize': filesize,
+                        }
+                        representation_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(representation, adaption_set_ms_info)
+                        if 'segment_urls' not in representation_ms_info and 'media_template' in representation_ms_info:
+                            if 'total_number' not in representation_ms_info and 'segment_duration':
+                                segment_duration = float(representation_ms_info['segment_duration']) / float(representation_ms_info['timescale'])
+                                representation_ms_info['total_number'] = int(math.ceil(float(period_duration) / segment_duration))
+                            media_template = representation_ms_info['media_template']
+                            media_template = media_template.replace('$RepresentationID$', representation_id)
+                            media_template = re.sub(r'\$(Number|Bandwidth)\$', r'%(\1)d', media_template)
+                            media_template = re.sub(r'\$(Number|Bandwidth)%([^$]+)\$', r'%(\1)\2', media_template)
+                            media_template.replace('$$', '$')
+                            representation_ms_info['segment_urls'] = [
+                                media_template % {
+                                    'Number': segment_number,
+                                    'Bandwidth': representation_attrib.get('bandwidth')}
+                                for segment_number in range(
+                                    representation_ms_info['start_number'],
+                                    representation_ms_info['total_number'] + representation_ms_info['start_number'])]
+                        if 'segment_urls' in representation_ms_info:
+                            f.update({
+                                'segment_urls': representation_ms_info['segment_urls'],
+                                'protocol': 'http_dash_segments',
+                            })
+                            if 'initialization_url' in representation_ms_info:
+                                initialization_url = representation_ms_info['initialization_url'].replace('$RepresentationID$', representation_id)
+                                f.update({
+                                    'initialization_url': initialization_url,
+                                })
+                                if not f.get('url'):
+                                    f['url'] = initialization_url
+                        try:
+                            existing_format = next(
+                                fo for fo in formats
+                                if fo['format_id'] == representation_id)
+                        except StopIteration:
+                            full_info = formats_dict.get(representation_id, {}).copy()
+                            full_info.update(f)
+                            formats.append(full_info)
+                        else:
+                            existing_format.update(f)
+                    else:
+                        self.report_warning('Unknown MIME type %s in DASH manifest' % mime_type)
         return formats
 
     def _live_title(self, name):
         """ Generate the title for a live video """
         now = datetime.datetime.now()
         return formats
 
     def _live_title(self, name):
         """ Generate the title for a live video """
         now = datetime.datetime.now()
-        now_str = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
+        now_str = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
         return name + ' ' + now_str
 
     def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
         return name + ' ' + now_str
 
     def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
@@ -819,15 +1639,95 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         return res
 
     def _set_cookie(self, domain, name, value, expire_time=None):
         return res
 
     def _set_cookie(self, domain, name, value, expire_time=None):
-        cookie = compat_cookiejar.Cookie(0, name, value, None, None, domain, None,
+        cookie = compat_cookiejar.Cookie(
+            0, name, value, None, None, domain, None,
             None, '/', True, False, expire_time, '', None, None, None)
         self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
             None, '/', True, False, expire_time, '', None, None, None)
         self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
+    def _get_cookies(self, url):
+        """ Return a compat_cookies.SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
+        req = sanitized_Request(url)
+        self._downloader.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(req)
+        return compat_cookies.SimpleCookie(req.get_header('Cookie'))
+
+    def get_testcases(self, include_onlymatching=False):
+        t = getattr(self, '_TEST', None)
+        if t:
+            assert not hasattr(self, '_TESTS'), \
+                '%s has _TEST and _TESTS' % type(self).__name__
+            tests = [t]
+        else:
+            tests = getattr(self, '_TESTS', [])
+        for t in tests:
+            if not include_onlymatching and t.get('only_matching', False):
+                continue
+            t['name'] = type(self).__name__[:-len('IE')]
+            yield t
+
+    def is_suitable(self, age_limit):
+        """ Test whether the extractor is generally suitable for the given
+        age limit (i.e. pornographic sites are not, all others usually are) """
+
+        any_restricted = False
+        for tc in self.get_testcases(include_onlymatching=False):
+            if 'playlist' in tc:
+                tc = tc['playlist'][0]
+            is_restricted = age_restricted(
+                tc.get('info_dict', {}).get('age_limit'), age_limit)
+            if not is_restricted:
+                return True
+            any_restricted = any_restricted or is_restricted
+        return not any_restricted
+
+    def extract_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('writesubtitles', False) or
+                self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles')):
+            return self._get_subtitles(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {}
+
+    def _get_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _merge_subtitle_items(subtitle_list1, subtitle_list2):
+        """ Merge subtitle items for one language. Items with duplicated URLs
+        will be dropped. """
+        list1_urls = set([item['url'] for item in subtitle_list1])
+        ret = list(subtitle_list1)
+        ret.extend([item for item in subtitle_list2 if item['url'] not in list1_urls])
+        return ret
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _merge_subtitles(cls, subtitle_dict1, subtitle_dict2):
+        """ Merge two subtitle dictionaries, language by language. """
+        ret = dict(subtitle_dict1)
+        for lang in subtitle_dict2:
+            ret[lang] = cls._merge_subtitle_items(subtitle_dict1.get(lang, []), subtitle_dict2[lang])
+        return ret
+
+    def extract_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('writeautomaticsub', False) or
+                self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles')):
+            return self._get_automatic_captions(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {}
+
+    def _get_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
+
+    def mark_watched(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('mark_watched', False) and
+                (self._get_login_info()[0] is not None or
+                    self._downloader.params.get('cookiefile') is not None)):
+            self._mark_watched(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _mark_watched(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
+
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
     Base class for paged search queries extractors.
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
     Base class for paged search queries extractors.
-    They accept urls in the format _SEARCH_KEY(|all|[0-9]):{query}
+    They accept URLs in the format _SEARCH_KEY(|all|[0-9]):{query}
     Instances should define _SEARCH_KEY and _MAX_RESULTS.
     """
 
     Instances should define _SEARCH_KEY and _MAX_RESULTS.
     """
 
@@ -861,7 +1761,7 @@ class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
-        raise NotImplementedError("This method must be implemented by subclasses")
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
 
     @property
     def SEARCH_KEY(self):
 
     @property
     def SEARCH_KEY(self):