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index 6071d72452655f0db74c104ec257cfbe434ad137..3d8b31f9830b218e02021b41214010b4f61d29a9 100644 (file)
@@ -7,47 +7,56 @@ import itertools
 import json
 import os.path
 import re
+import time
 import traceback
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
-from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
 from ..jsinterp import JSInterpreter
 from ..swfinterp import SWFInterpreter
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_chr,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_str,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
-    get_element_by_id,
-    get_element_by_attribute,
     ExtractorError,
+    float_or_none,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
+    get_element_by_id,
     int_or_none,
-    OnDemandPagedList,
+    orderedSet,
+    str_to_int,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,
-    orderedSet,
     uppercase_escape,
+    ISO3166Utils,
 )
 
+
 class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """Provide base functions for Youtube extractors"""
     _LOGIN_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin'
     _TWOFACTOR_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/SecondFactor'
-    _LANG_URL = r'https://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&persist_hl=1&gl=US&persist_gl=1&opt_out_ackd=1'
-    _AGE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/&gl=US&hl=en'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'youtube'
     # If True it will raise an error if no login info is provided
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = False
 
     def _set_language(self):
-        return bool(self._download_webpage(
-            self._LANG_URL, None,
-            note='Setting language', errnote='unable to set language',
-            fatal=False))
+        self._set_cookie(
+            '.youtube.com', 'PREF', 'f1=50000000&hl=en',
+            # YouTube sets the expire time to about two months
+            expire_time=time.time() + 2 * 30 * 24 * 3600)
+
+    def _ids_to_results(self, ids):
+        return [
+            self.url_result(vid_id, 'Youtube', video_id=vid_id)
+            for vid_id in ids]
 
     def _login(self):
         """
@@ -76,30 +85,30 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
         # Log in
         login_form_strs = {
-                'continue': 'https://www.youtube.com/signin?action_handle_signin=true&feature=sign_in_button&hl=en_US&nomobiletemp=1',
-                'Email': username,
-                'GALX': galx,
-                'Passwd': password,
-
-                'PersistentCookie': 'yes',
-                '_utf8': '霱',
-                'bgresponse': 'js_disabled',
-                'checkConnection': '',
-                'checkedDomains': 'youtube',
-                'dnConn': '',
-                'pstMsg': '0',
-                'rmShown': '1',
-                'secTok': '',
-                'signIn': 'Sign in',
-                'timeStmp': '',
-                'service': 'youtube',
-                'uilel': '3',
-                'hl': 'en_US',
+            'continue': 'https://www.youtube.com/signin?action_handle_signin=true&feature=sign_in_button&hl=en_US&nomobiletemp=1',
+            'Email': username,
+            'GALX': galx,
+            'Passwd': password,
+
+            'PersistentCookie': 'yes',
+            '_utf8': '霱',
+            'bgresponse': 'js_disabled',
+            'checkConnection': '',
+            'checkedDomains': 'youtube',
+            'dnConn': '',
+            'pstMsg': '0',
+            'rmShown': '1',
+            'secTok': '',
+            'signIn': 'Sign in',
+            'timeStmp': '',
+            'service': 'youtube',
+            'uilel': '3',
+            'hl': 'en_US',
         }
 
         # Convert to UTF-8 *before* urlencode because Python 2.x's urlencode
         # chokes on unicode
-        login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in login_form_strs.items())
+        login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k, v in login_form_strs.items())
         login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('ascii')
 
         req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 'service': 'youtube',
                 'hl': 'en_US',
             }
-            tfa_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in tfa_form_strs.items())
+            tfa_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k, v in tfa_form_strs.items())
             tfa_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(tfa_form).encode('ascii')
 
             tfa_req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._TWOFACTOR_URL, tfa_data)
@@ -175,31 +184,15 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             return False
         return True
 
-    def _confirm_age(self):
-        age_form = {
-            'next_url': '/',
-            'action_confirm': 'Confirm',
-        }
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._AGE_URL,
-            compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(age_form).encode('ascii'))
-
-        self._download_webpage(
-            req, None,
-            note='Confirming age', errnote='Unable to confirm age',
-            fatal=False)
-
     def _real_initialize(self):
         if self._downloader is None:
             return
-        if self._get_login_info()[0] is not None:
-            if not self._set_language():
-                return
+        self._set_language()
         if not self._login():
             return
-        self._confirm_age()
 
 
-class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
+class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com'
     _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)^
                      (
@@ -245,6 +238,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         '44': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 854, 'height': 480},
         '45': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1280, 'height': 720},
         '46': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1920, 'height': 1080},
+        '59': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 854, 'height': 480},
+        '78': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 854, 'height': 480},
 
 
         # 3d videos
@@ -271,14 +266,17 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         '135': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
         '136': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
         '137': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
-        '138': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '138': {'ext': 'mp4', 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},  # Height can vary (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4559)
         '160': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 144, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
         '264': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '298': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '299': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '266': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
 
         # Dash mp4 audio
-        '139': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 48, 'preference': -50},
-        '140': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 128, 'preference': -50},
-        '141': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 256, 'preference': -50},
+        '139': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 48, 'preference': -50, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '140': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 128, 'preference': -50, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '141': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'none', 'abr': 256, 'preference': -50, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
 
         # Dash webm
         '167': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'width': 640, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
@@ -299,15 +297,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         '272': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
         '302': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'VP9'},
         '303': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'VP9'},
+        '308': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'VP9'},
+        '313': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'vcodec': 'VP9'},
+        '315': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'VP9'},
 
         # Dash webm audio
         '171': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 128, 'preference': -50},
         '172': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 256, 'preference': -50},
 
-        # Dash mov
-        '298': {'ext': 'mov', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
-        '299': {'ext': 'mov', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'fps': 60, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
-        '266': {'ext': 'mov', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        # Dash webm audio with opus inside
+        '249': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 50, 'preference': -50},
+        '250': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 70, 'preference': -50},
+        '251': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 160, 'preference': -50},
 
         # RTMP (unnamed)
         '_rtmp': {'protocol': 'rtmp'},
@@ -392,8 +393,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'IB3lcPjvWLA',
                 'ext': 'm4a',
-                'title': 'Afrojack - The Spark ft. Spree Wilson',
-                'description': 'md5:9717375db5a9a3992be4668bbf3bc0a8',
+                'title': 'Afrojack, Spree Wilson - The Spark ft. Spree Wilson',
+                'description': 'md5:12e7067fa6735a77bdcbb58cb1187d2d',
                 'uploader': 'AfrojackVEVO',
                 'uploader_id': 'AfrojackVEVO',
                 'upload_date': '20131011',
@@ -403,6 +404,156 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 'format': '141',
             },
         },
+        # JS player signature function name containing $
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'nfWlot6h_JM',
+                'ext': 'm4a',
+                'title': 'Taylor Swift - Shake It Off',
+                'description': 'md5:2acfda1b285bdd478ccec22f9918199d',
+                'uploader': 'TaylorSwiftVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'TaylorSwiftVEVO',
+                'upload_date': '20140818',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '141',
+            },
+        },
+        # Controversy video
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XJQO3qol8',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'T4XJQO3qol8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20100909',
+                'uploader': 'The Amazing Atheist',
+                'uploader_id': 'TheAmazingAtheist',
+                'title': 'Burning Everyone\'s Koran',
+                'description': 'SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/saturninefilms\n\nEven Obama has taken a stand against freedom on this issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/obama-gma-interview-quran_n_710282.html',
+            }
+        },
+        # Normal age-gate video (No vevo, embed allowed)
+        {
+            'url': 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=HtVdAasjOgU',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'HtVdAasjOgU',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - The Sword Of Destiny Trailer',
+                'description': 're:(?s).{100,}About the Game\n.*?The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.{100,}',
+                'uploader': 'The Witcher',
+                'uploader_id': 'WitcherGame',
+                'upload_date': '20140605',
+            },
+        },
+        # Age-gate video with encrypted signature
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kLq3WMV1nU',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '6kLq3WMV1nU',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) (Lyric Video)',
+                'description': 'md5:33765bb339e1b47e7e72b5490139bb41',
+                'uploader': 'LloydVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'LloydVEVO',
+                'upload_date': '20110629',
+            },
+        },
+        # video_info is None (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4421)
+        {
+            'url': '__2ABJjxzNo',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '__2ABJjxzNo',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20100430',
+                'uploader_id': 'deadmau5',
+                'description': 'md5:12c56784b8032162bb936a5f76d55360',
+                'uploader': 'deadmau5',
+                'title': 'Deadmau5 - Some Chords (HD)',
+            },
+            'expected_warnings': [
+                'DASH manifest missing',
+            ]
+        },
+        # Olympics (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4431)
+        {
+            'url': 'lqQg6PlCWgI',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'lqQg6PlCWgI',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20120731',
+                'uploader_id': 'olympic',
+                'description': 'HO09  - Women -  GER-AUS - Hockey - 31 July 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games',
+                'uploader': 'Olympics',
+                'title': 'Hockey - Women -  GER-AUS - London 2012 Olympic Games',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': 'requires avconv',
+            }
+        },
+        # Non-square pixels
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b-2C3KPAM0',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '_b-2C3KPAM0',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'stretched_ratio': 16 / 9.,
+                'upload_date': '20110310',
+                'uploader_id': 'AllenMeow',
+                'description': 'made by Wacom from Korea | 字幕&加油添醋 by TY\'s Allen | 感謝heylisa00cavey1001同學熱情提供梗及翻譯',
+                'uploader': '孫艾倫',
+                'title': '[A-made] 變態妍字幕版 太妍 我就是這樣的人',
+            },
+        },
+        # url_encoded_fmt_stream_map is empty string
+        {
+            'url': 'qEJwOuvDf7I',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'qEJwOuvDf7I',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Обсуждение судебной практики по выборам 14 сентября 2014 года в Санкт-Петербурге',
+                'description': '',
+                'upload_date': '20150404',
+                'uploader_id': 'spbelect',
+                'uploader': 'Наблюдатели Петербурга',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': 'requires avconv',
+            }
+        },
+        # Extraction from multiple DASH manifests (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/6097)
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIl7x6_3R5Y',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'FIl7x6_3R5Y',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'md5:7b81415841e02ecd4313668cde88737a',
+                'description': 'md5:116377fd2963b81ec4ce64b542173306',
+                'upload_date': '20150625',
+                'uploader_id': 'dorappi2000',
+                'uploader': 'dorappi2000',
+                'formats': 'mincount:33',
+            },
+        },
+        # DASH manifest with segment_list
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/CsmdDsKjzN8',
+            'md5': '8ce563a1d667b599d21064e982ab9e31',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'CsmdDsKjzN8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20150501',  # According to '<meta itemprop="datePublished"', but in other places it's 20150510
+                'uploader': 'Airtek',
+                'description': 'Retransmisión en directo de la XVIII media maratón de Zaragoza.',
+                'uploader_id': 'UCzTzUmjXxxacNnL8I3m4LnQ',
+                'title': 'Retransmisión XVIII Media maratón Zaragoza 2015',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '135',  # bestvideo
+            }
+        },
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -431,7 +582,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
     def _extract_signature_function(self, video_id, player_url, example_sig):
         id_m = re.match(
-            r'.*-(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/watch_as3|/html5player)?\.(?P<ext>[a-z]+)$',
+            r'.*?-(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/watch_as3|/html5player)?\.(?P<ext>[a-z]+)$',
             player_url)
         if not id_m:
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
@@ -447,26 +598,30 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         if cache_spec is not None:
             return lambda s: ''.join(s[i] for i in cache_spec)
 
+        download_note = (
+            'Downloading player %s' % player_url
+            if self._downloader.params.get('verbose') else
+            'Downloading %s player %s' % (player_type, player_id)
+        )
         if player_type == 'js':
             code = self._download_webpage(
                 player_url, video_id,
-                note='Downloading %s player %s' % (player_type, player_id),
+                note=download_note,
                 errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
             res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
         elif player_type == 'swf':
             urlh = self._request_webpage(
                 player_url, video_id,
-                note='Downloading %s player %s' % (player_type, player_id),
+                note=download_note,
                 errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
             code = urlh.read()
             res = self._parse_sig_swf(code)
         else:
             assert False, 'Invalid player type %r' % player_type
 
-        if cache_spec is None:
-            test_string = ''.join(map(compat_chr, range(len(example_sig))))
-            cache_res = res(test_string)
-            cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
+        test_string = ''.join(map(compat_chr, range(len(example_sig))))
+        cache_res = res(test_string)
+        cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
 
         self._downloader.cache.store('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id, cache_spec)
         return res
@@ -475,13 +630,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         def gen_sig_code(idxs):
             def _genslice(start, end, step):
                 starts = '' if start == 0 else str(start)
-                ends = (':%d' % (end+step)) if end + step >= 0 else ':'
+                ends = (':%d' % (end + step)) if end + step >= 0 else ':'
                 steps = '' if step == 1 else (':%d' % step)
                 return 's[%s%s%s]' % (starts, ends, steps)
 
             step = None
-            start = '(Never used)'  # Quelch pyflakes warnings - start will be
-                                    # set as soon as step is set
+            # Quelch pyflakes warnings - start will be set when step is set
+            start = '(Never used)'
             for i, prev in zip(idxs[1:], idxs[:-1]):
                 if step is not None:
                     if i - prev == step:
@@ -512,8 +667,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
     def _parse_sig_js(self, jscode):
         funcname = self._search_regex(
-            r'signature=([$a-zA-Z]+)', jscode,
-             'Initial JS player signature function name')
+            r'\.sig\|\|([a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(', jscode,
+            'Initial JS player signature function name')
 
         jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
         initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
@@ -550,38 +705,41 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             raise ExtractorError(
                 'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
 
-    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
+    def _get_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
         try:
-            sub_list = self._download_webpage(
+            subs_doc = self._download_xml(
                 'https://video.google.com/timedtext?hl=en&type=list&v=%s' % video_id,
                 video_id, note=False)
         except ExtractorError as err:
             self._downloader.report_warning('unable to download video subtitles: %s' % compat_str(err))
             return {}
-        lang_list = re.findall(r'name="([^"]*)"[^>]+lang_code="([\w\-]+)"', sub_list)
 
         sub_lang_list = {}
-        for l in lang_list:
-            lang = l[1]
+        for track in subs_doc.findall('track'):
+            lang = track.attrib['lang_code']
             if lang in sub_lang_list:
                 continue
-            params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
-                'lang': lang,
-                'v': video_id,
-                'fmt': self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt'),
-                'name': unescapeHTML(l[0]).encode('utf-8'),
-            })
-            url = 'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params
-            sub_lang_list[lang] = url
+            sub_formats = []
+            for ext in ['sbv', 'vtt', 'srt']:
+                params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                    'lang': lang,
+                    'v': video_id,
+                    'fmt': ext,
+                    'name': track.attrib['name'].encode('utf-8'),
+                })
+                sub_formats.append({
+                    'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params,
+                    'ext': ext,
+                })
+            sub_lang_list[lang] = sub_formats
         if not sub_lang_list:
             self._downloader.report_warning('video doesn\'t have subtitles')
             return {}
         return sub_lang_list
 
-    def _get_available_automatic_caption(self, video_id, webpage):
+    def _get_automatic_captions(self, video_id, webpage):
         """We need the webpage for getting the captions url, pass it as an
            argument to speed up the process."""
-        sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt')
         self.to_screen('%s: Looking for automatic captions' % video_id)
         mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', webpage)
         err_msg = 'Couldn\'t find automatic captions for %s' % video_id
@@ -590,9 +748,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             return {}
         player_config = json.loads(mobj.group(1))
         try:
-            args = player_config[u'args']
-            caption_url = args[u'ttsurl']
-            timestamp = args[u'timestamp']
+            args = player_config['args']
+            caption_url = args['ttsurl']
+            timestamp = args['timestamp']
             # We get the available subtitles
             list_params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
                 'type': 'list',
@@ -602,22 +760,29 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             list_url = caption_url + '&' + list_params
             caption_list = self._download_xml(list_url, video_id)
             original_lang_node = caption_list.find('track')
-            if original_lang_node is None or original_lang_node.attrib.get('kind') != 'asr' :
+            if original_lang_node is None:
                 self._downloader.report_warning('Video doesn\'t have automatic captions')
                 return {}
             original_lang = original_lang_node.attrib['lang_code']
+            caption_kind = original_lang_node.attrib.get('kind', '')
 
             sub_lang_list = {}
             for lang_node in caption_list.findall('target'):
                 sub_lang = lang_node.attrib['lang_code']
-                params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
-                    'lang': original_lang,
-                    'tlang': sub_lang,
-                    'fmt': sub_format,
-                    'ts': timestamp,
-                    'kind': 'asr',
-                })
-                sub_lang_list[sub_lang] = caption_url + '&' + params
+                sub_formats = []
+                for ext in ['sbv', 'vtt', 'srt']:
+                    params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                        'lang': original_lang,
+                        'tlang': sub_lang,
+                        'fmt': ext,
+                        'ts': timestamp,
+                        'kind': caption_kind,
+                    })
+                    sub_formats.append({
+                        'url': caption_url + '&' + params,
+                        'ext': ext,
+                    })
+                sub_lang_list[sub_lang] = sub_formats
             return sub_lang_list
         # An extractor error can be raise by the download process if there are
         # no automatic captions but there are subtitles
@@ -635,10 +800,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
     def _extract_from_m3u8(self, manifest_url, video_id):
         url_map = {}
+
         def _get_urls(_manifest):
             lines = _manifest.split('\n')
             urls = filter(lambda l: l and not l.startswith('#'),
-                            lines)
+                          lines)
             return urls
         manifest = self._download_webpage(manifest_url, video_id, 'Downloading formats manifest')
         formats_urls = _get_urls(manifest)
@@ -651,6 +817,73 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         url = 'https://www.youtube.com/annotations_invideo?features=1&legacy=1&video_id=%s' % video_id
         return self._download_webpage(url, video_id, note='Searching for annotations.', errnote='Unable to download video annotations.')
 
+    def _parse_dash_manifest(
+            self, video_id, dash_manifest_url, player_url, age_gate, fatal=True):
+        def decrypt_sig(mobj):
+            s = mobj.group(1)
+            dec_s = self._decrypt_signature(s, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
+            return '/signature/%s' % dec_s
+        dash_manifest_url = re.sub(r'/s/([a-fA-F0-9\.]+)', decrypt_sig, dash_manifest_url)
+        dash_doc = self._download_xml(
+            dash_manifest_url, video_id,
+            note='Downloading DASH manifest',
+            errnote='Could not download DASH manifest',
+            fatal=fatal)
+
+        if dash_doc is False:
+            return []
+
+        formats = []
+        for a in dash_doc.findall('.//{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}AdaptationSet'):
+            mime_type = a.attrib.get('mimeType')
+            for r in a.findall('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}Representation'):
+                url_el = r.find('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}BaseURL')
+                if url_el is None:
+                    continue
+                if mime_type == 'text/vtt':
+                    # TODO implement WebVTT downloading
+                    pass
+                elif mime_type.startswith('audio/') or mime_type.startswith('video/'):
+                    segment_list = r.find('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}SegmentList')
+                    format_id = r.attrib['id']
+                    video_url = url_el.text
+                    filesize = int_or_none(url_el.attrib.get('{http://youtube.com/yt/2012/10/10}contentLength'))
+                    f = {
+                        'format_id': format_id,
+                        'url': video_url,
+                        'width': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('width')),
+                        'height': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('height')),
+                        'tbr': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('bandwidth'), 1000),
+                        'asr': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('audioSamplingRate')),
+                        'filesize': filesize,
+                        'fps': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('frameRate')),
+                    }
+                    if segment_list is not None:
+                        f.update({
+                            'initialization_url': segment_list.find('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}Initialization').attrib['sourceURL'],
+                            'segment_urls': [segment.attrib.get('media') for segment in segment_list.findall('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}SegmentURL')],
+                            'protocol': 'http_dash_segments',
+                        })
+                    try:
+                        existing_format = next(
+                            fo for fo in formats
+                            if fo['format_id'] == format_id)
+                    except StopIteration:
+                        full_info = self._formats.get(format_id, {}).copy()
+                        full_info.update(f)
+                        codecs = r.attrib.get('codecs')
+                        if codecs:
+                            if full_info.get('acodec') == 'none' and 'vcodec' not in full_info:
+                                full_info['vcodec'] = codecs
+                            elif full_info.get('vcodec') == 'none' and 'acodec' not in full_info:
+                                full_info['acodec'] = codecs
+                        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 _real_extract(self, url):
         proto = (
             'http' if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
@@ -659,21 +892,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         # Extract original video URL from URL with redirection, like age verification, using next_url parameter
         mobj = re.search(self._NEXT_URL_RE, url)
         if mobj:
-            url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
+            url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse_unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
         video_id = self.extract_id(url)
 
         # Get video webpage
-        url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
-        pref_cookies = [
-            c for c in self._downloader.cookiejar
-            if c.domain == '.youtube.com' and c.name == 'PREF']
-        for pc in pref_cookies:
-            if 'hl=' in pc.value:
-                pc.value = re.sub(r'hl=[^&]+', 'hl=en', pc.value)
-            else:
-                if pc.value:
-                    pc.value += '&'
-                pc.value += 'hl=en'
+        url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999' % video_id
         video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
@@ -683,37 +906,80 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         else:
             player_url = None
 
+        dash_mpds = []
+
+        def add_dash_mpd(video_info):
+            dash_mpd = video_info.get('dashmpd')
+            if dash_mpd and dash_mpd[0] not in dash_mpds:
+                dash_mpds.append(dash_mpd[0])
+
         # Get video info
-        self.report_video_info_webpage_download(video_id)
+        embed_webpage = None
+        is_live = None
         if re.search(r'player-age-gate-content">', video_webpage) is not None:
-            self.report_age_confirmation()
             age_gate = True
             # We simulate the access to the video from www.youtube.com/v/{video_id}
             # this can be viewed without login into Youtube
+            url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/embed/%s' % video_id
+            embed_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading embed webpage')
             data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
                 'video_id': video_id,
                 'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
                 'sts': self._search_regex(
-                    r'"sts"\s*:\s*(\d+)', video_webpage, 'sts'),
+                    r'"sts"\s*:\s*(\d+)', embed_webpage, 'sts', default=''),
             })
             video_info_url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?' + data
-            video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(video_info_url, video_id,
-                                    note=False,
-                                    errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
+            video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                video_info_url, video_id,
+                note='Refetching age-gated info webpage',
+                errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
             video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
+            add_dash_mpd(video_info)
         else:
             age_gate = False
-            for el_type in ['&el=embedded', '&el=detailpage', '&el=vevo', '']:
-                video_info_url = (proto + '://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
-                        % (video_id, el_type))
-                video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(video_info_url, video_id,
-                                        note=False,
-                                        errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
-                video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
-                if 'token' in video_info:
-                    break
+            video_info = None
+            # Try looking directly into the video webpage
+            mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer\.config\s*=\s*({.*?});', video_webpage)
+            if mobj:
+                json_code = uppercase_escape(mobj.group(1))
+                ytplayer_config = json.loads(json_code)
+                args = ytplayer_config['args']
+                if args.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'):
+                    # Convert to the same format returned by compat_parse_qs
+                    video_info = dict((k, [v]) for k, v in args.items())
+                    add_dash_mpd(video_info)
+                if args.get('livestream') == '1' or args.get('live_playback') == 1:
+                    is_live = True
+            if not video_info or self._downloader.params.get('youtube_include_dash_manifest', True):
+                # We also try looking in get_video_info since it may contain different dashmpd
+                # URL that points to a DASH manifest with possibly different itag set (some itags
+                # are missing from DASH manifest pointed by webpage's dashmpd, some - from DASH
+                # manifest pointed by get_video_info's dashmpd).
+                # The general idea is to take a union of itags of both DASH manifests (for example
+                # video with such 'manifest behavior' see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6093)
+                self.report_video_info_webpage_download(video_id)
+                for el_type in ['&el=info', '&el=embedded', '&el=detailpage', '&el=vevo', '']:
+                    video_info_url = (
+                        '%s://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
+                        % (proto, video_id, el_type))
+                    video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                        video_info_url,
+                        video_id, note=False,
+                        errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
+                    get_video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
+                    add_dash_mpd(get_video_info)
+                    if not video_info:
+                        video_info = get_video_info
+                    if 'token' in get_video_info:
+                        break
         if 'token' not in video_info:
             if 'reason' in video_info:
+                if 'The uploader has not made this video available in your country.' in video_info['reason']:
+                    regions_allowed = self._html_search_meta('regionsAllowed', video_webpage, default=None)
+                    if regions_allowed is not None:
+                        raise ExtractorError('YouTube said: This video is available in %s only' % (
+                            ', '.join(map(ISO3166Utils.short2full, regions_allowed.split(',')))),
+                            expected=True)
                 raise ExtractorError(
                     'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0],
                     expected=True, video_id=video_id)
@@ -737,7 +1003,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         # uploader
         if 'author' not in video_info:
             raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract uploader name')
-        video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['author'][0])
+        video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_info['author'][0])
 
         # uploader_id
         video_uploader_id = None
@@ -764,22 +1030,23 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract video thumbnail')
             video_thumbnail = None
         else:   # don't panic if we can't find it
-            video_thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['thumbnail_url'][0])
+            video_thumbnail = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_info['thumbnail_url'][0])
 
         # upload date
-        upload_date = None
-        mobj = re.search(r'(?s)id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            mobj = re.search(
-                r'(?s)id="watch-uploader-info".*?>.*?(?:Published|Uploaded|Streamed live) on (.*?)</strong>',
-                video_webpage)
-        if mobj is not None:
-            upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
-            upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+        upload_date = self._html_search_meta(
+            'datePublished', video_webpage, 'upload date', default=None)
+        if not upload_date:
+            upload_date = self._search_regex(
+                [r'(?s)id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>',
+                 r'id="watch-uploader-info".*?>.*?(?:Published|Uploaded|Streamed live|Started) on (.+?)</strong>'],
+                video_webpage, 'upload date', default=None)
+            if upload_date:
+                upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
+        upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
 
         m_cat_container = self._search_regex(
             r'(?s)<h4[^>]*>\s*Category\s*</h4>\s*<ul[^>]*>(.*?)</ul>',
-            video_webpage, 'categories', fatal=False)
+            video_webpage, 'categories', default=None)
         if m_cat_container:
             category = self._html_search_regex(
                 r'(?s)<a[^<]+>(.*?)</a>', m_cat_container, 'category',
@@ -809,58 +1076,28 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 video_description = ''
 
         def _extract_count(count_name):
-            count = self._search_regex(
-                r'id="watch-%s"[^>]*>.*?([\d,]+)\s*</span>' % re.escape(count_name),
-                video_webpage, count_name, default=None)
-            if count is not None:
-                return int(count.replace(',', ''))
-            return None
+            return str_to_int(self._search_regex(
+                r'-%s-button[^>]+><span[^>]+class="yt-uix-button-content"[^>]*>([\d,]+)</span>'
+                % re.escape(count_name),
+                video_webpage, count_name, default=None))
+
         like_count = _extract_count('like')
         dislike_count = _extract_count('dislike')
 
         # subtitles
         video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
-
-        if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
-            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
-            return
+        automatic_captions = self.extract_automatic_captions(video_id, video_webpage)
 
         if 'length_seconds' not in video_info:
             self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract video duration')
             video_duration = None
         else:
-            video_duration = int(compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['length_seconds'][0]))
+            video_duration = int(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_info['length_seconds'][0]))
 
         # annotations
         video_annotations = None
         if self._downloader.params.get('writeannotations', False):
-                video_annotations = self._extract_annotations(video_id)
-
-        # Decide which formats to download
-        try:
-            mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer\.config\s*=\s*({.*?});', video_webpage)
-            if not mobj:
-                raise ValueError('Could not find vevo ID')
-            json_code = uppercase_escape(mobj.group(1))
-            ytplayer_config = json.loads(json_code)
-            args = ytplayer_config['args']
-            # Easy way to know if the 's' value is in url_encoded_fmt_stream_map
-            # this signatures are encrypted
-            if 'url_encoded_fmt_stream_map' not in args:
-                raise ValueError('No stream_map present')  # caught below
-            re_signature = re.compile(r'[&,]s=')
-            m_s = re_signature.search(args['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'])
-            if m_s is not None:
-                self.to_screen('%s: Encrypted signatures detected.' % video_id)
-                video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'] = [args['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map']]
-            m_s = re_signature.search(args.get('adaptive_fmts', ''))
-            if m_s is not None:
-                if 'adaptive_fmts' in video_info:
-                    video_info['adaptive_fmts'][0] += ',' + args['adaptive_fmts']
-                else:
-                    video_info['adaptive_fmts'] = [args['adaptive_fmts']]
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
+            video_annotations = self._extract_annotations(video_id)
 
         def _map_to_format_list(urlmap):
             formats = []
@@ -883,8 +1120,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 'url': video_info['conn'][0],
                 'player_url': player_url,
             }]
-        elif len(video_info.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map', [])) >= 1 or len(video_info.get('adaptive_fmts', [])) >= 1:
-            encoded_url_map = video_info.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map', [''])[0] + ',' + video_info.get('adaptive_fmts',[''])[0]
+        elif len(video_info.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map', [''])[0]) >= 1 or len(video_info.get('adaptive_fmts', [''])[0]) >= 1:
+            encoded_url_map = video_info.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map', [''])[0] + ',' + video_info.get('adaptive_fmts', [''])[0]
             if 'rtmpe%3Dyes' in encoded_url_map:
                 raise ExtractorError('rtmpe downloads are not supported, see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/343 for more information.', expected=True)
             url_map = {}
@@ -899,12 +1136,22 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                     url += '&signature=' + url_data['sig'][0]
                 elif 's' in url_data:
                     encrypted_sig = url_data['s'][0]
-
-                    if not age_gate:
+                    ASSETS_RE = r'"assets":.+?"js":\s*("[^"]+")'
+
+                    jsplayer_url_json = self._search_regex(
+                        ASSETS_RE,
+                        embed_webpage if age_gate else video_webpage,
+                        'JS player URL (1)', default=None)
+                    if not jsplayer_url_json and not age_gate:
+                        # We need the embed website after all
+                        if embed_webpage is None:
+                            embed_url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/embed/%s' % video_id
+                            embed_webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                                embed_url, video_id, 'Downloading embed webpage')
                         jsplayer_url_json = self._search_regex(
-                            r'"assets":.+?"js":\s*("[^"]+")',
-                            video_webpage, 'JS player URL')
-                        player_url = json.loads(jsplayer_url_json)
+                            ASSETS_RE, embed_webpage, 'JS player URL')
+
+                    player_url = json.loads(jsplayer_url_json)
                     if player_url is None:
                         player_url_json = self._search_regex(
                             r'ytplayer\.config.*?"url"\s*:\s*("[^"]+")',
@@ -930,7 +1177,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
                         parts_sizes = self._signature_cache_id(encrypted_sig)
                         self.to_screen('{%s} signature length %s, %s' %
-                            (format_id, parts_sizes, player_desc))
+                                       (format_id, parts_sizes, player_desc))
 
                     signature = self._decrypt_signature(
                         encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
@@ -948,75 +1195,69 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
         # Look for the DASH manifest
         if self._downloader.params.get('youtube_include_dash_manifest', True):
-            try:
-                # The DASH manifest used needs to be the one from the original video_webpage.
-                # The one found in get_video_info seems to be using different signatures.
-                # However, in the case of an age restriction there won't be any embedded dashmpd in the video_webpage.
-                # Luckily, it seems, this case uses some kind of default signature (len == 86), so the
-                # combination of get_video_info and the _static_decrypt_signature() decryption fallback will work here.
-                if age_gate:
-                    dash_manifest_url = video_info.get('dashmpd')[0]
-                else:
-                    dash_manifest_url = ytplayer_config['args']['dashmpd']
-                def decrypt_sig(mobj):
-                    s = mobj.group(1)
-                    dec_s = self._decrypt_signature(s, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
-                    return '/signature/%s' % dec_s
-                dash_manifest_url = re.sub(r'/s/([\w\.]+)', decrypt_sig, dash_manifest_url)
-                dash_doc = self._download_xml(
-                    dash_manifest_url, video_id,
-                    note='Downloading DASH manifest',
-                    errnote='Could not download DASH manifest')
-                for r in dash_doc.findall('.//{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}Representation'):
-                    url_el = r.find('{urn:mpeg:DASH:schema:MPD:2011}BaseURL')
-                    if url_el is None:
-                        continue
-                    format_id = r.attrib['id']
-                    video_url = url_el.text
-                    filesize = int_or_none(url_el.attrib.get('{http://youtube.com/yt/2012/10/10}contentLength'))
-                    f = {
-                        'format_id': format_id,
-                        'url': video_url,
-                        'width': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('width')),
-                        'tbr': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('bandwidth'), 1000),
-                        'asr': int_or_none(r.attrib.get('audioSamplingRate')),
-                        'filesize': filesize,
-                    }
-                    try:
-                        existing_format = next(
-                            fo for fo in formats
-                            if fo['format_id'] == format_id)
-                    except StopIteration:
-                        f.update(self._formats.get(format_id, {}))
-                        formats.append(f)
-                    else:
-                        existing_format.update(f)
-
-            except (ExtractorError, KeyError) as e:
-                self.report_warning('Skipping DASH manifest: %s' % e, video_id)
+            dash_mpd_fatal = True
+            for dash_manifest_url in dash_mpds:
+                dash_formats = {}
+                try:
+                    for df in self._parse_dash_manifest(
+                            video_id, dash_manifest_url, player_url, age_gate, dash_mpd_fatal):
+                        # Do not overwrite DASH format found in some previous DASH manifest
+                        if df['format_id'] not in dash_formats:
+                            dash_formats[df['format_id']] = df
+                        # Additional DASH manifests may end up in HTTP Error 403 therefore
+                        # allow them to fail without bug report message if we already have
+                        # some DASH manifest succeeded. This is temporary workaround to reduce
+                        # burst of bug reports until we figure out the reason and whether it
+                        # can be fixed at all.
+                        dash_mpd_fatal = False
+                except (ExtractorError, KeyError) as e:
+                    self.report_warning(
+                        'Skipping DASH manifest: %r' % e, video_id)
+                if dash_formats:
+                    # Remove the formats we found through non-DASH, they
+                    # contain less info and it can be wrong, because we use
+                    # fixed values (for example the resolution). See
+                    # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/5774 for an
+                    # example.
+                    formats = [f for f in formats if f['format_id'] not in dash_formats.keys()]
+                    formats.extend(dash_formats.values())
+
+        # Check for malformed aspect ratio
+        stretched_m = re.search(
+            r'<meta\s+property="og:video:tag".*?content="yt:stretch=(?P<w>[0-9]+):(?P<h>[0-9]+)">',
+            video_webpage)
+        if stretched_m:
+            ratio = float(stretched_m.group('w')) / float(stretched_m.group('h'))
+            for f in formats:
+                if f.get('vcodec') != 'none':
+                    f['stretched_ratio'] = ratio
 
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
         return {
-            'id':           video_id,
-            'uploader':     video_uploader,
-            'uploader_id':  video_uploader_id,
-            'upload_date':  upload_date,
-            'title':        video_title,
-            'thumbnail':    video_thumbnail,
-            'description':  video_description,
-            'categories':   video_categories,
-            'subtitles':    video_subtitles,
-            'duration':     video_duration,
-            'age_limit':    18 if age_gate else 0,
-            'annotations':  video_annotations,
+            'id': video_id,
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'uploader_id': video_uploader_id,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
+            'description': video_description,
+            'categories': video_categories,
+            'subtitles': video_subtitles,
+            'automatic_captions': automatic_captions,
+            'duration': video_duration,
+            'age_limit': 18 if age_gate else 0,
+            'annotations': video_annotations,
             'webpage_url': proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
-            'view_count':   view_count,
+            'view_count': view_count,
             'like_count': like_count,
             'dislike_count': dislike_count,
-            'formats':      formats,
+            'average_rating': float_or_none(video_info.get('avg_rating', [None])[0]),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'is_live': is_live,
         }
 
+
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com playlists'
     _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)(?:
@@ -1029,27 +1270,28 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                         |  p/
                         )
                         (
-                            (?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}
-                            # Top tracks, they can also include dots 
+                            (?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD|UL)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}
+                            # Top tracks, they can also include dots
                             |(?:MC)[\w\.]*
                         )
                         .*
                      |
-                        ((?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        ((?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD|UL)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                      )"""
     _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s'
-    _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'data-link-type="next"'
     _VIDEO_RE = r'href="\s*/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?index=(?P<index>\d+)'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:playlist'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'ytdl test PL',
+            'id': 'PLwiyx1dc3P2JR9N8gQaQN_BCvlSlap7re',
         },
         'playlist_count': 3,
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtPgu7CB4gbZDA7i_euNxn75ISqxwZPYx',
         'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'PLtPgu7CB4gbZDA7i_euNxn75ISqxwZPYx',
             'title': 'YDL_Empty_List',
         },
         'playlist_count': 0,
@@ -1058,6 +1300,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': '29C3: Not my department',
+            'id': 'PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC',
         },
         'playlist_count': 95,
     }, {
@@ -1065,6 +1308,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'PLBB231211A4F62143',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': '[OLD]Team Fortress 2 (Class-based LP)',
+            'id': 'PLBB231211A4F62143',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 26,
     }, {
@@ -1072,12 +1316,14 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Uploads from Cauchemar',
+            'id': 'UUBABnxM4Ar9ten8Mdjj1j0Q',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 799,
     }, {
         'url': 'PLtPgu7CB4gbY9oDN3drwC3cMbJggS7dKl',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'YDL_safe_search',
+            'id': 'PLtPgu7CB4gbY9oDN3drwC3cMbJggS7dKl',
         },
         'playlist_count': 2,
     }, {
@@ -1086,6 +1332,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'playlist_count': 4,
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'JODA15',
+            'id': 'PL6IaIsEjSbf96XFRuNccS_RuEXwNdsoEu',
         }
     }, {
         'note': 'Embedded SWF player',
@@ -1093,19 +1340,23 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'playlist_count': 4,
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'JODA7',
+            'id': 'YN5VISEtHet5D4NEvfTd0zcgFk84NqFZ',
         }
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Buggy playlist: the webpage has a "Load more" button but it doesn\'t have more videos',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Uploads from Interstellar Movie',
+            'id': 'UUXw-G3eDE9trcvY2sBMM_aA',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincout': 21,
     }]
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         self._login()
 
-    def _ids_to_results(self, ids):
-        return [
-            self.url_result(vid_id, 'Youtube', video_id=vid_id)
-            for vid_id in ids]
-
     def _extract_mix(self, playlist_id):
-        # The mixes are generated from a single video
+        # The mixes are generated from a single video
         # the id of the playlist is just 'RD' + video_id
         url = 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=%s&list=%s' % (playlist_id[-11:], playlist_id)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
@@ -1124,6 +1375,59 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
         return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_id, title)
 
+    def _extract_playlist(self, playlist_id):
+        url = self._TEMPLATE_URL % playlist_id
+        page = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
+
+        for match in re.findall(r'<div class="yt-alert-message">([^<]+)</div>', page):
+            match = match.strip()
+            # Check if the playlist exists or is private
+            if re.match(r'[^<]*(The|This) playlist (does not exist|is private)[^<]*', match):
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'The playlist doesn\'t exist or is private, use --username or '
+                    '--netrc to access it.',
+                    expected=True)
+            elif re.match(r'[^<]*Invalid parameters[^<]*', match):
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Invalid parameters. Maybe URL is incorrect.',
+                    expected=True)
+            elif re.match(r'[^<]*Choose your language[^<]*', match):
+                continue
+            else:
+                self.report_warning('Youtube gives an alert message: ' + match)
+
+        # Extract the video ids from the playlist pages
+        def _entries():
+            more_widget_html = content_html = page
+            for page_num in itertools.count(1):
+                matches = re.finditer(self._VIDEO_RE, content_html)
+                # We remove the duplicates and the link with index 0
+                # (it's not the first video of the playlist)
+                new_ids = orderedSet(m.group('id') for m in matches if m.group('index') != '0')
+                for vid_id in new_ids:
+                    yield self.url_result(vid_id, 'Youtube', video_id=vid_id)
+
+                mobj = re.search(r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?(?P<more>[^"]+)"', more_widget_html)
+                if not mobj:
+                    break
+
+                more = self._download_json(
+                    'https://youtube.com/%s' % mobj.group('more'), playlist_id,
+                    'Downloading page #%s' % page_num,
+                    transform_source=uppercase_escape)
+                content_html = more['content_html']
+                if not content_html.strip():
+                    # Some webpages show a "Load more" button but they don't
+                    # have more videos
+                    break
+                more_widget_html = more['load_more_widget_html']
+
+        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*">\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
+            page, 'title')
+
+        return self.playlist_result(_entries(), playlist_id, playlist_title)
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         # Extract playlist id
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
@@ -1141,126 +1445,66 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             else:
                 self.to_screen('Downloading playlist %s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
 
-        if playlist_id.startswith('RD'):
+        if playlist_id.startswith('RD') or playlist_id.startswith('UL'):
             # Mixes require a custom extraction process
             return self._extract_mix(playlist_id)
-        if playlist_id.startswith('TL'):
-            raise ExtractorError('For downloading YouTube.com top lists, use '
-                'the "yttoplist" keyword, for example "youtube-dl \'yttoplist:music:Top Tracks\'"', expected=True)
-
-        url = self._TEMPLATE_URL % playlist_id
-        page = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
-        more_widget_html = content_html = page
-
-        # Check if the playlist exists or is private
-        if re.search(r'<div class="yt-alert-message">[^<]*?(The|This) playlist (does not exist|is private)[^<]*?</div>', page) is not None:
-            raise ExtractorError(
-                'The playlist doesn\'t exist or is private, use --username or '
-                '--netrc to access it.',
-                expected=True)
 
-        # Extract the video ids from the playlist pages
-        ids = []
-
-        for page_num in itertools.count(1):
-            matches = re.finditer(self._VIDEO_RE, content_html)
-            # We remove the duplicates and the link with index 0
-            # (it's not the first video of the playlist)
-            new_ids = orderedSet(m.group('id') for m in matches if m.group('index') != '0')
-            ids.extend(new_ids)
-
-            mobj = re.search(r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?(?P<more>[^"]+)"', more_widget_html)
-            if not mobj:
-                break
-
-            more = self._download_json(
-                'https://youtube.com/%s' % mobj.group('more'), playlist_id,
-                'Downloading page #%s' % page_num,
-                transform_source=uppercase_escape)
-            content_html = more['content_html']
-            more_widget_html = more['load_more_widget_html']
-
-        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*">\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
-            page, 'title')
-
-        url_results = self._ids_to_results(ids)
-        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_id, playlist_title)
-
-
-class YoutubeTopListIE(YoutubePlaylistIE):
-    IE_NAME = 'youtube:toplist'
-    IE_DESC = ('YouTube.com top lists, "yttoplist:{channel}:{list title}"'
-        ' (Example: "yttoplist:music:Top Tracks")')
-    _VALID_URL = r'yttoplist:(?P<chann>.*?):(?P<title>.*?)$'
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'yttoplist:music:Trending',
-        'playlist_mincount': 5,
-        'skip': 'Only works for logged-in users',
-    }]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        channel = mobj.group('chann')
-        title = mobj.group('title')
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'title': title})
-        channel_page = self._download_webpage(
-            'https://www.youtube.com/%s' % channel, title)
-        link = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'''(?x)
-                <a\s+href="([^"]+)".*?>\s*
-                <span\s+class="branded-page-module-title-text">\s*
-                <span[^>]*>.*?%s.*?</span>''' % re.escape(query),
-            channel_page, 'list')
-        url = compat_urlparse.urljoin('https://www.youtube.com/', link)
-        
-        video_re = r'data-index="\d+".*?data-video-id="([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})"'
-        ids = []
-        # sometimes the webpage doesn't contain the videos
-        # retry until we get them
-        for i in itertools.count(0):
-            msg = 'Downloading Youtube mix'
-            if i > 0:
-                msg += ', retry #%d' % i
-
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, title, msg)
-            ids = orderedSet(re.findall(video_re, webpage))
-            if ids:
-                break
-        url_results = self._ids_to_results(ids)
-        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_title=title)
+        return self._extract_playlist(playlist_id)
 
 
 class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com channels'
-    _VALID_URL = r"^(?:https?://)?(?:youtu\.be|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com)/channel/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)"
-    _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = 'yt-uix-load-more'
-    _MORE_PAGES_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/c4_browse_ajax?action_load_more_videos=1&flow=list&paging=%s&view=0&sort=da&channel_id=%s'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:youtu\.be|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com)/channel/(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]+)'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s/videos'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:channel'
     _TESTS = [{
         'note': 'paginated channel',
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
         'playlist_mincount': 91,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+        }
     }]
 
-    def extract_videos_from_page(self, page):
+    @staticmethod
+    def extract_videos_from_page(page):
         ids_in_page = []
-        for mobj in re.finditer(r'href="/watch\?v=([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)&?', page):
-            if mobj.group(1) not in ids_in_page:
-                ids_in_page.append(mobj.group(1))
-        return ids_in_page
+        titles_in_page = []
+        for mobj in re.finditer(r'(?:title="(?P<title>[^"]+)"[^>]+)?href="/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]+)&?', page):
+            video_id = mobj.group('id')
+            video_title = unescapeHTML(mobj.group('title'))
+            try:
+                idx = ids_in_page.index(video_id)
+                if video_title and not titles_in_page[idx]:
+                    titles_in_page[idx] = video_title
+            except ValueError:
+                ids_in_page.append(video_id)
+                titles_in_page.append(video_title)
+        return zip(ids_in_page, titles_in_page)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract channel id
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+        channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        url = self._TEMPLATE_URL % channel_id
 
-        # Download channel page
-        channel_id = mobj.group(1)
-        video_ids = []
-        url = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s/videos' % channel_id
-        channel_page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id)
+        # Channel by page listing is restricted to 35 pages of 30 items, i.e. 1050 videos total (see #5778)
+        # Workaround by extracting as a playlist if managed to obtain channel playlist URL
+        # otherwise fallback on channel by page extraction
+        channel_page = self._download_webpage(
+            url + '?view=57', channel_id,
+            'Downloading channel page', fatal=False)
+        channel_playlist_id = self._html_search_meta(
+            'channelId', channel_page, 'channel id', default=None)
+        if not channel_playlist_id:
+            channel_playlist_id = self._search_regex(
+                r'data-channel-external-id="([^"]+)"',
+                channel_page, 'channel id', default=None)
+        if channel_playlist_id and channel_playlist_id.startswith('UC'):
+            playlist_id = 'UU' + channel_playlist_id[2:]
+            return self.url_result(
+                compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, '/playlist?list=%s' % playlist_id), 'YoutubePlaylist')
+
+        channel_page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id, 'Downloading page #1')
         autogenerated = re.search(r'''(?x)
                 class="[^"]*?(?:
                     channel-header-autogenerated-label|
@@ -1270,34 +1514,42 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
         if autogenerated:
             # The videos are contained in a single page
             # the ajax pages can't be used, they are empty
-            video_ids = self.extract_videos_from_page(channel_page)
-        else:
-            # Download all channel pages using the json-based channel_ajax query
+            entries = [
+                self.url_result(
+                    video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id,
+                    video_title=video_title)
+                for video_id, video_title in self.extract_videos_from_page(channel_page)]
+            return self.playlist_result(entries, channel_id)
+
+        def _entries():
+            more_widget_html = content_html = channel_page
             for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
-                url = self._MORE_PAGES_URL % (pagenum, channel_id)
-                page = self._download_json(
-                    url, channel_id, note='Downloading page #%s' % pagenum,
-                    transform_source=uppercase_escape)
 
-                ids_in_page = self.extract_videos_from_page(page['content_html'])
-                video_ids.extend(ids_in_page)
-    
-                if self._MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR not in page['load_more_widget_html']:
+                for video_id, video_title in self.extract_videos_from_page(content_html):
+                    yield self.url_result(
+                        video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id,
+                        video_title=video_title)
+
+                mobj = re.search(
+                    r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?(?P<more>[^"]+)"',
+                    more_widget_html)
+                if not mobj:
                     break
 
-        self._downloader.to_screen('[youtube] Channel %s: Found %i videos' % (channel_id, len(video_ids)))
+                more = self._download_json(
+                    'https://youtube.com/%s' % mobj.group('more'), channel_id,
+                    'Downloading page #%s' % (pagenum + 1),
+                    transform_source=uppercase_escape)
+                content_html = more['content_html']
+                more_widget_html = more['load_more_widget_html']
 
-        url_entries = [self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
-                       for video_id in video_ids]
-        return self.playlist_result(url_entries, channel_id)
+        return self.playlist_result(_entries(), channel_id)
 
 
-class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
+class YoutubeUserIE(YoutubeChannelIE):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com user videos (URL or "ytuser" keyword)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user/)?(?!(?:attribution_link|watch|results)(?:$|[^a-z_A-Z0-9-])))|ytuser:)(?!feed/)([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)'
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/%s'
-    _GDATA_PAGE_SIZE = 50
-    _GDATA_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/%s/uploads?max-results=%d&start-index=%d&alt=json'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user/)?(?!(?:attribution_link|watch|results)(?:$|[^a-z_A-Z0-9-])))|ytuser:)(?!feed/)(?P<id>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/user/%s/videos'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:user'
 
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -1316,103 +1568,62 @@ class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
         # Don't return True if the url can be extracted with other youtube
         # extractor, the regex would is too permissive and it would match.
         other_ies = iter(klass for (name, klass) in globals().items() if name.endswith('IE') and klass is not cls)
-        if any(ie.suitable(url) for ie in other_ies): return False
-        else: return super(YoutubeUserIE, cls).suitable(url)
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract username
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        username = mobj.group(1)
-
-        # Download video ids using YouTube Data API. Result size per
-        # query is limited (currently to 50 videos) so we need to query
-        # page by page until there are no video ids - it means we got
-        # all of them.
-
-        def download_page(pagenum):
-            start_index = pagenum * self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE + 1
-
-            gdata_url = self._GDATA_URL % (username, self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE, start_index)
-            page = self._download_webpage(
-                gdata_url, username,
-                'Downloading video ids from %d to %d' % (
-                    start_index, start_index + self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE))
-
-            try:
-                response = json.loads(page)
-            except ValueError as err:
-                raise ExtractorError('Invalid JSON in API response: ' + compat_str(err))
-            if 'entry' not in response['feed']:
-                return
-
-            # Extract video identifiers
-            entries = response['feed']['entry']
-            for entry in entries:
-                title = entry['title']['$t']
-                video_id = entry['id']['$t'].split('/')[-1]
-                yield {
-                    '_type': 'url',
-                    'url': video_id,
-                    'ie_key': 'Youtube',
-                    'id': video_id,
-                    'title': title,
-                }
-        url_results = OnDemandPagedList(download_page, self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE)
-
-        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_title=username)
+        if any(ie.suitable(url) for ie in other_ies):
+            return False
+        else:
+            return super(YoutubeUserIE, cls).suitable(url)
 
 
-class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
+class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubePlaylistIE):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches'
-    _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc'
-    _MAX_RESULTS = 1000
+    # there doesn't appear to be a real limit, for example if you search for
+    # 'python' you get more than 8.000.000 results
+    _MAX_RESULTS = float('inf')
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:search'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearch'
+    _EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS = {}
+    _TESTS = []
 
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
-        video_ids = []
-        pagenum = 0
+        videos = []
         limit = n
-        PAGE_SIZE = 50
 
-        while (PAGE_SIZE * pagenum) < limit:
-            result_url = self._API_URL % (
-                compat_urllib_parse.quote_plus(query.encode('utf-8')),
-                (PAGE_SIZE * pagenum) + 1)
-            data_json = self._download_webpage(
+        for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
+            url_query = {
+                'search_query': query.encode('utf-8'),
+                'page': pagenum,
+                'spf': 'navigate',
+            }
+            url_query.update(self._EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS)
+            result_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/results?' + compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(url_query)
+            data = self._download_json(
                 result_url, video_id='query "%s"' % query,
-                note='Downloading page %s' % (pagenum + 1),
+                note='Downloading page %s' % pagenum,
                 errnote='Unable to download API page')
-            data = json.loads(data_json)
-            api_response = data['data']
+            html_content = data[1]['body']['content']
 
-            if 'items' not in api_response:
+            if 'class="search-message' in html_content:
                 raise ExtractorError(
                     '[youtube] No video results', expected=True)
 
-            new_ids = list(video['id'] for video in api_response['items'])
-            video_ids += new_ids
-
-            limit = min(n, api_response['totalItems'])
-            pagenum += 1
+            new_videos = self._ids_to_results(orderedSet(re.findall(
+                r'href="/watch\?v=(.{11})', html_content)))
+            videos += new_videos
+            if not new_videos or len(videos) > limit:
+                break
 
-        if len(video_ids) > n:
-            video_ids = video_ids[:n]
-        videos = [self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
-                  for video_id in video_ids]
+        if len(videos) > n:
+            videos = videos[:n]
         return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
 
 
 class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
     IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
-    _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc&orderby=published'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first'
+    _EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS = {'search_sort': 'video_date_uploaded'}
 
 
 class YoutubeSearchURLIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -1429,11 +1640,11 @@ class YoutubeSearchURLIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        query = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(mobj.group('query'))
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(mobj.group('query'))
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, query)
         result_code = self._search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<ol class="item-section"(.*?)</ol>', webpage, 'result HTML')
+            r'(?s)<ol[^>]+class="item-section"(.*?)</ol>', webpage, 'result HTML')
 
         part_codes = re.findall(
             r'(?s)<h3 class="yt-lockup-title">(.*?)</h3>', result_code)
@@ -1496,20 +1707,10 @@ class YoutubeShowIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     """
-    Base class for extractors that fetch info from
-    http://www.youtube.com/feed_ajax
+    Base class for feed extractors
     Subclasses must define the _FEED_NAME and _PLAYLIST_TITLE properties.
     """
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = True
-    # use action_load_personal_feed instead of action_load_system_feed
-    _PERSONAL_FEED = False
-
-    @property
-    def _FEED_TEMPLATE(self):
-        action = 'action_load_system_feed'
-        if self._PERSONAL_FEED:
-            action = 'action_load_personal_feed'
-        return 'https://www.youtube.com/feed_ajax?%s=1&feed_name=%s&paging=%%s' % (action, self._FEED_NAME)
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
@@ -1519,50 +1720,54 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         self._login()
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        feed_entries = []
-        paging = 0
-        for i in itertools.count(1):
-            info = self._download_json(self._FEED_TEMPLATE % paging,
-                                          '%s feed' % self._FEED_NAME,
-                                          'Downloading page %s' % i)
-            feed_html = info.get('feed_html') or info.get('content_html')
-            load_more_widget_html = info.get('load_more_widget_html') or feed_html
-            m_ids = re.finditer(r'"/watch\?v=(.*?)["&]', feed_html)
-            ids = orderedSet(m.group(1) for m in m_ids)
-            feed_entries.extend(
-                self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
-                for video_id in ids)
-            mobj = re.search(
-                r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?[^"]+paging=(?P<paging>\d+)',
-                load_more_widget_html)
-            if mobj is None:
+        page = self._download_webpage(
+            'https://www.youtube.com/feed/%s' % self._FEED_NAME, self._PLAYLIST_TITLE)
+
+        # The extraction process is the same as for playlists, but the regex
+        # for the video ids doesn't contain an index
+        ids = []
+        more_widget_html = content_html = page
+        for page_num in itertools.count(1):
+            matches = re.findall(r'href="\s*/watch\?v=([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})', content_html)
+
+            # 'recommended' feed has infinite 'load more' and each new portion spins
+            # the same videos in (sometimes) slightly different order, so we'll check
+            # for unicity and break when portion has no new videos
+            new_ids = filter(lambda video_id: video_id not in ids, orderedSet(matches))
+            if not new_ids:
                 break
-            paging = mobj.group('paging')
-        return self.playlist_result(feed_entries, playlist_title=self._PLAYLIST_TITLE)
 
-class YoutubeRecommendedIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com recommended videos, "ytrec" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/recommended|:ytrec(?:ommended)?'
-    _FEED_NAME = 'recommended'
-    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube Recommended videos'
+            ids.extend(new_ids)
 
-class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch later list, "ytwatchlater" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/watch_later|:ytwatchlater'
-    _FEED_NAME = 'watch_later'
-    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube Watch Later'
-    _PERSONAL_FEED = True
+            mobj = re.search(r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?(?P<more>[^"]+)"', more_widget_html)
+            if not mobj:
+                break
+
+            more = self._download_json(
+                'https://youtube.com/%s' % mobj.group('more'), self._PLAYLIST_TITLE,
+                'Downloading page #%s' % page_num,
+                transform_source=uppercase_escape)
+            content_html = more['content_html']
+            more_widget_html = more['load_more_widget_html']
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            self._ids_to_results(ids), playlist_title=self._PLAYLIST_TITLE)
+
+
+class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(YoutubePlaylistIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:watchlater'
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch later list, ":ytwatchlater" for short (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/(?:feed/watch_later|playlist\?list=WL)|:ytwatchlater'
+
+    _TESTS = []  # override PlaylistIE tests
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        return self._extract_playlist('WL')
 
-class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, "ythistory" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = 'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/history|:ythistory'
-    _FEED_NAME = 'history'
-    _PERSONAL_FEED = True
-    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube Watch History'
 
 class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:favorites'
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com favourite videos, "ytfav" keyword (requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com favourite videos, ":ytfav" for short (requires authentication)'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/my_favorites|:ytfav(?:ou?rites)?'
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = True
 
@@ -1572,53 +1777,43 @@ class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         return self.url_result(playlist_id, 'YoutubePlaylist')
 
 
-class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubePlaylistIE):
-    IE_NAME = 'youtube:subscriptions'
-    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com subscriptions feed, "ytsubs" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/subscriptions|:ytsubs(?:criptions)?'
-    _TESTS = []
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        title = 'Youtube Subscriptions'
-        page = self._download_webpage('https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions', title)
-
-        # The extraction process is the same as for playlists, but the regex
-        # for the video ids doesn't contain an index
-        ids = []
-        more_widget_html = content_html = page
+class YoutubeRecommendedIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com recommended videos, ":ytrec" for short (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/recommended|:ytrec(?:ommended)?'
+    _FEED_NAME = 'recommended'
+    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube Recommended videos'
 
-        for page_num in itertools.count(1):
-            matches = re.findall(r'href="\s*/watch\?v=([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})', content_html)
-            new_ids = orderedSet(matches)
-            ids.extend(new_ids)
 
-            mobj = re.search(r'data-uix-load-more-href="/?(?P<more>[^"]+)"', more_widget_html)
-            if not mobj:
-                break
+class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com subscriptions feed, "ytsubs" keyword (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/subscriptions|:ytsubs(?:criptions)?'
+    _FEED_NAME = 'subscriptions'
+    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube Subscriptions'
 
-            more = self._download_json(
-                'https://youtube.com/%s' % mobj.group('more'), title,
-                'Downloading page #%s' % page_num,
-                transform_source=uppercase_escape)
-            content_html = more['content_html']
-            more_widget_html = more['load_more_widget_html']
 
-        return {
-            '_type': 'playlist',
-            'title': title,
-            'entries': self._ids_to_results(ids),
-        }
+class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, ":ythistory" for short (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = 'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/history|:ythistory'
+    _FEED_NAME = 'history'
+    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = 'Youtube History'
 
 
 class YoutubeTruncatedURLIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:truncated_url'
     IE_DESC = False  # Do not list
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
-        (?:https?://)?[^/]+/watch\?(?:
+        (?:https?://)?
+        (?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com/
+        (?:watch\?(?:
             feature=[a-z_]+|
-            annotation_id=annotation_[^&]+
-        )?$|
-        (?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/attribution_link\?a=[^&]+$
+            annotation_id=annotation_[^&]+|
+            x-yt-cl=[0-9]+|
+            hl=[^&]*|
+        )?
+        |
+            attribution_link\?a=[^&]+
+        )
+        $
     '''
 
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -1627,6 +1822,15 @@ class YoutubeTruncatedURLIE(InfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -1637,3 +1841,20 @@ class YoutubeTruncatedURLIE(InfoExtractor):
             '"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=BaW_jenozKc" '
             ' or simply  youtube-dl BaW_jenozKc  .',
             expected=True)
+
+
+class YoutubeTruncatedIDIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:truncated_id'
+    IE_DESC = False  # Do not list
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{1,10})$'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_708QY7Ob',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        raise ExtractorError(
+            'Incomplete YouTube ID %s. URL %s looks truncated.' % (video_id, url),
+            expected=True)