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[youtubedl] / youtube_dl / extractor / youtube.py
index a88cba2b4d74d2f57d0b781ab8e608e693c1caa2..6123e12564b7934032ed619b672b6277a75bace0 100644 (file)
@@ -7,20 +7,16 @@ import itertools
 import json
 import os.path
 import re
-import socket
-import string
 import struct
 import traceback
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
+from ..jsinterp import JSInterpreter
 from ..utils import (
     compat_chr,
-    compat_http_client,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -29,35 +25,31 @@ from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
     get_cachedir,
     get_element_by_id,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
     ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
+    PagedList,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,
     orderedSet,
     write_json_file,
+    uppercase_escape,
 )
 
 class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """Provide base functions for Youtube extractors"""
     _LOGIN_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin'
     _LANG_URL = r'https://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&persist_hl=1&gl=US&persist_gl=1&opt_out_ackd=1'
-    _AGE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/&gl=US&hl=en'
+    _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 report_lang(self):
-        """Report attempt to set language."""
-        self.to_screen(u'Setting language')
-
     def _set_language(self):
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LANG_URL)
-        try:
-            self.report_lang()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to set language: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            return False
-        return True
+        return bool(self._download_webpage(
+            self._LANG_URL, None,
+            note=u'Setting language', errnote='unable to set language',
+            fatal=False))
 
     def _login(self):
         (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
@@ -67,21 +59,15 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 raise ExtractorError(u'No login info available, needed for using %s.' % self.IE_NAME, expected=True)
             return False
 
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL)
-        try:
-            login_page = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to fetch login page: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            return False
+        login_page = self._download_webpage(
+            self._LOGIN_URL, None,
+            note=u'Downloading login page',
+            errnote=u'unable to fetch login page', fatal=False)
+        if login_page is False:
+            return
 
-        galx = None
-        dsh = None
-        match = re.search(re.compile(r'<input.+?name="GALX".+?value="(.+?)"', re.DOTALL), login_page)
-        if match:
-          galx = match.group(1)
-        match = re.search(re.compile(r'<input.+?name="dsh".+?value="(.+?)"', re.DOTALL), login_page)
-        if match:
-          dsh = match.group(1)
+        galx = self._search_regex(r'(?s)<input.+?name="GALX".+?value="(.+?)"',
+                                  login_page, u'Login GALX parameter')
 
         # Log in
         login_form_strs = {
@@ -95,7 +81,6 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 u'checkConnection': u'',
                 u'checkedDomains': u'youtube',
                 u'dnConn': u'',
-                u'dsh': dsh,
                 u'pstMsg': u'0',
                 u'rmShown': u'1',
                 u'secTok': u'',
@@ -109,29 +94,29 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         # chokes on unicode
         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')
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
-        try:
-            self.report_login()
-            login_results = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-            if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* id="gaia_loginform"', login_results) is not None:
-                self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: bad username or password')
-                return False
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: %s' % compat_str(err))
+
+        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, login_data)
+        login_results = self._download_webpage(
+            req, None,
+            note=u'Logging in', errnote=u'unable to log in', fatal=False)
+        if login_results is False:
+            return False
+        if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* id="gaia_loginform"', login_results) is not None:
+            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to log in: bad username or password')
             return False
         return True
 
     def _confirm_age(self):
         age_form = {
-                'next_url':     '/',
-                'action_confirm':   'Confirm',
-                }
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._AGE_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(age_form))
-        try:
-            self.report_age_confirmation()
-            compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to confirm age: %s' % compat_str(err))
+            '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=u'Confirming age', errnote=u'Unable to confirm age')
         return True
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
@@ -146,189 +131,107 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com'
-    _VALID_URL = r"""^
+    _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)^
                      (
-                         (?:https?://)?                                       # http(s):// (optional)
-                         (?:(?:(?:(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/|
+                         (?:https?://|//)?                                    # http(s):// or protocol-independent URL (optional)
+                         (?:(?:(?:(?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?deturl\.com/www\.youtube\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?pwnyoutube\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?yourepeat\.com/|
                             tube\.majestyc\.net/|
                             youtube\.googleapis\.com/)                        # the various hostnames, with wildcard subdomains
                          (?:.*?\#/)?                                          # handle anchor (#/) redirect urls
                          (?:                                                  # the various things that can precede the ID:
                              (?:(?:v|embed|e)/)                               # v/ or embed/ or e/
                              |(?:                                             # or the v= param in all its forms
-                                 (?:(?:watch|movie)(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?)?    # preceding watch(_popup|.php) or nothing (like /?v=xxxx)
+                                 (?:(?:watch|movie)(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?/?)?  # preceding watch(_popup|.php) or nothing (like /?v=xxxx)
                                  (?:\?|\#!?)                                  # the params delimiter ? or # or #!
                                  (?:.*?&)?                                    # any other preceding param (like /?s=tuff&v=xxxx)
                                  v=
                              )
                          ))
                          |youtu\.be/                                          # just youtu.be/xxxx
+                         |https?://(?:www\.)?cleanvideosearch\.com/media/action/yt/watch\?videoId=
                          )
                      )?                                                       # all until now is optional -> you can pass the naked ID
                      ([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})                                      # here is it! the YouTube video ID
                      (?(1).+)?                                                # if we found the ID, everything can follow
                      $"""
     _NEXT_URL_RE = r'[\?&]next_url=([^&]+)'
-    # Listed in order of quality
-    _available_formats = ['38', '37', '46', '22', '45', '35', '44', '34', '18', '43', '6', '5', '36', '17', '13',
-                          # Apple HTTP Live Streaming
-                          '96', '95', '94', '93', '92', '132', '151',
-                          # 3D
-                          '85', '84', '102', '83', '101', '82', '100',
-                          # Dash video
-                          '138', '137', '248', '136', '247', '135', '246',
-                          '245', '244', '134', '243', '133', '242', '160',
-                          # Dash audio
-                          '141', '172', '140', '171', '139',
-                          ]
-    _available_formats_prefer_free = ['38', '46', '37', '45', '22', '44', '35', '43', '34', '18', '6', '5', '36', '17', '13',
-                                      # Apple HTTP Live Streaming
-                                      '96', '95', '94', '93', '92', '132', '151',
-                                      # 3D
-                                      '85', '102', '84', '101', '83', '100', '82',
-                                      # Dash video
-                                      '138', '248', '137', '247', '136', '246', '245',
-                                      '244', '135', '243', '134', '242', '133', '160',
-                                      # Dash audio
-                                      '172', '141', '171', '140', '139',
-                                      ]
-    _video_formats_map = {
-        'flv': ['35', '34', '6', '5'],
-        '3gp': ['36', '17', '13'],
-        'mp4': ['38', '37', '22', '18'],
-        'webm': ['46', '45', '44', '43'],
-    }
-    _video_extensions = {
-        '13': '3gp',
-        '17': '3gp',
-        '18': 'mp4',
-        '22': 'mp4',
-        '36': '3gp',
-        '37': 'mp4',
-        '38': 'mp4',
-        '43': 'webm',
-        '44': 'webm',
-        '45': 'webm',
-        '46': 'webm',
+    _formats = {
+        '5': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 400, 'height': 240},
+        '6': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 450, 'height': 270},
+        '13': {'ext': '3gp'},
+        '17': {'ext': '3gp', 'width': 176, 'height': 144},
+        '18': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 640, 'height': 360},
+        '22': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 1280, 'height': 720},
+        '34': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 640, 'height': 360},
+        '35': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 854, 'height': 480},
+        '36': {'ext': '3gp', 'width': 320, 'height': 240},
+        '37': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 1920, 'height': 1080},
+        '38': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 4096, 'height': 3072},
+        '43': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 640, 'height': 360},
+        '44': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 854, 'height': 480},
+        '45': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1280, 'height': 720},
+        '46': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1920, 'height': 1080},
+
 
         # 3d videos
-        '82': 'mp4',
-        '83': 'mp4',
-        '84': 'mp4',
-        '85': 'mp4',
-        '100': 'webm',
-        '101': 'webm',
-        '102': 'webm',
+        '82': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '83': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '84': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '85': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '100': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '101': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
+        '102': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': '3D', 'preference': -20},
 
         # Apple HTTP Live Streaming
-        '92': 'mp4',
-        '93': 'mp4',
-        '94': 'mp4',
-        '95': 'mp4',
-        '96': 'mp4',
-        '132': 'mp4',
-        '151': 'mp4',
-
-        # Dash mp4
-        '133': 'mp4',
-        '134': 'mp4',
-        '135': 'mp4',
-        '136': 'mp4',
-        '137': 'mp4',
-        '138': 'mp4',
-        '139': 'mp4',
-        '140': 'mp4',
-        '141': 'mp4',
-        '160': 'mp4',
+        '92': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '93': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '94': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '95': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '96': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '132': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+        '151': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 72, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'preference': -10},
+
+        # DASH mp4 video
+        '133': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '134': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '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},
+        '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},
+
+        # 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},
 
         # Dash webm
-        '171': 'webm',
-        '172': 'webm',
-        '242': 'webm',
-        '243': 'webm',
-        '244': 'webm',
-        '245': 'webm',
-        '246': 'webm',
-        '247': 'webm',
-        '248': 'webm',
-    }
-    _video_dimensions = {
-        '5': '240x400',
-        '6': '???',
-        '13': '???',
-        '17': '144x176',
-        '18': '360x640',
-        '22': '720x1280',
-        '34': '360x640',
-        '35': '480x854',
-        '36': '240x320',
-        '37': '1080x1920',
-        '38': '3072x4096',
-        '43': '360x640',
-        '44': '480x854',
-        '45': '720x1280',
-        '46': '1080x1920',
-        '82': '360p',
-        '83': '480p',
-        '84': '720p',
-        '85': '1080p',
-        '92': '240p',
-        '93': '360p',
-        '94': '480p',
-        '95': '720p',
-        '96': '1080p',
-        '100': '360p',
-        '101': '480p',
-        '102': '720p',
-        '132': '240p',
-        '151': '72p',
-        '133': '240p',
-        '134': '360p',
-        '135': '480p',
-        '136': '720p',
-        '137': '1080p',
-        '138': '>1080p',
-        '139': '48k',
-        '140': '128k',
-        '141': '256k',
-        '160': '192p',
-        '171': '128k',
-        '172': '256k',
-        '242': '240p',
-        '243': '360p',
-        '244': '480p',
-        '245': '480p',
-        '246': '480p',
-        '247': '720p',
-        '248': '1080p',
-    }
-    _special_itags = {
-        '82': '3D',
-        '83': '3D',
-        '84': '3D',
-        '85': '3D',
-        '100': '3D',
-        '101': '3D',
-        '102': '3D',
-        '133': 'DASH Video',
-        '134': 'DASH Video',
-        '135': 'DASH Video',
-        '136': 'DASH Video',
-        '137': 'DASH Video',
-        '138': 'DASH Video',
-        '139': 'DASH Audio',
-        '140': 'DASH Audio',
-        '141': 'DASH Audio',
-        '160': 'DASH Video',
-        '171': 'DASH Audio',
-        '172': 'DASH Audio',
-        '242': 'DASH Video',
-        '243': 'DASH Video',
-        '244': 'DASH Video',
-        '245': 'DASH Video',
-        '246': 'DASH Video',
-        '247': 'DASH Video',
-        '248': 'DASH Video',
+        '167': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'width': 640, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '168': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '169': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'width': 1280, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '170': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'width': 1920, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '218': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '219': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'VP8', 'preference': -40},
+        '242': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '243': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '244': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '245': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '246': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '247': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '248': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '271': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+        '272': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'acodec': 'none', 'preference': -40},
+
+        # Dash webm audio
+        '171': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 48, 'preference': -50},
+        '172': {'ext': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'none', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 256, 'preference': -50},
+
+        # RTMP (unnamed)
+        '_rtmp': {'protocol': 'rtmp'},
     }
 
     IE_NAME = u'youtube'
@@ -341,19 +244,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 u"uploader": u"Philipp Hagemeister",
                 u"uploader_id": u"phihag",
                 u"upload_date": u"20121002",
-                u"description": u"test chars:  \"'/\\Ƥā†­š•\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de ."
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            u"url":  u"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ltcDfZMA3U",
-            u"file":  u"1ltcDfZMA3U.flv",
-            u"note": u"Test VEVO video (#897)",
-            u"info_dict": {
-                u"upload_date": u"20070518",
-                u"title": u"Maps - It Will Find You",
-                u"description": u"Music video by Maps performing It Will Find You.",
-                u"uploader": u"MuteUSA",
-                u"uploader_id": u"MuteUSA"
+                u"description": u"test chars:  \"'/\\Ƥā†­š•\ntest URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .",
+                u"categories": [u'Science & Technology'],
             }
         },
         {
@@ -363,7 +255,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             u"info_dict": {
                 u"upload_date": u"20120506",
                 u"title": u"Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]",
-                u"description": u"md5:5b292926389560516e384ac437c0ec07",
+                u"description": u"md5:fea86fda2d5a5784273df5c7cc994d9f",
                 u"uploader": u"Icona Pop",
                 u"uploader_id": u"IconaPop"
             }
@@ -380,6 +272,51 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 u"uploader_id": u"justintimberlakeVEVO"
             }
         },
+        {
+            u"url":  u"//www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yZIXLfi8CZQ",
+            u"file":  u"yZIXLfi8CZQ.mp4",
+            u"note": u"Embed-only video (#1746)",
+            u"info_dict": {
+                u"upload_date": u"20120608",
+                u"title": u"Principal Sexually Assaults A Teacher - Episode 117 - 8th June 2012",
+                u"description": u"md5:09b78bd971f1e3e289601dfba15ca4f7",
+                u"uploader": u"SET India",
+                u"uploader_id": u"setindia"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            u"url": u"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LDPn-MO4I",
+            u"file": u"a9LDPn-MO4I.m4a",
+            u"note": u"256k DASH audio (format 141) via DASH manifest",
+            u"info_dict": {
+                u"upload_date": "20121002",
+                u"uploader_id": "8KVIDEO",
+                u"description": "No description available.",
+                u"uploader": "8KVIDEO",
+                u"title": "UHDTV TEST 8K VIDEO.mp4"
+            },
+            u"params": {
+                u"youtube_include_dash_manifest": True,
+                u"format": "141",
+            },
+        },
+        # DASH manifest with encrypted signature
+        {
+            u'url': u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3lcPjvWLA',
+            u'info_dict': {
+                u'id': u'IB3lcPjvWLA',
+                u'ext': u'm4a',
+                u'title': u'Afrojack - The Spark ft. Spree Wilson',
+                u'description': u'md5:9717375db5a9a3992be4668bbf3bc0a8',
+                u'uploader': u'AfrojackVEVO',
+                u'uploader_id': u'AfrojackVEVO',
+                u'upload_date': u'20131011',
+            },
+            u"params": {
+                u'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                u'format': '141',
+            },
+        },
     ]
 
 
@@ -387,16 +324,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     def suitable(cls, url):
         """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
         if YoutubePlaylistIE.suitable(url): return False
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
+        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url) is not None
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(YoutubeIE, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._player_cache = {}
 
-    def report_video_webpage_download(self, video_id):
-        """Report attempt to download video webpage."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Downloading video webpage' % video_id)
-
     def report_video_info_webpage_download(self, video_id):
         """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
         self.to_screen(u'%s: Downloading video info webpage' % video_id)
@@ -508,114 +441,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
     def _parse_sig_js(self, jscode):
         funcname = self._search_regex(
-            r'signature=([a-zA-Z]+)', jscode,
-            u'Initial JS player signature function name')
-
-        functions = {}
-
-        def argidx(varname):
-            return string.lowercase.index(varname)
-
-        def interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars, allow_recursion=20):
-            if allow_recursion < 0:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Recursion limit reached')
-
-            if stmt.startswith(u'var '):
-                stmt = stmt[len(u'var '):]
-            ass_m = re.match(r'^(?P<out>[a-z]+)(?:\[(?P<index>[^\]]+)\])?' +
-                             r'=(?P<expr>.*)$', stmt)
-            if ass_m:
-                if ass_m.groupdict().get('index'):
-                    def assign(val):
-                        lvar = local_vars[ass_m.group('out')]
-                        idx = interpret_expression(ass_m.group('index'),
-                                                   local_vars, allow_recursion)
-                        assert isinstance(idx, int)
-                        lvar[idx] = val
-                        return val
-                    expr = ass_m.group('expr')
-                else:
-                    def assign(val):
-                        local_vars[ass_m.group('out')] = val
-                        return val
-                    expr = ass_m.group('expr')
-            elif stmt.startswith(u'return '):
-                assign = lambda v: v
-                expr = stmt[len(u'return '):]
-            else:
-                raise ExtractorError(
-                    u'Cannot determine left side of statement in %r' % stmt)
-
-            v = interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion)
-            return assign(v)
-
-        def interpret_expression(expr, local_vars, allow_recursion):
-            if expr.isdigit():
-                return int(expr)
-
-            if expr.isalpha():
-                return local_vars[expr]
-
-            m = re.match(r'^(?P<in>[a-z]+)\.(?P<member>.*)$', expr)
-            if m:
-                member = m.group('member')
-                val = local_vars[m.group('in')]
-                if member == 'split("")':
-                    return list(val)
-                if member == 'join("")':
-                    return u''.join(val)
-                if member == 'length':
-                    return len(val)
-                if member == 'reverse()':
-                    return val[::-1]
-                slice_m = re.match(r'slice\((?P<idx>.*)\)', member)
-                if slice_m:
-                    idx = interpret_expression(
-                        slice_m.group('idx'), local_vars, allow_recursion-1)
-                    return val[idx:]
-
-            m = re.match(
-                r'^(?P<in>[a-z]+)\[(?P<idx>.+)\]$', expr)
-            if m:
-                val = local_vars[m.group('in')]
-                idx = interpret_expression(m.group('idx'), local_vars,
-                                           allow_recursion-1)
-                return val[idx]
-
-            m = re.match(r'^(?P<a>.+?)(?P<op>[%])(?P<b>.+?)$', expr)
-            if m:
-                a = interpret_expression(m.group('a'),
-                                         local_vars, allow_recursion)
-                b = interpret_expression(m.group('b'),
-                                         local_vars, allow_recursion)
-                return a % b
-
-            m = re.match(
-                r'^(?P<func>[a-zA-Z]+)\((?P<args>[a-z0-9,]+)\)$', expr)
-            if m:
-                fname = m.group('func')
-                if fname not in functions:
-                    functions[fname] = extract_function(fname)
-                argvals = [int(v) if v.isdigit() else local_vars[v]
-                           for v in m.group('args').split(',')]
-                return functions[fname](argvals)
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unsupported JS expression %r' % expr)
-
-        def extract_function(funcname):
-            func_m = re.search(
-                r'function ' + re.escape(funcname) +
-                r'\((?P<args>[a-z,]+)\){(?P<code>[^}]+)}',
-                jscode)
-            argnames = func_m.group('args').split(',')
-
-            def resf(args):
-                local_vars = dict(zip(argnames, args))
-                for stmt in func_m.group('code').split(';'):
-                    res = interpret_statement(stmt, local_vars)
-                return res
-            return resf
-
-        initial_function = extract_function(funcname)
+            r'signature=([$a-zA-Z]+)', jscode,
+             u'Initial JS player signature function name')
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
+        initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
         return lambda s: initial_function([s])
 
     def _parse_sig_swf(self, file_contents):
@@ -1035,74 +865,31 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     def _decrypt_signature(self, s, video_id, player_url, age_gate=False):
         """Turn the encrypted s field into a working signature"""
 
-        if player_url is not None:
-            try:
-                player_id = (player_url, len(s))
-                if player_id not in self._player_cache:
-                    func = self._extract_signature_function(
-                        video_id, player_url, len(s)
-                    )
-                    self._player_cache[player_id] = func
-                func = self._player_cache[player_id]
-                if self._downloader.params.get('youtube_print_sig_code'):
-                    self._print_sig_code(func, len(s))
-                return func(s)
-            except Exception:
-                tb = traceback.format_exc()
-                self._downloader.report_warning(
-                    u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb)
-
-            self._downloader.report_warning(
-                u'Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm')
-
-        return self._static_decrypt_signature(
-            s, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
-
-    def _static_decrypt_signature(self, s, video_id, player_url, age_gate):
-        if age_gate:
-            # The videos with age protection use another player, so the
-            # algorithms can be different.
-            if len(s) == 86:
-                return s[2:63] + s[82] + s[64:82] + s[63]
-
-        if len(s) == 93:
-            return s[86:29:-1] + s[88] + s[28:5:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 92:
-            return s[25] + s[3:25] + s[0] + s[26:42] + s[79] + s[43:79] + s[91] + s[80:83]
-        elif len(s) == 91:
-            return s[84:27:-1] + s[86] + s[26:5:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 90:
-            return s[25] + s[3:25] + s[2] + s[26:40] + s[77] + s[41:77] + s[89] + s[78:81]
-        elif len(s) == 89:
-            return s[84:78:-1] + s[87] + s[77:60:-1] + s[0] + s[59:3:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 88:
-            return s[7:28] + s[87] + s[29:45] + s[55] + s[46:55] + s[2] + s[56:87] + s[28]
-        elif len(s) == 87:
-            return s[6:27] + s[4] + s[28:39] + s[27] + s[40:59] + s[2] + s[60:]
-        elif len(s) == 86:
-            return s[80:72:-1] + s[16] + s[71:39:-1] + s[72] + s[38:16:-1] + s[82] + s[15::-1]
-        elif len(s) == 85:
-            return s[3:11] + s[0] + s[12:55] + s[84] + s[56:84]
-        elif len(s) == 84:
-            return s[78:70:-1] + s[14] + s[69:37:-1] + s[70] + s[36:14:-1] + s[80] + s[:14][::-1]
-        elif len(s) == 83:
-            return s[80:63:-1] + s[0] + s[62:0:-1] + s[63]
-        elif len(s) == 82:
-            return s[80:37:-1] + s[7] + s[36:7:-1] + s[0] + s[6:0:-1] + s[37]
-        elif len(s) == 81:
-            return s[56] + s[79:56:-1] + s[41] + s[55:41:-1] + s[80] + s[40:34:-1] + s[0] + s[33:29:-1] + s[34] + s[28:9:-1] + s[29] + s[8:0:-1] + s[9]
-        elif len(s) == 80:
-            return s[1:19] + s[0] + s[20:68] + s[19] + s[69:80]
-        elif len(s) == 79:
-            return s[54] + s[77:54:-1] + s[39] + s[53:39:-1] + s[78] + s[38:34:-1] + s[0] + s[33:29:-1] + s[34] + s[28:9:-1] + s[29] + s[8:0:-1] + s[9]
+        if player_url is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Cannot decrypt signature without player_url')
 
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to decrypt signature, key length %d not supported; retrying might work' % (len(s)))
+        if player_url.startswith(u'//'):
+            player_url = u'https:' + player_url
+        try:
+            player_id = (player_url, len(s))
+            if player_id not in self._player_cache:
+                func = self._extract_signature_function(
+                    video_id, player_url, len(s)
+                )
+                self._player_cache[player_id] = func
+            func = self._player_cache[player_id]
+            if self._downloader.params.get('youtube_print_sig_code'):
+                self._print_sig_code(func, len(s))
+            return func(s)
+        except Exception as e:
+            tb = traceback.format_exc()
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
 
-    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id):
+    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
         try:
             sub_list = self._download_webpage(
-                'http://video.google.com/timedtext?hl=en&type=list&v=%s' % video_id,
+                '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(u'unable to download video subtitles: %s' % compat_str(err))
@@ -1115,10 +902,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
                 'lang': lang,
                 'v': video_id,
-                'fmt': self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat'),
-                'name': l[0],
+                'fmt': self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt'),
+                'name': unescapeHTML(l[0]).encode('utf-8'),
             })
-            url = u'http://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params
+            url = u'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params
             sub_lang_list[lang] = url
         if not sub_lang_list:
             self._downloader.report_warning(u'video doesn\'t have subtitles')
@@ -1128,7 +915,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     def _get_available_automatic_caption(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')
+        sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat', 'srt')
         self.to_screen(u'%s: Looking for automatic captions' % video_id)
         mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', webpage)
         err_msg = u'Couldn\'t find automatic captions for %s' % video_id
@@ -1147,8 +934,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 'asrs': 1,
             })
             list_url = caption_url + '&' + list_params
-            list_page = self._download_webpage(list_url, video_id)
-            caption_list = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(list_page.encode('utf-8'))
+            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' :
                 self._downloader.report_warning(u'Video doesn\'t have automatic captions')
@@ -1173,69 +959,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             self._downloader.report_warning(err_msg)
             return {}
 
-    def _print_formats(self, formats):
-        print('Available formats:')
-        for x in formats:
-            print('%s\t:\t%s\t[%s]%s' %(x, self._video_extensions.get(x, 'flv'),
-                                        self._video_dimensions.get(x, '???'),
-                                        ' ('+self._special_itags[x]+')' if x in self._special_itags else ''))
-
-    def _extract_id(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+    @classmethod
+    def extract_id(cls, url):
+        mobj = re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
         if mobj is None:
             raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
         video_id = mobj.group(2)
         return video_id
 
-    def _get_video_url_list(self, url_map):
-        """
-        Transform a dictionary in the format {itag:url} to a list of (itag, url)
-        with the requested formats.
-        """
-        req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
-        format_limit = self._downloader.params.get('format_limit', None)
-        available_formats = self._available_formats_prefer_free if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats', False) else self._available_formats
-        if format_limit is not None and format_limit in available_formats:
-            format_list = available_formats[available_formats.index(format_limit):]
-        else:
-            format_list = available_formats
-        existing_formats = [x for x in format_list if x in url_map]
-        if len(existing_formats) == 0:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'no known formats available for video')
-        if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', None):
-            self._print_formats(existing_formats)
-            return
-        if req_format is None or req_format == 'best':
-            video_url_list = [(existing_formats[0], url_map[existing_formats[0]])] # Best quality
-        elif req_format == 'worst':
-            video_url_list = [(existing_formats[-1], url_map[existing_formats[-1]])] # worst quality
-        elif req_format in ('-1', 'all'):
-            video_url_list = [(f, url_map[f]) for f in existing_formats] # All formats
-        else:
-            # Specific formats. We pick the first in a slash-delimeted sequence.
-            # Format can be specified as itag or 'mp4' or 'flv' etc. We pick the highest quality
-            # available in the specified format. For example,
-            # if '1/2/3/4' is requested and '2' and '4' are available, we pick '2'.
-            # if '1/mp4/3/4' is requested and '1' and '5' (is a mp4) are available, we pick '1'.
-            # if '1/mp4/3/4' is requested and '4' and '5' (is a mp4) are available, we pick '5'.
-            req_formats = req_format.split('/')
-            video_url_list = None
-            for rf in req_formats:
-                if rf in url_map:
-                    video_url_list = [(rf, url_map[rf])]
-                    break
-                if rf in self._video_formats_map:
-                    for srf in self._video_formats_map[rf]:
-                        if srf in url_map:
-                            video_url_list = [(srf, url_map[srf])]
-                            break
-                    else:
-                        continue
-                    break
-            if video_url_list is None:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'requested format not available')
-        return video_url_list
-
     def _extract_from_m3u8(self, manifest_url, video_id):
         url_map = {}
         def _get_urls(_manifest):
@@ -1255,22 +986,19 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         return self._download_webpage(url, video_id, note=u'Searching for annotations.', errnote=u'Unable to download video annotations.')
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
+        proto = (
+            u'http' if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
+            else u'https')
+
         # 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 = 'https://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
-        video_id = self._extract_id(url)
+            url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/' + compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).lstrip('/')
+        video_id = self.extract_id(url)
 
         # Get video webpage
-        self.report_video_webpage_download(video_id)
-        url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-        try:
-            video_webpage_bytes = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-
-        video_webpage = video_webpage_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        url = proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1' % video_id
+        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
         mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(https?:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)
@@ -1287,14 +1015,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             # We simulate the access to the video from www.youtube.com/v/{video_id}
             # this can be viewed without login into Youtube
             data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'video_id': video_id,
-                                                  'el': 'embedded',
+                                                  'el': 'player_embedded',
                                                   'gl': 'US',
                                                   'hl': 'en',
                                                   'eurl': 'https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/' + video_id,
                                                   'asv': 3,
                                                   'sts':'1588',
                                                   })
-            video_info_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?' + data
+            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')
@@ -1302,7 +1030,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         else:
             age_gate = False
             for el_type in ['&el=embedded', '&el=detailpage', '&el=vevo', '']:
-                video_info_url = ('https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
+                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,
@@ -1312,9 +1040,18 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                     break
         if 'token' not in video_info:
             if 'reason' in video_info:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0], expected=True)
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    u'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0],
+                    expected=True, video_id=video_id)
             else:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'"token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason')
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    u'"token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason',
+                    video_id=video_id)
+
+        if 'view_count' in video_info:
+            view_count = int(video_info['view_count'][0])
+        else:
+            view_count = None
 
         # Check for "rental" videos
         if 'ypc_video_rental_bar_text' in video_info and 'author' not in video_info:
@@ -1338,7 +1075,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
         # title
         if 'title' in video_info:
-            video_title = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['title'][0])
+            video_title = video_info['title'][0]
         else:
             self._downloader.report_warning(u'Unable to extract video title')
             video_title = u'_'
@@ -1357,14 +1094,36 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
         # upload date
         upload_date = None
-        mobj = re.search(r'id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage, re.DOTALL)
+        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)
 
+        m_cat_container = get_element_by_id("eow-category", video_webpage)
+        if m_cat_container:
+            category = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<a[^<]+>(.*?)</a>', m_cat_container, 'category',
+                default=None)
+            video_categories = None if category is None else [category]
+        else:
+            video_categories = None
+
         # description
         video_description = get_element_by_id("eow-description", video_webpage)
         if video_description:
+            video_description = re.sub(r'''(?x)
+                <a\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*?
+                    title="([^"]+)"\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*?
+                    class="yt-uix-redirect-link"\s*>
+                [^<]+
+                </a>
+            ''', r'\1', video_description)
             video_description = clean_html(video_description)
         else:
             fd_mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="description" content="([^"]+)"', video_webpage)
@@ -1373,6 +1132,16 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             else:
                 video_description = u''
 
+        def _extract_count(klass):
+            count = self._search_regex(
+                r'class="%s">([\d,]+)</span>' % re.escape(klass),
+                video_webpage, klass, default=None)
+            if count is not None:
+                return int(count.replace(',', ''))
+            return None
+        like_count = _extract_count(u'likes-count')
+        dislike_count = _extract_count(u'dislikes-count')
+
         # subtitles
         video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
 
@@ -1382,9 +1151,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
         if 'length_seconds' not in video_info:
             self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract video duration')
-            video_duration = ''
+            video_duration = None
         else:
-            video_duration = 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
@@ -1392,43 +1161,58 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 video_annotations = self._extract_annotations(video_id)
 
         # Decide which formats to download
-
         try:
-            mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', video_webpage)
+            mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer\.config\s*=\s*({.*?});', video_webpage)
             if not mobj:
                 raise ValueError('Could not find vevo ID')
-            info = json.loads(mobj.group(1))
-            args = info['args']
+            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(u'No stream_map present')  # caught below
-            m_s = re.search(r'[&,]s=', args['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'])
+            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(u'%s: Encrypted signatures detected.' % video_id)
                 video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'] = [args['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map']]
-            m_s = re.search(r'[&,]s=', args.get('adaptive_fmts', u''))
+            m_s = re_signature.search(args.get('adaptive_fmts', u''))
             if m_s is not None:
-                if 'url_encoded_fmt_stream_map' in video_info:
-                    video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0] += ',' + args['adaptive_fmts']
-                else:
-                    video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'] = [args['adaptive_fmts']]
-            elif 'adaptive_fmts' in video_info:
-                if 'url_encoded_fmt_stream_map' in video_info:
-                    video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0] += ',' + video_info['adaptive_fmts'][0]
+                if 'adaptive_fmts' in video_info:
+                    video_info['adaptive_fmts'][0] += ',' + args['adaptive_fmts']
                 else:
-                    video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'] = video_info['adaptive_fmts']
+                    video_info['adaptive_fmts'] = [args['adaptive_fmts']]
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
+        def _map_to_format_list(urlmap):
+            formats = []
+            for itag, video_real_url in urlmap.items():
+                dct = {
+                    'format_id': itag,
+                    'url': video_real_url,
+                    'player_url': player_url,
+                }
+                if itag in self._formats:
+                    dct.update(self._formats[itag])
+                formats.append(dct)
+            return formats
+
         if 'conn' in video_info and video_info['conn'][0].startswith('rtmp'):
             self.report_rtmp_download()
-            video_url_list = [(None, video_info['conn'][0])]
-        elif 'url_encoded_fmt_stream_map' in video_info and len(video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map']) >= 1:
-            if 'rtmpe%3Dyes' in video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0]:
+            formats = [{
+                'format_id': '_rtmp',
+                'protocol': 'rtmp',
+                '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]
+            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 = {}
-            for url_data_str in video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0].split(','):
+            for url_data_str in encoded_url_map.split(','):
                 url_data = compat_parse_qs(url_data_str)
                 if 'itag' in url_data and 'url' in url_data:
                     url = url_data['url'][0]
@@ -1467,50 +1251,88 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                     if 'ratebypass' not in url:
                         url += '&ratebypass=yes'
                     url_map[url_data['itag'][0]] = url
-            video_url_list = self._get_video_url_list(url_map)
-            if not video_url_list:
-                return
+            formats = _map_to_format_list(url_map)
         elif video_info.get('hlsvp'):
             manifest_url = video_info['hlsvp'][0]
             url_map = self._extract_from_m3u8(manifest_url, video_id)
-            video_url_list = self._get_video_url_list(url_map)
-            if not video_url_list:
-                return
-
+            formats = _map_to_format_list(url_map)
         else:
             raise ExtractorError(u'no conn, hlsvp or url_encoded_fmt_stream_map information found in video info')
 
-        results = []
-        for format_param, video_real_url in video_url_list:
-            # Extension
-            video_extension = self._video_extensions.get(format_param, 'flv')
-
-            video_format = '{0} - {1}{2}'.format(format_param if format_param else video_extension,
-                                              self._video_dimensions.get(format_param, '???'),
-                                              ' ('+self._special_itags[format_param]+')' if format_param in self._special_itags else '')
-
-            results.append({
-                'id':       video_id,
-                'url':      video_real_url,
-                'uploader': video_uploader,
-                'uploader_id': video_uploader_id,
-                'upload_date':  upload_date,
-                'title':    video_title,
-                'ext':      video_extension,
-                'format':   video_format,
-                'thumbnail':    video_thumbnail,
-                'description':  video_description,
-                'player_url':   player_url,
-                'subtitles':    video_subtitles,
-                'duration':     video_duration,
-                'age_limit':    18 if age_gate else 0,
-                'annotations':  video_annotations
-            })
-        return results
+        # Look for the DASH manifest
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('youtube_include_dash_manifest', False)):
+            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=u'Downloading DASH manifest',
+                    errnote=u'Could not download DASH manifest')
+                for r in dash_doc.findall(u'.//{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(u'Skipping DASH manifest: %s' % e, video_id)
+
+        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,
+            'webpage_url': proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
+            'view_count':   view_count,
+            'like_count': like_count,
+            'dislike_count': dislike_count,
+            'formats':      formats,
+        }
 
-class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
+class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com playlists'
-    _VALID_URL = r"""(?:
+    _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)(?:
                         (?:https?://)?
                         (?:\w+\.)?
                         youtube\.com/
@@ -1519,23 +1341,46 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
                            \? (?:.*?&)*? (?:p|a|list)=
                         |  p/
                         )
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        (
+                            (?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}
+                            # Top tracks, they can also include dots 
+                            |(?:MC)[\w\.]*
+                        )
                         .*
                      |
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        ((?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                      )"""
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/%s?max-results=%i&start-index=%i&v=2&alt=json&safeSearch=none'
-    _MAX_RESULTS = 50
+    _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 = u'youtube:playlist'
 
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
+    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 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(url, playlist_id, u'Downloading Youtube mix')
+        search_title = lambda class_name: get_element_by_attribute('class', class_name, webpage)
+        title_span = (search_title('playlist-title') or
+            search_title('title long-title') or search_title('title'))
+        title = clean_html(title_span)
+        video_re = r'''(?x)data-video-username=".*?".*?
+                       href="/watch\?v=([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?list=%s''' % re.escape(playlist_id)
+        ids = orderedSet(re.findall(video_re, webpage, flags=re.DOTALL))
+        url_results = self._ids_to_results(ids)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_id, title)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         # Extract playlist id
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         if mobj is None:
             raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
         playlist_id = mobj.group(1) or mobj.group(2)
@@ -1546,53 +1391,94 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             video_id = query_dict['v'][0]
             if self._downloader.params.get('noplaylist'):
                 self.to_screen(u'Downloading just video %s because of --no-playlist' % video_id)
-                return self.url_result('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + video_id, 'Youtube')
+                return self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
             else:
-                self.to_screen(u'Downloading playlist PL%s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
+                self.to_screen(u'Downloading playlist %s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
+
+        if playlist_id.startswith('RD'):
+            # Mixes require a custom extraction process
+            return self._extract_mix(playlist_id)
+        if playlist_id.startswith('TL'):
+            raise ExtractorError(u'For downloading YouTube.com top lists, use '
+                u'the "yttoplist" keyword, for example "youtube-dl \'yttoplist:music:Top Tracks\'"', expected=True)
 
-        # Download playlist videos from API
-        videos = []
+        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(
+                u'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):
-            start_index = self._MAX_RESULTS * (page_num - 1) + 1
-            if start_index >= 1000:
-                self._downloader.report_warning(u'Max number of results reached')
+            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
-            url = self._TEMPLATE_URL % (playlist_id, self._MAX_RESULTS, start_index)
-            page = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id, u'Downloading page #%s' % page_num)
 
-            try:
-                response = json.loads(page)
-            except ValueError as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid JSON in API response: ' + compat_str(err))
+            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']
 
-            if 'feed' not in response:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Got a malformed response from YouTube API')
-            playlist_title = response['feed']['title']['$t']
-            if 'entry' not in response['feed']:
-                # Number of videos is a multiple of self._MAX_RESULTS
-                break
+        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*">\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
+            page, u'title')
 
-            for entry in response['feed']['entry']:
-                index = entry['yt$position']['$t']
-                if 'media$group' in entry and 'yt$videoid' in entry['media$group']:
-                    videos.append((
-                        index,
-                        'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + entry['media$group']['yt$videoid']['$t']
-                    ))
+        url_results = self._ids_to_results(ids)
+        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_id, playlist_title)
 
-        videos = [v[1] for v in sorted(videos)]
 
-        url_results = [self.url_result(vurl, 'Youtube') for vurl in videos]
-        return [self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_id, playlist_title)]
+class YoutubeTopListIE(YoutubePlaylistIE):
+    IE_NAME = u'youtube:toplist'
+    IE_DESC = (u'YouTube.com top lists, "yttoplist:{channel}:{list title}"'
+        u' (Example: "yttoplist:music:Top Tracks")')
+    _VALID_URL = r'yttoplist:(?P<chann>.*?):(?P<title>.*?)$'
+
+    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})
+        playlist_re = 'href="([^"]+?%s.*?)"' % re.escape(query)
+        channel_page = self._download_webpage('https://www.youtube.com/%s' % channel, title)
+        link = self._html_search_regex(playlist_re, channel_page, u'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 = u'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)
 
 
 class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com channels'
     _VALID_URL = r"^(?:https?://)?(?:youtu\.be|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com)/channel/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)"
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/%s/videos?sort=da&flow=list&view=0&page=%s&gl=US&hl=en'
     _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = 'yt-uix-load-more'
-    _MORE_PAGES_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/c4_browse_ajax?action_load_more_videos=1&flow=list&paging=%s&view=0&sort=da&channel_id=%s'
+    _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'
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:channel'
 
     def extract_videos_from_page(self, page):
@@ -1611,44 +1497,45 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
         # Download channel page
         channel_id = mobj.group(1)
         video_ids = []
-        pagenum = 1
-
-        url = self._TEMPLATE_URL % (channel_id, pagenum)
-        page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id,
-                                      u'Downloading page #%s' % pagenum)
-
-        # Extract video identifiers
-        ids_in_page = self.extract_videos_from_page(page)
-        video_ids.extend(ids_in_page)
-
-        # Download any subsequent channel pages using the json-based channel_ajax query
-        if self._MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR in page:
+        url = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s/videos' % channel_id
+        channel_page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id)
+        autogenerated = re.search(r'''(?x)
+                class="[^"]*?(?:
+                    channel-header-autogenerated-label|
+                    yt-channel-title-autogenerated
+                )[^"]*"''', channel_page) is not None
+
+        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
             for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
                 url = self._MORE_PAGES_URL % (pagenum, channel_id)
-                page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id,
-                                              u'Downloading page #%s' % pagenum)
-
-                page = json.loads(page)
+                page = self._download_json(
+                    url, channel_id, note=u'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']:
+    
+                if self._MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR not in page['load_more_widget_html']:
                     break
 
         self._downloader.to_screen(u'[youtube] Channel %s: Found %i videos' % (channel_id, len(video_ids)))
 
-        urls = ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % id for id in video_ids]
-        url_entries = [self.url_result(eurl, 'Youtube') for eurl in urls]
-        return [self.playlist_result(url_entries, channel_id)]
+        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)
 
 
 class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com user videos (URL or "ytuser" keyword)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user/)?(?!(?:attribution_link|watch)(?:$|[^a-z_A-Z0-9-])))|ytuser:)(?!feed/)([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)'
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/%s'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user/)?(?!(?:attribution_link|watch|results)(?:$|[^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 = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/%s/uploads?max-results=%d&start-index=%d&alt=json'
+    _GDATA_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/%s/uploads?max-results=%d&start-index=%d&alt=json'
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:user'
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1672,72 +1559,68 @@ class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
         # page by page until there are no video ids - it means we got
         # all of them.
 
-        video_ids = []
-
-        for pagenum in itertools.count(0):
+        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,
-                                          u'Downloading video ids from %d to %d' % (start_index, start_index + self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE))
+            page = self._download_webpage(
+                gdata_url, username,
+                u'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(u'Invalid JSON in API response: ' + compat_str(err))
             if 'entry' not in response['feed']:
-                # Number of videos is a multiple of self._MAX_RESULTS
-                break
+                return
 
             # Extract video identifiers
-            ids_in_page = []
-            for entry in response['feed']['entry']:
-                ids_in_page.append(entry['id']['$t'].split('/')[-1])
-            video_ids.extend(ids_in_page)
-
-            # A little optimization - if current page is not
-            # "full", ie. does not contain PAGE_SIZE video ids then
-            # we can assume that this page is the last one - there
-            # are no more ids on further pages - no need to query
-            # again.
-
-            if len(ids_in_page) < self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE:
-                break
+            entries = response['feed']['entry']
+            for entry in entries:
+                title = entry['title']['$t']
+                video_id = entry['id']['$t'].split('/')[-1]
+                yield {
+                    '_type': 'url',
+                    'url': video_id,
+                    'ie_key': 'Youtube',
+                    'id': video_id,
+                    'title': title,
+                }
+        url_results = PagedList(download_page, self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_title=username)
 
-        urls = ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id for video_id in video_ids]
-        url_results = [self.url_result(rurl, 'Youtube') for rurl in urls]
-        return [self.playlist_result(url_results, playlist_title = username)]
 
 class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com searches'
-    _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc'
+    _API_URL = u'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc'
     _MAX_RESULTS = 1000
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:search'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearch'
 
-    def report_download_page(self, query, pagenum):
-        """Report attempt to download search page with given number."""
-        self._downloader.to_screen(u'[youtube] query "%s": Downloading page %s' % (query, pagenum))
-
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
         video_ids = []
         pagenum = 0
         limit = n
-
-        while (50 * pagenum) < limit:
-            self.report_download_page(query, pagenum+1)
-            result_url = self._API_URL % (compat_urllib_parse.quote_plus(query), (50*pagenum)+1)
-            request = compat_urllib_request.Request(result_url)
-            try:
-                data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read().decode('utf-8')
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to download API page: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            api_response = json.loads(data)['data']
-
-            if not 'items' in api_response:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'[youtube] No video results')
+        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(
+                result_url, video_id=u'query "%s"' % query,
+                note=u'Downloading page %s' % (pagenum + 1),
+                errnote=u'Unable to download API page')
+            data = json.loads(data_json)
+            api_response = data['data']
+
+            if 'items' not in api_response:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    u'[youtube] No video results', expected=True)
 
             new_ids = list(video['id'] for video in api_response['items'])
             video_ids += new_ids
@@ -1747,10 +1630,54 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
 
         if len(video_ids) > n:
             video_ids = video_ids[:n]
-        videos = [self.url_result('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % id, 'Youtube') for id in video_ids]
+        videos = [self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
+                  for video_id in video_ids]
         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 = u'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first'
+
+
+class YoutubeSearchURLIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com search URLs'
+    IE_NAME = u'youtube:search_url'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/results\?(.*?&)?search_query=(?P<query>[^&]+)(?:[&]|$)'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        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, u'result HTML')
+
+        part_codes = re.findall(
+            r'(?s)<h3 class="yt-lockup-title">(.*?)</h3>', result_code)
+        entries = []
+        for part_code in part_codes:
+            part_title = self._html_search_regex(
+                [r'(?s)title="([^"]+)"', r'>([^<]+)</a>'], part_code, 'item title', fatal=False)
+            part_url_snippet = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)href="([^"]+)"', part_code, 'item URL')
+            part_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(
+                'https://www.youtube.com/', part_url_snippet)
+            entries.append({
+                '_type': 'url',
+                'url': part_url,
+                'title': part_title,
+            })
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'entries': entries,
+            'title': query,
+        }
+
+
 class YoutubeShowIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com (multi-season) shows'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/show/(.*)'
@@ -1773,7 +1700,6 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     Subclasses must define the _FEED_NAME and _PLAYLIST_TITLE properties.
     """
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = True
-    _PAGING_STEP = 30
     # use action_load_personal_feed instead of action_load_system_feed
     _PERSONAL_FEED = False
 
@@ -1782,7 +1708,7 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         action = 'action_load_system_feed'
         if self._PERSONAL_FEED:
             action = 'action_load_personal_feed'
-        return 'http://www.youtube.com/feed_ajax?%s=1&feed_name=%s&paging=%%s' % (action, self._FEED_NAME)
+        return 'https://www.youtube.com/feed_ajax?%s=1&feed_name=%s&paging=%%s' % (action, self._FEED_NAME)
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
@@ -1793,23 +1719,27 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         feed_entries = []
-        # The step argument is available only in 2.7 or higher
-        for i in itertools.count(0):
-            paging = i*self._PAGING_STEP
-            info = self._download_webpage(self._FEED_TEMPLATE % paging,
+        paging = 0
+        for i in itertools.count(1):
+            info = self._download_json(self._FEED_TEMPLATE % paging,
                                           u'%s feed' % self._FEED_NAME,
                                           u'Downloading page %s' % i)
-            info = json.loads(info)
-            feed_html = info['feed_html']
+            feed_html = info.get('feed_html') or info.get('content_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(id, 'Youtube') for id in ids)
-            if info['paging'] is None:
+            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+)',
+                feed_html)
+            if mobj is None:
                 break
+            paging = mobj.group('paging')
         return self.playlist_result(feed_entries, playlist_title=self._PLAYLIST_TITLE)
 
 class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com subscriptions feed, "ytsubs" keyword(requires authentication)'
+    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com subscriptions feed, "ytsubs" keyword (requires authentication)'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/subscriptions|:ytsubs(?:criptions)?'
     _FEED_NAME = 'subscriptions'
     _PLAYLIST_TITLE = u'Youtube Subscriptions'
@@ -1825,9 +1755,15 @@ class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/watch_later|:ytwatchlater'
     _FEED_NAME = 'watch_later'
     _PLAYLIST_TITLE = u'Youtube Watch Later'
-    _PAGING_STEP = 100
     _PERSONAL_FEED = True
 
+class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = u'Youtube watch history, "ythistory" keyword (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = u'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/history|:ythistory'
+    _FEED_NAME = 'history'
+    _PERSONAL_FEED = True
+    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = u'Youtube Watch History'
+
 class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:favorites'
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com favourite videos, "ytfav" keyword (requires authentication)'
@@ -1843,13 +1779,27 @@ class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 class YoutubeTruncatedURLIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:truncated_url'
     IE_DESC = False  # Do not list
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?[^/]+/watch\?feature=[a-z_]+$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
+        (?:https?://)?[^/]+/watch\?(?:
+            feature=[a-z_]+|
+            annotation_id=annotation_[^&]+
+        )?$|
+        (?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/attribution_link\?a=[^&]+$
+    '''
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3951667041',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         raise ExtractorError(
             u'Did you forget to quote the URL? Remember that & is a meta '
             u'character in most shells, so you want to put the URL in quotes, '
             u'like  youtube-dl '
-            u'\'http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=BaW_jenozKc\''
-            u' (or simply  youtube-dl BaW_jenozKc  ).',
+            u'"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=BaW_jenozKc" '
+            u' or simply  youtube-dl BaW_jenozKc  .',
             expected=True)