+            self._set_cookie('youku.com', 'xreferrer', 'http://www.youku.com')
+            req = sanitized_Request(req_url, headers=headers)
+
+            cn_verification_proxy = self._downloader.params.get('cn_verification_proxy')
+            if cn_verification_proxy:
+                req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', cn_verification_proxy)
+
+            raw_data = self._download_json(req, video_id, note=note)
+
+            return raw_data['data']
+
+        video_password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword')
+
+        # request basic data
+        basic_data_url = 'http://play.youku.com/play/get.json?vid=%s&ct=12' % video_id
+        if video_password:
+            basic_data_url += '&pwd=%s' % video_password
+
+        data = retrieve_data(basic_data_url, 'Downloading JSON metadata')
+
+        error = data.get('error')
+        if error:
+            error_note = error.get('note')
+            if error_note is not None and '因版权原因无法观看此视频' in error_note:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Youku said: Sorry, this video is available in China only', expected=True)
+            elif error_note and '该视频被设为私密' in error_note:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Youku said: Sorry, this video is private', expected=True)
+            else:
+                msg = 'Youku server reported error %i' % error.get('code')
+                if error_note is not None:
+                    msg += ': ' + error_note
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+
+        # get video title
+        title = data['video']['title']
+
+        # generate video_urls_dict
+        video_urls_dict = self.construct_video_urls(data)
+
+        # construct info
+        entries = [{
+            'id': '%s_part%d' % (video_id, i + 1),
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': [],
+            # some formats are not available for all parts, we have to detect
+            # which one has all
+        } for i in range(max(len(v.get('segs')) for v in data['stream']))]
+        for stream in data['stream']:
+            fm = stream.get('stream_type')
+            video_urls = video_urls_dict[fm]
+            for video_url, seg, entry in zip(video_urls, stream['segs'], entries):
+                entry['formats'].append({
+                    'url': video_url,
+                    'format_id': self.get_format_name(fm),
+                    'ext': self.parse_ext_l(fm),
+                    'filesize': int(seg['size']),
+                })