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 # coding: utf-8
 
 # coding: utf-8
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+import itertools
 import json
 import json
-import netrc
+import os.path
+import random
 import re
 import re
-import socket
-import itertools
+import time
+import traceback
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    compat_http_client,
+from ..jsinterp import JSInterpreter
+from ..swfinterp import SWFInterpreter
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_chr,
+    compat_kwargs,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
+    compat_urlparse,
     compat_str,
     compat_str,
-
+)
+from ..utils import (
     clean_html,
     clean_html,
-    get_element_by_id,
+    error_to_compat_str,
     ExtractorError,
     ExtractorError,
+    float_or_none,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
+    get_element_by_id,
+    int_or_none,
+    mimetype2ext,
+    orderedSet,
+    parse_codecs,
+    parse_duration,
+    qualities,
+    remove_quotes,
+    remove_start,
+    smuggle_url,
+    str_to_int,
+    try_get,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,
-    orderedSet,
+    unsmuggle_url,
+    uppercase_escape,
+    urlencode_postdata,
 )
 
 )
 
+
 class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """Provide base functions for Youtube extractors"""
     _LOGIN_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin'
 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'
+    _TWOFACTOR_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/signin/challenge'
+
+    _LOOKUP_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/_/signin/sl/lookup'
+    _CHALLENGE_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/_/signin/sl/challenge'
+    _TFA_URL = 'https://accounts.google.com/_/signin/challenge?hl=en&TL={0}'
+
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'youtube'
     # If True it will raise an error if no login info is provided
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = False
 
     _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')
+    _PLAYLIST_ID_RE = r'(?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD|UL|TL|OLAK5uy_)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}'
 
     def _set_language(self):
 
     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
+        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):
 
     def _login(self):
-        (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
+        """
+        Attempt to log in to YouTube.
+        True is returned if successful or skipped.
+        False is returned if login failed.
+
+        If _LOGIN_REQUIRED is set and no authentication was provided, an error is raised.
+        """
+        username, password = self._get_login_info()
         # No authentication to be performed
         if username is None:
         # No authentication to be performed
         if username is None:
-            if self._LOGIN_REQUIRED:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'No login info available, needed for using %s.' % self.IE_NAME, expected=True)
+            if self._LOGIN_REQUIRED and self._downloader.params.get('cookiefile') is None:
+                raise ExtractorError('No login info available, needed for using %s.' % self.IE_NAME, expected=True)
+            return True
+
+        login_page = self._download_webpage(
+            self._LOGIN_URL, None,
+            note='Downloading login page',
+            errnote='unable to fetch login page', fatal=False)
+        if login_page is False:
+            return
+
+        login_form = self._hidden_inputs(login_page)
+
+        def req(url, f_req, note, errnote):
+            data = login_form.copy()
+            data.update({
+                'pstMsg': 1,
+                'checkConnection': 'youtube',
+                'checkedDomains': 'youtube',
+                'hl': 'en',
+                'deviceinfo': '[null,null,null,[],null,"US",null,null,[],"GlifWebSignIn",null,[null,null,[]]]',
+                'f.req': json.dumps(f_req),
+                'flowName': 'GlifWebSignIn',
+                'flowEntry': 'ServiceLogin',
+            })
+            return self._download_json(
+                url, None, note=note, errnote=errnote,
+                transform_source=lambda s: re.sub(r'^[^[]*', '', s),
+                fatal=False,
+                data=urlencode_postdata(data), headers={
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8',
+                    'Google-Accounts-XSRF': 1,
+                })
+
+        def warn(message):
+            self._downloader.report_warning(message)
+
+        lookup_req = [
+            username,
+            None, [], None, 'US', None, None, 2, False, True,
+            [
+                None, None,
+                [2, 1, None, 1,
+                 'https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Fnext%3D%252F%26action_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26hl%3Den%26app%3Ddesktop%26feature%3Dsign_in_button&hl=en&service=youtube&uilel=3&requestPath=%2FServiceLogin&Page=PasswordSeparationSignIn',
+                 None, [], 4],
+                1, [None, None, []], None, None, None, True
+            ],
+            username,
+        ]
+
+        lookup_results = req(
+            self._LOOKUP_URL, lookup_req,
+            'Looking up account info', 'Unable to look up account info')
+
+        if lookup_results is False:
             return False
 
             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))
+        user_hash = try_get(lookup_results, lambda x: x[0][2], compat_str)
+        if not user_hash:
+            warn('Unable to extract user hash')
             return False
 
             return False
 
-        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)
-
-        # Log in
-        login_form_strs = {
-                u'continue': u'https://www.youtube.com/signin?action_handle_signin=true&feature=sign_in_button&hl=en_US&nomobiletemp=1',
-                u'Email': username,
-                u'GALX': galx,
-                u'Passwd': password,
-                u'PersistentCookie': u'yes',
-                u'_utf8': u'霱',
-                u'bgresponse': u'js_disabled',
-                u'checkConnection': u'',
-                u'checkedDomains': u'youtube',
-                u'dnConn': u'',
-                u'dsh': dsh,
-                u'pstMsg': u'0',
-                u'rmShown': u'1',
-                u'secTok': u'',
-                u'signIn': u'Sign in',
-                u'timeStmp': u'',
-                u'service': u'youtube',
-                u'uilel': u'3',
-                u'hl': u'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_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))
+        challenge_req = [
+            user_hash,
+            None, 1, None, [1, None, None, None, [password, None, True]],
+            [
+                None, None, [2, 1, None, 1, 'https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Fnext%3D%252F%26action_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26hl%3Den%26app%3Ddesktop%26feature%3Dsign_in_button&hl=en&service=youtube&uilel=3&requestPath=%2FServiceLogin&Page=PasswordSeparationSignIn', None, [], 4],
+                1, [None, None, []], None, None, None, True
+            ]]
+
+        challenge_results = req(
+            self._CHALLENGE_URL, challenge_req,
+            'Logging in', 'Unable to log in')
+
+        if challenge_results is False:
+            return
+
+        login_res = try_get(challenge_results, lambda x: x[0][5], list)
+        if login_res:
+            login_msg = try_get(login_res, lambda x: x[5], compat_str)
+            warn(
+                'Unable to login: %s' % 'Invalid password'
+                if login_msg == 'INCORRECT_ANSWER_ENTERED' else login_msg)
+            return False
+
+        res = try_get(challenge_results, lambda x: x[0][-1], list)
+        if not res:
+            warn('Unable to extract result entry')
             return False
             return False
-        return True
 
 
-    def _confirm_age(self):
-        age_form = {
-                'next_url':     '/',
-                'action_confirm':   'Confirm',
+        login_challenge = try_get(res, lambda x: x[0][0], list)
+        if login_challenge:
+            challenge_str = try_get(login_challenge, lambda x: x[2], compat_str)
+            if challenge_str == 'TWO_STEP_VERIFICATION':
+                # SEND_SUCCESS - TFA code has been successfully sent to phone
+                # QUOTA_EXCEEDED - reached the limit of TFA codes
+                status = try_get(login_challenge, lambda x: x[5], compat_str)
+                if status == 'QUOTA_EXCEEDED':
+                    warn('Exceeded the limit of TFA codes, try later')
+                    return False
+
+                tl = try_get(challenge_results, lambda x: x[1][2], compat_str)
+                if not tl:
+                    warn('Unable to extract TL')
+                    return False
+
+                tfa_code = self._get_tfa_info('2-step verification code')
+
+                if not tfa_code:
+                    warn(
+                        'Two-factor authentication required. Provide it either interactively or with --twofactor <code>'
+                        '(Note that only TOTP (Google Authenticator App) codes work at this time.)')
+                    return False
+
+                tfa_code = remove_start(tfa_code, 'G-')
+
+                tfa_req = [
+                    user_hash, None, 2, None,
+                    [
+                        9, None, None, None, None, None, None, None,
+                        [None, tfa_code, True, 2]
+                    ]]
+
+                tfa_results = req(
+                    self._TFA_URL.format(tl), tfa_req,
+                    'Submitting TFA code', 'Unable to submit TFA code')
+
+                if tfa_results is False:
+                    return False
+
+                tfa_res = try_get(tfa_results, lambda x: x[0][5], list)
+                if tfa_res:
+                    tfa_msg = try_get(tfa_res, lambda x: x[5], compat_str)
+                    warn(
+                        'Unable to finish TFA: %s' % 'Invalid TFA code'
+                        if tfa_msg == 'INCORRECT_ANSWER_ENTERED' else tfa_msg)
+                    return False
+
+                check_cookie_url = try_get(
+                    tfa_results, lambda x: x[0][-1][2], compat_str)
+            else:
+                CHALLENGES = {
+                    'LOGIN_CHALLENGE': "This device isn't recognized. For your security, Google wants to make sure it's really you.",
+                    'USERNAME_RECOVERY': 'Please provide additional information to aid in the recovery process.',
+                    'REAUTH': "There is something unusual about your activity. For your security, Google wants to make sure it's really you.",
                 }
                 }
-        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))
+                challenge = CHALLENGES.get(
+                    challenge_str,
+                    '%s returned error %s.' % (self.IE_NAME, challenge_str))
+                warn('%s\nGo to https://accounts.google.com/, login and solve a challenge.' % challenge)
+                return False
+        else:
+            check_cookie_url = try_get(res, lambda x: x[2], compat_str)
+
+        if not check_cookie_url:
+            warn('Unable to extract CheckCookie URL')
+            return False
+
+        check_cookie_results = self._download_webpage(
+            check_cookie_url, None, 'Checking cookie', fatal=False)
+
+        if check_cookie_results is False:
+            return False
+
+        if 'https://myaccount.google.com/' not in check_cookie_results:
+            warn('Unable to log in')
+            return False
+
         return True
 
         return True
 
+    def _download_webpage_handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('query', {})['disable_polymer'] = 'true'
+        return super(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, self)._download_webpage_handle(
+            *args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+
     def _real_initialize(self):
         if self._downloader is None:
             return
     def _real_initialize(self):
         if self._downloader is None:
             return
-        if not self._set_language():
-            return
+        self._set_language()
         if not self._login():
             return
         if not self._login():
             return
-        self._confirm_age()
+
+
+class YoutubeEntryListBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
+    # Extract entries from page with "Load more" button
+    def _entries(self, page, playlist_id):
+        more_widget_html = content_html = page
+        for page_num in itertools.count(1):
+            for entry in self._process_page(content_html):
+                yield entry
+
+            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']
+
+
+class YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeEntryListBaseInfoExtractor):
+    def _process_page(self, content):
+        for video_id, video_title in self.extract_videos_from_page(content):
+            yield self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id, video_title)
+
+    def extract_videos_from_page(self, page):
+        ids_in_page = []
+        titles_in_page = []
+        for mobj in re.finditer(self._VIDEO_RE, page):
+            # The link with index 0 is not the first video of the playlist (not sure if still actual)
+            if 'index' in mobj.groupdict() and mobj.group('id') == '0':
+                continue
+            video_id = mobj.group('id')
+            video_title = unescapeHTML(mobj.group('title'))
+            if video_title:
+                video_title = video_title.strip()
+            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)
+
+
+class YoutubePlaylistsBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeEntryListBaseInfoExtractor):
+    def _process_page(self, content):
+        for playlist_id in orderedSet(re.findall(
+                r'<h3[^>]+class="[^"]*yt-lockup-title[^"]*"[^>]*><a[^>]+href="/?playlist\?list=([0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})"',
+                content)):
+            yield self.url_result(
+                'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s' % playlist_id, 'YoutubePlaylist')
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage, fatal=False)
+        return self.playlist_result(self._entries(webpage, playlist_id), playlist_id, title)
+
 
 class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com'
-    _VALID_URL = r"""^
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com'
+    _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)^
                      (
                      (
-                         (?:https?://)?                                       # http(s):// (optional)
-                         (?:youtu\.be/|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/|
-                            tube\.majestyc\.net/)                             # the various hostnames, with wildcard subdomains
+                         (?:https?://|//)                                    # http(s):// or protocol-independent URL
+                         (?:(?:(?:(?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?deturl\.com/www\.youtube\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?pwnyoutube\.com/|
+                            (?:www\.)?hooktube\.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:
                          (?:.*?\#/)?                                          # handle anchor (#/) redirect urls
                          (?:                                                  # the various things that can precede the ID:
-                             (?:(?:v|embed|e)/)                               # v/ or embed/ or e/
+                             (?:(?:v|embed|e)/(?!videoseries))                # v/ or embed/ or e/
                              |(?:                                             # or the v= param in all its forms
                              |(?:                                             # 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 #!
                                  (?:\?|\#!?)                                  # the params delimiter ? or # or #!
-                                 (?:.*?&)?                                    # any other preceding param (like /?s=tuff&v=xxxx)
+                                 (?:.*?[&;])??                                # any other preceding param (like /?s=tuff&v=xxxx or ?s=tuff&amp;v=V36LpHqtcDY)
                                  v=
                              )
                                  v=
                              )
-                         )?                                                   # optional -> youtube.com/xxxx is OK
+                         ))
+                         |(?:
+                            youtu\.be|                                        # just youtu.be/xxxx
+                            vid\.plus|                                        # or vid.plus/xxxx
+                            zwearz\.com/watch|                                # or zwearz.com/watch/xxxx
+                         )/
+                         |(?:www\.)?cleanvideosearch\.com/media/action/yt/watch\?videoId=
+                         )
                      )?                                                       # all until now is optional -> you can pass the naked ID
                      )?                                                       # all until now is optional -> you can pass the naked ID
-                     ([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)                                         # here is it! the YouTube video ID
+                     ([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})                                      # here is it! the YouTube video ID
+                     (?!.*?\blist=
+                        (?:
+                            %(playlist_id)s|                                  # combined list/video URLs are handled by the playlist IE
+                            WL                                                # WL are handled by the watch later IE
+                        )
+                     )
                      (?(1).+)?                                                # if we found the ID, everything can follow
                      (?(1).+)?                                                # if we found the ID, everything can follow
-                     $"""
+                     $""" % {'playlist_id': YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor._PLAYLIST_ID_RE}
     _NEXT_URL_RE = r'[\?&]next_url=([^&]+)'
     _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', '17', '13',
-                          '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', '17', '13',
-                                      '95', '94', '93', '92', '132', '151',
-                                      '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_extensions = {
-        '13': '3gp',
-        '17': 'mp4',
-        '18': 'mp4',
-        '22': 'mp4',
-        '37': 'mp4',
-        '38': 'mp4',
-        '43': 'webm',
-        '44': 'webm',
-        '45': 'webm',
-        '46': 'webm',
-
-        # 3d videos
-        '82': 'mp4',
-        '83': 'mp4',
-        '84': 'mp4',
-        '85': 'mp4',
-        '100': 'webm',
-        '101': 'webm',
-        '102': 'webm',
-
-        # videos that use m3u8
-        '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',
+    _formats = {
+        '5': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 400, 'height': 240, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
+        '6': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 450, 'height': 270, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
+        '13': {'ext': '3gp', 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'mp4v'},
+        '17': {'ext': '3gp', 'width': 176, 'height': 144, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 24, 'vcodec': 'mp4v'},
+        '18': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 640, 'height': 360, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 96, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '22': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 1280, 'height': 720, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '34': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 640, 'height': 360, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '35': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 854, 'height': 480, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        # itag 36 videos are either 320x180 (BaW_jenozKc) or 320x240 (__2ABJjxzNo), abr varies as well
+        '36': {'ext': '3gp', 'width': 320, 'acodec': 'aac', 'vcodec': 'mp4v'},
+        '37': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 1920, 'height': 1080, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '38': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 4096, 'height': 3072, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '43': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 640, 'height': 360, 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '44': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 854, 'height': 480, 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '45': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1280, 'height': 720, 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '46': {'ext': 'webm', 'width': 1920, 'height': 1080, 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '59': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 854, 'height': 480, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '78': {'ext': 'mp4', 'width': 854, 'height': 480, 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+
+
+        # 3D videos
+        '82': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -20},
+        '83': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -20},
+        '84': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -20},
+        '85': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -20},
+        '100': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'vp8', 'preference': -20},
+        '101': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'vp8', 'preference': -20},
+        '102': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': '3D', 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'abr': 192, 'vcodec': 'vp8', 'preference': -20},
+
+        # Apple HTTP Live Streaming
+        '91': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 144, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 48, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '92': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 48, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '93': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '94': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '95': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 256, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '96': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 256, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '132': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 48, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+        '151': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 72, 'format_note': 'HLS', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 24, 'vcodec': 'h264', 'preference': -10},
+
+        # DASH mp4 video
+        '133': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '134': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '135': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '136': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '137': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '138': {'ext': 'mp4', 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},  # Height can vary (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4559)
+        '160': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 144, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '212': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '264': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+        '298': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264', 'fps': 60},
+        '299': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264', 'fps': 60},
+        '266': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'h264'},
+
+        # Dash mp4 audio
+        '139': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 48, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '140': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 128, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '141': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'abr': 256, 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '256': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '258': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'aac', 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '325': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'dtse', 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
+        '328': {'ext': 'm4a', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'ec-3', 'container': 'm4a_dash'},
 
         # Dash webm
 
         # 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',
-        '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', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '168': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '169': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'width': 1280, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '170': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'width': 1920, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '218': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '219': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'width': 854, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp8'},
+        '278': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 144, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'container': 'webm', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '242': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 240, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '243': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 360, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '244': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '245': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '246': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 480, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '247': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '248': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '271': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        # itag 272 videos are either 3840x2160 (e.g. RtoitU2A-3E) or 7680x4320 (sLprVF6d7Ug)
+        '272': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '302': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9', 'fps': 60},
+        '303': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1080, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9', 'fps': 60},
+        '308': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 1440, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9', 'fps': 60},
+        '313': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9'},
+        '315': {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'vp9', 'fps': 60},
+
+        # Dash webm audio
+        '171': {'ext': 'webm', 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 128},
+        '172': {'ext': 'webm', 'acodec': 'vorbis', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'abr': 256},
+
+        # Dash webm audio with opus inside
+        '249': {'ext': 'webm', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 50},
+        '250': {'ext': 'webm', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 70},
+        '251': {'ext': 'webm', 'format_note': 'DASH audio', 'acodec': 'opus', 'abr': 160},
+
+        # RTMP (unnamed)
+        '_rtmp': {'protocol': 'rtmp'},
     }
     }
+    _SUBTITLE_FORMATS = ('ttml', 'vtt')
+
+    _GEO_BYPASS = False
 
 
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube'
     _TESTS = [
         {
     _TESTS = [
         {
-            u"url":  u"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc",
-            u"file":  u"BaW_jenozKc.mp4",
-            u"info_dict": {
-                u"title": u"youtube-dl test video \"'/\\ä↭𝕐",
-                u"uploader": u"Philipp Hagemeister",
-                u"uploader_id": u"phihag",
-                u"upload_date": u"20121002",
-                u"description": u"test chars:  \"'/\\ä↭𝕐\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de ."
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc&t=1s&end=9',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
+                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+                'uploader_id': 'phihag',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/phihag',
+                'upload_date': '20121002',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'description': 'test chars:  "\'/\\ä↭𝕐\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 .',
+                'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
+                'tags': ['youtube-dl'],
+                'duration': 10,
+                'like_count': int,
+                'dislike_count': int,
+                'start_time': 1,
+                'end_time': 9,
             }
         },
         {
             }
         },
         {
-            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"
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY',
+            'note': 'Test generic use_cipher_signature video (#897)',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'UxxajLWwzqY',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20120506',
+                'title': 'Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]',
+                'alt_title': 'I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)',
+                'description': 'md5:f3ceb5ef83a08d95b9d146f973157cc8',
+                'tags': ['Icona Pop i love it', 'sweden', 'pop music', 'big beat records', 'big beat', 'charli',
+                         'xcx', 'charli xcx', 'girls', 'hbo', 'i love it', "i don't care", 'icona', 'pop',
+                         'iconic ep', 'iconic', 'love', 'it'],
+                'duration': 180,
+                'uploader': 'Icona Pop',
+                'uploader_id': 'IconaPop',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/IconaPop',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'creator': 'Icona Pop',
+                'track': 'I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)',
+                'artist': 'Icona Pop',
             }
         },
         {
             }
         },
         {
-            u"url":  u"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY",
-            u"file":  u"UxxajLWwzqY.mp4",
-            u"note": u"Test generic use_cipher_signature video (#897)",
-            u"info_dict": {
-                u"upload_date": u"20120506",
-                u"title": u"Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]",
-                u"description": u"md5:3e2666e0a55044490499ea45fe9037b7",
-                u"uploader": u"Icona Pop",
-                u"uploader_id": u"IconaPop"
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07FYdnEawAQ',
+            'note': 'Test VEVO video with age protection (#956)',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '07FYdnEawAQ',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20130703',
+                'title': 'Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Explicit)',
+                'alt_title': 'Tunnel Vision',
+                'description': 'md5:64249768eec3bc4276236606ea996373',
+                'duration': 419,
+                'uploader': 'justintimberlakeVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'justintimberlakeVEVO',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/justintimberlakeVEVO',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'creator': 'Justin Timberlake',
+                'track': 'Tunnel Vision',
+                'artist': 'Justin Timberlake',
+                'age_limit': 18,
             }
         },
         {
             }
         },
         {
-            u"url":  u"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07FYdnEawAQ",
-            u"file":  u"07FYdnEawAQ.mp4",
-            u"note": u"Test VEVO video with age protection (#956)",
-            u"info_dict": {
-                u"upload_date": u"20130703",
-                u"title": u"Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Explicit)",
-                u"description": u"md5:64249768eec3bc4276236606ea996373",
-                u"uploader": u"justintimberlakeVEVO",
-                u"uploader_id": u"justintimberlakeVEVO"
+            'url': '//www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yZIXLfi8CZQ',
+            'note': 'Embed-only video (#1746)',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'yZIXLfi8CZQ',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'upload_date': '20120608',
+                'title': 'Principal Sexually Assaults A Teacher - Episode 117 - 8th June 2012',
+                'description': 'md5:09b78bd971f1e3e289601dfba15ca4f7',
+                'uploader': 'SET India',
+                'uploader_id': 'setindia',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/setindia',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'age_limit': 18,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc&v=UxxajLWwzqY',
+            'note': 'Use the first video ID in the URL',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'BaW_jenozKc',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐',
+                'uploader': 'Philipp Hagemeister',
+                'uploader_id': 'phihag',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/phihag',
+                'upload_date': '20121002',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'description': 'test chars:  "\'/\\ä↭𝕐\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 .',
+                'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
+                'tags': ['youtube-dl'],
+                'duration': 10,
+                'like_count': int,
+                'dislike_count': int,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LDPn-MO4I',
+            'note': '256k DASH audio (format 141) via DASH manifest',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'a9LDPn-MO4I',
+                'ext': 'm4a',
+                'upload_date': '20121002',
+                'uploader_id': '8KVIDEO',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/8KVIDEO',
+                'description': '',
+                'uploader': '8KVIDEO',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'title': 'UHDTV TEST 8K VIDEO.mp4'
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '141',
+            },
+            'skip': 'format 141 not served anymore',
+        },
+        # DASH manifest with encrypted signature
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3lcPjvWLA',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'IB3lcPjvWLA',
+                'ext': 'm4a',
+                'title': 'Afrojack, Spree Wilson - The Spark ft. Spree Wilson',
+                'description': 'md5:1900ed86ee514927b9e00fbead6969a5',
+                'duration': 244,
+                'uploader': 'AfrojackVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'AfrojackVEVO',
+                'upload_date': '20131011',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '141/bestaudio[ext=m4a]',
+            },
+        },
+        # 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',
+                'alt_title': 'Shake It Off',
+                'description': 'md5:95f66187cd7c8b2c13eb78e1223b63c3',
+                'duration': 242,
+                'uploader': 'TaylorSwiftVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'TaylorSwiftVEVO',
+                'upload_date': '20140818',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'creator': 'Taylor Swift',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '141/bestaudio[ext=m4a]',
+            },
+        },
+        # Controversy video
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XJQO3qol8',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'T4XJQO3qol8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'duration': 219,
+                'upload_date': '20100909',
+                'uploader': 'TJ Kirk',
+                'uploader_id': 'TheAmazingAtheist',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                '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)
         {
         {
-            u'url': u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGi3HqYrWHE',
-            u'file': u'TGi3HqYrWHE.mp4',
-            u'note': u'm3u8 video',
-            u'info_dict': {
-                u'title': u'Triathlon - Men - London 2012 Olympic Games',
-                u'description': u'- Men -  TR02 - Triathlon - 07 August 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games',
-                u'uploader': u'olympic',
-                u'upload_date': u'20120807',
-                u'uploader_id': u'olympic',
+            'url': 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=HtVdAasjOgU',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'HtVdAasjOgU',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - The Sword Of Destiny Trailer',
+                'description': r're:(?s).{100,}About the Game\n.*?The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.{100,}',
+                'duration': 142,
+                'uploader': 'The Witcher',
+                'uploader_id': 'WitcherGame',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/WitcherGame',
+                'upload_date': '20140605',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'age_limit': 18,
             },
             },
-            u'params': {
-                u'skip_download': True,
+        },
+        # Age-gate video with encrypted signature
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kLq3WMV1nU',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '6kLq3WMV1nU',
+                'ext': 'webm',
+                'title': 'Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) (Lyric Video)',
+                'description': 'md5:33765bb339e1b47e7e72b5490139bb41',
+                'duration': 246,
+                'uploader': 'LloydVEVO',
+                'uploader_id': 'LloydVEVO',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/LloydVEVO',
+                'upload_date': '20110629',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'age_limit': 18,
             },
         },
             },
         },
+        # video_info is None (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4421)
+        # YouTube Red ad is not captured for creator
+        {
+            'url': '__2ABJjxzNo',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '__2ABJjxzNo',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'duration': 266,
+                'upload_date': '20100430',
+                'uploader_id': 'deadmau5',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/deadmau5',
+                'creator': 'deadmau5',
+                'description': 'md5:12c56784b8032162bb936a5f76d55360',
+                'uploader': 'deadmau5',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'title': 'Deadmau5 - Some Chords (HD)',
+                'alt_title': 'Some Chords',
+            },
+            'expected_warnings': [
+                'DASH manifest missing',
+            ]
+        },
+        # Olympics (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/4431)
+        {
+            'url': 'lqQg6PlCWgI',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'lqQg6PlCWgI',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'duration': 6085,
+                'upload_date': '20150827',
+                'uploader_id': 'olympic',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/olympic',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'description': 'HO09  - Women -  GER-AUS - Hockey - 31 July 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games',
+                'uploader': 'Olympic',
+                '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.,
+                'duration': 85,
+                'upload_date': '20110310',
+                'uploader_id': 'AllenMeow',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/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ᄋᄅ',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                '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': 'webm',
+                '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',
+            },
+            'skip': 'This live event has ended.',
+        },
+        # 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': 'webm',
+                'title': 'md5:7b81415841e02ecd4313668cde88737a',
+                'description': 'md5:116377fd2963b81ec4ce64b542173306',
+                'duration': 220,
+                'upload_date': '20150625',
+                'uploader_id': 'dorappi2000',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/dorappi2000',
+                'uploader': 'dorappi2000',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'formats': 'mincount:31',
+            },
+            'skip': 'not actual anymore',
+        },
+        # 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',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'title': 'Retransmisión XVIII Media maratón Zaragoza 2015',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'youtube_include_dash_manifest': True,
+                'format': '135',  # bestvideo
+            },
+            'skip': 'This live event has ended.',
+        },
+        {
+            # Multifeed videos (multiple cameras), URL is for Main Camera
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWvoWXjCVs',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'jqWvoWXjCVs',
+                'title': 'teamPGP: Rocket League Noob Stream',
+                'description': 'md5:dc7872fb300e143831327f1bae3af010',
+            },
+            'playlist': [{
+                'info_dict': {
+                    'id': 'jqWvoWXjCVs',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'title': 'teamPGP: Rocket League Noob Stream (Main Camera)',
+                    'description': 'md5:dc7872fb300e143831327f1bae3af010',
+                    'duration': 7335,
+                    'upload_date': '20150721',
+                    'uploader': 'Beer Games Beer',
+                    'uploader_id': 'beergamesbeer',
+                    'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/beergamesbeer',
+                    'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                },
+            }, {
+                'info_dict': {
+                    'id': '6h8e8xoXJzg',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'title': 'teamPGP: Rocket League Noob Stream (kreestuh)',
+                    'description': 'md5:dc7872fb300e143831327f1bae3af010',
+                    'duration': 7337,
+                    'upload_date': '20150721',
+                    'uploader': 'Beer Games Beer',
+                    'uploader_id': 'beergamesbeer',
+                    'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/beergamesbeer',
+                    'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                },
+            }, {
+                'info_dict': {
+                    'id': 'PUOgX5z9xZw',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'title': 'teamPGP: Rocket League Noob Stream (grizzle)',
+                    'description': 'md5:dc7872fb300e143831327f1bae3af010',
+                    'duration': 7337,
+                    'upload_date': '20150721',
+                    'uploader': 'Beer Games Beer',
+                    'uploader_id': 'beergamesbeer',
+                    'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/beergamesbeer',
+                    'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                },
+            }, {
+                'info_dict': {
+                    'id': 'teuwxikvS5k',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'title': 'teamPGP: Rocket League Noob Stream (zim)',
+                    'description': 'md5:dc7872fb300e143831327f1bae3af010',
+                    'duration': 7334,
+                    'upload_date': '20150721',
+                    'uploader': 'Beer Games Beer',
+                    'uploader_id': 'beergamesbeer',
+                    'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/beergamesbeer',
+                    'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                },
+            }],
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            # Multifeed video with comma in title (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8536)
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfLd0zydlo',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'gVfLd0zydlo',
+                'title': 'DevConf.cz 2016 Day 2 Workshops 1 14:00 - 15:30',
+            },
+            'playlist_count': 2,
+            'skip': 'Not multifeed anymore',
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://vid.plus/FlRa-iH7PGw',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://zwearz.com/watch/9lWxNJF-ufM/electra-woman-dyna-girl-official-trailer-grace-helbig.html',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            # Title with JS-like syntax "};" (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7468)
+            # Also tests cut-off URL expansion in video description (see
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892,
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8164)
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsguqyKfVQg',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'lsguqyKfVQg',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': '{dark walk}; Loki/AC/Dishonored; collab w/Elflover21',
+                'alt_title': 'Dark Walk - Position Music',
+                'description': 'md5:8085699c11dc3f597ce0410b0dcbb34a',
+                'duration': 133,
+                'upload_date': '20151119',
+                'uploader_id': 'IronSoulElf',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/IronSoulElf',
+                'uploader': 'IronSoulElf',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'creator': 'Todd Haberman,  Daniel Law Heath and Aaron Kaplan',
+                'track': 'Dark Walk - Position Music',
+                'artist': 'Todd Haberman,  Daniel Law Heath and Aaron Kaplan',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            # Tags with '};' (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7468)
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7iBXnlUO8',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            # Video with yt:stretch=17:0
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q39EVAstoRM',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'Q39EVAstoRM',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Clash Of Clans#14 Dicas De Ataque Para CV 4',
+                'description': 'md5:ee18a25c350637c8faff806845bddee9',
+                'upload_date': '20151107',
+                'uploader_id': 'UCCr7TALkRbo3EtFzETQF1LA',
+                'uploader': 'CH GAMER DROID',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+            'skip': 'This video does not exist.',
+        },
+        {
+            # Video licensed under Creative Commons
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gD1WSo5mA',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'M4gD1WSo5mA',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'md5:e41008789470fc2533a3252216f1c1d1',
+                'description': 'md5:a677553cf0840649b731a3024aeff4cc',
+                'duration': 721,
+                'upload_date': '20150127',
+                'uploader_id': 'BerkmanCenter',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/BerkmanCenter',
+                'uploader': 'The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society',
+                'license': 'Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            # Channel-like uploader_url
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQcmzGIKrzg',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'eQcmzGIKrzg',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Democratic Socialism and Foreign Policy | Bernie Sanders',
+                'description': 'md5:dda0d780d5a6e120758d1711d062a867',
+                'duration': 4060,
+                'upload_date': '20151119',
+                'uploader': 'Bernie Sanders',
+                'uploader_id': 'UCH1dpzjCEiGAt8CXkryhkZg',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCH1dpzjCEiGAt8CXkryhkZg',
+                'license': 'Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;v=V36LpHqtcDY',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            # YouTube Red paid video (https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/10059)
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Ko8UG-Tdo',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            # Rental video preview
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYr8q0y5Jfg',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'uGpuVWrhIzE',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Piku - Trailer',
+                'description': 'md5:c36bd60c3fd6f1954086c083c72092eb',
+                'upload_date': '20150811',
+                'uploader': 'FlixMatrix',
+                'uploader_id': 'FlixMatrixKaravan',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/FlixMatrixKaravan',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+            'skip': 'This video is not available.',
+        },
+        {
+            # YouTube Red video with episode data
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD4',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'iqKdEhx-dD4',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Isolation - Mind Field (Ep 1)',
+                'description': 'md5:25b78d2f64ae81719f5c96319889b736',
+                'duration': 2085,
+                'upload_date': '20170118',
+                'uploader': 'Vsauce',
+                'uploader_id': 'Vsauce',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/Vsauce',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+                'series': 'Mind Field',
+                'season_number': 1,
+                'episode_number': 1,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+            'expected_warnings': [
+                'Skipping DASH manifest',
+            ],
+        },
+        {
+            # The following content has been identified by the YouTube community
+            # as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences.
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJNVb0GnPI',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '6SJNVb0GnPI',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Race Differences in Intelligence',
+                'description': 'md5:5d161533167390427a1f8ee89a1fc6f1',
+                'duration': 965,
+                'upload_date': '20140124',
+                'uploader': 'New Century Foundation',
+                'uploader_id': 'UCEJYpZGqgUob0zVVEaLhvVg',
+                'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCEJYpZGqgUob0zVVEaLhvVg',
+                'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            # itag 212
+            'url': '1t24XAntNCY',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            # geo restricted to JP
+            'url': 'sJL6WA-aGkQ',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAGGZNfUkU&list=RDMM',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
     ]
 
     ]
 
-
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
-        if YoutubePlaylistIE.suitable(url) or YoutubeSubscriptionsIE.suitable(url): return False
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
-
-    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 __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(YoutubeIE, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._player_cache = {}
 
     def report_video_info_webpage_download(self, video_id):
         """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
 
     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)
-
-    def report_video_subtitles_download(self, video_id):
-        """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Checking available subtitles' % video_id)
-
-    def report_video_subtitles_request(self, video_id, sub_lang, format):
-        """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Downloading video subtitles for %s.%s' % (video_id, sub_lang, format))
-
-    def report_video_subtitles_available(self, video_id, sub_lang_list):
-        """Report available subtitles."""
-        sub_lang = ",".join(list(sub_lang_list.keys()))
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Available subtitles for video: %s' % (video_id, sub_lang))
+        self.to_screen('%s: Downloading video info webpage' % video_id)
 
     def report_information_extraction(self, video_id):
         """Report attempt to extract video information."""
 
     def report_information_extraction(self, video_id):
         """Report attempt to extract video information."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Extracting video information' % video_id)
+        self.to_screen('%s: Extracting video information' % video_id)
 
     def report_unavailable_format(self, video_id, format):
         """Report extracted video URL."""
 
     def report_unavailable_format(self, video_id, format):
         """Report extracted video URL."""
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Format %s not available' % (video_id, format))
+        self.to_screen('%s: Format %s not available' % (video_id, format))
 
     def report_rtmp_download(self):
         """Indicate the download will use the RTMP protocol."""
 
     def report_rtmp_download(self):
         """Indicate the download will use the RTMP protocol."""
-        self.to_screen(u'RTMP download detected')
-
-    def _decrypt_signature(self, s):
-        """Turn the encrypted s field into a working signature"""
-
-        if 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) == 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[83:36:-1] + s[0] + s[35:2:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 85:
-            return s[83:34:-1] + s[0] + s[33:27:-1] + s[3] + s[26:19:-1] + s[34] + s[18:3:-1] + s[27]
-        elif len(s) == 84:
-            return s[81:36:-1] + s[0] + s[35:2:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 83:
-            return s[81:64:-1] + s[82] + s[63:52:-1] + s[45] + s[51:45:-1] + s[1] + s[44:1:-1] + s[0]
-        elif len(s) == 82:
-            return s[1:19] + s[0] + s[20:68] + s[19] + s[69:82]
-        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]
-
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to decrypt signature, key length %d not supported; retrying might work' % (len(s)))
-
-    def _decrypt_signature_age_gate(self, s):
-        # 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]
+        self.to_screen('RTMP download detected')
+
+    def _signature_cache_id(self, example_sig):
+        """ Return a string representation of a signature """
+        return '.'.join(compat_str(len(part)) for part in example_sig.split('.'))
+
+    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(?:-new)?|(?:/[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2})?/base)?\.(?P<ext>[a-z]+)$',
+            player_url)
+        if not id_m:
+            raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
+        player_type = id_m.group('ext')
+        player_id = id_m.group('id')
+
+        # Read from filesystem cache
+        func_id = '%s_%s_%s' % (
+            player_type, player_id, self._signature_cache_id(example_sig))
+        assert os.path.basename(func_id) == func_id
+
+        cache_spec = self._downloader.cache.load('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id)
+        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=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=download_note,
+                errnote='Download of %s failed' % player_url)
+            code = urlh.read()
+            res = self._parse_sig_swf(code)
         else:
         else:
-            # Fallback to the other algortihms
-            return self._decrypt_signature(s)
+            assert False, 'Invalid player type %r' % player_type
+
+        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
+
+    def _print_sig_code(self, func, example_sig):
+        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 ':'
+                steps = '' if step == 1 else (':%d' % step)
+                return 's[%s%s%s]' % (starts, ends, steps)
+
+            step = None
+            # 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:
+                        continue
+                    yield _genslice(start, prev, step)
+                    step = None
+                    continue
+                if i - prev in [-1, 1]:
+                    step = i - prev
+                    start = prev
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    yield 's[%d]' % prev
+            if step is None:
+                yield 's[%d]' % i
+            else:
+                yield _genslice(start, i, step)
+
+        test_string = ''.join(map(compat_chr, range(len(example_sig))))
+        cache_res = func(test_string)
+        cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
+        expr_code = ' + '.join(gen_sig_code(cache_spec))
+        signature_id_tuple = '(%s)' % (
+            ', '.join(compat_str(len(p)) for p in example_sig.split('.')))
+        code = ('if tuple(len(p) for p in s.split(\'.\')) == %s:\n'
+                '    return %s\n') % (signature_id_tuple, expr_code)
+        self.to_screen('Extracted signature function:\n' + code)
+
+    def _parse_sig_js(self, jscode):
+        funcname = self._search_regex(
+            (r'(["\'])signature\1\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
+             r'\.sig\|\|(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
+             r'yt\.akamaized\.net/\)\s*\|\|\s*.*?\s*c\s*&&\s*d\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
+             r'\bc\s*&&\s*d\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\('),
+            jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
+        initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
+        return lambda s: initial_function([s])
+
+    def _parse_sig_swf(self, file_contents):
+        swfi = SWFInterpreter(file_contents)
+        TARGET_CLASSNAME = 'SignatureDecipher'
+        searched_class = swfi.extract_class(TARGET_CLASSNAME)
+        initial_function = swfi.extract_function(searched_class, 'decipher')
+        return lambda s: initial_function([s])
+
+    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 None:
+            raise ExtractorError('Cannot decrypt signature without player_url')
 
 
-    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id):
-        self.report_video_subtitles_download(video_id)
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://video.google.com/timedtext?hl=en&type=list&v=%s' % video_id)
+        if player_url.startswith('//'):
+            player_url = 'https:' + player_url
+        elif not re.match(r'https?://', player_url):
+            player_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(
+                'https://www.youtube.com', player_url)
+        try:
+            player_id = (player_url, self._signature_cache_id(s))
+            if player_id not in self._player_cache:
+                func = self._extract_signature_function(
+                    video_id, player_url, 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, s)
+            return func(s)
+        except Exception as e:
+            tb = traceback.format_exc()
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
+
+    def _get_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
         try:
         try:
-            sub_list = 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 download video subtitles: %s' % compat_str(err))
+            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' % error_to_compat_str(err))
             return {}
             return {}
-        sub_lang_list = re.findall(r'name="([^"]*)"[^>]+lang_code="([\w\-]+)"', sub_list)
-        sub_lang_list = dict((l[1], l[0]) for l in sub_lang_list)
+
+        sub_lang_list = {}
+        for track in subs_doc.findall('track'):
+            lang = track.attrib['lang_code']
+            if lang in sub_lang_list:
+                continue
+            sub_formats = []
+            for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
+                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:
         if not sub_lang_list:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'video doesn\'t have subtitles')
+            self._downloader.report_warning('video doesn\'t have subtitles')
             return {}
         return sub_lang_list
 
             return {}
         return sub_lang_list
 
-    def _list_available_subtitles(self, video_id):
-        sub_lang_list = self._get_available_subtitles(video_id)
-        self.report_video_subtitles_available(video_id, sub_lang_list)
-
-    def _request_subtitle(self, sub_lang, sub_name, video_id, format):
-        """
-        Return the subtitle as a string or None if they are not found
-        """
-        self.report_video_subtitles_request(video_id, sub_lang, format)
-        params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
-            'lang': sub_lang,
-            'name': sub_name,
-            'v': video_id,
-            'fmt': format,
-        })
-        url = 'http://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params
-        try:
-            sub = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to download video subtitles for %s: %s' % (sub_lang, compat_str(err)))
-            return
-        if not sub:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'Did not fetch video subtitles')
-            return
-        return sub
-
-    def _request_automatic_caption(self, video_id, webpage):
+    def _get_ytplayer_config(self, video_id, webpage):
+        patterns = (
+            # User data may contain arbitrary character sequences that may affect
+            # JSON extraction with regex, e.g. when '};' is contained the second
+            # regex won't capture the whole JSON. Yet working around by trying more
+            # concrete regex first keeping in mind proper quoted string handling
+            # to be implemented in future that will replace this workaround (see
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7468,
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/7599)
+            r';ytplayer\.config\s*=\s*({.+?});ytplayer',
+            r';ytplayer\.config\s*=\s*({.+?});',
+        )
+        config = self._search_regex(
+            patterns, webpage, 'ytplayer.config', default=None)
+        if config:
+            return self._parse_json(
+                uppercase_escape(config), video_id, fatal=False)
+
+    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."""
         """We need the webpage for getting the captions url, pass it as an
            argument to speed up the process."""
-        sub_lang = (self._downloader.params.get('subtitleslangs') or ['en'])[0]
-        sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat')
-        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"' % sub_lang
-        if mobj is None:
+        self.to_screen('%s: Looking for automatic captions' % video_id)
+        player_config = self._get_ytplayer_config(video_id, webpage)
+        err_msg = 'Couldn\'t find automatic captions for %s' % video_id
+        if not player_config:
             self._downloader.report_warning(err_msg)
             return {}
             self._downloader.report_warning(err_msg)
             return {}
-        player_config = json.loads(mobj.group(1))
         try:
         try:
-            args = player_config[u'args']
-            caption_url = args[u'ttsurl']
-            timestamp = args[u'timestamp']
-            params = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
-                'lang': 'en',
-                'tlang': sub_lang,
-                'fmt': sub_format,
-                'ts': timestamp,
-                'kind': 'asr',
-            })
-            subtitles_url = caption_url + '&' + params
-            sub = self._download_webpage(subtitles_url, video_id, u'Downloading automatic captions')
-            return {sub_lang: sub}
+            args = player_config['args']
+            caption_url = args.get('ttsurl')
+            if caption_url:
+                timestamp = args['timestamp']
+                # We get the available subtitles
+                list_params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
+                    'type': 'list',
+                    'tlangs': 1,
+                    'asrs': 1,
+                })
+                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:
+                    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']
+                    sub_formats = []
+                    for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
+                        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
+
+            def make_captions(sub_url, sub_langs):
+                parsed_sub_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(sub_url)
+                caption_qs = compat_parse_qs(parsed_sub_url.query)
+                captions = {}
+                for sub_lang in sub_langs:
+                    sub_formats = []
+                    for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
+                        caption_qs.update({
+                            'tlang': [sub_lang],
+                            'fmt': [ext],
+                        })
+                        sub_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(parsed_sub_url._replace(
+                            query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(caption_qs, True)))
+                        sub_formats.append({
+                            'url': sub_url,
+                            'ext': ext,
+                        })
+                    captions[sub_lang] = sub_formats
+                return captions
+
+            # New captions format as of 22.06.2017
+            player_response = args.get('player_response')
+            if player_response and isinstance(player_response, compat_str):
+                player_response = self._parse_json(
+                    player_response, video_id, fatal=False)
+                if player_response:
+                    renderer = player_response['captions']['playerCaptionsTracklistRenderer']
+                    base_url = renderer['captionTracks'][0]['baseUrl']
+                    sub_lang_list = []
+                    for lang in renderer['translationLanguages']:
+                        lang_code = lang.get('languageCode')
+                        if lang_code:
+                            sub_lang_list.append(lang_code)
+                    return make_captions(base_url, sub_lang_list)
+
+            # Some videos don't provide ttsurl but rather caption_tracks and
+            # caption_translation_languages (e.g. 20LmZk1hakA)
+            # Does not used anymore as of 22.06.2017
+            caption_tracks = args['caption_tracks']
+            caption_translation_languages = args['caption_translation_languages']
+            caption_url = compat_parse_qs(caption_tracks.split(',')[0])['u'][0]
+            sub_lang_list = []
+            for lang in caption_translation_languages.split(','):
+                lang_qs = compat_parse_qs(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(lang))
+                sub_lang = lang_qs.get('lc', [None])[0]
+                if sub_lang:
+                    sub_lang_list.append(sub_lang)
+            return make_captions(caption_url, sub_lang_list)
         # An extractor error can be raise by the download process if there are
         # no automatic captions but there are subtitles
         # An extractor error can be raise by the download process if there are
         # no automatic captions but there are subtitles
-        except (KeyError, ExtractorError):
+        except (KeyError, IndexError, ExtractorError):
             self._downloader.report_warning(err_msg)
             return {}
             self._downloader.report_warning(err_msg)
             return {}
-    
-    def _extract_subtitles(self, video_id):
-        """
-        Return a dictionary: {language: subtitles} or {} if the subtitles
-        couldn't be found
-        """
-        available_subs_list = self._get_available_subtitles(video_id)
-        sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat')
-        if  not available_subs_list: #There was some error, it didn't get the available subtitles
-            return {}
-        if self._downloader.params.get('allsubtitles', False):
-            sub_lang_list = available_subs_list
-        else:
-            if self._downloader.params.get('subtitleslangs', False):
-                reqested_langs = self._downloader.params.get('subtitleslangs')
-            elif 'en' in available_subs_list:
-                reqested_langs = ['en']
-            else:
-                reqested_langs = [list(available_subs_list.keys())[0]]
 
 
-            sub_lang_list = {}
-            for sub_lang in reqested_langs:
-                if not sub_lang in available_subs_list:
-                    self._downloader.report_warning(u'no closed captions found in the specified language "%s"' % sub_lang)
-                    continue
-                sub_lang_list[sub_lang] = available_subs_list[sub_lang]
-        subtitles = {}
-        for sub_lang in sub_lang_list:
-            subtitle = self._request_subtitle(sub_lang, sub_lang_list[sub_lang].encode('utf-8'), video_id, sub_format)
-            if subtitle:
-                subtitles[sub_lang] = subtitle
-        return subtitles
-
-    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)
+    def _mark_watched(self, video_id, video_info):
+        playback_url = video_info.get('videostats_playback_base_url', [None])[0]
+        if not playback_url:
+            return
+        parsed_playback_url = compat_urlparse.urlparse(playback_url)
+        qs = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_playback_url.query)
+
+        # cpn generation algorithm is reverse engineered from base.js.
+        # In fact it works even with dummy cpn.
+        CPN_ALPHABET = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_'
+        cpn = ''.join((CPN_ALPHABET[random.randint(0, 256) & 63] for _ in range(0, 16)))
+
+        qs.update({
+            'ver': ['2'],
+            'cpn': [cpn],
+        })
+        playback_url = compat_urlparse.urlunparse(
+            parsed_playback_url._replace(query=compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(qs, True)))
+
+        self._download_webpage(
+            playback_url, video_id, 'Marking watched',
+            'Unable to mark watched', fatal=False)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_urls(webpage):
+        # Embedded YouTube player
+        entries = [
+            unescapeHTML(mobj.group('url'))
+            for mobj in re.finditer(r'''(?x)
+            (?:
+                <iframe[^>]+?src=|
+                data-video-url=|
+                <embed[^>]+?src=|
+                embedSWF\(?:\s*|
+                <object[^>]+data=|
+                new\s+SWFObject\(
+            )
+            (["\'])
+                (?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/
+                (?:embed|v|p)/[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}.*?)
+            \1''', webpage)]
+
+        # lazyYT YouTube embed
+        entries.extend(list(map(
+            unescapeHTML,
+            re.findall(r'class="lazyYT" data-youtube-id="([^"]+)"', webpage))))
+
+        # Wordpress "YouTube Video Importer" plugin
+        matches = re.findall(r'''(?x)<div[^>]+
+            class=(?P<q1>[\'"])[^\'"]*\byvii_single_video_player\b[^\'"]*(?P=q1)[^>]+
+            data-video_id=(?P<q2>[\'"])([^\'"]+)(?P=q2)''', webpage)
+        entries.extend(m[-1] for m in matches)
+
+        return entries
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_url(webpage):
+        urls = YoutubeIE._extract_urls(webpage)
+        return urls[0] if urls else None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def extract_id(cls, url):
+        mobj = re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
         if mobj is None:
         if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+            raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL: %s' % url)
         video_id = mobj.group(2)
         return video_id
 
         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.
-            # For example, if '1/2/3/4' is requested and '2' and '4' are available, we pick '2'.
-            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 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):
-            lines = _manifest.split('\n')
-            urls = filter(lambda l: l and not l.startswith('#'),
-                            lines)
-            return urls
-        manifest = self._download_webpage(manifest_url, video_id, u'Downloading formats manifest')
-        formats_urls = _get_urls(manifest)
-        for format_url in formats_urls:
-            itag = self._search_regex(r'itag/(\d+?)/', format_url, 'itag')
-            url_map[itag] = format_url
-        return url_map
+    def _extract_annotations(self, video_id):
+        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.')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_chapters(description, duration):
+        if not description:
+            return None
+        chapter_lines = re.findall(
+            r'(?:^|<br\s*/>)([^<]*<a[^>]+onclick=["\']yt\.www\.watch\.player\.seekTo[^>]+>(\d{1,2}:\d{1,2}(?::\d{1,2})?)</a>[^>]*)(?=$|<br\s*/>)',
+            description)
+        if not chapter_lines:
+            return None
+        chapters = []
+        for next_num, (chapter_line, time_point) in enumerate(
+                chapter_lines, start=1):
+            start_time = parse_duration(time_point)
+            if start_time is None:
+                continue
+            if start_time > duration:
+                break
+            end_time = (duration if next_num == len(chapter_lines)
+                        else parse_duration(chapter_lines[next_num][1]))
+            if end_time is None:
+                continue
+            if end_time > duration:
+                end_time = duration
+            if start_time > end_time:
+                break
+            chapter_title = re.sub(
+                r'<a[^>]+>[^<]+</a>', '', chapter_line).strip(' \t-')
+            chapter_title = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', chapter_title)
+            chapters.append({
+                'start_time': start_time,
+                'end_time': end_time,
+                'title': chapter_title,
+            })
+        return chapters
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        if re.match(r'(?:https?://)?[^/]+/watch\?feature=[a-z_]+$', url):
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'Did you forget to quote the URL? Remember that & is a meta-character in most shells, so you want to put the URL in quotes, like  youtube-dl \'http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=foo&v=BaW_jenozKc\' (or simply  youtube-dl BaW_jenozKc  ).')
+        url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
+
+        proto = (
+            'http' if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
+            else 'https')
+
+        start_time = None
+        end_time = None
+        parsed_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url)
+        for component in [parsed_url.fragment, parsed_url.query]:
+            query = compat_parse_qs(component)
+            if start_time is None and 't' in query:
+                start_time = parse_duration(query['t'][0])
+            if start_time is None and 'start' in query:
+                start_time = parse_duration(query['start'][0])
+            if end_time is None and 'end' in query:
+                end_time = parse_duration(query['end'][0])
 
         # 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:
 
         # 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
 
         # 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&bpctr=9999999999' % video_id
+        video_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
 
         # Attempt to extract SWF player URL
-        mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(http:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)
+        mobj = re.search(r'swfConfig.*?"(https?:\\/\\/.*?watch.*?-.*?\.swf)"', video_webpage)
         if mobj is not None:
             player_url = re.sub(r'\\(.)', r'\1', mobj.group(1))
         else:
             player_url = None
 
         if mobj is not None:
             player_url = re.sub(r'\\(.)', r'\1', mobj.group(1))
         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])
+
+        is_live = None
+        view_count = None
+
+        def extract_view_count(v_info):
+            return int_or_none(try_get(v_info, lambda x: x['view_count'][0]))
+
         # Get video info
         # Get video info
-        self.report_video_info_webpage_download(video_id)
+        embed_webpage = None
         if re.search(r'player-age-gate-content">', video_webpage) is not 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
             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
-            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'video_id': video_id,
-                                                  'el': '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_webpage = self._download_webpage(video_info_url, video_id,
-                                    note=False,
-                                    errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
+            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+)', 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='Refetching age-gated info webpage',
+                errnote='unable to download video info webpage')
             video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
             video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
+            add_dash_mpd(video_info)
         else:
             age_gate = False
         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_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
+            sts = None
+            # Try looking directly into the video webpage
+            ytplayer_config = self._get_ytplayer_config(video_id, video_webpage)
+            if ytplayer_config:
+                args = ytplayer_config['args']
+                if args.get('url_encoded_fmt_stream_map') or args.get('hlsvp'):
+                    # 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)
+                # Rental video is not rented but preview is available (e.g.
+                # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYr8q0y5Jfg,
+                # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/10532)
+                if not video_info and args.get('ypc_vid'):
+                    return self.url_result(
+                        args['ypc_vid'], YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=args['ypc_vid'])
+                if args.get('livestream') == '1' or args.get('live_playback') == 1:
+                    is_live = True
+                sts = ytplayer_config.get('sts')
+            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 in ('info', 'embedded', 'detailpage', 'vevo', ''):
+                    query = {
+                        'video_id': video_id,
+                        'ps': 'default',
+                        'eurl': '',
+                        'gl': 'US',
+                        'hl': 'en',
+                    }
+                    if el:
+                        query['el'] = el
+                    if sts:
+                        query['sts'] = sts
+                    video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                        '%s://www.youtube.com/get_video_info' % proto,
+                        video_id, note=False,
+                        errnote='unable to download video info webpage',
+                        fatal=False, query=query)
+                    if not video_info_webpage:
+                        continue
+                    get_video_info = compat_parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
+                    add_dash_mpd(get_video_info)
+                    if view_count is None:
+                        view_count = extract_view_count(get_video_info)
+                    if not video_info:
+                        video_info = get_video_info
+                    if 'token' in get_video_info:
+                        # Different get_video_info requests may report different results, e.g.
+                        # some may report video unavailability, but some may serve it without
+                        # any complaint (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7362,
+                        # the original webpage as well as el=info and el=embedded get_video_info
+                        # requests report video unavailability due to geo restriction while
+                        # el=detailpage succeeds and returns valid data). This is probably
+                        # due to YouTube measures against IP ranges of hosting providers.
+                        # Working around by preferring the first succeeded video_info containing
+                        # the token if no such video_info yet was found.
+                        if 'token' not in video_info:
+                            video_info = get_video_info
+                        break
+
+        def extract_unavailable_message():
+            return self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<h1[^>]+id="unavailable-message"[^>]*>(.+?)</h1>',
+                video_webpage, 'unavailable message', default=None)
+
         if 'token' not in video_info:
             if 'reason' in video_info:
         if 'token' not in video_info:
             if 'reason' in video_info:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'YouTube said: %s' % video_info['reason'][0], expected=True)
+                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)
+                    countries = regions_allowed.split(',') if regions_allowed else None
+                    self.raise_geo_restricted(
+                        msg=video_info['reason'][0], countries=countries)
+                reason = video_info['reason'][0]
+                if 'Invalid parameters' in reason:
+                    unavailable_message = extract_unavailable_message()
+                    if unavailable_message:
+                        reason = unavailable_message
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'YouTube said: %s' % reason,
+                    expected=True, video_id=video_id)
+            else:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    '"token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason',
+                    video_id=video_id)
+
+        # title
+        if 'title' in video_info:
+            video_title = video_info['title'][0]
+        else:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('Unable to extract video title')
+            video_title = '_'
+
+        # description
+        description_original = video_description = get_element_by_id("eow-description", video_webpage)
+        if video_description:
+
+            def replace_url(m):
+                redir_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, m.group(1))
+                parsed_redir_url = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(redir_url)
+                if re.search(r'^(?:www\.)?(?:youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com|youtu\.be)$', parsed_redir_url.netloc) and parsed_redir_url.path == '/redirect':
+                    qs = compat_parse_qs(parsed_redir_url.query)
+                    q = qs.get('q')
+                    if q and q[0]:
+                        return q[0]
+                return redir_url
+
+            description_original = video_description = re.sub(r'''(?x)
+                <a\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]*"\s+)*?
+                    (?:title|href)="([^"]+)"\s+
+                    (?:[a-zA-Z-]+="[^"]*"\s+)*?
+                    class="[^"]*"[^>]*>
+                [^<]+\.{3}\s*
+                </a>
+            ''', replace_url, video_description)
+            video_description = clean_html(video_description)
+        else:
+            fd_mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="description" content="([^"]+)"', video_webpage)
+            if fd_mobj:
+                video_description = unescapeHTML(fd_mobj.group(1))
             else:
             else:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'"token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason')
+                video_description = ''
+
+        if 'multifeed_metadata_list' in video_info and not smuggled_data.get('force_singlefeed', False):
+            if not self._downloader.params.get('noplaylist'):
+                entries = []
+                feed_ids = []
+                multifeed_metadata_list = video_info['multifeed_metadata_list'][0]
+                for feed in multifeed_metadata_list.split(','):
+                    # Unquote should take place before split on comma (,) since textual
+                    # fields may contain comma as well (see
+                    # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8536)
+                    feed_data = compat_parse_qs(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(feed))
+                    entries.append({
+                        '_type': 'url_transparent',
+                        'ie_key': 'Youtube',
+                        'url': smuggle_url(
+                            '%s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % (proto, feed_data['id'][0]),
+                            {'force_singlefeed': True}),
+                        'title': '%s (%s)' % (video_title, feed_data['title'][0]),
+                    })
+                    feed_ids.append(feed_data['id'][0])
+                self.to_screen(
+                    'Downloading multifeed video (%s) - add --no-playlist to just download video %s'
+                    % (', '.join(feed_ids), video_id))
+                return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id, video_title, video_description)
+            self.to_screen('Downloading just video %s because of --no-playlist' % video_id)
+
+        if view_count is None:
+            view_count = extract_view_count(video_info)
 
         # Check for "rental" videos
         if 'ypc_video_rental_bar_text' in video_info and 'author' not in video_info:
 
         # Check for "rental" videos
         if 'ypc_video_rental_bar_text' in video_info and 'author' not in video_info:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'"rental" videos not supported')
+            raise ExtractorError('"rental" videos not supported. See https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/359 for more information.', expected=True)
+
+        def _extract_filesize(media_url):
+            return int_or_none(self._search_regex(
+                r'\bclen[=/](\d+)', media_url, 'filesize', default=None))
 
 
-        # Start extracting information
-        self.report_information_extraction(video_id)
+        if 'conn' in video_info and video_info['conn'][0].startswith('rtmp'):
+            self.report_rtmp_download()
+            formats = [{
+                'format_id': '_rtmp',
+                'protocol': 'rtmp',
+                'url': video_info['conn'][0],
+                'player_url': player_url,
+            }]
+        elif not is_live and (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)
+            formats_spec = {}
+            fmt_list = video_info.get('fmt_list', [''])[0]
+            if fmt_list:
+                for fmt in fmt_list.split(','):
+                    spec = fmt.split('/')
+                    if len(spec) > 1:
+                        width_height = spec[1].split('x')
+                        if len(width_height) == 2:
+                            formats_spec[spec[0]] = {
+                                'resolution': spec[1],
+                                'width': int_or_none(width_height[0]),
+                                'height': int_or_none(width_height[1]),
+                            }
+            q = qualities(['small', 'medium', 'hd720'])
+            formats = []
+            for url_data_str in encoded_url_map.split(','):
+                url_data = compat_parse_qs(url_data_str)
+                if 'itag' not in url_data or 'url' not in url_data:
+                    continue
+                format_id = url_data['itag'][0]
+                url = url_data['url'][0]
+
+                if 's' in url_data or self._downloader.params.get('youtube_include_dash_manifest', True):
+                    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(
+                            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*("[^"]+")',
+                            video_webpage, 'age gate player URL')
+                        player_url = json.loads(player_url_json)
+
+                if 'sig' in url_data:
+                    url += '&signature=' + url_data['sig'][0]
+                elif 's' in url_data:
+                    encrypted_sig = url_data['s'][0]
+
+                    if self._downloader.params.get('verbose'):
+                        if player_url is None:
+                            player_version = 'unknown'
+                            player_desc = 'unknown'
+                        else:
+                            if player_url.endswith('swf'):
+                                player_version = self._search_regex(
+                                    r'-(.+?)(?:/watch_as3)?\.swf$', player_url,
+                                    'flash player', fatal=False)
+                                player_desc = 'flash player %s' % player_version
+                            else:
+                                player_version = self._search_regex(
+                                    [r'html5player-([^/]+?)(?:/html5player(?:-new)?)?\.js',
+                                     r'(?:www|player)-([^/]+)(?:/[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2})?/base\.js'],
+                                    player_url,
+                                    'html5 player', fatal=False)
+                                player_desc = 'html5 player %s' % player_version
+
+                        parts_sizes = self._signature_cache_id(encrypted_sig)
+                        self.to_screen('{%s} signature length %s, %s' %
+                                       (format_id, parts_sizes, player_desc))
+
+                    signature = self._decrypt_signature(
+                        encrypted_sig, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
+                    url += '&signature=' + signature
+                if 'ratebypass' not in url:
+                    url += '&ratebypass=yes'
+
+                dct = {
+                    'format_id': format_id,
+                    'url': url,
+                    'player_url': player_url,
+                }
+                if format_id in self._formats:
+                    dct.update(self._formats[format_id])
+                if format_id in formats_spec:
+                    dct.update(formats_spec[format_id])
+
+                # Some itags are not included in DASH manifest thus corresponding formats will
+                # lack metadata (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/5993).
+                # Trying to extract metadata from url_encoded_fmt_stream_map entry.
+                mobj = re.search(r'^(?P<width>\d+)[xX](?P<height>\d+)$', url_data.get('size', [''])[0])
+                width, height = (int(mobj.group('width')), int(mobj.group('height'))) if mobj else (None, None)
+
+                filesize = int_or_none(url_data.get(
+                    'clen', [None])[0]) or _extract_filesize(url)
+
+                quality = url_data.get('quality_label', [None])[0] or url_data.get('quality', [None])[0]
+
+                more_fields = {
+                    'filesize': filesize,
+                    'tbr': float_or_none(url_data.get('bitrate', [None])[0], 1000),
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                    'fps': int_or_none(url_data.get('fps', [None])[0]),
+                    'format_note': quality,
+                    'quality': q(quality),
+                }
+                for key, value in more_fields.items():
+                    if value:
+                        dct[key] = value
+                type_ = url_data.get('type', [None])[0]
+                if type_:
+                    type_split = type_.split(';')
+                    kind_ext = type_split[0].split('/')
+                    if len(kind_ext) == 2:
+                        kind, _ = kind_ext
+                        dct['ext'] = mimetype2ext(type_split[0])
+                        if kind in ('audio', 'video'):
+                            codecs = None
+                            for mobj in re.finditer(
+                                    r'(?P<key>[a-zA-Z_-]+)=(?P<quote>["\']?)(?P<val>.+?)(?P=quote)(?:;|$)', type_):
+                                if mobj.group('key') == 'codecs':
+                                    codecs = mobj.group('val')
+                                    break
+                            if codecs:
+                                dct.update(parse_codecs(codecs))
+                if dct.get('acodec') == 'none' or dct.get('vcodec') == 'none':
+                    dct['downloader_options'] = {
+                        # Youtube throttles chunks >~10M
+                        'http_chunk_size': 10485760,
+                    }
+                formats.append(dct)
+        elif video_info.get('hlsvp'):
+            manifest_url = video_info['hlsvp'][0]
+            formats = []
+            m3u8_formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                manifest_url, video_id, 'mp4', fatal=False)
+            for a_format in m3u8_formats:
+                itag = self._search_regex(
+                    r'/itag/(\d+)/', a_format['url'], 'itag', default=None)
+                if itag:
+                    a_format['format_id'] = itag
+                    if itag in self._formats:
+                        dct = self._formats[itag].copy()
+                        dct.update(a_format)
+                        a_format = dct
+                a_format['player_url'] = player_url
+                # Accept-Encoding header causes failures in live streams on Youtube and Youtube Gaming
+                a_format.setdefault('http_headers', {})['Youtubedl-no-compression'] = 'True'
+                formats.append(a_format)
+        else:
+            error_message = clean_html(video_info.get('reason', [None])[0])
+            if not error_message:
+                error_message = extract_unavailable_message()
+            if error_message:
+                raise ExtractorError(error_message, expected=True)
+            raise ExtractorError('no conn, hlsvp or url_encoded_fmt_stream_map information found in video info')
 
         # uploader
 
         # uploader
-        if 'author' not in video_info:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract uploader name')
-        video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['author'][0])
+        video_uploader = try_get(video_info, lambda x: x['author'][0], compat_str)
+        if video_uploader:
+            video_uploader = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(video_uploader)
+        else:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract uploader name')
 
         # uploader_id
         video_uploader_id = None
 
         # uploader_id
         video_uploader_id = None
-        mobj = re.search(r'<link itemprop="url" href="http://www.youtube.com/(?:user|channel)/([^"]+)">', video_webpage)
+        video_uploader_url = None
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'<link itemprop="url" href="(?P<uploader_url>https?://www\.youtube\.com/(?:user|channel)/(?P<uploader_id>[^"]+))">',
+            video_webpage)
         if mobj is not None:
         if mobj is not None:
-            video_uploader_id = mobj.group(1)
+            video_uploader_id = mobj.group('uploader_id')
+            video_uploader_url = mobj.group('uploader_url')
         else:
         else:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract uploader nickname')
-
-        # title
-        if 'title' not in video_info:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video title')
-        video_title = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['title'][0])
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract uploader nickname')
 
         # thumbnail image
         # We try first to get a high quality image:
 
         # thumbnail image
         # We try first to get a high quality image:
@@ -719,452 +1914,994 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         if m_thumb is not None:
             video_thumbnail = m_thumb.group(1)
         elif 'thumbnail_url' not in video_info:
         if m_thumb is not None:
             video_thumbnail = m_thumb.group(1)
         elif 'thumbnail_url' not in video_info:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract video thumbnail')
-            video_thumbnail = ''
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to extract video thumbnail')
+            video_thumbnail = None
         else:   # don't panic if we can't find it
         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
-        upload_date = None
-        mobj = re.search(r'id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage, re.DOTALL)
-        if mobj is not None:
-            upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
-            upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
-
-        # description
-        video_description = get_element_by_id("eow-description", video_webpage)
-        if video_description:
-            video_description = clean_html(video_description)
+        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".*?>.*?|["\']simpleText["\']\s*:\s*["\'])(?:Published|Uploaded|Streamed live|Started) on (.+?)[<"\']'],
+                video_webpage, 'upload date', default=None)
+        upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+
+        video_license = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<h4[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>\s*License\s*</h4>\s*<ul[^>]*>\s*<li>(.+?)</li',
+            video_webpage, 'license', default=None)
+
+        m_music = re.search(
+            r'''(?x)
+                <h4[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>\s*Music\s*</h4>\s*
+                <ul[^>]*>\s*
+                <li>(?P<title>.+?)
+                by (?P<creator>.+?)
+                (?:
+                    \(.+?\)|
+                    <a[^>]*
+                        (?:
+                            \bhref=["\']/red[^>]*>|             # drop possible
+                            >\s*Listen ad-free with YouTube Red # YouTube Red ad
+                        )
+                    .*?
+                )?</li
+            ''',
+            video_webpage)
+        if m_music:
+            video_alt_title = remove_quotes(unescapeHTML(m_music.group('title')))
+            video_creator = clean_html(m_music.group('creator'))
         else:
         else:
-            fd_mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="description" content="([^"]+)"', video_webpage)
-            if fd_mobj:
-                video_description = unescapeHTML(fd_mobj.group(1))
-            else:
-                video_description = u''
-
-        # subtitles
-        video_subtitles = None
-
-        if self._downloader.params.get('writesubtitles', False) or self._downloader.params.get('allsubtitles', False):
-            video_subtitles = self._extract_subtitles(video_id)
-        elif self._downloader.params.get('writeautomaticsub', False):
-            video_subtitles = self._request_automatic_caption(video_id, video_webpage)
-
-        if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
-            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id)
-            return
-
-        if 'length_seconds' not in video_info:
-            self._downloader.report_warning(u'unable to extract video duration')
-            video_duration = ''
+            video_alt_title = video_creator = None
+
+        def extract_meta(field):
+            return self._html_search_regex(
+                r'<h4[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>\s*%s\s*</h4>\s*<ul[^>]*>\s*<li>(.+?)</li>\s*' % field,
+                video_webpage, field, default=None)
+
+        track = extract_meta('Song')
+        artist = extract_meta('Artist')
+
+        m_episode = re.search(
+            r'<div[^>]+id="watch7-headline"[^>]*>\s*<span[^>]*>.*?>(?P<series>[^<]+)</a></b>\s*S(?P<season>\d+)\s*•\s*E(?P<episode>\d+)</span>',
+            video_webpage)
+        if m_episode:
+            series = m_episode.group('series')
+            season_number = int(m_episode.group('season'))
+            episode_number = int(m_episode.group('episode'))
+        else:
+            series = season_number = episode_number = None
+
+        m_cat_container = self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<h4[^>]*>\s*Category\s*</h4>\s*<ul[^>]*>(.*?)</ul>',
+            video_webpage, 'categories', default=None)
+        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:
         else:
-            video_duration = compat_urllib_parse.unquote_plus(video_info['length_seconds'][0])
+            video_categories = None
 
 
-        # Decide which formats to download
+        video_tags = [
+            unescapeHTML(m.group('content'))
+            for m in re.finditer(self._meta_regex('og:video:tag'), video_webpage)]
 
 
-        try:
-            mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', video_webpage)
-            if not mobj:
-                raise ValueError('Could not find vevo ID')
-            info = json.loads(mobj.group(1))
-            args = info['args']
-            # Easy way to know if the 's' value is in url_encoded_fmt_stream_map
-            # this signatures are encrypted
-            m_s = re.search(r'[&,]s=', 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''))
-            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]
-                else:
-                    video_info['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'] = video_info['adaptive_fmts']
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
+        def _extract_count(count_name):
+            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))
 
 
-        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]:
-                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(','):
-                url_data = compat_parse_qs(url_data_str)
-                if 'itag' in url_data and 'url' in url_data:
-                    url = url_data['url'][0]
-                    if 'sig' in url_data:
-                        url += '&signature=' + url_data['sig'][0]
-                    elif 's' in url_data:
-                        if self._downloader.params.get('verbose'):
-                            s = url_data['s'][0]
-                            if age_gate:
-                                player_version = self._search_regex(r'ad3-(.+?)\.swf',
-                                    video_info['ad3_module'][0] if 'ad3_module' in video_info else 'NOT FOUND',
-                                    'flash player', fatal=False)
-                                player = 'flash player %s' % player_version
-                            else:
-                                player = u'html5 player %s' % self._search_regex(r'html5player-(.+?)\.js', video_webpage,
-                                    'html5 player', fatal=False)
-                            parts_sizes = u'.'.join(compat_str(len(part)) for part in s.split('.'))
-                            self.to_screen(u'encrypted signature length %d (%s), itag %s, %s' %
-                                (len(s), parts_sizes, url_data['itag'][0], player))
-                        encrypted_sig = url_data['s'][0]
-                        if age_gate:
-                            signature = self._decrypt_signature_age_gate(encrypted_sig)
-                        else:
-                            signature = self._decrypt_signature(encrypted_sig)
-                        url += '&signature=' + signature
-                    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
-        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
+        like_count = _extract_count('like')
+        dislike_count = _extract_count('dislike')
 
 
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'no conn 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
-            })
-        return results
+        # subtitles
+        video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
+        automatic_captions = self.extract_automatic_captions(video_id, video_webpage)
+
+        video_duration = try_get(
+            video_info, lambda x: int_or_none(x['length_seconds'][0]))
+        if not video_duration:
+            video_duration = parse_duration(self._html_search_meta(
+                'duration', video_webpage, 'video duration'))
+
+        # annotations
+        video_annotations = None
+        if self._downloader.params.get('writeannotations', False):
+            video_annotations = self._extract_annotations(video_id)
+
+        chapters = self._extract_chapters(description_original, video_duration)
+
+        # Look for the DASH manifest
+        if self._downloader.params.get('youtube_include_dash_manifest', True):
+            dash_mpd_fatal = True
+            for mpd_url in dash_mpds:
+                dash_formats = {}
+                try:
+                    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
+
+                    mpd_url = re.sub(r'/s/([a-fA-F0-9\.]+)', decrypt_sig, mpd_url)
+
+                    for df in self._extract_mpd_formats(
+                            mpd_url, video_id, fatal=dash_mpd_fatal,
+                            formats_dict=self._formats):
+                        if not df.get('filesize'):
+                            df['filesize'] = _extract_filesize(df['url'])
+                        # 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:
+            w = float(stretched_m.group('w'))
+            h = float(stretched_m.group('h'))
+            # yt:stretch may hold invalid ratio data (e.g. for Q39EVAstoRM ratio is 17:0).
+            # We will only process correct ratios.
+            if w > 0 and h > 0:
+                ratio = w / h
+                for f in formats:
+                    if f.get('vcodec') != 'none':
+                        f['stretched_ratio'] = ratio
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        self.mark_watched(video_id, video_info)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'uploader_id': video_uploader_id,
+            'uploader_url': video_uploader_url,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'license': video_license,
+            'creator': video_creator or artist,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'alt_title': video_alt_title or track,
+            'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
+            'description': video_description,
+            'categories': video_categories,
+            'tags': video_tags,
+            'subtitles': video_subtitles,
+            'automatic_captions': automatic_captions,
+            'duration': video_duration,
+            'age_limit': 18 if age_gate else 0,
+            'annotations': video_annotations,
+            'chapters': chapters,
+            'webpage_url': proto + '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % video_id,
+            'view_count': view_count,
+            'like_count': like_count,
+            'dislike_count': dislike_count,
+            'average_rating': float_or_none(video_info.get('avg_rating', [None])[0]),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'is_live': is_live,
+            'start_time': start_time,
+            'end_time': end_time,
+            'series': series,
+            'season_number': season_number,
+            'episode_number': episode_number,
+            'track': track,
+            'artist': artist,
+        }
 
 
-class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com playlists'
-    _VALID_URL = r"""(?:
+
+class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com playlists'
+    _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)(?:
                         (?:https?://)?
                         (?:\w+\.)?
                         (?:https?://)?
                         (?:\w+\.)?
-                        youtube\.com/
                         (?:
                         (?:
-                           (?:course|view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist|watch)
-                           \? (?:.*?&)*? (?:p|a|list)=
-                        |  p/
+                            youtube\.com/
+                            (?:
+                               (?:course|view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist|watch|embed/(?:videoseries|[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}))
+                               \? (?:.*?[&;])*? (?:p|a|list)=
+                            |  p/
+                            )|
+                            youtu\.be/[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}\?.*?\blist=
+                        )
+                        (
+                            (?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD|UL|TL|OLAK5uy_)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}
+                            # Top tracks, they can also include dots
+                            |(?:MC)[\w\.]*
                         )
                         )
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                         .*
                      |
                         .*
                      |
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL)[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
-    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_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract playlist id
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        # Download playlist videos from API
-        playlist_id = mobj.group(1) or mobj.group(2)
-        videos = []
+                        (%(playlist_id)s)
+                     )""" % {'playlist_id': YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor._PLAYLIST_ID_RE}
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s'
+    _VIDEO_RE = r'href="\s*/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?index=(?P<index>\d+)(?:[^>]+>(?P<title>[^<]+))?'
+    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,
+        'skip': 'This playlist is private',
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Playlist with deleted videos (#651). As a bonus, the video #51 is also twice in this list.',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': '29C3: Not my department',
+            'id': 'PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 95,
+    }, {
+        'note': 'issue #673',
+        'url': 'PLBB231211A4F62143',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': '[OLD]Team Fortress 2 (Class-based LP)',
+            'id': 'PLBB231211A4F62143',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 26,
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Large playlist',
+        '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,
+        'skip': 'This playlist is private',
+    }, {
+        'note': 'embedded',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL6IaIsEjSbf96XFRuNccS_RuEXwNdsoEu',
+        'playlist_count': 4,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'JODA15',
+            'id': 'PL6IaIsEjSbf96XFRuNccS_RuEXwNdsoEu',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/_xDOZElKyNU?list=PLsyOSbh5bs16vubvKePAQ1x3PhKavfBIl',
+        'playlist_mincount': 485,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': '2017 華語最新單曲 (2/24更新)',
+            'id': 'PLsyOSbh5bs16vubvKePAQ1x3PhKavfBIl',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Embedded SWF player',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/p/YN5VISEtHet5D4NEvfTd0zcgFk84NqFZ?hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0',
+        '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_mincount': 21,
+    }, {
+        # Playlist URL that does not actually serve a playlist
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqZTN594JQw&list=PLMYEtVRpaqY00V9W81Cwmzp6N6vZqfUKD4',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'FqZTN594JQw',
+            'ext': 'webm',
+            'title': "Smiley's People 01 detective, Adventure Series, Action",
+            'uploader': 'STREEM',
+            'uploader_id': 'UCyPhqAZgwYWZfxElWVbVJng',
+            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/channel/UCyPhqAZgwYWZfxElWVbVJng',
+            'upload_date': '20150526',
+            'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            'description': 'md5:507cdcb5a49ac0da37a920ece610be80',
+            'categories': ['People & Blogs'],
+            'tags': list,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'dislike_count': int,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+        'add_ie': [YoutubeIE.ie_key()],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://youtu.be/yeWKywCrFtk?list=PL2qgrgXsNUG5ig9cat4ohreBjYLAPC0J5',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'yeWKywCrFtk',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Small Scale Baler and Braiding Rugs',
+            'uploader': 'Backus-Page House Museum',
+            'uploader_id': 'backuspagemuseum',
+            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/backuspagemuseum',
+            'upload_date': '20161008',
+            'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            'description': 'md5:800c0c78d5eb128500bffd4f0b4f2e8a',
+            'categories': ['Nonprofits & Activism'],
+            'tags': list,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'dislike_count': int,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'noplaylist': True,
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://youtu.be/uWyaPkt-VOI?list=PL9D9FC436B881BA21',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'TLGGrESM50VT6acwMjAyMjAxNw',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        # music album playlist
+        'url': 'OLAK5uy_m4xAFdmMC5rX3Ji3g93pQe3hqLZw_9LhM',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
 
-        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')
-                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)
+    def _real_initialize(self):
+        self._login()
 
 
-            try:
-                response = json.loads(page)
-            except ValueError as err:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid JSON in API response: ' + compat_str(err))
-
-            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
+    def _extract_mix(self, playlist_id):
+        # The mixes are generated from a single video
+        # the id of the playlist is just 'RD' + video_id
+        ids = []
+        last_id = playlist_id[-11:]
+        for n in itertools.count(1):
+            url = 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=%s&list=%s' % (last_id, playlist_id)
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                url, playlist_id, 'Downloading page {0} of Youtube mix'.format(n))
+            new_ids = orderedSet(re.findall(
+                r'''(?xs)data-video-username=".*?".*?
+                           href="/watch\?v=([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?list=%s''' % re.escape(playlist_id),
+                webpage))
+            # Fetch new pages until all the videos are repeated, it seems that
+            # there are always 51 unique videos.
+            new_ids = [_id for _id in new_ids if _id not in ids]
+            if not new_ids:
                 break
                 break
+            ids.extend(new_ids)
+            last_id = ids[-1]
+
+        url_results = self._ids_to_results(ids)
+
+        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)
+
+        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)
+
+        # the yt-alert-message now has tabindex attribute (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/11604)
+        for match in re.findall(r'<div class="yt-alert-message"[^>]*>([^<]+)</div>', page):
+            match = match.strip()
+            # Check if the playlist exists or is private
+            mobj = re.match(r'[^<]*(?:The|This) playlist (?P<reason>does not exist|is private)[^<]*', match)
+            if mobj:
+                reason = mobj.group('reason')
+                message = 'This playlist %s' % reason
+                if 'private' in reason:
+                    message += ', use --username or --netrc to access it'
+                message += '.'
+                raise ExtractorError(message, 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)
+
+        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*"[^>]*>\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
+            page, 'title', default=None)
+
+        _UPLOADER_BASE = r'class=["\']pl-header-details[^>]+>\s*<li>\s*<a[^>]+\bhref='
+        uploader = self._search_regex(
+            r'%s["\']/(?:user|channel)/[^>]+>([^<]+)' % _UPLOADER_BASE,
+            page, 'uploader', default=None)
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'%s(["\'])(?P<path>/(?:user|channel)/(?P<uploader_id>.+?))\1' % _UPLOADER_BASE,
+            page)
+        if mobj:
+            uploader_id = mobj.group('uploader_id')
+            uploader_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, mobj.group('path'))
+        else:
+            uploader_id = uploader_url = None
 
 
-            for entry in response['feed']['entry']:
-                index = entry['yt$position']['$t']
-                if 'media$group' in entry and 'media$player' in entry['media$group']:
-                    videos.append((index, entry['media$group']['media$player']['url']))
-
-        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)]
-
+        has_videos = True
 
 
-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'
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube:channel'
+        if not playlist_title:
+            try:
+                # Some playlist URLs don't actually serve a playlist (e.g.
+                # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqZTN594JQw&list=PLMYEtVRpaqY00V9W81Cwmzp6N6vZqfUKD4)
+                next(self._entries(page, playlist_id))
+            except StopIteration:
+                has_videos = False
+
+        playlist = self.playlist_result(
+            self._entries(page, playlist_id), playlist_id, playlist_title)
+        playlist.update({
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'uploader_id': uploader_id,
+            'uploader_url': uploader_url,
+        })
 
 
-    def extract_videos_from_page(self, 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
+        return has_videos, playlist
+
+    def _check_download_just_video(self, url, playlist_id):
+        # Check if it's a video-specific URL
+        query_dict = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).query)
+        video_id = query_dict.get('v', [None])[0] or self._search_regex(
+            r'(?:(?:^|//)youtu\.be/|youtube\.com/embed/(?!videoseries))([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})', url,
+            'video id', default=None)
+        if video_id:
+            if self._downloader.params.get('noplaylist'):
+                self.to_screen('Downloading just video %s because of --no-playlist' % video_id)
+                return video_id, self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
+            else:
+                self.to_screen('Downloading playlist %s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
+                return video_id, None
+        return None, None
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract channel id
+        # Extract playlist id
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         if mobj is None:
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        # 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:
-            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)
+            raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+        playlist_id = mobj.group(1) or mobj.group(2)
 
 
-                page = json.loads(page)
+        video_id, video = self._check_download_just_video(url, playlist_id)
+        if video:
+            return video
+
+        if playlist_id.startswith(('RD', 'UL', 'PU')):
+            # Mixes require a custom extraction process
+            return self._extract_mix(playlist_id)
+
+        has_videos, playlist = self._extract_playlist(playlist_id)
+        if has_videos or not video_id:
+            return playlist
+
+        # Some playlist URLs don't actually serve a playlist (see
+        # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/10537).
+        # Fallback to plain video extraction if there is a video id
+        # along with playlist id.
+        return self.url_result(video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id)
+
+
+class YoutubeChannelIE(YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com channels'
+    _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'
+    _VIDEO_RE = r'(?:title="(?P<title>[^"]+)"[^>]+)?href="/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]+)&?'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:channel'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'note': 'paginated channel',
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+        'playlist_mincount': 91,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UUKfVa3S1e4PHvxWcwyMMg8w',
+            'title': 'Uploads from lex will',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Age restricted channel',
+        # from https://www.youtube.com/user/DeusExOfficial
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0ifCMCm1icqRbqhUINa0w',
+        'playlist_mincount': 64,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UUs0ifCMCm1icqRbqhUINa0w',
+            'title': 'Uploads from Deus Ex',
+        },
+    }]
 
 
-                ids_in_page = self.extract_videos_from_page(page['content_html'])
-                video_ids.extend(ids_in_page)
+    @classmethod
+    def suitable(cls, url):
+        return (False if YoutubePlaylistsIE.suitable(url) or YoutubeLiveIE.suitable(url)
+                else super(YoutubeChannelIE, cls).suitable(url))
 
 
-                if self._MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR  not in page['load_more_widget_html']:
-                    break
+    def _build_template_url(self, url, channel_id):
+        return self._TEMPLATE_URL % channel_id
 
 
-        self._downloader.to_screen(u'[youtube] Channel %s: Found %i videos' % (channel_id, len(video_ids)))
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        url = self._build_template_url(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)
+        if channel_page is False:
+            channel_playlist_id = False
+        else:
+            channel_playlist_id = self._html_search_meta(
+                'channelId', channel_page, 'channel id', default=None)
+            if not channel_playlist_id:
+                channel_url = self._html_search_meta(
+                    ('al:ios:url', 'twitter:app:url:iphone', 'twitter:app:url:ipad'),
+                    channel_page, 'channel url', default=None)
+                if channel_url:
+                    channel_playlist_id = self._search_regex(
+                        r'vnd\.youtube://user/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)',
+                        channel_url, '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|
+                    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
+            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)
 
 
-        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)]
+        try:
+            next(self._entries(channel_page, channel_id))
+        except StopIteration:
+            alert_message = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<div[^>]+class=(["\']).*?\byt-alert-message\b.*?\1[^>]*>(?P<alert>[^<]+)</div>',
+                channel_page, 'alert', default=None, group='alert')
+            if alert_message:
+                raise ExtractorError('Youtube said: %s' % alert_message, expected=True)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(self._entries(channel_page, channel_id), channel_id)
+
+
+class YoutubeUserIE(YoutubeChannelIE):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com user videos (URL or "ytuser" keyword)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?P<user>user|c)/)?(?!(?:attribution_link|watch|results|shared)(?:$|[^a-z_A-Z0-9-])))|ytuser:)(?!feed/)(?P<id>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/%s/%s/videos'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:user'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation',
+        'playlist_mincount': 320,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UUfX55Sx5hEFjoC3cNs6mCUQ',
+            'title': 'Uploads from The Linux Foundation',
+        }
+    }, {
+        # Only available via https://www.youtube.com/c/12minuteathlete/videos
+        # but not https://www.youtube.com/user/12minuteathlete/videos
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/12minuteathlete/videos',
+        'playlist_mincount': 249,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UUVjM-zV6_opMDx7WYxnjZiQ',
+            'title': 'Uploads from 12 Minute Athlete',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'ytuser:phihag',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/gametrailers',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/gametrailers',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        # This channel is not available, geo restricted to JP
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/kananishinoSMEJ/videos',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
 
+    @classmethod
+    def suitable(cls, url):
+        # 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_yt_ies = iter(klass for (name, klass) in globals().items() if name.startswith('Youtube') and name.endswith('IE') and klass is not cls)
+        if any(ie.suitable(url) for ie in other_yt_ies):
+            return False
+        else:
+            return super(YoutubeUserIE, cls).suitable(url)
 
 
-class YoutubeUserIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com user videos (URL or "ytuser" keyword)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:(?:(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/user/)|ytuser:)([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)'
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://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'
-    _VIDEO_INDICATOR = r'/watch\?v=(.+?)[\<&]'
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube:user'
+    def _build_template_url(self, url, channel_id):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        return self._TEMPLATE_URL % (mobj.group('user') or 'user', mobj.group('id'))
+
+
+class YoutubeLiveIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com live streams'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<base_url>https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:user|channel|c)/)?(?P<id>[^/]+))/live'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:live'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks/live',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'a48o2S1cPoo',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'The Young Turks - Live Main Show',
+            'uploader': 'The Young Turks',
+            'uploader_id': 'TheYoungTurks',
+            'uploader_url': r're:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/user/TheYoungTurks',
+            'upload_date': '20150715',
+            'license': 'Standard YouTube License',
+            'description': 'md5:438179573adcdff3c97ebb1ee632b891',
+            'categories': ['News & Politics'],
+            'tags': ['Cenk Uygur (TV Program Creator)', 'The Young Turks (Award-Winning Work)', 'Talk Show (TV Genre)'],
+            'like_count': int,
+            'dislike_count': int,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yBKRuGpC1tSM73A0ZjYjQ/live',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/CommanderVideoHq/live',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/live',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract username
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'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.
-
-        video_ids = []
-
-        for pagenum in itertools.count(0):
-            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))
-
-            # Extract video identifiers
-            ids_in_page = []
-
-            for mobj in re.finditer(self._VIDEO_INDICATOR, page):
-                if mobj.group(1) not in ids_in_page:
-                    ids_in_page.append(mobj.group(1))
-
-            video_ids.extend(ids_in_page)
+        channel_id = mobj.group('id')
+        base_url = mobj.group('base_url')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id, fatal=False)
+        if webpage:
+            page_type = self._og_search_property(
+                'type', webpage, 'page type', default='')
+            video_id = self._html_search_meta(
+                'videoId', webpage, 'video id', default=None)
+            if page_type.startswith('video') and video_id and re.match(
+                    r'^[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}$', video_id):
+                return self.url_result(video_id, YoutubeIE.ie_key())
+        return self.url_result(base_url)
+
+
+class YoutubePlaylistsIE(YoutubePlaylistsBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com user/channel playlists'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:user|channel)/(?P<id>[^/]+)/playlists'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:playlists'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/ThirstForScience/playlists',
+        'playlist_mincount': 4,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'ThirstForScience',
+            'title': 'Thirst for Science',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # with "Load more" button
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/igorkle1/playlists?view=1&sort=dd',
+        'playlist_mincount': 70,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'igorkle1',
+            'title': 'Игорь Клейнер',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiU1dHvZObB2iP6xkJ__Icw/playlists',
+        'playlist_mincount': 17,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCiU1dHvZObB2iP6xkJ__Icw',
+            'title': 'Chem Player',
+        },
+    }]
 
 
-            # 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
+class YoutubeSearchBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor):
+    _VIDEO_RE = r'href="\s*/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})(?:[^"]*"[^>]+\btitle="(?P<title>[^"]+))?'
 
 
-        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'
-    _MAX_RESULTS = 1000
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube:search'
+class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubeSearchBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches'
+    # 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'
     _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))
+    _EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS = {}
+    _TESTS = []
 
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
 
     def _get_n_results(self, query, n):
         """Get a specified number of results for a query"""
 
-        video_ids = []
-        pagenum = 0
+        videos = []
         limit = n
 
         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')
+        url_query = {
+            'search_query': query.encode('utf-8'),
+        }
+        url_query.update(self._EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS)
+        result_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/results?' + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(url_query)
+
+        for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
+            data = self._download_json(
+                result_url, video_id='query "%s"' % query,
+                note='Downloading page %s' % pagenum,
+                errnote='Unable to download API page',
+                query={'spf': 'navigate'})
+            html_content = data[1]['body']['content']
+
+            if 'class="search-message' in html_content:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    '[youtube] No video results', expected=True)
+
+            new_videos = list(self._process_page(html_content))
+            videos += new_videos
+            if not new_videos or len(videos) > limit:
+                break
+            next_link = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'href="(/results\?[^"]*\bsp=[^"]+)"[^>]*>\s*<span[^>]+class="[^"]*\byt-uix-button-content\b[^"]*"[^>]*>Next',
+                html_content, 'next link', default=None)
+            if next_link is None:
+                break
+            result_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin('https://www.youtube.com/', next_link)
 
 
-            new_ids = list(video['id'] for video in api_response['items'])
-            video_ids += new_ids
+        if len(videos) > n:
+            videos = videos[:n]
+        return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
 
 
-            limit = min(n, api_response['totalItems'])
-            pagenum += 1
 
 
-        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]
-        return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
+class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
+    IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
+    _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first'
+    _EXTRA_QUERY_ARGS = {'search_sort': 'video_date_uploaded'}
 
 
 
 
-class YoutubeShowIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com (multi-season) shows'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/show/(.*)'
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube:show'
+class YoutubeSearchURLIE(YoutubeSearchBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com search URLs'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:search_url'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/results\?(.*?&)?(?:search_query|q)=(?P<query>[^&]+)(?:[&]|$)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/results?baz=bar&search_query=youtube-dl+test+video&filters=video&lclk=video',
+        'playlist_mincount': 5,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'youtube-dl test video',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/results?q=test&sp=EgQIBBgB',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        show_name = mobj.group(1)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, show_name, u'Downloading show webpage')
-        # There's one playlist for each season of the show
-        m_seasons = list(re.finditer(r'href="(/playlist\?list=.*?)"', webpage))
-        self.to_screen(u'%s: Found %s seasons' % (show_name, len(m_seasons)))
-        return [self.url_result('https://www.youtube.com' + season.group(1), 'YoutubePlaylist') for season in m_seasons]
+        query = compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(mobj.group('query'))
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, query)
+        return self.playlist_result(self._process_page(webpage), playlist_title=query)
+
+
+class YoutubeShowIE(YoutubePlaylistsBaseInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com (multi-season) shows'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/show/(?P<id>[^?#]*)'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:show'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/show/airdisasters',
+        'playlist_mincount': 5,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'airdisasters',
+            'title': 'Air Disasters',
+        }
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        return super(YoutubeShowIE, self)._real_extract(
+            'https://www.youtube.com/show/%s/playlists' % playlist_id)
 
 
 class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     """
 
 
 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
     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
-
-    @property
-    def _FEED_TEMPLATE(self):
-        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)
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
 
     @property
     def IE_NAME(self):
-        return u'youtube:%s' % self._FEED_NAME
+        return 'youtube:%s' % self._FEED_NAME
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         self._login()
 
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         self._login()
 
-    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,
-                                          u'%s feed' % self._FEED_NAME,
-                                          u'Downloading page %s' % i)
-            info = json.loads(info)
-            feed_html = info['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(id, 'Youtube') for id in ids)
-            if info['paging'] is None:
+    def _entries(self, page):
+        # 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 = list(filter(lambda video_id: video_id not in ids, orderedSet(matches)))
+            if not new_ids:
                 break
                 break
-        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)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/subscriptions|:ytsubs(?:criptions)?'
-    _FEED_NAME = 'subscriptions'
-    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = u'Youtube Subscriptions'
+            ids.extend(new_ids)
 
 
-class YoutubeRecommendedIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com recommended videos, "ytrec" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/feed/recommended|:ytrec(?:ommended)?'
-    _FEED_NAME = 'recommended'
-    _PLAYLIST_TITLE = u'Youtube Recommended videos'
+            for entry in self._ids_to_results(new_ids):
+                yield entry
+
+            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']
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        page = self._download_webpage(
+            'https://www.youtube.com/feed/%s' % self._FEED_NAME,
+            self._PLAYLIST_TITLE)
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            self._entries(page), 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|watch)\?(?:.+&)?list=WL)|:ytwatchlater'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNU9TrbiRk&index=1&list=WL',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        _, video = self._check_download_just_video(url, 'WL')
+        if video:
+            return video
+        _, playlist = self._extract_playlist('WL')
+        return playlist
 
 
-class YoutubeWatchLaterIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = u'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 = u'Youtube Watch Later'
-    _PAGING_STEP = 100
-    _PERSONAL_FEED = True
 
 class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeFavouritesIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
-    IE_NAME = u'youtube:favorites'
-    IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com favourite videos, "ytfav" keyword (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.youtube\.com/my_favorites|:ytfav(?:o?rites)?'
+    IE_NAME = 'youtube:favorites'
+    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
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         webpage = self._download_webpage('https://www.youtube.com/my_favorites', 'Youtube Favourites videos')
     _LOGIN_REQUIRED = True
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         webpage = self._download_webpage('https://www.youtube.com/my_favorites', 'Youtube Favourites videos')
-        playlist_id = self._search_regex(r'list=(.+?)["&]', webpage, u'favourites playlist id')
+        playlist_id = self._search_regex(r'list=(.+?)["&]', webpage, 'favourites playlist id')
         return self.url_result(playlist_id, 'YoutubePlaylist')
         return self.url_result(playlist_id, 'YoutubePlaylist')
+
+
+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'
+
+
+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'
+
+
+class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, ":ythistory" for short (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'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?://)?
+        (?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com/
+        (?:watch\?(?:
+            feature=[a-z_]+|
+            annotation_id=annotation_[^&]+|
+            x-yt-cl=[0-9]+|
+            hl=[^&]*|
+            t=[0-9]+
+        )?
+        |
+            attribution_link\?a=[^&]+
+        )
+        $
+    '''
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3951667041',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://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,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2372',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        raise ExtractorError(
+            'Did you forget to quote the URL? Remember that & is a meta '
+            'character in most shells, so you want to put the URL in quotes, '
+            'like  youtube-dl '
+            '"https://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)