+               try:
+                       self.pmkdir(filename)
+               except (OSError, IOError), err:
+                       self.trouble('ERROR: unable to create directories: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               try:
+                       success = self._do_download(filename, info_dict['url'].encode('utf-8'))
+               except (OSError, IOError), err:
+                       raise UnavailableFormatError
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self.trouble('ERROR: unable to download video data: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+               except (ContentTooShortError, ), err:
+                       self.trouble('ERROR: content too short (expected %s bytes and served %s)' % (err.expected, err.downloaded))
+                       return
+
+               if success:
+                       try:
+                               self.post_process(filename, info_dict)
+                       except (PostProcessingError), err:
+                               self.trouble('ERROR: postprocessing: %s' % str(err))
+                               return
+
+       def download(self, url_list):
+               """Download a given list of URLs."""
+               if len(url_list) > 1 and self.fixed_template():
+                       raise SameFileError(self.params['outtmpl'])
+
+               for url in url_list:
+                       suitable_found = False
+                       for ie in self._ies:
+                               # Go to next InfoExtractor if not suitable
+                               if not ie.suitable(url):
+                                       continue
+
+                               # Suitable InfoExtractor found
+                               suitable_found = True
+
+                               # Extract information from URL and process it
+                               ie.extract(url)
+
+                               # Suitable InfoExtractor had been found; go to next URL
+                               break
+
+                       if not suitable_found:
+                               self.trouble('ERROR: no suitable InfoExtractor: %s' % url)
+
+               return self._download_retcode
+
+       def post_process(self, filename, ie_info):
+               """Run the postprocessing chain on the given file."""
+               info = dict(ie_info)
+               info['filepath'] = filename
+               for pp in self._pps:
+                       info = pp.run(info)
+                       if info is None:
+                               break
+       
+       def _download_with_rtmpdump(self, filename, url):
+               self.report_destination(filename)
+
+               # Check for rtmpdump first
+               try:
+                       subprocess.call(['rtmpdump', '-h'], stdout=(file(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+               except (OSError, IOError):
+                       self.trouble(u'ERROR: RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run')
+                       return False
+
+               # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
+               # the connection was interrumpted and resuming appears to be
+               # possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
+               basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '-q', '-r', url, '-o', filename]
+               retval = subprocess.call(basic_args + [[], ['-e', '-k', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)])
+               while retval == 2 or retval == 1:
+                       self.to_stdout(u'\r[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % os.path.getsize(filename), skip_eol=True)
+                       time.sleep(2.0) # This seems to be needed
+                       retval = subprocess.call(basic_args + ['-e'] + [[], ['-k', '1']][retval == 1])
+               if retval == 0:
+                       self.to_stdout(u'\r[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % os.path.getsize(filename))
+                       return True
+               else:
+                       self.trouble('\nERROR: rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
+                       return False
+
+       def _do_download(self, filename, url):
+               # Attempt to download using rtmpdump
+               if url.startswith('rtmp'):
+                       return self._download_with_rtmpdump(filename, url)
+
+               stream = None
+               open_mode = 'wb'
+               basic_request = urllib2.Request(url, None, std_headers)
+               request = urllib2.Request(url, None, std_headers)
+
+               # Establish possible resume length
+               if os.path.isfile(filename):
+                       resume_len = os.path.getsize(filename)
+               else:
+                       resume_len = 0
+
+               # Request parameters in case of being able to resume
+               if self.params.get('continuedl', False) and resume_len != 0:
+                       self.report_resuming_byte(resume_len)
+                       request.add_header('Range','bytes=%d-' % resume_len)
+                       open_mode = 'ab'
+
+               # Establish connection
+               try:
+                       data = urllib2.urlopen(request)
+               except (urllib2.HTTPError, ), err:
+                       if err.code != 416: #  416 is 'Requested range not satisfiable'
+                               raise
+                       # Unable to resume
+                       data = urllib2.urlopen(basic_request)
+                       content_length = data.info()['Content-Length']
+
+                       if content_length is not None and long(content_length) == resume_len:
+                               # Because the file had already been fully downloaded
+                               self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
+                               return True
+                       else:
+                               # Because the server didn't let us
+                               self.report_unable_to_resume()
+                               open_mode = 'wb'
+
+               data_len = data.info().get('Content-length', None)
+               data_len_str = self.format_bytes(data_len)
+               byte_counter = 0
+               block_size = 1024
+               start = time.time()
+               while True:
+                       # Download and write
+                       before = time.time()
+                       data_block = data.read(block_size)
+                       after = time.time()
+                       data_block_len = len(data_block)
+                       if data_block_len == 0:
+                               break
+                       byte_counter += data_block_len
+
+                       # Open file just in time
+                       if stream is None:
+                               try:
+                                       (stream, filename) = sanitize_open(filename, open_mode)
+                                       self.report_destination(filename)
+                                       self._num_downloads += 1
+                               except (OSError, IOError), err:
+                                       self.trouble('ERROR: unable to open for writing: %s' % str(err))
+                                       return False
+                       stream.write(data_block)
+                       block_size = self.best_block_size(after - before, data_block_len)
+
+                       # Progress message
+                       percent_str = self.calc_percent(byte_counter, data_len)
+                       eta_str = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), data_len, byte_counter)
+                       speed_str = self.calc_speed(start, time.time(), byte_counter)
+                       self.report_progress(percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str)
+
+                       # Apply rate limit
+                       self.slow_down(start, byte_counter)
+
+               self.report_finish()
+               if data_len is not None and str(byte_counter) != data_len:
+                       raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, long(data_len))
+               return True
+
+class InfoExtractor(object):
+       """Information Extractor class.
+
+       Information extractors are the classes that, given a URL, extract
+       information from the video (or videos) the URL refers to. This
+       information includes the real video URL, the video title and simplified
+       title, author and others. The information is stored in a dictionary
+       which is then passed to the FileDownloader. The FileDownloader
+       processes this information possibly downloading the video to the file
+       system, among other possible outcomes. The dictionaries must include
+       the following fields:
+
+       id:             Video identifier.
+       url:            Final video URL.
+       uploader:       Nickname of the video uploader.
+       title:          Literal title.
+       stitle:         Simplified title.
+       ext:            Video filename extension.
+       format:         Video format.
+
+       Subclasses of this one should re-define the _real_initialize() and
+       _real_extract() methods, as well as the suitable() static method.
+       Probably, they should also be instantiated and added to the main
+       downloader.
+       """
+
+       _ready = False
+       _downloader = None
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader."""
+               self._ready = False
+               self.set_downloader(downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
+               return False
+
+       def initialize(self):
+               """Initializes an instance (authentication, etc)."""
+               if not self._ready:
+                       self._real_initialize()
+                       self._ready = True
+
+       def extract(self, url):
+               """Extracts URL information and returns it in list of dicts."""
+               self.initialize()
+               return self._real_extract(url)
+
+       def set_downloader(self, downloader):
+               """Sets the downloader for this IE."""
+               self._downloader = downloader
+       
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               """Real initialization process. Redefine in subclasses."""
+               pass
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               """Real extraction process. Redefine in subclasses."""
+               pass
+
+class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for youtube.com."""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'^((?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:v/)|(?:(?:watch(?:\.php)?)?[\?#](?:.+&)?v=)))?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1).+)?$'
+       _LANG_URL = r'http://uk.youtube.com/?hl=en&persist_hl=1&gl=US&persist_gl=1&opt_out_ackd=1'
+       _LOGIN_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/signup?next=/&gl=US&hl=en'
+       _AGE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/&gl=US&hl=en'
+       _NETRC_MACHINE = 'youtube'
+       _available_formats = ['37', '22', '35', '18', '34', '5', '17', '13', None] # listed in order of priority for -b flag
+       _video_extensions = {
+               '13': '3gp',
+               '17': 'mp4',
+               '18': 'mp4',
+               '22': 'mp4',
+               '37': 'mp4',
+       }
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(YoutubeIE._VALID_URL, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_lang(self):
+               """Report attempt to set language."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] Setting language')
+
+       def report_login(self):
+               """Report attempt to log in."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] Logging in')
+       
+       def report_age_confirmation(self):
+               """Report attempt to confirm age."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] Confirming age')
+       
+       def report_video_info_webpage_download(self, video_id):
+               """Report attempt to download video info webpage."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] %s: Downloading video info webpage' % video_id)
+       
+       def report_information_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report attempt to extract video information."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] %s: Extracting video information' % video_id)
+       
+       def report_unavailable_format(self, video_id, format):
+               """Report extracted video URL."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] %s: Format %s not available' % (video_id, format))
+       
+       def report_rtmp_download(self):
+               """Indicate the download will use the RTMP protocol."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] RTMP download detected')
+       
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               if self._downloader is None:
+                       return
+
+               username = None
+               password = None
+               downloader_params = self._downloader.params
+
+               # Attempt to use provided username and password or .netrc data
+               if downloader_params.get('username', None) is not None:
+                       username = downloader_params['username']
+                       password = downloader_params['password']
+               elif downloader_params.get('usenetrc', False):
+                       try:
+                               info = netrc.netrc().authenticators(self._NETRC_MACHINE)
+                               if info is not None:
+                                       username = info[0]
+                                       password = info[2]
+                               else:
+                                       raise netrc.NetrcParseError('No authenticators for %s' % self._NETRC_MACHINE)
+                       except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError), err:
+                               self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: parsing .netrc: %s' % str(err))
+                               return
+
+               # Set language
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._LANG_URL, None, std_headers)
+               try:
+                       self.report_lang()
+                       urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to set language: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # No authentication to be performed
+               if username is None:
+                       return
+
+               # Log in
+               login_form = {
+                               'current_form': 'loginForm',
+                               'next':         '/',
+                               'action_login': 'Log In',
+                               'username':     username,
+                               'password':     password,
+                               }
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, urllib.urlencode(login_form), std_headers)
+               try:
+                       self.report_login()
+                       login_results = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+                       if re.search(r'(?i)<form[^>]* name="loginForm"', login_results) is not None:
+                               self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: bad username or password')
+                               return
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to log in: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+       
+               # Confirm age
+               age_form = {
+                               'next_url':             '/',
+                               'action_confirm':       'Confirm',
+                               }
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._AGE_URL, urllib.urlencode(age_form), std_headers)
+               try:
+                       self.report_age_confirmation()
+                       age_results = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to confirm age: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               # Extract video id from URL
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+               video_id = mobj.group(2)
+
+               # Downloader parameters
+               best_quality = False
+               all_formats = False
+               format_param = None
+               quality_index = 0
+               if self._downloader is not None:
+                       params = self._downloader.params
+                       format_param = params.get('format', None)
+                       if format_param == '0':
+                               format_param = self._available_formats[quality_index]
+                               best_quality = True
+                       elif format_param == '-1':
+                               format_param = self._available_formats[quality_index]
+                               all_formats = True
+
+               while True:
+                       # Extension
+                       video_extension = self._video_extensions.get(format_param, 'flv')
+
+                       # Get video info
+                       self.report_video_info_webpage_download(video_id)
+                       for el_type in ['embedded', 'detailpage', 'vevo']:
+                               video_info_url = ('http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=%s&el=%s&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en'
+                                                  % (video_id, el_type))
+                               request = urllib2.Request(video_info_url, None, std_headers)
+                               try:
+                                       video_info_webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+                                       video_info = parse_qs(video_info_webpage)
+                                       if 'token' in video_info:
+                                               break
+                               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download video info webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                                       return
+                       self.report_information_extraction(video_id)
+
+                       # "t" param
+                       if 'token' not in video_info:
+                               # Attempt to see if YouTube has issued an error message
+                               if 'reason' not in video_info:
+                                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract "t" parameter for unknown reason')
+                                       stream = open('reportme-ydl-%s.dat' % time.time(), 'wb')
+                                       stream.write(video_info_webpage)
+                                       stream.close()
+                               else:
+                                       reason = urllib.unquote_plus(video_info['reason'][0])
+                                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: YouTube said: %s' % reason.decode('utf-8'))
+                               return
+                       token = urllib.unquote_plus(video_info['token'][0])
+                       video_real_url = 'http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=%s&t=%s&eurl=&el=detailpage&ps=default&gl=US&hl=en' % (video_id, token)
+                       if format_param is not None:
+                               video_real_url = '%s&fmt=%s' % (video_real_url, format_param)
+
+                       # Check possible RTMP download
+                       if 'conn' in video_info and video_info['conn'][0].startswith('rtmp'):
+                               self.report_rtmp_download()
+                               video_real_url = video_info['conn'][0]
+
+                       # uploader
+                       if 'author' not in video_info:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname')
+                               return
+                       video_uploader = urllib.unquote_plus(video_info['author'][0])
+
+                       # title
+                       if 'title' not in video_info:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video title')
+                               return
+                       video_title = urllib.unquote_plus(video_info['title'][0])
+                       video_title = video_title.decode('utf-8')
+                       video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+
+                       # simplified title
+                       simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+                       simple_title = simple_title.strip(ur'_')
+
+                       try:
+                               # Process video information
+                               self._downloader.process_info({
+                                       'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'url':          video_real_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'uploader':     video_uploader.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'title':        video_title,
+                                       'stitle':       simple_title,
+                                       'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                                       'format':       (format_param is None and u'NA' or format_param.decode('utf-8')),
+                               })
+
+                               if all_formats:
+                                       if quality_index == len(self._available_formats) - 1:
+                                               # None left to get
+                                               return
+                                       else:
+                                               quality_index += 1
+                                               format_param = self._available_formats[quality_index]
+                                               if format_param == None:
+                                                       return
+                                               continue
+
+                               return
+
+                       except UnavailableFormatError, err:
+                               if best_quality or all_formats:
+                                       if quality_index == len(self._available_formats) - 1:
+                                               # I don't ever expect this to happen
+                                               if not all_formats:
+                                                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: no known formats available for video')
+                                               return
+                                       else:
+                                               self.report_unavailable_format(video_id, format_param)
+                                               quality_index += 1
+                                               format_param = self._available_formats[quality_index]
+                                               if format_param == None:
+                                                       return
+                                               continue
+                               else: 
+                                       self._downloader.trouble('ERROR: format not available for video')
+                                       return
+
+
+class MetacafeIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information Extractor for metacafe.com."""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?metacafe\.com/watch/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/.*'
+       _DISCLAIMER = 'http://www.metacafe.com/family_filter/'
+       _FILTER_POST = 'http://www.metacafe.com/f/index.php?inputType=filter&controllerGroup=user'
+       _youtube_ie = None
+
+       def __init__(self, youtube_ie, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+               self._youtube_ie = youtube_ie
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(MetacafeIE._VALID_URL, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_disclaimer(self):
+               """Report disclaimer retrieval."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[metacafe] Retrieving disclaimer')
+
+       def report_age_confirmation(self):
+               """Report attempt to confirm age."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[metacafe] Confirming age')
+       
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[metacafe] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+       
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[metacafe] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               # Retrieve disclaimer
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._DISCLAIMER, None, std_headers)
+               try:
+                       self.report_disclaimer()
+                       disclaimer = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to retrieve disclaimer: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Confirm age
+               disclaimer_form = {
+                       'filters': '0',
+                       'submit': "Continue - I'm over 18",
+                       }
+               request = urllib2.Request(self._FILTER_POST, urllib.urlencode(disclaimer_form), std_headers)
+               try:
+                       self.report_age_confirmation()
+                       disclaimer = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to confirm age: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+       
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               # Extract id and simplified title from URL
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_id = mobj.group(1)
+
+               # Check if video comes from YouTube
+               mobj2 = re.match(r'^yt-(.*)$', video_id)
+               if mobj2 is not None:
+                       self._youtube_ie.extract('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % mobj2.group(1))
+                       return
+
+               simple_title = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
+               video_extension = 'flv'
+
+               # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+               request = urllib2.Request('http://www.metacafe.com/watch/%s/' % video_id)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Extract URL, uploader and title from webpage
+               self.report_extraction(video_id)
+               mobj = re.search(r'(?m)&mediaURL=([^&]+)', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract media URL')
+                       return
+               mediaURL = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+
+               #mobj = re.search(r'(?m)&gdaKey=(.*?)&', webpage)
+               #if mobj is None:
+               #       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract gdaKey')
+               #       return
+               #gdaKey = mobj.group(1)
+               #
+               #video_url = '%s?__gda__=%s' % (mediaURL, gdaKey)
+
+               video_url = mediaURL
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'(?im)<title>(.*) - Video</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'(?ms)By:\s*<a .*?>(.+?)<', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract uploader nickname')
+                       return
+               video_uploader = mobj.group(1)
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'uploader':     video_uploader.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'format':       u'NA',
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class GoogleIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for video.google.com."""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?video\.google\.(?:com(?:\.au)?|co\.(?:uk|jp|kr|cr)|ca|de|es|fr|it|nl|pl)/videoplay\?docid=([^\&]+).*'
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(GoogleIE._VALID_URL, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[video.google] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[video.google] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               # Extract id from URL
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_id = mobj.group(1)
+
+               video_extension = 'mp4'
+
+               # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+               request = urllib2.Request('http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=%s&hl=en&oe=utf-8' % video_id)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Extract URL, uploader, and title from webpage
+               self.report_extraction(video_id)
+               mobj = re.search(r"download_url:'([^']+)'", webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       video_extension = 'flv'
+                       mobj = re.search(r"(?i)videoUrl\\x3d(.+?)\\x26", webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract media URL')
+                       return
+               mediaURL = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+               mediaURL = mediaURL.replace('\\x3d', '\x3d')
+               mediaURL = mediaURL.replace('\\x26', '\x26')
+
+               video_url = mediaURL
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*)</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'uploader':     u'NA',
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'format':       u'NA',
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for photobucket.com."""
+
+       _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z0-9]+\.)?photobucket\.com/.*[\?\&]current=(.*\.flv)'
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(PhotobucketIE._VALID_URL, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[photobucket] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[photobucket] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               # Extract id from URL
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_id = mobj.group(1)
+
+               video_extension = 'flv'
+
+               # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+               request = urllib2.Request(url)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Extract URL, uploader, and title from webpage
+               self.report_extraction(video_id)
+               mobj = re.search(r'<link rel="video_src" href=".*\?file=([^"]+)" />', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract media URL')
+                       return
+               mediaURL = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+
+               video_url = mediaURL
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*) video by (.*) - Photobucket</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+
+               video_uploader = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'uploader':     video_uploader,
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'format':       u'NA',
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information extractor for video.yahoo.com."""
+
+       # _VALID_URL matches all Yahoo! Video URLs
+       # _VPAGE_URL matches only the extractable '/watch/' URLs
+       _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z]+\.)?video\.yahoo\.com/(?:watch|network)/([0-9]+)(?:/|\?v=)([0-9]+)(?:[#\?].*)?'
+       _VPAGE_URL = r'(?:http://)?video\.yahoo\.com/watch/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)(?:[#\?].*)?'
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(YahooIE._VALID_URL, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[video.yahoo] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[video.yahoo] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               # Extract ID from URL
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_id = mobj.group(2)
+               video_extension = 'flv'
+
+               # Rewrite valid but non-extractable URLs as
+               # extractable English language /watch/ URLs
+               if re.match(self._VPAGE_URL, url) is None:
+                       request = urllib2.Request(url)
+                       try:
+                               webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+                       except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                               return
+
+                       mobj = re.search(r'\("id", "([0-9]+)"\);', webpage)
+                       if mobj is None:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to extract id field')
+                               return
+                       yahoo_id = mobj.group(1)
+
+                       mobj = re.search(r'\("vid", "([0-9]+)"\);', webpage)
+                       if mobj is None:
+                               self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to extract vid field')
+                               return
+                       yahoo_vid = mobj.group(1)
+
+                       url = 'http://video.yahoo.com/watch/%s/%s' % (yahoo_vid, yahoo_id)
+                       return self._real_extract(url)
+
+               # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+               request = urllib2.Request(url)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Extract uploader and title from webpage
+               self.report_extraction(video_id)
+               mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="title" content="(.*)" />', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'<h2 class="ti-5"><a href="http://video\.yahoo\.com/(people|profile)/[0-9]+" beacon=".*">(.*)</a></h2>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video uploader')
+                       return
+               video_uploader = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+
+               # Extract video height and width
+               mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="video_height" content="([0-9]+)" />', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video height')
+                       return
+               yv_video_height = mobj.group(1)
+
+               mobj = re.search(r'<meta name="video_width" content="([0-9]+)" />', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video width')
+                       return
+               yv_video_width = mobj.group(1)
+
+               # Retrieve video playlist to extract media URL
+               # I'm not completely sure what all these options are, but we
+               # seem to need most of them, otherwise the server sends a 401.
+               yv_lg = 'R0xx6idZnW2zlrKP8xxAIR'  # not sure what this represents
+               yv_bitrate = '700'  # according to Wikipedia this is hard-coded
+               request = urllib2.Request('http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/yep/process/getPlaylistFOP.php?node_id=' + video_id +
+                                         '&tech=flash&mode=playlist&lg=' + yv_lg + '&bitrate=' + yv_bitrate + '&vidH=' + yv_video_height +
+                                         '&vidW=' + yv_video_width + '&swf=as3&rd=video.yahoo.com&tk=null&adsupported=v1,v2,&eventid=1301797')
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+
+               # Extract media URL from playlist XML
+               mobj = re.search(r'<STREAM APP="(http://.*)" FULLPATH="/?(/.*\.flv\?[^"]*)"', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to extract media URL')
+                       return
+               video_url = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1) + mobj.group(2)).decode('utf-8')
+               video_url = re.sub(r'(?u)&(.+?);', htmlentity_transform, video_url)
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url,
+                               'uploader':     video_uploader,
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Generic last-resort information extractor."""
+
+       def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return True
+
+       def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
+               """Report webpage download."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.')
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[generic] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
+
+       def report_extraction(self, video_id):
+               """Report information extraction."""
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[generic] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               return
+
+       def _real_extract(self, url):
+               video_id = url.split('/')[-1]
+               request = urllib2.Request(url)
+               try:
+                       self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
+                       webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+               except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % str(err))
+                       return
+               except ValueError, err:
+                       # since this is the last-resort InfoExtractor, if
+                       # this error is thrown, it'll be thrown here
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               # Start with something easy: JW Player in SWFObject
+               mobj = re.search(r'flashvars: [\'"](?:.*&)?file=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       # Broaden the search a little bit
+                       mobj = re.search(r'[^A-Za-z0-9]?(?:file|source)=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               # It's possible that one of the regexes
+               # matched, but returned an empty group:
+               if mobj.group(1) is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+                       return
+
+               video_url = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+               video_id  = os.path.basename(video_url)
+
+               # here's a fun little line of code for you:
+               video_extension = os.path.splitext(video_id)[1][1:]
+               video_id        = os.path.splitext(video_id)[0]
+
+               # it's tempting to parse this further, but you would
+               # have to take into account all the variations like
+               #   Video Title - Site Name
+               #   Site Name | Video Title
+               #   Video Title - Tagline | Site Name
+               # and so on and so forth; it's just not practical
+               mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*)</title>', webpage)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+               video_title = sanitize_title(video_title)
+               simple_title = re.sub(ur'(?u)([^%s]+)' % simple_title_chars, ur'_', video_title)
+
+               # video uploader is domain name
+               mobj = re.match(r'(?:https?://)?([^/]*)/.*', url)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
+                       return
+               video_uploader = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+
+               try:
+                       # Process video information
+                       self._downloader.process_info({
+                               'id':           video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'url':          video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'uploader':     video_uploader,
+                               'title':        video_title,
+                               'stitle':       simple_title,
+                               'ext':          video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+                               'format':       u'NA',
+                       })
+               except UnavailableFormatError:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format not available for video')
+
+
+class YoutubeSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
+       """Information Extractor for YouTube search queries."""
+       _VALID_QUERY = r'ytsearch(\d+|all)?:[\s\S]+'
+       _TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&page=%s&gl=US&hl=en'
+       _VIDEO_INDICATOR = r'href="/watch\?v=.+?"'
+       _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'(?m)>\s*Next\s*</a>'
+       _youtube_ie = None
+       _max_youtube_results = 1000
+
+       def __init__(self, youtube_ie, downloader=None):
+               InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+               self._youtube_ie = youtube_ie
+       
+       @staticmethod
+       def suitable(url):
+               return (re.match(YoutubeSearchIE._VALID_QUERY, url) is not None)
+
+       def report_download_page(self, query, pagenum):
+               """Report attempt to download playlist page with given number."""
+               query = query.decode(preferredencoding())
+               self._downloader.to_stdout(u'[youtube] query "%s": Downloading page %s' % (query, pagenum))
+
+       def _real_initialize(self):
+               self._youtube_ie.initialize()
+       
+       def _real_extract(self, query):
+               mobj = re.match(self._VALID_QUERY, query)
+               if mobj is None:
+                       self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid search query "%s"' % query)
+                       return
+
+               prefix, query = query.split(':')
+               prefix = prefix[8:]
+               query  = query.encode('utf-8')
+               if prefix == '':
+                       self._download_n_results(query, 1)
+                       return
+               elif prefix == 'all':
+                       self._download_n_results(query, self._max_youtube_results)
+                       return