+    def _check_formats(self, formats, video_id):
+        if formats:
+            formats[:] = filter(
+                lambda f: self._is_valid_url(
+                    f['url'], video_id,
+                    item='%s video format' % f.get('format_id') if f.get('format_id') else 'video'),
+                formats)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _remove_duplicate_formats(formats):
+        format_urls = set()
+        unique_formats = []
+        for f in formats:
+            if f['url'] not in format_urls:
+                format_urls.add(f['url'])
+                unique_formats.append(f)
+        formats[:] = unique_formats
+
+    def _is_valid_url(self, url, video_id, item='video'):
+        url = self._proto_relative_url(url, scheme='http:')
+        # For now assume non HTTP(S) URLs always valid
+        if not (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://')):
+            return True
+        try:
+            self._request_webpage(url, video_id, 'Checking %s URL' % item)
+            return True
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_urllib_error.URLError):
+                self.to_screen(
+                    '%s: %s URL is invalid, skipping' % (video_id, item))
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def http_scheme(self):
+        """ Either "http:" or "https:", depending on the user's preferences """
+        return (
+            'http:'
+            if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_insecure', False)
+            else 'https:')
+
+    def _proto_relative_url(self, url, scheme=None):
+        if url is None:
+            return url
+        if url.startswith('//'):
+            if scheme is None:
+                scheme = self.http_scheme()
+            return scheme + url
+        else:
+            return url
+
+    def _sleep(self, timeout, video_id, msg_template=None):
+        if msg_template is None:
+            msg_template = '%(video_id)s: Waiting for %(timeout)s seconds'
+        msg = msg_template % {'video_id': video_id, 'timeout': timeout}
+        self.to_screen(msg)
+        time.sleep(timeout)
+
+    def _extract_f4m_formats(self, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=None,
+                             transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
+                             fatal=True):
+        manifest = self._download_xml(
+            manifest_url, video_id, 'Downloading f4m manifest',
+            'Unable to download f4m manifest',
+            # Some manifests may be malformed, e.g. prosiebensat1 generated manifests
+            # (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6215#issuecomment-121704244)
+            transform_source=transform_source,
+            fatal=fatal)
+
+        if manifest is False:
+            return []
+
+        formats = []
+        manifest_version = '1.0'
+        media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}media')
+        if not media_nodes:
+            manifest_version = '2.0'
+            media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0}media')
+        base_url = xpath_text(
+            manifest, ['{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}baseURL', '{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0}baseURL'],
+            'base URL', default=None)
+        if base_url:
+            base_url = base_url.strip()
+        for i, media_el in enumerate(media_nodes):
+            if manifest_version == '2.0':
+                media_url = media_el.attrib.get('href') or media_el.attrib.get('url')
+                if not media_url:
+                    continue
+                manifest_url = (
+                    media_url if media_url.startswith('http://') or media_url.startswith('https://')
+                    else ((base_url or '/'.join(manifest_url.split('/')[:-1])) + '/' + media_url))
+                # If media_url is itself a f4m manifest do the recursive extraction
+                # since bitrates in parent manifest (this one) and media_url manifest
+                # may differ leading to inability to resolve the format by requested
+                # bitrate in f4m downloader
+                if determine_ext(manifest_url) == 'f4m':
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                        manifest_url, video_id, preference, f4m_id, fatal=fatal))
+                    continue
+            tbr = int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('bitrate'))
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': '-'.join(filter(None, [f4m_id, compat_str(i if tbr is None else tbr)])),
+                'url': manifest_url,
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'tbr': tbr,
+                'width': int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(media_el.attrib.get('height')),
+                'preference': preference,
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return formats
+
+    def _extract_m3u8_formats(self, m3u8_url, video_id, ext=None,
+                              entry_protocol='m3u8', preference=None,
+                              m3u8_id=None, note=None, errnote=None,
+                              fatal=True):
+
+        formats = [{
+            'format_id': '-'.join(filter(None, [m3u8_id, 'meta'])),
+            'url': m3u8_url,
+            'ext': ext,
+            'protocol': 'm3u8',
+            'preference': preference - 1 if preference else -1,
+            'resolution': 'multiple',
+            'format_note': 'Quality selection URL',
+        }]
+
+        format_url = lambda u: (
+            u
+            if re.match(r'^https?://', u)
+            else compat_urlparse.urljoin(m3u8_url, u))
+
+        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
+            m3u8_url, video_id,
+            note=note or 'Downloading m3u8 information',
+            errnote=errnote or 'Failed to download m3u8 information',
+            fatal=fatal)
+        if res is False:
+            return []
+        m3u8_doc, urlh = res
+        m3u8_url = urlh.geturl()
+        # A Media Playlist Tag MUST NOT appear in a Master Playlist
+        # https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3
+        # The EXT-X-TARGETDURATION tag is REQUIRED for every M3U8 Media Playlists
+        # https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-17#section-4.3.3.1
+        if '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION' in m3u8_doc:
+            return [{
+                'url': m3u8_url,
+                'format_id': m3u8_id,
+                'ext': ext,
+                'protocol': entry_protocol,
+                'preference': preference,
+            }]
+        last_info = None
+        last_media = None
+        kv_rex = re.compile(
+            r'(?P<key>[a-zA-Z_-]+)=(?P<val>"[^"]+"|[^",]+)(?:,|$)')
+        for line in m3u8_doc.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith('#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:'):
+                last_info = {}
+                for m in kv_rex.finditer(line):
+                    v = m.group('val')
+                    if v.startswith('"'):
+                        v = v[1:-1]
+                    last_info[m.group('key')] = v
+            elif line.startswith('#EXT-X-MEDIA:'):
+                last_media = {}
+                for m in kv_rex.finditer(line):
+                    v = m.group('val')
+                    if v.startswith('"'):
+                        v = v[1:-1]
+                    last_media[m.group('key')] = v
+            elif line.startswith('#') or not line.strip():
+                continue
+            else:
+                if last_info is None:
+                    formats.append({'url': format_url(line)})
+                    continue
+                tbr = int_or_none(last_info.get('BANDWIDTH'), scale=1000)
+                format_id = []
+                if m3u8_id:
+                    format_id.append(m3u8_id)
+                last_media_name = last_media.get('NAME') if last_media and last_media.get('TYPE') != 'SUBTITLES' else None
+                format_id.append(last_media_name if last_media_name else '%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)))
+                f = {
+                    'format_id': '-'.join(format_id),
+                    'url': format_url(line.strip()),
+                    'tbr': tbr,
+                    'ext': ext,
+                    'protocol': entry_protocol,
+                    'preference': preference,
+                }
+                codecs = last_info.get('CODECS')
+                if codecs:
+                    # TODO: looks like video codec is not always necessarily goes first
+                    va_codecs = codecs.split(',')
+                    if va_codecs[0]:
+                        f['vcodec'] = va_codecs[0]
+                    if len(va_codecs) > 1 and va_codecs[1]:
+                        f['acodec'] = va_codecs[1]
+                resolution = last_info.get('RESOLUTION')
+                if resolution:
+                    width_str, height_str = resolution.split('x')
+                    f['width'] = int(width_str)
+                    f['height'] = int(height_str)
+                if last_media is not None:
+                    f['m3u8_media'] = last_media
+                    last_media = None
+                formats.append(f)
+                last_info = {}
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+        return formats
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _xpath_ns(path, namespace=None):
+        if not namespace:
+            return path
+        out = []
+        for c in path.split('/'):
+            if not c or c == '.':
+                out.append(c)
+            else:
+                out.append('{%s}%s' % (namespace, c))
+        return '/'.join(out)
+
+    def _extract_smil_formats(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None):
+        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+
+        if smil is False:
+            assert not fatal
+            return []
+
+        namespace = self._parse_smil_namespace(smil)
+
+        return self._parse_smil_formats(
+            smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=namespace, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+
+    def _extract_smil_info(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True, f4m_params=None):
+        smil = self._download_smil(smil_url, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+        if smil is False:
+            return {}
+        return self._parse_smil(smil, smil_url, video_id, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+
+    def _download_smil(self, smil_url, video_id, fatal=True):
+        return self._download_xml(
+            smil_url, video_id, 'Downloading SMIL file',
+            'Unable to download SMIL file', fatal=fatal)
+
+    def _parse_smil(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, f4m_params=None):
+        namespace = self._parse_smil_namespace(smil)
+
+        formats = self._parse_smil_formats(
+            smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=namespace, f4m_params=f4m_params)
+        subtitles = self._parse_smil_subtitles(smil, namespace=namespace)
+
+        video_id = os.path.splitext(url_basename(smil_url))[0]
+        title = None
+        description = None
+        upload_date = None
+        for meta in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('./head/meta', namespace)):
+            name = meta.attrib.get('name')
+            content = meta.attrib.get('content')
+            if not name or not content:
+                continue
+            if not title and name == 'title':
+                title = content
+            elif not description and name in ('description', 'abstract'):
+                description = content
+            elif not upload_date and name == 'date':
+                upload_date = unified_strdate(content)
+
+        thumbnails = [{
+            'id': image.get('type'),
+            'url': image.get('src'),
+            'width': int_or_none(image.get('width')),
+            'height': int_or_none(image.get('height')),
+        } for image in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//image', namespace)) if image.get('src')]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title or video_id,
+            'description': description,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'subtitles': subtitles,
+        }
+
+    def _parse_smil_namespace(self, smil):
+        return self._search_regex(
+            r'(?i)^{([^}]+)?}smil$', smil.tag, 'namespace', default=None)
+
+    def _parse_smil_formats(self, smil, smil_url, video_id, namespace=None, f4m_params=None, transform_rtmp_url=None):
+        base = smil_url
+        for meta in smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('./head/meta', namespace)):
+            b = meta.get('base') or meta.get('httpBase')
+            if b:
+                base = b
+                break
+
+        formats = []
+        rtmp_count = 0
+        http_count = 0
+        m3u8_count = 0
+
+        srcs = []
+        videos = smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//video', namespace))
+        for video in videos:
+            src = video.get('src')
+            if not src or src in srcs:
+                continue
+            srcs.append(src)
+
+            bitrate = float_or_none(video.get('system-bitrate') or video.get('systemBitrate'), 1000)
+            filesize = int_or_none(video.get('size') or video.get('fileSize'))
+            width = int_or_none(video.get('width'))
+            height = int_or_none(video.get('height'))
+            proto = video.get('proto')
+            ext = video.get('ext')
+            src_ext = determine_ext(src)
+            streamer = video.get('streamer') or base
+
+            if proto == 'rtmp' or streamer.startswith('rtmp'):
+                rtmp_count += 1
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': streamer,
+                    'play_path': src,
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'rtmp-%d' % (rtmp_count if bitrate is None else bitrate),
+                    'tbr': bitrate,
+                    'filesize': filesize,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+                if transform_rtmp_url:
+                    streamer, src = transform_rtmp_url(streamer, src)
+                    formats[-1].update({
+                        'url': streamer,
+                        'play_path': src,
+                    })
+                continue
+
+            src_url = src if src.startswith('http') else compat_urlparse.urljoin(base, src)
+            src_url = src_url.strip()
+
+            if proto == 'm3u8' or src_ext == 'm3u8':
+                m3u8_formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    src_url, video_id, ext or 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False)
+                if len(m3u8_formats) == 1:
+                    m3u8_count += 1
+                    m3u8_formats[0].update({
+                        'format_id': 'hls-%d' % (m3u8_count if bitrate is None else bitrate),
+                        'tbr': bitrate,
+                        'width': width,
+                        'height': height,
+                    })
+                formats.extend(m3u8_formats)
+                continue
+
+            if src_ext == 'f4m':
+                f4m_url = src_url
+                if not f4m_params:
+                    f4m_params = {
+                        'hdcore': '3.2.0',
+                        'plugin': 'flowplayer-3.2.0.1',
+                    }
+                f4m_url += '&' if '?' in f4m_url else '?'
+                f4m_url += compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(f4m_params)
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(f4m_url, video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+                continue
+
+            if src_url.startswith('http') and self._is_valid_url(src, video_id):
+                http_count += 1
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': src_url,
+                    'ext': ext or src_ext or 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'http-%d' % (bitrate or http_count),
+                    'tbr': bitrate,
+                    'filesize': filesize,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+                continue
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return formats
+
+    def _parse_smil_subtitles(self, smil, namespace=None, subtitles_lang='en'):
+        urls = []
+        subtitles = {}
+        for num, textstream in enumerate(smil.findall(self._xpath_ns('.//textstream', namespace))):
+            src = textstream.get('src')
+            if not src or src in urls:
+                continue
+            urls.append(src)
+            ext = textstream.get('ext') or determine_ext(src) or mimetype2ext(textstream.get('type'))
+            lang = textstream.get('systemLanguage') or textstream.get('systemLanguageName') or textstream.get('lang') or subtitles_lang
+            subtitles.setdefault(lang, []).append({
+                'url': src,
+                'ext': ext,
+            })
+        return subtitles
+
+    def _extract_xspf_playlist(self, playlist_url, playlist_id, fatal=True):
+        xspf = self._download_xml(
+            playlist_url, playlist_id, 'Downloading xpsf playlist',
+            'Unable to download xspf manifest', fatal=fatal)
+        if xspf is False:
+            return []
+        return self._parse_xspf(xspf, playlist_id)
+
+    def _parse_xspf(self, playlist, playlist_id):
+        NS_MAP = {
+            'xspf': 'http://xspf.org/ns/0/',
+            's1': 'http://static.streamone.nl/player/ns/0',
+        }
+
+        entries = []
+        for track in playlist.findall(xpath_with_ns('./xspf:trackList/xspf:track', NS_MAP)):
+            title = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:title', NS_MAP), 'title', default=playlist_id)
+            description = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:annotation', NS_MAP), 'description')
+            thumbnail = xpath_text(
+                track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:image', NS_MAP), 'thumbnail')
+            duration = float_or_none(
+                xpath_text(track, xpath_with_ns('./xspf:duration', NS_MAP), 'duration'), 1000)
+
+            formats = [{
+                'url': location.text,
+                'format_id': location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:label', NS_MAP)),
+                'width': int_or_none(location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:width', NS_MAP))),
+                'height': int_or_none(location.get(xpath_with_ns('s1:height', NS_MAP))),
+            } for location in track.findall(xpath_with_ns('./xspf:location', NS_MAP))]
+            self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+            entries.append({
+                'id': playlist_id,
+                'title': title,
+                'description': description,
+                'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+                'duration': duration,
+                'formats': formats,
+            })
+        return entries
+
+    def _extract_mpd_formats(self, mpd_url, video_id, mpd_id=None, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, formats_dict={}):
+        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
+            mpd_url, video_id,
+            note=note or 'Downloading MPD manifest',
+            errnote=errnote or 'Failed to download MPD manifest',
+            fatal=fatal)
+        if res is False:
+            return []
+        mpd, urlh = res
+        mpd_base_url = re.match(r'https?://.+/', urlh.geturl()).group()
+
+        return self._parse_mpd_formats(
+            compat_etree_fromstring(mpd.encode('utf-8')), mpd_id, mpd_base_url, formats_dict=formats_dict)
+
+    def _parse_mpd_formats(self, mpd_doc, mpd_id=None, mpd_base_url='', formats_dict={}):
+        if mpd_doc.get('type') == 'dynamic':
+            return []
+
+        namespace = self._search_regex(r'(?i)^{([^}]+)?}MPD$', mpd_doc.tag, 'namespace', default=None)
+
+        def _add_ns(path):
+            return self._xpath_ns(path, namespace)
+
+        def is_drm_protected(element):
+            return element.find(_add_ns('ContentProtection')) is not None
+
+        def extract_multisegment_info(element, ms_parent_info):
+            ms_info = ms_parent_info.copy()
+            segment_list = element.find(_add_ns('SegmentList'))
+            if segment_list is not None:
+                segment_urls_e = segment_list.findall(_add_ns('SegmentURL'))
+                if segment_urls_e:
+                    ms_info['segment_urls'] = [segment.attrib['media'] for segment in segment_urls_e]
+                initialization = segment_list.find(_add_ns('Initialization'))
+                if initialization is not None:
+                    ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization.attrib['sourceURL']
+            else:
+                segment_template = element.find(_add_ns('SegmentTemplate'))
+                if segment_template is not None:
+                    start_number = segment_template.get('startNumber')
+                    if start_number:
+                        ms_info['start_number'] = int(start_number)
+                    segment_timeline = segment_template.find(_add_ns('SegmentTimeline'))
+                    if segment_timeline is not None:
+                        s_e = segment_timeline.findall(_add_ns('S'))
+                        if s_e:
+                            ms_info['total_number'] = 0
+                            for s in s_e:
+                                ms_info['total_number'] += 1 + int(s.get('r', '0'))
+                    else:
+                        timescale = segment_template.get('timescale')
+                        if timescale:
+                            ms_info['timescale'] = int(timescale)
+                        segment_duration = segment_template.get('duration')
+                        if segment_duration:
+                            ms_info['segment_duration'] = int(segment_duration)
+                    media_template = segment_template.get('media')
+                    if media_template:
+                        ms_info['media_template'] = media_template
+                    initialization = segment_template.get('initialization')
+                    if initialization:
+                        ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization
+                    else:
+                        initialization = segment_template.find(_add_ns('Initialization'))
+                        if initialization is not None:
+                            ms_info['initialization_url'] = initialization.attrib['sourceURL']
+            return ms_info
+
+        mpd_duration = parse_duration(mpd_doc.get('mediaPresentationDuration'))
+        formats = []
+        for period in mpd_doc.findall(_add_ns('Period')):
+            period_duration = parse_duration(period.get('duration')) or mpd_duration
+            period_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(period, {
+                'start_number': 1,
+                'timescale': 1,
+            })
+            for adaptation_set in period.findall(_add_ns('AdaptationSet')):
+                if is_drm_protected(adaptation_set):
+                    continue
+                adaption_set_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(adaptation_set, period_ms_info)
+                for representation in adaptation_set.findall(_add_ns('Representation')):
+                    if is_drm_protected(representation):
+                        continue
+                    representation_attrib = adaptation_set.attrib.copy()
+                    representation_attrib.update(representation.attrib)
+                    mime_type = representation_attrib.get('mimeType')
+                    content_type = mime_type.split('/')[0] if mime_type else representation_attrib.get('contentType')
+                    if content_type == 'text':
+                        # TODO implement WebVTT downloading
+                        pass
+                    elif content_type == 'video' or content_type == 'audio':
+                        base_url = ''
+                        for element in (representation, adaptation_set, period, mpd_doc):
+                            base_url_e = element.find(_add_ns('BaseURL'))
+                            if base_url_e is not None:
+                                base_url = base_url_e.text + base_url
+                                if re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
+                                    break
+                        if mpd_base_url and not re.match(r'^https?://', base_url):
+                            if not mpd_base_url.endswith('/') and not base_url.startswith('/'):
+                                mpd_base_url += '/'
+                            base_url = mpd_base_url + base_url
+                        representation_id = representation_attrib.get('id')
+                        lang = representation_attrib.get('lang')
+                        url_el = representation.find(_add_ns('BaseURL'))
+                        filesize = int_or_none(url_el.attrib.get('{http://youtube.com/yt/2012/10/10}contentLength') if url_el is not None else None)
+                        f = {
+                            'format_id': '%s-%s' % (mpd_id, representation_id) if mpd_id else representation_id,
+                            'url': base_url,
+                            'width': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('width')),
+                            'height': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('height')),
+                            'tbr': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('bandwidth'), 1000),
+                            'asr': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('audioSamplingRate')),
+                            'fps': int_or_none(representation_attrib.get('frameRate')),
+                            'vcodec': 'none' if content_type == 'audio' else representation_attrib.get('codecs'),
+                            'acodec': 'none' if content_type == 'video' else representation_attrib.get('codecs'),
+                            'language': lang if lang not in ('mul', 'und', 'zxx', 'mis') else None,
+                            'format_note': 'DASH %s' % content_type,
+                            'filesize': filesize,
+                        }
+                        representation_ms_info = extract_multisegment_info(representation, adaption_set_ms_info)
+                        if 'segment_urls' not in representation_ms_info and 'media_template' in representation_ms_info:
+                            if 'total_number' not in representation_ms_info and 'segment_duration':
+                                segment_duration = float(representation_ms_info['segment_duration']) / float(representation_ms_info['timescale'])
+                                representation_ms_info['total_number'] = int(math.ceil(float(period_duration) / segment_duration))
+                            media_template = representation_ms_info['media_template']
+                            media_template = media_template.replace('$RepresentationID$', representation_id)
+                            media_template = re.sub(r'\$(Number|Bandwidth)(?:%(0\d+)d)?\$', r'%(\1)\2d', media_template)
+                            media_template.replace('$$', '$')
+                            representation_ms_info['segment_urls'] = [media_template % {'Number': segment_number, 'Bandwidth': representation_attrib.get('bandwidth')} for segment_number in range(representation_ms_info['start_number'], representation_ms_info['total_number'] + representation_ms_info['start_number'])]
+                        if 'segment_urls' in representation_ms_info:
+                            f.update({
+                                'segment_urls': representation_ms_info['segment_urls'],
+                                'protocol': 'http_dash_segments',
+                            })
+                            if 'initialization_url' in representation_ms_info:
+                                initialization_url = representation_ms_info['initialization_url'].replace('$RepresentationID$', representation_id)
+                                f.update({
+                                    'initialization_url': initialization_url,
+                                })
+                                if not f.get('url'):
+                                    f['url'] = initialization_url
+                        try:
+                            existing_format = next(
+                                fo for fo in formats
+                                if fo['format_id'] == representation_id)
+                        except StopIteration:
+                            full_info = formats_dict.get(representation_id, {}).copy()
+                            full_info.update(f)
+                            formats.append(full_info)
+                        else:
+                            existing_format.update(f)
+                    else:
+                        self.report_warning('Unknown MIME type %s in DASH manifest' % mime_type)
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+        return formats
+
+    def _live_title(self, name):
+        """ Generate the title for a live video """
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        now_str = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
+        return name + ' ' + now_str
+
+    def _int(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
+        res = int_or_none(v, **kwargs)
+        if 'get_attr' in kwargs:
+            print(getattr(v, kwargs['get_attr']))
+        if res is None:
+            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+            else:
+                self._downloader.report_warning(msg)
+        return res
+
+    def _float(self, v, name, fatal=False, **kwargs):
+        res = float_or_none(v, **kwargs)
+        if res is None:
+            msg = 'Failed to extract %s: Could not parse value %r' % (name, v)
+            if fatal:
+                raise ExtractorError(msg)
+            else:
+                self._downloader.report_warning(msg)
+        return res
+
+    def _set_cookie(self, domain, name, value, expire_time=None):
+        cookie = compat_cookiejar.Cookie(
+            0, name, value, None, None, domain, None,
+            None, '/', True, False, expire_time, '', None, None, None)
+        self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
+
+    def _get_cookies(self, url):
+        """ Return a compat_cookies.SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
+        req = sanitized_Request(url)
+        self._downloader.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(req)
+        return compat_cookies.SimpleCookie(req.get_header('Cookie'))
+
+    def get_testcases(self, include_onlymatching=False):
+        t = getattr(self, '_TEST', None)
+        if t:
+            assert not hasattr(self, '_TESTS'), \
+                '%s has _TEST and _TESTS' % type(self).__name__
+            tests = [t]
+        else:
+            tests = getattr(self, '_TESTS', [])
+        for t in tests:
+            if not include_onlymatching and t.get('only_matching', False):
+                continue
+            t['name'] = type(self).__name__[:-len('IE')]
+            yield t
+
+    def is_suitable(self, age_limit):
+        """ Test whether the extractor is generally suitable for the given
+        age limit (i.e. pornographic sites are not, all others usually are) """
+
+        any_restricted = False
+        for tc in self.get_testcases(include_onlymatching=False):
+            if 'playlist' in tc:
+                tc = tc['playlist'][0]
+            is_restricted = age_restricted(
+                tc.get('info_dict', {}).get('age_limit'), age_limit)
+            if not is_restricted:
+                return True
+            any_restricted = any_restricted or is_restricted
+        return not any_restricted
+
+    def extract_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('writesubtitles', False) or
+                self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles')):
+            return self._get_subtitles(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {}
+
+    def _get_subtitles(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _merge_subtitle_items(subtitle_list1, subtitle_list2):
+        """ Merge subtitle items for one language. Items with duplicated URLs
+        will be dropped. """
+        list1_urls = set([item['url'] for item in subtitle_list1])
+        ret = list(subtitle_list1)
+        ret.extend([item for item in subtitle_list2 if item['url'] not in list1_urls])
+        return ret
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _merge_subtitles(cls, subtitle_dict1, subtitle_dict2):
+        """ Merge two subtitle dictionaries, language by language. """
+        ret = dict(subtitle_dict1)
+        for lang in subtitle_dict2:
+            ret[lang] = cls._merge_subtitle_items(subtitle_dict1.get(lang, []), subtitle_dict2[lang])
+        return ret
+
+    def extract_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if (self._downloader.params.get('writeautomaticsub', False) or
+                self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles')):
+            return self._get_automatic_captions(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {}
+
+    def _get_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError('This method must be implemented by subclasses')
+