release 2014.03.07.1

It was broken and didn't work in python 3.
And use `_download_webpage` instead of `compat_urllib_request.urlopen`.

test/test_playlists.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from youtube_dl.extractor import (
     RutubeChannelIE,
     GoogleSearchIE,
     GenericIE,
+    TEDIE,
 )
 
 
@@ -259,5 +260,14 @@ class TestPlaylists(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Zero Punctuation')
         self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 10)
 
+    def test_ted_playlist(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = TEDIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://www.ted.com/playlists/who_are_the_hackers')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], '10')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Who are the hackers?')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 6)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

test/test_utils.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     unified_strdate,
     unsmuggle_url,
     url_basename,
+    urlencode_postdata,
     xpath_with_ns,
 )
 
@@ -261,5 +262,9 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
             bam''')
         self.assertEqual(read_batch_urls(f), [u'foo', u'bar', u'baz', u'bam'])
 
+    def test_urlencode_postdata(self):
+        data = urlencode_postdata({'username': 'foo@bar.com', 'password': '1234'})
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(data, bytes))
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
             proc_stderr_closed = False
             while not proc_stderr_closed:
                 # read line from stderr
-                line = u''
+                line = ''
                 while True:
                     char = proc.stderr.read(1)
                     if not char:
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
                     data_len = None
                     if percent > 0:
                         data_len = int(downloaded_data_len * 100 / percent)
-                    data_len_str = u'~' + format_bytes(data_len)
+                    data_len_str = '~' + format_bytes(data_len)
                     self.report_progress(percent, data_len_str, speed, eta)
                     cursor_in_new_line = False
                     self._hook_progress({
@@ -76,12 +78,12 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
                         })
                     elif self.params.get('verbose', False):
                         if not cursor_in_new_line:
-                            self.to_screen(u'')
+                            self.to_screen('')
                         cursor_in_new_line = True
-                        self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] '+line)
+                        self.to_screen('[rtmpdump] '+line)
             proc.wait()
             if not cursor_in_new_line:
-                self.to_screen(u'')
+                self.to_screen('')
             return proc.returncode
 
         url = info_dict['url']
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
         try:
             subprocess.call(['rtmpdump', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         except (OSError, IOError):
-            self.report_error(u'RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run')
+            self.report_error('RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run')
             return False
 
         # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
             basic_args += ['--live']
         if conn:
             basic_args += ['--conn', conn]
-        args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
+        args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][not live and self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
 
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3, 0):
             # Windows subprocess module does not actually support Unicode
@@ -150,26 +152,35 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
                 shell_quote = lambda args: ' '.join(map(pipes.quote, str_args))
             except ImportError:
                 shell_quote = repr
-            self.to_screen(u'[debug] rtmpdump command line: ' + shell_quote(str_args))
+            self.to_screen('[debug] rtmpdump command line: ' + shell_quote(str_args))
+
+        RD_SUCCESS = 0
+        RD_FAILED = 1
+        RD_INCOMPLETE = 2
+        RD_NO_CONNECT = 3
 
         retval = run_rtmpdump(args)
 
-        while (retval == 2 or retval == 1) and not test:
+        if retval == RD_NO_CONNECT:
+            self.report_error('[rtmpdump] Could not connect to RTMP server.')
+            return False
+
+        while (retval == RD_INCOMPLETE or retval == RD_FAILED) and not test and not live:
             prevsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % prevsize)
+            self.to_screen('[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % prevsize)
             time.sleep(5.0) # This seems to be needed
-            retval = run_rtmpdump(basic_args + ['-e'] + [[], ['-k', '1']][retval == 1])
+            retval = run_rtmpdump(basic_args + ['-e'] + [[], ['-k', '1']][retval == RD_FAILED])
             cursize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            if prevsize == cursize and retval == 1:
+            if prevsize == cursize and retval == RD_FAILED:
                 break
              # Some rtmp streams seem abort after ~ 99.8%. Don't complain for those
-            if prevsize == cursize and retval == 2 and cursize > 1024:
-                self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] Could not download the whole video. This can happen for some advertisements.')
-                retval = 0
+            if prevsize == cursize and retval == RD_INCOMPLETE and cursize > 1024:
+                self.to_screen('[rtmpdump] Could not download the whole video. This can happen for some advertisements.')
+                retval = RD_SUCCESS
                 break
-        if retval == 0 or (test and retval == 2):
+        if retval == RD_SUCCESS or (test and retval == RD_INCOMPLETE):
             fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % fsize)
+            self.to_screen('[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % fsize)
             self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
             self._hook_progress({
                 'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
@@ -179,6 +190,6 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
             })
             return True
         else:
-            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-            self.report_error(u'rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
+            self.to_stderr('\n')
+            self.report_error('rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
             return False

youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     get_element_by_id,
     orderedSet,
     str_to_int,
+    int_or_none,
 
     ExtractorError,
 )
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ class DailymotionIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             if video_url is not None:
                 m_size = re.search(r'H264-(\d+)x(\d+)', video_url)
                 if m_size is not None:
-                    width, height = m_size.group(1), m_size.group(2)
+                    width, height = map(int_or_none, (m_size.group(1), m_size.group(2)))
                 else:
                     width, height = None, None
                 formats.append({

youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
+    urlencode_postdata,
 
     ExtractorError,
 )
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         login_page_req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL)
         login_page_req.add_header('Cookie', 'locale=en_US')
-        self.report_login()
-        login_page = self._download_webpage(login_page_req, None, note=False,
+        login_page = self._download_webpage(login_page_req, None,
+            note='Downloading login page',
             errnote='Unable to download login page')
         lsd = self._search_regex(
             r'<input type="hidden" name="lsd" value="([^"]*)"',
@@ -70,23 +71,25 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
             'timezone': '-60',
             'trynum': '1',
             }
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form))
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, urlencode_postdata(login_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
         try:
-            login_results = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
+            login_results = self._download_webpage(request, None,
+                note='Logging in', errnote='unable to fetch login page')
             if re.search(r'<form(.*)name="login"(.*)</form>', login_results) is not None:
                 self._downloader.report_warning('unable to log in: bad username/password, or exceded login rate limit (~3/min). Check credentials or wait.')
                 return
 
             check_form = {
-                'fb_dtsg': self._search_regex(r'"fb_dtsg":"(.*?)"', login_results, 'fb_dtsg'),
+                'fb_dtsg': self._search_regex(r'name="fb_dtsg" value="(.+?)"', login_results, 'fb_dtsg'),
                 'nh': self._search_regex(r'name="nh" value="(\w*?)"', login_results, 'nh'),
                 'name_action_selected': 'dont_save',
-                'submit[Continue]': self._search_regex(r'<input value="(.*?)" name="submit\[Continue\]"', login_results, 'continue'),
+                'submit[Continue]': self._search_regex(r'<button[^>]+value="(.*?)"[^>]+name="submit\[Continue\]"', login_results, 'continue'),
             }
-            check_req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._CHECKPOINT_URL, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(check_form))
+            check_req = compat_urllib_request.Request(self._CHECKPOINT_URL, urlencode_postdata(check_form))
             check_req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-            check_response = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(check_req).read()
+            check_response = self._download_webpage(check_req, None,
+                note='Confirming login')
             if re.search(r'id="checkpointSubmitButton"', check_response) is not None:
                 self._downloader.report_warning('Unable to confirm login, you have to login in your brower and authorize the login.')
         except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:

youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py

@@ -116,7 +116,24 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': False,
             }
-        }
+        },
+        # embed.ly video
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.tested.com/science/weird/460206-tested-grinding-coffee-2000-frames-second/',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '9ODmcdjQcHQ',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Tested: Grinding Coffee at 2000 Frames Per Second',
+                'upload_date': '20140225',
+                'description': 'md5:06a40fbf30b220468f1e0957c0f558ff',
+                'uploader': 'Tested',
+                'uploader_id': 'testedcom',
+            },
+            # No need to test YoutubeIE here
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
     ]
 
     def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
@@ -211,7 +228,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             else:
                 assert ':' in default_search
                 return self.url_result(default_search + url)
-        video_id = os.path.splitext(url.split('/')[-1])[0]
+        video_id = os.path.splitext(url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1])[0]
 
         self.to_screen('%s: Requesting header' % video_id)
 
@@ -407,6 +424,14 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         if mobj is not None:
             return self.url_result(mobj.group('url'), 'HuffPost')
 
+        # Look for embed.ly
+        mobj = re.search(r'class=["\']embedly-card["\'][^>]href=["\'](?P<url>[^"\']+)', webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            return self.url_result(mobj.group('url'))
+        mobj = re.search(r'class=["\']embedly-embed["\'][^>]src=["\'][^"\']*url=(?P<url>[^&]+)', webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            return self.url_result(compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group('url')))
+
         # Start with something easy: JW Player in SWFObject
         mobj = re.search(r'flashvars: [\'"](?:.*&)?file=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
         if mobj is None:

youtube_dl/extractor/lynda.py

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
-    ExtractorError
+    ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
 )
 
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class LyndaIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     _LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.lynda.com/login/login.aspx'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'lynda'
 
-    _SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_REGEX = r'<a href="https://www.lynda.com/home/userAccount/ChangeContactInfo.aspx" data-qa="eyebrow_account_menu">My account'
+    _SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_REGEX = r'isLoggedIn: true'
     _TIMECODE_REGEX = r'\[(?P<timecode>\d+:\d+:\d+[\.,]\d+)\]'
 
     ACCOUNT_CREDENTIALS_HINT = 'Use --username and --password options to provide lynda.com account credentials.'
@@ -55,13 +56,29 @@ class LyndaIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         duration = video_json['DurationInSeconds']
         title = video_json['Title']
 
-        formats = [{'url': fmt['Url'],
+        formats = []
+
+        fmts = video_json.get('Formats')
+        if fmts:
+            formats.extend([
+                {
+                    'url': fmt['Url'],
                     'ext': fmt['Extension'],
                     'width': fmt['Width'],
                     'height': fmt['Height'],
                     'filesize': fmt['FileSize'],
                     'format_id': str(fmt['Resolution'])
-                    } for fmt in video_json['Formats']]
+                } for fmt in fmts])
+
+        prioritized_streams = video_json.get('PrioritizedStreams')
+        if prioritized_streams:
+            formats.extend([
+                {
+                    'url': video_url,
+                    'width': int_or_none(format_id),
+                    'format_id': format_id,
+                } for format_id, video_url in prioritized_streams['0'].items()
+            ])
 
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
@@ -179,6 +196,9 @@ class LyndaCourseIE(InfoExtractor):
         videos = []
         (username, _) = self._get_login_info()
 
+        # Might want to extract videos right here from video['Formats'] as it seems 'Formats' is not provided
+        # by single video API anymore
+
         for chapter in course_json['Chapters']:
             for video in chapter['Videos']:
                 if username is None and video['HasAccess'] is False:

youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py

@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ class ProSiebenSat1IE(InfoExtractor):
             'skip': 'Seems to be broken',
         },
         {
-            'url': 'http://www.prosiebenmaxx.de/yep/one-piece/video/148-folge-48-gold-rogers-heimat-ganze-folge',
+            'url': 'http://www.prosiebenmaxx.de/tv/experience/video/144-countdown-fuer-die-autowerkstatt-ganze-folge',
             'info_dict': {
-                'id': '2437108',
+                'id': '2429369',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'Folge 48: Gold Rogers Heimat',
-                'description': 'Ruffy erreicht die Insel, auf der der berühmte Gold Roger lebte und hingerichtet wurde.',
-                'upload_date': '20140226',
-                'duration': 1401.48,
+                'title': 'Countdown für die Autowerkstatt',
+                'description': 'md5:809fc051a457b5d8666013bc40698817',
+                'upload_date': '20140223',
+                'duration': 2595.04,
             },
             'params': {
                 # rtmp download

youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py

@@ -6,115 +6,111 @@ import re
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
 
 from ..utils import (
-    RegexNotFoundError,
+    compat_str,
 )
 
 
 class TEDIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL=r'''http://www\.ted\.com/
-                   (
-                        ((?P<type_playlist>playlists)/(?P<playlist_id>\d+)) # We have a playlist
-                        |
-                        ((?P<type_talk>talks)) # We have a simple talk
-                   )
-                   (/lang/(.*?))? # The url may contain the language
-                   /(?P<name>\w+) # Here goes the name and then ".html"
-                   '''
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)http://www\.ted\.com/
+        (
+            (?P<type_playlist>playlists(?:/\d+)?) # We have a playlist
+            |
+            ((?P<type_talk>talks)) # We have a simple talk
+        )
+        (/lang/(.*?))? # The url may contain the language
+        /(?P<name>\w+) # Here goes the name and then ".html"
+        '''
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness.html',
-        'file': '102.mp4',
         'md5': '4ea1dada91e4174b53dac2bb8ace429d',
         'info_dict': {
-            "description": "md5:c6fa72e6eedbd938c9caf6b2702f5922",
-            "title": "Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness"
+            'id': '102',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'The illusion of consciousness',
+            'description': ('Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling '
+                'argument that not only don\'t we understand our own '
+                'consciousness, but that half the time our brains are '
+                'actively fooling us.'),
+            'uploader': 'Dan Dennett',
         }
     }
 
-    @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
+    _FORMATS_PREFERENCE = {
+        'low': 1,
+        'medium': 2,
+        'high': 3,
+    }
+
+    def _extract_info(self, webpage):
+        info_json = self._search_regex(r'q\("\w+.init",({.+})\)</script>',
+            webpage, 'info json')
+        return json.loads(info_json)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        m=re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+        m = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+        name = m.group('name')
         if m.group('type_talk'):
-            return self._talk_info(url)
-        else :
-            playlist_id=m.group('playlist_id')
-            name=m.group('name')
-            self.to_screen(u'Getting info of playlist %s: "%s"' % (playlist_id,name))
-            return [self._playlist_videos_info(url,name,playlist_id)]
+            return self._talk_info(url, name)
+        else:
+            return self._playlist_videos_info(url, name)
 
-
-    def _playlist_videos_info(self, url, name, playlist_id):
+    def _playlist_videos_info(self, url, name):
         '''Returns the videos of the playlist'''
 
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(
-            url, playlist_id, 'Downloading playlist webpage')
-        matches = re.finditer(
-            r'<p\s+class="talk-title[^"]*"><a\s+href="(?P<talk_url>/talks/[^"]+\.html)">[^<]*</a></p>',
-            webpage)
-
-        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(r'div class="headline">\s*?<h1>\s*?<span>(.*?)</span>',
-                                                 webpage, 'playlist title')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, name,
+            'Downloading playlist webpage')
+        info = self._extract_info(webpage)
+        playlist_info = info['playlist']
 
         playlist_entries = [
-            self.url_result(u'http://www.ted.com' + m.group('talk_url'), 'TED')
-            for m in matches
+            self.url_result(u'http://www.ted.com/talks/' + talk['slug'], self.ie_key())
+            for talk in info['talks']
         ]
         return self.playlist_result(
-            playlist_entries, playlist_id=playlist_id, playlist_title=playlist_title)
+            playlist_entries,
+            playlist_id=compat_str(playlist_info['id']),
+            playlist_title=playlist_info['title'])
 
-    def _talk_info(self, url, video_id=0):
-        """Return the video for the talk in the url"""
-        m = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url,re.VERBOSE)
-        video_name = m.group('name')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading \"%s\" page' % video_name)
+    def _talk_info(self, url, video_name):
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_name)
         self.report_extraction(video_name)
-        # If the url includes the language we get the title translated
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<span .*?id="altHeadline".+?>(?P<title>.*)</span>',
-                                        webpage, 'title')
-        json_data = self._search_regex(r'<script.*?>var talkDetails = ({.*?})</script>',
-                                    webpage, 'json data')
-        info = json.loads(json_data)
-        desc = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="talk-intro">.*?<p.*?>(.*?)</p>',
-                                       webpage, 'description', flags = re.DOTALL)
-        
-        thumbnail = self._search_regex(r'</span>[\s.]*</div>[\s.]*<img src="(.*?)"',
-                                       webpage, 'thumbnail')
+
+        talk_info = self._extract_info(webpage)['talks'][0]
+
         formats = [{
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'url': stream['file'],
-            'format': stream['id']
-        } for stream in info['htmlStreams']]
-
-        video_id = info['id']
+            'url': format_url,
+            'format_id': format_id,
+            'format': format_id,
+            'preference': self._FORMATS_PREFERENCE.get(format_id, -1),
+        } for (format_id, format_url) in talk_info['nativeDownloads'].items()]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
 
+        video_id = compat_str(talk_info['id'])
         # subtitles
-        video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, webpage)
+        video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, talk_info)
         if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
-            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, webpage)
+            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, talk_info)
             return
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
-            'title': title,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-            'description': desc,
+            'title': talk_info['title'],
+            'uploader': talk_info['speaker'],
+            'thumbnail': talk_info['thumb'],
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
             'subtitles': video_subtitles,
             'formats': formats,
         }
 
-    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
-        try:
-            options = self._search_regex(r'(?:<select name="subtitles_language_select" id="subtitles_language_select">)(.*?)(?:</select>)', webpage, 'subtitles_language_select', flags=re.DOTALL)
-            languages = re.findall(r'(?:<option value=")(\S+)"', options)
-            if languages:
-                sub_lang_list = {}
-                for l in languages:
-                    url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/%s/lang/%s/format/srt' % (video_id, l)
-                    sub_lang_list[l] = url
-                return sub_lang_list
-        except RegexNotFoundError:
+    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, talk_info):
+        languages = [lang['languageCode'] for lang in talk_info.get('languages', [])]
+        if languages:
+            sub_lang_list = {}
+            for l in languages:
+                url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/%s/lang/%s/format/srt' % (video_id, l)
+                sub_lang_list[l] = url
+            return sub_lang_list
+        else:
             self._downloader.report_warning(u'video doesn\'t have subtitles')
-        return {}
+            return {}

youtube_dl/extractor/vesti.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 class VestiIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'vesti'
     IE_DESC = 'Вести.Ru'
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:.+?\.)?vesti\.ru/(?P<id>.+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:.+?\.)?(?:vesti\.ru|russia\.tv)/(?P<id>.+)'
 
     _TESTS = [
         {
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ class VestiIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'skip_download': True,
             },
         },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1349233',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '773865',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Участники митинга штурмуют Донецкую областную администрацию',
+                'description': 'md5:1a160e98b3195379b4c849f2f4958009',
+                'duration': 210,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
         {
             'url': 'http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=576180',
             'info_dict': {
@@ -44,6 +58,48 @@ class VestiIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'skip_download': True,
             },
         },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://hitech.vesti.ru/news/view/id/4000',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '766888',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Вести.net: интернет-гиганты начали перетягивание программных "одеял"',
+                'description': 'md5:65ddd47f9830c4f42ed6475f8730c995',
+                'duration': 279,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://russia.tv/video/show/brand_id/5169/episode_id/970443/video_id/975648',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '771852',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Прямой эфир. Жертвы загадочной болезни: смерть от старости в 17 лет',
+                'description': 'md5:b81c8c55247a4bd996b43ce17395b2d8',
+                'duration': 3096,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/57638',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '774016',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Чужой в семье Сталина',
+                'description': '',
+                'duration': 2539,
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
         {
             'url': 'http://sochi2014.vesti.ru/video/index/video_id/766403',
             'info_dict': {
@@ -81,16 +137,26 @@ class VestiIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         page = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading page')
 
-        mobj = re.search(r'<meta property="og:video" content=".+?\.swf\?v?id=(?P<id>\d+).*?" />', page)
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'<meta property="og:video" content="http://www\.vesti\.ru/i/flvplayer_videoHost\.swf\?vid=(?P<id>\d+)',
+            page)
+        if mobj:
+            video_id = mobj.group('id')
+            page = self._download_webpage('http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=%s' % video_id, video_id,
+                'Downloading video page')
+
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'<meta property="og:video" content="http://player\.rutv\.ru/flash2v/container\.swf\?id=(?P<id>\d+)', page)
         if mobj:
             video_type = 'video'
             video_id = mobj.group('id')
         else:
             mobj = re.search(
-                r'<iframe.+?src="http://player\.rutv\.ru/iframe/(?P<type>[^/]+)/id/(?P<id>\d+)[^"]*".*?></iframe>', page)
+                r'<iframe.+?src="http://player\.rutv\.ru/iframe/(?P<type>[^/]+)/id/(?P<id>\d+)[^"]*".*?></iframe>',
+                page)
 
             if not mobj:
-                raise ExtractorError('No media found')
+                raise ExtractorError('No media found', expected=True)
 
             video_type = mobj.group('type')
             video_id = mobj.group('id')

youtube_dl/utils.py

@@ -1263,3 +1263,7 @@ def read_batch_urls(batch_fd):
 
     with contextlib.closing(batch_fd) as fd:
         return [url for url in map(fixup, fd) if url]
+
+
+def urlencode_postdata(*args, **kargs):
+    return compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(*args, **kargs).encode('ascii')

youtube_dl/version.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = '2014.03.04.2'
+__version__ = '2014.03.07.1'