release 2014.04.02

It fails to find the element in python 2.6 and it's not required, the
element is a direct child of the item node.

youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
         object_str = object_str.replace('<--', '<!--')
         object_str = fix_xml_ampersands(object_str)
 
-        object_doc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(object_str)
+        object_doc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(object_str.encode('utf-8'))
 
         fv_el = find_xpath_attr(object_doc, './param', 'name', 'flashVars')
         if fv_el is not None:

youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
             'upload_date': '20121213',
             'description': 'Kristen Stewart learns to let loose in "On the Road."',
             'uploader': 'thedailyshow',
-            'title': 'thedailyshow-kristen-stewart part 1',
+            'title': 'thedailyshow kristen-stewart part 1',
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
             content = itemEl.find('.//{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}content')
             duration = float_or_none(content.attrib.get('duration'))
             mediagen_url = content.attrib['url']
-            guid = itemEl.find('.//guid').text.rpartition(':')[-1]
+            guid = itemEl.find('./guid').text.rpartition(':')[-1]
 
             cdoc = self._download_xml(
                 mediagen_url, epTitle,

youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py

@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             },
             'add_ie': ['Brightcove'],
         },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.championat.com/video/football/v/87/87499.html',
+            'md5': 'fb973ecf6e4a78a67453647444222983',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '3414141473001',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Видео. Удаление Дзагоева (ЦСКА)',
+                'description': 'Онлайн-трансляция матча ЦСКА - "Волга"',
+                'uploader': 'Championat',
+            },
+        },
         # Direct link to a video
         {
             'url': 'http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4',

youtube_dl/extractor/rutube.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-import json
 import itertools
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -39,17 +38,15 @@ class RutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        
-        api_response = self._download_webpage(
+
+        video = self._download_json(
             'http://rutube.ru/api/video/%s/?format=json' % video_id,
             video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
-        video = json.loads(api_response)
-        
-        api_response = self._download_webpage(
+
+        trackinfo = self._download_json(
             'http://rutube.ru/api/play/trackinfo/%s/?format=json' % video_id,
             video_id, 'Downloading trackinfo JSON')
-        trackinfo = json.loads(api_response)
-        
+
         # Some videos don't have the author field
         author = trackinfo.get('author') or {}
         m3u8_url = trackinfo['video_balancer'].get('m3u8')
@@ -82,10 +79,9 @@ class RutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _extract_videos(self, channel_id, channel_title=None):
         entries = []
         for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
-            api_response = self._download_webpage(
+            page = self._download_json(
                 self._PAGE_TEMPLATE % (channel_id, pagenum),
                 channel_id, 'Downloading page %s' % pagenum)
-            page = json.loads(api_response)
             results = page['results']
             if not results:
                 break
@@ -111,10 +107,9 @@ class RutubeMovieIE(RutubeChannelIE):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         movie_id = mobj.group('id')
-        api_response = self._download_webpage(
+        movie = self._download_json(
             self._MOVIE_TEMPLATE % movie_id, movie_id,
             'Downloading movie JSON')
-        movie = json.loads(api_response)
         movie_name = movie['name']
         return self._extract_videos(movie_id, movie_name)
 

youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class VKIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'vk.com'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vk\.com/(?:video_ext\.php\?.*?\boid=(?P<oid>\d+).*?\bid=(?P<id>\d+)|(?:videos.*?\?.*?z=)?video(?P<videoid>.*?)(?:\?|%2F|$))'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vk\.com/(?:video_ext\.php\?.*?\boid=(?P<oid>-?\d+).*?\bid=(?P<id>\d+)|(?:videos.*?\?.*?z=)?video(?P<videoid>.*?)(?:\?|%2F|$))'
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'vk'
 
     _TESTS = [

youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py

@@ -1738,11 +1738,10 @@ class YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         feed_entries = []
         paging = 0
         for i in itertools.count(1):
-            info = self._download_webpage(self._FEED_TEMPLATE % paging,
+            info = self._download_json(self._FEED_TEMPLATE % paging,
                                           u'%s feed' % self._FEED_NAME,
                                           u'Downloading page %s' % i)
-            info = json.loads(info)
-            feed_html = info['feed_html']
+            feed_html = info.get('feed_html') or info.get('content_html')
             m_ids = re.finditer(r'"/watch\?v=(.*?)["&]', feed_html)
             ids = orderedSet(m.group(1) for m in m_ids)
             feed_entries.extend(

youtube_dl/version.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = '2014.04.01.3'
+__version__ = '2014.04.02'