Support youtu.be URLs (fixes issue #143)

diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index ab62006bd88bb289510728c12929315186e8beac..71bf6aecc2db82200366cf194b07172579b80d75 100755 (executable)
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
        """Information extractor for youtube.com."""
 
-       _VALID_URL = r'^((?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:v/)|(?:(?:watch(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?)?[\?#](?:.+&)?v=)))?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1).+)?$'
+       _VALID_URL = r'^((?:http://)?(?:youtu\.be/|(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:v/)|(?:(?:watch(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?)?[\?#](?:.+&)?v=))))?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1).+)?$'
        _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'