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+import re
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+ xpath_with_ns,
+ find_xpath_attr,
+)
+
+_x = lambda p: xpath_with_ns(p, {'smil': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/SMIL21/Language'})
+
+
+class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
+ _VALID_URL = r'https?://link\.theplatform\.com/s/[^/]+/(?P<id>[^/\?]+)'
+
+ _TEST = {
+ # from http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-e9I_cZgTgIPd/blackberrys_big_bold_z30/
+ u'url': u'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/e9I_cZgTgIPd/meta.smil?format=smil&Tracking=true&mbr=true',
+ u'info_dict': {
+ u'id': u'e9I_cZgTgIPd',
+ u'ext': u'flv',
+ u'title': u'Blackberry\'s big, bold Z30',
+ u'description': u'The Z30 is Blackberry\'s biggest, baddest mobile messaging device yet.',
+ u'duration': 247,
+ },
+ u'params': {
+ # rtmp download
+ u'skip_download': True,
+ },
+ }
+
+ def _get_info(self, video_id):
+ smil_url = ('http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}/meta.smil?'
+ 'format=smil&mbr=true'.format(video_id))
+ meta = self._download_xml(smil_url, video_id)
+ info_url = 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}?format=preview'.format(video_id)
+ info_json = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id)
+ info = json.loads(info_json)
+
+ head = meta.find(_x('smil:head'))
+ body = meta.find(_x('smil:body'))
+ base_url = head.find(_x('smil:meta')).attrib['base']
+ switch = body.find(_x('smil:switch'))
+ formats = []
+ for f in switch.findall(_x('smil:video')):
+ attr = f.attrib
+ formats.append({
+ 'url': base_url,
+ 'play_path': 'mp4:' + attr['src'],
+ 'ext': 'flv',
+ 'width': int(attr['width']),
+ 'height': int(attr['height']),
+ 'vbr': int(attr['system-bitrate']),
+ })
+ formats.sort(key=lambda f: (f['height'], f['width'], f['vbr']))
+
+ return {
+ 'id': video_id,
+ 'title': info['title'],
+ 'formats': formats,
+ 'description': info['description'],
+ 'thumbnail': info['defaultThumbnailUrl'],
+ 'duration': info['duration']//1000,
+ }
+
+ def _real_extract(self, url):
+ mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+ video_id = mobj.group('id')
+ return self._get_info(video_id)