Merge remote-tracking branch 'jaimeMF/split-downloaders'

10 files changed, 816 insertions, 727 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e24fe679..653ca9a73 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='ytdl@yt-dl.org',
     maintainer='Philipp Hagemeister',
     maintainer_email='phihag@phihag.de',
-    packages=['youtube_dl', 'youtube_dl.extractor'],
+    packages=['youtube_dl', 'youtube_dl.extractor', 'youtube_dl.downloader'],
 
     # Provokes warning on most systems (why?!)
     # test_suite = 'nose.collector',
diff --git a/test/test_download.py b/test/test_download.py
index dd5818dba..f242b3528 100644
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def generator(test_case):
         def _hook(status):
             if status['status'] == 'finished':
                 finished_hook_called.add(status['filename'])
-        ydl.fd.add_progress_hook(_hook)
+        ydl.add_downloader_progress_hook(_hook)
 
         def get_tc_filename(tc):
             return tc.get('file') or ydl.prepare_filename(tc.get('info_dict', {}))
diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index 47124932f..5c8e676a2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -1,724 +1,12 @@
-import os
-import re
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import time
-
-from .utils import (
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-    ContentTooShortError,
-    determine_ext,
-    encodeFilename,
-    format_bytes,
-    sanitize_open,
-    timeconvert,
-)
-
-
-class FileDownloader(object):
-    """File Downloader class.
-
-    File downloader objects are the ones responsible of downloading the
-    actual video file and writing it to disk.
-
-    File downloaders accept a lot of parameters. In order not to saturate
-    the object constructor with arguments, it receives a dictionary of
-    options instead.
-
-    Available options:
-
-    verbose:           Print additional info to stdout.
-    quiet:             Do not print messages to stdout.
-    ratelimit:         Download speed limit, in bytes/sec.
-    retries:           Number of times to retry for HTTP error 5xx
-    buffersize:        Size of download buffer in bytes.
-    noresizebuffer:    Do not automatically resize the download buffer.
-    continuedl:        Try to continue downloads if possible.
-    noprogress:        Do not print the progress bar.
-    logtostderr:       Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
-    consoletitle:      Display progress in console window's titlebar.
-    nopart:            Do not use temporary .part files.
-    updatetime:        Use the Last-modified header to set output file timestamps.
-    test:              Download only first bytes to test the downloader.
-    min_filesize:      Skip files smaller than this size
-    max_filesize:      Skip files larger than this size
-    """
-
-    params = None
-
-    def __init__(self, ydl, params):
-        """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
-        self.ydl = ydl
-        self._progress_hooks = []
-        self.params = params
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_seconds(seconds):
-        (mins, secs) = divmod(seconds, 60)
-        (hours, mins) = divmod(mins, 60)
-        if hours > 99:
-            return '--:--:--'
-        if hours == 0:
-            return '%02d:%02d' % (mins, secs)
-        else:
-            return '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (hours, mins, secs)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def calc_percent(byte_counter, data_len):
-        if data_len is None:
-            return None
-        return float(byte_counter) / float(data_len) * 100.0
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_percent(percent):
-        if percent is None:
-            return '---.-%'
-        return '%6s' % ('%3.1f%%' % percent)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def calc_eta(start, now, total, current):
-        if total is None:
-            return None
-        dif = now - start
-        if current == 0 or dif < 0.001: # One millisecond
-            return None
-        rate = float(current) / dif
-        return int((float(total) - float(current)) / rate)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_eta(eta):
-        if eta is None:
-            return '--:--'
-        return FileDownloader.format_seconds(eta)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def calc_speed(start, now, bytes):
-        dif = now - start
-        if bytes == 0 or dif < 0.001: # One millisecond
-            return None
-        return float(bytes) / dif
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_speed(speed):
-        if speed is None:
-            return '%10s' % '---b/s'
-        return '%10s' % ('%s/s' % format_bytes(speed))
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def best_block_size(elapsed_time, bytes):
-        new_min = max(bytes / 2.0, 1.0)
-        new_max = min(max(bytes * 2.0, 1.0), 4194304) # Do not surpass 4 MB
-        if elapsed_time < 0.001:
-            return int(new_max)
-        rate = bytes / elapsed_time
-        if rate > new_max:
-            return int(new_max)
-        if rate < new_min:
-            return int(new_min)
-        return int(rate)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def parse_bytes(bytestr):
-        """Parse a string indicating a byte quantity into an integer."""
-        matchobj = re.match(r'(?i)^(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)([kMGTPEZY]?)$', bytestr)
-        if matchobj is None:
-            return None
-        number = float(matchobj.group(1))
-        multiplier = 1024.0 ** 'bkmgtpezy'.index(matchobj.group(2).lower())
-        return int(round(number * multiplier))
-
-    def to_screen(self, *args, **kargs):
-        self.ydl.to_screen(*args, **kargs)
-
-    def to_stderr(self, message):
-        self.ydl.to_screen(message)
-
-    def to_console_title(self, message):
-        self.ydl.to_console_title(message)
-
-    def trouble(self, *args, **kargs):
-        self.ydl.trouble(*args, **kargs)
-
-    def report_warning(self, *args, **kargs):
-        self.ydl.report_warning(*args, **kargs)
-
-    def report_error(self, *args, **kargs):
-        self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
-
-    def slow_down(self, start_time, byte_counter):
-        """Sleep if the download speed is over the rate limit."""
-        rate_limit = self.params.get('ratelimit', None)
-        if rate_limit is None or byte_counter == 0:
-            return
-        now = time.time()
-        elapsed = now - start_time
-        if elapsed <= 0.0:
-            return
-        speed = float(byte_counter) / elapsed
-        if speed > rate_limit:
-            time.sleep((byte_counter - rate_limit * (now - start_time)) / rate_limit)
-
-    def temp_name(self, filename):
-        """Returns a temporary filename for the given filename."""
-        if self.params.get('nopart', False) or filename == u'-' or \
-                (os.path.exists(encodeFilename(filename)) and not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename))):
-            return filename
-        return filename + u'.part'
-
-    def undo_temp_name(self, filename):
-        if filename.endswith(u'.part'):
-            return filename[:-len(u'.part')]
-        return filename
-
-    def try_rename(self, old_filename, new_filename):
-        try:
-            if old_filename == new_filename:
-                return
-            os.rename(encodeFilename(old_filename), encodeFilename(new_filename))
-        except (IOError, OSError):
-            self.report_error(u'unable to rename file')
-
-    def try_utime(self, filename, last_modified_hdr):
-        """Try to set the last-modified time of the given file."""
-        if last_modified_hdr is None:
-            return
-        if not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)):
-            return
-        timestr = last_modified_hdr
-        if timestr is None:
-            return
-        filetime = timeconvert(timestr)
-        if filetime is None:
-            return filetime
-        # Ignore obviously invalid dates
-        if filetime == 0:
-            return
-        try:
-            os.utime(filename, (time.time(), filetime))
-        except:
-            pass
-        return filetime
-
-    def report_destination(self, filename):
-        """Report destination filename."""
-        self.to_screen(u'[download] Destination: ' + filename)
-
-    def _report_progress_status(self, msg, is_last_line=False):
-        fullmsg = u'[download] ' + msg
-        if self.params.get('progress_with_newline', False):
-            self.to_screen(fullmsg)
-        else:
-            if os.name == 'nt':
-                prev_len = getattr(self, '_report_progress_prev_line_length',
-                                   0)
-                if prev_len > len(fullmsg):
-                    fullmsg += u' ' * (prev_len - len(fullmsg))
-                self._report_progress_prev_line_length = len(fullmsg)
-                clear_line = u'\r'
-            else:
-                clear_line = (u'\r\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() else u'\r')
-            self.to_screen(clear_line + fullmsg, skip_eol=not is_last_line)
-        self.to_console_title(u'youtube-dl ' + msg)
-
-    def report_progress(self, percent, data_len_str, speed, eta):
-        """Report download progress."""
-        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
-            return
-        if eta is not None:
-            eta_str = self.format_eta(eta)
-        else:
-            eta_str = 'Unknown ETA'
-        if percent is not None:
-            percent_str = self.format_percent(percent)
-        else:
-            percent_str = 'Unknown %'
-        speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
-
-        msg = (u'%s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
-               (percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str))
-        self._report_progress_status(msg)
-
-    def report_progress_live_stream(self, downloaded_data_len, speed, elapsed):
-        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
-            return
-        downloaded_str = format_bytes(downloaded_data_len)
-        speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
-        elapsed_str = FileDownloader.format_seconds(elapsed)
-        msg = u'%s at %s (%s)' % (downloaded_str, speed_str, elapsed_str)
-        self._report_progress_status(msg)
-
-    def report_finish(self, data_len_str, tot_time):
-        """Report download finished."""
-        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] Download completed')
-        else:
-            self._report_progress_status(
-                (u'100%% of %s in %s' %
-                 (data_len_str, self.format_seconds(tot_time))),
-                is_last_line=True)
-
-    def report_resuming_byte(self, resume_len):
-        """Report attempt to resume at given byte."""
-        self.to_screen(u'[download] Resuming download at byte %s' % resume_len)
-
-    def report_retry(self, count, retries):
-        """Report retry in case of HTTP error 5xx"""
-        self.to_screen(u'[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt %d of %d)...' % (count, retries))
-
-    def report_file_already_downloaded(self, file_name):
-        """Report file has already been fully downloaded."""
-        try:
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] %s has already been downloaded' % file_name)
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            self.to_screen(u'[download] The file has already been downloaded')
-
-    def report_unable_to_resume(self):
-        """Report it was impossible to resume download."""
-        self.to_screen(u'[download] Unable to resume')
-
-    def _download_with_rtmpdump(self, filename, url, player_url, page_url, play_path, tc_url, live, conn):
-        def run_rtmpdump(args):
-            start = time.time()
-            resume_percent = None
-            resume_downloaded_data_len = None
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            cursor_in_new_line = True
-            proc_stderr_closed = False
-            while not proc_stderr_closed:
-                # read line from stderr
-                line = u''
-                while True:
-                    char = proc.stderr.read(1)
-                    if not char:
-                        proc_stderr_closed = True
-                        break
-                    if char in [b'\r', b'\n']:
-                        break
-                    line += char.decode('ascii', 'replace')
-                if not line:
-                    # proc_stderr_closed is True
-                    continue
-                mobj = re.search(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]{3}) kB / [0-9]+\.[0-9]{2} sec \(([0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9])%\)', line)
-                if mobj:
-                    downloaded_data_len = int(float(mobj.group(1))*1024)
-                    percent = float(mobj.group(2))
-                    if not resume_percent:
-                        resume_percent = percent
-                        resume_downloaded_data_len = downloaded_data_len
-                    eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), 100-resume_percent, percent-resume_percent)
-                    speed = self.calc_speed(start, time.time(), downloaded_data_len-resume_downloaded_data_len)
-                    data_len = None
-                    if percent > 0:
-                        data_len = int(downloaded_data_len * 100 / percent)
-                    data_len_str = u'~' + format_bytes(data_len)
-                    self.report_progress(percent, data_len_str, speed, eta)
-                    cursor_in_new_line = False
-                    self._hook_progress({
-                        'downloaded_bytes': downloaded_data_len,
-                        'total_bytes': data_len,
-                        'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
-                        'filename': filename,
-                        'status': 'downloading',
-                        'eta': eta,
-                        'speed': speed,
-                    })
-                else:
-                    # no percent for live streams
-                    mobj = re.search(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]{3}) kB / [0-9]+\.[0-9]{2} sec', line)
-                    if mobj:
-                        downloaded_data_len = int(float(mobj.group(1))*1024)
-                        time_now = time.time()
-                        speed = self.calc_speed(start, time_now, downloaded_data_len)
-                        self.report_progress_live_stream(downloaded_data_len, speed, time_now - start)
-                        cursor_in_new_line = False
-                        self._hook_progress({
-                            'downloaded_bytes': downloaded_data_len,
-                            'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
-                            'filename': filename,
-                            'status': 'downloading',
-                            'speed': speed,
-                        })
-                    elif self.params.get('verbose', False):
-                        if not cursor_in_new_line:
-                            self.to_screen(u'')
-                        cursor_in_new_line = True
-                        self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] '+line)
-            proc.wait()
-            if not cursor_in_new_line:
-                self.to_screen(u'')
-            return proc.returncode
-
-        self.report_destination(filename)
-        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
-        test = self.params.get('test', False)
-
-        # Check for rtmpdump first
-        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')
-            return False
-
-        # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
-        # the connection was interrumpted and resuming appears to be
-        # possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
-        basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '--verbose', '-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
-        if player_url is not None:
-            basic_args += ['--swfVfy', player_url]
-        if page_url is not None:
-            basic_args += ['--pageUrl', page_url]
-        if play_path is not None:
-            basic_args += ['--playpath', play_path]
-        if tc_url is not None:
-            basic_args += ['--tcUrl', url]
-        if test:
-            basic_args += ['--stop', '1']
-        if live:
-            basic_args += ['--live']
-        if conn:
-            basic_args += ['--conn', conn]
-        args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
-
-        if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-            # Windows subprocess module does not actually support Unicode
-            # on Python 2.x
-            # See http://stackoverflow.com/a/9951851/35070
-            subprocess_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-            args = [a.encode(subprocess_encoding, 'ignore') for a in args]
-        else:
-            subprocess_encoding = None
-
-        if self.params.get('verbose', False):
-            if subprocess_encoding:
-                str_args = [
-                    a.decode(subprocess_encoding) if isinstance(a, bytes) else a
-                    for a in args]
-            else:
-                str_args = args
-            try:
-                import pipes
-                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))
-
-        retval = run_rtmpdump(args)
-
-        while (retval == 2 or retval == 1) and not test:
-            prevsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % prevsize)
-            time.sleep(5.0) # This seems to be needed
-            retval = run_rtmpdump(basic_args + ['-e'] + [[], ['-k', '1']][retval == 1])
-            cursize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            if prevsize == cursize and retval == 1:
-                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
-                break
-        if retval == 0 or (test and retval == 2):
-            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % fsize)
-            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
-            self._hook_progress({
-                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
-                'total_bytes': fsize,
-                'filename': filename,
-                'status': 'finished',
-            })
-            return True
-        else:
-            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-            self.report_error(u'rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
-            return False
-
-    def _download_with_mplayer(self, filename, url):
-        self.report_destination(filename)
-        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
-
-        args = ['mplayer', '-really-quiet', '-vo', 'null', '-vc', 'dummy', '-dumpstream', '-dumpfile', tmpfilename, url]
-        # Check for mplayer first
-        try:
-            subprocess.call(['mplayer', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-        except (OSError, IOError):
-            self.report_error(u'MMS or RTSP download detected but "%s" could not be run' % args[0] )
-            return False
-
-        # Download using mplayer. 
-        retval = subprocess.call(args)
-        if retval == 0:
-            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))
-            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
-            self._hook_progress({
-                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
-                'total_bytes': fsize,
-                'filename': filename,
-                'status': 'finished',
-            })
-            return True
-        else:
-            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-            self.report_error(u'mplayer exited with code %d' % retval)
-            return False
-
-    def _download_m3u8_with_ffmpeg(self, filename, url):
-        self.report_destination(filename)
-        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
-
-        args = ['-y', '-i', url, '-f', 'mp4', '-c', 'copy',
-            '-bsf:a', 'aac_adtstoasc', tmpfilename]
-
-        for program in ['avconv', 'ffmpeg']:
-            try:
-                subprocess.call([program, '-version'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-                break
-            except (OSError, IOError):
-                pass
-        else:
-            self.report_error(u'm3u8 download detected but ffmpeg or avconv could not be found')
-        cmd = [program] + args
-
-        retval = subprocess.call(cmd)
-        if retval == 0:
-            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-            self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))
-            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
-            self._hook_progress({
-                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
-                'total_bytes': fsize,
-                'filename': filename,
-                'status': 'finished',
-            })
-            return True
-        else:
-            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-            self.report_error(u'ffmpeg exited with code %d' % retval)
-            return False
+# Legacy file for backwards compatibility, use youtube_dl.downloader instead!
+from .downloader import FileDownloader as RealFileDownloader
+from .downloader import get_suitable_downloader
 
 
+# This class reproduces the old behaviour of FileDownloader
+class FileDownloader(RealFileDownloader):
     def _do_download(self, filename, info_dict):
-        url = info_dict['url']
-
-        # Check file already present
-        if self.params.get('continuedl', False) and os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)) and not self.params.get('nopart', False):
-            self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
-            self._hook_progress({
-                'filename': filename,
-                'status': 'finished',
-                'total_bytes': os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)),
-            })
-            return True
-
-        # Attempt to download using rtmpdump
-        if url.startswith('rtmp'):
-            return self._download_with_rtmpdump(filename, url,
-                                                info_dict.get('player_url', None),
-                                                info_dict.get('page_url', None),
-                                                info_dict.get('play_path', None),
-                                                info_dict.get('tc_url', None),
-                                                info_dict.get('rtmp_live', False),
-                                                info_dict.get('rtmp_conn', None))
-
-        # Attempt to download using mplayer
-        if url.startswith('mms') or url.startswith('rtsp'):
-            return self._download_with_mplayer(filename, url)
-
-        # m3u8 manifest are downloaded with ffmpeg
-        if determine_ext(url) == u'm3u8':
-            return self._download_m3u8_with_ffmpeg(filename, url)
-
-        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
-        stream = None
-
-        # Do not include the Accept-Encoding header
-        headers = {'Youtubedl-no-compression': 'True'}
-        if 'user_agent' in info_dict:
-            headers['Youtubedl-user-agent'] = info_dict['user_agent']
-        basic_request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
-
-        if self.params.get('test', False):
-            request.add_header('Range','bytes=0-10240')
-
-        # Establish possible resume length
-        if os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(tmpfilename)):
-            resume_len = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
-        else:
-            resume_len = 0
-
-        open_mode = 'wb'
-        if resume_len != 0:
-            if self.params.get('continuedl', False):
-                self.report_resuming_byte(resume_len)
-                request.add_header('Range','bytes=%d-' % resume_len)
-                open_mode = 'ab'
-            else:
-                resume_len = 0
-
-        count = 0
-        retries = self.params.get('retries', 0)
-        while count <= retries:
-            # Establish connection
-            try:
-                if count == 0 and 'urlhandle' in info_dict:
-                    data = info_dict['urlhandle']
-                data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request)
-                break
-            except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, ) as err:
-                if (err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600) and err.code != 416:
-                    # Unexpected HTTP error
-                    raise
-                elif err.code == 416:
-                    # Unable to resume (requested range not satisfiable)
-                    try:
-                        # Open the connection again without the range header
-                        data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(basic_request)
-                        content_length = data.info()['Content-Length']
-                    except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, ) as err:
-                        if err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
-                            raise
-                    else:
-                        # Examine the reported length
-                        if (content_length is not None and
-                                (resume_len - 100 < int(content_length) < resume_len + 100)):
-                            # The file had already been fully downloaded.
-                            # Explanation to the above condition: in issue #175 it was revealed that
-                            # YouTube sometimes adds or removes a few bytes from the end of the file,
-                            # changing the file size slightly and causing problems for some users. So
-                            # I decided to implement a suggested change and consider the file
-                            # completely downloaded if the file size differs less than 100 bytes from
-                            # the one in the hard drive.
-                            self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
-                            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
-                            self._hook_progress({
-                                'filename': filename,
-                                'status': 'finished',
-                            })
-                            return True
-                        else:
-                            # The length does not match, we start the download over
-                            self.report_unable_to_resume()
-                            open_mode = 'wb'
-                            break
-            # Retry
-            count += 1
-            if count <= retries:
-                self.report_retry(count, retries)
-
-        if count > retries:
-            self.report_error(u'giving up after %s retries' % retries)
-            return False
-
-        data_len = data.info().get('Content-length', None)
-        if data_len is not None:
-            data_len = int(data_len) + resume_len
-            min_data_len = self.params.get("min_filesize", None)
-            max_data_len =  self.params.get("max_filesize", None)
-            if min_data_len is not None and data_len < min_data_len:
-                self.to_screen(u'\r[download] File is smaller than min-filesize (%s bytes < %s bytes). Aborting.' % (data_len, min_data_len))
-                return False
-            if max_data_len is not None and data_len > max_data_len:
-                self.to_screen(u'\r[download] File is larger than max-filesize (%s bytes > %s bytes). Aborting.' % (data_len, max_data_len))
-                return False
-
-        data_len_str = format_bytes(data_len)
-        byte_counter = 0 + resume_len
-        block_size = self.params.get('buffersize', 1024)
-        start = time.time()
-        while True:
-            # Download and write
-            before = time.time()
-            data_block = data.read(block_size)
-            after = time.time()
-            if len(data_block) == 0:
-                break
-            byte_counter += len(data_block)
-
-            # Open file just in time
-            if stream is None:
-                try:
-                    (stream, tmpfilename) = sanitize_open(tmpfilename, open_mode)
-                    assert stream is not None
-                    filename = self.undo_temp_name(tmpfilename)
-                    self.report_destination(filename)
-                except (OSError, IOError) as err:
-                    self.report_error(u'unable to open for writing: %s' % str(err))
-                    return False
-            try:
-                stream.write(data_block)
-            except (IOError, OSError) as err:
-                self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-                self.report_error(u'unable to write data: %s' % str(err))
-                return False
-            if not self.params.get('noresizebuffer', False):
-                block_size = self.best_block_size(after - before, len(data_block))
-
-            # Progress message
-            speed = self.calc_speed(start, time.time(), byte_counter - resume_len)
-            if data_len is None:
-                eta = percent = None
-            else:
-                percent = self.calc_percent(byte_counter, data_len)
-                eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), data_len - resume_len, byte_counter - resume_len)
-            self.report_progress(percent, data_len_str, speed, eta)
-
-            self._hook_progress({
-                'downloaded_bytes': byte_counter,
-                'total_bytes': data_len,
-                'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
-                'filename': filename,
-                'status': 'downloading',
-                'eta': eta,
-                'speed': speed,
-            })
-
-            # Apply rate limit
-            self.slow_down(start, byte_counter - resume_len)
-
-        if stream is None:
-            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
-            self.report_error(u'Did not get any data blocks')
-            return False
-        stream.close()
-        self.report_finish(data_len_str, (time.time() - start))
-        if data_len is not None and byte_counter != data_len:
-            raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len))
-        self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
-
-        # Update file modification time
-        if self.params.get('updatetime', True):
-            info_dict['filetime'] = self.try_utime(filename, data.info().get('last-modified', None))
-
-        self._hook_progress({
-            'downloaded_bytes': byte_counter,
-            'total_bytes': byte_counter,
-            'filename': filename,
-            'status': 'finished',
-        })
-
-        return True
-
-    def _hook_progress(self, status):
+        real_fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict)(self.ydl, self.params)
         for ph in self._progress_hooks:
-            ph(status)
-
-    def add_progress_hook(self, ph):
-        """ ph gets called on download progress, with a dictionary with the entries
-        * filename: The final filename
-        * status: One of "downloading" and "finished"
-
-        It can also have some of the following entries:
-
-        * downloaded_bytes: Bytes on disks
-        * total_bytes: Total bytes, None if unknown
-        * tmpfilename: The filename we're currently writing to
-        * eta: The estimated time in seconds, None if unknown
-        * speed: The download speed in bytes/second, None if unknown
-
-        Hooks are guaranteed to be called at least once (with status "finished")
-        if the download is successful.
-        """
-        self._progress_hooks.append(ph)
+            real_fd.add_progress_hook(ph)
+        return real_fd.download(filename, info_dict)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index e705c410b..04771c637 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ from .utils import (
     YoutubeDLHandler,
 )
 from .extractor import get_info_extractor, gen_extractors
-from .FileDownloader import FileDownloader
+from .downloader import get_suitable_downloader
 from .version import __version__
 
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._ies = []
         self._ies_instances = {}
         self._pps = []
-        self._progress_hooks = []
+        self._fd_progress_hooks = []
         self._download_retcode = 0
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
@@ -211,8 +211,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 u'Set the LC_ALL environment variable to fix this.')
             self.params['restrictfilenames'] = True
 
-        self.fd = FileDownloader(self, self.params)
-
         if '%(stitle)s' in self.params.get('outtmpl', ''):
             self.report_warning(u'%(stitle)s is deprecated. Use the %(title)s and the --restrict-filenames flag(which also secures %(uploader)s et al) instead.')
 
@@ -248,6 +246,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._pps.append(pp)
         pp.set_downloader(self)
 
+    def add_downloader_progress_hook(self, ph):
+        """Add the progress hook to the file downloader"""
+        self._fd_progress_hooks.append(ph)
+
     def _bidi_workaround(self, message):
         if not hasattr(self, '_output_channel'):
             return message
@@ -880,7 +882,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 success = True
             else:
                 try:
-                    success = self.fd._do_download(filename, info_dict)
+                    fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict)(self, self.params)
+                    for ph in self._fd_progress_hooks:
+                        fd.add_progress_hook(ph)
+                    success = fd.download(filename, info_dict)
                 except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
                     self.report_error(u'unable to download video data: %s' % str(err))
                     return
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f19b490f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from .hls import HlsFD
+from .http import HttpFD
+from .mplayer import MplayerFD
+from .rtmp import RtmpFD
+
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+)
+
+def get_suitable_downloader(info_dict):
+    """Get the downloader class that can handle the info dict."""
+    url = info_dict['url']
+
+    if url.startswith('rtmp'):
+        return RtmpFD
+    if determine_ext(url) == u'm3u8':
+        return HlsFD
+    if url.startswith('mms') or url.startswith('rtsp'):
+        return MplayerFD
+    else:
+        return HttpFD
+
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9c9b4473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+import math
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+from ..utils import (
+    encodeFilename,
+    timeconvert,
+    format_bytes,
+)
+
+
+class FileDownloader(object):
+    """File Downloader class.
+
+    File downloader objects are the ones responsible of downloading the
+    actual video file and writing it to disk.
+
+    File downloaders accept a lot of parameters. In order not to saturate
+    the object constructor with arguments, it receives a dictionary of
+    options instead.
+
+    Available options:
+
+    verbose:           Print additional info to stdout.
+    quiet:             Do not print messages to stdout.
+    ratelimit:         Download speed limit, in bytes/sec.
+    retries:           Number of times to retry for HTTP error 5xx
+    buffersize:        Size of download buffer in bytes.
+    noresizebuffer:    Do not automatically resize the download buffer.
+    continuedl:        Try to continue downloads if possible.
+    noprogress:        Do not print the progress bar.
+    logtostderr:       Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
+    consoletitle:      Display progress in console window's titlebar.
+    nopart:            Do not use temporary .part files.
+    updatetime:        Use the Last-modified header to set output file timestamps.
+    test:              Download only first bytes to test the downloader.
+    min_filesize:      Skip files smaller than this size
+    max_filesize:      Skip files larger than this size
+
+    Subclasses of this one must re-define the real_download method.
+    """
+
+    params = None
+
+    def __init__(self, ydl, params):
+        """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""
+        self.ydl = ydl
+        self._progress_hooks = []
+        self.params = params
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_seconds(seconds):
+        (mins, secs) = divmod(seconds, 60)
+        (hours, mins) = divmod(mins, 60)
+        if hours > 99:
+            return '--:--:--'
+        if hours == 0:
+            return '%02d:%02d' % (mins, secs)
+        else:
+            return '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (hours, mins, secs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def calc_percent(byte_counter, data_len):
+        if data_len is None:
+            return None
+        return float(byte_counter) / float(data_len) * 100.0
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_percent(percent):
+        if percent is None:
+            return '---.-%'
+        return '%6s' % ('%3.1f%%' % percent)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def calc_eta(start, now, total, current):
+        if total is None:
+            return None
+        dif = now - start
+        if current == 0 or dif < 0.001: # One millisecond
+            return None
+        rate = float(current) / dif
+        return int((float(total) - float(current)) / rate)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_eta(eta):
+        if eta is None:
+            return '--:--'
+        return FileDownloader.format_seconds(eta)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def calc_speed(start, now, bytes):
+        dif = now - start
+        if bytes == 0 or dif < 0.001: # One millisecond
+            return None
+        return float(bytes) / dif
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_speed(speed):
+        if speed is None:
+            return '%10s' % '---b/s'
+        return '%10s' % ('%s/s' % format_bytes(speed))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def best_block_size(elapsed_time, bytes):
+        new_min = max(bytes / 2.0, 1.0)
+        new_max = min(max(bytes * 2.0, 1.0), 4194304) # Do not surpass 4 MB
+        if elapsed_time < 0.001:
+            return int(new_max)
+        rate = bytes / elapsed_time
+        if rate > new_max:
+            return int(new_max)
+        if rate < new_min:
+            return int(new_min)
+        return int(rate)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_bytes(bytestr):
+        """Parse a string indicating a byte quantity into an integer."""
+        matchobj = re.match(r'(?i)^(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)([kMGTPEZY]?)$', bytestr)
+        if matchobj is None:
+            return None
+        number = float(matchobj.group(1))
+        multiplier = 1024.0 ** 'bkmgtpezy'.index(matchobj.group(2).lower())
+        return int(round(number * multiplier))
+
+    def to_screen(self, *args, **kargs):
+        self.ydl.to_screen(*args, **kargs)
+
+    def to_stderr(self, message):
+        self.ydl.to_screen(message)
+
+    def to_console_title(self, message):
+        self.ydl.to_console_title(message)
+
+    def trouble(self, *args, **kargs):
+        self.ydl.trouble(*args, **kargs)
+
+    def report_warning(self, *args, **kargs):
+        self.ydl.report_warning(*args, **kargs)
+
+    def report_error(self, *args, **kargs):
+        self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
+
+    def slow_down(self, start_time, byte_counter):
+        """Sleep if the download speed is over the rate limit."""
+        rate_limit = self.params.get('ratelimit', None)
+        if rate_limit is None or byte_counter == 0:
+            return
+        now = time.time()
+        elapsed = now - start_time
+        if elapsed <= 0.0:
+            return
+        speed = float(byte_counter) / elapsed
+        if speed > rate_limit:
+            time.sleep((byte_counter - rate_limit * (now - start_time)) / rate_limit)
+
+    def temp_name(self, filename):
+        """Returns a temporary filename for the given filename."""
+        if self.params.get('nopart', False) or filename == u'-' or \
+                (os.path.exists(encodeFilename(filename)) and not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename))):
+            return filename
+        return filename + u'.part'
+
+    def undo_temp_name(self, filename):
+        if filename.endswith(u'.part'):
+            return filename[:-len(u'.part')]
+        return filename
+
+    def try_rename(self, old_filename, new_filename):
+        try:
+            if old_filename == new_filename:
+                return
+            os.rename(encodeFilename(old_filename), encodeFilename(new_filename))
+        except (IOError, OSError) as err:
+            self.report_error(u'unable to rename file')
+
+    def try_utime(self, filename, last_modified_hdr):
+        """Try to set the last-modified time of the given file."""
+        if last_modified_hdr is None:
+            return
+        if not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)):
+            return
+        timestr = last_modified_hdr
+        if timestr is None:
+            return
+        filetime = timeconvert(timestr)
+        if filetime is None:
+            return filetime
+        # Ignore obviously invalid dates
+        if filetime == 0:
+            return
+        try:
+            os.utime(filename, (time.time(), filetime))
+        except:
+            pass
+        return filetime
+
+    def report_destination(self, filename):
+        """Report destination filename."""
+        self.to_screen(u'[download] Destination: ' + filename)
+
+    def _report_progress_status(self, msg, is_last_line=False):
+        fullmsg = u'[download] ' + msg
+        if self.params.get('progress_with_newline', False):
+            self.to_screen(fullmsg)
+        else:
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                prev_len = getattr(self, '_report_progress_prev_line_length',
+                                   0)
+                if prev_len > len(fullmsg):
+                    fullmsg += u' ' * (prev_len - len(fullmsg))
+                self._report_progress_prev_line_length = len(fullmsg)
+                clear_line = u'\r'
+            else:
+                clear_line = (u'\r\x1b[K' if sys.stderr.isatty() else u'\r')
+            self.to_screen(clear_line + fullmsg, skip_eol=not is_last_line)
+        self.to_console_title(u'youtube-dl ' + msg)
+
+    def report_progress(self, percent, data_len_str, speed, eta):
+        """Report download progress."""
+        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
+            return
+        if eta is not None:
+            eta_str = self.format_eta(eta)
+        else:
+            eta_str = 'Unknown ETA'
+        if percent is not None:
+            percent_str = self.format_percent(percent)
+        else:
+            percent_str = 'Unknown %'
+        speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
+
+        msg = (u'%s of %s at %s ETA %s' %
+               (percent_str, data_len_str, speed_str, eta_str))
+        self._report_progress_status(msg)
+
+    def report_progress_live_stream(self, downloaded_data_len, speed, elapsed):
+        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
+            return
+        downloaded_str = format_bytes(downloaded_data_len)
+        speed_str = self.format_speed(speed)
+        elapsed_str = FileDownloader.format_seconds(elapsed)
+        msg = u'%s at %s (%s)' % (downloaded_str, speed_str, elapsed_str)
+        self._report_progress_status(msg)
+
+    def report_finish(self, data_len_str, tot_time):
+        """Report download finished."""
+        if self.params.get('noprogress', False):
+            self.to_screen(u'[download] Download completed')
+        else:
+            self._report_progress_status(
+                (u'100%% of %s in %s' %
+                 (data_len_str, self.format_seconds(tot_time))),
+                is_last_line=True)
+
+    def report_resuming_byte(self, resume_len):
+        """Report attempt to resume at given byte."""
+        self.to_screen(u'[download] Resuming download at byte %s' % resume_len)
+
+    def report_retry(self, count, retries):
+        """Report retry in case of HTTP error 5xx"""
+        self.to_screen(u'[download] Got server HTTP error. Retrying (attempt %d of %d)...' % (count, retries))
+
+    def report_file_already_downloaded(self, file_name):
+        """Report file has already been fully downloaded."""
+        try:
+            self.to_screen(u'[download] %s has already been downloaded' % file_name)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            self.to_screen(u'[download] The file has already been downloaded')
+
+    def report_unable_to_resume(self):
+        """Report it was impossible to resume download."""
+        self.to_screen(u'[download] Unable to resume')
+
+    def download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        """Download to a filename using the info from info_dict
+        Return True on success and False otherwise
+        """
+        url = info_dict['url']
+
+        # Check file already present
+        if self.params.get('continuedl', False) and os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)) and not self.params.get('nopart', False):
+            self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'finished',
+                'total_bytes': os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)),
+            })
+            return True
+        else:
+            return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
+
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        """Real download process. Redefine in subclasses."""
+        raise NotImplementedError(u'This method must be implemented by sublcasses')
+
+    def _hook_progress(self, status):
+        for ph in self._progress_hooks:
+            ph(status)
+
+    def add_progress_hook(self, ph):
+        """ ph gets called on download progress, with a dictionary with the entries
+        * filename: The final filename
+        * status: One of "downloading" and "finished"
+
+        It can also have some of the following entries:
+
+        * downloaded_bytes: Bytes on disks
+        * total_bytes: Total bytes, None if unknown
+        * tmpfilename: The filename we're currently writing to
+        * eta: The estimated time in seconds, None if unknown
+        * speed: The download speed in bytes/second, None if unknown
+
+        Hooks are guaranteed to be called at least once (with status "finished")
+        if the download is successful.
+        """
+        self._progress_hooks.append(ph)
+
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51e8c4778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from ..utils import (
+    encodeFilename,
+)
+
+
+class HlsFD(FileDownloader):
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        url = info_dict['url']
+        self.report_destination(filename)
+        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
+
+        args = ['-y', '-i', url, '-f', 'mp4', '-c', 'copy',
+            '-bsf:a', 'aac_adtstoasc', tmpfilename]
+
+        for program in ['avconv', 'ffmpeg']:
+            try:
+                subprocess.call([program, '-version'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                break
+            except (OSError, IOError):
+                pass
+        else:
+            self.report_error(u'm3u8 download detected but ffmpeg or avconv could not be found')
+        cmd = [program] + args
+
+        retval = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        if retval == 0:
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))
+            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
+                'total_bytes': fsize,
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'finished',
+            })
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+            self.report_error(u'ffmpeg exited with code %d' % retval)
+            return False
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54dc7616b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urllib_request,
+    compat_urllib_error,
+    ContentTooShortError,
+
+    encodeFilename,
+    sanitize_open,
+    format_bytes,
+)
+
+
+class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        url = info_dict['url']
+        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
+        stream = None
+
+        # Do not include the Accept-Encoding header
+        headers = {'Youtubedl-no-compression': 'True'}
+        if 'user_agent' in info_dict:
+            headers['Youtubedl-user-agent'] = info_dict['user_agent']
+        basic_request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, None, headers)
+
+        if self.params.get('test', False):
+            request.add_header('Range','bytes=0-10240')
+
+        # Establish possible resume length
+        if os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(tmpfilename)):
+            resume_len = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+        else:
+            resume_len = 0
+
+        open_mode = 'wb'
+        if resume_len != 0:
+            if self.params.get('continuedl', False):
+                self.report_resuming_byte(resume_len)
+                request.add_header('Range','bytes=%d-' % resume_len)
+                open_mode = 'ab'
+            else:
+                resume_len = 0
+
+        count = 0
+        retries = self.params.get('retries', 0)
+        while count <= retries:
+            # Establish connection
+            try:
+                if count == 0 and 'urlhandle' in info_dict:
+                    data = info_dict['urlhandle']
+                data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request)
+                break
+            except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, ) as err:
+                if (err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600) and err.code != 416:
+                    # Unexpected HTTP error
+                    raise
+                elif err.code == 416:
+                    # Unable to resume (requested range not satisfiable)
+                    try:
+                        # Open the connection again without the range header
+                        data = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(basic_request)
+                        content_length = data.info()['Content-Length']
+                    except (compat_urllib_error.HTTPError, ) as err:
+                        if err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
+                            raise
+                    else:
+                        # Examine the reported length
+                        if (content_length is not None and
+                                (resume_len - 100 < int(content_length) < resume_len + 100)):
+                            # The file had already been fully downloaded.
+                            # Explanation to the above condition: in issue #175 it was revealed that
+                            # YouTube sometimes adds or removes a few bytes from the end of the file,
+                            # changing the file size slightly and causing problems for some users. So
+                            # I decided to implement a suggested change and consider the file
+                            # completely downloaded if the file size differs less than 100 bytes from
+                            # the one in the hard drive.
+                            self.report_file_already_downloaded(filename)
+                            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+                            self._hook_progress({
+                                'filename': filename,
+                                'status': 'finished',
+                            })
+                            return True
+                        else:
+                            # The length does not match, we start the download over
+                            self.report_unable_to_resume()
+                            open_mode = 'wb'
+                            break
+            # Retry
+            count += 1
+            if count <= retries:
+                self.report_retry(count, retries)
+
+        if count > retries:
+            self.report_error(u'giving up after %s retries' % retries)
+            return False
+
+        data_len = data.info().get('Content-length', None)
+        if data_len is not None:
+            data_len = int(data_len) + resume_len
+            min_data_len = self.params.get("min_filesize", None)
+            max_data_len =  self.params.get("max_filesize", None)
+            if min_data_len is not None and data_len < min_data_len:
+                self.to_screen(u'\r[download] File is smaller than min-filesize (%s bytes < %s bytes). Aborting.' % (data_len, min_data_len))
+                return False
+            if max_data_len is not None and data_len > max_data_len:
+                self.to_screen(u'\r[download] File is larger than max-filesize (%s bytes > %s bytes). Aborting.' % (data_len, max_data_len))
+                return False
+
+        data_len_str = format_bytes(data_len)
+        byte_counter = 0 + resume_len
+        block_size = self.params.get('buffersize', 1024)
+        start = time.time()
+        while True:
+            # Download and write
+            before = time.time()
+            data_block = data.read(block_size)
+            after = time.time()
+            if len(data_block) == 0:
+                break
+            byte_counter += len(data_block)
+
+            # Open file just in time
+            if stream is None:
+                try:
+                    (stream, tmpfilename) = sanitize_open(tmpfilename, open_mode)
+                    assert stream is not None
+                    filename = self.undo_temp_name(tmpfilename)
+                    self.report_destination(filename)
+                except (OSError, IOError) as err:
+                    self.report_error(u'unable to open for writing: %s' % str(err))
+                    return False
+            try:
+                stream.write(data_block)
+            except (IOError, OSError):
+                self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+                self.report_error(u'unable to write data: %s' % str(err))
+                return False
+            if not self.params.get('noresizebuffer', False):
+                block_size = self.best_block_size(after - before, len(data_block))
+
+            # Progress message
+            speed = self.calc_speed(start, time.time(), byte_counter - resume_len)
+            if data_len is None:
+                eta = percent = None
+            else:
+                percent = self.calc_percent(byte_counter, data_len)
+                eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), data_len - resume_len, byte_counter - resume_len)
+            self.report_progress(percent, data_len_str, speed, eta)
+
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'downloaded_bytes': byte_counter,
+                'total_bytes': data_len,
+                'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'downloading',
+                'eta': eta,
+                'speed': speed,
+            })
+
+            # Apply rate limit
+            self.slow_down(start, byte_counter - resume_len)
+
+        if stream is None:
+            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+            self.report_error(u'Did not get any data blocks')
+            return False
+        stream.close()
+        self.report_finish(data_len_str, (time.time() - start))
+        if data_len is not None and byte_counter != data_len:
+            raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, int(data_len))
+        self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+
+        # Update file modification time
+        if self.params.get('updatetime', True):
+            info_dict['filetime'] = self.try_utime(filename, data.info().get('last-modified', None))
+
+        self._hook_progress({
+            'downloaded_bytes': byte_counter,
+            'total_bytes': byte_counter,
+            'filename': filename,
+            'status': 'finished',
+        })
+
+        return True
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dd6e76d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from ..utils import (
+    encodeFilename,
+)
+
+
+class MplayerFD(FileDownloader):
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        self.report_destination(filename)
+        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
+
+        args = ['mplayer', '-really-quiet', '-vo', 'null', '-vc', 'dummy', '-dumpstream', '-dumpfile', tmpfilename, url]
+        # Check for mplayer first
+        try:
+            subprocess.call(['mplayer', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except (OSError, IOError):
+            self.report_error(u'MMS or RTSP download detected but "%s" could not be run' % args[0] )
+            return False
+
+        # Download using mplayer. 
+        retval = subprocess.call(args)
+        if retval == 0:
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))
+            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
+                'total_bytes': fsize,
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'finished',
+            })
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+            self.report_error(u'mplayer exited with code %d' % retval)
+            return False
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b165e396f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from ..utils import (
+    encodeFilename,
+    format_bytes,
+)
+
+
+class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        def run_rtmpdump(args):
+            start = time.time()
+            resume_percent = None
+            resume_downloaded_data_len = None
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+            cursor_in_new_line = True
+            proc_stderr_closed = False
+            while not proc_stderr_closed:
+                # read line from stderr
+                line = u''
+                while True:
+                    char = proc.stderr.read(1)
+                    if not char:
+                        proc_stderr_closed = True
+                        break
+                    if char in [b'\r', b'\n']:
+                        break
+                    line += char.decode('ascii', 'replace')
+                if not line:
+                    # proc_stderr_closed is True
+                    continue
+                mobj = re.search(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]{3}) kB / [0-9]+\.[0-9]{2} sec \(([0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9])%\)', line)
+                if mobj:
+                    downloaded_data_len = int(float(mobj.group(1))*1024)
+                    percent = float(mobj.group(2))
+                    if not resume_percent:
+                        resume_percent = percent
+                        resume_downloaded_data_len = downloaded_data_len
+                    eta = self.calc_eta(start, time.time(), 100-resume_percent, percent-resume_percent)
+                    speed = self.calc_speed(start, time.time(), downloaded_data_len-resume_downloaded_data_len)
+                    data_len = None
+                    if percent > 0:
+                        data_len = int(downloaded_data_len * 100 / percent)
+                    data_len_str = u'~' + format_bytes(data_len)
+                    self.report_progress(percent, data_len_str, speed, eta)
+                    cursor_in_new_line = False
+                    self._hook_progress({
+                        'downloaded_bytes': downloaded_data_len,
+                        'total_bytes': data_len,
+                        'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
+                        'filename': filename,
+                        'status': 'downloading',
+                        'eta': eta,
+                        'speed': speed,
+                    })
+                else:
+                    # no percent for live streams
+                    mobj = re.search(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]{3}) kB / [0-9]+\.[0-9]{2} sec', line)
+                    if mobj:
+                        downloaded_data_len = int(float(mobj.group(1))*1024)
+                        time_now = time.time()
+                        speed = self.calc_speed(start, time_now, downloaded_data_len)
+                        self.report_progress_live_stream(downloaded_data_len, speed, time_now - start)
+                        cursor_in_new_line = False
+                        self._hook_progress({
+                            'downloaded_bytes': downloaded_data_len,
+                            'tmpfilename': tmpfilename,
+                            'filename': filename,
+                            'status': 'downloading',
+                            'speed': speed,
+                        })
+                    elif self.params.get('verbose', False):
+                        if not cursor_in_new_line:
+                            self.to_screen(u'')
+                        cursor_in_new_line = True
+                        self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] '+line)
+            proc.wait()
+            if not cursor_in_new_line:
+                self.to_screen(u'')
+            return proc.returncode
+
+        url = info_dict['url']
+        player_url = info_dict.get('player_url', None)
+        page_url = info_dict.get('page_url', None)
+        play_path = info_dict.get('play_path', None)
+        tc_url = info_dict.get('tc_url', None)
+        live = info_dict.get('rtmp_live', False)
+        conn = info_dict.get('rtmp_conn', None)
+
+        self.report_destination(filename)
+        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
+        test = self.params.get('test', False)
+
+        # Check for rtmpdump first
+        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')
+            return False
+
+        # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
+        # the connection was interrumpted and resuming appears to be
+        # possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
+        basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '--verbose', '-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
+        if player_url is not None:
+            basic_args += ['--swfVfy', player_url]
+        if page_url is not None:
+            basic_args += ['--pageUrl', page_url]
+        if play_path is not None:
+            basic_args += ['--playpath', play_path]
+        if tc_url is not None:
+            basic_args += ['--tcUrl', url]
+        if test:
+            basic_args += ['--stop', '1']
+        if live:
+            basic_args += ['--live']
+        if conn:
+            basic_args += ['--conn', conn]
+        args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
+
+        if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+            # Windows subprocess module does not actually support Unicode
+            # on Python 2.x
+            # See http://stackoverflow.com/a/9951851/35070
+            subprocess_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
+            args = [a.encode(subprocess_encoding, 'ignore') for a in args]
+        else:
+            subprocess_encoding = None
+
+        if self.params.get('verbose', False):
+            if subprocess_encoding:
+                str_args = [
+                    a.decode(subprocess_encoding) if isinstance(a, bytes) else a
+                    for a in args]
+            else:
+                str_args = args
+            try:
+                import pipes
+                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))
+
+        retval = run_rtmpdump(args)
+
+        while (retval == 2 or retval == 1) and not test:
+            prevsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % prevsize)
+            time.sleep(5.0) # This seems to be needed
+            retval = run_rtmpdump(basic_args + ['-e'] + [[], ['-k', '1']][retval == 1])
+            cursize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            if prevsize == cursize and retval == 1:
+                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
+                break
+        if retval == 0 or (test and retval == 2):
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            self.to_screen(u'[rtmpdump] %s bytes' % fsize)
+            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
+                'total_bytes': fsize,
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'finished',
+            })
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+            self.report_error(u'rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
+            return False