1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
index 54cec1c2f..967bd865c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from .generic import GenericIE
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
     qualities,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
     int_or_none,
     parse_duration,
     unified_strdate,
     xpath_text,
+    parse_xml,
 )
 
 
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class ARDMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
         if '>Der gewünschte Beitrag ist nicht mehr verfügbar.<' in webpage:
             raise ExtractorError('Video %s is no longer available' % video_id, expected=True)
 
+        if re.search(r'[\?&]rss($|[=&])', url):
+            doc = parse_xml(webpage)
+            if doc.tag == 'rss':
+                return GenericIE()._extract_rss(url, video_id, doc)
+
         title = self._html_search_regex(
             [r'<h1(?:\s+class="boxTopHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>',
              r'<meta name="dcterms.title" content="(.*?)"/>',
@@ -187,4 +192,3 @@ class ARDIE(InfoExtractor):
             'upload_date': upload_date,
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,
         }
-