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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/howcast.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/howcast.py
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+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class HowcastIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?howcast\.com/videos/(?P<id>\d+)'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        webpage_url = 'http://www.howcast.com/videos/' + video_id
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, video_id)
+
+        self.report_extraction(video_id)
+
+        video_url = self._search_regex(r'\'?file\'?: "(http://mobile-media\.howcast\.com/[0-9]+\.mp4)',
+            webpage, u'video URL')
+
+        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta content=(?:"([^"]+)"|\'([^\']+)\') property=\'og:title\'',
+            webpage, u'title')
+
+        video_description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta content=(?:"([^"]+)"|\'([^\']+)\') name=\'description\'',
+            webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
+
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta content=\'(.+?)\' property=\'og:image\'',
+            webpage, u'thumbnail', fatal=False)
+
+        return [{
+            'id':       video_id,
+            'url':      video_url,
+            'ext':      'mp4',
+            'title':    video_title,
+            'description': video_description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+        }]