3 files changed, 54 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
index 708df3dd4..f39acadce 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .ffmpeg import (
 )
 from .xattrpp import XAttrMetadataPP
 from .execafterdownload import ExecAfterDownloadPP
+from .metadatafromtitle import MetadataFromTitlePP
 
 
 def get_postprocessor(key):
@@ -34,5 +35,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'FFmpegPostProcessor',
     'FFmpegSubtitlesConvertorPP',
     'FFmpegVideoConvertorPP',
+    'MetadataFromTitlePP',
     'XAttrMetadataPP',
 ]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index 30094c2f3..b6f51cfd5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ class FFmpegMetadataPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
             metadata['title'] = info['title']
         if info.get('upload_date') is not None:
             metadata['date'] = info['upload_date']
-        if info.get('uploader') is not None:
+        if info.get('artist') is not None:
+            metadata['artist'] = info['artist']
+        elif info.get('uploader') is not None:
             metadata['artist'] = info['uploader']
         elif info.get('uploader_id') is not None:
             metadata['artist'] = info['uploader_id']
@@ -554,6 +556,8 @@ class FFmpegMetadataPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
             metadata['comment'] = info['description']
         if info.get('webpage_url') is not None:
             metadata['purl'] = info['webpage_url']
+        if info.get('album') is not None:
+            metadata['album'] = info['album']
 
         if not metadata:
             self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] There isn\'t any metadata to add')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5019433d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import PostProcessor
+from ..utils import PostProcessingError
+
+
+class MetadataFromTitlePPError(PostProcessingError):
+    pass
+
+
+class MetadataFromTitlePP(PostProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, downloader, titleformat):
+        super(MetadataFromTitlePP, self).__init__(downloader)
+        self._titleformat = titleformat
+        self._titleregex = self.format_to_regex(titleformat)
+
+    def format_to_regex(self, fmt):
+        """
+        Converts a string like
+           '%(title)s - %(artist)s'
+        to a regex like
+           '(?P<title>.+)\ \-\ (?P<artist>.+)'
+        """
+        lastpos = 0
+        regex = ""
+        # replace %(..)s with regex group and escape other string parts
+        for match in re.finditer(r'%\((\w+)\)s', fmt):
+            regex += re.escape(fmt[lastpos:match.start()])
+            regex += r'(?P<' + match.group(1) + '>.+)'
+            lastpos = match.end()
+        if lastpos < len(fmt):
+            regex += re.escape(fmt[lastpos:len(fmt)])
+        return regex
+
+    def run(self, info):
+        title = info['title']
+        match = re.match(self._titleregex, title)
+        if match is None:
+            raise MetadataFromTitlePPError('Could not interpret title of video as "%s"' % self._titleformat)
+        for attribute, value in match.groupdict().items():
+            value = match.group(attribute)
+            info[attribute] = value
+            self._downloader.to_screen('[fromtitle] parsed ' + attribute + ': ' + value)
+
+        return True, info