3 files changed, 75 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 7c3587e47..c9c400b61 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from .clipfish import ClipfishIE
 from .cliphunter import CliphunterIE
 from .clipsyndicate import ClipsyndicateIE
 from .cmt import CMTIE
+from .cnet import CNETIE
 from .cnn import (
     CNNIE,
     CNNBlogsIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cnet.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cnet.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2f5ce36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cnet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    int_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class CNETIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cnet\.com/videos/(?P<id>[^/]+)/'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.cnet.com/videos/hands-on-with-microsofts-windows-8-1-update/',
+        'md5': '041233212a0d06b179c87cbcca1577b8',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '56f4ea68-bd21-4852-b08c-4de5b8354c60',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Hands-on with Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update',
+            'description': 'The new update to the Windows 8 OS brings improved performance for mouse and keyboard users.',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^http://.*/flmswindows8.jpg$',
+            'uploader_id': 'sarah.mitroff@cbsinteractive.com',
+            'uploader': 'Sarah Mitroff',
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        display_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        data_json = self._html_search_regex(
+            r"<div class=\"cnetVideoPlayer\" data-cnet-video-options='([^']+)'",
+            webpage, 'data json')
+        data = json.loads(data_json)
+        vdata = data['video']
+
+        video_id = vdata['id']
+        title = vdata['headline']
+        description = vdata.get('dek')
+        thumbnail = vdata.get('image', {}).get('path')
+        author = vdata.get('author')
+        if author:
+            uploader = '%s %s' % (author['firstName'], author['lastName'])
+            uploader_id = author.get('email')
+        else:
+            uploader = None
+            uploader_id = None
+
+        formats = [{
+            'format_id': '%s-%s-%s' % (
+                f['type'], f['format'],
+                int_or_none(f.get('bitrate'), 1000, default='')),
+            'url': f['uri'],
+            'tbr': int_or_none(f.get('bitrate'), 1000),
+        } for f in vdata['files']['data']]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': description,
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'uploader_id': uploader_id,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index e54ea9d61..5f1f664c8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1176,12 +1176,12 @@ class HEADRequest(compat_urllib_request.Request):
         return "HEAD"
 
 
-def int_or_none(v, scale=1):
-    return v if v is None else (int(v) // scale)
+def int_or_none(v, scale=1, default=None):
+    return default if v is None else (int(v) // scale)
 
 
-def float_or_none(v, scale=1):
-    return v if v is None else (float(v) / scale)
+def float_or_none(v, scale=1, default=None):
+    return default if v is None else (float(v) / scale)
 
 
 def parse_duration(s):