diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index dab729c582..49617a5e00 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ from .ooyala import OoyalaIE
 from .orf import ORFIE
 from .pbs import PBSIE
 from .photobucket import PhotobucketIE
+from .playvid import PlayvidIE
 from .podomatic import PodomaticIE
 from .pornhd import PornHdIE
 from .pornhub import PornHubIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/playvid.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/playvid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a74f8f675b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/playvid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+    determine_ext,
+)
+
+class PlayvidIE(InfoExtractor):
+
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?www\.playvid\.com/watch(\?v=|/)(?P<id>.+?)(#|$)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.playvid.com/watch/agbDDi7WZTV',
+        'file': 'agbDDi7WZTV.mp4',
+        'md5': '44930f8afa616efdf9482daf4fe53e1e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Michelle Lewin in Miami Beach',
+            'duration': 240,
+            'age_limit': 18,
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        self.report_extraction(video_id)
+
+        video_title = None
+        duration = None
+        video_thumbnail = None
+        formats = []
+
+        # most of the information is stored in the flashvars
+        flashvars_match = re.search(r'flashvars="(.+?)"',webpage)
+
+        if flashvars_match:
+            infos = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(flashvars_match.group(1)).split(r'&amp;')
+            for info in infos:
+                videovars_match = re.match(r'^video_vars\[(.+?)\]=(.+?)$',info)
+                if videovars_match:
+                    key = videovars_match.group(1)
+                    val = videovars_match.group(2)
+
+                    if key == 'title':
+                        video_title = val.replace('+',' ')
+                    if key == 'duration':
+                        try:
+                            duration = val
+                        except ValueError:
+                            duration = None
+                    if key == 'big_thumb':
+                        video_thumbnail = val
+
+                    videourl_match = re.match(r'^video_urls\]\[(?P<resolution>\d+)p',key)
+                    if videourl_match:
+                        resolution = int(videourl_match.group('resolution'))
+                        formats.append({
+                            'resolution': resolution,            # 360, 480, ...
+                            'ext': determine_ext(val),
+                            'url': val
+                        })
+
+        # fatal error, if no download url is found
+        if len(formats) == 0:
+            raise ExtractorError,'no video url found'
+
+        # Extract title - should be in the flashvars; if not, look elsewhere
+        if video_title is None:
+            video_title = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'<title>(.*?)</title', webpage, 'title')
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'description': None,
+            'age_limit': 18
+        }