diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index b32bd3d948..d1488ade97 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -27,68 +27,13 @@ from .extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from .extractor.dailymotion import DailymotionIE
 from .extractor.metacafe import MetacafeIE
 from .extractor.statigram import StatigramIE
+from .extractor.photobucket import PhotobucketIE
 from .extractor.youtube import YoutubeIE, YoutubePlaylistIE, YoutubeUserIE, YoutubeChannelIE
 
 
 
 
 
-class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for photobucket.com."""
-
-    # TODO: the original _VALID_URL was:
-    # r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z0-9]+\.)?photobucket\.com/.*[\?\&]current=(.*\.flv)'
-    # Check if it's necessary to keep the old extracion process
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z0-9]+\.)?photobucket\.com/.*(([\?\&]current=)|_)(?P<id>.*)\.(?P<ext>(flv)|(mp4))'
-    IE_NAME = u'photobucket'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract id from URL
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
-        video_extension = mobj.group('ext')
-
-        # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        # Extract URL, uploader, and title from webpage
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-        # We try first by looking the javascript code:
-        mobj = re.search(r'Pb\.Data\.Shared\.put\(Pb\.Data\.Shared\.MEDIA, (?P<json>.*?)\);', webpage)
-        if mobj is not None:
-            info = json.loads(mobj.group('json'))
-            return [{
-                'id':       video_id,
-                'url':      info[u'downloadUrl'],
-                'uploader': info[u'username'],
-                'upload_date':  datetime.date.fromtimestamp(info[u'creationDate']).strftime('%Y%m%d'),
-                'title':    info[u'title'],
-                'ext':      video_extension,
-                'thumbnail': info[u'thumbUrl'],
-            }]
-
-        # We try looking in other parts of the webpage
-        video_url = self._search_regex(r'<link rel="video_src" href=".*\?file=([^"]+)" />',
-            webpage, u'video URL')
-
-        mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*) video by (.*) - Photobucket</title>', webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract title')
-        video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
-        video_uploader = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
-
-        return [{
-            'id':       video_id.decode('utf-8'),
-            'url':      video_url.decode('utf-8'),
-            'uploader': video_uploader,
-            'upload_date':  None,
-            'title':    video_title,
-            'ext':      video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
-        }]
 
 
 class YahooIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/photobucket.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/photobucket.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd7fe6f52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/photobucket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import datetime
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
+    """Information extractor for photobucket.com."""
+
+    # TODO: the original _VALID_URL was:
+    # r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z0-9]+\.)?photobucket\.com/.*[\?\&]current=(.*\.flv)'
+    # Check if it's necessary to keep the old extracion process
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:[a-z0-9]+\.)?photobucket\.com/.*(([\?\&]current=)|_)(?P<id>.*)\.(?P<ext>(flv)|(mp4))'
+    IE_NAME = u'photobucket'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        # Extract id from URL
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
+
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        video_extension = mobj.group('ext')
+
+        # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        # Extract URL, uploader, and title from webpage
+        self.report_extraction(video_id)
+        # We try first by looking the javascript code:
+        mobj = re.search(r'Pb\.Data\.Shared\.put\(Pb\.Data\.Shared\.MEDIA, (?P<json>.*?)\);', webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            info = json.loads(mobj.group('json'))
+            return [{
+                'id':       video_id,
+                'url':      info[u'downloadUrl'],
+                'uploader': info[u'username'],
+                'upload_date':  datetime.date.fromtimestamp(info[u'creationDate']).strftime('%Y%m%d'),
+                'title':    info[u'title'],
+                'ext':      video_extension,
+                'thumbnail': info[u'thumbUrl'],
+            }]
+
+        # We try looking in other parts of the webpage
+        video_url = self._search_regex(r'<link rel="video_src" href=".*\?file=([^"]+)" />',
+            webpage, u'video URL')
+
+        mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*) video by (.*) - Photobucket</title>', webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract title')
+        video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+        video_uploader = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
+
+        return [{
+            'id':       video_id.decode('utf-8'),
+            'url':      video_url.decode('utf-8'),
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'upload_date':  None,
+            'title':    video_title,
+            'ext':      video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+        }]