twitch.tv/videos/<id> URLs fall back to generic information extractor

[Choonster]

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Twitch recently replaced the twitch.tv/<user>/v/<video_id> VOD URL format with the twitch.tv/videos/<video_id> URL format, which the Twitch extractor doesn't recognise.

The generic extractor does detect that the page is a Twitch VOD and passes it to the twitch:vod extractor, allowing the VOD to be downloaded.

The old URL format now redirects (301 Moved Permanently) to the new URL format.

[Choonster]

Thanks for the quick fix.