Support SyFy Full Episodes

[HalosGhost]

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.syfy.com/now/helix/full-episode/fushigi/184619587706', '--verbose', '--proxy=']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.22.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.1 - Linux-3.17.0-rc5-g46be7b7-x86_64-with-arch-Arch-Linux
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] 184619587706: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://www.syfy.com/now/helix/full-episode/fushigi/184619587706: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 184619587706: Downloading webpage
[generic] 184619587706: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.syfy.com/now/helix/full-episode/fushigi/184619587706; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 524, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 180, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 890, in _real_extract
    raise ExtractorError('Unsupported URL: %s' % url)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unsupported URL: http://www.syfy.com/now/helix/full-episode/fushigi/184619587706; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.

[yan12125]

This URL now redirects http://www.syfy.com/episodes. Do you have another example URL?

[lightonflux]

Another: http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/videos/101-dulcinea

[remitamine]

Another: http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/videos/101-dulcinea

the video requires an account.

this video doesn't require an account(http://www.syfy.com/12monkeys/videos/201-year-of-the-monkey) but for some reason i get 403 when i try to watch it or download it.
however this patch should make the extractor work again.

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/syfy.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/syfy.py
index 5ca079f..0d49c08 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/syfy.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/syfy.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals

-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    update_url_query,
+    smuggle_url,
+)


 class SyfyIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.syfy\.com/(?:videos/.+?vid:(?P<id>[0-9]+)|(?!videos)(?P<video_name>[^/]+)(?:$|[?#]))'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.syfy\.com/(?:[^/]+/)?videos/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'

     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.syfy.com/videos/Robot%20Combat%20League/Behind%20the%20Scenes/vid:2631458',
@@ -31,16 +33,19 @@ class SyfyIE(InfoExtractor):
     }]

     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_name = mobj.group('video_name')
-        if video_name:
-            generic_webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_name)
-            video_id = self._search_regex(
-                r'<iframe.*?class="video_iframe_page"\s+src="/_utils/video/thP_video_controller.php.*?_vid([0-9]+)">',
-                generic_webpage, 'video ID')
-            url = 'http://www.syfy.com/videos/%s/%s/vid:%s' % (
-                video_name, video_name, video_id)
-        else:
-            video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        return self.url_result(self._og_search_video_url(webpage))
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        syfy_mpx = list(self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'jQuery\.extend\([^,]+,\s*({.+})\);', webpage, 'drupal settings'),
+            display_id)['syfy']['syfy_mpx'].values())[0]
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'ie_key': 'ThePlatform',
+            'url': smuggle_url(update_url_query(self._proto_relative_url(
+                syfy_mpx['releaseURL']), {
+                    'mbr': 'true',
+                    'manifest': 'm3u',
+                }), {'force_smil_url': True}),
+            'title': syfy_mpx['episodeTitle'],
+            'id': syfy_mpx['mpxGUID'],
+        }

[supermansaga]

I guess what i don't understand is why the 1080p version I got from syfy after logging in to a cable provider is only half the size of a scene rls.