diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a82785861..c079761ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ youtube-dl.tar.gz: youtube-dl README.md README.txt youtube-dl.1 youtube-dl.bash-
 		--exclude 'docs/_build' \
 		-- \
 		bin devscripts test youtube_dl docs \
-		CHANGELOG LICENSE README.md README.txt \
+		LICENSE README.md README.txt \
 		Makefile MANIFEST.in youtube-dl.1 youtube-dl.bash-completion setup.py \
 		youtube-dl
diff --git a/devscripts/release.sh b/devscripts/release.sh
index 2974a7c3e..453087e5f 100755
--- a/devscripts/release.sh
+++ b/devscripts/release.sh
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ fi
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Changing version in version.py..."
 sed -i "s/__version__ = '.*'/__version__ = '$version'/" youtube_dl/version.py
 
-/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing CHANGELOG README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
+/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
 make README.md
-git add CHANGELOG README.md youtube_dl/version.py
+git add README.md youtube_dl/version.py
 git commit -m "release $version"
 
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Now tagging, signing and pushing..."
diff --git a/test/test_playlists.py b/test/test_playlists.py
index 63d31db8c..057ce43f0 100644
--- a/test/test_playlists.py
+++ b/test/test_playlists.py
@@ -209,20 +209,20 @@ class TestPlaylists(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ivi_compilation(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = IviCompilationIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dezhurnyi_angel')
+        result = ie.extract('http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dvoe_iz_lartsa')
         self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
-        self.assertEqual(result['id'], 'dezhurnyi_angel')
-        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Дежурный ангел (2010 - 2012)')
-        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 16)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], 'dvoe_iz_lartsa')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Двое из ларца (2006 - 2008)')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 24)
 
     def test_ivi_compilation_season(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = IviCompilationIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dezhurnyi_angel/season1')
+        result = ie.extract('http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dvoe_iz_lartsa/season1')
         self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
-        self.assertEqual(result['id'], 'dezhurnyi_angel/season1')
-        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Дежурный ангел (2010 - 2012) 1 сезон')
-        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 16)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], 'dvoe_iz_lartsa/season1')
+        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Двое из ларца (2006 - 2008) 1 сезон')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 12)
         
     def test_imdb_list(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
index b88f71bc4..a87b32b22 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ard.py
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ class ARDIE(InfoExtractor):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<h1(?:\s+class="boxTopHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+            [r'<h1(?:\s+class="boxTopHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>',
+             r'<h4 class="headline">(.*?)</h4>'],
+            webpage, 'title')
         description = self._html_search_meta(
             'dcterms.abstract', webpage, 'description')
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cinemassacre.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cinemassacre.py
index 2301f61b6..496271be4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cinemassacre.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cinemassacre.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
 )
 
 
@@ -13,9 +15,10 @@ class CinemassacreIE(InfoExtractor):
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'http://cinemassacre.com/2012/11/10/avgn-the-movie-trailer/',
-            'file': '19911.mp4',
-            'md5': '782f8504ca95a0eba8fc9177c373eec7',
+            'md5': 'fde81fbafaee331785f58cd6c0d46190',
             'info_dict': {
+                'id': '19911',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
                 'upload_date': '20121110',
                 'title': '“Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie” – Trailer',
                 'description': 'md5:fb87405fcb42a331742a0dce2708560b',
@@ -23,9 +26,10 @@ class CinemassacreIE(InfoExtractor):
         },
         {
             'url': 'http://cinemassacre.com/2013/10/02/the-mummys-hand-1940',
-            'file': '521be8ef82b16.mp4',
-            'md5': 'dec39ee5118f8d9cc067f45f9cbe3a35',
+            'md5': 'd72f10cd39eac4215048f62ab477a511',
             'info_dict': {
+                'id': '521be8ef82b16',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
                 'upload_date': '20131002',
                 'title': 'The Mummy’s Hand (1940)',
             },
@@ -50,29 +54,40 @@ class CinemassacreIE(InfoExtractor):
             r'<div class="entry-content">(?P<description>.+?)</div>',
             webpage, 'description', flags=re.DOTALL, fatal=False)
 
-        playerdata = self._download_webpage(playerdata_url, video_id)
+        playerdata = self._download_webpage(playerdata_url, video_id, 'Downloading player webpage')
+        video_thumbnail = self._search_regex(
+            r'image: \'(?P<thumbnail>[^\']+)\'', playerdata, 'thumbnail', fatal=False)
+        sd_url = self._search_regex(r'file: \'([^\']+)\', label: \'SD\'', playerdata, 'sd_file')
+        videolist_url = self._search_regex(r'file: \'([^\']+\.smil)\'}', playerdata, 'videolist_url')
 
-        sd_url = self._html_search_regex(r'file: \'([^\']+)\', label: \'SD\'', playerdata, 'sd_file')
-        hd_url = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'file: \'([^\']+)\', label: \'HD\'', playerdata, 'hd_file',
-            default=None)
-        video_thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'image: \'(?P<thumbnail>[^\']+)\'', playerdata, 'thumbnail', fatal=False)
+        videolist = self._download_xml(videolist_url, video_id, 'Downloading videolist XML')
 
-        formats = [{
-            'url': sd_url,
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'format': 'sd',
-            'format_id': 'sd',
-            'quality': 1,
-        }]
-        if hd_url:
-            formats.append({
-                'url': hd_url,
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'format': 'hd',
-                'format_id': 'hd',
-                'quality': 2,
-            })
+        formats = []
+        baseurl = sd_url[:sd_url.rfind('/')+1]
+        for video in videolist.findall('.//video'):
+            src = video.get('src')
+            if not src:
+                continue
+            file_ = src.partition(':')[-1]
+            width = int_or_none(video.get('width'))
+            height = int_or_none(video.get('height'))
+            bitrate = int_or_none(video.get('system-bitrate'))
+            format = {
+                'url': baseurl + file_,
+                'format_id': src.rpartition('.')[0].rpartition('_')[-1],
+            }
+            if width or height:
+                format.update({
+                    'tbr': bitrate // 1000 if bitrate else None,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+            else:
+                format.update({
+                    'abr': bitrate // 1000 if bitrate else None,
+                    'vcodec': 'none',
+                })
+            formats.append(format)
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
         return {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
index 6e3a316c6..ba4d73ab8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/comedycentral.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class ComedyCentralShowsIE(InfoExtractor):
                 })
                 formats.append({
                     'format_id': 'rtmp-%s' % format,
-                    'url': rtmp_video_url,
+                    'url': rtmp_video_url.replace('viacomccstrm', 'viacommtvstrm'),
                     'ext': self._video_extensions.get(format, 'mp4'),
                     'height': h,
                     'width': w,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ivi.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ivi.py
index 1ba4966c7..528be1524 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ivi.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ivi.py
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ class IviIE(InfoExtractor):
         },
         # Serial's serie
         {
-            'url': 'http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dezhurnyi_angel/74791',
-            'md5': '3e6cc9a848c1d2ebcc6476444967baa9',
+            'url': 'http://www.ivi.ru/watch/dvoe_iz_lartsa/9549',
+            'md5': '221f56b35e3ed815fde2df71032f4b3e',
             'info_dict': {
-                'id': '74791',
+                'id': '9549',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'Дежурный ангел - 1 серия',
-                'duration': 2490,
-                'thumbnail': 'http://thumbs.ivi.ru/f7.vcp.digitalaccess.ru/contents/8/e/bc2f6c2b6e5d291152fdd32c059141.jpg',
+                'title': 'Двое из ларца - Серия 1',
+                'duration': 2655,
+                'thumbnail': 'http://thumbs.ivi.ru/f15.vcp.digitalaccess.ru/contents/8/4/0068dc0677041f3336b7c2baad8fc0.jpg',
             },
             'skip': 'Only works from Russia',
          }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py
index 1a63ab56a..aa34665d1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nbc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
+import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import find_xpath_attr, compat_str
@@ -31,30 +32,68 @@ class NBCIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class NBCNewsIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.nbcnews\.com/video/.+?/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://www\.nbcnews\.com/
+        ((video/.+?/(?P<id>\d+))|
+        (feature/[^/]+/(?P<title>.+)))
+        '''
 
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/52753292',
-        'md5': '47abaac93c6eaf9ad37ee6c4463a5179',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '52753292',
-            'ext': 'flv',
-            'title': 'Crew emerges after four-month Mars food study',
-            'description': 'md5:24e632ffac72b35f8b67a12d1b6ddfc1',
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/52753292',
+            'md5': '47abaac93c6eaf9ad37ee6c4463a5179',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '52753292',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'Crew emerges after four-month Mars food study',
+                'description': 'md5:24e632ffac72b35f8b67a12d1b6ddfc1',
+            },
         },
-    }
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview/how-twitter-reacted-snowden-interview-n117236',
+            'md5': 'b2421750c9f260783721d898f4c42063',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'I1wpAI_zmhsQ',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'How Twitter Reacted To The Snowden Interview',
+                'description': 'md5:65a0bd5d76fe114f3c2727aa3a81fe64',
+            },
+            'add_ie': ['ThePlatform'],
+        },
+    ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        all_info = self._download_xml('http://www.nbcnews.com/id/%s/displaymode/1219' % video_id, video_id)
-        info = all_info.find('video')
+        if video_id is not None:
+            all_info = self._download_xml('http://www.nbcnews.com/id/%s/displaymode/1219' % video_id, video_id)
+            info = all_info.find('video')
 
-        return {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'title': info.find('headline').text,
-            'ext': 'flv',
-            'url': find_xpath_attr(info, 'media', 'type', 'flashVideo').text,
-            'description': compat_str(info.find('caption').text),
-            'thumbnail': find_xpath_attr(info, 'media', 'type', 'thumbnail').text,
-        }
+            return {
+                'id': video_id,
+                'title': info.find('headline').text,
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'url': find_xpath_attr(info, 'media', 'type', 'flashVideo').text,
+                'description': compat_str(info.find('caption').text),
+                'thumbnail': find_xpath_attr(info, 'media', 'type', 'thumbnail').text,
+            }
+        else:
+            # "feature" pages use theplatform.com
+            title = mobj.group('title')
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, title)
+            bootstrap_json = self._search_regex(
+                r'var bootstrapJson = ({.+})\s*$', webpage, 'bootstrap json',
+                flags=re.MULTILINE)
+            bootstrap = json.loads(bootstrap_json)
+            info = bootstrap['results'][0]['video']
+            playlist_url = info['fallbackPlaylistUrl'] + '?form=MPXNBCNewsAPI'
+            mpxid = info['mpxId']
+            all_videos = self._download_json(playlist_url, title)['videos']
+            # The response contains additional videos
+            info = next(v for v in all_videos if v['mpxId'] == mpxid)
+
+            return {
+                '_type': 'url',
+                # We get the best quality video
+                'url': info['videoAssets'][-1]['publicUrl'],
+                'ie_key': 'ThePlatform',
+            }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nuvid.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nuvid.py
index f0befa116..e3db9fe8c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nuvid.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nuvid.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class NuvidIE(InfoExtractor):
             webpage, 'title').strip()
 
         url_end = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'href="(/mp4/[^"]+)"[^>]*data-link_type="mp4"',
+            r'href="(/[^"]+)"[^>]*data-link_type="mp4"',
             webpage, 'video_url')
         video_url = 'http://m.nuvid.com' + url_end
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
index f15780ef5..b6b2dba9c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 import json
 
@@ -18,17 +20,17 @@ class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     _TEST = {
         # from http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-e9I_cZgTgIPd/blackberrys_big_bold_z30/
-        u'url': u'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/e9I_cZgTgIPd/meta.smil?format=smil&Tracking=true&mbr=true',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'id': u'e9I_cZgTgIPd',
-            u'ext': u'flv',
-            u'title': u'Blackberry\'s big, bold Z30',
-            u'description': u'The Z30 is Blackberry\'s biggest, baddest mobile messaging device yet.',
-            u'duration': 247,
+        'url': 'http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/e9I_cZgTgIPd/meta.smil?format=smil&Tracking=true&mbr=true',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'e9I_cZgTgIPd',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Blackberry\'s big, bold Z30',
+            'description': 'The Z30 is Blackberry\'s biggest, baddest mobile messaging device yet.',
+            'duration': 247,
         },
-        u'params': {
+        'params': {
             # rtmp download
-            u'skip_download': True,
+            'skip_download': True,
         },
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
             error_msg = next(
                 n.attrib['abstract']
                 for n in meta.findall(_x('.//smil:ref'))
-                if n.attrib.get('title') == u'Geographic Restriction')
+                if n.attrib.get('title') == 'Geographic Restriction')
         except StopIteration:
             pass
         else:
@@ -101,8 +103,7 @@ class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
             config_url = url+ '&form=json'
             config_url = config_url.replace('swf/', 'config/')
             config_url = config_url.replace('onsite/', 'onsite/config/')
-            config_json = self._download_webpage(config_url, video_id, u'Downloading config')
-            config = json.loads(config_json)
+            config = self._download_json(config_url, video_id, 'Downloading config')
             smil_url = config['releaseUrl'] + '&format=SMIL&formats=MPEG4&manifest=f4m'
         else:
             smil_url = ('http://link.theplatform.com/s/dJ5BDC/{0}/meta.smil?'
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ustream.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ustream.py
index e4bb3b949..488b10df9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ustream.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ustream.py
@@ -11,29 +11,36 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class UstreamIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.ustream\.tv/(?P<type>recorded|embed)/(?P<videoID>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.ustream\.tv/(?P<type>recorded|embed|embed/recorded)/(?P<videoID>\d+)'
     IE_NAME = 'ustream'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20274954',
-        'file': '20274954.flv',
         'md5': '088f151799e8f572f84eb62f17d73e5c',
         'info_dict': {
-            "uploader": "Young Americans for Liberty",
-            "title": "Young Americans for Liberty February 7, 2012 2:28 AM",
+            'id': '20274954',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'uploader': 'Young Americans for Liberty',
+            'title': 'Young Americans for Liberty February 7, 2012 2:28 AM',
         },
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         m = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = m.group('videoID')
+
+        # some sites use this embed format (see: http://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/2990)
+        if m.group('type') == 'embed/recorded':
+            video_id = m.group('videoID')
+            desktop_url = 'http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/' + video_id
+            return self.url_result(desktop_url, 'Ustream')
         if m.group('type') == 'embed':
             video_id = m.group('videoID')
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-            desktop_video_id = self._html_search_regex(r'ContentVideoIds=\["([^"]*?)"\]', webpage, 'desktop_video_id')
+            desktop_video_id = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'ContentVideoIds=\["([^"]*?)"\]', webpage, 'desktop_video_id')
             desktop_url = 'http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/' + desktop_video_id
             return self.url_result(desktop_url, 'Ustream')
 
-        video_id = m.group('videoID')
-
         video_url = 'http://tcdn.ustream.tv/video/%s' % video_id
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index 638ff8af5..d3a40325f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = '2014.05.19'
+__version__ = '2014.05.30.1'