diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index cfd25cd21..2277ec6ab 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -793,6 +793,49 @@ def _extract_m3u8_formats(self, m3u8_url, video_id, ext=None,
         self._sort_formats(formats)
         return formats
 
+    # TODO: improve extraction
+    def _extract_smil_formats(self, smil_url, video_id):
+        smil = self._download_xml(
+            smil_url, video_id, 'Downloading SMIL file',
+            'Unable to download SMIL file')
+
+        base = smil.find('./head/meta').get('base')
+
+        formats = []
+        rtmp_count = 0
+        for video in smil.findall('./body/switch/video'):
+            src = video.get('src')
+            if not src:
+                continue
+            bitrate = int_or_none(video.get('system-bitrate') or video.get('systemBitrate'), 1000)
+            width = int_or_none(video.get('width'))
+            height = int_or_none(video.get('height'))
+            proto = video.get('proto')
+            if not proto:
+                if base:
+                    if base.startswith('rtmp'):
+                        proto = 'rtmp'
+                    elif base.startswith('http'):
+                        proto = 'http'
+            ext = video.get('ext')
+            if proto == 'm3u8':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(src, video_id, ext))
+            elif proto == 'rtmp':
+                rtmp_count += 1
+                streamer = video.get('streamer') or base
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': streamer,
+                    'play_path': src,
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'rtmp-%d' % (rtmp_count if bitrate is None else bitrate),
+                    'tbr': bitrate,
+                    'width': width,
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return formats
+
     def _live_title(self, name):
         """ Generate the title for a live video """
         now = datetime.datetime.now()