diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py
index 0d9eb0001..aaa92bc75 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .common import FileDownloader
 from .hls import HlsFD
 from .http import HttpFD
@@ -12,10 +14,11 @@ from ..utils import (
 def get_suitable_downloader(info_dict):
     """Get the downloader class that can handle the info dict."""
     url = info_dict['url']
+    protocol = info_dict.get('protocol')
 
     if url.startswith('rtmp'):
         return RtmpFD
-    if determine_ext(url) == u'm3u8':
+    if (protocol == 'm3u8') or (protocol is None and determine_ext(url) == 'm3u8'):
         return HlsFD
     if url.startswith('mms') or url.startswith('rtsp'):
         return MplayerFD
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 8daf995b9..5de90d6d9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ from .googlesearch import GoogleSearchIE
 from .hark import HarkIE
 from .hotnewhiphop import HotNewHipHopIE
 from .howcast import HowcastIE
+from .huffpost import HuffPostIE
 from .hypem import HypemIE
 from .ign import IGNIE, OneUPIE
 from .imdb import (
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 3cf742a3b..db1ca9edb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     * player_url SWF Player URL (used for rtmpdump).
                     * protocol   The protocol that will be used for the actual
                                  download, lower-case.
-                                 "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp" or so.
+                                 "http", "https", "rtsp", "rtmp", "m3u8" or so.
                     * preference Order number of this format. If this field is
                                  present and not None, the formats get sorted
                                  by this field.
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index e1933837d..829e5894f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -332,10 +332,16 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         # Look for embedded Facebook player
         mobj = re.search(
-            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>https://www.facebook.com/video/embed.+?)\1', webpage)
+            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>https://www\.facebook\.com/video/embed.+?)\1', webpage)
         if mobj is not None:
             return self.url_result(mobj.group('url'), 'Facebook')
 
+        # Look for embedded Huffington Post player
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>https?://embed\.live.huffingtonpost\.com/.+?)\1', webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            return self.url_result(mobj.group('url'), 'HuffPost')
+
         # Start with something easy: JW Player in SWFObject
         mobj = re.search(r'flashvars: [\'"](?:.*&)?file=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
         if mobj is None:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/huffpost.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/huffpost.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b47114ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/huffpost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    parse_duration,
+    unified_strdate,
+)
+
+
+class HuffPostIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Huffington Post'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
+        https?://(embed\.)?live\.huffingtonpost\.com/
+        (?:
+            r/segment/[^/]+/|
+            HPLEmbedPlayer/\?segmentId=
+        )
+        (?P<id>[0-9a-f]+)'''
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/legalese-it/52dd3e4b02a7602131000677',
+        'file': '52dd3e4b02a7602131000677.mp4',
+        'md5': 'TODO',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'TODO',
+            'description': 'TODO',
+            'duration': 1549,
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        api_url = 'http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/api/segments/%s.json' % video_id
+        data = self._download_json(api_url, video_id)['data']
+
+        video_title = data['title']
+        duration = parse_duration(data['running_time'])
+        upload_date = unified_strdate(data['schedule']['started_at'])
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        for url in data['images'].values():
+            m = re.match('.*-([0-9]+x[0-9]+)\.', url)
+            if not m:
+                continue
+            thumbnails.append({
+                'url': url,
+                'resolution': m.group(1),
+            })
+
+        formats = [{
+            'format': key,
+            'format_id': key.replace('/', '.'),
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'url': url,
+            'vcodec': 'none' if key.startswith('audio/') else None,
+        } for key, url in data['sources']['live'].items()]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+        }