diff --git a/youtube_dl/Utils.py b/youtube_dl/Utils.py
index f924b98f7..737cca8e1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/Utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/Utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ try:
 	import cStringIO as StringIO
 except ImportError:
 	import StringIO
+		
+try:
+	import json
+except ImportError: # Python <2.6, use trivialjson (https://github.com/phihag/trivialjson):
+	import trivialjson as json
 
 std_headers = {
 	'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0.1',
@@ -260,116 +265,3 @@ class YoutubeDLHandler(urllib2.HTTPHandler):
 			resp = self.addinfourl_wrapper(gz, old_resp.headers, old_resp.url, old_resp.code)
 			resp.msg = old_resp.msg
 		return resp
-		
-try:
-	import json
-except ImportError: # Python <2.6, use trivialjson (https://github.com/phihag/trivialjson):
-	import re
-	class json(object):
-		@staticmethod
-		def loads(s):
-			s = s.decode('UTF-8')
-			def raiseError(msg, i):
-				raise ValueError(msg + ' at position ' + str(i) + ' of ' + repr(s) + ': ' + repr(s[i:]))
-			def skipSpace(i, expectMore=True):
-				while i < len(s) and s[i] in ' \t\r\n':
-					i += 1
-				if expectMore:
-					if i >= len(s):
-						raiseError('Premature end', i)
-				return i
-			def decodeEscape(match):
-				esc = match.group(1)
-				_STATIC = {
-					'"': '"',
-					'\\': '\\',
-					'/': '/',
-					'b': unichr(0x8),
-					'f': unichr(0xc),
-					'n': '\n',
-					'r': '\r',
-					't': '\t',
-				}
-				if esc in _STATIC:
-					return _STATIC[esc]
-				if esc[0] == 'u':
-					if len(esc) == 1+4:
-						return unichr(int(esc[1:5], 16))
-					if len(esc) == 5+6 and esc[5:7] == '\\u':
-						hi = int(esc[1:5], 16)
-						low = int(esc[7:11], 16)
-						return unichr((hi - 0xd800) * 0x400 + low - 0xdc00 + 0x10000)
-				raise ValueError('Unknown escape ' + str(esc))
-			def parseString(i):
-				i += 1
-				e = i
-				while True:
-					e = s.index('"', e)
-					bslashes = 0
-					while s[e-bslashes-1] == '\\':
-						bslashes += 1
-					if bslashes % 2 == 1:
-						e += 1
-						continue
-					break
-				rexp = re.compile(r'\\(u[dD][89aAbB][0-9a-fA-F]{2}\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|.|$)')
-				stri = rexp.sub(decodeEscape, s[i:e])
-				return (e+1,stri)
-			def parseObj(i):
-				i += 1
-				res = {}
-				i = skipSpace(i)
-				if s[i] == '}': # Empty dictionary
-					return (i+1,res)
-				while True:
-					if s[i] != '"':
-						raiseError('Expected a string object key', i)
-					i,key = parseString(i)
-					i = skipSpace(i)
-					if i >= len(s) or s[i] != ':':
-						raiseError('Expected a colon', i)
-					i,val = parse(i+1)
-					res[key] = val
-					i = skipSpace(i)
-					if s[i] == '}':
-						return (i+1, res)
-					if s[i] != ',':
-						raiseError('Expected comma or closing curly brace', i)
-					i = skipSpace(i+1)
-			def parseArray(i):
-				res = []
-				i = skipSpace(i+1)
-				if s[i] == ']': # Empty array
-					return (i+1,res)
-				while True:
-					i,val = parse(i)
-					res.append(val)
-					i = skipSpace(i) # Raise exception if premature end
-					if s[i] == ']':
-						return (i+1, res)
-					if s[i] != ',':
-						raiseError('Expected a comma or closing bracket', i)
-					i = skipSpace(i+1)
-			def parseDiscrete(i):
-				for k,v in {'true': True, 'false': False, 'null': None}.items():
-					if s.startswith(k, i):
-						return (i+len(k), v)
-				raiseError('Not a boolean (or null)', i)
-			def parseNumber(i):
-				mobj = re.match('^(-?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\.[0-9]*)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)', s[i:])
-				if mobj is None:
-					raiseError('Not a number', i)
-				nums = mobj.group(1)
-				if '.' in nums or 'e' in nums or 'E' in nums:
-					return (i+len(nums), float(nums))
-				return (i+len(nums), int(nums))
-			CHARMAP = {'{': parseObj, '[': parseArray, '"': parseString, 't': parseDiscrete, 'f': parseDiscrete, 'n': parseDiscrete}
-			def parse(i):
-				i = skipSpace(i)
-				i,res = CHARMAP.get(s[i], parseNumber)(i)
-				i = skipSpace(i, False)
-				return (i,res)
-			i,res = parse(0)
-			if i < len(s):
-				raise ValueError('Extra data at end of input (index ' + str(i) + ' of ' + repr(s) + ': ' + repr(s[i:]) + ')')
-			return res
diff --git a/youtube_dl/trivialjson.py b/youtube_dl/trivialjson.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cce2a98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/trivialjson.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""trivialjson (https://github.com/phihag/trivialjson)"""
+
+import re
+def loads(s):
+	s = s.decode('UTF-8')
+	def raiseError(msg, i):
+		raise ValueError(msg + ' at position ' + str(i) + ' of ' + repr(s) + ': ' + repr(s[i:]))
+	def skipSpace(i, expectMore=True):
+		while i < len(s) and s[i] in ' \t\r\n':
+			i += 1
+		if expectMore:
+			if i >= len(s):
+				raiseError('Premature end', i)
+		return i
+	def decodeEscape(match):
+		esc = match.group(1)
+		_STATIC = {
+			'"': '"',
+			'\\': '\\',
+			'/': '/',
+			'b': unichr(0x8),
+			'f': unichr(0xc),
+			'n': '\n',
+			'r': '\r',
+			't': '\t',
+		}
+		if esc in _STATIC:
+			return _STATIC[esc]
+		if esc[0] == 'u':
+			if len(esc) == 1+4:
+				return unichr(int(esc[1:5], 16))
+			if len(esc) == 5+6 and esc[5:7] == '\\u':
+				hi = int(esc[1:5], 16)
+				low = int(esc[7:11], 16)
+				return unichr((hi - 0xd800) * 0x400 + low - 0xdc00 + 0x10000)
+		raise ValueError('Unknown escape ' + str(esc))
+	def parseString(i):
+		i += 1
+		e = i
+		while True:
+			e = s.index('"', e)
+			bslashes = 0
+			while s[e-bslashes-1] == '\\':
+				bslashes += 1
+			if bslashes % 2 == 1:
+				e += 1
+				continue
+			break
+		rexp = re.compile(r'\\(u[dD][89aAbB][0-9a-fA-F]{2}\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|.|$)')
+		stri = rexp.sub(decodeEscape, s[i:e])
+		return (e+1,stri)
+	def parseObj(i):
+		i += 1
+		res = {}
+		i = skipSpace(i)
+		if s[i] == '}': # Empty dictionary
+			return (i+1,res)
+		while True:
+			if s[i] != '"':
+				raiseError('Expected a string object key', i)
+			i,key = parseString(i)
+			i = skipSpace(i)
+			if i >= len(s) or s[i] != ':':
+				raiseError('Expected a colon', i)
+			i,val = parse(i+1)
+			res[key] = val
+			i = skipSpace(i)
+			if s[i] == '}':
+				return (i+1, res)
+			if s[i] != ',':
+				raiseError('Expected comma or closing curly brace', i)
+			i = skipSpace(i+1)
+	def parseArray(i):
+		res = []
+		i = skipSpace(i+1)
+		if s[i] == ']': # Empty array
+			return (i+1,res)
+		while True:
+			i,val = parse(i)
+			res.append(val)
+			i = skipSpace(i) # Raise exception if premature end
+			if s[i] == ']':
+				return (i+1, res)
+			if s[i] != ',':
+				raiseError('Expected a comma or closing bracket', i)
+			i = skipSpace(i+1)
+	def parseDiscrete(i):
+		for k,v in {'true': True, 'false': False, 'null': None}.items():
+			if s.startswith(k, i):
+				return (i+len(k), v)
+		raiseError('Not a boolean (or null)', i)
+	def parseNumber(i):
+		mobj = re.match('^(-?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\.[0-9]*)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)', s[i:])
+		if mobj is None:
+			raiseError('Not a number', i)
+		nums = mobj.group(1)
+		if '.' in nums or 'e' in nums or 'E' in nums:
+			return (i+len(nums), float(nums))
+		return (i+len(nums), int(nums))
+	CHARMAP = {'{': parseObj, '[': parseArray, '"': parseString, 't': parseDiscrete, 'f': parseDiscrete, 'n': parseDiscrete}
+	def parse(i):
+		i = skipSpace(i)
+		i,res = CHARMAP.get(s[i], parseNumber)(i)
+		i = skipSpace(i, False)
+		return (i,res)
+	i,res = parse(0)
+	if i < len(s):
+		raise ValueError('Extra data at end of input (index ' + str(i) + ' of ' + repr(s) + ': ' + repr(s[i:]) + ')')
+	return res