Use the '--dump-json' option for extracting the video information

lib/youtube-dl.js

@@ -163,25 +163,37 @@ function call(video, args1, args2, options, callback) {
  * @param {Array.<String>} data
  */
 function filterData(data) {
- var format = data[data.length - 1].split(' - ');
+ var info = JSON.parse(data);
+ var format = info.format.split(' - ');
+ function formatDuration(duration) {
+ var parts = [];
+ parts.push(duration % 60);
+ var minutes = Math.floor(duration / 60);
+ if (minutes > 0) {
+ parts.push(minutes % 60)
+ var hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
+ if (hours > 0) {
+ parts.push(hours);
+ }
+ }
+ return parts.reverse().join(':');
+ }
 
  return {
- title : data[0],
- id : data[1],
- url : data[2],
- thumbnail : data[3],
- description : data.slice(4, data.length - 3).join('\n'),
- filename : data[data.length - 3],
- duration : data[data.length - 2],
- itag : parseInt(format[0], 10),
+ title : info.title,
+ id : info.id,
+ url : info.url,
+ thumbnail : info.thumbnail,
+ description : info.description,
+ filename : info._filename,
+ duration : formatDuration(info.duration),
+ itag : info.format_id,
  resolution : format[1],
  };
 
 }
 
 
-var resolutionRegex = /( - ([0-9]+x[0-9]+|\d+p|\?x[0-9]+|audio only|unknown))/;
-
 /**
  * Gets info from a video.
  *
@@ -199,15 +211,8 @@ ytdl.getInfo = function(url, args, options, callback) {
  args = [];
  }
  var defaultArgs = [
- '--get-id',
- '--get-url',
- '--get-title',
- '--get-thumbnail',
- '--get-filename',
- '--get-format',
- '--get-description',
- '--get-duration'
- ];
+ '--dump-json',
+ ]
 
  call(url, defaultArgs, args, options, function(err, data) {
  if (err) return callback(err);
@@ -216,12 +221,8 @@ ytdl.getInfo = function(url, args, options, callback) {
  var track = [];
 
  data.forEach(function(row) {
- track.push(row);
-
- if (resolutionRegex.test(row)) {
- playlist.push(filterData(track));
+ playlist.push(filterData(row));
  track = [];
- }
  });
 
  if (playlist.length === 1) {