diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index f498bcf6f..2a5e8076c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                  by this field.
                                  -1 for default (order by other properties),
                                  -2 or smaller for less than default.
+                    * quality    Order number of the video quality of this
+                                 format, irrespective of the file format.
+                                 -1 for default (order by other properties),
+                                 -2 or smaller for less than default.
     url:            Final video URL.
     ext:            Video filename extension.
     format:         The video format, defaults to ext (used for --get-format)
@@ -483,6 +487,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
             return (
                 preference,
+                f.get('quality') if f.get('quality') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('height') if f.get('height') is not None else -1,
                 f.get('width') if f.get('width') is not None else -1,
                 ext_preference,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
index b42eae89a..88f03608b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
@@ -1,54 +1,98 @@
 # coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import json
+import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_urlparse,
-    ExtractorError,
-    find_xpath_attr,
+    HEADRequest,
+    unified_strdate,
 )
 
+
 class ORFIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tvthek\.orf\.at/(programs/.+?/episodes|topics/.+?)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://tvthek\.orf\.at/(?:programs/.+?/episodes|topics/.+?|program/[^/]+)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://tvthek.orf.at/program/matinee-Was-Sie-schon-immer-ueber-Klassik-wissen-wollten/7317210/Was-Sie-schon-immer-ueber-Klassik-wissen-wollten/7319746/Was-Sie-schon-immer-ueber-Klassik-wissen-wollten/7319747',
+        'file': '7319747.mp4',
+        'md5': 'bd803c5d8c32d3c64a0ea4b4eeddf375',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Was Sie schon immer über Klassik wissen wollten',
+            'description': 'md5:0ddf0d5f0060bd53f744edaa5c2e04a4',
+            'duration': 3508,
+            'upload_date': '20140105',
+        },
+        'skip': 'Blocked outside of Austria',
+    }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         playlist_id = mobj.group('id')
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
 
-        flash_xml = self._search_regex('ORF.flashXML = \'(.+?)\'', webpage, u'flash xml')
-        flash_xml = compat_urlparse.parse_qs('xml='+flash_xml)['xml'][0]
-        flash_config = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(flash_xml.encode('utf-8'))
-        playlist_json = self._search_regex(r'playlist\': \'(\[.*?\])\'', webpage, u'playlist').replace(r'\"','"')
-        playlist = json.loads(playlist_json)
-
-        videos = []
-        ns = '{http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd}'
-        xpath = '%(ns)sPlaylist/%(ns)sItems/%(ns)sItem' % {'ns': ns}
-        webpage_description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
-        for (i, (item, info)) in enumerate(zip(flash_config.findall(xpath), playlist), 1):
-            # Get best quality url
-            rtmp_url = None
-            for q in ['Q6A', 'Q4A', 'Q1A']:
-                video_url = find_xpath_attr(item, '%sVideoUrl' % ns, 'quality', q)
-                if video_url is not None:
-                    rtmp_url = video_url.text
-                    break
-            if rtmp_url is None:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Couldn\'t get video url: %s' % info['id'])
-            description = self._html_search_regex(
-                r'id="playlist_entry_%s".*?<p>(.*?)</p>' % i, webpage,
-                u'description', default=webpage_description, flags=re.DOTALL)
-            videos.append({
+        data_json = self._search_regex(
+            r'initializeAdworx\((.+?)\);\n', webpage, 'video info')
+        all_data = json.loads(data_json)
+        sdata = all_data[0]['values']['segments']
+
+        def quality_to_int(s):
+            m = re.search('([0-9]+)', s)
+            if m is None:
+                return -1
+            return int(m.group(1))
+
+        entries = []
+        for sd in sdata:
+            video_id = sd['id']
+            formats = [{
+                'preference': -10 if fd['delivery'] == 'hls' else None,
+                'format_id': '%s-%s-%s' % (
+                    fd['delivery'], fd['quality'], fd['quality_string']),
+                'url': fd['src'],
+                'protocol': fd['protocol'],
+                'quality': quality_to_int(fd['quality']),
+            } for fd in sd['playlist_item_array']['sources']]
+
+            # Check for geoblocking.
+            # There is a property is_geoprotection, but that's always false
+            geo_str = sd.get('geoprotection_string')
+            if geo_str:
+                try:
+                    http_url = next(
+                        f['url']
+                        for f in formats
+                        if re.match(r'^https?://.*\.mp4$', f['url']))
+                except StopIteration:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    req = HEADRequest(http_url)
+                    response = self._request_webpage(
+                        req, video_id,
+                        note='Testing for geoblocking',
+                        errnote=((
+                            'This video seems to be blocked outside of %s. '
+                            'You may want to try the streaming-* formats.')
+                            % geo_str),
+                        fatal=False)
+
+            self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+            upload_date = unified_strdate(sd['created_date'])
+            entries.append({
                 '_type': 'video',
-                'id': info['id'],
-                'title': info['title'],
-                'url': rtmp_url,
-                'ext': 'flv',
-                'description': description,
-                })
-
-        return videos
+                'id': video_id,
+                'title': sd['header'],
+                'formats': formats,
+                'description': sd.get('description'),
+                'duration': int(sd['duration_in_seconds']),
+                'upload_date': upload_date,
+                'thumbnail': sd.get('image_full_url'),
+            })
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'entries': entries,
+            'id': playlist_id,
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 536504e7e..918a127ca 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str):
         '%Y-%m-%d',
         '%d/%m/%Y',
         '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S',
+        '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
         '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M',
         '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ',
         '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ',