diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 4f1b50880..1b049082d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
-            r'''(?ix)<meta(?=[^>]+(?:name|property)=["\']%s["\'])
+            r'''(?ix)<meta
+                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property)=["\']%s["\'])
                     [^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']''' % re.escape(name),
             html, display_name, fatal=False)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
index ea42d5320..f035a3214 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/smotri.py
@@ -14,46 +14,49 @@ from ..utils import (
 class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com'
     IE_NAME = u'smotri'
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?(?P<url>smotri\.com/video/view/\?id=(?P<videoid>v(?P<realvideoid>[0-9]+)[a-z0-9]{4}))'
-    
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<url>smotri\.com/video/view/\?id=(?P<videoid>v(?P<realvideoid>[0-9]+)[a-z0-9]{4}))'
+
     _TESTS = [
         # real video id 2610366
         {
             u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v261036632ab',
             u'file': u'v261036632ab.mp4',
-            u'md5': u'46a72e83a6ad8862b64fa6953fa93f8a',
+            u'md5': u'2a7b08249e6f5636557579c368040eb9',
             u'info_dict': {
                 u'title': u'катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения',
                 u'uploader': u'rbc2008',
                 u'uploader_id': u'rbc08',
                 u'upload_date': u'20131118',
-                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame6.loadup.ru/8b/a9/2610366.3.3.jpg'
+                u'description': u'катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения, видео катастрофа с камер видеонаблюдения',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame6.loadup.ru/8b/a9/2610366.3.3.jpg',
             },
         },
         # real video id 57591
         {
             u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v57591cb20',
             u'file': u'v57591cb20.flv',
-            u'md5': u'9eae59f6dda7087bf39a140e2fff5757',
+            u'md5': u'830266dfc21f077eac5afd1883091bcd',
             u'info_dict': {
                 u'title': u'test',
                 u'uploader': u'Support Photofile@photofile',
                 u'uploader_id': u'support-photofile',
                 u'upload_date': u'20070704',
-                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame4.loadup.ru/03/ed/57591.2.3.jpg'
-            },            
+                u'description': u'test, видео test',
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame4.loadup.ru/03/ed/57591.2.3.jpg',
+            },
         },
         # video-password
         {
             u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v1390466a13c',
             u'file': u'v1390466a13c.mp4',
-            u'md5': u'fe4dd9357558d5ee3c8fc0ef0d39de66',
+            u'md5': u'f6331cef33cad65a0815ee482a54440b',
             u'info_dict': {
                 u'title': u'TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1',
                 u'uploader': u'timoxa40',
                 u'uploader_id': u'timoxa40',
                 u'upload_date': u'20100404',
-                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame7.loadup.ru/af/3f/1390466.3.3.jpg'
+                u'thumbnail': u'http://frame7.loadup.ru/af/3f/1390466.3.3.jpg',
+                u'description': u'TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1, видео TOCCA_A_NOI_-_LE_COSE_NON_VANNO_CAMBIAMOLE_ORA-1',
             },
             u'params': {
                 u'videopassword': u'qwerty',
@@ -63,15 +66,16 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         {
             u'url': u'http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v15408898bcf',
             u'file': u'v15408898bcf.flv',
-            u'md5': u'c66a5d61379ac6fde06f07eebe436316',
+            u'md5': u'91e909c9f0521adf5ee86fbe073aad70',
             u'info_dict': {
                 u'title': u'этот ролик не покажут по ТВ',
                 u'uploader': u'zzxxx',
                 u'uploader_id': u'ueggb',
                 u'upload_date': u'20101001',
                 u'thumbnail': u'http://frame3.loadup.ru/75/75/1540889.1.3.jpg',
-                u'age_limit': 18
-            },     
+                u'age_limit': 18,
+                u'description': u'этот ролик не покажут по ТВ, видео этот ролик не покажут по ТВ',
+            },
             u'params': {
                 u'videopassword': u'333'
             }
@@ -82,14 +86,15 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
     _PASSWORD_NOT_VERIFIED = 1
     _PASSWORD_DETECTED = 2
     _VIDEO_NOT_FOUND = 3
-    
+
     def _search_meta(self, name, html, display_name=None):
         if display_name is None:
             display_name = name
         return self._html_search_regex(
             r'<meta itemprop="%s" content="([^"]+)" />' % re.escape(name),
             html, display_name, fatal=False)
-        
+        return self._html_search_meta(name, html, display_name)
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('videoid')
@@ -103,12 +108,12 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         status = video_json['status']
         if status == self._VIDEO_NOT_FOUND:
             raise ExtractorError(u'Video %s does not exist' % video_id, expected=True)
-        elif status == self._PASSWORD_DETECTED: # The video is protected by a password, retry with
+        elif status == self._PASSWORD_DETECTED:  # The video is protected by a password, retry with
                                                 # video-password set
             video_password = self._downloader.params.get('videopassword', None)
             if not video_password:
                 raise ExtractorError(u'This video is protected by a password, use the --video-password option', expected=True)
-            video_json_url += '&md5pass=%s' % hashlib.md5(video_password).hexdigest()
+            video_json_url += '&md5pass=%s' % hashlib.md5(video_password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
             video_json_page = self._download_webpage(video_json_url, video_id, u'Downloading video JSON (video-password set)')
             video_json = json.loads(video_json_page)
             status = video_json['status']
@@ -120,7 +125,6 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         
         # Extract the URL of the video
         video_url = video_json['file_data']
-        video_ext = determine_ext(video_url)
         
         # Video JSON does not provide enough meta data
         # We will extract some from the video web page instead
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         if re.search(u'EroConfirmText">', video_page) is not None:
             self.report_age_confirmation()
             confirm_string = self._html_search_regex(
-                ur'<a href="/video/view/\?id=%s&confirm=([^"]+)" title="[^"]+">' % video_id,
+                r'<a href="/video/view/\?id=%s&confirm=([^"]+)" title="[^"]+">' % video_id,
                 video_page, u'confirm string')
             confirm_url = video_page_url + '&confirm=%s' % confirm_string
             video_page = self._download_webpage(confirm_url, video_id, u'Downloading video page (age confirmed)')
@@ -143,11 +147,17 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_title = self._search_meta(u'name', video_page, u'title')
         if not video_title:
             video_title = video_url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
-        
+
         video_description = self._search_meta(u'description', video_page)
+        END_TEXT = u' на сайте Smotri.com'
+        if video_description.endswith(END_TEXT):
+            video_description = video_description[:-len(END_TEXT)]
+        START_TEXT = u'Смотреть онлайн ролик '
+        if video_description.startswith(START_TEXT):
+            video_description = video_description[len(START_TEXT):]
         video_thumbnail = self._search_meta(u'thumbnail', video_page)
-        
-        upload_date_str = self._search_meta(u'uploadDate', video_page, u'upload date')        
+
+        upload_date_str = self._search_meta(u'uploadDate', video_page, u'upload date')
         upload_date_m = re.search(r'(?P<year>\d{4})\.(?P<month>\d{2})\.(?P<day>\d{2})T', upload_date_str)
         video_upload_date = (
             (
@@ -170,22 +180,21 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
         )
         
         video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            ur'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info[^"]+">(.*?)</a>',
+            u'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info[^"]+">(.*?)</a>',
             video_page, u'uploader', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
         
         video_uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            ur'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info\(.*?\'([^\']+)\'\);">',
+            u'<div class="DescrUser"><div>Автор.*?onmouseover="popup_user_info\\(.*?\'([^\']+)\'\\);">',
             video_page, u'uploader id', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
         
         video_view_count = self._html_search_regex(
-            ur'Общее количество просмотров.*?<span class="Number">(\d+)</span>',
+            u'Общее количество просмотров.*?<span class="Number">(\\d+)</span>',
             video_page, u'view count', fatal=False, flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
                 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'url': video_url,
             'title': video_title,
-            'ext': video_ext,
             'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
             'description': video_description,
             'uploader': video_uploader,
@@ -197,43 +206,47 @@ class SmotriIE(InfoExtractor):
             'video_page_url': video_page_url
         }
 
+
 class SmotriCommunityIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com community videos'
     IE_NAME = u'smotri:community'
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/community/video/(?P<communityid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/community/video/(?P<communityid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
     
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         community_id = mobj.group('communityid')
-        
+
         url = 'http://smotri.com/export/rss/video/by/community/-/%s/video.xml' % community_id
         rss = self._download_xml(url, community_id, u'Downloading community RSS')
-    
+
         entries = [self.url_result(video_url.text, 'Smotri')
                    for video_url in rss.findall('./channel/item/link')]
-      
+
+        description_text = rss.find('./channel/description').text
         community_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            ur'^Видео сообщества "([^"]+)"$', rss.find('./channel/description').text, u'community title')
+            u'^Видео сообщества "([^"]+)"$', description_text, u'community title')
 
         return self.playlist_result(entries, community_id, community_title)
-     
+
+
 class SmotriUserIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'Smotri.com user videos'
     IE_NAME = u'smotri:user'
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/user/(?P<userid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
-    
+    _VALID_URL = r'^https?://(?:www\.)?smotri\.com/user/(?P<userid>[0-9A-Za-z_\'-]+)'
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url);
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         user_id = mobj.group('userid')
-        
+
         url = 'http://smotri.com/export/rss/user/video/-/%s/video.xml' % user_id
         rss = self._download_xml(url, user_id, u'Downloading user RSS')
-        
+
         entries = [self.url_result(video_url.text, 'Smotri')
                    for video_url in rss.findall('./channel/item/link')]
-        
+
+        description_text = rss.find('./channel/description').text
         user_nickname = self._html_search_regex(
-            ur'^Видео режиссера (.*)$', rss.find('./channel/description').text, u'user nickname')
+            u'^Видео режиссера (.*)$', description_text,
+            u'user nickname')
 
         return self.playlist_result(entries, user_id, user_nickname)
-        
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