diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 780a6d9a2..0e837868f 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ class YahooSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information Extractor for YouTube playlists."""
 
-	_VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube.com/(?:(?:view_play_list|my_playlists|artist)\?.*?(p|a)=|user/.*?/user/|p/)([^&]+).*'
+	_VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube.com/(?:(?:view_play_list|my_playlists|artist)\?.*?(p|a)=|user/.*?/user/|p/|user/.*?#[pg]/c/)([0-9A-Za-z]+)(?:/.*?/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+))?.*'
 	_TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/%s?%s=%s&page=%s&gl=US&hl=en'
 	_VIDEO_INDICATOR = r'/watch\?v=(.+?)&'
 	_MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'(?m)>\s*Next\s*</a>'
@@ -2241,12 +2241,18 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
 			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid url: %s' % url)
 			return
 
+		# Single video case
+		if mobj.group(3) is not None:
+			self._youtube_ie.extract(mobj.group(3))
+			return
+
 		# Download playlist pages
 		# prefix is 'p' as default for playlists but there are other types that need extra care
 		playlist_prefix = mobj.group(1)
 		if playlist_prefix == 'a':
 			playlist_access = 'artist'
 		else:
+			playlist_prefix = 'p'
 			playlist_access = 'view_play_list'
 		playlist_id = mobj.group(2)
 		video_ids = []