diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 1804c4de0..b4af3f987 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -2184,6 +2184,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     f = parse_content_type(source_attributes.get('type'))
                     is_plain_url, formats = _media_formats(src, media_type, f)
                     if is_plain_url:
+                        # res attribute is not standard but seen several times
+                        # in the wild
+                        f['height'] = int_or_none(source_attributes.get('res'))
                         f.update(formats[0])
                         media_info['formats'].append(f)
                     else: