diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 462717b1e0..bd6eb6ae04 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
     TwitchBookmarksIE,
     TwitchStreamIE,
 )
-from .twitter import TwitterCardIE
+from .twitter import TwitterCardIE, TwitterIE
 from .ubu import UbuIE
 from .udemy import (
     UdemyIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 1aaa063051..1472f22a71 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
@@ -6,23 +7,38 @@
 from ..compat import compat_urllib_request
 from ..utils import (
     float_or_none,
-    unescapeHTML,
+    xpath_text,
+    remove_end,
 )
 
 
 class TwitterCardIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'twitter:card'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?twitter\.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/(?P<id>\d+)'
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/560070183650213889',
-        'md5': 'a74f50b310c83170319ba16de6955192',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '560070183650213889',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'TwitterCard',
-            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
-            'duration': 30.033,
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/560070183650213889',
+            'md5': '7d2f6b4d2eb841a7ccc893d479bfceb4',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '560070183650213889',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'TwitterCard',
+                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                'duration': 30.033,
+            }
         },
-    }
+        {
+            'url': 'https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/623160978427936768',
+            'md5': '7ee2a553b63d1bccba97fbed97d9e1c8',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '623160978427936768',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'TwitterCard',
+                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+                'duration': 80.155,
+            },
+        }
+    ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
@@ -40,10 +56,18 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             request.add_header('User-Agent', user_agent)
             webpage = self._download_webpage(request, video_id)
 
-            config = self._parse_json(
-                unescapeHTML(self._search_regex(
-                    r'data-player-config="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'data player config')),
+            config = self._parse_json(self._html_search_regex(
+                r'data-player-config="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'data player config'),
                 video_id)
+            if 'playlist' not in config:
+                if 'vmapUrl' in config:
+                    vmap_data = self._download_xml(config['vmapUrl'], video_id)
+                    video_url = xpath_text(vmap_data, './/MediaFile').strip()
+                    formats.append({
+                        'url': video_url,
+                    })
+                    break   # same video regardless of UA
+                continue
 
             video_url = config['playlist'][0]['source']
 
@@ -70,3 +94,54 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'duration': duration,
             'formats': formats,
         }
+
+
+class TwitterIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'twitter'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.|m\.|mobile\.)?twitter\.com/(?P<user_id>[^/]+)/status/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://twitter.com/%s/status/%s'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://twitter.com/freethenipple/status/643211948184596480',
+        'md5': '31cd83a116fc41f99ae3d909d4caf6a0',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '643211948184596480',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'FREE THE NIPPLE - FTN supporters on Hollywood Blvd today!',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'duration': 12.922,
+            'description': 'FREE THE NIPPLE on Twitter: "FTN supporters on Hollywood Blvd today! http://t.co/c7jHH749xJ"',
+            'uploader': 'FREE THE NIPPLE',
+            'uploader_id': 'freethenipple',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        user_id = mobj.group('user_id')
+        twid = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(self._TEMPLATE_URL % (user_id, twid), twid)
+
+        username = remove_end(self._og_search_title(webpage), ' on Twitter')
+
+        title = self._og_search_description(webpage).strip('').replace('\n', ' ')
+
+        # strip  'https -_t.co_BJYgOjSeGA' junk from filenames
+        mobj = re.match(r'“(.*)\s+(https?://[^ ]+)”', title)
+        title, short_url = mobj.groups()
+
+        card_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'["\']/i/cards/tfw/v1/(\d+)', webpage, 'twitter card url')
+        card_url = 'https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/' + card_id
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'ie_key': 'TwitterCard',
+            'uploader_id': user_id,
+            'uploader': username,
+            'url': card_url,
+            'webpage_url': url,
+            'description': '%s on Twitter: "%s %s"' % (username, title, short_url),
+            'title': username + ' - ' + title,
+        }