diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 9b6498894..524215408 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ def _playlist_from_matches(matches, getter, ie=None):
                 <iframe[^>]+?src=|
                 data-video-url=|
                 <embed[^>]+?src=|
-                embedSWF\(?:\s*
+                embedSWF\(?:\s*|
+                new\s+SWFObject\(
             )
             (["\'])
                 (?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/