diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 282334635..33ba0fdd1 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -1373,6 +1373,9 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         if mobj is None:
             # Broaden the search a little bit: JWPlayer JS loader
             mobj = re.search(r'[^A-Za-z0-9]?file:\s*["\'](http[^\'"&]*)', webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            # Try to find twitter cards info
+            mobj = re.search(r'<meta (?:property|name)="twitter:player:stream" (?:content|value)="(.+?)"', webpage)
         if mobj is None:
             raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)