def get_media_url(self, web_url):
        #grab stream address
        try:
            html = self.net.http_GET(web_url).content
        except urllib2.URLError, e:
            common.addon.log_error('videoweed: got http error %d fetching %s' %
                                    (e.code, web_url))
            return False
        
        r = re.search('flashvars.domain="(.+?)";.*flashvars.file="([a-zA-Z0-9]+)";.*flashvars.filekey="(.+?)";.+?flashvars', html, re.DOTALL)
        if r:
            domain = r.group(1)
            fileid = r.group(2)
            filekey = r.group(3)
            api_call = domain + '/api/player.api.php?user=undefined&codes=1&file=' + fileid + '&pass=undefined&key=' + filekey
        else:
            common.addon.log_error('videoweed: api url not found')
            return False

        try:
            apihtml = self.net.http_GET(api_call).content
        except urllib2.URLERROR, e:
            common.addon.log_error('videoweed: failed to call the video API got http error %d fetching %s' %
                                   (e.code, api_call))
            return False

        rapi = re.search('url=(.+?)&title=',apihtml)
        if rapi:
            stream_url = rapi.group(1)
        else:
            common.addon.log_error('videoweed: stream url not found')

        
        return stream_url