diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
index c663a0f81d..ecfb233f99 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/fc2.py
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
 )
 
 
 class FC2IE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'^http://video\.fc2\.com/((?P<lang>[^/]+)/)?content/(?P<id>[^/]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'^http://video\.fc2\.com/((?P<lang>[^/]+)/)?(a/)?content/(?P<id>[^/]+)'
     IE_NAME = 'fc2'
+    _NETRC_MACHINE = 'fc2'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://video.fc2.com/en/content/20121103kUan1KHs',
         'md5': 'a6ebe8ebe0396518689d963774a54eb7',
@@ -25,17 +27,53 @@ class FC2IE(InfoExtractor):
         },
     }
 
+    #def _real_initialize(self):
+    #    self._login()
+
+    def _login(self):
+        (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
+        if (username is None) or (password is None):
+           self._downloader.report_warning('unable to log in: will be downloading in non authorized mode')
+           return False
+
+        # Log in
+        login_form_strs = {
+            'email':    username,
+            'password': password,
+            'done':     'video',
+            'Submit':   ' Login ',
+        }
+
+        # Convert to UTF-8 *before* urlencode because Python 2.x's urlencode
+        # chokes on unicode
+        login_form = dict((k.encode('utf-8'), v.encode('utf-8')) for k, v in login_form_strs.items())
+        login_data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form).encode('utf-8')
+        request    = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+            'https://secure.id.fc2.com/index.php?mode=login&switch_language=en', login_data)
+
+        login_results = self._download_webpage(request, None, note='Logging in', errnote='Unable to log in')
+        if 'mode=redirect&login=done' not in login_results:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('unable to log in: bad username or password')
+            return False
+        
+        # this is also needed
+        login_redir = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://id.fc2.com/?mode=redirect&login=done')
+        redir_res   = self._download_webpage(login_redir, None, note='Login redirect', errnote='Something is not right')
+
+        return True
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         self._downloader.cookiejar.clear_session_cookies()  # must clear
+        self._login()
 
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
-        refer = url.replace('/content/', '/a/content/')
 
+        refer = (url if '/a/content/' in url else url.replace('/content/', '/a/content/'));
         mimi = hashlib.md5((video_id + '_gGddgPfeaf_gzyr').encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
         info_url = (
@@ -47,7 +85,12 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         info = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(info_webpage)
 
         if 'err_code' in info:
-            raise ExtractorError('Error code: %s' % info['err_code'][0])
+            #raise ExtractorError('Error code: %s' % info['err_code'][0])
+            # most of the time we can still download wideo even if err_code is 403 or 602
+            print 'Error code was: %s... but still trying' % info['err_code'][0]
+            
+        if 'filepath' not in info:
+            raise ExtractorError('No file path for download. Maybe not logged?')
 
         video_url = info['filepath'][0] + '?mid=' + info['mid'][0]
         title_info = info.get('title')