diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 12df7e41dd8..ebfa2f0484d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "2.2.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.videolan.org/vlc/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1jqzrzrpw6932lbkf863xk8cfmn4z2ngbxz7w8ggmh4f6xz9sgal";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaacs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaacs/default.nix
index 119a46bfc31..e12929e9f69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaacs/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "${baseName}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/${baseName}/${version}/${baseName}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/${baseName}/${version}/${baseName}-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1s5v075hnbs57995r6lljm79wgrip3gnyf55a0y7bja75jh49hwm";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbdplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbdplus/default.nix
index 8cc2e806932..67428f13249 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbdplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbdplus/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "${baseName}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/${baseName}/${version}/${baseName}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/${baseName}/${version}/${baseName}-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "02n87lysqn4kg2qk7d1ffrp96c44zkdlxdj0n16hbgrlrpiwlcd6";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
index 7d7689bf23e..08905455d35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${baseName}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/${baseName}/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/${baseName}/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1sp71j4agcsg17g6b85cqz78pn5vknl5pl39rvr6mkib5ps99jgg";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvbpsi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvbpsi/default.nix
index f8b9e9ecef9..ecfa14a43c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvbpsi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvbpsi/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-
-  name = "libdvbpsi-0.2.2";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libdvbpsi-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvbpsi/0.2.2/libdvbpsi-0.2.2.tar.bz2;
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/libdvbpsi/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1lry2swxqm8mhq0a4rjnc819ngsf2pxnfjajb57lml7yr12j79ls";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdcss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdcss/default.nix
index 8632da12c73..d68b0a36751 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdcss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdcss/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libdvdcss-1.3.0";
-  
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libdvdcss-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.3.0/libdvdcss-1.3.0.tar.bz2;
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/libdvdcss/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "158k9zagmbk5bkbz96l6lwhh7xcgfcnzflkr4vblskhcab6llhbw";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdnav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdnav/default.nix
index fe625aa69e1..5c931f4d6f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdnav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdnav/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.0.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/libdvdnav/${version}/libdvdnav-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/libdvdnav/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "5097023e3d2b36944c763f1df707ee06b19dc639b2b68fb30113a5f2cbf60b6d";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdread/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdread/default.nix
index 311bc6dc405..493be4c8f86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdread/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdvdread/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.0.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/libdvdread/${version}/libdvdread-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://get.videolan.org/libdvdread/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "82cbe693f2a3971671e7428790b5498392db32185b8dc8622f7b9cd307d3cfbf";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/x264/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/x264/default.nix
index 6c541f1aa68..3c242343493 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/x264/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/x264/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, yasm, enable10bit ? false}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "snapshot-20141218-2245-stable";
-  name = "x264-20141218-2245";
+  version = "20141218-2245";
+  name = "x264-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://download.videolan.org/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-${version}-stable.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1gp1f0382vh2hmgc23ldqyywcfljg8lsgl2849ymr14r6gxfh69m";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
index 1598fec6194..1473910e004 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/videolan/x265/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    urls = [
+      "http://get.videolan.org/x265/x265_${version}.tar.gz"
+      "https://github.com/videolan/x265/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+    ];
     sha256 = "18w3whmbjlalvysny51kdq9b228iwg3rdav4kmifazksvrm4yacq";
   };