diff --git a/discord/voice_client.py b/discord/voice_client.py
index c7d108e19..5b129e702 100644
--- a/discord/voice_client.py
+++ b/discord/voice_client.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import struct
 import threading
 import subprocess
 import shlex
+import functools
+import datetime
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ class ProcessPlayer(StreamPlayer):
         self.process.kill()
         super().stop()
 
-
 class VoiceClient:
     """Represents a Discord voice connection.
 
@@ -416,8 +417,11 @@ class VoiceClient:
             raise ClientException('Popen failed: {0.__name__} {1}'.format(type(e), str(e))) from e
 
 
+    @asyncio.coroutine
     def create_ytdl_player(self, url, *, ytdl_options=None, **kwargs):
-        """Creates a stream player for youtube or other services that launches
+        """|coro|
+
+        Creates a stream player for youtube or other services that launches
         in a separate thread to play the audio.
 
         The player uses the ``youtube_dl`` python library to get the information
@@ -429,7 +433,38 @@ class VoiceClient:
         variable in order for this to work.
 
         The operations that can be done on the player are the same as those in
-        :meth:`create_stream_player`.
+        :meth:`create_stream_player`. The player has been augmented and enhanced
+        to have some info extracted from the URL. If youtube-dl fails to extract
+        the information then the attribute is ``None``. The ``yt``, ``url``, and
+        ``download_url`` attributes are always available.
+
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        |      Operation      |                       Description                       |
+        +=====================+=========================================================+
+        | player.yt           | The `YoutubeDL <ytdl>` instance.                        |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.url          | The URL that is currently playing.                      |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.download_url | The URL that is currently being downloaded to ffmpeg.   |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.title        | The title of the audio stream.                          |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.description  | The description of the audio stream.                    |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.uploader     | The uploader of the audio stream.                       |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.upload_date  | A datetime.date object of when the stream was uploaded. |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.duration     | The duration of the audio in seconds.                   |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.likes        | How many likes the audio stream has.                    |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.dislikes     | How many dislikes the audio stream has.                 |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.is_live      | Checks if the audio stream is currently livestreaming.  |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+        | player.views        | How many views the audio stream has.                    |
+        +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
 
         .. _ytdl: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L117-L265
 
@@ -438,8 +473,8 @@ class VoiceClient:
 
         Basic usage: ::
 
-            voice = yield from client.join_voice_channel(channel)
-            player = voice.create_ytdl_player('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62TYemN6MQ')
+            voice = await client.join_voice_channel(channel)
+            player = await voice.create_ytdl_player('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62TYemN6MQ')
             player.start()
 
         Parameters
@@ -462,14 +497,14 @@ class VoiceClient:
         Returns
         --------
         StreamPlayer
-            A stream player with specific operations.
-            See :meth:`create_stream_player`.
+            An augmented StreamPlayer that uses ffmpeg.
+            See :meth:`create_stream_player` for base operations.
         """
         import youtube_dl
 
         use_avconv = kwargs.get('use_avconv', False)
         opts = {
-            'format': 'webm[abr>0]' if 'youtube' in url else 'best',
+            'format': 'webm[abr>0]/bestaudio/best',
             'prefer_ffmpeg': not use_avconv
         }
 
@@ -477,9 +512,42 @@ class VoiceClient:
             opts.update(ytdl_options)
 
         ydl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(opts)
-        info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
+        func = functools.partial(ydl.extract_info, url, download=False)
+        info = yield from self.loop.run_in_executor(None, func)
         log.info('playing URL {}'.format(url))
-        return self.create_ffmpeg_player(info['url'], **kwargs)
+        download_url = info['url']
+        player = self.create_ffmpeg_player(download_url, **kwargs)
+
+        # set the dynamic attributes from the info extraction
+        player.download_url = download_url
+        player.url = url
+        player.yt = ydl
+        player.views = info.get('view_count')
+        player.is_live = bool(info.get('is_live'))
+        player.likes = info.get('like_count')
+        player.dislikes = info.get('dislike_count')
+        player.duration = info.get('duration')
+        player.uploader = info.get('uploader')
+
+        is_twitch = 'twitch' in url
+        if is_twitch:
+            # twitch has 'title' and 'description' sort of mixed up.
+            player.title = info.get('description')
+            player.description = None
+        else:
+            player.title = info.get('title')
+            player.description = info.get('description')
+
+        # upload date handling
+        date = info.get('upload_date')
+        if date:
+            try:
+                date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y%M%d').date()
+            except ValueError:
+                date = None
+
+        player.upload_date = date
+        return player
 
     def encoder_options(self, *, sample_rate, channels=2):
         """Sets the encoder options for the OpusEncoder.