diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 1436724ddf..3f5e15103f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1120,39 +1120,39 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     # Methods for following #608
     @staticmethod
-    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None, **kwargs):
+    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None, *, url_transparent=False, **kwargs):
         """Returns a URL that points to a page that should be processed"""
-        # TODO: ie should be the class used for getting the info
-        video_info = {'_type': 'url',
-                      'url': url,
-                      'ie_key': ie}
-        video_info.update(kwargs)
+        if ie is not None:
+            kwargs['ie_key'] = ie if isinstance(ie, str) else ie.ie_key()
         if video_id is not None:
-            video_info['id'] = video_id
+            kwargs['id'] = video_id
         if video_title is not None:
-            video_info['title'] = video_title
-        return video_info
+            kwargs['title'] = video_title
+        return {
+            **kwargs,
+            '_type': 'url_transparent' if url_transparent else 'url',
+            'url': url,
+        }
 
-    def playlist_from_matches(self, matches, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, getter=None, ie=None):
-        urls = orderedSet(
-            self.url_result(self._proto_relative_url(getter(m) if getter else m), ie)
-            for m in matches)
-        return self.playlist_result(
-            urls, playlist_id=playlist_id, playlist_title=playlist_title)
+    def playlist_from_matches(self, matches, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, getter=None, ie=None, **kwargs):
+        urls = (self.url_result(self._proto_relative_url(m), ie)
+                for m in orderedSet(map(getter, matches) if getter else matches))
+        return self.playlist_result(urls, playlist_id, playlist_title, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def playlist_result(entries, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, playlist_description=None, **kwargs):
+    def playlist_result(entries, playlist_id=None, playlist_title=None, playlist_description=None, *, multi_video=False, **kwargs):
         """Returns a playlist"""
-        video_info = {'_type': 'playlist',
-                      'entries': entries}
-        video_info.update(kwargs)
         if playlist_id:
-            video_info['id'] = playlist_id
+            kwargs['id'] = playlist_id
         if playlist_title:
-            video_info['title'] = playlist_title
+            kwargs['title'] = playlist_title
         if playlist_description is not None:
-            video_info['description'] = playlist_description
-        return video_info
+            kwargs['description'] = playlist_description
+        return {
+            **kwargs,
+            '_type': 'multi_video' if multi_video else 'playlist',
+            'entries': entries,
+        }
 
     def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, flags=0, group=None):
         """