[thestar] Fix extraction (Closes #10465)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/thestar.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/thestar.py
index ba1380abc..c3f118894 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/thestar.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/thestar.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
-from ..compat import compat_parse_qs
 
 
 class TheStarIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -30,6 +28,9 @@ class TheStarIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-        brightcove_legacy_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
-        brightcove_id = compat_parse_qs(brightcove_legacy_url)['@videoPlayer'][0]
-        return self.url_result(self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % brightcove_id, 'BrightcoveNew', brightcove_id)
+        brightcove_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'mainartBrightcoveVideoId["\']?\s*:\s*["\']?(\d+)',
+            webpage, 'brightcove id')
+        return self.url_result(
+            self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % brightcove_id,
+            'BrightcoveNew', brightcove_id)