1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 50527c98c..a0adee7b8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1626,15 +1626,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         """ Return a string representation of a signature """
         return '.'.join(compat_str(len(part)) for part in example_sig.split('.'))
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _extract_player_info(cls, player_url):
-        for player_re in cls._PLAYER_INFO_RE:
-            id_m = re.search(player_re, player_url)
-            if id_m:
-                break
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
-        return id_m.group('id')
+    def _extract_player_info(self, player_url):
+        try:
+            return self._search_regex(
+                self._PLAYER_INFO_RE, player_url, 'player info', group='id')
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Cannot identify player %r' % (player_url,), cause=e)
 
     def _load_player(self, video_id, player_url, fatal=True, player_id=None):
         if not player_id: