3 files changed, 17 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
index bd3ee2e2e..1f8ef0303 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
 from ..utils import unified_strdate
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 
 
 class BetIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ class BetIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
     _FEED_URL = "http://feeds.mtvnservices.com/od/feed/bet-mrss-player"
 
     def _get_feed_query(self, uri):
-        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
+        return {
             'uuid': uri,
-        })
+        }
 
     def _extract_mgid(self, webpage):
         return self._search_regex(r'data-uri="([^"]+)', webpage, 'mgid')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index 200f340de..bdda68819 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
     compat_str,
     compat_xpath,
 )
@@ -14,12 +13,13 @@ from ..utils import (
     fix_xml_ampersands,
     float_or_none,
     HEADRequest,
+    RegexNotFoundError,
     sanitized_Request,
     strip_or_none,
     timeconvert,
     unescapeHTML,
+    update_url_query,
     url_basename,
-    RegexNotFoundError,
     xpath_text,
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     def _id_from_uri(uri):
         return uri.split(':')[-1]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _remove_template_parameter(url):
+        # Remove the templates, like &device={device}
+        return re.sub(r'&[^=]*?={.*?}(?=(&|$))', '', url)
+
     # This was originally implemented for ComedyCentral, but it also works here
     @classmethod
     def _transform_rtmp_url(cls, rtmp_video_url):
@@ -117,9 +122,7 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = self._id_from_uri(uri)
         self.report_extraction(video_id)
         content_el = itemdoc.find('%s/%s' % (_media_xml_tag('group'), _media_xml_tag('content')))
-        mediagen_url = content_el.attrib['url']
-        # Remove the templates, like &device={device}
-        mediagen_url = re.sub(r'&[^=]*?={.*?}(?=(&|$))', '', mediagen_url)
+        mediagen_url = self._remove_template_parameter(content_el.attrib['url'])
         if 'acceptMethods' not in mediagen_url:
             mediagen_url += '&' if '?' in mediagen_url else '?'
             mediagen_url += 'acceptMethods=fms'
@@ -178,12 +181,12 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         data = {'uri': uri}
         if self._LANG:
             data['lang'] = self._LANG
-        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(data)
+        return data
 
     def _get_videos_info(self, uri):
         video_id = self._id_from_uri(uri)
         feed_url = self._get_feed_url(uri)
-        info_url = feed_url + '?' + self._get_feed_query(uri)
+        info_url = update_url_query(feed_url, self._get_feed_query(uri))
         return self._get_videos_info_from_url(info_url, video_id)
 
     def _get_videos_info_from_url(self, url, video_id):
@@ -256,13 +259,9 @@ class MTVServicesEmbeddedIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
 
     def _get_feed_url(self, uri):
         video_id = self._id_from_uri(uri)
-        site_id = uri.replace(video_id, '')
-        config_url = ('http://media.mtvnservices.com/pmt-arc/e1/players/{0}/'
-                      'context52/config.xml'.format(site_id))
-        config_doc = self._download_xml(config_url, video_id)
-        feed_node = config_doc.find('.//feed')
-        feed_url = feed_node.text.strip().split('?')[0]
-        return feed_url
+        config = self._download_json(
+            'http://media.mtvnservices.com/pmt/e1/access/index.html?uri=%s&configtype=edge' % uri, video_id)
+        return self._remove_template_parameter(config['feedWithQueryParams'])
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
index 9c54846e1..64730a624 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nick.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .mtv import MTVServicesInfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse_urlencode
 from ..utils import update_url_query
 
 
@@ -59,10 +58,10 @@ class NickIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _get_feed_query(self, uri):
-        return compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
+        return {
             'feed': 'nick_arc_player_prime',
             'mgid': uri,
-        })
+        }
 
     def _extract_mgid(self, webpage):
         return self._search_regex(r'data-contenturi="([^"]+)', webpage, 'mgid')