diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
index 8364246c..5ce57dc9 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/extractors/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors;
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonArray;
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject;
 import com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser;
-
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.Context;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.Function;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptableObject;
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.VideoStream;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -49,9 +54,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.fixThumbnailUrl;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getJsonResponse;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getTextFromObject;
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     private JsonObject videoPrimaryInfoRenderer;
     private JsonObject videoSecondaryInfoRenderer;
     private int ageLimit;
+    private boolean newJsonScheme;
 
     @Nonnull
     private List<SubtitlesInfo> subtitlesInfos = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -156,12 +159,14 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
                 TimeAgoParser timeAgoParser = TimeAgoPatternsManager.getTimeAgoParserFor(Localization.fromLocalizationCode("en"));
                 Calendar parsedTime = timeAgoParser.parse(time).date();
                 return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(parsedTime.getTime());
-            } catch (Exception ignored) {}
+            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            }
 
             try { // Premiered Feb 21, 2020
                 Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, YYYY", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(time);
                 return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(d.getTime());
-            } catch (Exception ignored) {}
+            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            }
         }
 
         try {
@@ -169,7 +174,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             Date d = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(
                     getTextFromObject(getVideoPrimaryInfoRenderer().getObject("dateText")));
             return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(d);
-        } catch (Exception ignored) {}
+        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+        }
         throw new ParsingException("Could not get upload date");
     }
 
@@ -360,7 +366,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         try {
             uploaderName = getTextFromObject(getVideoSecondaryInfoRenderer().getObject("owner")
                     .getObject("videoOwnerRenderer").getObject("title"));
-        } catch (ParsingException ignored) { }
+        } catch (ParsingException ignored) {
+        }
 
         if (isNullOrEmpty(uploaderName)) {
             uploaderName = playerResponse.getObject("videoDetails").getString("author");
@@ -650,27 +657,23 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         } else {
             ageLimit = NO_AGE_LIMIT;
             JsonObject playerConfig;
-
-            // sometimes at random YouTube does not provide the player config,
-            // so just retry the same request three times
-            int attempts = 2;
-            while (true) {
-                playerConfig = initialAjaxJson.getObject(2).getObject("player", null);
-                if (playerConfig != null) {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                if (attempts <= 0) {
-                    throw new ParsingException(
-                            "YouTube did not provide player config even after three attempts");
-                }
-                initialAjaxJson = getJsonResponse(url, getExtractorLocalization());
-                --attempts;
-            }
             initialData = initialAjaxJson.getObject(3).getObject("response");
 
-            playerArgs = getPlayerArgs(playerConfig);
-            playerUrl = getPlayerUrl(playerConfig);
+            // sometimes at random YouTube does not provide the player config
+            playerConfig = initialAjaxJson.getObject(2).getObject("player", null);
+
+            if (playerConfig == null) {
+                newJsonScheme = true;
+                final EmbeddedInfo info = getEmbeddedInfo();
+                final String videoInfoUrl = getVideoInfoUrl(getId(), info.sts);
+                final String infoPageResponse = downloader.get(videoInfoUrl, getExtractorLocalization()).responseBody();
+                videoInfoPage.putAll(Parser.compatParseMap(infoPageResponse));
+                playerUrl = info.url;
+            } else {
+                playerArgs = getPlayerArgs(playerConfig);
+                playerUrl = getPlayerUrl(playerConfig);
+            }
+
         }
 
         playerResponse = getPlayerResponse();
@@ -718,6 +721,10 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     private JsonObject getPlayerResponse() throws ParsingException {
         try {
             String playerResponseStr;
+            if (newJsonScheme) {
+                return initialAjaxJson.getObject(2).getObject("playerResponse");
+            }
+
             if (playerArgs != null) {
                 playerResponseStr = playerArgs.getString("player_response");
             } else {
@@ -737,11 +744,30 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             final String embedPageContent = downloader.get(embedUrl, getExtractorLocalization()).responseBody();
 
             // Get player url
-            final String assetsPattern = "\"assets\":.+?\"js\":\\s*(\"[^\"]+\")";
-            String playerUrl = Parser.matchGroup1(assetsPattern, embedPageContent)
-                    .replace("\\", "").replace("\"", "");
+            String playerUrl = null;
+            try {
+                final String assetsPattern = "\"assets\":.+?\"js\":\\s*(\"[^\"]+\")";
+                playerUrl = Parser.matchGroup1(assetsPattern, embedPageContent)
+                        .replace("\\", "").replace("\"", "");
+            } catch (Parser.RegexException ex) {
+                // playerUrl is still available in the file, just somewhere else
+                final Document doc = Jsoup.parse(embedPageContent);
+                final Elements elems = doc.select("script").attr("name", "player_ias/base");
+                for (Element elem : elems) {
+                    if (elem.attr("src").contains("base.js")) {
+                        playerUrl = elem.attr("src");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (playerUrl == null) {
+                    throw new ParsingException("Could not get playerUrl");
+                }
+            }
+
             if (playerUrl.startsWith("//")) {
                 playerUrl = HTTPS + playerUrl;
+            } else if (playerUrl.startsWith("/")) {
+                playerUrl = HTTPS + "//youtube.com" + playerUrl;
             }
 
             try {
@@ -988,7 +1014,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
                         urlAndItags.put(streamUrl, itagItem);
                     }
-                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ignored) {}
+                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ignored) {
+                }
             }
         }