video_info = self._parse_json(self._html_search_regex(
r'(?:<ul class="media-list items" id="media-related-items"><li data-video-info|<div id="cbsNewsVideoPlayer" data-video-player-options)=\'({.+?})\'',
- webpage, 'video JSON info'), video_id)
+ webpage, 'video JSON info', default='{}'), video_id, fatal=False)
- item = video_info['item'] if 'item' in video_info else video_info
- guid = item['mpxRefId']
- return self._extract_video_info(guid, 'cbsnews')
+ if video_info:
+ item = video_info['item'] if 'item' in video_info else video_info
+ else:
+ state = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+ r'data-cbsvideoui-options=(["\'])(?P<json>{.+?})\1', webpage,
+ 'playlist JSON info', group='json'), video_id)['state']
+ item = state['playlist'][state['pid']]
+
+ return self._extract_video_info(item['mpxRefId'], 'cbsnews')
class CBSNewsLiveVideoIE(InfoExtractor):