-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('video_id')
-
-        xml_url = 'http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/xmlservice/web/beitragsDetails?ak=web&id=%s' % video_id
-        doc = self._download_xml(
-            xml_url, video_id,
-            note='Downloading video info',
-            errnote='Failed to download video info')
-
-        title = doc.find('.//information/title').text
-        description = doc.find('.//information/detail').text
-        duration = int(doc.find('.//details/lengthSec').text)
-        uploader_node = doc.find('.//details/originChannelTitle')
-        uploader = None if uploader_node is None else uploader_node.text
-        uploader_id_node = doc.find('.//details/originChannelId')
-        uploader_id = None if uploader_id_node is None else uploader_id_node.text
-        upload_date = unified_strdate(doc.find('.//details/airtime').text)
-
-        def xml_to_format(fnode):
-            video_url = fnode.find('url').text
-            is_available = 'http://www.metafilegenerator' not in video_url
-
-            format_id = fnode.attrib['basetype']
-            format_m = re.match(r'''(?x)
-                (?P<vcodec>[^_]+)_(?P<acodec>[^_]+)_(?P<container>[^_]+)_
-                (?P<proto>[^_]+)_(?P<index>[^_]+)_(?P<indexproto>[^_]+)
-            ''', format_id)
-
-            ext = format_m.group('container')
-            proto = format_m.group('proto').lower()
-
-            quality = fnode.find('./quality').text
-            abr = int(fnode.find('./audioBitrate').text) // 1000
-            vbr_node = fnode.find('./videoBitrate')
-            vbr = None if vbr_node is None else int(vbr_node.text) // 1000
-
-            width_node = fnode.find('./width')
-            width = None if width_node is None else int_or_none(width_node.text)
-            height_node = fnode.find('./height')
-            height = None if height_node is None else int_or_none(height_node.text)
-
-            format_note = ''
-            if not format_note:
-                format_note = None
-
-            return {
-                'format_id': format_id + '-' + quality,
-                'url': video_url,
-                'ext': ext,
-                'acodec': format_m.group('acodec'),
-                'vcodec': format_m.group('vcodec'),
-                'abr': abr,
-                'vbr': vbr,
-                'width': width,
-                'height': height,
-                'filesize': int_or_none(fnode.find('./filesize').text),
-                'format_note': format_note,
-                'protocol': proto,
-                '_available': is_available,
-            }
-
-        format_nodes = doc.findall('.//formitaeten/formitaet')
-        formats = list(filter(
-            lambda f: f['_available'],
-            map(xml_to_format, format_nodes)))
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_subtitles(src):
+        subtitles = {}
+        for caption in try_get(src, lambda x: x['captions'], list) or []:
+            subtitle_url = caption.get('uri')
+            if subtitle_url and isinstance(subtitle_url, compat_str):
+                lang = caption.get('language', 'deu')
+                subtitles.setdefault(lang, []).append({
+                    'url': subtitle_url,
+                })
+        return subtitles
+
+    def _extract_format(self, video_id, formats, format_urls, meta):
+        format_url = meta.get('url')
+        if not format_url or not isinstance(format_url, compat_str):
+            return
+        if format_url in format_urls:
+            return
+        format_urls.add(format_url)
+        mime_type = meta.get('mimeType')
+        ext = determine_ext(format_url)
+        if mime_type == 'application/x-mpegURL' or ext == 'm3u8':
+            formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                format_url, video_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls',
+                entry_protocol='m3u8_native', fatal=False))
+        elif mime_type == 'application/f4m+xml' or ext == 'f4m':
+            formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                update_url_query(format_url, {'hdcore': '3.7.0'}), video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+        else:
+            f = parse_codecs(meta.get('mimeCodec'))
+            format_id = ['http']
+            for p in (meta.get('type'), meta.get('quality')):
+                if p and isinstance(p, compat_str):
+                    format_id.append(p)
+            f.update({
+                'url': format_url,
+                'format_id': '-'.join(format_id),
+                'format_note': meta.get('quality'),
+                'language': meta.get('language'),
+                'quality': qualities(self._QUALITIES)(meta.get('quality')),
+                'preference': -10,
+            })
+            formats.append(f)
+
+    def _extract_entry(self, url, player, content, video_id):
+        title = content.get('title') or content['teaserHeadline']
+
+        t = content['mainVideoContent']['http://zdf.de/rels/target']
+
+        ptmd_path = t.get('http://zdf.de/rels/streams/ptmd')
+
+        if not ptmd_path:
+            ptmd_path = t[
+                'http://zdf.de/rels/streams/ptmd-template'].replace(
+                '{playerId}', 'portal')
+
+        ptmd = self._call_api(
+            urljoin(url, ptmd_path), player, url, video_id, 'metadata')
+
+        formats = []
+        track_uris = set()
+        for p in ptmd['priorityList']:
+            formitaeten = p.get('formitaeten')
+            if not isinstance(formitaeten, list):
+                continue
+            for f in formitaeten:
+                f_qualities = f.get('qualities')
+                if not isinstance(f_qualities, list):
+                    continue
+                for quality in f_qualities:
+                    tracks = try_get(quality, lambda x: x['audio']['tracks'], list)
+                    if not tracks:
+                        continue
+                    for track in tracks:
+                        self._extract_format(
+                            video_id, formats, track_uris, {
+                                'url': track.get('uri'),
+                                'type': f.get('type'),
+                                'mimeType': f.get('mimeType'),
+                                'quality': quality.get('quality'),
+                                'language': track.get('language'),
+                            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        layouts = try_get(
+            content, lambda x: x['teaserImageRef']['layouts'], dict)
+        if layouts:
+            for layout_key, layout_url in layouts.items():
+                if not isinstance(layout_url, compat_str):
+                    continue
+                thumbnail = {
+                    'url': layout_url,
+                    'format_id': layout_key,
+                }
+                mobj = re.search(r'(?P<width>\d+)x(?P<height>\d+)', layout_key)
+                if mobj:
+                    thumbnail.update({
+                        'width': int(mobj.group('width')),
+                        'height': int(mobj.group('height')),
+                    })
+                thumbnails.append(thumbnail)