-        release_urls_json = js_to_json(self._search_regex(
-            r'(?s)playerParams\.releaseUrls\s*=\s*(\{.*?\n\});\n',
-            webpage, ''))
-        release_urls = json.loads(release_urls_json)
-        theplatform_url = (
-            release_urls.get('progressive') or release_urls.get('standard'))
+        player_params = self._parse_json(
+            self._search_regex(
+                r'(?s)var\s+playerParams\s*=\s*({.+?});', webpage, 'playerParams'),
+            video_id)