from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     compat_urlparse,
-    get_element_by_attribute,
 )
 
 
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage('http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi%s' % video_id, video_id)
-        descr = get_element_by_attribute('itemprop', 'description', webpage)
+        descr = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<span itemprop="description">(.*?)</span>',
+            webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
         available_formats = re.findall(
             r'case \'(?P<f_id>.*?)\' :$\s+url = \'(?P<path>.*?)\'', webpage,
             flags=re.MULTILINE)
         },
         'playlist_count': 7,
     }
-    
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        list_id = mobj.group('id')
 
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        list_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, list_id)
         entries = [
             self.url_result('http://www.imdb.com' + m, 'Imdb')