import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
+from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
+)
+from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     parse_duration,
     qualities,
 
 
 class VuClipIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:m\.)?vuclip\.com/w\?.*?cid=(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:m\.)?vuclip\.com/w\?.*?cid=(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
 
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://m.vuclip.com/w?cid=922692425&fid=70295&z=1010&nvar&frm=index.html',
     }
 
     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(url, video_id)
+
         ad_m = re.search(
             r'''value="No.*?" onClick="location.href='([^"']+)'"''', webpage)
         if ad_m:
         links_code = self._search_regex(
             r'''(?xs)
                 (?:
-                    <img\s+src="/im/play.gif".*?>|
+                    <img\s+src="[^"]*/play.gif".*?>|
                     <!--\ player\ end\ -->\s*</div><!--\ thumb\ end-->
                 )
                 (.*?)