-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('video_id')
-
-        if mobj.group('hash'):
-            url = url.replace(u'#', u'', 1)
-
-        html = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        streams = [m.groupdict() for m in re.finditer(self._MEDIA_STREAM, html)]
-        if streams is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'No media url found.')
-
-        # s['media_type'] == 'wstreaming' -> use 'Windows Media Player' and mms url
-        # s['media_type'] == 'hstreaming' -> use 'Quicktime' and rtsp url
-        # choose first/default media type and highest quality for now
-        def stream_pref(s):
-            TYPE_ORDER = ['ostreaming', 'hstreaming', 'wstreaming']
-            try:
-                type_pref = TYPE_ORDER.index(s['media_type'])
-            except ValueError:
-                type_pref = 999
-
-            QUALITY_ORDER = ['veryhigh', '300']
-            try:
-                quality_pref = QUALITY_ORDER.index(s['quality'])
-            except ValueError:
-                quality_pref = 999
-
-            return (type_pref, quality_pref)
-
-        sorted_streams = sorted(streams, key=stream_pref)
-        if not sorted_streams:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'No stream found.')
-        stream = sorted_streams[0]
-
-        media_link = self._download_webpage(
-            stream['video_url'],
-            video_id,
-            u'Get stream URL')
-
-        MMS_STREAM = r'href="(?P<video_url>mms://[^"]*)"'
-        RTSP_STREAM = r'(?P<video_url>rtsp://[^"]*.mp4)'
-
-        mobj = re.search(self._MEDIA_STREAM, media_link)
-        if mobj is None:
-            mobj = re.search(RTSP_STREAM, media_link)
-            if mobj is None:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Cannot extract mms:// or rtsp:// URL')
-        video_url = mobj.group('video_url')
-
-        title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<h1(?: class="beitragHeadline")?>(.*?)</h1>',
-            html, u'title')
+    def _extract_player(self, webpage, video_id, fatal=True):
+        return self._parse_json(
+            self._search_regex(
+                r'(?s)data-zdfplayer-jsb=(["\'])(?P<json>{.+?})\1', webpage,
+                'player JSON', default='{}' if not fatal else NO_DEFAULT,
+                group='json'),
+            video_id)
+
+
+class ZDFIE(ZDFBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.zdf\.de/(?:[^/]+/)*(?P<id>[^/?]+)\.html'
+    _QUALITIES = ('auto', 'low', 'med', 'high', 'veryhigh')
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/die-neue-zdf-mediathek/zdfmediathek-trailer-100.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'zdfmediathek-trailer-100',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Die neue ZDFmediathek',
+            'description': 'md5:3003d36487fb9a5ea2d1ff60beb55e8d',
+            'duration': 30,
+            'timestamp': 1477627200,
+            'upload_date': '20161028',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.zdf.de/filme/taunuskrimi/die-lebenden-und-die-toten-1---ein-taunuskrimi-100.html',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/planet-e/planet-e-uebersichtsseite-weitere-dokumentationen-von-planet-e-100.html',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    @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)