diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/fourtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/fourtube.py
index 3bb4f6239..226ee67f0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/fourtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/fourtube.py
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ class FourTubeIE(InfoExtractor):
             'uploadDate', webpage))
         thumbnail = self._html_search_meta('thumbnailUrl', webpage)
         uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<a class="img-avatar" href="[^"]+/channels/([^/"]+)" title="Go to [^"]+ page">',
-            webpage, 'uploader id')
+            r'<a class="img-avatar" href="[^"]+/users/([^/"]+)" title="Go to [^"]+ page">', webpage, 'uploader id')
         uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<a class="img-avatar" href="[^"]+/channels/[^/"]+" title="Go to ([^"]+) page">',
-            webpage, 'uploader')
+            r'<a class="img-avatar" href="[^"]+/users/[^/"]+" title="Go to ([^"]+) page">', webpage, 'uploader')
 
         categories_html = self._search_regex(
             r'(?s)><i class="icon icon-tag"></i>\s*Categories / Tags\s*.*?<ul class="list">(.*?)</ul>',
@@ -68,9 +66,12 @@ class FourTubeIE(InfoExtractor):
             webpage, 'like count', fatal=False))
         duration = parse_duration(self._html_search_meta('duration', webpage))
 
+        player_url = self._search_regex(r'<script id="playerembed" src="([^"]+)">',webpage,'player javascript')
+        player_js = self._download_webpage(player_url,video_id,'Downloading player Javascript')
+
         params_js = self._search_regex(
             r'\$\.ajax\(url,\ opts\);\s*\}\s*\}\)\(([0-9,\[\] ]+)\)',
-            webpage, 'initialization parameters'
+            player_js, 'initialization parameters'
         )
         params = self._parse_json('[%s]' % params_js, video_id)
         media_id = params[0]