diff --git a/you_get/downloader/youtube.py b/you_get/downloader/youtube.py
index 918508cc..e1ab7e28 100644
--- a/you_get/downloader/youtube.py
+++ b/you_get/downloader/youtube.py
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@ __all__ = ['youtube_download', 'youtube_download_by_id']
 from ..common import *
 
 def youtube_download_by_id(id, title = None, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False):
-    try:
-        url = parse.parse_qs(parse.unquote(request.urlopen('http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=' + id).read().decode('utf-8')))['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0][4:]
-    except:
-        html = request.urlopen('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + id).read().decode('utf-8')
-        url = parse.parse_qs(parse.unquote(html))['url_encoded_fmt_stream_map'][0][4:]
-        if not url.startswith('http://'):
-            codec = r1(r'yt.preload.start\("http:\\/\\/([^\\]+)\\/crossdomain.xml"\)', html)
-            signature = r1(r'signature=([^\\]+)\\', html)
-            urls = parse.parse_qs(parse.unquote(html))['url']
-            for u in urls:
-                if u.startswith('http://' + codec):
-                    url = "%s&signature=%s" % (u, signature)
-                    break
+    html = request.urlopen('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + id).read().decode('utf-8')
+    
+    title = r1(r'"title": "([^"]+)"', html)
+    title = unicodize(title)
+    title = parse.unquote(title)
+    title = escape_file_path(title)
+    
+    url = r1(r'crossdomain.xml"\);yt.preload.start\("([^"]+)"\)', html)
+    url = unicodize(url)
+    url = re.sub(r'\\/', '/', url)
+    url = re.sub(r'generate_204', 'videoplayback', url)
     
     type, ext, size = url_info(url)
     
@@ -28,16 +26,8 @@ def youtube_download_by_id(id, title = None, output_dir = '.', merge = True, inf
 def youtube_download(url, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False):
     id = parse.parse_qs(parse.urlparse(url).query)['v'][0]
     assert id
-    try:
-        title = parse.parse_qs(parse.unquote(request.urlopen('http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?&video_id=' + id).read().decode('utf-8')))['title'][0]
-    except:
-        html = get_html(url, 'utf-8')
-        title = r1(r'"title": "([^"]+)"', html)
-        title = unicodize(title)
-    assert title
-    title = parse.unquote(title)
-    title = escape_file_path(title)
-    youtube_download_by_id(id, title, output_dir, merge = merge, info_only = info_only)
+    
+    youtube_download_by_id(id, None, output_dir, merge = merge, info_only = info_only)
 
 site_info = "YouTube.com"
 download = youtube_download