diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 8ad657fe51..81b88e4fa9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1111,6 +1111,8 @@ def _search_regex(self, pattern, string, name, default=NO_DEFAULT, fatal=True, f
             if group is None:
                 # return the first matching group
                 return next(g for g in mobj.groups() if g is not None)
+            elif isinstance(group, (list, tuple)):
+                return tuple(mobj.group(g) for g in group)
             else:
                 return mobj.group(group)
         elif default is not NO_DEFAULT: