diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 906774875d..954853e009 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ def _signature_cache_id(self, example_sig):
 
     def _extract_signature_function(self, video_id, player_url, example_sig):
         id_m = re.match(
-            r'.*?-(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/watch_as3|/html5player(?:-new)?|(?:/[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2})?/base)?\.(?P<ext>[a-z]+)$',
+            r'.*?-(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/watch_as3|/html5player(?:-new)?|(?:/[a-z]{2,3}_[A-Z]{2})?/base)?\.(?P<ext>[a-z]+)$',
             player_url)
         if not id_m:
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot identify player %r' % player_url)
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ def _extract_filesize(media_url):
                             else:
                                 player_version = self._search_regex(
                                     [r'html5player-([^/]+?)(?:/html5player(?:-new)?)?\.js',
-                                     r'(?:www|player(?:_ias)?)-([^/]+)(?:/[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2})?/base\.js'],
+                                     r'(?:www|player(?:_ias)?)-([^/]+)(?:/[a-z]{2,3}_[A-Z]{2})?/base\.js'],
                                     player_url,
                                     'html5 player', fatal=False)
                                 player_desc = 'html5 player %s' % player_version