diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory.java
index 4d77b0728..f4074c0d1 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory.java
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.media_ccc.linkHandler;
 
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.FoundAdException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory extends ListLinkHandlerFactory {
@@ -18,32 +14,15 @@ public class MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory extends ListLinkHandlerFactory
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getId(String urlString) throws ParsingException {
-        if (urlString.startsWith("https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/")) {
-            return urlString.replace("https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/", "");
-        } else if (urlString.startsWith("https://media.ccc.de/c/")) {
-            return Parser.matchGroup1("https://media.ccc.de/c/([^?#]*)", urlString);
+    public String getId(String url) throws ParsingException {
+        if (url.startsWith("https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/")) {
+            return url.replace("https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/", "");
+        } else if (url.startsWith("https://media.ccc.de/c/")) {
+            return Parser.matchGroup1("https://media.ccc.de/c/([^?#]*)", url);
+        } else if (url.startsWith("https://media.ccc.de/b/")) {
+            return Parser.matchGroup1("https://media.ccc.de/b/([^?#]*)", url);
         }
-
-        URL url;
-        try {
-            url = Utils.stringToURL(urlString);
-        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The given URL is not valid");
-        }
-
-        String path = url.getPath();
-        // remove leading "/" of URL-path if URL-path is given
-        if (!path.isEmpty()) {
-            path = path.substring(1);
-        }
-
-        if (path.contains("b/")) {
-            return path.substring(2);
-        }
-
         throw new ParsingException("Could not get id from url: " + url);
-
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -51,8 +30,6 @@ public class MediaCCCConferenceLinkHandlerFactory extends ListLinkHandlerFactory
         try {
             getId(url);
             return true;
-        } catch (FoundAdException fe) {
-            throw fe;
         } catch (ParsingException e) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory.java
index f7262f0c3..76e5df895 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/linkHandler/MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory extends LinkHandlerFactory {
             path = path.substring(1);
         }
 
-        if (path.contains("v/")) {
+        if (path.startsWith("v/")) {
             return path.substring(2);
         }
 
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ public class MediaCCCStreamLinkHandlerFactory extends LinkHandlerFactory {
         try {
             getId(url);
             return true;
-        } catch (FoundAdException fe) {
-            throw fe;
         } catch (ParsingException e) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCConferenceExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCConferenceExtractorTest.java
index a6e78885d..258a55b00 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCConferenceExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCConferenceExtractorTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.media_ccc.extractors.MediaCCCConferenceExtractor;
 
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList.MediaCCC;
 
 /**
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCStreamExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCStreamExtractorTest.java
index 195656b17..9cb856625 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCStreamExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/media_ccc/MediaCCCStreamExtractorTest.java
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.media_ccc;
 
-import com.grack.nanojson.JsonObject;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderTestImpl;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.media_ccc.extractors.MediaCCCStreamExtractor;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ServiceList.MediaCCC;
 
 /**