diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
index 312e613c..fd566350 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/__init__.py
@@ -478,6 +478,23 @@ class MediaPlugin(Plugin):
 
         threading.Thread(target=_youtube_dl_thread).start()
 
+    @action
+    def get_youtube_id(self, url: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        patterns = [
+            re.compile(pattern)
+            for pattern in [
+                'https?://www.youtube.com/watch?v=([^&#]+)'
+                'https?://youtube.com/watch?v=([^&#]+)'
+                'https?://youtu.be/([^&#/]+)'
+                'youtube:video:([^&#:])'
+            ]
+        ]
+
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            m = re.match(pattern, url)
+            if m:
+                return m.group(1)
+
     @action
     def get_youtube_url(self, url):
         m = re.match('youtube:video:(.*)', url)
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/media/kodi.py b/platypush/plugins/media/kodi.py
index 84fe825c..0d3eb86c 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/media/kodi.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/media/kodi.py
@@ -155,18 +155,12 @@ class MediaKodiPlugin(MediaPlugin):
         :param resource: URL or path to the media to be played
         """
 
-        if resource.startswith('youtube:video:') \
-                or resource.startswith('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='):
-            m1 = re.match('youtube:video:([^:?&]+)', resource)
-            m2 = re.match('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=([^:?&#/]+)', resource)
-            youtube_id = None
-
-            if m1:
-                youtube_id = m1.group(1)
-            elif m2:
-                youtube_id = m2.group(1)
-
-            if youtube_id:
+        youtube_id = self.get_youtube_id(resource)
+        if youtube_id:
+            try:
+                resource = self.get_youtube_url('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + youtube_id)
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning('youtube-dl error, falling back to Kodi YouTube plugin: {}'.format(str(e)))
                 resource = 'plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=' + youtube_id
 
         if resource.startswith('file://'):