diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
index d23a53706..69a0d01f3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
@@ -14,9 +12,7 @@
 
 
 class ScreencastIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?screencast\.com/(?:t|users/[^/]+/folders/[^/]+/media)/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)'
-    _API_URL = 'https://www.screencast.com/api/external/oembed?url=%s&format=json'
-
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?screencast\.com/t/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.screencast.com/t/3ZEjQXlT',
         'md5': '917df1c13798a3e96211dd1561fded83',
@@ -60,46 +56,17 @@ class ScreencastIE(InfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'http://screencast.com/t/aAB3iowa',
         'only_matching': True,
-    }, {
-        'url': 'https://www.screencast.com/users/cindyhailes/folders/Jing/media/c9be177c-5808-4c4f-af56-eadceb3a7c82',
-        'md5': '589d37a28d2add53c8bf16b9126d9dc2',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'c9be177c-5808-4c4f-af56-eadceb3a7c82',
-            'ext': 'swf',
-            'title': '2020-05-31_1737',
-            'description': 'Shared from Screencast.com',
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.(?:gif|jpg)$',
-        }
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        # The JSON given by the API has a thumbnail URL,
-        # but it's inferior to the webpage's thumbnail.
-        # It also has no video description, so we
-        # definitely still need to get the webpage.
-
-        info = self._download_json(
-            self._API_URL % url, video_id,
-            'Downloading video info JSON')
-
-        video_url = info.get('url')
-        if video_url != None:
-            video_url_raw = compat_urllib_request.quote(video_url)
-            video_url = re.sub(r'^(?P<proto>https|http)%3A',
-                               lambda match: '%s:' % match.group('proto'), 
-                               video_url_raw)
-
-        title = info.get('title')
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        if video_url == None:
-            video_url = self._html_search_regex(
-                r'<embed name="Video".*?src="([^"]+)"', webpage,
-                'QuickTime embed', default=None)
+        video_url = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<embed name="Video".*?src="([^"]+)"', webpage,
+            'QuickTime embed', default=None)
 
-        if video_url == None:
+        if video_url is None:
             flash_vars_s = self._html_search_regex(
                 r'<param name="flashVars" value="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'flash vars',
                 default=None)
@@ -113,11 +80,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 flash_vars = compat_parse_qs(flash_vars_s)
                 video_url_raw = compat_urllib_request.quote(
                     flash_vars['content'][0])
-                video_url = re.sub(r'^(?P<proto>http|https)%3A',
-                                   lambda match: '%s:' % match.group('proto'),
-                                   video_url_raw)
+                video_url = video_url_raw.replace('http%3A', 'http:')
 
-        if video_url == None:
+        if video_url is None:
             video_meta = self._html_search_meta(
                 'og:video', webpage, default=None)
             if video_meta:
@@ -125,31 +90,28 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                     r'src=(.*?)(?:$|&)', video_meta,
                     'meta tag video URL', default=None)
 
-        if video_url == None:
+        if video_url is None:
             video_url = self._html_search_regex(
                 r'MediaContentUrl["\']\s*:(["\'])(?P<url>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
                 webpage, 'video url', default=None, group='url')
 
-        if video_url == None:
+        if video_url is None:
             video_url = self._html_search_meta(
                 'og:video', webpage, default=None)
 
-        if video_url == None:
+        if video_url is None:
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot find video')
 
-        if title == None:
-            title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None)
-        
-        if title == None:
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None)
+        if title is None:
             title = self._html_search_regex(
                 [r'<b>Title:</b> ([^<]+)</div>',
                  r'class="tabSeperator">></span><span class="tabText">(.+?)<',
                  r'<title>([^<]+)</title>'],
                 webpage, 'title')
-
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
         description = self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None)
-        if description == None:
+        if description is None:
             description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
 
         return {