diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
index fca0584ca..fc16333f2 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ public class YoutubeParsingHelper {
 
     public static long parseDurationString(String input)
             throws ParsingException, NumberFormatException {
-        String[] splitInput = input.split(":");
+
+        String[] splitInput;
+
+        // If time separator : is not detected, try . instead
+        
+        if (input.contains(":")) {
+        splitInput = input.split(":");
+        } else {
+        splitInput = input.split("\\.");
+        }
+        
         String days = "0";
         String hours = "0";
         String minutes = "0";