diff --git a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
index 3e60e0265..6219937e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     private JsonObject playerArgs;
     @Nonnull
     private final Map<String, String> videoInfoPage = new HashMap<>();
+
     @Nonnull
-    private List<Subtitles> availableSubtitles = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<SubtitlesInfo> subtitlesInfos = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private boolean isAgeRestricted;
 
@@ -432,11 +433,11 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     @Override
     @Nonnull
-    public List<Subtitles> getSubtitles(SubtitlesFormat format) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+    public List<Subtitles> getSubtitles(final SubtitlesFormat format) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
         assertPageFetched();
         List<Subtitles> subtitles = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (final Subtitles subtitle : availableSubtitles) {
-            if (subtitle.getFileType() == format) subtitles.add(subtitle);
+        for (final SubtitlesInfo subtitlesInfo : subtitlesInfos) {
+            subtitles.add(subtitlesInfo.getSubtitle(format));
         }
         return subtitles;
     }
@@ -553,8 +554,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             decryptionCode = loadDecryptionCode(playerUrl);
         }
 
-        if (availableSubtitles.isEmpty()) {
-            availableSubtitles.addAll(getAvailableSubtitles());
+        if (subtitlesInfos.isEmpty()) {
+            subtitlesInfos.addAll(getAvailableSubtitlesInfo());
         }
     }
 
@@ -709,7 +710,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     }
 
     @Nonnull
-    private List<Subtitles> getAvailableSubtitles() throws SubtitlesException {
+    private List<SubtitlesInfo> getAvailableSubtitlesInfo() throws SubtitlesException {
         // If the video is age restricted getPlayerConfig will fail
         if(isAgeRestricted) return Collections.emptyList();
 
@@ -744,17 +745,13 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         if(captionsSize == 0) return Collections.emptyList();
         // Obtain the base url, this only needs to be done once
 
-        List<Subtitles> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<SubtitlesInfo> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < captionsSize; i++) {
             final String languageCode = captionsArray.getObject(i).getString("languageCode");
             final String baseUrl = captionsArray.getObject(i).getString("baseUrl");
             final boolean isAutoGenerated = captionsArray.getObject(i).getString("vssId").startsWith("a.");
 
-            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.TTML, languageCode,
-                    getSubtitleFormatUrl(baseUrl, SubtitlesFormat.TTML), isAutoGenerated));
-            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.VTT, languageCode,
-                    getSubtitleFormatUrl(baseUrl, SubtitlesFormat.VTT), isAutoGenerated));
-            // todo: add transcripts, they are currently omitted since they are incompatible with ExoPlayer
+            result.add(new SubtitlesInfo(baseUrl, languageCode, isAutoGenerated));
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -773,6 +770,24 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         }
     }
 
+    private class SubtitlesInfo {
+        final String cleanUrl;
+        final String languageCode;
+        final boolean isGenerated;
+
+        public SubtitlesInfo(final String baseUrl, final String languageCode, final boolean isGenerated) {
+            this.cleanUrl = baseUrl
+                    .replaceAll("&fmt=[^&]*", "") // Remove preexisting format if exists
+                    .replaceAll("&tlang=[^&]*", ""); // Remove translation language
+            this.languageCode = languageCode;
+            this.isGenerated = isGenerated;
+        }
+
+        public Subtitles getSubtitle(final SubtitlesFormat format) {
+            return new Subtitles(format, languageCode, cleanUrl + "&fmt=" + format.getExtension(), isGenerated);
+        }
+    }
+
     /*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Utils
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/