diff --git a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
index aa6e732e2..28bc4bdb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.*;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser;
 
@@ -194,10 +195,15 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
+    public HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitlesList() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
         return new HashMap<>();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String downloadSubtitles(String URL) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
+        return "";
+    }
+
     @Override
     public StreamType getStreamType() {
         return StreamType.AUDIO_STREAM;
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 2a030f593..4fa3b7afc 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
@@ -420,34 +420,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         return videoOnlyStreams;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Example output:
-     * {
-     *      #language code#: [
-     *          [0]"captions URL",
-     *          [1]"language Name"
-     *      ],
-     *      "a.en": {  // a.#language code# == auto generated
-     *          [0]"https://youtube.com/api/timedtext..."
-     *          [1]"English (Auto-generated)"
-     *      },
-     *      ".en": {   // .#language code# == normal (not auto generated)
-     *          [0]"https://youtube.com/api/timedtext..."
-     *          [1]"English"
-     *      }
-     * }
-     *
-     * Example usage:
-     * 1) Get list of keys in the Map if there are any
-     * 2) Get
-     *
-     * @return Map(String, StringArray[2])
-     * @throws IOException - Thrown when parsing HTML page
-     * @throws ExtractionException - Thrown when parsing HTML
-     * @throws JsonParserException - Thrown when parsing JSON from the web page
-     */
     @Override
-    public HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
+    public HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitlesList() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
         HashMap<String, String[]> result = new HashMap<>();
 
         JsonObject playerConfig = getPlayerConfig(getPageHtml());
@@ -473,6 +447,14 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         return result;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String downloadSubtitles(String URL) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException {
+        Downloader dl = NewPipe.getDownloader();
+        // Instead of the WebVTT 'vtt' we can use also Timed Text Markup Language 'ttml'
+        String URLasVTT = URL.replaceAll("&fmt=[^&]*", "&fmt=vtt");
+        return dl.download(URLasVTT);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public StreamType getStreamType() throws ParsingException {
         //todo: if implementing livestream support this value should be generated dynamically
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamExtractor.java
index fa7a3d6a4..fc49e653a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/stream/StreamExtractor.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.UrlIdHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ public abstract class StreamExtractor extends Extractor {
     public abstract List<AudioStream> getAudioStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException;
     public abstract List<VideoStream> getVideoStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException;
     public abstract List<VideoStream> getVideoOnlyStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException;
-    public abstract HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException;
+    public abstract HashMap<String, String[]> getSubtitlesList() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException;
+    public abstract String downloadSubtitles(String URL) throws IOException, ReCaptchaException;
 
     public abstract StreamType getStreamType() throws ParsingException;
     public abstract StreamInfoItem getNextVideo() throws IOException, ExtractionException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Parser.java b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Parser.java
index 2db762462..9920c7fb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/utils/Parser.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public class Parser {
         if (foundMatch) {
             return mat.group(group);
         } else {
-            //Log.e(TAG, "failed to find pattern \""+pattern+"\" inside of \""+input+"\"");
             if (input.length() > 1024) {
                 throw new RegexException("failed to find pattern \"" + pattern);
             } else {
@@ -64,12 +63,9 @@ public class Parser {
     }
 
     public static boolean isMatch(String pattern, String input) {
-        try {
-            matchGroup1(pattern, input);
-            return true;
-        } catch (RegexException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
+        Pattern pat = Pattern.compile(pattern);
+        Matcher mat = pat.matcher(input);
+        return mat.find();
     }
 
     public static Map<String, String> compatParseMap(final String input) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
index 6df8d4303..882e0da36 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/SoundcloudStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractorDefaultTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testGetSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
-        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitles() != null);
+        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitlesList() != null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
index d05695f7a..77d484a27 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorDefaultTest.java
@@ -152,7 +152,18 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractorDefaultTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGetSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
-        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitles() != null);
+    public void testGetSubtitlesList() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
+        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitlesList() != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDownloadSubtitles() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            extractor.downloadSubtitles(extractor.getSubtitlesList().get("en")[0]);
+            // Video has no subtitles!
+            assert false;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assert true;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorRestrictedTest.java b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorRestrictedTest.java
index f9bc39995..7b604f435 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorRestrictedTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractorRestrictedTest.java
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractorRestrictedTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGetSubtitles() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
-        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitles() != null);
+    public void testGetSubtitlesList() throws IOException, ExtractionException, JsonParserException {
+        assertTrue(extractor.getSubtitlesList() != null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDownloadSubtitles() throws Exception {
+        assertTrue(extractor.downloadSubtitles("https://youtu.be/FmG385_uUys?t=174") != null);
     }
 }