diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ximalaya.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ximalaya.py
index 4208c6f72..79891d5ab 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ximalaya.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ximalaya.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 # coding: utf-8
+
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 import itertools
-
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_str,
-)
+import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
@@ -24,7 +20,6 @@ class XimalayaIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
     _TESTS = [
         {
             'url': 'http://www.ximalaya.com/61425525/sound/47740352/',
-            # 'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '47740352',
                 'ext': 'm4a',
@@ -61,7 +56,7 @@ class XimalayaIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
         audio_info_file = 'http://m.ximalaya.com/tracks/%s.json' % audio_id
         audio_info = self._download_json(audio_info_file, audio_id,
                                          'Downloading info json %s' % audio_info_file,
-                                         'Unable to download info file', fatal=True)
+                                         'Unable to download info file')
 
         formats = []
         for bps, k in (('24k', 'play_path_32'), ('64k', 'play_path_64')):
@@ -78,9 +73,9 @@ class XimalayaIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
         audio_uploader_id = audio_info.get('uid')
 
         if is_m:
-            intro = re.search(r'(?s)<section class=["\']content[^>]+>(.+)</section>', webpage)
+            intro = re.search(r'(?s)<section\s+class=["\']content[^>]+>(.+)</section>', webpage)
         else:
-            intro = re.search(r'(?s)<div class="rich_intro"[^>]*>(.+?</article>)', webpage)
+            intro = re.search(r'(?s)<div\s+class=["\']rich_intro[^>]*>(.+?</article>)', webpage)
 
         if intro:
             audio_description = intro.group(1).strip()
@@ -90,14 +85,14 @@ class XimalayaIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
                                                        note='Downloading description file %s' % audio_description_file,
                                                        errnote='Unable to download descrip file, try to parse web page',
                                                        fatal=False)
-            audio_description = audio_description.strip()
+            audio_description = audio_description.strip() if audio_description else None
 
         return {
             'id': audio_id,
             'uploader': audio_info.get('nickname'),
             'uploader_id': audio_uploader_id,
             'uploader_url': self._USER_URL_FORMAT % audio_uploader_id,
-            'title': audio_info.get('title'),
+            'title': audio_info['title'],
             'thumbnails': thumbnails,
             'description': audio_description,
             'categories': audio_info.get('category_title'),
@@ -114,6 +109,7 @@ class XimalayaAlbumIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.|m\.)?ximalaya\.com/(?P<uid>[0-9]+)/album/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/?'
     _TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.ximalaya.com/%s/album/%s/'
     _BASE_URL_TEMPL = 'http://www.ximalaya.com%s'
+    _LIST_VIDEO_RE = r'<a[^>]+?href="(?P<url>/%d/sound/(?P<id>\d+)/?)"[^>]+?title="(?P<title>[^>]+)">'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.ximalaya.com/61425525/album/5534601/',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -132,15 +128,15 @@ class XimalayaAlbumIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
     ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        uid, playlist_id = self._match_uid_an_id(url)
-        assert uid.isdecimal()
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        uid, playlist_id = mobj.group('uid'), mobj.group('id')
+
         webpage = self._download_webpage(self._TEMPLATE_URL % (uid, playlist_id), playlist_id,
                                          note='Download album page for %s' % playlist_id,
-                                         errnote='Unable to get album info'
-                                         )
+                                         errnote='Unable to get album info')
 
         mobj = re.search(r'detailContent_title(?:[^>]+)?><h1(?:[^>]+)?>([^<]+)</h1>', webpage)
-        title = mobj.group(1) if mobj else self._meta_regex('title')
+        title = mobj.group(1) if mobj else self._html_search_meta('title')
 
         return self.playlist_result(self._entries(webpage, playlist_id, uid), playlist_id, title)
 
@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@ class XimalayaAlbumIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
             for entry in self._process_page(html, uid):
                 yield entry
 
-            mobj = re.search(r'<a href=(["\'])(?P<more>[^\'"]+)\1'
+            mobj = re.search(r'<a\s+href=(["\'])(?P<more>[^\'"]+)\1'
                              r'[^>]+rel=(["\'])next\3', html)
             if not mobj:
                 break
@@ -165,10 +161,7 @@ class XimalayaAlbumIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
 
     def _process_page(self, html, uid):
         find_from = html.index('album_soundlist')
-        for mobj in re.finditer(r'<a[^>]+?href="(?P<url>/' +
-                                uid +
-                                r'/sound/(?P<id>\d+)/?)"[^>]+?title="(?P<title>[^>]+)">',
-                                html[find_from:]):
+        for mobj in re.finditer(self._LIST_VIDEO_RE % uid, html[find_from:]):
             if 'url' in mobj.groupdict():
                 yield self.url_result(self._BASE_URL_TEMPL % mobj.group('url'),
                                       'Ximalaya',
@@ -179,6 +172,3 @@ class XimalayaAlbumIE(XimalayaBaseIE):
     def _match_uid_an_id(cls, url):
         if '_VALID_URL_RE' not in cls.__dict__:
             cls._VALID_URL_RE = re.compile(cls._VALID_URL)
-        m = cls._VALID_URL_RE.match(url)
-        assert m
-        return compat_str(m.group('uid')), compat_str(m.group('id'))