diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/transcripts_ajax.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/transcripts_ajax.py
index d30e2a29c4..193e26192f 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/transcripts_ajax.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/transcripts_ajax.py
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ def check_transcripts(request):
             log.debug("Can't find transcripts in storage for youtube id: %s", youtube_id)
 
         # youtube server
-        youtube_api = copy.deepcopy(settings.YOUTUBE_API)
-        youtube_api['params']['v'] = youtube_id
-        youtube_response = requests.get(youtube_api['url'], params=youtube_api['params'])
+        youtube_text_api = copy.deepcopy(settings.YOUTUBE['TEXT_API'])
+        youtube_text_api['params']['v'] = youtube_id
+        youtube_response = requests.get('http://' + youtube_text_api['url'], params=youtube_text_api['params'])
 
         if youtube_response.status_code == 200 and youtube_response.text:
             transcripts_presence['youtube_server'] = True
diff --git a/cms/envs/acceptance.py b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
index fda0125fa1..63fa464977 100644
--- a/cms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -119,5 +119,6 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 # Point the URL used to test YouTube availability to our stub YouTube server
-YOUTUBE_TEST_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:{0}/test_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
-YOUTUBE_API['url'] = "http://127.0.0.1:{0}/test_transcripts_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
+YOUTUBE['API'] = 'youtube.com/iframe_api'
+YOUTUBE['TEST_URL'] = "127.0.0.1:{0}/test_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
+YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = "127.0.0.1:{0}/test_transcripts_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 3b6adcb9e2..0ae3d89fa1 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -425,9 +425,23 @@ CELERY_QUEUES = {
 
 ############################## Video ##########################################
 
-# URL to test YouTube availability
-YOUTUBE_TEST_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'
+YOUTUBE = {
+    # YouTube JavaScript API
+    'API': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
 
+    # URL to test YouTube availability
+    'TEST_URL': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+
+    # Current youtube api for requesting transcripts.
+    # For example: http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=en&v=j_jEn79vS3g.
+    'TEXT_API': {
+        'url': 'video.google.com/timedtext',
+        'params': {
+            'lang': 'en',
+            'v': 'set_youtube_id_of_11_symbols_here',
+        },
+    },
+}
 
 ############################ APPS #####################################
 
@@ -529,14 +543,6 @@ PASSWORD_DICTIONARY = []
 TRACKING_IGNORE_URL_PATTERNS = [r'^/event', r'^/login', r'^/heartbeat']
 TRACKING_ENABLED = True
 
-# Current youtube api for requesting transcripts.
-# for example: http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=en&v=j_jEn79vS3g.
-YOUTUBE_API = {
-    'url': "http://video.google.com/timedtext",
-    'params': {'lang': 'en', 'v': 'set_youtube_id_of_11_symbols_here'}
-}
-
-
 ##### ACCOUNT LOCKOUT DEFAULT PARAMETERS #####
 MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_ALLOWED = 5
 MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_LOCKOUT_PERIOD_SECS = 15 * 60
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
index e7144dd2c0..c61e79d8c4 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         data-transcript-available-translations-url="/transcript/available_translations"
         data-autoplay="False"
         data-yt-test-timeout="1500"
-        data-yt-test-url="https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
+        data-yt-api-url="www.youtube.com/iframe_api"
+        data-yt-test-url="gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
         data-autohide-html5="True"
       >
         <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_all.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_all.html
index 91773bb1ec..f0228b44a2 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_all.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_all.html
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
         data-ogg-source="xmodule/include/fixtures/test.ogv"
         data-autoplay="False"
         data-yt-test-timeout="1500"
-        data-yt-test-url="https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
+        data-yt-api-url="www.youtube.com/iframe_api"
+        data-yt-test-url="gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
         data-autohide-html5="True"
       >
         <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_html5.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_html5.html
index c330a0fb8f..b32af79cf2 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_html5.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_html5.html
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
         data-ogg-source="xmodule/include/fixtures/test.ogv"
         data-autoplay="False"
         data-yt-test-timeout="1500"
-        data-yt-test-url="https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
+        data-yt-api-url="www.youtube.com/iframe_api"
+        data-yt-test-url="gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
         data-autohide-html5="True"
       >
         <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_no_captions.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_no_captions.html
index b3637f49c8..a34df976bf 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_no_captions.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_no_captions.html
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         data-transcript-available-translations-url="/transcript/available_translations"
         data-autoplay="False"
         data-yt-test-timeout="1500"
-        data-yt-test-url="https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
+        data-yt-api-url="www.youtube.com/iframe_api"
+        data-yt-test-url="gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
         data-autohide-html5="True"
       >
         <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_yt_multiple.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_yt_multiple.html
index 2b76a64a5b..83dfdc9f0e 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_yt_multiple.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video_yt_multiple.html
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         data-transcript-available-translations-url="/transcript/available_translations"
         data-autoplay="False"
         data-yt-test-timeout="1500"
-        data-yt-test-url="https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
+        data-yt-api-url="www.youtube.com/iframe_api"
+        data-yt-test-url="gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/"
         data-autohide-html5="True"
       >
         <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
index 0659566c40..09d95e7891 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function (VideoPlayer, VideoStorage) {
             _reportToServer(state, state.youtubeApiAvailable);
         }, state.config.ytTestTimeout);
 
-        $.getScript(document.location.protocol + '//www.youtube.com/iframe_api');
+        $.getScript(document.location.protocol + '//' + state.config.ytApiUrl);
     }
 
     function _reportToServer(state, youtubeIsAvailable) {
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ function (VideoPlayer, VideoStorage) {
         }
         successHandler = ($.isFunction(callback)) ? callback : null;
         xhr = $.ajax({
-            url: this.config.ytTestUrl + url + '?v=2&alt=jsonc',
+            url: document.location.protocol + '//'  + this.config.ytTestUrl + url + '?v=2&alt=jsonc',
             dataType: 'jsonp',
             timeout: this.config.ytTestTimeout,
             success: successHandler
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/transcripts_utils.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/transcripts_utils.py
index e9ffa28d50..205f6134cb 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/transcripts_utils.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/transcripts_utils.py
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ def get_transcripts_from_youtube(youtube_id, settings, i18n):
 
     utf8_parser = etree.XMLParser(encoding='utf-8')
 
-    youtube_api = copy.deepcopy(settings.YOUTUBE_API)
-    youtube_api['params']['v'] = youtube_id
-    data = requests.get(youtube_api['url'], params=youtube_api['params'])
+    youtube_text_api = copy.deepcopy(settings.YOUTUBE['TEXT_API'])
+    youtube_text_api['params']['v'] = youtube_id
+    data = requests.get('http://' + youtube_text_api['url'], params=youtube_text_api['params'])
 
     if data.status_code != 200 or not data.text:
         msg = _("Can't receive transcripts from Youtube for {youtube_id}. Status code: {status_code}.").format(
@@ -522,4 +522,3 @@ class Transcript(object):
         return StaticContent.compute_location(
             location.org, location.course, filename
         )
-
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
index e9bbeb84d8..8a252b84bb 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ class VideoModule(VideoFields, XModule):
             # TODO: Later on the value 1500 should be taken from some global
             # configuration setting field.
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
-            'yt_test_url': settings.YOUTUBE_TEST_URL,
+            'yt_api_url': settings.YOUTUBE['API'],
+            'yt_test_url': settings.YOUTUBE['TEST_URL'],
             'transcript_download_format': transcript_download_format,
             'transcript_download_formats_list': self.descriptor.fields['transcript_download_format'].values,
             'transcript_language': transcript_language,
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
index ecd8ff84c6..7d25fdc177 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class TestVideoYouTube(TestVideo):
             'track': None,
             'youtube_streams': create_youtube_string(self.item_descriptor),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
-            'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+            'yt_api_url': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
+            'yt_test_url': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
             'transcript_download_format': 'srt',
             'transcript_download_formats_list': [{'display_name': 'SubRip (.srt) file', 'value': 'srt'}, {'display_name': 'Text (.txt) file', 'value': 'txt'}],
             'transcript_language': u'en',
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ class TestVideoNonYouTube(TestVideo):
             'youtube_streams': '1.00:OEoXaMPEzfM',
             'autoplay': settings.FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
-            'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+            'yt_api_url': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
+            'yt_test_url': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
             'transcript_download_format': 'srt',
             'transcript_download_formats_list': [{'display_name': 'SubRip (.srt) file', 'value': 'srt'}, {'display_name': 'Text (.txt) file', 'value': 'txt'}],
             'transcript_language': u'en',
@@ -206,7 +208,8 @@ class TestGetHtmlMethod(BaseTestXmodule):
             'youtube_streams': '1.00:OEoXaMPEzfM',
             'autoplay': settings.FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
-            'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+            'yt_api_url': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
+            'yt_test_url': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
             'transcript_download_formats_list': [{'display_name': 'SubRip (.srt) file', 'value': 'srt'}, {'display_name': 'Text (.txt) file', 'value': 'txt'}],
         }
 
@@ -323,7 +326,8 @@ class TestGetHtmlMethod(BaseTestXmodule):
             'youtube_streams': '1.00:OEoXaMPEzfM',
             'autoplay': settings.FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
-            'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+            'yt_api_url': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
+            'yt_test_url': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
             'transcript_download_format': 'srt',
             'transcript_download_formats_list': [{'display_name': 'SubRip (.srt) file', 'value': 'srt'}, {'display_name': 'Text (.txt) file', 'value': 'txt'}],
             'transcript_language': u'en',
diff --git a/lms/envs/acceptance.py b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
index fe483836bb..8582ced3e1 100644
--- a/lms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -176,4 +176,6 @@ XQUEUE_INTERFACE = {
 }
 
 # Point the URL used to test YouTube availability to our stub YouTube server
-YOUTUBE_TEST_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:{0}/test_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
+YOUTUBE['API'] = 'youtube.com/iframe_api'
+YOUTUBE['TEST_URL'] = "127.0.0.1:{0}/test_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
+YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = "127.0.0.1:{0}/test_transcripts_youtube/".format(YOUTUBE_PORT)
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 2472e49942..df79e012e9 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -1066,9 +1066,23 @@ BULK_EMAIL_RETRY_DELAY_BETWEEN_SENDS = 0.02
 
 ############################## Video ##########################################
 
-# URL to test YouTube availability
-YOUTUBE_TEST_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'
+YOUTUBE = {
+    # YouTube JavaScript API
+    'API': 'www.youtube.com/iframe_api',
 
+    # URL to test YouTube availability
+    'TEST_URL': 'gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/',
+
+    # Current youtube api for requesting transcripts.
+    # For example: http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=en&v=j_jEn79vS3g.
+    'TEXT_API': {
+        'url': 'video.google.com/timedtext',
+        'params': {
+            'lang': 'en',
+            'v': 'set_youtube_id_of_11_symbols_here',
+        },
+    },
+}
 
 ################################### APPS ######################################
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index 1835b69eac..49cb3365ff 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     data-transcript-languages='${transcript_languages}'
     data-autoplay="${autoplay}"
     data-yt-test-timeout="${yt_test_timeout}"
+    data-yt-api-url="${yt_api_url}"
     data-yt-test-url="${yt_test_url}"
     data-transcript-translation-url="${transcript_translation_url}"
     data-transcript-available-translations-url="${transcript_available_translations_url}"