diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/swearnet.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/swearnet.py
index d3268bd8d..6bf128c6c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/swearnet.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/swearnet.py
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'episode_number': int_or_none(episode_number),
         }
 
-        if video_info['title'] is None:
+        if not video_info.get('title'):
             video_info['title'] = self._html_search_meta(['og:title', 'twitter:title'], webpage)
 
-        if video_info['description'] is None:
+        if not video_info.get('description'):
             video_info['description'] = self._html_search_meta(['og:description', 'twitter:description'], webpage)
 
         return video_info
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
index 3132900ff..ac6ea39cc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ def _extract_embed_urls(cls, url, webpage):
 
         # Extract inline/lightbox embeds
         for embed_elm in re.findall(r'(<img[^>]+class=(["\'])(?:[^>"\']* )?vidyard-player-embed(?: [^>"\']*)?\2[^>]+[^>]*>)', webpage):
-            embed = extract_attributes(embed_elm[0]) or {}
+            embed = extract_attributes(embed_elm[0])
             uuid = embed.get('data-uuid')
             if uuid:
                 yield f'https://play.vidyard.com/{uuid}.html'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         video_json = self._fetch_video_json(video_id)
 
         if len(video_json['chapters']) == 1: