diff --git a/weboob/applications/videoob/videoob.py b/weboob/applications/videoob/videoob.py
index 63318a667d959acac1aff77db5ffe9831f4be54a..a7cd08edb4fbb0f9fba0f4b8767d9f03ebf083e3 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/videoob/videoob.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/videoob/videoob.py
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ def check_exec(executable):
                 ext = 'avi'
             dest = '%s.%s' % (video.id, ext)
 
-        if video.url.find('rtmp') == 0:
+        if video.url.startswith('rtmp'):
             if not check_exec('rtmpdump'):
                 return 1
             args = ('rtmpdump', '-r', video.url, '-o', dest)
-        elif video.url.find('mms') == 0:
+        elif video.url.startswith('mms'):
             if not check_exec('mimms'):
                 return 1
             args = ('mimms', video.url, dest)
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/media_player.py b/weboob/tools/application/media_player.py
index 605a90ef558ff3d1445bb0f6999d9952e49e7585..d673b0c5ecf3ff27297aadefd13a1b7a338bc1d0 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/media_player.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/media_player.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def play(self, media, player_name=None):
             player_name = self.guess_player_name()
             if player_name is None:
                 raise MediaPlayerNotFound()
-        if media.url.find('rtmp') == 0:
+        if media.url.startswith('rtmp'):
             self._play_rtmp(media, player_name)
         else:
             self._play_default(media, player_name)