diff --git a/xmodule/tests/test_video.py b/xmodule/tests/test_video.py
index 5e95f77082b1..9ae8fb7c5e88 100644
--- a/xmodule/tests/test_video.py
+++ b/xmodule/tests/test_video.py
@@ -741,6 +741,48 @@ def test_export_to_xml(self, mock_val_api):
             course_id=self.block.scope_ids.usage_id.context_key,
         )
 
+    def test_export_to_xml_without_video_id(self):
+        """
+        Test that we write the correct XML without video_id on export.
+        """
+        self.block.youtube_id_0_75 = 'izygArpw-Qo'
+        self.block.youtube_id_1_0 = 'p2Q6BrNhdh8'
+        self.block.youtube_id_1_25 = '1EeWXzPdhSA'
+        self.block.youtube_id_1_5 = 'rABDYkeK0x8'
+        self.block.show_captions = False
+        self.block.start_time = datetime.timedelta(seconds=1.0)
+        self.block.end_time = datetime.timedelta(seconds=60)
+        self.block.track = 'http://www.example.com/track'
+        self.block.handout = 'http://www.example.com/handout'
+        self.block.download_track = True
+        self.block.html5_sources = ['http://www.example.com/source.mp4', 'http://www.example.com/source1.ogg']
+        self.block.download_video = True
+        self.block.transcripts = {'ua': 'ukrainian_translation.srt', 'ge': 'german_translation.srt'}
+
+        xml = self.block.definition_to_xml(self.file_system)
+        parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
+        xml_string = '''\
+         <video
+            url_name="SampleProblem"
+            start_time="0:00:01"
+            show_captions="false"
+            end_time="0:01:00"
+            download_video="true"
+            download_track="true"
+            youtube="0.75:izygArpw-Qo,1.00:p2Q6BrNhdh8,1.25:1EeWXzPdhSA,1.50:rABDYkeK0x8"
+            transcripts='{"ge": "german_translation.srt", "ua": "ukrainian_translation.srt"}'
+         >
+           <source src="http://www.example.com/source.mp4"/>
+           <source src="http://www.example.com/source1.ogg"/>
+           <track src="http://www.example.com/track"/>
+           <handout src="http://www.example.com/handout"/>
+           <transcript language="ge" src="german_translation.srt" />
+           <transcript language="ua" src="ukrainian_translation.srt" />
+         </video>
+        '''
+        expected = etree.XML(xml_string, parser=parser)
+        self.assertXmlEqual(expected, xml)
+
     @patch('xmodule.video_block.video_block.edxval_api')
     def test_export_to_xml_val_error(self, mock_val_api):
         # Export should succeed without VAL data if video does not exist
diff --git a/xmodule/video_block/transcripts_utils.py b/xmodule/video_block/transcripts_utils.py
index 866edf596812..9fd8231b2af7 100644
--- a/xmodule/video_block/transcripts_utils.py
+++ b/xmodule/video_block/transcripts_utils.py
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ def manage_video_subtitles_save(item, user, old_metadata=None, generate_translat
                 )
             except TranscriptException:
                 pass
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
         if reraised_message:
             item.save_with_metadata(user)
             raise TranscriptException(reraised_message)
@@ -1019,6 +1021,26 @@ def get_transcript_from_contentstore(video, language, output_format, transcripts
         except (KeyError, NotFoundError):
             continue
 
+    if transcript_content is None and language == 'en':
+        # `get_transcript_for_video`` can get the transcript using just the filename,
+        # but in the above loop the filename from 'en' is overwritten.
+        #
+        # If it doesn't yet have the transcription and the language is 'en',
+        # check again but this time using the original filename.
+        #
+        # The use case for which this has been implemented is when copying a video from
+        # a library and pasting it into a course.
+        # The asset is copied, but we only have the filename to obtain the content.
+        try:
+            input_format, base_name, transcript_content = get_transcript_for_video(
+                video.location,
+                subs_id=None,
+                file_name=other_languages['en'],
+                language=language
+            )
+        except (KeyError, NotFoundError):
+            pass
+
     if transcript_content is None:
         raise NotFoundError('No transcript for `{lang}` language'.format(
             lang=language
diff --git a/xmodule/video_block/video_block.py b/xmodule/video_block/video_block.py
index 84d7edcf7263..30af789506ed 100644
--- a/xmodule/video_block/video_block.py
+++ b/xmodule/video_block/video_block.py
@@ -855,11 +855,15 @@ def definition_to_xml(self, resource_fs):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=too-m
                 if new_transcripts.get('en'):
                     xml.set('sub', '')
 
-                # Update `transcripts` attribute in the xml
-                xml.set('transcripts', json.dumps(transcripts, sort_keys=True))
-
             except edxval_api.ValVideoNotFoundError:
                 pass
+        else:
+            if transcripts.get('en'):
+                xml.set('sub', '')
+
+        if transcripts:
+            # Update `transcripts` attribute in the xml
+            xml.set('transcripts', json.dumps(transcripts, sort_keys=True))
 
             # Sorting transcripts for easy testing of resulting xml
             for transcript_language in sorted(transcripts.keys()):