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### 2021.06.09

* Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
* Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
* [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`

### 2021.06.08

* Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
* [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
* [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
* [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
* [viki] Fix extraction from by [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
* [youtube] Support shorts URL
* [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
* Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
* Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
* Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
* [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
* [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
* [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
* [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
* [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
* [cleanup] Mark unused files
* [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`


### 2021.06.01

* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
* Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
* Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
* [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
* [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
* [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
* [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
* [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
* [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
* [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
* [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
* [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
* [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
* [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
* [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
* Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
* Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
* Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
* Remove `None` values from `info.json`
* [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
* [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
* [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
* [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
* [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
* [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
* [youtube] Bug fixes
* [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
* [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
* [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
* [cleanup] Refactor updater
* [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
* [cleanup] setup.py


### 2021.05.20

* **Youtube improvements**: 
    * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
    * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
    * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
    * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
    * Support in-channel search
    * Sort audio-only formats correctly
    * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
    * Extract audio language
    * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
    * Show alerts only from the final webpage
    * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
    * Better message when login required
* **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
    * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
* Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
* Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
* [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
* [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
* [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
* [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
* [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
* Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
* Add field `name` for subtitles
* Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
* Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
* Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
* [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
* [options] Refactor callbacks
* [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
* [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
* [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme

### 2021.05.11
* **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
* **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
* **Improve output template:**
    * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
    * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
    * A default value can be given using `field|default`
    * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
* **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
* **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
* [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
* [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
* [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
* [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
* [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
* [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
* [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
* [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
* [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
* [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
* [crackle] Improve extraction
* [curiositystream] Fix collections
* [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
* [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
* [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
* [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
* [niconico] Fix HLS formats by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi), [tsukumijima](https://github.com/tsukumijima), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
* [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
* [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
* [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
* [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
* [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
* [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
* [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
* [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
* Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
* Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
* Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
    * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
* Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
* Fix case sensitivity of format selector
* Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
* Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
* Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
* Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
* Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`


### 2021.04.22
* **Improve output template:**
    * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
    * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
    * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
* **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
    * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
    * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
    * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
    * Deprecates `--all-subs`
* Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
* Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
* [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
* [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [twitcasting] Fix extractor
* [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
* [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
* [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
* [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
* [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
* [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
* [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
* [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
* Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
* Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
* [ci] Disable fail-fast
* [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
* [documentation] Fix typos


### 2021.04.11
* Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
* Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
* Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
* Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
    * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
    * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
* [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
* [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
* [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
* [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
* [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Fix alert extraction
* [bilibili] Fix uploader
* [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
* Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
* Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
* Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
* Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
* [documentation] Improvements

### 2021.04.03
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
* Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
* Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
* [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
* [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
* [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
* [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
* [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
* [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation


### 2021.03.24.1
* Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)

### 2021.03.24
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
* Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
* Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
* Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
* [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
* [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
* [linuxacadamy] Fix login


### 2021.03.21
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
* Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
* [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
* [aria2c] Better default arguments
* [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
* [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
* [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
* [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
* Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
* Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
* Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
* Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
* Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
* More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
* [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes

* [niconico] Partial fix adapted from [animelover1984/youtube-dl@b5eff52](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl/commit/b5eff52dd9ed5565672ea1694b38c9296db3fade) (login and smile formats still don't work)
* [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
* [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
* [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
* [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
* [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
* [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)


### 2021.03.15
* **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
    * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
    * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
* **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
    * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
* [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
* Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)


### 2021.03.07
* [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
* [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
* [trovo] Pass origin header
* [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
* [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
* [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
* Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user


### 2021.03.03.2
* [build] Fix bug

### 2021.03.03
* [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
* [mtv] Fix extractor
* [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
* [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
* [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
* Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
* Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)


### 2021.03.01
* Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
* Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
* Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
* Extract comments only when needed
* `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
* Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
* [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
* [tennistv] Fix format sorting
* [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
* [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
* [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
* [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
* [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
* [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
* [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
* Cleanup some code and fix typos


### 2021.02.24
* Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
* **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
    * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
* [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
* [tennistv] Fix extractor
* [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
* Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
* [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
* [documentation] Improvements
    * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
    * Document `all` in format selection
    * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates


### 2021.02.19
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
* [viki] Fix extractor
* [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
* [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
* [youtube] Add more invidious instances
* [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
* Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
* [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
* Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
* [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
* Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
* Format Sort improvements:
    * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
    * Remove forced priority of `quality`
    * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
* Build improvements:
    * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
    * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
    * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
    * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
    * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
* [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`


### 2021.02.15
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
* [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumijima](https://github.com/tsukumijima), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
* [rumble] Add support for video page
* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
* [youtube] Fix search continuations
* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
    * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
    * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
    * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
    * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
    * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
* [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
* `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
* Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message


### 2021.02.09
* **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [youtube] Fix comment extraction
* [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
* [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
* [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
* Add fallback for thumbnails
* [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
* [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
* [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
* [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
* [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
* [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
* [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
* [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency


### 2021.02.04
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
* **Date/time formatting in output template:**
    * You can use [`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to format date/time fields. Example: `%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`
* **Multiple output templates:**
    * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
    * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
* [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
* New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
* [audius] Fix extractor
* [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
* [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
* [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
* Fix issue with overwriting files
* Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
* [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
* [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
* [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
* Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson


### 2021.01.29
* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
    * Add `--get-comments`
    * [youtube] Extract comments
    * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
    * [billibilli] Extract comments
    * [billibilli] Better video extraction
    * Write playlist data to infojson
    * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
    * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
    * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
    * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
    * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
    * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
    * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
    * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
    * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
* **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
    * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
    * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
* [Audius] Add extractor
* [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
* Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
* Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
* [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
* [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
* [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
* [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
* [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
* Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
* [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode


### 2021.01.24
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
    * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
    * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
    * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
* Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
* [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
* [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
* Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
* Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
* Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
* [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
* [tests] Split core and download tests


### 2021.01.20
* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
* Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
* [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
* [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
* [readme] Cleanup options


### 2021.01.16
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
* **Configuration files:**
    * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
    * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
* Add PyPI release


### 2021.01.14
* Added option `--break-on-reject`
* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [yt-dlp/SponSkrub](https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
* [documentation] Fixes typos


### 2021.01.12
* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
* Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
* Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
* Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
* [ci] Option to skip
* [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc


### 2021.01.10
* [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
* [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
* [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
* Update version badge automatically in README
* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
* Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common


### 2021.01.09
* [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
* Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
* Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
* Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
* Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
* Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)


### 2021.01.08
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08) except stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f))
* Moved changelog to separate file


### 2021.01.07-1
* [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
* [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
* [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
* Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
* Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
* Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
* [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test


### 2021.01.07
* Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
* Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
* Created First Release


### 2021.01.05-1
* **Changed defaults:**
    * Enabled `--ignore`
    * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
    * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
    * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
    * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
    * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
    * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`


### 2021.01.05
* **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
* **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
    * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
    * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
    * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
    * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
* Shortcut Options: Added `--write-link`, `--write-url-link`, `--write-webloc-link`, `--write-desktop-link` by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h) - See [Internet Shortcut Options](README.md#internet-shortcut-options) for details
* **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
* Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
* **Negative Options:** Makes it possible to negate most boolean options by adding a `no-` to the switch. Usefull when you want to reverse an option that is defined in a config file
    * Added `--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd`, `--no-allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--no-download`, `--no-download-archive`, `--resize-buffer`, `--part`, `--mtime`, `--no-keep-fragments`, `--no-cookies`, `--no-write-annotations`, `--no-write-info-json`, `--no-write-description`, `--no-write-thumbnail`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--post-overwrites`, `--no-keep-video`, `--no-embed-subs`, `--no-embed-thumbnail`, `--no-add-metadata`, `--no-include-ads`, `--no-write-sub`, `--no-write-auto-sub`, `--no-playlist-reverse`, `--no-restrict-filenames`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--no-format-sort-force`, `--flat-videos`, `--no-list-formats-as-table`, `--no-sponskrub`, `--no-sponskrub-cut`, `--no-sponskrub-force`
    * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
* Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
* Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by [pauldubois98](https://github.com/pauldubois98) ([ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569))
* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280) for details
    * Extractors [tiktok](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/fb626c05867deab04425bad0c0b16b55473841a2) and [hotstar](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc) have not been merged
* Cleaned up the fork for public use


**PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)

### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
* Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
    * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
    * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
    * Redirect channel home to /video
    * Print youtube's warning message
    * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
* [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
* Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
* Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
* [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
* [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
* [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
* [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
* [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
* [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
* [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)