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4084f235 3<!--
4# Instuctions for creating release
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6* Run `make doc`
0bc0a322 7* Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
c74d1aa3 8* Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
b31fdeed 9* Add new/fixed extractors in "new features" section of Readme.md
b2f70ae7 10* Commit to master as `Release <version>`
02aabd45 11* Push to origin/release using `git push origin master:release`
12 build task will now run
0fdf490d 13* Update version.py using `devscripts\update-version.py`
29b6000e 14* Run `make issuetemplates`
a392adf5 15* Commit to master as `[version] update :ci skip all`
4084f235 16* Push to origin/master
6d07ec81 17* Update changelog in /releases
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f20f5fe5 21
0fdf490d 22### 2021.05.20
23
24* **Youtube improvements**:
25 * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
26 * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
27 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
28 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
29 * Support in-channel search
30 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
31 * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
32 * Extract audio language
33 * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
34 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
35 * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
36 * Better message when login required
37* **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
38 * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
39* Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
40* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
41* Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
42* [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
43* [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
44* [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
45* [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
46* [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
47* Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
48* Add field `name` for subtitles
49* Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
50* Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
51* Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
52* [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
53* [options] Refactor callbacks
54* [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
55* [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
56* [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
57
fac98805 58### 2021.05.11
fac98805 59* **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
eaeca38f 60* **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
fac98805 61* **Improve output template:**
62 * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
63 * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
64 * A default value can be given using `field|default`
65 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
eaeca38f 66* **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
fac98805 67* **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
68* [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
69* [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
70* [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
71* [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
72* [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
73* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
74* [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
75* [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
76* [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
77* [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
78* [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
79* [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
80* [crackle] Improve extraction
81* [curiositystream] Fix collections
82* [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
83* [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
84* [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
85* [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
86* [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
87* [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
88* [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)
89* [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
90* [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
91* [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
92* [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
93* [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
94* [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
95* [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
96* [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
97* [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
98* [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
99* Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
100* Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
eaeca38f 101* Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
fac98805 102 * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
103* Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
104* Fix case sensitivity of format selector
105* Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
106* Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
107* Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
108* Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
109* Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
110
111
0cf05715 112### 2021.04.22
113* **Improve output template:**
114 * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
115 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
116 * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
117* **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
118 * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
119 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
120 * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
121 * Deprecates `--all-subs`
122* Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
123* Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
124* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
125* [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
e28f1c0a 126* [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
0cf05715 127* [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
128* [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
129* [twitcasting] Fix extractor
e28f1c0a 130* [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
0cf05715 131* [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
132* [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
133* [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
134* [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
135* [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
136* [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
137* [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
138* [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
139* [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
140* [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
141* [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
142* [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
143* Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
144* Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
145* [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
146* [ci] Disable fail-fast
147* [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
148* [documentation] Fix typos
149
150
a0f30f19 151### 2021.04.11
152* Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
153* Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
154* Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
155* Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
156 * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
157 * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
158* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
159* [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
160* [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
161* [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
162* [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
163* [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
164* [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
165* [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
166* [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
54670cf0 167* [youtube] Fix alert extraction
a0f30f19 168* [bilibili] Fix uploader
169* [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
170* Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
171* Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
172* Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
173* Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
174* Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
175* [documentation] Improvements
176
02aabd45 177### 2021.04.03
b31fdeed 178* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
02aabd45 179* Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
180* Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
181* [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
182* [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
183* [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
184* [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
185* [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
186* [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
187* [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
188* [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
189* [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
190
191
a2f0b0c6 192### 2021.03.24.1
193* Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
194
a3affbe6 195### 2021.03.24
b23b9eef 196* Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
a3affbe6 197* Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
198* Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
199* Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
200* [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
b050d210 201* [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
a3affbe6 202* [linuxacadamy] Fix login
203
204
a7f347d9 205### 2021.03.21
206* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
a3affbe6 207* Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
a7f347d9 208* [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
209* [aria2c] Better default arguments
210* [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
211* [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
212* [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
213* [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
214* Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
215* Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
216* Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
217* Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
218* Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
219* Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
220* More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
221* [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
222* [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
223
224* [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)
225* [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
226* [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
227* [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
228* [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
229* [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
230* [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
231* [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
232* [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
233* [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
234
235
597c1866 236### 2021.03.15
237* **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
238 * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
239 * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
240* **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
241 * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
242* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
a515a78d 243* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
597c1866 244* [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
597c1866 245* [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
246* [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
247* [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
5aeefbd6 248* [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
597c1866 249* [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
250* Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
251
252
c5640c45 253### 2021.03.07
254* [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
255* [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
256* [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
257* [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
a515a78d 258* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
c5640c45 259* [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
260* [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
994443d2 261* [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
c5640c45 262* [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
263* [trovo] Pass origin header
264* [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
994443d2 265* [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
c5640c45 266* [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
267* [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
a515a78d 268* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
c5640c45 269* Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
270* Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
271
272
a8278aba 273### 2021.03.03.2
274* [build] Fix bug
275
5f751495 276### 2021.03.03
a8278aba 277* [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
278* Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
c5640c45 279* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
5f751495 280* [mtv] Fix extractor
a8278aba 281* [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
162e6f00 282* [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
5f751495 283* [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
284* Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
a8278aba 285* Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
5f751495 286
287
5ef7d9bd 288### 2021.03.01
289* Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
290* Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
291* Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
292* Extract comments only when needed
293* `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
5372545d 294* Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
5ef7d9bd 295* [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
5372545d 296* [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
5ef7d9bd 297* [tennistv] Fix format sorting
5ef7d9bd 298* [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
299* [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
5ef7d9bd 300* [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
5372545d 301* [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
302* [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
303* [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
5ef7d9bd 304* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
305* [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
306* [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
307* Cleanup some code and fix typos
308
309
c74d1aa3 310### 2021.02.24
311* Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
312* **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
127d0759 313 * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
c5640c45 314* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
c74d1aa3 315* [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
316* [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
a515a78d 317* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
c74d1aa3 318* [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
319* [tennistv] Fix extractor
320* [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
321* [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
127d0759 322* [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
c74d1aa3 323* Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
324* [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
325* [documentation] Improvements
326 * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
127d0759 327 * Document `all` in format selection
c74d1aa3 328 * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
329
330
4524baf0 331### 2021.02.19
c5640c45 332* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
4524baf0 333* [viki] Fix extractor
334* [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
335* [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
336* [youtube] Add more invidious instances
337* [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
338* Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
339* [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
340* Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
341* [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
342* Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
343* Format Sort improvements:
344 * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
345 * Remove forced priority of `quality`
346 * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
347* Build improvements:
348 * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
349 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
350 * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
351 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
352 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
353* [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
354
355
aa837ddf 356### 2021.02.15
c5640c45 357* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
4524baf0 358* [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumi](https://github.com/tsukumi), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
359* Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
360* [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
aa837ddf 361* [rumble] Add support for video page
4524baf0 362* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
aa837ddf 363* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
aa837ddf 364* [youtube] Fix search continuations
365* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
4524baf0 366* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
aa837ddf 367 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
368 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
369 * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
370 * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
4524baf0 371 * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
372* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
aa837ddf 373* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
4524baf0 374* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
aa837ddf 375* Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
376* [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
377* `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
378* Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
379
380
ba9f36d7 381### 2021.02.09
382* **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
383* **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
384* [youtube] Fix comment extraction
385* [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
386* [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
387* [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
388* Add fallback for thumbnails
389* [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
390* [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
391* [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
392* [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
393* [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
394* [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
395* [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
396* [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
397
398
c25228e5 399### 2021.02.04
c5640c45 400* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
0fd1a2b0 401* **Date/time formatting in output template:**
402 * 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`
c25228e5 403* **Multiple output templates:**
0fd1a2b0 404 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
405 * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
c25228e5 406* [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
407* New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
408* [audius] Fix extractor
409* [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
410* [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
411* [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
412* Fix issue with overwriting files
413* Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
414* [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
415* [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
416* [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
417* Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
418
419
29b6000e 420### 2021.01.29
4524baf0 421* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
29b6000e 422 * Add `--get-comments`
423 * [youtube] Extract comments
424 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
425 * [billibilli] Extract comments
426 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
427 * Write playlist data to infojson
428 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
429 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
430 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
431 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
432 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
433 * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
434 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
435 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
436 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
437* **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
438 * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
439 * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
440* [Audius] Add extractor
441* [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
442* Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
443* Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
444* [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
445* [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
446* [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
447* [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
448* [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
449* Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
450* [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
451
452
0bc0a322 453### 2021.01.24
c5640c45 454* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
7a5c1cfe 455* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
0bc0a322 456* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
7a5c1cfe 457 * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
0bc0a322 458 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
7a5c1cfe
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459 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
460* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
ba9f36d7 461* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
0bc0a322 462* Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
463* Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
464* [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
465* [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
466* Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
467* Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
468* Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
469* [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
470* [tests] Split core and download tests
471
472
c69911e4 473### 2021.01.20
474* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
e2f6586c 475* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
c69911e4 476* Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
477* [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
478* [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
479* [readme] Cleanup options
480
e2f6586c 481
298f597b 482### 2021.01.16
c5640c45 483* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
f57adf0e 484* **Configuration files:**
485 * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
7a5c1cfe 486 * 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
298f597b 487* Add PyPI release
488
489
bf5a997e 490### 2021.01.14
491* Added option `--break-on-reject`
ba9f36d7 492* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
bf5a997e 493* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
494* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
7a5c1cfe 495* [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
bf5a997e 496* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
497* [documentation] Fixes typos
498
499
9b45b9f5 500### 2021.01.12
ba9f36d7 501* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
502* Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
9b45b9f5 503* Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
ba9f36d7 504* Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
9b45b9f5 505* [ci] Option to skip
506* [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
507
508
f5546c0b 509### 2021.01.10
ba9f36d7 510* [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
511* [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
512* [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
a7f347d9 513* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
65156eba 514* Update version badge automatically in README
515* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
516* Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
517
f20f5fe5 518
f5546c0b 519### 2021.01.09
4084f235 520* [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
ba9f36d7 521* Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
522* Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
523* Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
524* Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
525* Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
034b6215 526
f20f5fe5 527
f5546c0b 528### 2021.01.08
c5640c45 529* 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))
b050d210 530* Moved changelog to separate file
e5bc03a6 531
f20f5fe5 532
034b6215 533### 2021.01.07-1
ba9f36d7 534* [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
535* [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
536* [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
537* [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
538* Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
034b6215 539* Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
540* Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
541* [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
542
f20f5fe5 543
034b6215 544### 2021.01.07
545* Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
546* Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
547* Created First Release
548
f20f5fe5 549
034b6215 550### 2021.01.05-1
551* **Changed defaults:**
552 * Enabled `--ignore`
553 * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
554 * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
555 * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
556 * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
557 * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
558 * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
559
f20f5fe5 560
034b6215 561### 2021.01.05
562* **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
563* **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
564 * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
565 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
566 * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
567 * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
c5640c45 568* 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
b9650873 569* **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
ba9f36d7 570* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
034b6215 571* Added `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
f20f5fe5 572* **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
034b6215 573 * 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`
574 * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
575* Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
ba9f36d7 576* 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))
034b6215 577* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
c5640c45 578* 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
034b6215 579 * 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
580* Cleaned up the fork for public use
f20f5fe5 581
582
597c1866 583**PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
584
f20f5fe5 585### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
597c1866 586* Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
587* Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
f20f5fe5 588 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
f20f5fe5 589 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
590 * Redirect channel home to /video
591 * Print youtube's warning message
597c1866 592 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
593* [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
594* [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
ba9f36d7 595* Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
597c1866 596* Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
597* [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
598* [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
599* [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
600* [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
601* [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
602* [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
603* [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
604* [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
605* [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
606* [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
607* [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
608* [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
609* [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
610* [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
611* [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
612* make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)