4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Add new/fixed extractors in "new features" section of Readme.md
10 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
11 * Push to origin/release using
`git push origin master:release`
12 build task will now run
13 * Update version.py using
`devscripts\update-version.py`
14 * Run
`make issuetemplates`
15 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
16 * Push to origin/master
17 * Update changelog in /releases
23 * **Add option
`--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by
[mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
24 * Usage:
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
25 * Also added
`--no-cookies-from-browser`
26 * To decrypt chromium cookies,
`keyring` is needed for UNIX and
`pycryptodome` for Windows
27 * Add option
`--exec-before-download`
28 * Add field
`live_status`
29 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
30 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
31 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
32 * **
[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
33 * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
34 * Default
`player_client` =
`android,web`
35 * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
36 * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if
`music.youtube.com`
37 * Added
`player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
38 * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
39 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
40 * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
41 * Added option
`--no-check-formats` to not test them
42 * [youtube] Misc fixes
43 * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
44 * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
45 * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
46 * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
47 * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
48 * Make
`--extractor-retries` work for more errors
49 * Fix sorting of
3gp format
50 * Sanity check
`chapters` (and refactor related code)
51 * Make
`parse_time_text` and
`_extract_chapters` non-fatal
52 * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
53 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
54 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
55 * **
[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
56 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
57 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
58 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
59 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
60 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger),
[TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
61 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
62 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
63 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
64 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
65 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
66 * [embedthumbnail] Fix
`_get_thumbnail_resolution`
67 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
68 * Fix selectors
`all`,
`mergeall` and add tests
69 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey
`--ignore-errors`
70 * Fix bug where
`original_url` was not propagated when
`_type`=
`url`
71 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#
173)"
72 * This was wrongly checking for
`write_thumbnail`
73 * Improve
`extractor_args` parsing
74 * Rename
`NOTE` in
`-F` to
`MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as
`format_note`
75 * Add
`only_once` param for
`write_debug` and
`report_warning`
76 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
77 * [utils] Improve
`traverse_obj`
78 * [utils] Add
`variadic`
79 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
80 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
81 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
82 * [doc] fix default of multistreams
87 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
88 * Add
`--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See
[readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
89 * Add extractor option
`skip` for
`youtube`. Eg:
`--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
90 * Deprecates
`--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
91 * Allow
`--list...` options to work with
`--print`,
`--quiet` and other
`--list...` options
92 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
93 * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format
141) extraction
94 * Adds extractor option
`player_client` =
`web`/
`android`
95 * **
`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
96 * Adds extractor option
`player_skip=config`
97 * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
98 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
99 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
100 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
101 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
102 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
103 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
104 * Add
`FunimationShowIE` by
[Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
105 * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
106 * This changes the video
`id` and will break break existing archives
107 * Compat option
`seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
108 * Support direct
`/player/` URL
109 * Extractor options
`language` and
`version` to pre-select them during extraction
110 * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
111 * Do not rely on these for format selection and use
`-f` filters instead
112 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7),
[ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
113 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
114 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
115 * [plutotv] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
116 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
117 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
118 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
119 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
120 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
121 * Process videos when using
`--ignore-no-formats-error` by
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
122 * Fix
`--throttled-rate` when using
`--load-info-json`
123 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when entry has no
`ie_key`
124 * Fix
`check_formats` catching
`ExtractorError` instead of
`DownloadError`
125 * Fix deprecated option
`--list-formats-old`
126 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix
`--ppa` when using simultaneous download
127 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor
`hls_split_discontinuity`
128 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
129 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat
`jpeg` as
`jpg`
130 * [utils] Fix issues with
`LazyList` reversal
131 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
132 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with
`LazyList` and
`yield from`
133 * [cleanup] Clean
`extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
134 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
139 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
140 * **Add option
`--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
141 * [fragment] **Merge during download for
`-N`**, and refactor
`hls`/
`dash`
142 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
143 * Allow
`images` formats in addition to video/audio
144 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
145 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
146 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
147 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
148 * [youtube] Login is not needed for
`:ytrec`
149 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
150 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
151 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
152 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
153 * [pornhub] Extract
`cast`
154 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
155 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
156 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option
`embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
157 * Expand
`--check-formats` to thumbnails
158 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
159 * Skip fixup of existing files and add
`--fixup force` to force it
160 * Better error handling of syntax errors in
`-f`
161 * Use
`NamedTemporaryFile` for
`--check-formats`
162 * [aria2c] Lower
`--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
163 * [options] Rename
`--add-metadata` to
`--embed-metadata`
164 * [utils] Improve
`LazyList` and add tests
165 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
166 * [docs] Clarify that
`--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
167 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
172 * Fix bug where
`%(field)d` in filename template throws error
173 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
174 * [test] More rigorous tests for
`prepare_filename`
178 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only
3.6+ is now supported
179 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
180 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
181 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
182 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
183 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
184 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
185 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
186 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
187 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
188 * Add field
`original_url` with the user-inputted URL
189 * Fix and refactor
`prepare_outtmpl`
190 * Make more fields available for
`--print` when used with
`--flat-playlist`
191 * [utils] Generalize
`traverse_dict` to
`traverse_obj`
192 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
193 * [build] Release
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
194 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
195 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
196 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
197 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
198 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
199 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file
`trovolive.py`
204 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
205 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
206 * Handle Basic Auth
`user:pass` in URLs by
[hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
207 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
208 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
209 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
210 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
211 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
212 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
213 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
214 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
215 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
216 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
217 * [fragment] When using
`-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
218 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
219 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
220 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
221 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
222 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
223 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
224 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
225 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
226 * Refactor
`__process_playlist` by creating
`LazyList`
227 * Write messages to
`stderr` when both
`quiet` and
`verbose`
228 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
229 * Remove
`None` values from
`info.json`
230 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
231 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
232 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
233 * [extractor] Allow
`note=False` when extracting manifests
234 * [utils] Escape URLs in
`sanitized_Request`, not
`sanitize_url`
235 * [hls] Disable external downloader for
`webtt`
236 * [youtube]
`/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
237 * [youtube] Bug fixes
238 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
239 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
240 * [cleanup]
`YoutubeDL._match_entry`
241 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
242 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
248 * **Youtube improvements**:
249 * Support youtube music
`MP`,
`VL` and
`browse` pages
250 * Extract more formats for youtube music by
[craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod),
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
251 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
252 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a
`videos` tab to their
`UU` playlists
253 * Support in-channel search
254 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
255 * Always extract
`maxresdefault` thumbnail
256 * Extract audio language
257 * Add subtitle language names by
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
258 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
259 * Add
`html5=1` param to
`get_video_info` page requests by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
260 * Better message when login required
261 * **Add option
`--print`**: to print any field/template
262 * Deprecates:
`--get-description`,
`--get-duration`,
`--get-filename`,
`--get-format`,
`--get-id`,
`--get-thumbnail`,
`--get-title`,
`--get-url`
263 * Field
`additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using
[`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
264 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
265 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add
`pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
266 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
267 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
268 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
269 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
270 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize
`_VALID_URL`
271 * Add compat-option
`no-attach-infojson`
272 * Add field
`name` for subtitles
273 * Ensure
`post_extract` and
`pre_process` only run once
274 * Fix
`--check-formats` when there is network error
275 * Standardize
`write_debug` and
`get_param`
276 * [options] Alias
`--write-comments`,
`--no-write-comments`
277 * [options] Refactor callbacks
278 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for
`playlist_mincount`
279 * [extractor] bugfix for when
`compat_opts` is not given
280 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
281 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
284 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
285 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
286 * **Improve output template:**
287 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
288 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
289 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
290 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
291 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
292 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
293 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
294 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
295 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
296 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
297 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
298 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
299 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
300 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
301 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
302 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
303 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
304 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
305 * [crackle] Improve extraction
306 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
307 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
308 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
309 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
310 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
311 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
312 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
313 * [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)
314 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
315 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
316 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
317 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
318 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
319 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
320 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
321 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
322 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
323 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
324 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
325 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
326 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
327 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
328 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
329 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
330 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
331 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
332 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
333 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
334 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
338 * **Improve output template:**
339 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
340 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
341 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
342 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
343 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
344 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
345 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
346 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
347 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
348 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
349 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
350 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
351 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
352 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
353 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
354 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
355 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
356 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
357 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
358 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
359 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
360 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
361 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
362 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
363 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
364 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
365 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
366 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
367 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
368 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
369 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
370 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
371 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
372 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
373 * [documentation] Fix typos
377 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
378 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
379 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
380 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
381 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
382 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
383 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
384 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
385 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
386 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
387 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
388 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
389 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
390 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
391 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
392 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
393 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
394 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
395 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
396 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
397 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
398 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
399 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
400 * [documentation] Improvements
403 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
404 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
405 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
406 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
407 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
408 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
409 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
410 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
411 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
412 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
413 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
414 * [documentation] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
418 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
421 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
422 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
423 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
424 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
425 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
426 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
427 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
431 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
432 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
433 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
434 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
435 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
436 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
437 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
438 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
439 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
440 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
441 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
442 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
443 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
444 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
445 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
446 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
447 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
449 * [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)
450 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
451 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
452 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
453 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
454 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
455 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
456 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
457 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
458 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
462 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
463 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
464 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
465 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
466 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
467 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
468 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
469 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
470 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
471 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
472 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
473 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
474 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
475 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
479 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
480 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
481 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
482 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
483 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
484 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
485 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
486 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
487 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
488 * [trovo] Pass origin header
489 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
490 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
491 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
492 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
493 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
494 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
495 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
502 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
503 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
504 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
505 * [mtv] Fix extractor
506 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
507 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
508 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
509 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
510 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
514 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
515 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
516 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
517 * Extract comments only when needed
518 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
519 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
520 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
521 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
522 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
523 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
524 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
525 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
526 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
527 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
528 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
529 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
530 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
531 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
532 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
536 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
537 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
538 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
539 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
540 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
541 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
542 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
543 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
544 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
545 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
546 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
547 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
548 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
549 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
550 * [documentation] Improvements
551 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
552 * Document
`all` in format selection
553 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
557 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
558 * [viki] Fix extractor
559 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
560 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
561 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
562 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
563 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
564 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
565 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
566 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
567 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
568 * Format Sort improvements:
569 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
570 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
571 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
572 * Build improvements:
573 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
574 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
575 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
576 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
577 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
578 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
582 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
583 * [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)
584 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
585 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
586 * [rumble] Add support for video page
587 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
588 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
589 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
590 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
591 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
592 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
593 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
594 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
595 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
596 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
597 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
598 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
599 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
600 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
601 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
602 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
603 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
607 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
608 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
609 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
610 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
611 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
612 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
613 * Add fallback for thumbnails
614 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
615 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
616 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
617 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
618 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
619 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
620 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
621 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
625 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
626 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
627 * 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`
628 * **Multiple output templates:**
629 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
630 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
631 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
632 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
633 * [audius] Fix extractor
634 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
635 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
636 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
637 * Fix issue with overwriting files
638 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
639 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
640 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
641 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
642 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
646 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
647 * Add
`--get-comments`
648 * [youtube] Extract comments
649 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
650 * [billibilli] Extract comments
651 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
652 * Write playlist data to infojson
653 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
654 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
655 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
656 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
657 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
658 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
659 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
660 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
661 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
662 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
663 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
664 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
665 * [Audius] Add extractor
666 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
667 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
668 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
669 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
670 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
671 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
672 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
673 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
674 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
675 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
679 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
680 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
681 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
682 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
683 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
684 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
685 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
686 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
687 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
688 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
689 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
690 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
691 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
692 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
693 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
694 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
695 * [tests] Split core and download tests
699 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
700 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
701 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
702 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
703 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
704 * [readme] Cleanup options
708 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
709 * **Configuration files:**
710 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
711 * 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
716 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
717 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
718 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
719 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
720 * [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
721 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
722 * [documentation] Fixes typos
726 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
727 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
728 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
729 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
730 * [ci] Option to skip
731 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
735 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
736 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
737 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
738 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
739 * Update version badge automatically in README
740 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
741 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
745 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
746 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
747 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
748 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
749 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
750 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
754 * 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))
755 * Moved changelog to separate file
759 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
760 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
761 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
762 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
763 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
764 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
765 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
766 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
770 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
771 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
772 * Created First Release
776 * **Changed defaults:**
778 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
779 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
780 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
781 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
782 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
783 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
787 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
788 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
789 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
790 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
791 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
792 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
793 * 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
794 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
795 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
796 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
797 * **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
798 * 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`
799 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
800 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
801 * 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))
802 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
803 * 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
804 * 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
805 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
808 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
810 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
811 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
812 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
813 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
814 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
815 * Redirect channel home to /video
816 * Print youtube's warning message
817 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
818 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
819 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
820 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
821 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
822 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
823 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
824 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
825 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
826 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
827 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
828 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
829 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
830 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
831 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
832 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
833 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
834 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
835 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
836 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
837 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)