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18
19
20 ### 2021.03.03.2
21 * [build] Fix bug
22
23
24 ### 2021.03.03
25 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
26 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
27 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
28 * [mtv] Fix extractor
29 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
30 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
31 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
32 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
33 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
34
35
36 ### 2021.03.01
37 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
38 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
39 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
40 * Extract comments only when needed
41 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
42 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
43 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
44 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
45 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
46 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
47 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
48 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
49 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
50 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
51 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
52 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
53 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
54 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
55 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
56
57
58 ### 2021.02.24
59 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
60 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
61 * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
62 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
63 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
64 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
65 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
66 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
67 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
68 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
69 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
70 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
71 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
72 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
73 * [documentation] Improvements
74 * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
75 * Document `all` in format selection
76 * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
77
78
79 ### 2021.02.19
80 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
81 * [viki] Fix extractor
82 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
83 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
84 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
85 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
86 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
87 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
88 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
89 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
90 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
91 * Format Sort improvements:
92 * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
93 * Remove forced priority of `quality`
94 * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
95 * Build improvements:
96 * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
97 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
98 * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
99 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
100 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
101 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
102
103
104 ### 2021.02.15
105 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
106 * [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)
107 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
108 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
109 * [rumble] Add support for video page
110 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
111 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
112 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
113 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
114 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
115 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
116 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
117 * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
118 * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
119 * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
120 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
121 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
122 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
123 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
124 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
125 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
126 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
127
128
129 ### 2021.02.09
130 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
131 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
132 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
133 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
134 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
135 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
136 * Add fallback for thumbnails
137 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
138 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
139 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
140 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
141 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
142 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
143 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
144 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
145
146
147 ### 2021.02.04
148 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
149 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
150 * 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`
151 * **Multiple output templates:**
152 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
153 * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
154 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
155 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
156 * [audius] Fix extractor
157 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
158 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
159 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
160 * Fix issue with overwriting files
161 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
162 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
163 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
164 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
165 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
166
167
168 ### 2021.01.29
169 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
170 * Add `--get-comments`
171 * [youtube] Extract comments
172 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
173 * [billibilli] Extract comments
174 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
175 * Write playlist data to infojson
176 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
177 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
178 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
179 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
180 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
181 * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
182 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
183 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
184 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
185 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
186 * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
187 * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
188 * [Audius] Add extractor
189 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
190 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
191 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
192 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
193 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
194 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
195 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
196 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
197 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
198 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
199
200
201 ### 2021.01.24
202 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
203 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
204 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
205 * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
206 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
207 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
208 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
209 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
210 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
211 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
212 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
213 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
214 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
215 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
216 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
217 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
218 * [tests] Split core and download tests
219
220
221 ### 2021.01.20
222 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
223 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
224 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
225 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
226 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
227 * [readme] Cleanup options
228
229
230 ### 2021.01.16
231 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
232 * **Configuration files:**
233 * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
234 * 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
235 * Add PyPI release
236
237
238 ### 2021.01.14
239 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
240 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
241 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
242 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
243 * [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
244 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
245 * [documentation] Fixes typos
246
247
248 ### 2021.01.12
249 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
250 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
251 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
252 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
253 * [ci] Option to skip
254 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
255
256
257 ### 2021.01.10
258 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
259 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
260 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
261 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
262 * Update version badge automatically in README
263 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
264 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
265
266
267 ### 2021.01.09
268 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
269 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
270 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
271 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
272 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
273 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
274
275
276 ### 2021.01.08
277 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
278 * Extractor stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f)) have not been merged
279 * Moved changelog to seperate file
280
281
282 ### 2021.01.07-1
283 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
284 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
285 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
286 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
287 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
288 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
289 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
290 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
291
292
293 ### 2021.01.07
294 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
295 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
296 * Created First Release
297
298
299 ### 2021.01.05-1
300 * **Changed defaults:**
301 * Enabled `--ignore`
302 * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
303 * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
304 * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
305 * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
306 * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
307 * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
308
309
310 ### 2021.01.05
311 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
312 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
313 * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
314 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
315 * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
316 * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
317 * **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
318 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
319 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
320 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
321 * **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
322 * 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`
323 * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
324 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
325 * 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))
326 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
327 * **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
328 * 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
329 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
330
331
332 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
333 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
334 * [youtube]
335 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
336 * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
337 * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
338 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
339 * Redirect channel home to /video
340 * Print youtube's warning message
341 * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
342 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
343 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
344 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
345 * [Gedi] Add extractor
346 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
347 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
348 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
349 * [ina] support mobile links
350 * [instagram] Fix extractor
351 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
352 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
353 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
354 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
355 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
356 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
357 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
358 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
359 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll