Changelog.md

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  20
  21 ### 2021.07.21
  22
  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
  83
  84
  85 ### 2021.07.07
  86
  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
 135
 136
 137 ### 2021.06.23
 138
 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
 168
 169
 170 ### 2021.06.09
 171
 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`
 175
 176 ### 2021.06.08
 177
 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`
 200
 201
 202 ### 2021.06.01
 203
 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
 243 * [cleanup] setup.py
 244
 245
 246 ### 2021.05.20
 247
 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
 282
 283 ### 2021.05.11
 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`
 335
 336
 337 ### 2021.04.22
 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
 374
 375
 376 ### 2021.04.11
 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
 401
 402 ### 2021.04.03
 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
 415
 416
 417 ### 2021.03.24.1
 418 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 419
 420 ### 2021.03.24
 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
 428
 429
 430 ### 2021.03.21
 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
 448
 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)
 459
 460
 461 ### 2021.03.15
 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)
 476
 477
 478 ### 2021.03.07
 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
 496
 497
 498 ### 2021.03.03.2
 499 * [build] Fix bug
 500
 501 ### 2021.03.03
 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)
 511
 512
 513 ### 2021.03.01
 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
 533
 534
 535 ### 2021.02.24
 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
 554
 555
 556 ### 2021.02.19
 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`
 579
 580
 581 ### 2021.02.15
 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
 604
 605
 606 ### 2021.02.09
 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
 622
 623
 624 ### 2021.02.04
 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
 643
 644
 645 ### 2021.01.29
 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
 676
 677
 678 ### 2021.01.24
 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
 696
 697
 698 ### 2021.01.20
 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
 705
 706
 707 ### 2021.01.16
 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
 712 * Add PyPI release
 713
 714
 715 ### 2021.01.14
 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
 723
 724
 725 ### 2021.01.12
 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
 732
 733
 734 ### 2021.01.10
 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
 742
 743
 744 ### 2021.01.09
 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)
 751
 752
 753 ### 2021.01.08
 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
 756
 757
 758 ### 2021.01.07-1
 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
 767
 768
 769 ### 2021.01.07
 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
 773
 774
 775 ### 2021.01.05-1
 776 * **Changed defaults:**
 777     * Enabled `--ignore`
 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`
 784
 785
 786 ### 2021.01.05
 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
 806
 807
 808 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 809
 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)