4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Based on ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Commit as
`Release <version>` and push to master
10 * Dispatch the workflow https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/build.yml on master
16 * Add option
`--concat-playlist` to **concat videos in a playlist**
17 * Allow **multiple and nested configuration files**
18 * Add more post-processing stages (
`after_video`,
`playlist`)
19 * Allow
`--exec` to be run at any post-processing stage (Deprecates
`--exec-before-download`)
20 * Allow
`--print` to be run at any post-processing stage
21 * Allow listing formats, thumbnails, subtitles using
`--print` by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[Zirro](https://github.com/Zirro)
22 * Add fields
`video_autonumber`,
`modified_date`,
`modified_timestamp`,
`playlist_count`,
`channel_follower_count`
23 * Add key
`requested_downloads` in the root
`info_dict`
24 * Write
`download_archive` only after all formats are downloaded
25 * [FfmpegMetadata] Allow setting metadata of individual streams using
`meta<n>_` prefix
26 * Add option
`--legacy-server-connect` by
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
27 * Allow escaped
`,` in
`--extractor-args`
28 * Allow unicode characters in
`info.json`
29 * Check for existing thumbnail/subtitle in final directory
30 * Don't treat empty containers as
`None` in
`sanitize_info`
31 * Fix
`-s --ignore-no-formats --force-write-archive`
32 * Fix live title for multiple formats
33 * List playlist thumbnails in
`--list-thumbnails`
34 * Raise error if subtitle download fails
35 * [cookies] Fix bug when keyring is unspecified
36 * [ffmpeg] Ignore unknown streams, standardize use of
`-map 0`
37 * [outtmpl] Alternate form for
`D` and fix suffix's case
38 * [utils] Add
`Sec-Fetch-Mode` to
`std_headers`
39 * [utils] Fix `format_bytes` output for Bytes by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[mdawar](https://github.com/mdawar)
40 * [utils] Handle
`ss:xxx` in
`parse_duration`
41 * [utils] Improve parsing for nested HTML elements by [zmousm](https://github.com/zmousm),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
42 * [utils] Use key
`None` in
`traverse_obj` to return as-is
43 * [extractor] Detect more subtitle codecs in MPD manifests by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
44 * [extractor] Extract chapters from JSON-LD by [iw0nderhow](https://github.com/iw0nderhow),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
45 * [extractor] Extract thumbnails from JSON-LD by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
46 * [extractor] Improve
`url_result` and related
47 * [generic] Improve KVS player extraction by [trassshhub](https://github.com/trassshhub)
48 * [build] Reduce dependency on third party workflows
49 * [extractor,cleanup] Use
`_search_nextjs_data`,
`format_field`
50 * [cleanup] Minor fixes and cleanup
52 * [test] Fix TestVerboseOutput
53 * [afreecatv] Add livestreams extractor by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
54 * [callin] Add extractor by [foghawk](https://github.com/foghawk)
55 * [CrowdBunker] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
56 * [daftsex] Add extractors by [k3ns1n](https://github.com/k3ns1n)
57 * [digitalconcerthall] Add extractor by [teridon](https://github.com/teridon)
58 * [Drooble] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
59 * [EuropeanTour] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
60 * [iq.com] Add extractors by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
61 * [KelbyOne] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
62 * [LnkIE] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
63 * [MainStreaming] Add extractor by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
64 * [megatvcom] Add extractors by [zmousm](https://github.com/zmousm)
65 * [Newsy] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
66 * [noodlemagazine] Add extractor by [trassshhub](https://github.com/trassshhub)
67 * [PokerGo] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
68 * [Pornez] Add extractor by [mozlima](https://github.com/mozlima)
69 * [PRX] Add Extractors by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
70 * [RTNews] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
71 * [Rule34video] Add extractor by [trassshhub](https://github.com/trassshhub)
72 * [tvopengr] Add extractors by [zmousm](https://github.com/zmousm)
73 * [Vimm] Add extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
74 * [glomex] Add extractors by [zmousm](https://github.com/zmousm)
75 * [instagram] Add story/highlight extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
76 * [openrec] Add movie extractor by [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore)
77 * [rai] Add Raiplaysound extractors by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
78 * [aparat] Fix extractor
79 * [ard] Extract subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
80 * [BiliIntl] Add login by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
81 * [CeskaTelevize] Use
`http` for manifests
82 * [CTVNewsIE] Add fallback for video search by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
83 * [dplay] Migrate DiscoveryPlusItaly to DiscoveryPlus by [timendum](https://github.com/timendum)
84 * [dplay] Re-structure DiscoveryPlus extractors
85 * [Dropbox] Support password protected files and more formats by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
86 * [facebook] Fix extraction from groups
87 * [facebook] Improve title and uploader extraction
88 * [facebook] Parse dash manifests
89 * [fox] Extract m3u8 from preview by [ischmidt20](https://github.com/ischmidt20)
90 * [funk] Support origin URLs
91 * [gfycat] Fix
`uploader`
92 * [gfycat] Support embeds by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
93 * [hotstar] Add extractor args to ignore tags by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
94 * [hrfernsehen] Fix ardloader extraction by [CreaValix](https://github.com/CreaValix)
95 * [instagram] Fix username extraction for stories and highlights by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
96 * [kakao] Detect geo-restriction
97 * [line] Remove `tv.line.me` by [sian1468](https://github.com/sian1468)
98 * [mixch] Add `MixchArchiveIE` by [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore)
99 * [mixcloud] Detect restrictions by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
100 * [NBCSports] Fix extraction of platform URLs by [ischmidt20](https://github.com/ischmidt20)
101 * [Nexx] Extract more metadata by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
102 * [Nexx] Support 3q CDN by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
103 * [pbs] de-prioritize AD formats
104 * [PornHub,YouTube] Refresh onion addresses by [unit193](https://github.com/unit193)
105 * [RedBullTV] Parse subtitles from manifest by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
106 * [streamcz] Fix extractor by [arkamar](https://github.com/arkamar),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
107 * [Ted] Rewrite extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[trassshhub](https://github.com/trassshhub)
108 * [Theta] Fix valid URL by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
109 * [ThisOldHouseIE] Add support for premium videos by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
110 * [TikTok] Fix extraction for sigi-based webpages, add API fallback by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
111 * [TikTok] Pass cookies to formats, and misc fixes by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
112 * [TikTok] Extract captions, user thumbnail by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
113 * [TikTok] Change app version by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE),
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
114 * [TVer] Extract message for unaired live by [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore)
115 * [twitcasting] Refactor extractor by [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore)
116 * [twitter] Fix video in quoted tweets
117 * [veoh] Improve extractor by [foghawk](https://github.com/foghawk)
118 * [vk] Capture
`clip` URLs
119 * [vk] Fix VKUserVideosIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
120 * [vk] Improve `_VALID_URL` by [k3ns1n](https://github.com/k3ns1n)
121 * [VrtNU] Handle empty title by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
122 * [XVideos] Check HLS formats by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
123 * [yahoo:gyao] Improved playlist handling by [hyano](https://github.com/hyano)
124 * [youtube:tab] Extract more playlist metadata by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
125 * [youtube:tab] Raise error on tab redirect by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
126 * [youtube] Update Innertube clients by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
127 * [youtube] Detect live-stream embeds
128 * [youtube] Do not return
`upload_date` for playlists
129 * [youtube] Extract channel subscriber count by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
130 * [youtube] Make invalid storyboard URL non-fatal
131 * [youtube] Enforce UTC, update innertube clients and tests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
132 * [zdf] Add chapter extraction by [iw0nderhow](https://github.com/iw0nderhow)
133 * [zee5] Add geo-bypass
138 * Avoid recursion error when re-extracting info
139 * [ffmpeg] Fix position of
`--ppa`
140 * [aria2c] Don't show progress when
`--no-progress`
141 * [cookies] Support other keyrings by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
142 * [EmbedThumbnail] Prefer AtomicParsley over ffmpeg if available
143 * [generic] Fix HTTP KVS Player by [git-anony-mouse](https://github.com/git-anony-mouse)
144 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Fix for when there are no thumbnails
145 * [docs] Add examples for using
`TYPES:` in
`-P`/
`-o`
146 * [PixivSketch] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
147 * [tiktok] Add music, sticker and tag IEs by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
148 * [BiliIntl] Fix extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
149 * [CBC] Fix URL regex
150 * [tiktok] Fix
`extractor_key` used in archive
151 * [youtube] **End
`live-from-start` properly when stream ends with
403**
152 * [Zee5] Fix VALID_URL for tv-shows by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
156 * [dash,youtube] **Download live from start to end** by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
157 * Add option
`--live-from-start` to enable downloading live videos from start
158 * Add key
`is_from_start` in formats to identify formats (of live videos) that downloads from start
159 * [dash] Create protocol
`http_dash_segments_generator` that allows a function to be passed instead of fragments
160 * [fragment] Allow multiple live dash formats to download simultaneously
161 * [youtube] Implement fragment re-fetching for the live dash formats
162 * [youtube] Re-extract dash manifest every
5 hours (manifest expires in
6hrs)
163 * [postprocessor/ffmpeg] Add
`FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP` to fixup duplicated moov atoms
165 * Ctrl+C doesn't work on Windows when downloading multiple formats
166 * If video becomes private, download hangs
167 * [SponsorBlock] Add `Filler` and `Highlight` categories by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
168 * Change
`--sponsorblock-cut all` to
`--sponsorblock-cut default` if you do not want filler sections to be removed
169 * Add field
`webpage_url_domain`
170 * Add interactive format selection with
`-f -`
171 * Add option
`--file-access-retries` by
[ehoogeveen-medweb](https://github.com/ehoogeveen-medweb)
172 * [outtmpl] Add alternate forms
`S`,
`D` and improve
`id` detection
173 * [outtmpl] Add operator `&` for replacement text by [PilzAdam](https://github.com/PilzAdam)
174 * [EmbedSubtitle] Disable duration check temporarily
175 * [extractor] Add `_search_nuxt_data` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
176 * [extractor] Ignore errors in comment extraction when
`-i` is given
177 * [extractor] Standardize
`_live_title`
178 * [FormatSort] Prevent incorrect deprecation warning
179 * [generic] Extract m3u8 formats from JSON-LD
180 * [postprocessor/ffmpeg] Always add
`faststart`
181 * [utils] Fix parsing `YYYYMMDD` dates in Nov/Dec by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
182 * [utils] Improve
`parse_count`
183 * [utils] Update `std_headers` by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan),
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
184 * [lazy_extractors] Fix for search IEs
185 * [extractor] Support default implicit graph in JSON-LD by [zmousm](https://github.com/zmousm)
186 * Allow
`--no-write-thumbnail` to override
`--write-all-thumbnail`
187 * Fix
`--throttled-rate`
188 * Fix control characters being printed to
`--console-title`
189 * Fix PostProcessor hooks not registered for some PPs
190 * Pre-process when using
`--flat-playlist`
191 * Remove known invalid thumbnails from
`info_dict`
192 * Add warning when using
`-f best`
193 * Use
`parse_duration` for
`--wait-for-video` and some minor fix
194 * [test/download] Add more fields
195 * [test/download] Ignore field `webpage_url_domain` by [std-move](https://github.com/std-move)
196 * [compat] Suppress errors in enabling VT mode
197 * [docs] Improve manpage format by [iw0nderhow](https://github.com/iw0nderhow),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
198 * [docs,cleanup] Minor fixes and cleanup
199 * [cleanup] Fix some typos by [unit193](https://github.com/unit193)
200 * [ABC:iview] Add show extractor by [pabs3](https://github.com/pabs3)
201 * [dropout] Add extractor by [TwoThousandHedgehogs](https://github.com/TwoThousandHedgehogs),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
202 * [GameJolt] Add extractors by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
203 * [gofile] Add extractor by [Jertzukka](https://github.com/Jertzukka),
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
204 * [hse] Add extractors by [cypheron](https://github.com/cypheron),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
205 * [NateTV] Add NateIE and NateProgramIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804),
[Hyeeji](https://github.com/Hyeeji)
206 * [OpenCast] Add extractors by [bwildenhain](https://github.com/bwildenhain),
[C0D3D3V](https://github.com/C0D3D3V)
207 * [rtve] Add `RTVEAudioIE` by [kebianizao](https://github.com/kebianizao)
208 * [Rutube] Add RutubeChannelIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
209 * [skeb] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
210 * [soundcloud] Add related tracks extractor by [Lapin0t](https://github.com/Lapin0t)
211 * [toggo] Add extractor by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
212 * [TrueID] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
213 * [audiomack] Update album and song VALID_URL by [abdullah-if](https://github.com/abdullah-if),
[dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
214 * [CBC Gem] Extract 1080p formats by [DavidSkrundz](https://github.com/DavidSkrundz)
215 * [ceskatelevize] Fetch iframe from nextJS data by [mkubecek](https://github.com/mkubecek)
216 * [crackle] Look for non-DRM formats by [raleeper](https://github.com/raleeper)
217 * [dplay] Temporary fix for
`discoveryplus.com/it`
218 * [DiscoveryPlusShowBaseIE] yield actual video id by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
219 * [Facebook] Handle redirect URLs
220 * [fujitv] Extract 1080p from `tv_android` m3u8 by [YuenSzeHong](https://github.com/YuenSzeHong)
221 * [gronkh] Support new URL pattern by [Sematre](https://github.com/Sematre)
222 * [instagram] Expand valid URL by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
223 * [Instagram] Try bypassing login wall with embed page by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
224 * [Jamendo] Fix use of `_VALID_URL_RE` by [jaller94](https://github.com/jaller94)
225 * [LBRY] Support livestreams by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
226 * [NJPWWorld] Extract formats from m3u8 by [aarubui](https://github.com/aarubui)
227 * [NovaEmbed] update player regex by [std-move](https://github.com/std-move)
228 * [npr] Make SMIL extraction non-fatal by [r5d](https://github.com/r5d)
229 * [ntvcojp] Extract NUXT data by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
230 * [ok.ru] add mobile fallback by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
231 * [olympics] Add uploader and cleanup by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
232 * [ondemandkorea] Update `jw_config` regex by [julien-hadleyjack](https://github.com/julien-hadleyjack)
233 * [PlutoTV] Expand
`_VALID_URL`
234 * [RaiNews] Fix extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
235 * [RCTIPlusSeries] Lazy extraction and video type selection by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
236 * [redtube] Handle formats delivered inside a JSON by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf),
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
237 * [SonyLiv] Add OTP login support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
238 * [Steam] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
239 * [TikTok] Pass cookies to mobile API by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
240 * [trovo] Fix inheritance of
`TrovoChannelBaseIE`
241 * [TVer] Extract better thumbnails by [YuenSzeHong](https://github.com/YuenSzeHong)
242 * [vimeo] Extract chapters
243 * [web.archive:youtube] Improve metadata extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
244 * [youtube:comments] Add more options for limiting number of comments extracted by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
245 * [youtube:tab] Extract more metadata from feeds/channels/playlists by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
246 * [youtube:tab] Extract video thumbnails from playlist by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
247 * [youtube:tab] Ignore query when redirecting channel to playlist and cleanup of related code
248 * [youtube] Fix
`ytsearchdate`
249 * [zdf] Support videos with different ptmd location by [iw0nderhow](https://github.com/iw0nderhow)
250 * [zee5] Support /episodes in URL
255 * **Add option
`--wait-for-video` to wait for scheduled streams**
256 * Add option
`--break-per-input` to apply --break-on... to each input URL
257 * Add option
`--embed-info-json` to embed info.json in mkv
258 * Add compat-option
`embed-metadata`
259 * Allow using a custom format selector through API
260 * [AES] Add ECB mode by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
261 * [build] Fix MacOS Build
262 * [build] Save Git HEAD at release alongside version info
263 * [build] Use
`workflow_dispatch` for release
264 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix for direct videos inside mpd manifests
265 * [downloader] Add colors to download progress
266 * [EmbedSubtitles] Slightly relax duration check and related cleanup
267 * [ExtractAudio] Fix conversion to
`wav` and
`vorbis`
268 * [ExtractAudio] Support
`alac`
269 * [extractor] Extract
`average_rating` from JSON-LD
270 * [FixupM3u8] Fixup MPEG-TS in MP4 container
271 * [generic] Support mpd manifests without extension by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
272 * [hls] Better FairPlay DRM detection by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
273 * [jsinterp] Fix splice to handle float (for youtube js player f1ca6900)
274 * [utils] Allow alignment in
`render_table` and add tests
275 * [utils] Fix
`PagedList`
276 * [utils] Fix error when copying
`LazyList`
277 * Clarify video/audio-only formats in -F
278 * Ensure directory exists when checking formats
279 * Ensure path for link files exists by
[Zirro](https://github.com/Zirro)
280 * Ensure same config file is not loaded multiple times
281 * Fix
`postprocessor_hooks`
282 * Fix
`--break-on-archive` when pre-checking
283 * Fix
`--check-formats` for
`mhtml`
284 * Fix
`--load-info-json` of playlists with failed entries
285 * Fix
`--trim-filename` when filename has
`.`
286 * Fix bug in parsing
`--add-header`
287 * Fix error in
`report_unplayable_conflict` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
288 * Fix writing playlist infojson with
`--no-clean-infojson`
289 * Validate --get-bypass-country
290 * [blogger] Add extractor by [pabs3](https://github.com/pabs3)
291 * [breitbart] Add extractor by [Grabien](https://github.com/Grabien)
292 * [CableAV] Add extractor by [j54vc1bk](https://github.com/j54vc1bk)
293 * [CanalAlpha] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
294 * [CozyTV] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
295 * [CPTwentyFour] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
296 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add `DiscoveryPlusItalyShowIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
297 * [ESPNCricInfo] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
298 * [LinkedIn] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
299 * [mixch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
300 * [nebula] Add `NebulaCollectionIE` and rewrite extractor by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
301 * [OneFootball] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
302 * [peer.tv] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
303 * [radiozet] Add extractor by [0xA7404A](https://github.com/0xA7404A) (Aurora)
304 * [redgifs] Add extractor by [chio0hai](https://github.com/chio0hai)
305 * [RedGifs] Add Search and User extractors by [Deer-Spangle](https://github.com/Deer-Spangle)
306 * [rtrfm] Add extractor by [pabs3](https://github.com/pabs3)
307 * [Streamff] Add extractor by [cntrl-s](https://github.com/cntrl-s)
308 * [Stripchat] Add extractor by [zulaport](https://github.com/zulaport)
309 * [Aljazeera] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
310 * [AmazonStoreIE] Fix regex to not match vdp urls by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
311 * [ARDBetaMediathek] Handle new URLs
312 * [bbc] Get all available formats by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
313 * [Bilibili] Fix title extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
314 * [CBC Gem] Fix for shows that don't have all seasons by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
315 * [curiositystream] Add more metadata
316 * [CuriosityStream] Fix series
317 * [DiscoveryPlus] Rewrite extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
318 * [HotStar] Set language field from tags by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
319 * [instagram, cleanup] Refactor extractors
320 * [Instagram] Display more login errors by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
321 * [itv] Fix extractor by [staubichsauger](https://github.com/staubichsauger),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
322 * [mediaklikk] Expand valid URL
323 * [MTV] Improve mgid extraction by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon),
[kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
324 * [nexx] Better error message for unsupported format
325 * [NovaEmbed] Fix extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[std-move](https://github.com/std-move)
326 * [PatreonUser] Do not capture RSS URLs
327 * [Reddit] Add support for 1080p videos by [xenova](https://github.com/xenova)
328 * [RoosterTeethSeries] Fix for multiple pages by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
329 * [sbs] Fix for movies and livestreams
330 * [Senate.gov] Add SenateGovIE and fix SenateISVPIE by [Grabien](https://github.com/Grabien),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
331 * [soundcloud:search] Fix pagination
332 * [tiktok:user] Set
`webpage_url` correctly
333 * [Tokentube] Fix description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
334 * [trovo] Fix extractor by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
335 * [tv2] Expand valid URL
336 * [Tvplayhome] Fix extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[18928172992817182](https://github.com/18928172992817182)
337 * [Twitch:vod] Add chapters by [mpeter50](https://github.com/mpeter50)
338 * [twitch:vod] Extract live status by [DEvmIb](https://github.com/DEvmIb)
339 * [VidLii] Add 720p support by [mrpapersonic](https://github.com/mrpapersonic)
340 * [vimeo] Add fallback for config URL
341 * [vimeo] Sort http formats higher
342 * [WDR] Expand valid URL
343 * [willow] Add extractor by [aarubui](https://github.com/aarubui)
344 * [xvideos] Detect embed URLs by [4a1e2y5](https://github.com/4a1e2y5)
345 * [xvideos] Fix extractor by [Yakabuff](https://github.com/Yakabuff)
346 * [youtube, cleanup] Reorganize Tab and Search extractor inheritances
347 * [youtube:search_url] Add playlist/channel support
348 * [youtube] Add `default` player client by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
349 * [youtube] Add storyboard formats
350 * [youtube] Decrypt n-sig for URLs with
`ratebypass`
351 * [youtube] Minor improvement to format sorting
352 * [cleanup] Add deprecation warnings
353 * [cleanup] Refactor
`JSInterpreter._seperate`
354 * [Cleanup] Remove some unnecessary groups in regexes by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
355 * [cleanup] Misc cleanup
360 * Temporarily disable MacOS Build
364 * [youtube] **Fix throttling by decrypting n-sig**
365 * Merging extractors from
[haruhi-dl](https://git.sakamoto.pl/laudom/haruhi-dl) by
[selfisekai](https://github.com/selfisekai)
366 * [extractor] Add
`_search_nextjs_data`
367 * [tvp] Fix extractors
368 * [tvp] Add TVPStreamIE
369 * [wppilot] Add extractors
370 * [polskieradio] Add extractors
371 * [radiokapital] Add extractors
372 * [polsatgo] Add extractor by [selfisekai](https://github.com/selfisekai),
[sdomi](https://github.com/sdomi)
373 * Separate
`--check-all-formats` from
`--check-formats`
374 * Approximate filesize from bitrate
375 * Don't create console in
`windows_enable_vt_mode`
376 * Fix bug in
`--load-infojson` of playlists
377 * [minicurses] Add colors to
`-F` and standardize color-printing code
378 * [outtmpl] Add type
`link` for internet shortcut files
379 * [outtmpl] Add alternate forms for
`q` and
`j`
380 * [outtmpl] Do not traverse
`None`
381 * [fragment] Fix progress display in fragmented downloads
382 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix vtt download with ffmpeg
383 * [ffmpeg] Detect presence of setts and libavformat version
384 * [ExtractAudio] Rescale `--audio-quality` correctly by [CrypticSignal](https://github.com/CrypticSignal),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
385 * [ExtractAudio] Use `libfdk_aac` if available by [CrypticSignal](https://github.com/CrypticSignal)
386 * [FormatSort]
`eac3` is better than
`ac3`
387 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields' defaults
388 * [generic] Detect more json_ld
389 * [generic] parse jwplayer with only the json URL
390 * [extractor] Add keyword automatically to SearchIE descriptions
391 * [extractor] Fix some errors being converted to
`ExtractorError`
392 * [utils] Add
`join_nonempty`
393 * [utils] Add `jwt_decode_hs256` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
394 * [utils] Create
`DownloadCancelled` exception
395 * [utils] Parse
`vp09` as vp9
396 * [utils] Sanitize URL when determining protocol
397 * [test/download] Fallback test to
`bv`
398 * [docs] Minor documentation improvements
399 * [cleanup] Improvements to error and debug messages
400 * [cleanup] Minor fixes and cleanup
401 * [3speak] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
402 * [AmazonStore] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
403 * [Gab] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
404 * [mediaset] Add playlist support by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
405 * [MLSScoccer] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
406 * [N1] Add support for nova.rs by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
407 * [PlanetMarathi] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
408 * [RaiplayRadio] Add extractors by [frafra](https://github.com/frafra)
409 * [roosterteeth] Add series extractor
410 * [sky] Add `SkyNewsStoryIE` by [ajj8](https://github.com/ajj8)
411 * [youtube] Fix sorting for some videos
412 * [youtube] Populate
`thumbnail` with the best "known" thumbnail
413 * [youtube] Refactor itag processing
414 * [youtube] Remove unnecessary no-playlist warning
415 * [youtube:tab] Add Invidious list for playlists/channels by [rhendric](https://github.com/rhendric)
416 * [Bilibili:comments] Fix infinite loop by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
417 * [ceskatelevize] Fix extractor by [flashdagger](https://github.com/flashdagger)
418 * [Coub] Fix media format identification by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
419 * [crunchyroll] Add extractor-args
`language` and
`hardsub`
420 * [DiscoveryPlus] Allow language codes in URL
421 * [imdb] Fix thumbnail by [ozburo](https://github.com/ozburo)
422 * [instagram] Add IOS URL support by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
423 * [instagram] Improve login code by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
424 * [Instagram] Improve metadata extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
425 * [iPrima] Fix extractor by [stanoarn](https://github.com/stanoarn)
426 * [itv] Add support for ITV News by [ajj8](https://github.com/ajj8)
427 * [la7] Fix extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
428 * [linkedin] Don't login multiple times
429 * [mtv] Fix some videos by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
430 * [Newgrounds] Fix description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
431 * [Nrk] Minor fixes by [fractalf](https://github.com/fractalf)
432 * [Olympics] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
433 * [piksel] Fix sorting
434 * [twitter] Do not sort by codec
435 * [viewlift] Add cookie-based login and series support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
436 * [vimeo] Detect source extension and misc cleanup by [flashdagger](https://github.com/flashdagger)
437 * [vimeo] Fix ondemand videos and direct URLs with hash
438 * [vk] Fix login and add subtitles by [kaz-us](https://github.com/kaz-us)
439 * [VLive] Add upload_date and thumbnail by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
440 * [VRT] Fix login by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
441 * [Vupload] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
442 * [wakanim] Add support for MPD manifests by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
443 * [wakanim] Detect geo-restriction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
444 * [ZenYandex] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
449 * [build] Improvements
450 * Build standalone MacOS packages by
[smplayer-dev](https://github.com/smplayer-dev)
451 * Release windows exe built with
`py2exe`
452 * Enable lazy-extractors in releases.
453 * Set env var
`YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS` to forcefully disable this (experimental)
454 * Clean up error reporting in update
455 * Refactor
`pyinst.py`, misc cleanup and improve docs
456 * [docs] Migrate issues to use forms by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
457 * [downloader] **Fix slow progress hooks**
458 * This was causing HLS/DASH downloads to be extremely slow in some situations
459 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Improve simultaneous download and merge
460 * [EmbedMetadata] Allow overwriting all default metadata with
`meta_default` key
461 * [ModifyChapters] Add ability for
`--remove-chapters` to remove sections by timestamp
462 * [utils] Allow duration strings in
`--match-filter`
463 * Add HDR information to formats
464 * Add negative option
`--no-batch-file` by
[Zirro](https://github.com/Zirro)
465 * Calculate more fields for merged formats
466 * Do not verify thumbnail URLs unless
`--check-formats` is specified
467 * Don't create console for subprocesses on Windows
468 * Fix
`--restrict-filename` when used with default template
469 * Fix
`check_formats` output being written to stdout when
`-qv`
470 * Fix bug in storyboards
471 * Fix conflict b/w id and ext in format selection
472 * Fix verbose head not showing custom configs
473 * Load archive only after printing verbose head
474 * Make
`duration_string` and
`resolution` available in --match-filter
475 * Re-implement deprecated option
`--id`
476 * Reduce default
`--socket-timeout`
477 * Write verbose header to logger
478 * [outtmpl] Fix bug in expanding environment variables
479 * [cookies] Local State should be opened as utf-
8
480 * [extractor,utils] Detect more codecs/mimetypes
481 * [extractor] Detect
`EXT-X-KEY` Apple FairPlay
482 * [utils] Use `importlib` to load plugins by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
483 * [http] Retry on socket timeout and show the last encountered error
484 * [fragment] Print error message when skipping fragment
485 * [aria2c] Fix
`--skip-unavailable-fragment`
486 * [SponsorBlock] Obey
`extractor-retries` and
`sleep-requests`
487 * [Merger] Do not add
`aac_adtstoasc` to non-hls audio
488 * [ModifyChapters] Do not mutate original chapters by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
489 * [devscripts/run_tests] Use markers to filter tests by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
490 * [7plus] Add cookie based authentication by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
491 * [AdobePass] Fix RCN MSO by [jfogelman](https://github.com/jfogelman)
492 * [CBC] Fix Gem livestream by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
493 * [CBC] Support CBC Gem member content by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
494 * [crunchyroll] Add season to flat-playlist
495 * [crunchyroll] Add support for
`beta.crunchyroll` URLs and fix series URLs with language code
496 * [EUScreen] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
497 * [Gronkh] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
499 * [Hotstar] Mention Dynamic Range in `format_id` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
500 * [Hotstar] Raise appropriate error for DRM
501 * [instagram] Add login by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
502 * [instagram] Show appropriate error when login is needed
503 * [microsoftstream] Add extractor by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda),
[nixklai](https://github.com/nixklai)
504 * [on24] Add extractor by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
505 * [patreon] Fix vimeo player regex by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
506 * [SkyNewsAU] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
507 * [tagesschau] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
508 * [tbs] Add tbs live streams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
509 * [tiktok] Fix typo and update tests
510 * [trovo] Support channel clips and VODs by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
511 * [Viafree] Add support for Finland by [18928172992817182](https://github.com/18928172992817182)
512 * [vimeo] Fix embedded
`player.vimeo`
513 * [vlive:channel] Fix extraction by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
514 * [youtube] Add auto-translated subtitles
515 * [youtube] Expose different formats with same itag
516 * [youtube:comments] Fix for new layout by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
517 * [cleanup] Cleanup bilibili code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
518 * [cleanup] Remove broken youtube login code
519 * [cleanup] Standardize timestamp formatting code
520 * [cleanup] Generalize
`getcomments` implementation for extractors
521 * [cleanup] Simplify search extractors code
527 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix bug in initializing
`FFmpegPostProcessor`
528 * [minicurses] Fix when printing to file
529 * [downloader] Fix throttledratelimit
530 * [francetv] Fix extractor by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz),
[sarnoud](https://github.com/sarnoud)
531 * [NovaPlay] Add extractor by [Bojidarist](https://github.com/Bojidarist)
532 * [ffmpeg] Revert "Set max probesize" - No longer needed
533 * [docs] Remove incorrect dependency on VC++
10
534 * [build] Allow to release without changelog
538 * Improved progress reporting
539 * Separate
`--console-title` and
`--no-progress`
540 * Add option
`--progress` to show progress-bar even in quiet mode
541 * Fix and refactor
`minicurses` and use it for all progress reporting
542 * Standardize use of terminal sequences and enable color support for windows
10
543 * Add option
`--progress-template` to customize progress-bar and console-title
544 * Add postprocessor hooks and progress reporting
545 * [postprocessor] Add plugin support with option
`--use-postprocessor`
546 * [extractor] Extract storyboards from SMIL manifests by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
547 * [outtmpl] Alternate form of format type
`l` for
`\n` delimited list
548 * [outtmpl] Format type
`U` for unicode normalization
549 * [outtmpl] Allow empty output template to skip a type of file
550 * Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded
551 * [adobepass] Add RCN as MSO by [jfogelman](https://github.com/jfogelman)
552 * [ciscowebex] Add extractor by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
553 * [Gettr] Add extractor by [i6t](https://github.com/i6t)
554 * [GoPro] Add extractor by [i6t](https://github.com/i6t)
555 * [N1] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
556 * [Theta] Add video extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
557 * [Veo] Add extractor by [i6t](https://github.com/i6t)
558 * [Vupload] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
559 * [bbc] Extract better quality videos by [ajj8](https://github.com/ajj8)
560 * [Bilibili] Add subtitle converter by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
561 * [CBC] Cleanup tests by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
562 * [Douyin] Rewrite extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
563 * [Funimation] Fix for /v/ urls by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[Jules-A](https://github.com/Jules-A)
564 * [Funimation] Sort formats according to the relevant extractor-args
565 * [Hidive] Fix duplicate and incorrect formats
566 * [HotStarSeries] Fix cookies by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
567 * [LinkedInLearning] Add subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
568 * [Mediaite] Relax valid url by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
569 * [Newgrounds] Add age_limit and fix duration by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
570 * [Newgrounds] Fix view count on songs by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
571 * [parliamentlive.tv] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
572 * [PolskieRadio] Fix extractors by [jakubadamw](https://github.com/jakubadamw),
[u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
573 * [reddit] Add embedded url by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
574 * [reddit] Fix 429 by generating a random `reddit_session` by [AjaxGb](https://github.com/AjaxGb)
575 * [Rumble] Add RumbleChannelIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
576 * [soundcloud:playlist] Detect last page correctly
577 * [SovietsCloset] Add duration from m3u8 by [ChillingPepper](https://github.com/ChillingPepper)
578 * [Streamable] Add codecs by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
579 * [vidme] Remove extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
580 * [youtube:tab] Fallback to API when webpage fails to download by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
581 * [youtube] Fix non-fatal errors in fetching player
582 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when neither IE nor id is known
583 * Fix
`-f mp4` behaving differently from youtube-dl
584 * Workaround for bug in
`ssl.SSLContext.load_default_certs`
585 * [aes] Improve performance slightly by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
586 * [cookies] Fix keyring fallback by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
587 * [embedsubtitle] Fix error when duration is unknown
588 * [ffmpeg] Fix error when subtitle file is missing
589 * [ffmpeg] Set max probesize to workaround AAC HLS stream issues by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
590 * [FixupM3u8] Remove redundant run if merged is needed
591 * [hls] Fix decryption issues by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
592 * [http] Respect user-provided chunk size over extractor's
593 * [utils] Let traverse_obj accept functions as keys
594 * [docs] Add note about our custom ffmpeg builds
595 * [docs] Write embedding and contributing documentation by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[timethrow](https://github.com/timethrow)
596 * [update] Check for new version even if not updateable
597 * [build] Add more files to the tarball
598 * [build] Allow building with py2exe (and misc fixes)
599 * [build] Use pycryptodomex by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
600 * [cleanup] Some minor refactoring, improve docs and misc cleanup
605 * Add new option
`--netrc-location`
606 * [outtmpl] Allow alternate fields using
`,`
607 * [outtmpl] Add format type
`B` to treat the value as bytes (eg: to limit the filename to a certain number of bytes)
608 * Separate the options
`--ignore-errors` and
`--no-abort-on-error`
609 * Basic framework for simultaneous download of multiple formats by
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
610 * [17live] Add 17.live extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
611 * [bilibili] Add BiliIntlIE and BiliIntlSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
612 * [CAM4] Add extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
613 * [Chingari] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
614 * [CGTN] Add extractor by [chao813](https://github.com/chao813)
615 * [damtomo] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
616 * [gotostage] Add extractor by [poschi3](https://github.com/poschi3)
617 * [Koo] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
618 * [Mediaite] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
619 * [Mediaklikk] Add Extractor by [tmarki](https://github.com/tmarki),
[mrx23dot](https://github.com/mrx23dot),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
620 * [MuseScore] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
621 * [Newgrounds] Add NewgroundsUserIE and improve extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
622 * [nzherald] Add NZHeraldIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
623 * [Olympics] Add replay extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
624 * [Peertube] Add channel and playlist extractors by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
625 * [radlive] Add extractor by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
626 * [SovietsCloset] Add extractor by [ChillingPepper](https://github.com/ChillingPepper)
627 * [Streamanity] Add Extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
628 * [Theta] Add extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
629 * [Yandex] Add ZenYandexIE and ZenYandexChannelIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
630 * [9Now] handle episodes of series by [dalanmiller](https://github.com/dalanmiller)
631 * [AnimalPlanet] Fix extractor by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
632 * [Arte] Improve description extraction by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
633 * [atv.at] Use jwt for API by [NeroBurner](https://github.com/NeroBurner)
634 * [brightcove] Extract subtitles from manifests
635 * [CBC] Fix CBC Gem extractors by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
636 * [cbs] Report appropriate error for DRM
637 * [comedycentral] Support `collection-playlist` by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
638 * [DIYNetwork] Support new format by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
639 * [downloader/niconico] Pass custom headers by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
641 * [Fancode] Fix live streams by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
642 * [funimation] Fix for locations outside US by [Jules-A](https://github.com/Jules-A),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
643 * [globo] Fix GloboIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
644 * [HiDive] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
645 * [Hotstar] Add referer for subs by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
646 * [itv] Fix extractor, add subtitles and thumbnails by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz),
[sleaux-meaux](https://github.com/sleaux-meaux),
[Vangelis66](https://github.com/Vangelis66)
647 * [lbry] Show error message from API response
648 * [Mxplayer] Use mobile API by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
649 * [NDR] Rewrite NDRIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
650 * [Nuvid] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
651 * [Oreilly] Handle new web url by [MKSherbini](https://github.com/MKSherbini)
652 * [pbs] Fix subtitle extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz),
[gesa](https://github.com/gesa),
[raphaeldore](https://github.com/raphaeldore)
653 * [peertube] Update instances by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
654 * [plutotv] Fix extractor for URLs with
`/en`
655 * [reddit] Workaround for
429 by redirecting to old.reddit.com
657 * [soundcloud] Make playlist extraction lazy
658 * [soundcloud] Retry playlist pages on
`502` error and update
`_CLIENT_ID`
659 * [southpark] Fix SouthParkDE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
660 * [SovietsCloset] Fix playlists for games with only named categories by [ConquerorDopy](https://github.com/ConquerorDopy)
661 * [SpankBang] Fix uploader by [f4pp3rk1ng](https://github.com/f4pp3rk1ng),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
662 * [tiktok] Use API to fetch higher quality video by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE),
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
663 * [TikTokUser] Fix extractor using mobile API by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE),
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
664 * [videa] Fix some extraction errors by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
665 * [VrtNU] Handle login errors by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
666 * [vrv] Don't raise error when thumbnails are missing
667 * [youtube] Cleanup authentication code by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
668 * [youtube] Fix
`--mark-watched` with
`--cookies-from-browser`
669 * [youtube] Improvements to JS player extraction and add extractor-args to skip it by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
670 * [youtube] Retry on 'Unknown Error' by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
671 * [youtube] Return full URL instead of just ID
672 * [youtube] Warn when trying to download clips
673 * [zdf] Improve format sorting
674 * [zype] Extract subtitles from the m3u8 manifest by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
675 * Allow
`--force-write-archive` to work with
`--flat-playlist`
676 * Download subtitles in order of
`--sub-langs`
677 * Allow
`0` in
`--playlist-items`
678 * Handle more playlist errors with
`-i`
679 * Fix
`--no-get-comments`
680 * Fix
`extra_info` being reused across runs
681 * Fix compat options
`no-direct-merge` and
`playlist-index`
682 * Dump files should obey
`--trim-filename` by
[sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
683 * [aes] Add `aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify` by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
684 * [aria2c] Fix IV for some AES-128 streams by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
685 * [compat] Don't ignore
`HOME` (if set) on windows
686 * [cookies] Make browser names case insensitive
687 * [cookies] Print warning for cookie decoding error only once
688 * [extractor] Fix root-relative URLs in MPD by [DigitalDJ](https://github.com/DigitalDJ)
689 * [ffmpeg] Add
`aac_adtstoasc` when merging if needed
690 * [fragment,aria2c] Generalize and refactor some code
691 * [fragment] Avoid repeated request for AES key
692 * [fragment] Fix range header when using `-N` and media sequence by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
693 * [hls,aes] Fallback to native implementation for AES-CBC and detect
`Cryptodome` in addition to
`Crypto`
694 * [hls] Byterange + AES128 is supported by native downloader
695 * [ModifyChapters] Improve sponsor chapter merge algorithm by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
696 * [ModifyChapters] Minor fixes
697 * [WebVTT] Adjust parser to accommodate PBS subtitles
698 * [utils] Improve `extract_timezone` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
699 * [options] Fix
`--no-config` and refactor reading of config files
700 * [options] Strip spaces and ignore empty entries in list-like switches
701 * [test/cookies] Improve logging
702 * [build] Automate more of the release process by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
703 * [build] Fix sha256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
704 * [build] Bring back brew taps by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
705 * [build] Provide `--onedir` zip for windows by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
706 * [cleanup,docs] Add deprecation warning in docs for some counter intuitive behaviour
707 * [cleanup] Fix line endings for `nebula.py` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
708 * [cleanup] Improve `make clean-test` by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
714 * **Native SponsorBlock** implementation by
[nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
715 * `--sponsorblock-remove CATS` removes specified chapters from file
716 * `--sponsorblock-mark CATS` marks the specified sponsor sections as chapters
717 * `--sponsorblock-chapter-title TMPL` to specify sponsor chapter template
718 * `--sponsorblock-api URL` to use a different API
719 * No re-encoding is done unless
`--force-keyframes-at-cuts` is used
720 * The fetched sponsor sections are written to the infojson
721 * Deprecates:
`--sponskrub`,
`--no-sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--no-sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--no-sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args`
722 * Split
`--embed-chapters` from
`--embed-metadata` (it still implies the former by default)
723 * Add option
`--remove-chapters` to remove arbitrary chapters by
[nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
724 * Add option
`--force-keyframes-at-cuts` for more accurate cuts when removing and splitting chapters by
[nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
725 * Let
`--match-filter` reject entries early
726 * Makes redundant:
`--match-title`,
`--reject-title`,
`--min-views`,
`--max-views`
727 * [lazy_extractor] Improvements (It now passes all tests)
728 * Bugfix for when plugin directory doesn't exist by
[kidonng](https://github.com/kidonng)
729 * Create instance only after pre-checking archive
730 * Import actual class if an attribute is accessed
731 * Fix
`suitable` and add flake8 test
732 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Experimental support for DASH manifests (including live)
733 * Your ffmpeg must have
[this patch](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/3249c757aed678780e22e99a1a49f4672851bca9) applied for YouTube DASH to work
734 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before
`-i`
735 * [BannedVideo] Add extractor by [smege1001](https://github.com/smege1001),
[blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
736 * [bilibili] Add category extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
737 * [Epicon] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
738 * [filmmodu] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
739 * [GabTV] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
740 * [Hungama] Fix `HungamaSongIE` and add `HungamaAlbumPlaylistIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
741 * [ManotoTV] Add new extractors by [tandy1000](https://github.com/tandy1000)
742 * [Niconico] Add Search extractors by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
743 * [Patreon] Add `PatreonUserIE` by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
744 * [peloton] Add extractor by [IONECarter](https://github.com/IONECarter),
[capntrips](https://github.com/capntrips),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
745 * [ProjectVeritas] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
746 * [radiko] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
747 * [StarTV] Add extractor for `startv.com.tr` by [mrfade](https://github.com/mrfade),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
748 * [tiktok] Add `TikTokUserIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
749 * [Tokentube] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
750 * [TV2Hu] Fix `TV2HuIE` and add `TV2HuSeriesIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
751 * [voicy] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
752 * [adobepass] Fix Verizon SAML login by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h),
[ParadoxGBB](https://github.com/ParadoxGBB)
753 * [afreecatv] Fix adult VODs by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
754 * [afreecatv] Tolerate failure to parse date string by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
755 * [aljazeera] Fix extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
756 * [ATV.at] Fix extractor for ATV.at by [NeroBurner](https://github.com/NeroBurner),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
757 * [bitchute] Fix test by [mahanstreamer](https://github.com/mahanstreamer)
758 * [camtube] Remove obsolete extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
759 * [CDA] Add more formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
760 * [eroprofile] Fix page skipping in albums by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
761 * [facebook] Fix format sorting
762 * [facebook] Fix metadata extraction by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
763 * [facebook] Update onion URL by [Derkades](https://github.com/Derkades)
764 * [HearThisAtIE] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
765 * [instagram] Add referrer to prevent throttling by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png),
[kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
766 * [iwara.tv] Extract more metadata by [BunnyHelp](https://github.com/BunnyHelp)
767 * [iwara] Add thumbnail by [i6t](https://github.com/i6t)
768 * [kakao] Fix extractor
769 * [mediaset] Fix extraction for some videos by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
770 * [Motherless] Fix extractor by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
771 * [Nova] fix extractor by [std-move](https://github.com/std-move)
772 * [ParamountPlus] Fix geo verification by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
773 * [peertube] handle new video URL format by [Chocobozzz](https://github.com/Chocobozzz)
774 * [pornhub] Separate and fix playlist extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
775 * [reddit] Fix for quarantined subreddits by [ouwou](https://github.com/ouwou)
776 * [ShemarooMe] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
777 * [soundcloud] Refetch
`client_id` on
403
778 * [tiktok] Fix metadata extraction
779 * [TV2] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
780 * [tv5mondeplus] Fix extractor by [korli](https://github.com/korli)
781 * [VH1,TVLand] Fix extractors by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
782 * [Viafree] Fix extractor and extract subtitles by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
783 * [XHamster] Extract `uploader_id` by [octotherp](https://github.com/octotherp)
784 * [youtube] Add
`shorts` to
`_VALID_URL`
785 * [youtube] Add av01 itags to known formats list by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
786 * [youtube] Extract error messages from HTTPError response by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
787 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names
788 * [youtube] Prefer audio stream that YouTube considers default
789 * [youtube] Remove annotations and deprecate `--write-annotations` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
790 * [Zee5] Fix extractor and add subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
791 * [aria2c] Obey
`--rate-limit`
792 * [EmbedSubtitle] Continue even if some files are missing
793 * [extractor] Better error message for DRM
794 * [extractor] Common function
`_match_valid_url`
795 * [extractor] Show video id in error messages if possible
796 * [FormatSort] Remove priority of
`lang`
797 * [options] Add
`_set_from_options_callback`
798 * [SubtitleConvertor] Fix bug during subtitle conversion
799 * [utils] Add
`parse_qs`
800 * [webvtt] Fix timestamp overflow adjustment by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
801 * Bugfix for
`--replace-in-metadata`
802 * Don't try to merge with final extension
803 * Fix
`--force-overwrites` when using
`-k`
804 * Fix
`--no-prefer-free-formats` by
[CeruleanSky](https://github.com/CeruleanSky)
805 * Fix
`-F` for extractors that directly return url
806 * Fix
`-J` when there are failed videos
807 * Fix
`extra_info` being reused across runs
808 * Fix
`playlist_index` not obeying
`playlist_start` and add tests
809 * Fix resuming of single formats when using
`--no-part`
810 * Revert erroneous use of the
`Content-Length` header by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
811 * Use
`os.replace` where applicable by; paulwrubel
812 * [build] Add homebrew taps `yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
813 * [build] Fix bug in making
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
814 * [docs] Fix some typos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[zootedb0t](https://github.com/zootedb0t)
815 * [cleanup] Replace improper use of tab in trovo by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
820 * Add option
`--replace-in-metadata`
821 * Add option
`--no-simulate` to not simulate even when
`--print` or
`--list...` are used - Deprecates
`--print-json`
822 * Allow entire infodict to be printed using
`%()s` - makes
`--dump-json` redundant
823 * Allow multiple
`--exec` and
`--exec-before-download`
824 * Add regex to
`--match-filter`
825 * Add all format filtering operators also to
`--match-filter` by
[max-te](https://github.com/max-te)
826 * Add compat-option
`no-keep-subs`
827 * [adobepass] Add MSO Cablevision by [Jessecar96](https://github.com/Jessecar96)
828 * [BandCamp] Add BandcampMusicIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
829 * [blackboardcollaborate] Add new extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
830 * [eroprofile] Add album downloader by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
831 * [mirrativ] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
832 * [openrec] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
833 * [nbcolympics:stream] Fix extractor by [nchilada](https://github.com/nchilada),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
834 * [nbcolympics] Update extractor for 2020 olympics by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
835 * [paramountplus] Separate extractor and fix some titles by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
836 * [RCTIPlus] Support events and TV by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
837 * [Newgrounds] Improve extractor and fix playlist by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
838 * [aenetworks] Update `_THEPLATFORM_KEY` and `_THEPLATFORM_SECRET` by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
839 * [crunchyroll] Fix thumbnail by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
840 * [HotStar] Use API for metadata and extract subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
841 * [instagram] Fix comments extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
842 * [peertube] Fix videos without description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
843 * [twitch:clips] Extract `display_id` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
844 * [viki] Print error message from API request
845 * [Vine] Remove invalid formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
846 * [VrtNU] Fix XSRF token by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
847 * [vrv] Fix thumbnail extraction by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
848 * [youtube] Add extractor-arg
`include-live-dash` to show live dash formats
849 * [youtube] Improve signature function detection by [PSlava](https://github.com/PSlava)
850 * [youtube] Raise appropriate error when API pages can't be downloaded
851 * Ensure
`_write_ytdl_file` closes file handle on error
852 * Fix
`--compat-options filename` by
[stdedos](https://github.com/stdedos)
853 * Fix issues with infodict sanitization
854 * Fix resuming when using
`--no-part`
855 * Fix wrong extension for intermediate files
856 * Handle
`BrokenPipeError` by
[kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
857 * Show libraries present in verbose head
858 * [extractor] Detect `sttp` as subtitles in MPD by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
859 * [extractor] Reset non-repeating warnings per video
860 * [ffmpeg] Fix streaming
`mp4` to
`stdout`
861 * [ffpmeg] Allow
`--ffmpeg-location` to be a file with different name
862 * [utils] Fix
`InAdvancePagedList.__getitem__`
863 * [utils] Fix
`traverse_obj` depth when
`is_user_input`
864 * [webvtt] Merge daisy-chained duplicate cues by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
865 * [build] Use custom build of `pyinstaller` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
866 * [tests:download] Add batch testing for extractors (
`test_YourExtractor_all`)
867 * [docs] Document which fields
`--add-metadata` adds to the file
868 * [docs] Fix some mistakes and improve doc
869 * [cleanup] Misc code cleanup
874 * Add logo, banner and donate links
875 * [outtmpl] Expand and escape environment variables
876 * [outtmpl] Add format types
`j` (json),
`l` (comma delimited list),
`q` (quoted for terminal)
877 * [downloader] Allow streaming some unmerged formats to stdout using ffmpeg
878 * [youtube] **Age-gate bypass**
879 * Add
`agegate` clients by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
880 * Add
`thirdParty` to agegate clients to bypass more videos
881 * Simplify client definitions, expose
`embedded` clients
882 * Improve age-gate detection by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
883 * Fix default global API key by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
884 * Add
`creator` clients for age-gate bypass using unverified accounts by
[zerodytrash](https://github.com/zerodytrash),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
885 * [adobepass] Add MSO Sling TV by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
886 * [CBS] Add ParamountPlusSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
887 * [dplay] Add `ScienceChannelIE` by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
888 * [UtreonIE] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
889 * [youtube] Add `mweb` client by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
890 * [youtube] Add
`player_client=all`
891 * [youtube] Force `hl=en` for comments by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
892 * [youtube] Fix format sorting when using alternate clients
893 * [youtube] Misc cleanup by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
894 * [youtube] Extract SAPISID only once
895 * [CBS] Add fallback by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
896 * [Hotstar] Support cookies by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
897 * [HotStarSeriesIE] Fix regex by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
898 * [bilibili] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
899 * [mediaset] Fix extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
900 * [Mxplayer] Add h265 formats by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
901 * [RCTIPlus] Remove PhantomJS dependency by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
902 * [tenplay] Add MA15+ age limit by [pento](https://github.com/pento)
903 * [vidio] Fix login error detection by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
904 * [vimeo] Better extraction of original file by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
905 * [generic] Support KVS player (replaces ThisVidIE) by [rigstot](https://github.com/rigstot)
906 * Add compat-option
`no-clean-infojson`
907 * Remove
`asr` appearing twice in
`-F`
908 * Set
`home:` as the default key for
`-P`
909 * [utils] Fix slicing of reversed
`LazyList`
910 * [FormatSort] Fix bug for audio with unknown codec
911 * [test:download] Support testing with
`ignore_no_formats_error`
912 * [cleanup] Refactor some code
917 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
918 * [downloader] Pass
`info_dict` to
`progress_hook`s
919 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
920 * [youtube] Disable
`get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
921 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
922 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
923 * [youtube] Simplify
`_get_text`
924 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
925 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
926 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing
`keyring`
930 * **Add option
`--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by
[mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
931 * Usage:
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
932 * Also added
`--no-cookies-from-browser`
933 * To decrypt chromium cookies,
`keyring` is needed for UNIX and
`pycryptodome` for Windows
934 * Add option
`--exec-before-download`
935 * Add field
`live_status`
936 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
937 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
938 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
939 * **
[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
940 * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
941 * Default
`player_client` =
`android,web`
942 * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
943 * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if
`music.youtube.com`
944 * Added
`player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
945 * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
946 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
947 * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
948 * Added option
`--no-check-formats` to not test them
949 * [youtube] Misc fixes
950 * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
951 * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
952 * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
953 * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
954 * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
955 * Make
`--extractor-retries` work for more errors
956 * Fix sorting of
3gp format
957 * Sanity check
`chapters` (and refactor related code)
958 * Make
`parse_time_text` and
`_extract_chapters` non-fatal
959 * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
960 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
961 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
962 * **
[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
963 * Adds extractor-args
`comment_sort` (
`top`/
`new`),
`max_comments`,
`max_comment_depth`
964 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
965 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
966 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
967 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
968 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger),
[TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
969 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
970 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
971 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
972 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
973 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
974 * [embedthumbnail] Fix
`_get_thumbnail_resolution`
975 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
976 * Fix selectors
`all`,
`mergeall` and add tests
977 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey
`--ignore-errors`
978 * Fix bug where
`original_url` was not propagated when
`_type`=
`url`
979 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#
173)"
980 * This was wrongly checking for
`write_thumbnail`
981 * Improve
`extractor_args` parsing
982 * Rename
`NOTE` in
`-F` to
`MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as
`format_note`
983 * Add
`only_once` param for
`write_debug` and
`report_warning`
984 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
985 * [utils] Improve
`traverse_obj`
986 * [utils] Add
`variadic`
987 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
988 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
989 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
990 * [docs] fix default of multistreams
995 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
996 * Add
`--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See
[readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
997 * Add extractor option
`skip` for
`youtube`. Eg:
`--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
998 * Deprecates
`--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
999 * Allow
`--list...` options to work with
`--print`,
`--quiet` and other
`--list...` options
1000 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1001 * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format
141) extraction
1002 * Adds extractor option
`player_client` =
`web`/
`android`
1003 * **
`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
1004 * Adds extractor option
`player_skip=config`
1005 * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
1006 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
1007 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
1008 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1009 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1010 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1011 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
1012 * Add
`FunimationShowIE` by
[Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
1013 * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
1014 * This changes the video
`id` and will break break existing archives
1015 * Compat option
`seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
1016 * Support direct
`/player/` URL
1017 * Extractor options
`language` and
`version` to pre-select them during extraction
1018 * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
1019 * Do not rely on these for format selection and use
`-f` filters instead
1020 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7),
[ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
1021 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
1022 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
1023 * [plutotv] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
1024 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
1025 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1026 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
1027 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
1028 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1029 * Process videos when using
`--ignore-no-formats-error` by
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
1030 * Fix
`--throttled-rate` when using
`--load-info-json`
1031 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when entry has no
`ie_key`
1032 * Fix
`check_formats` catching
`ExtractorError` instead of
`DownloadError`
1033 * Fix deprecated option
`--list-formats-old`
1034 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix
`--ppa` when using simultaneous download
1035 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor
`hls_split_discontinuity`
1036 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
1037 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat
`jpeg` as
`jpg`
1038 * [utils] Fix issues with
`LazyList` reversal
1039 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
1040 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with
`LazyList` and
`yield from`
1041 * [cleanup] Clean
`extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
1042 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
1047 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
1048 * **Add option
`--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
1049 * [fragment] **Merge during download for
`-N`**, and refactor
`hls`/
`dash`
1050 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1051 * Allow
`images` formats in addition to video/audio
1052 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1053 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
1054 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1055 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1056 * [youtube] Login is not needed for
`:ytrec`
1057 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1058 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1059 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1060 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
1061 * [pornhub] Extract
`cast`
1062 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
1063 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
1064 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option
`embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
1065 * Expand
`--check-formats` to thumbnails
1066 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
1067 * Skip fixup of existing files and add
`--fixup force` to force it
1068 * Better error handling of syntax errors in
`-f`
1069 * Use
`NamedTemporaryFile` for
`--check-formats`
1070 * [aria2c] Lower
`--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
1071 * [options] Rename
`--add-metadata` to
`--embed-metadata`
1072 * [utils] Improve
`LazyList` and add tests
1073 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1074 * [docs] Clarify that
`--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
1075 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
1080 * Fix bug where
`%(field)d` in filename template throws error
1081 * [outtmpl] Improve offset parsing
1082 * [test] More rigorous tests for
`prepare_filename`
1086 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only
3.6+ is now supported
1087 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
1088 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
1089 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
1090 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1091 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1092 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
1093 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
1094 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
1095 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
1096 * Add field
`original_url` with the user-inputted URL
1097 * Fix and refactor
`prepare_outtmpl`
1098 * Make more fields available for
`--print` when used with
`--flat-playlist`
1099 * [utils] Generalize
`traverse_dict` to
`traverse_obj`
1100 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1101 * [build] Release
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
1102 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
1103 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
1104 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
1105 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
1106 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1107 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file
`trovolive.py`
1112 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
1113 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
1114 * Handle Basic Auth
`user:pass` in URLs by
[hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1115 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
1116 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
1117 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
1118 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
1119 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1120 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
1121 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1122 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1123 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1124 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
1125 * [fragment] When using
`-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
1126 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
1127 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
1128 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
1129 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1130 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
1131 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
1132 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
1133 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
1134 * Refactor
`__process_playlist` by creating
`LazyList`
1135 * Write messages to
`stderr` when both
`quiet` and
`verbose`
1136 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
1137 * Remove
`None` values from
`info.json`
1138 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
1139 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
1140 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
1141 * [extractor] Allow
`note=False` when extracting manifests
1142 * [utils] Escape URLs in
`sanitized_Request`, not
`sanitize_url`
1143 * [hls] Disable external downloader for
`webtt`
1144 * [youtube]
`/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
1145 * [youtube] Bug fixes
1146 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
1147 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
1148 * [cleanup]
`YoutubeDL._match_entry`
1149 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
1150 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
1151 * [cleanup] setup.py
1156 * **Youtube improvements**:
1157 * Support youtube music
`MP`,
`VL` and
`browse` pages
1158 * Extract more formats for youtube music by
[craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1159 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
1160 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a
`videos` tab to their
`UU` playlists
1161 * Support in-channel search
1162 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
1163 * Always extract
`maxresdefault` thumbnail
1164 * Extract audio language
1165 * Add subtitle language names by
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
1166 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
1167 * Add
`html5=1` param to
`get_video_info` page requests by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1168 * Better message when login required
1169 * **Add option
`--print`**: to print any field/template
1170 * Makes redundant:
`--get-description`,
`--get-duration`,
`--get-filename`,
`--get-format`,
`--get-id`,
`--get-thumbnail`,
`--get-title`,
`--get-url`
1171 * Field
`additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using
[`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
1172 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
1173 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add
`pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
1174 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
1175 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
1176 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
1177 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
1178 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize
`_VALID_URL`
1179 * Add compat-option
`no-attach-infojson`
1180 * Add field
`name` for subtitles
1181 * Ensure
`post_extract` and
`pre_process` only run once
1182 * Fix
`--check-formats` when there is network error
1183 * Standardize
`write_debug` and
`get_param`
1184 * [options] Alias
`--write-comments`,
`--no-write-comments`
1185 * [options] Refactor callbacks
1186 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for
`playlist_mincount`
1187 * [extractor] bugfix for when
`compat_opts` is not given
1188 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1189 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
1192 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
1193 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
1194 * **Improve output template:**
1195 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
1196 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
1197 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
1198 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
1199 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
1200 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
1201 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
1202 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
1203 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
1204 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
1205 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
1206 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
1207 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
1208 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
1209 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
1210 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
1211 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1212 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
1213 * [crackle] Improve extraction
1214 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
1215 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
1216 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
1217 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
1218 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1219 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1220 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
1221 * [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)
1222 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
1223 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
1224 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
1225 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
1226 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1227 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
1228 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
1229 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
1230 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
1231 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
1232 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
1233 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
1234 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
1235 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
1236 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
1237 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
1238 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
1239 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
1240 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
1241 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
1242 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
1246 * **Improve output template:**
1247 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
1248 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
1249 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
1250 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
1251 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
1252 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
1253 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
1254 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
1255 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
1256 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
1257 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
1258 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
1259 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1260 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1261 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1262 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
1263 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1264 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1265 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
1266 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
1267 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1268 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1269 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
1270 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
1271 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1272 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
1273 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
1274 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
1275 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
1276 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
1277 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1278 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
1279 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
1280 * [docs] Clarify which deprecated options still work
1285 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
1286 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
1287 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
1288 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
1289 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
1290 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
1291 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
1292 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1293 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
1294 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
1295 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1296 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1297 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
1298 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1299 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1300 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
1301 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
1302 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1303 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
1304 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
1305 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
1306 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
1307 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
1308 * [docs] Improvements
1311 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
1312 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
1313 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
1314 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
1315 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1316 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1317 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
1318 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
1319 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1320 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
1321 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
1322 * [docs] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
1326 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
1329 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
1330 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
1331 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
1332 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
1333 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
1334 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
1335 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
1339 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
1340 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
1341 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
1342 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
1343 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
1344 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
1345 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
1346 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
1347 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
1348 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
1349 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1350 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
1351 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
1352 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
1353 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1354 * [docs] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
1355 * [docs] Fix some minor mistakes
1357 * [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)
1358 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
1359 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
1360 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
1361 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1362 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1363 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
1364 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1365 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
1366 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
1370 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
1371 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
1372 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
1373 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1374 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
1375 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
1376 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1377 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1378 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1379 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1380 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
1381 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1382 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
1383 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1387 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1388 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1389 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1390 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1391 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1392 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1393 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
1394 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1395 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
1396 * [trovo] Pass origin header
1397 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1398 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
1399 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
1400 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
1401 * [docs] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
1402 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
1403 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
1410 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1411 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1412 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
1413 * [mtv] Fix extractor
1414 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
1415 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
1416 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
1417 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
1418 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
1422 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
1423 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
1424 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
1425 * Extract comments only when needed
1426 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
1427 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1428 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
1429 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
1430 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
1431 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
1432 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
1433 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
1434 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1435 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
1436 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
1437 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
1438 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
1439 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
1440 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
1444 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
1445 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1446 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
1447 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
1448 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1449 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
1450 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1451 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
1452 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
1453 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1454 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1455 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
1456 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
1457 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
1458 * [docs] Improvements
1459 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
1460 * Document
`all` in format selection
1461 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
1465 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
1466 * [viki] Fix extractor
1467 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
1468 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
1469 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
1470 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
1471 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
1472 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
1473 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
1474 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
1475 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
1476 * Format Sort improvements:
1477 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
1478 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
1479 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
1480 * Build improvements:
1481 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1482 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1483 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1484 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
1485 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
1486 * [docs] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
1490 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
1491 * [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)
1492 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1493 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1494 * [rumble] Add support for video page
1495 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
1496 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
1497 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
1498 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
1499 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1500 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
1501 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
1502 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
1503 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
1504 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
1505 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1506 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
1507 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1508 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
1509 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
1510 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
1511 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
1515 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1516 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
1517 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
1518 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
1519 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
1520 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
1521 * Add fallback for thumbnails
1522 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
1523 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
1524 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
1525 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
1526 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
1527 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
1528 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
1529 * [docs] Crypto is an optional dependency
1533 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
1534 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
1535 * 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`
1536 * **Multiple output templates:**
1537 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
1538 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
1539 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
1540 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
1541 * [audius] Fix extractor
1542 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
1543 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
1544 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
1545 * Fix issue with overwriting files
1546 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
1547 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
1548 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
1549 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
1550 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
1554 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
1555 * Add
`--get-comments`
1556 * [youtube] Extract comments
1557 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
1558 * [billibilli] Extract comments
1559 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
1560 * Write playlist data to infojson
1561 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
1562 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
1563 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
1564 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
1565 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
1566 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
1567 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
1568 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
1569 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
1570 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
1571 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
1572 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
1573 * [Audius] Add extractor
1574 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
1575 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
1576 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
1577 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
1578 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
1579 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
1580 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
1581 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
1582 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
1583 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
1587 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
1588 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
1589 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
1590 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"`
1591 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
1592 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory
1593 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders
1594 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1595 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
1596 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
1597 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
1598 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
1599 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
1600 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
1601 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
1602 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
1603 * [tests] Split core and download tests
1607 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
1608 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
1609 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
1610 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
1611 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
1612 * [readme] Cleanup options
1616 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
1617 * **Configuration files:**
1618 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
1619 * 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
1624 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
1625 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
1626 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
1627 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
1628 * [docs] 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
1629 * [docs] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
1630 * [docs] Fixes typos
1634 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
1635 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
1636 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
1637 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
1638 * [ci] Option to skip
1639 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
1643 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
1644 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
1645 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
1646 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
1647 * Update version badge automatically in README
1648 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
1649 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
1653 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
1654 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
1655 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1656 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1657 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1658 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
1662 * 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))
1663 * Moved changelog to separate file
1667 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1668 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
1669 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
1670 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1671 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1672 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
1673 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
1674 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
1678 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
1679 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
1680 * Created First Release
1684 * **Changed defaults:**
1685 * Enabled
`--ignore`
1686 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
1687 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
1688 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
1689 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
1690 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
1691 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
1695 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
1696 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
1697 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
1698 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
1699 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
1700 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
1701 * 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
1702 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
1703 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
1704 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
1705 * **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
1706 * 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`
1707 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
1708 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
1709 * 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))
1710 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
1711 * 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
1712 * 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
1713 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
1716 **Note**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1718 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
1719 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1720 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1721 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
1722 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
1723 * Redirect channel home to /video
1724 * Print youtube's warning message
1725 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
1726 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1727 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1728 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
1729 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1730 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
1731 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1732 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1733 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1734 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
1735 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1736 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1737 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
1738 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1739 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
1740 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
1741 * [ITV] BTCC URL update by [WolfganP](https://github.com/WolfganP)
1742 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1743 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
1744 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1745 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1746 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1749 ### Changelog of [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) till release 2020.11.11-3
1751 **Note**: This was constructed from the merge commit messages and may not be entirely accurate
1753 * [bandcamp] fix failing test. remove subclass hack by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1754 * [bandcamp] restore album downloads by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1755 * [francetv] fix extractor by [Surkal](https://github.com/Surkal)
1756 * [gdcvault] fix extractor by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1757 * [hotstar] Move to API v1 by [theincognito-inc](https://github.com/theincognito-inc)
1758 * [hrfernsehen] add extractor by [blocktrron](https://github.com/blocktrron)
1759 * [kakao] new apis by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1760 * [la7] fix missing protocol by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1761 * [mailru] removed escaped braces, use urljoin, added tests by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1762 * [MTV/Nick] universal mgid extractor + fix nick.de feed by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1763 * [mtv] Fix a missing match_id by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1764 * [Mtv] updated extractor logic & more by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1765 * [ndr] support Daserste ndr by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1766 * [Netzkino] Only use video id to find metadata by [TobiX](https://github.com/TobiX)
1767 * [newgrounds] fix: video download by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1768 * [nitter] Add new extractor by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1769 * [soundcloud] Resolve audio/x-wav by [tfvlrue](https://github.com/tfvlrue)
1770 * [soundcloud] sets pattern and tests by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1771 * [SouthparkDE/MTV] another mgid extraction (mtv_base) feed url updated by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1772 * [StoryFire] Add new extractor by [sgstair](https://github.com/sgstair)
1773 * [twitch] by [geauxlo](https://github.com/geauxlo)
1774 * [videa] Adapt to updates by [adrianheine](https://github.com/adrianheine)
1775 * [Viki] subtitles, formats by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1776 * [vlive] fix extractor for revamped website by [exwm](https://github.com/exwm)
1777 * [xtube] fix extractor by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1778 * [youtube] Convert subs when download is skipped by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1779 * [youtube] Fix age gate detection by [random-nick](https://github.com/random-nick)
1780 * [youtube] fix yt-only playback when age restricted/gated - requires cookies by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1781 * [youtube] fix: extract artist metadata from ytInitialData by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1782 * [youtube] fix: extract mix playlist ids from ytInitialData by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1783 * [youtube] fix: mix playlist title by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1784 * [youtube] fix: Youtube Music playlists by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1785 * [Youtube] Fixed problem with new youtube player by [peet1993](https://github.com/peet1993)
1786 * [zoom] Fix url parsing for url's containing /share/ and dots by [Romern](https://github.com/Romern)
1787 * [zoom] new extractor by [insaneracist](https://github.com/insaneracist)
1788 * abc by
[adrianheine](https://github.com/adrianheine)
1789 * Added Comcast_SSO fix by
[merval](https://github.com/merval)
1790 * Added DRM logic to brightcove by
[merval](https://github.com/merval)
1791 * Added regex for ABC.com site. by
[kucksdorfs](https://github.com/kucksdorfs)
1792 * alura by
[hugohaa](https://github.com/hugohaa)
1793 * Arbitrary merges by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
1794 * ard.py_add_playlist_support by
[martin54](https://github.com/martin54)
1795 * Bugfix/youtube/chapters fix extractor by
[gschizas](https://github.com/gschizas)
1796 * bugfix_youtube_like_extraction by
[RedpointsBots](https://github.com/RedpointsBots)
1797 * Create build workflow by
[blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1798 * deezer by
[LucBerge](https://github.com/LucBerge)
1799 * Detect embedded bitchute videos by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1800 * Don't install tests by
[l29ah](https://github.com/l29ah)
1801 * Don't try to embed/convert json subtitles generated by
[youtube](https://github.com/youtube) livechat by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1802 * Doodstream by
[sxvghd](https://github.com/sxvghd)
1803 * duboku by
[lkho](https://github.com/lkho)
1804 * elonet by
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
1805 * ext/remuxe-video by
[Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
1806 * fall-back to the old way to fetch subtitles, if needed by
[RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
1807 * feature_subscriber_count by
[RedpointsBots](https://github.com/RedpointsBots)
1808 * Fix external downloader when there is no http_header by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1809 * Fix issue triggered by
[tubeup](https://github.com/tubeup) by
[nsapa](https://github.com/nsapa)
1810 * Fix YoutubePlaylistsIE by
[ZenulAbidin](https://github.com/ZenulAbidin)
1811 * fix-mitele' by
[DjMoren](https://github.com/DjMoren)
1812 * fix/google-drive-cookie-issue by
[legraphista](https://github.com/legraphista)
1813 * fix_tiktok by
[mervel-mervel](https://github.com/mervel-mervel)
1814 * Fixed problem with JS player URL by
[peet1993](https://github.com/peet1993)
1815 * fixYTSearch by
[xarantolus](https://github.com/xarantolus)
1816 * FliegendeWurst-
3sat-zdf-merger-bugfix-feature
1817 * gilou-bandcamp_update
1818 * implement ThisVid extractor by
[rigstot](https://github.com/rigstot)
1819 * JensTimmerman-patch-
1 by
[JensTimmerman](https://github.com/JensTimmerman)
1820 * Keep download archive in memory for better performance by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1821 * la7-fix by
[iamleot](https://github.com/iamleot)
1822 * magenta by
[adrianheine](https://github.com/adrianheine)
1823 * Merge
26564 from
[adrianheine](https://github.com/adrianheine)
1824 * Merge code from
[ddland](https://github.com/ddland)
1825 * Merge code from
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1826 * Merge code from
[ssaqua](https://github.com/ssaqua)
1827 * Merge code from
[zubearc](https://github.com/zubearc)
1828 * mkvthumbnail by
[MrDoritos](https://github.com/MrDoritos)
1829 * myvideo_ge by
[fonkap](https://github.com/fonkap)
1830 * naver by
[SeonjaeHyeon](https://github.com/SeonjaeHyeon)
1831 * ondemandkorea by
[julien-hadleyjack](https://github.com/julien-hadleyjack)
1832 * rai-update by
[iamleot](https://github.com/iamleot)
1833 * RFC: youtube: Polymer UI and JSON endpoints for playlists by
[wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
1834 * rutv by
[adrianheine](https://github.com/adrianheine)
1835 * Sc extractor web auth by
[blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1836 * Switch from binary search tree to Python sets by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1837 * tiktok by
[skyme5](https://github.com/skyme5)
1838 * tvnow by
[TinyToweringTree](https://github.com/TinyToweringTree)
1839 * twitch-fix by
[lel-amri](https://github.com/lel-amri)
1840 * Twitter shortener by
[blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1841 * Update README.md by
[JensTimmerman](https://github.com/JensTimmerman)
1842 * Update to reflect website changes. by
[amigatomte](https://github.com/amigatomte)
1843 * use webarchive to fix a dead link in README by
[B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1844 * Viki the second by
[blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1845 * wdr-subtitles by
[mrtnmtth](https://github.com/mrtnmtth)
1846 * Webpfix by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
1847 * Youtube live chat by
[siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)