Changelog.md

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