4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
10 * Push to origin/release using
`git push origin master:release`
11 build task will now run
12 * Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py
13 * Run
`make issuetemplates`
14 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
15 * Push to origin/master
16 * Update changelog in /releases
22 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.04.01 (
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a))
23 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
24 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
25 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
26 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
27 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
28 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
29 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
30 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
31 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
32 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
33 * [documentation] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
37 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
40 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
41 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
42 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
43 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
44 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
45 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
46 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
50 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
51 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
52 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
53 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
54 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
55 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
56 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
57 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
58 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
59 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
60 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
61 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
62 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
63 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
64 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
65 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
66 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
68 * [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)
69 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
70 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
71 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
72 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
73 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
74 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
75 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
76 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
77 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
81 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
82 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
83 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
84 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
85 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
86 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
87 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
88 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
89 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
90 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
91 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
92 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
93 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
94 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
98 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
99 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
100 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
101 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
102 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
103 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
104 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
105 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
106 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
107 * [trovo] Pass origin header
108 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
109 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
110 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
111 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
112 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
113 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
114 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
121 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
122 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
123 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
124 * [mtv] Fix extractor
125 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
126 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
127 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
128 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
129 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
133 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
134 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
135 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
136 * Extract comments only when needed
137 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
138 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
139 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
140 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
141 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
142 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
143 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
144 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
145 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
146 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
147 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
148 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
149 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
150 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
151 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
155 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
156 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
157 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
158 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
159 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
160 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
161 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
162 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
163 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
164 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
165 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
166 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
167 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
168 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
169 * [documentation] Improvements
170 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
171 * Document
`all` in format selection
172 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
176 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
177 * [viki] Fix extractor
178 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
179 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
180 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
181 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
182 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
183 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
184 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
185 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
186 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
187 * Format Sort improvements:
188 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
189 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
190 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
191 * Build improvements:
192 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
193 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
194 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
195 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
196 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
197 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
201 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
202 * [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)
203 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
204 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
205 * [rumble] Add support for video page
206 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
207 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
208 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
209 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
210 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
211 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
212 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
213 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
214 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
215 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
216 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
217 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
218 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
219 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
220 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
221 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
222 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
226 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
227 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
228 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
229 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
230 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
231 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
232 * Add fallback for thumbnails
233 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
234 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
235 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
236 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
237 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
238 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
239 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
240 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
244 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
245 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
246 * 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`
247 * **Multiple output templates:**
248 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
249 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
250 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
251 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
252 * [audius] Fix extractor
253 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
254 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
255 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
256 * Fix issue with overwriting files
257 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
258 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
259 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
260 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
261 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
265 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
266 * Add
`--get-comments`
267 * [youtube] Extract comments
268 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
269 * [billibilli] Extract comments
270 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
271 * Write playlist data to infojson
272 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
273 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
274 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
275 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
276 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
277 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
278 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
279 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
280 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
281 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
282 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
283 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
284 * [Audius] Add extractor
285 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
286 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
287 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
288 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
289 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
290 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
291 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
292 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
293 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
294 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
298 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
299 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
300 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
301 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
302 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
303 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
304 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
305 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
306 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
307 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
308 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
309 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
310 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
311 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
312 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
313 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
314 * [tests] Split core and download tests
318 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
319 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
320 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
321 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
322 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
323 * [readme] Cleanup options
327 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
328 * **Configuration files:**
329 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
330 * 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
335 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
336 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
337 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
338 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
339 * [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
340 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
341 * [documentation] Fixes typos
345 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
346 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
347 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
348 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
349 * [ci] Option to skip
350 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
354 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
355 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
356 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
357 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
358 * Update version badge automatically in README
359 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
360 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
364 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
365 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
366 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
367 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
368 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
369 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
373 * 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))
374 * Moved changelog to separate file
378 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
379 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
380 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
381 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
382 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
383 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
384 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
385 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
389 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
390 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
391 * Created First Release
395 * **Changed defaults:**
397 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
398 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
399 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
400 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
401 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
402 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
406 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
407 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
408 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
409 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
410 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
411 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
412 * 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
413 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
414 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
415 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
416 * **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
417 * 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`
418 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
419 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
420 * 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))
421 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
422 * 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
423 * 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
424 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
427 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
429 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
430 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
431 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
432 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
433 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
434 * Redirect channel home to /video
435 * Print youtube's warning message
436 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
437 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
438 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
439 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
440 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
441 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
442 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
443 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
444 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
445 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
446 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
447 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
448 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
449 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
450 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
451 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
452 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
453 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
454 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
455 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
456 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)