4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Add new/fixed extractors in "new features" section of Readme.md
10 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
11 * Push to origin/release using
`git push origin master:release`
12 build task will now run
13 * Update version.py using
`devscripts\update-version.py`
14 * Run
`make issuetemplates`
15 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
16 * Push to origin/master
17 * Update changelog in /releases
24 * Add option
`--replace-in-metadata`
25 * Add option
`--no-simulate` to not simulate even when
`--print` or
`--list...` are used - Deprecates
`--print-json`
26 * Allow entire infodict to be printed using
`%()s` - makes
`--dump-json` redundant
27 * Allow multiple
`--exec` and
`--exec-before-download`
28 * Add regex to
`--match-filter`
29 * Add all format filtering operators also to
`--match-filter` by
[max-te](https://github.com/max-te)
30 * Add compat-option
`no-keep-subs`
31 * [adobepass] Add MSO Cablevision by [Jessecar96](https://github.com/Jessecar96)
32 * [BandCamp] Add BandcampMusicIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
33 * [blackboardcollaborate] Add new extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
34 * [eroprofile] Add album downloader by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
35 * [mirrativ] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
36 * [openrec] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
37 * [nbcolympics:stream] Fix extractor by [nchilada](https://github.com/nchilada),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
38 * [nbcolympics] Update extractor for 2020 olympics by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
39 * [paramountplus] Separate extractor and fix some titles by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
40 * [RCTIPlus] Support events and TV by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
41 * [Newgrounds] Improve extractor and fix playlist by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
42 * [aenetworks] Update `_THEPLATFORM_KEY` and `_THEPLATFORM_SECRET` by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
43 * [crunchyroll] Fix thumbnail by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
44 * [HotStar] Use API for metadata and extract subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
45 * [instagram] Fix comments extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
46 * [peertube] Fix videos without description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
47 * [twitch:clips] Extract `display_id` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
48 * [viki] Print error message from API request
49 * [Vine] Remove invalid formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
50 * [VrtNU] Fix XSRF token by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
51 * [vrv] Fix thumbnail extraction by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
52 * [youtube] Add extractor-arg
`include-live-dash` to show live dash formats
53 * [youtube] Improve signature function detection by [PSlava](https://github.com/PSlava)
54 * [youtube] Raise appropriate error when API pages can't be downloaded
55 * Ensure
`_write_ytdl_file` closes file handle on error
56 * Fix
`--compat-options filename` by
[stdedos](https://github.com/stdedos)
57 * Fix issues with infodict sanitization
58 * Fix resuming when using
`--no-part`
59 * Fix wrong extension for intermediate files
60 * Handle
`BrokenPipeError` by
[kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
61 * Show libraries present in verbose head
62 * [extractor] Detect `sttp` as subtitles in MPD by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
63 * [extractor] Reset non-repeating warnings per video
64 * [ffmpeg] Fix streaming
`mp4` to
`stdout`
65 * [ffpmeg] Allow
`--ffmpeg-location` to be a file with different name
66 * [utils] Fix
`InAdvancePagedList.__getitem__`
67 * [utils] Fix
`traverse_obj` depth when
`is_user_input`
68 * [webvtt] Merge daisy-chained duplicate cues by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
69 * [build] Use custom build of `pyinstaller` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
70 * [tests:download] Add batch testing for extractors (
`test_YourExtractor_all`)
71 * [docs] Document which fields
`--add-metadata` adds to the file
72 * [docs] Fix some mistakes and improve doc
73 * [cleanup] Misc code cleanup
78 * Add logo, banner and donate links
79 * Expand and escape environment variables correctly in output template
80 * Add format types
`j` (json),
`l` (comma delimited list),
`q` (quoted for terminal) in output template
81 * [downloader] Allow streaming some unmerged formats to stdout using ffmpeg
82 * [youtube] **Age-gate bypass**
83 * Add
`agegate` clients by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
84 * Add
`thirdParty` to agegate clients to bypass more videos
85 * Simplify client definitions, expose
`embedded` clients
86 * Improve age-gate detection by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
87 * Fix default global API key by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
88 * 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)
89 * [adobepass] Add MSO Sling TV by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
90 * [CBS] Add ParamountPlusSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
91 * [dplay] Add `ScienceChannelIE` by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
92 * [UtreonIE] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
93 * [youtube] Add `mweb` client by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
94 * [youtube] Add
`player_client=all`
95 * [youtube] Force `hl=en` for comments by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
96 * [youtube] Fix format sorting when using alternate clients
97 * [youtube] Misc cleanup by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
98 * [youtube] Extract SAPISID only once
99 * [CBS] Add fallback by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
100 * [Hotstar] Support cookies by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
101 * [HotStarSeriesIE] Fix regex by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
102 * [bilibili] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
103 * [mediaset] Fix extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
104 * [Mxplayer] Add h265 formats by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
105 * [RCTIPlus] Remove PhantomJS dependency by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
106 * [tenplay] Add MA15+ age limit by [pento](https://github.com/pento)
107 * [vidio] Fix login error detection by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
108 * [vimeo] Better extraction of original file by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
109 * [generic] Support KVS player (replaces ThisVidIE) by [rigstot](https://github.com/rigstot)
110 * Add compat-option
`no-clean-infojson`
111 * Remove
`asr` appearing twice in
`-F`
112 * Set
`home:` as the default key for
`-P`
113 * [utils] Fix slicing of reversed
`LazyList`
114 * [FormatSort] Fix bug for audio with unknown codec
115 * [test:download] Support testing with
`ignore_no_formats_error`
116 * [cleanup] Refactor some code
121 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
122 * [downloader] Pass
`info_dict` to
`progress_hook`s
123 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
124 * [youtube] Disable
`get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
125 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
126 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
127 * [youtube] Simplify
`_get_text`
128 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
129 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
130 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing
`keyring`
134 * **Add option
`--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by
[mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
135 * Usage:
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
136 * Also added
`--no-cookies-from-browser`
137 * To decrypt chromium cookies,
`keyring` is needed for UNIX and
`pycryptodome` for Windows
138 * Add option
`--exec-before-download`
139 * Add field
`live_status`
140 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
141 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
142 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
143 * **
[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
144 * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
145 * Default
`player_client` =
`android,web`
146 * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
147 * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if
`music.youtube.com`
148 * Added
`player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
149 * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
150 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
151 * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
152 * Added option
`--no-check-formats` to not test them
153 * [youtube] Misc fixes
154 * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
155 * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
156 * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
157 * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
158 * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
159 * Make
`--extractor-retries` work for more errors
160 * Fix sorting of
3gp format
161 * Sanity check
`chapters` (and refactor related code)
162 * Make
`parse_time_text` and
`_extract_chapters` non-fatal
163 * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
164 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
165 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
166 * **
[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
167 * Adds extractor-args
`comment_sort` (
`top`/
`new`),
`max_comments`,
`max_comment_depth`
168 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
169 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
170 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
171 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
172 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger),
[TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
173 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
174 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
175 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
176 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
177 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
178 * [embedthumbnail] Fix
`_get_thumbnail_resolution`
179 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
180 * Fix selectors
`all`,
`mergeall` and add tests
181 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey
`--ignore-errors`
182 * Fix bug where
`original_url` was not propagated when
`_type`=
`url`
183 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#
173)"
184 * This was wrongly checking for
`write_thumbnail`
185 * Improve
`extractor_args` parsing
186 * Rename
`NOTE` in
`-F` to
`MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as
`format_note`
187 * Add
`only_once` param for
`write_debug` and
`report_warning`
188 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
189 * [utils] Improve
`traverse_obj`
190 * [utils] Add
`variadic`
191 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
192 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
193 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
194 * [docs] fix default of multistreams
199 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
200 * Add
`--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See
[readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
201 * Add extractor option
`skip` for
`youtube`. Eg:
`--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
202 * Deprecates
`--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
203 * Allow
`--list...` options to work with
`--print`,
`--quiet` and other
`--list...` options
204 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
205 * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format
141) extraction
206 * Adds extractor option
`player_client` =
`web`/
`android`
207 * **
`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
208 * Adds extractor option
`player_skip=config`
209 * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
210 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
211 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
212 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
213 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
214 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
215 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
216 * Add
`FunimationShowIE` by
[Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
217 * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
218 * This changes the video
`id` and will break break existing archives
219 * Compat option
`seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
220 * Support direct
`/player/` URL
221 * Extractor options
`language` and
`version` to pre-select them during extraction
222 * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
223 * Do not rely on these for format selection and use
`-f` filters instead
224 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7),
[ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
225 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
226 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
227 * [plutotv] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
228 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
229 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
230 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
231 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
232 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
233 * Process videos when using
`--ignore-no-formats-error` by
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
234 * Fix
`--throttled-rate` when using
`--load-info-json`
235 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when entry has no
`ie_key`
236 * Fix
`check_formats` catching
`ExtractorError` instead of
`DownloadError`
237 * Fix deprecated option
`--list-formats-old`
238 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix
`--ppa` when using simultaneous download
239 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor
`hls_split_discontinuity`
240 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
241 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat
`jpeg` as
`jpg`
242 * [utils] Fix issues with
`LazyList` reversal
243 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
244 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with
`LazyList` and
`yield from`
245 * [cleanup] Clean
`extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
246 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
251 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
252 * **Add option
`--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
253 * [fragment] **Merge during download for
`-N`**, and refactor
`hls`/
`dash`
254 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
255 * Allow
`images` formats in addition to video/audio
256 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
257 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
258 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
259 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
260 * [youtube] Login is not needed for
`:ytrec`
261 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
262 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
263 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
264 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
265 * [pornhub] Extract
`cast`
266 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
267 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
268 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option
`embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
269 * Expand
`--check-formats` to thumbnails
270 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
271 * Skip fixup of existing files and add
`--fixup force` to force it
272 * Better error handling of syntax errors in
`-f`
273 * Use
`NamedTemporaryFile` for
`--check-formats`
274 * [aria2c] Lower
`--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
275 * [options] Rename
`--add-metadata` to
`--embed-metadata`
276 * [utils] Improve
`LazyList` and add tests
277 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
278 * [docs] Clarify that
`--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
279 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
284 * Fix bug where
`%(field)d` in filename template throws error
285 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
286 * [test] More rigorous tests for
`prepare_filename`
290 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only
3.6+ is now supported
291 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
292 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
293 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
294 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
295 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
296 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
297 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
298 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
299 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
300 * Add field
`original_url` with the user-inputted URL
301 * Fix and refactor
`prepare_outtmpl`
302 * Make more fields available for
`--print` when used with
`--flat-playlist`
303 * [utils] Generalize
`traverse_dict` to
`traverse_obj`
304 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
305 * [build] Release
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
306 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
307 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
308 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
309 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
310 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
311 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file
`trovolive.py`
316 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
317 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
318 * Handle Basic Auth
`user:pass` in URLs by
[hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
319 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
320 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
321 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
322 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
323 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
324 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
325 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
326 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
327 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
328 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
329 * [fragment] When using
`-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
330 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
331 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
332 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
333 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
334 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
335 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
336 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
337 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
338 * Refactor
`__process_playlist` by creating
`LazyList`
339 * Write messages to
`stderr` when both
`quiet` and
`verbose`
340 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
341 * Remove
`None` values from
`info.json`
342 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
343 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
344 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
345 * [extractor] Allow
`note=False` when extracting manifests
346 * [utils] Escape URLs in
`sanitized_Request`, not
`sanitize_url`
347 * [hls] Disable external downloader for
`webtt`
348 * [youtube]
`/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
349 * [youtube] Bug fixes
350 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
351 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
352 * [cleanup]
`YoutubeDL._match_entry`
353 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
354 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
360 * **Youtube improvements**:
361 * Support youtube music
`MP`,
`VL` and
`browse` pages
362 * Extract more formats for youtube music by
[craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod),
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
363 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
364 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a
`videos` tab to their
`UU` playlists
365 * Support in-channel search
366 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
367 * Always extract
`maxresdefault` thumbnail
368 * Extract audio language
369 * Add subtitle language names by
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
370 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
371 * Add
`html5=1` param to
`get_video_info` page requests by
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
372 * Better message when login required
373 * **Add option
`--print`**: to print any field/template
374 * Makes redundant:
`--get-description`,
`--get-duration`,
`--get-filename`,
`--get-format`,
`--get-id`,
`--get-thumbnail`,
`--get-title`,
`--get-url`
375 * Field
`additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using
[`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
376 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
377 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add
`pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
378 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
379 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
380 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
381 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
382 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize
`_VALID_URL`
383 * Add compat-option
`no-attach-infojson`
384 * Add field
`name` for subtitles
385 * Ensure
`post_extract` and
`pre_process` only run once
386 * Fix
`--check-formats` when there is network error
387 * Standardize
`write_debug` and
`get_param`
388 * [options] Alias
`--write-comments`,
`--no-write-comments`
389 * [options] Refactor callbacks
390 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for
`playlist_mincount`
391 * [extractor] bugfix for when
`compat_opts` is not given
392 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
393 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
396 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
397 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
398 * **Improve output template:**
399 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
400 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
401 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
402 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
403 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
404 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
405 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
406 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
407 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
408 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
409 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
410 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
411 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
412 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
413 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
414 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
415 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
416 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
417 * [crackle] Improve extraction
418 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
419 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
420 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
421 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
422 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
423 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
424 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
425 * [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)
426 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
427 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
428 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
429 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
430 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
431 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
432 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
433 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
434 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
435 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
436 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
437 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
438 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
439 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
440 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
441 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
442 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
443 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
444 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
445 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
446 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
450 * **Improve output template:**
451 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
452 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
453 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
454 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
455 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
456 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
457 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
458 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
459 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
460 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
461 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
462 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
463 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
464 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
465 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
466 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
467 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
468 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
469 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
470 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
471 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
472 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
473 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
474 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
475 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
476 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
477 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
478 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
479 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
480 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
481 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
482 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
483 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
484 * [docs] Clarify which deprecated options still work
489 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
490 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
491 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
492 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
493 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
494 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
495 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
496 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
497 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
498 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
499 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
500 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
501 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
502 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
503 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
504 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
505 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
506 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
507 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
508 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
509 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
510 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
511 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
512 * [docs] Improvements
515 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
516 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
517 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
518 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
519 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
520 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
521 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
522 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
523 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
524 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
525 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
526 * [docs] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
530 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
533 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
534 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
535 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
536 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
537 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
538 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
539 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
543 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
544 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
545 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
546 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
547 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
548 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
549 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
550 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
551 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
552 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
553 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
554 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
555 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
556 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
557 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
558 * [docs] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
559 * [docs] Fix some minor mistakes
561 * [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)
562 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
563 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
564 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
565 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
566 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
567 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
568 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
569 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
570 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
574 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
575 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
576 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
577 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
578 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
579 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
580 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
581 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
582 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
583 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
584 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
585 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
586 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
587 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
591 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
592 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
593 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
594 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
595 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
596 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
597 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
598 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
599 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
600 * [trovo] Pass origin header
601 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
602 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
603 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
604 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
605 * [docs] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
606 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
607 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
614 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
615 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
616 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
617 * [mtv] Fix extractor
618 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
619 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
620 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
621 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
622 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
626 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
627 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
628 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
629 * Extract comments only when needed
630 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
631 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
632 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
633 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
634 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
635 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
636 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
637 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
638 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
639 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
640 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
641 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
642 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
643 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
644 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
648 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
649 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
650 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
651 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
652 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
653 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
654 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
655 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
656 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
657 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
658 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
659 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
660 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
661 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
662 * [docs] Improvements
663 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
664 * Document
`all` in format selection
665 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
669 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
670 * [viki] Fix extractor
671 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
672 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
673 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
674 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
675 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
676 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
677 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
678 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
679 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
680 * Format Sort improvements:
681 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
682 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
683 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
684 * Build improvements:
685 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
686 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
687 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
688 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
689 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
690 * [docs] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
694 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
695 * [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)
696 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
697 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
698 * [rumble] Add support for video page
699 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
700 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
701 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
702 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
703 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
704 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
705 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
706 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
707 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
708 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
709 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
710 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
711 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
712 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
713 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
714 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
715 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
719 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
720 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
721 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
722 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
723 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
724 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
725 * Add fallback for thumbnails
726 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
727 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
728 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
729 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
730 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
731 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
732 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
733 * [docs] Crypto is an optional dependency
737 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
738 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
739 * 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`
740 * **Multiple output templates:**
741 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
742 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
743 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
744 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
745 * [audius] Fix extractor
746 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
747 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
748 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
749 * Fix issue with overwriting files
750 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
751 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
752 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
753 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
754 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
758 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
759 * Add
`--get-comments`
760 * [youtube] Extract comments
761 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
762 * [billibilli] Extract comments
763 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
764 * Write playlist data to infojson
765 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
766 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
767 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
768 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
769 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
770 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
771 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
772 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
773 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
774 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
775 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
776 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
777 * [Audius] Add extractor
778 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
779 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
780 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
781 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
782 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
783 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
784 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
785 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
786 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
787 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
791 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
792 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
793 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
794 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"`
795 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
796 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory
797 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders
798 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
799 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
800 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
801 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
802 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
803 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
804 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
805 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
806 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
807 * [tests] Split core and download tests
811 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
812 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
813 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
814 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
815 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
816 * [readme] Cleanup options
820 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
821 * **Configuration files:**
822 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
823 * 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
828 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
829 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
830 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
831 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
832 * [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
833 * [docs] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
838 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
839 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
840 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
841 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
842 * [ci] Option to skip
843 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
847 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
848 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
849 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
850 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
851 * Update version badge automatically in README
852 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
853 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
857 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
858 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
859 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
860 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
861 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
862 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
866 * 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))
867 * Moved changelog to separate file
871 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
872 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
873 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
874 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
875 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
876 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
877 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
878 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
882 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
883 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
884 * Created First Release
888 * **Changed defaults:**
890 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
891 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
892 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
893 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
894 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
895 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
899 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
900 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
901 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
902 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
903 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
904 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
905 * 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
906 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
907 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
908 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
909 * **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
910 * 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`
911 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
912 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
913 * 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))
914 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
915 * 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
916 * 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
917 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
920 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
922 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
923 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
924 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
925 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
926 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
927 * Redirect channel home to /video
928 * Print youtube's warning message
929 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
930 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
931 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
932 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
933 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
934 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
935 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
936 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
937 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
938 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
939 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
940 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
941 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
942 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
943 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
944 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
945 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
946 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
947 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
948 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
949 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)