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 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
25 * [downloader] Pass
`info_dict` to
`progress_hook`s
26 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
27 * [youtube] Disable
`get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
28 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
29 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
30 * [youtube] Simplify
`_get_text`
31 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
32 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
33 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing
`keyring`
37 * **Add option
`--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by
[mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
38 * Usage:
`--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
39 * Also added
`--no-cookies-from-browser`
40 * To decrypt chromium cookies,
`keyring` is needed for UNIX and
`pycryptodome` for Windows
41 * Add option
`--exec-before-download`
42 * Add field
`live_status`
43 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
44 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
45 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
46 * **
[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
47 * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
48 * Default
`player_client` =
`android,web`
49 * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
50 * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if
`music.youtube.com`
51 * Added
`player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
52 * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
53 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
54 * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
55 * Added option
`--no-check-formats` to not test them
56 * [youtube] Misc fixes
57 * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
58 * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
59 * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
60 * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
61 * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
62 * Make
`--extractor-retries` work for more errors
63 * Fix sorting of
3gp format
64 * Sanity check
`chapters` (and refactor related code)
65 * Make
`parse_time_text` and
`_extract_chapters` non-fatal
66 * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
67 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
68 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
69 * **
[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
70 * Adds extractor-args
`comment_sort` (
`top`/
`new`),
`max_comments`,
`max_comment_depth`
71 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
72 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
73 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
74 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
75 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger),
[TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
76 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
77 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
78 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
79 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
80 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
81 * [embedthumbnail] Fix
`_get_thumbnail_resolution`
82 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
83 * Fix selectors
`all`,
`mergeall` and add tests
84 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey
`--ignore-errors`
85 * Fix bug where
`original_url` was not propagated when
`_type`=
`url`
86 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#
173)"
87 * This was wrongly checking for
`write_thumbnail`
88 * Improve
`extractor_args` parsing
89 * Rename
`NOTE` in
`-F` to
`MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as
`format_note`
90 * Add
`only_once` param for
`write_debug` and
`report_warning`
91 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
92 * [utils] Improve
`traverse_obj`
93 * [utils] Add
`variadic`
94 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
95 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
96 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
97 * [doc] fix default of multistreams
102 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
103 * Add
`--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See
[readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
104 * Add extractor option
`skip` for
`youtube`. Eg:
`--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
105 * Deprecates
`--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
106 * Allow
`--list...` options to work with
`--print`,
`--quiet` and other
`--list...` options
107 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
108 * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format
141) extraction
109 * Adds extractor option
`player_client` =
`web`/
`android`
110 * **
`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
111 * Adds extractor option
`player_skip=config`
112 * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
113 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
114 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
115 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
116 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
117 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
118 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
119 * Add
`FunimationShowIE` by
[Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
120 * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
121 * This changes the video
`id` and will break break existing archives
122 * Compat option
`seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
123 * Support direct
`/player/` URL
124 * Extractor options
`language` and
`version` to pre-select them during extraction
125 * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
126 * Do not rely on these for format selection and use
`-f` filters instead
127 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7),
[ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
128 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
129 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
130 * [plutotv] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
131 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
132 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
133 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
134 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
135 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
136 * Process videos when using
`--ignore-no-formats-error` by
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
137 * Fix
`--throttled-rate` when using
`--load-info-json`
138 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when entry has no
`ie_key`
139 * Fix
`check_formats` catching
`ExtractorError` instead of
`DownloadError`
140 * Fix deprecated option
`--list-formats-old`
141 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix
`--ppa` when using simultaneous download
142 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor
`hls_split_discontinuity`
143 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
144 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat
`jpeg` as
`jpg`
145 * [utils] Fix issues with
`LazyList` reversal
146 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
147 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with
`LazyList` and
`yield from`
148 * [cleanup] Clean
`extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
149 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
154 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
155 * **Add option
`--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
156 * [fragment] **Merge during download for
`-N`**, and refactor
`hls`/
`dash`
157 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
158 * Allow
`images` formats in addition to video/audio
159 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
160 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
161 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
162 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
163 * [youtube] Login is not needed for
`:ytrec`
164 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
165 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
166 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
167 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
168 * [pornhub] Extract
`cast`
169 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
170 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
171 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option
`embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
172 * Expand
`--check-formats` to thumbnails
173 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
174 * Skip fixup of existing files and add
`--fixup force` to force it
175 * Better error handling of syntax errors in
`-f`
176 * Use
`NamedTemporaryFile` for
`--check-formats`
177 * [aria2c] Lower
`--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
178 * [options] Rename
`--add-metadata` to
`--embed-metadata`
179 * [utils] Improve
`LazyList` and add tests
180 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
181 * [docs] Clarify that
`--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
182 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
187 * Fix bug where
`%(field)d` in filename template throws error
188 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
189 * [test] More rigorous tests for
`prepare_filename`
193 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only
3.6+ is now supported
194 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
195 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
196 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
197 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
198 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
199 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
200 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
201 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
202 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
203 * Add field
`original_url` with the user-inputted URL
204 * Fix and refactor
`prepare_outtmpl`
205 * Make more fields available for
`--print` when used with
`--flat-playlist`
206 * [utils] Generalize
`traverse_dict` to
`traverse_obj`
207 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
208 * [build] Release
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
209 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
210 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
211 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
212 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
213 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
214 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file
`trovolive.py`
219 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
220 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
221 * Handle Basic Auth
`user:pass` in URLs by
[hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
222 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
223 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
224 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
225 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
226 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
227 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
228 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
229 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
230 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
231 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
232 * [fragment] When using
`-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
233 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
234 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
235 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
236 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
237 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
238 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
239 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
240 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
241 * Refactor
`__process_playlist` by creating
`LazyList`
242 * Write messages to
`stderr` when both
`quiet` and
`verbose`
243 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
244 * Remove
`None` values from
`info.json`
245 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
246 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
247 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
248 * [extractor] Allow
`note=False` when extracting manifests
249 * [utils] Escape URLs in
`sanitized_Request`, not
`sanitize_url`
250 * [hls] Disable external downloader for
`webtt`
251 * [youtube]
`/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
252 * [youtube] Bug fixes
253 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
254 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
255 * [cleanup]
`YoutubeDL._match_entry`
256 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
257 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
263 * **Youtube improvements**:
264 * Support youtube music
`MP`,
`VL` and
`browse` pages
265 * Extract more formats for youtube music by
[craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod),
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
266 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
267 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a
`videos` tab to their
`UU` playlists
268 * Support in-channel search
269 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
270 * Always extract
`maxresdefault` thumbnail
271 * Extract audio language
272 * Add subtitle language names by
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
273 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
274 * Add
`html5=1` param to
`get_video_info` page requests by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
275 * Better message when login required
276 * **Add option
`--print`**: to print any field/template
277 * Deprecates:
`--get-description`,
`--get-duration`,
`--get-filename`,
`--get-format`,
`--get-id`,
`--get-thumbnail`,
`--get-title`,
`--get-url`
278 * Field
`additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using
[`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
279 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
280 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add
`pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
281 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
282 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
283 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
284 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
285 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize
`_VALID_URL`
286 * Add compat-option
`no-attach-infojson`
287 * Add field
`name` for subtitles
288 * Ensure
`post_extract` and
`pre_process` only run once
289 * Fix
`--check-formats` when there is network error
290 * Standardize
`write_debug` and
`get_param`
291 * [options] Alias
`--write-comments`,
`--no-write-comments`
292 * [options] Refactor callbacks
293 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for
`playlist_mincount`
294 * [extractor] bugfix for when
`compat_opts` is not given
295 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
296 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
299 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
300 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
301 * **Improve output template:**
302 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
303 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
304 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
305 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
306 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
307 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
308 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
309 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
310 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
311 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
312 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
313 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
314 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
315 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
316 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
317 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
318 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
319 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
320 * [crackle] Improve extraction
321 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
322 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
323 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
324 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
325 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
326 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
327 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
328 * [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)
329 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
330 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
331 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
332 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
333 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
334 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
335 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
336 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
337 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
338 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
339 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
340 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
341 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
342 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
343 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
344 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
345 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
346 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
347 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
348 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
349 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
353 * **Improve output template:**
354 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
355 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
356 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
357 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
358 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
359 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
360 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
361 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
362 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
363 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
364 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
365 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
366 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
367 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
368 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
369 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
370 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
371 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
372 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
373 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
374 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
375 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
376 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
377 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
378 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
379 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
380 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
381 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
382 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
383 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
384 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
385 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
386 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
387 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
388 * [documentation] Fix typos
392 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
393 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
394 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
395 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
396 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
397 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
398 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
399 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
400 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
401 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
402 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
403 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
404 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
405 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
406 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
407 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
408 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
409 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
410 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
411 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
412 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
413 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
414 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
415 * [documentation] Improvements
418 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
419 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
420 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
421 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
422 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
423 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
424 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
425 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
426 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
427 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
428 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
429 * [documentation] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
433 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
436 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
437 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
438 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
439 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
440 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
441 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
442 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
446 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
447 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
448 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
449 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
450 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
451 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
452 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
453 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
454 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
455 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
456 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
457 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
458 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
459 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
460 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
461 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
462 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
464 * [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)
465 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
466 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
467 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
468 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
469 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
470 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
471 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
472 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
473 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
477 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
478 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
479 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
480 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
481 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
482 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
483 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
484 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
485 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
486 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
487 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
488 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
489 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
490 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
494 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
495 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
496 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
497 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
498 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
499 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
500 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
501 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
502 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
503 * [trovo] Pass origin header
504 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
505 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
506 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
507 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
508 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
509 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
510 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
517 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
518 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
519 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
520 * [mtv] Fix extractor
521 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
522 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
523 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
524 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
525 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
529 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
530 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
531 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
532 * Extract comments only when needed
533 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
534 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
535 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
536 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
537 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
538 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
539 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
540 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
541 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
542 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
543 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
544 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
545 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
546 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
547 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
551 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
552 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
553 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
554 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
555 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
556 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
557 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
558 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
559 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
560 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
561 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
562 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
563 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
564 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
565 * [documentation] Improvements
566 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
567 * Document
`all` in format selection
568 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
572 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
573 * [viki] Fix extractor
574 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
575 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
576 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
577 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
578 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
579 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
580 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
581 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
582 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
583 * Format Sort improvements:
584 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
585 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
586 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
587 * Build improvements:
588 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
589 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
590 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
591 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
592 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
593 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
597 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
598 * [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)
599 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
600 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
601 * [rumble] Add support for video page
602 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
603 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
604 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
605 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
606 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
607 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
608 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
609 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
610 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
611 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
612 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
613 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
614 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
615 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
616 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
617 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
618 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
622 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
623 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
624 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
625 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
626 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
627 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
628 * Add fallback for thumbnails
629 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
630 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
631 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
632 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
633 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
634 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
635 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
636 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
640 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
641 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
642 * 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`
643 * **Multiple output templates:**
644 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
645 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
646 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
647 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
648 * [audius] Fix extractor
649 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
650 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
651 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
652 * Fix issue with overwriting files
653 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
654 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
655 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
656 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
657 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
661 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
662 * Add
`--get-comments`
663 * [youtube] Extract comments
664 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
665 * [billibilli] Extract comments
666 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
667 * Write playlist data to infojson
668 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
669 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
670 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
671 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
672 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
673 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
674 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
675 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
676 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
677 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
678 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
679 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
680 * [Audius] Add extractor
681 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
682 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
683 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
684 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
685 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
686 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
687 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
688 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
689 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
690 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
694 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
695 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
696 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
697 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
698 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
699 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
700 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
701 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
702 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
703 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
704 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
705 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
706 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
707 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
708 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
709 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
710 * [tests] Split core and download tests
714 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
715 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
716 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
717 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
718 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
719 * [readme] Cleanup options
723 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
724 * **Configuration files:**
725 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
726 * 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
731 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
732 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
733 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
734 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
735 * [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
736 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
737 * [documentation] Fixes typos
741 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
742 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
743 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
744 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
745 * [ci] Option to skip
746 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
750 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
751 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
752 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
753 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
754 * Update version badge automatically in README
755 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
756 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
760 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
761 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
762 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
763 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
764 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
765 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
769 * 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))
770 * Moved changelog to separate file
774 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
775 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
776 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
777 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
778 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
779 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
780 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
781 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
785 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
786 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
787 * Created First Release
791 * **Changed defaults:**
793 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
794 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
795 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
796 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
797 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
798 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
802 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
803 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
804 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
805 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
806 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
807 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
808 * 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
809 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
810 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
811 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
812 * **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
813 * 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`
814 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
815 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
816 * 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))
817 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
818 * 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
819 * 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
820 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
823 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
825 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
826 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
827 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
828 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
829 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
830 * Redirect channel home to /video
831 * Print youtube's warning message
832 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
833 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
834 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
835 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
836 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
837 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
838 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
839 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
840 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
841 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
842 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
843 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
844 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
845 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
846 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
847 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
848 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
849 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
850 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
851 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
852 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)