4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with youtube-dl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
10 * Push to origin/release - build task will now run
11 * Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py
12 * Run
`make issuetemplates`
13 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
14 * Push to origin/master
15 * Update changelog in /releases
21 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
22 * [viki] Fix extractor
23 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
24 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
25 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
26 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
27 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
28 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
29 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
30 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
31 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
32 * Format Sort improvements:
33 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
34 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
35 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
37 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
38 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
39 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
40 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
41 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
42 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
46 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
47 * [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi),
[tsukumi](https://github.com/tsukumi),
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
48 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
49 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
50 * [rumble] Add support for video page
51 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
52 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
53 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
54 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
55 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
56 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
57 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
58 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
59 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
60 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
61 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
62 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
63 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
64 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
65 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
66 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
67 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
71 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
72 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
73 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
74 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
75 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
76 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
77 * Add fallback for thumbnails
78 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
79 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
80 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
81 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
82 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
83 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
84 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
85 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
89 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
90 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
91 * You can use
[`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to format date/time fields. Example:
`%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`
92 * **Multiple output templates:**
93 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
94 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
95 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
96 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
97 * [audius] Fix extractor
98 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
99 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
100 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
101 * Fix issue with overwriting files
102 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
103 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
104 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
105 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
106 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
110 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
111 * Add
`--get-comments`
112 * [youtube] Extract comments
113 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
114 * [billibilli] Extract comments
115 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
116 * Write playlist data to infojson
117 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
118 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
119 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
120 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
121 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
122 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
123 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
124 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
125 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
126 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
127 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
128 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
129 * [Audius] Add extractor
130 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
131 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
132 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
133 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
134 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
135 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
136 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
137 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
138 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
139 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
143 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
144 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
145 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
146 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
147 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
148 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
149 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
150 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
151 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
152 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
153 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
154 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
155 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
156 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
157 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
158 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
159 * [tests] Split core and download tests
163 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
164 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
165 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
166 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
167 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
168 * [readme] Cleanup options
172 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
173 * **Configuration files:**
174 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
175 * Allow the configuration files to be named
`yt-dlp` instead of
`youtube-dlc`. See
[this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
180 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
181 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
182 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
183 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
184 * [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
185 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
186 * [documentation] Fixes typos
190 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
191 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
192 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
193 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
194 * [ci] Option to skip
195 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
199 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
200 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
201 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
202 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
203 * Update version badge automatically in README
204 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
205 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
209 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
210 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
211 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
212 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
213 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
214 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
218 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
219 * Extractor stitcher (
[1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc),
[2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f)) have not been merged
220 * Moved changelog to seperate file
224 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
225 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
226 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
227 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
228 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
229 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
230 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
231 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
235 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
236 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
237 * Created First Release
241 * **Changed defaults:**
243 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
244 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
245 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
246 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
247 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
248 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
252 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
253 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
254 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
255 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
256 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
257 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
258 * **Shortcut Options:** Added
`--write-link`,
`--write-url-link`,
`--write-webloc-link`,
`--write-desktop-link` by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h) - See [Internet Shortcut Options](README.md#internet-shortcut-options) for details
259 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details
260 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
261 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
262 * **Negative Options:** Makes it possible to negate most boolean options by adding a
`no-` to the switch. Usefull when you want to reverse an option that is defined in a config file
263 * Added
`--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd`,
`--no-allow-dynamic-mpd`,
`--allow-dynamic-mpd`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`,
`--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest`,
`--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--no-download`,
`--no-download-archive`,
`--resize-buffer`,
`--part`,
`--mtime`,
`--no-keep-fragments`,
`--no-cookies`,
`--no-write-annotations`,
`--no-write-info-json`,
`--no-write-description`,
`--no-write-thumbnail`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--post-overwrites`,
`--no-keep-video`,
`--no-embed-subs`,
`--no-embed-thumbnail`,
`--no-add-metadata`,
`--no-include-ads`,
`--no-write-sub`,
`--no-write-auto-sub`,
`--no-playlist-reverse`,
`--no-restrict-filenames`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--no-format-sort-force`,
`--flat-videos`,
`--no-list-formats-as-table`,
`--no-sponskrub`,
`--no-sponskrub-cut`,
`--no-sponskrub-force`
264 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
265 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
266 * Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by
[pauldubois98](https://github.com/pauldubois98) (
[ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569))
267 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
268 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8) - See
[blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280) for details
269 * Extractors
[tiktok](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/fb626c05867deab04425bad0c0b16b55473841a2) and
[hotstar](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc) have not been merged
270 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
273 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
274 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26
276 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
277 * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
278 * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
279 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
280 * Redirect channel home to /video
281 * Print youtube's warning message
282 * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
283 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
284 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
285 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
286 * [Gedi] Add extractor
287 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
288 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
289 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
290 * [ina] support mobile links
291 * [instagram] Fix extractor
292 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
293 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
294 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
295 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
296 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
297 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
298 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
299 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
300 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll