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 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
25 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
26 * **Improve output template:**
27 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
28 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
29 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
30 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
31 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
32 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
33 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
34 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
35 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
36 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
37 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
38 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
39 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
40 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
41 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
42 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
43 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
44 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
45 * [crackle] Improve extraction
46 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
47 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
48 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
49 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
50 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
51 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
52 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
53 * [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)
54 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
55 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
56 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
57 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
58 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
59 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
60 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
61 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
62 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
63 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
64 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
65 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
66 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
67 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
68 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
69 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
70 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
71 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
72 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
73 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
74 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
78 * **Improve output template:**
79 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
80 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
81 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
82 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
83 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
84 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
85 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
86 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
87 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
88 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
89 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
90 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
91 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
92 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
93 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
94 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
95 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
96 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
97 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
98 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
99 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
100 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
101 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
102 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
103 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
104 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
105 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
106 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
107 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
108 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
109 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
110 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
111 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
112 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
113 * [documentation] Fix typos
117 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
118 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
119 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
120 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
121 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
122 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
123 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
124 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
125 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
126 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
127 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
128 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
129 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
130 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
131 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
132 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
133 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
134 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
135 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
136 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
137 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
138 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
139 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
140 * [documentation] Improvements
143 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
144 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
145 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
146 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
147 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
148 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
149 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
150 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
151 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
152 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
153 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
154 * [documentation] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
158 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
161 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
162 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
163 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
164 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
165 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
166 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
167 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
171 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
172 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
173 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
174 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
175 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
176 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
177 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
178 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
179 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
180 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
181 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
182 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
183 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
184 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
185 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
186 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
187 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
189 * [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)
190 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
191 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
192 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
193 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
194 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
195 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
196 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
197 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
198 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
202 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
203 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
204 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
205 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
206 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
207 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
208 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
209 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
210 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
211 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
212 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
213 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
214 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
215 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
219 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
220 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
221 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
222 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
223 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
224 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
225 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
226 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
227 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
228 * [trovo] Pass origin header
229 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
230 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
231 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
232 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
233 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
234 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
235 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
242 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
243 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
244 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
245 * [mtv] Fix extractor
246 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
247 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
248 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
249 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
250 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
254 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
255 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
256 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
257 * Extract comments only when needed
258 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
259 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
260 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
261 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
262 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
263 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
264 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
265 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
266 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
267 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
268 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
269 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
270 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
271 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
272 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
276 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
277 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
278 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
279 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
280 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
281 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
282 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
283 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
284 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
285 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
286 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
287 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
288 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
289 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
290 * [documentation] Improvements
291 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
292 * Document
`all` in format selection
293 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
297 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
298 * [viki] Fix extractor
299 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
300 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
301 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
302 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
303 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
304 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
305 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
306 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
307 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
308 * Format Sort improvements:
309 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
310 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
311 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
312 * Build improvements:
313 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
314 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
315 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
316 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
317 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
318 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
322 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
323 * [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)
324 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
325 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
326 * [rumble] Add support for video page
327 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
328 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
329 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
330 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
331 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
332 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
333 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
334 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
335 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
336 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
337 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
338 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
339 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
340 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
341 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
342 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
343 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
347 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
348 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
349 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
350 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
351 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
352 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
353 * Add fallback for thumbnails
354 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
355 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
356 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
357 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
358 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
359 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
360 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
361 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
365 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
366 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
367 * 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`
368 * **Multiple output templates:**
369 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
370 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
371 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
372 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
373 * [audius] Fix extractor
374 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
375 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
376 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
377 * Fix issue with overwriting files
378 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
379 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
380 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
381 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
382 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
386 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
387 * Add
`--get-comments`
388 * [youtube] Extract comments
389 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
390 * [billibilli] Extract comments
391 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
392 * Write playlist data to infojson
393 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
394 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
395 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
396 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
397 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
398 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
399 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
400 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
401 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
402 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
403 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
404 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
405 * [Audius] Add extractor
406 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
407 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
408 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
409 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
410 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
411 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
412 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
413 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
414 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
415 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
419 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
420 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
421 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
422 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
423 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
424 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
425 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
426 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
427 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
428 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
429 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
430 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
431 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
432 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
433 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
434 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
435 * [tests] Split core and download tests
439 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
440 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
441 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
442 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
443 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
444 * [readme] Cleanup options
448 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
449 * **Configuration files:**
450 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
451 * 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
456 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
457 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
458 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
459 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
460 * [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
461 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
462 * [documentation] Fixes typos
466 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
467 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
468 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
469 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
470 * [ci] Option to skip
471 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
475 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
476 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
477 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
478 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
479 * Update version badge automatically in README
480 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
481 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
485 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
486 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
487 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
488 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
489 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
490 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
494 * 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))
495 * Moved changelog to separate file
499 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
500 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
501 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
502 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
503 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
504 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
505 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
506 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
510 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
511 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
512 * Created First Release
516 * **Changed defaults:**
518 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
519 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
520 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
521 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
522 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
523 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
527 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
528 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
529 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
530 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
531 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
532 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
533 * 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
534 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
535 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
536 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
537 * **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
538 * 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`
539 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
540 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
541 * 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))
542 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
543 * 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
544 * 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
545 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
548 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
550 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
551 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
552 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
553 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
554 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
555 * Redirect channel home to /video
556 * Print youtube's warning message
557 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
558 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
559 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
560 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
561 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
562 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
563 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
564 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
565 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
566 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
567 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
568 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
569 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
570 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
571 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
572 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
573 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
574 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
575 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
576 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
577 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)