Changelog.md

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  16
  17 ### 2021.09.25
  18
  19 * Add new option `--netrc-location`
  20 * [outtmpl] Allow alternate fields using `,`
  21 * [outtmpl] Add format type `B` to treat the value as bytes (eg: to limit the filename to a certain number of bytes)
  22 * Separate the options `--ignore-errors` and `--no-abort-on-error`
  23 * Basic framework for simultaneous download of multiple formats by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  24 * [17live] Add 17.live extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  25 * [bilibili] Add BiliIntlIE and BiliIntlSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  26 * [CAM4] Add extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
  27 * [Chingari] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  28 * [CGTN] Add extractor by [chao813](https://github.com/chao813)
  29 * [damtomo] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  30 * [gotostage] Add extractor by [poschi3](https://github.com/poschi3)
  31 * [Koo] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  32 * [Mediaite] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  33 * [Mediaklikk] Add Extractor by [tmarki](https://github.com/tmarki), [mrx23dot](https://github.com/mrx23dot), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  34 * [MuseScore] Add Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  35 * [Newgrounds] Add NewgroundsUserIE and improve extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  36 * [nzherald] Add NZHeraldIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  37 * [Olympics] Add replay extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  38 * [Peertube] Add channel and playlist extractors by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  39 * [radlive] Add extractor by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
  40 * [SovietsCloset] Add extractor by [ChillingPepper](https://github.com/ChillingPepper)
  41 * [Streamanity] Add Extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
  42 * [Theta] Add extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
  43 * [Yandex] Add ZenYandexIE and ZenYandexChannelIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  44
  45 * [9Now] handle episodes of series by [dalanmiller](https://github.com/dalanmiller)
  46 * [AnimalPlanet] Fix extractor by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
  47 * [Arte] Improve description extraction by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
  48 * [atv.at] Use jwt for API by [NeroBurner](https://github.com/NeroBurner)
  49 * [brightcove] Extract subtitles from manifests
  50 * [CBC] Fix CBC Gem extractors by [makeworld-the-better-one](https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one)
  51 * [cbs] Report appropriate error for DRM
  52 * [comedycentral] Support `collection-playlist` by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
  53 * [DIYNetwork] Support new format by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
  54 * [downloader/niconico] Pass custom headers by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  55 * [dw] Fix extractor
  56 * [Fancode] Fix live streams by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
  57 * [funimation] Fix for locations outside US by [Jules-A](https://github.com/Jules-A), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  58 * [globo] Fix GloboIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  59 * [HiDive] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  60 * [Hotstar] Add referer for subs by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  61 * [itv] Fix extractor, add subtitles and thumbnails by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [sleaux-meaux](https://github.com/sleaux-meaux), [Vangelis66](https://github.com/Vangelis66)
  62 * [lbry] Show error message from API response
  63 * [Mxplayer] Use mobile API by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  64 * [NDR] Rewrite NDRIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  65 * [Nuvid] Fix extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  66 * [Oreilly] Handle new web url by [MKSherbini](https://github.com/MKSherbini)
  67 * [pbs] Fix subtitle extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [gesa](https://github.com/gesa), [raphaeldore](https://github.com/raphaeldore)
  68 * [peertube] Update instances by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  69 * [plutotv] Fix extractor for URLs with `/en`
  70 * [reddit] Workaround for 429 by redirecting to old.reddit.com
  71 * [redtube] Fix exts
  72 * [soundcloud] Make playlist extraction lazy
  73 * [soundcloud] Retry playlist pages on `502` error and update `_CLIENT_ID`
  74 * [southpark] Fix SouthParkDE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  75 * [SovietsCloset] Fix playlists for games with only named categories by [ConquerorDopy](https://github.com/ConquerorDopy)
  76 * [SpankBang] Fix uploader by [f4pp3rk1ng](https://github.com/f4pp3rk1ng), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  77 * [tiktok] Use API to fetch higher quality video by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE), [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  78 * [TikTokUser] Fix extractor using mobile API by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE), [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  79 * [videa] Fix some extraction errors by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
  80 * [VrtNU] Handle login errors by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  81 * [vrv] Don't raise error when thumbnails are missing
  82 * [youtube] Cleanup authentication code by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  83 * [youtube] Fix `--mark-watched` with `--cookies-from-browser`
  84 * [youtube] Improvements to JS player extraction and add extractor-args to skip it by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  85 * [youtube] Retry on 'Unknown Error' by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  86 * [youtube] Return full URL instead of just ID
  87 * [youtube] Warn when trying to download clips
  88 * [zdf] Improve format sorting
  89 * [zype] Extract subtitles from the m3u8 manifest by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  90 * Allow `--force-write-archive` to work with `--flat-playlist`
  91 * Download subtitles in order of `--sub-langs`
  92 * Allow `0` in `--playlist-items`
  93 * Handle more playlist errors with `-i`
  94 * Fix `--no-get-comments`
  95 * Fix `extra_info` being reused across runs
  96 * Fix compat options `no-direct-merge` and `playlist-index`
  97 * Dump files should obey `--trim-filename` by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
  98 * [aes] Add `aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify` by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  99 * [aria2c] Fix IV for some AES-128 streams by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 100 * [compat] Don't ignore `HOME` (if set) on windows
 101 * [cookies] Make browser names case insensitive
 102 * [cookies] Print warning for cookie decoding error only once
 103 * [extractor] Fix root-relative URLs in MPD by [DigitalDJ](https://github.com/DigitalDJ)
 104 * [ffmpeg] Add `aac_adtstoasc` when merging if needed
 105 * [fragment,aria2c] Generalize and refactor some code
 106 * [fragment] Avoid repeated request for AES key
 107 * [fragment] Fix range header when using `-N` and media sequence by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 108 * [hls,aes] Fallback to native implementation for AES-CBC and detect `Cryptodome` in addition to `Crypto`
 109 * [hls] Byterange + AES128 is supported by native downloader
 110 * [ModifyChapters] Improve sponsor chapter merge algorithm by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 111 * [ModifyChapters] Minor fixes
 112 * [WebVTT] Adjust parser to accommodate PBS subtitles
 113 * [utils] Improve `extract_timezone` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
 114 * [options] Fix `--no-config` and refactor reading of config files
 115 * [options] Strip spaces and ignore empty entries in list-like switches
 116 * [test/cookies] Improve logging
 117 * [build] Automate more of the release process by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 118 * [build] Fix sha256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 119 * [build] Bring back brew taps by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 120 * [build] Provide `--onedir` zip for windows by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 121 * [cleanup,docs] Add deprecation warning in docs for some counter intuitive behaviour
 122 * [cleanup] Fix line endings for `nebula.py` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 123 * [cleanup] Improve `make clean-test` by [sulyi](https://github.com/sulyi)
 124 * [cleanup] Misc
 125
 126
 127 ### 2021.09.02
 128
 129 * **Native SponsorBlock** implementation by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 130     * `--sponsorblock-remove CATS` removes specified chapters from file
 131     * `--sponsorblock-mark CATS` marks the specified sponsor sections as chapters
 132     * `--sponsorblock-chapter-title TMPL` to specify sponsor chapter template
 133     * `--sponsorblock-api URL` to use a different API
 134     * No re-encoding is done unless `--force-keyframes-at-cuts` is used
 135     * The fetched sponsor sections are written to the infojson
 136     * Deprecates: `--sponskrub`, `--no-sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--no-sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--no-sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args`
 137 * Split `--embed-chapters` from `--embed-metadata` (it still implies the former by default)
 138 * Add option `--remove-chapters` to remove arbitrary chapters by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 139 * Add option `--force-keyframes-at-cuts` for more accurate cuts when removing and splitting chapters by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 140 * Let `--match-filter` reject entries early
 141     * Makes redundant: `--match-title`, `--reject-title`, `--min-views`, `--max-views`
 142 * [lazy_extractor] Improvements (It now passes all tests)
 143     * Bugfix for when plugin directory doesn't exist by [kidonng](https://github.com/kidonng)
 144     * Create instance only after pre-checking archive
 145     * Import actual class if an attribute is accessed
 146     * Fix `suitable` and add flake8 test
 147 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Experimental support for DASH manifests (including live)
 148     * Your ffmpeg must have [this patch](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/3249c757aed678780e22e99a1a49f4672851bca9) applied for YouTube DASH to work
 149 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before `-i`
 150 * [BannedVideo] Add extractor by [smege1001](https://github.com/smege1001), [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 151 * [bilibili] Add category extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 152 * [Epicon] Add extractors by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 153 * [filmmodu] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
 154 * [GabTV] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 155 * [Hungama] Fix `HungamaSongIE` and add `HungamaAlbumPlaylistIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 156 * [ManotoTV] Add new extractors by [tandy1000](https://github.com/tandy1000)
 157 * [Niconico] Add Search extractors by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 158 * [Patreon] Add `PatreonUserIE` by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
 159 * [peloton] Add extractor by [IONECarter](https://github.com/IONECarter), [capntrips](https://github.com/capntrips), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 160 * [ProjectVeritas] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 161 * [radiko] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 162 * [StarTV] Add extractor for `startv.com.tr` by [mrfade](https://github.com/mrfade), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 163 * [tiktok] Add `TikTokUserIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 164 * [Tokentube] Add extractor by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 165 * [TV2Hu] Fix `TV2HuIE` and add `TV2HuSeriesIE` by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 166 * [voicy] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 167 * [adobepass] Fix Verizon SAML login by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h), [ParadoxGBB](https://github.com/ParadoxGBB)
 168 * [afreecatv] Fix adult VODs by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
 169 * [afreecatv] Tolerate failure to parse date string by [wlritchi](https://github.com/wlritchi)
 170 * [aljazeera] Fix extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 171 * [ATV.at] Fix extractor for ATV.at by [NeroBurner](https://github.com/NeroBurner), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 172 * [bitchute] Fix test by [mahanstreamer](https://github.com/mahanstreamer)
 173 * [camtube] Remove obsolete extractor by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
 174 * [CDA] Add more formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 175 * [eroprofile] Fix page skipping in albums by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
 176 * [facebook] Fix format sorting
 177 * [facebook] Fix metadata extraction by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
 178 * [facebook] Update onion URL by [Derkades](https://github.com/Derkades)
 179 * [HearThisAtIE] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 180 * [instagram] Add referrer to prevent throttling by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png), [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
 181 * [iwara.tv] Extract more metadata by [BunnyHelp](https://github.com/BunnyHelp)
 182 * [iwara] Add thumbnail by [i6t](https://github.com/i6t)
 183 * [kakao] Fix extractor
 184 * [mediaset] Fix extraction for some videos by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
 185 * [Motherless] Fix extractor by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 186 * [Nova] fix extractor by [std-move](https://github.com/std-move)
 187 * [ParamountPlus] Fix geo verification by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 188 * [peertube] handle new video URL format by [Chocobozzz](https://github.com/Chocobozzz)
 189 * [pornhub] Separate and fix playlist extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
 190 * [reddit] Fix for quarantined subreddits by [ouwou](https://github.com/ouwou)
 191 * [ShemarooMe] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 192 * [soundcloud] Refetch `client_id` on 403
 193 * [tiktok] Fix metadata extraction
 194 * [TV2] Fix extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 195 * [tv5mondeplus] Fix extractor by [korli](https://github.com/korli)
 196 * [VH1,TVLand] Fix extractors by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
 197 * [Viafree] Fix extractor and extract subtitles by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 198 * [XHamster] Extract `uploader_id` by [octotherp](https://github.com/octotherp)
 199 * [youtube] Add `shorts` to `_VALID_URL`
 200 * [youtube] Add av01 itags to known formats list by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 201 * [youtube] Extract error messages from HTTPError response by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 202 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names
 203 * [youtube] Prefer audio stream that YouTube considers default
 204 * [youtube] Remove annotations and deprecate `--write-annotations` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 205 * [Zee5] Fix extractor and add subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 206 * [aria2c] Obey `--rate-limit`
 207 * [EmbedSubtitle] Continue even if some files are missing
 208 * [extractor] Better error message for DRM
 209 * [extractor] Common function `_match_valid_url`
 210 * [extractor] Show video id in error messages if possible
 211 * [FormatSort] Remove priority of `lang`
 212 * [options] Add `_set_from_options_callback`
 213 * [SubtitleConvertor] Fix bug during subtitle conversion
 214 * [utils] Add `parse_qs`
 215 * [webvtt] Fix timestamp overflow adjustment by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 216 * Bugfix for `--replace-in-metadata`
 217 * Don't try to merge with final extension
 218 * Fix `--force-overwrites` when using `-k`
 219 * Fix `--no-prefer-free-formats` by [CeruleanSky](https://github.com/CeruleanSky)
 220 * Fix `-F` for extractors that directly return url
 221 * Fix `-J` when there are failed videos
 222 * Fix `extra_info` being reused across runs
 223 * Fix `playlist_index` not obeying `playlist_start` and add tests
 224 * Fix resuming of single formats when using `--no-part`
 225 * Revert erroneous use of the `Content-Length` header by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 226 * Use `os.replace` where applicable by; paulwrubel
 227 * [build] Add homebrew taps `yt-dlp/taps/yt-dlp` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 228 * [build] Fix bug in making `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
 229 * [docs] Fix some typos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [zootedb0t](https://github.com/zootedb0t)
 230 * [cleanup] Replace improper use of tab in trovo by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 231
 232
 233 ### 2021.08.10
 234
 235 * Add option `--replace-in-metadata`
 236 * Add option `--no-simulate` to not simulate even when `--print` or `--list...` are used - Deprecates `--print-json`
 237 * Allow entire infodict to be printed using `%()s` - makes `--dump-json` redundant
 238 * Allow multiple `--exec` and `--exec-before-download`
 239 * Add regex to `--match-filter`
 240 * Add all format filtering operators also to `--match-filter` by [max-te](https://github.com/max-te)
 241 * Add compat-option `no-keep-subs`
 242 * [adobepass] Add MSO Cablevision by [Jessecar96](https://github.com/Jessecar96)
 243 * [BandCamp] Add BandcampMusicIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 244 * [blackboardcollaborate] Add new extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
 245 * [eroprofile] Add album downloader by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
 246 * [mirrativ] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 247 * [openrec] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 248 * [nbcolympics:stream] Fix extractor by [nchilada](https://github.com/nchilada), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 249 * [nbcolympics] Update extractor for 2020 olympics by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
 250 * [paramountplus] Separate extractor and fix some titles by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 251 * [RCTIPlus] Support events and TV by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 252 * [Newgrounds] Improve extractor and fix playlist by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 253 * [aenetworks] Update `_THEPLATFORM_KEY` and `_THEPLATFORM_SECRET` by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
 254 * [crunchyroll] Fix thumbnail by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
 255 * [HotStar] Use API for metadata and extract subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 256 * [instagram] Fix comments extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 257 * [peertube] Fix videos without description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 258 * [twitch:clips] Extract `display_id` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
 259 * [viki] Print error message from API request
 260 * [Vine] Remove invalid formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
 261 * [VrtNU] Fix XSRF token by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
 262 * [vrv] Fix thumbnail extraction by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
 263 * [youtube] Add extractor-arg `include-live-dash` to show live dash formats
 264 * [youtube] Improve signature function detection by [PSlava](https://github.com/PSlava)
 265 * [youtube] Raise appropriate error when API pages can't be downloaded
 266 * Ensure `_write_ytdl_file` closes file handle on error
 267 * Fix `--compat-options filename` by [stdedos](https://github.com/stdedos)
 268 * Fix issues with infodict sanitization
 269 * Fix resuming when using `--no-part`
 270 * Fix wrong extension for intermediate files
 271 * Handle `BrokenPipeError` by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
 272 * Show libraries present in verbose head
 273 * [extractor] Detect `sttp` as subtitles in MPD by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 274 * [extractor] Reset non-repeating warnings per video
 275 * [ffmpeg] Fix streaming `mp4` to `stdout`
 276 * [ffpmeg] Allow `--ffmpeg-location` to be a file with different name
 277 * [utils] Fix `InAdvancePagedList.__getitem__`
 278 * [utils] Fix `traverse_obj` depth when `is_user_input`
 279 * [webvtt] Merge daisy-chained duplicate cues by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 280 * [build] Use custom build of `pyinstaller` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 281 * [tests:download] Add batch testing for extractors (`test_YourExtractor_all`)
 282 * [docs] Document which fields `--add-metadata` adds to the file
 283 * [docs] Fix some mistakes and improve doc
 284 * [cleanup] Misc code cleanup
 285
 286
 287 ### 2021.08.02
 288
 289 * Add logo, banner and donate links
 290 * [outtmpl] Expand and escape environment variables
 291 * [outtmpl] Add format types `j` (json), `l` (comma delimited list), `q` (quoted for terminal)
 292 * [downloader] Allow streaming some unmerged formats to stdout using ffmpeg
 293 * [youtube] **Age-gate bypass**
 294     * Add `agegate` clients by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 295     * Add `thirdParty` to agegate clients to bypass more videos
 296     * Simplify client definitions, expose `embedded` clients
 297     * Improve age-gate detection by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 298     * Fix default global API key by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 299     * Add `creator` clients for age-gate bypass using unverified accounts by [zerodytrash](https://github.com/zerodytrash), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 300 * [adobepass] Add MSO Sling TV by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
 301 * [CBS] Add ParamountPlusSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 302 * [dplay] Add `ScienceChannelIE` by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
 303 * [UtreonIE] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 304 * [youtube] Add `mweb` client by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 305 * [youtube] Add `player_client=all`
 306 * [youtube] Force `hl=en` for comments by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 307 * [youtube] Fix format sorting when using alternate clients
 308 * [youtube] Misc cleanup by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 309 * [youtube] Extract SAPISID only once
 310 * [CBS] Add fallback by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 311 * [Hotstar] Support cookies by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 312 * [HotStarSeriesIE] Fix regex by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 313 * [bilibili] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 314 * [mediaset] Fix extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 315 * [Mxplayer] Add h265 formats by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 316 * [RCTIPlus] Remove PhantomJS dependency by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 317 * [tenplay] Add MA15+ age limit by [pento](https://github.com/pento)
 318 * [vidio] Fix login error detection by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 319 * [vimeo] Better extraction of original file by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 320 * [generic] Support KVS player (replaces ThisVidIE) by [rigstot](https://github.com/rigstot)
 321 * Add compat-option `no-clean-infojson`
 322 * Remove `asr` appearing twice in `-F`
 323 * Set `home:` as the default key for `-P`
 324 * [utils] Fix slicing of reversed `LazyList`
 325 * [FormatSort] Fix bug for audio with unknown codec
 326 * [test:download] Support testing with `ignore_no_formats_error`
 327 * [cleanup] Refactor some code
 328
 329
 330 ### 2021.07.24
 331
 332 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
 333 * [downloader] Pass `info_dict` to `progress_hook`s
 334 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 335 * [youtube] Disable `get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
 336 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
 337 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
 338 * [youtube] Simplify `_get_text`
 339 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
 340 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
 341 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing `keyring`
 342
 343 ### 2021.07.21
 344
 345 * **Add option `--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
 346     * Usage: `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
 347     * Also added `--no-cookies-from-browser`
 348     * To decrypt chromium cookies, `keyring` is needed for UNIX and `pycryptodome` for Windows
 349 * Add option `--exec-before-download`
 350 * Add field `live_status`
 351 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
 352 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
 353 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
 354 * **[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 355     * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
 356     * Default `player_client` = `android,web`
 357         * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
 358     * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if `music.youtube.com`
 359     * Added `player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
 360     * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
 361 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
 362     * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
 363     * Added option `--no-check-formats` to not test them
 364 * [youtube] Misc fixes
 365     * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 366     * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
 367     * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 368     * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 369     * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 370     * Make `--extractor-retries` work for more errors
 371     * Fix sorting of 3gp format
 372     * Sanity check `chapters` (and refactor related code)
 373     * Make `parse_time_text` and `_extract_chapters` non-fatal
 374     * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 375 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
 376 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 377 * **[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 378     * Adds extractor-args `comment_sort` (`top`/`new`), `max_comments`, `max_comment_depth`
 379 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 380 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 381 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
 382 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 383 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger), [TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
 384 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 385 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 386 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
 387 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 388 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 389 * [embedthumbnail] Fix `_get_thumbnail_resolution`
 390 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
 391 * Fix selectors `all`, `mergeall` and add tests
 392 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey `--ignore-errors`
 393 * Fix bug where `original_url` was not propagated when `_type`=`url`
 394 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#173)"
 395     * This was wrongly checking for `write_thumbnail`
 396 * Improve `extractor_args` parsing
 397 * Rename `NOTE` in `-F` to `MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as `format_note`
 398 * Add `only_once` param for `write_debug` and `report_warning`
 399 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 400 * [utils] Improve `traverse_obj`
 401 * [utils] Add `variadic`
 402 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 403 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
 404 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
 405 * [docs] fix default of multistreams
 406
 407
 408 ### 2021.07.07
 409
 410 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
 411 * Add `--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See [readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
 412     * Add extractor option `skip` for `youtube`. Eg: `--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
 413     * Deprecates `--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
 414 * Allow `--list...` options to work with `--print`, `--quiet` and other `--list...` options
 415 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 416     * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format 141) extraction
 417     * Adds extractor option `player_client` = `web`/`android`
 418         * **`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
 419     * Adds extractor option `player_skip=config`
 420     * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
 421 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 422 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
 423 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 424 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 425 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 426 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
 427     * Add `FunimationShowIE` by [Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
 428     * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
 429         * This changes the video `id` and will break break existing archives
 430         * Compat option `seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
 431     * Support direct `/player/` URL
 432     * Extractor options `language` and `version` to pre-select them during extraction
 433         * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
 434         * Do not rely on these for format selection and use `-f` filters instead
 435 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7), [ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
 436 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
 437 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
 438 * [plutotv] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 439 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 440 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 441 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 442 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
 443 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 444 * Process videos when using `--ignore-no-formats-error` by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 445 * Fix `--throttled-rate` when using `--load-info-json`
 446 * Fix `--flat-playlist` when entry has no `ie_key`
 447 * Fix `check_formats` catching `ExtractorError` instead of `DownloadError`
 448 * Fix deprecated option `--list-formats-old`
 449 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix `--ppa` when using simultaneous download
 450 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor `hls_split_discontinuity`
 451 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
 452 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat `jpeg` as `jpg`
 453 * [utils] Fix issues with `LazyList` reversal
 454 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
 455 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with `LazyList` and `yield from`
 456 * [cleanup] Clean `extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
 457 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
 458
 459
 460 ### 2021.06.23
 461
 462 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
 463 * **Add option `--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
 464 * [fragment] **Merge during download for `-N`**, and refactor `hls`/`dash`
 465 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 466 * Allow `images` formats in addition to video/audio
 467 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 468 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
 469 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 470 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 471 * [youtube] Login is not needed for `:ytrec`
 472 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 473 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 474 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 475 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
 476 * [pornhub] Extract `cast`
 477 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
 478 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
 479 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option `embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
 480 * Expand `--check-formats` to thumbnails
 481 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
 482 * Skip fixup of existing files and add `--fixup force` to force it
 483 * Better error handling of syntax errors in `-f`
 484 * Use `NamedTemporaryFile` for `--check-formats`
 485 * [aria2c] Lower `--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
 486 * [options] Rename `--add-metadata` to `--embed-metadata`
 487 * [utils] Improve `LazyList` and add tests
 488 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 489 * [docs] Clarify that `--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
 490 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
 491
 492
 493 ### 2021.06.09
 494
 495 * Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
 496 * [outtmpl] Improve offset parsing
 497 * [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`
 498
 499 ### 2021.06.08
 500
 501 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
 502 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
 503 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
 504 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
 505 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 506 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 507 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 508 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
 509 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
 510 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
 511 * Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
 512 * Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
 513 * Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
 514 * [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
 515 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 516 * [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
 517 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 518 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 519 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
 520 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
 521 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 522 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`
 523
 524
 525 ### 2021.06.01
 526
 527 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
 528 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
 529 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 530 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
 531 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 532 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 533 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 534 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 535 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 536 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 537 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 538 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 539 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 540 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
 541 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
 542 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
 543 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
 544 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 545 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
 546 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
 547 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
 548 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
 549 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
 550 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
 551 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
 552 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
 553 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
 554 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 555 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 556 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
 557 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
 558 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
 559 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
 560 * [youtube] Bug fixes
 561 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
 562 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
 563 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
 564 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
 565 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
 566 * [cleanup] setup.py
 567
 568
 569 ### 2021.05.20
 570
 571 * **Youtube improvements**:
 572     * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
 573     * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 574     * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 575     * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
 576     * Support in-channel search
 577     * Sort audio-only formats correctly
 578     * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
 579     * Extract audio language
 580     * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 581     * Show alerts only from the final webpage
 582     * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 583     * Better message when login required
 584 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
 585     * Makes redundant: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
 586 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
 587 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
 588 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
 589 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
 590 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 591 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 592 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 593 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
 594 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
 595 * Add field `name` for subtitles
 596 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
 597 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
 598 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
 599 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
 600 * [options] Refactor callbacks
 601 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
 602 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
 603 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 604 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
 605
 606 ### 2021.05.11
 607 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
 608 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
 609 * **Improve output template:**
 610     * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
 611     * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
 612     * A default value can be given using `field|default`
 613     * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
 614 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
 615 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
 616 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
 617 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
 618 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
 619 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
 620 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
 621 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
 622 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
 623 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
 624 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
 625 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
 626 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 627 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
 628 * [crackle] Improve extraction
 629 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
 630 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
 631 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
 632 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
 633 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 634 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 635 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
 636 * [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)
 637 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
 638 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
 639 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
 640 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 641 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 642 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
 643 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
 644 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
 645 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
 646 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
 647 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
 648 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
 649 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
 650     * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
 651 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
 652 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
 653 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
 654 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
 655 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
 656 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
 657 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
 658
 659
 660 ### 2021.04.22
 661 * **Improve output template:**
 662     * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
 663     * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
 664     * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
 665 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
 666     * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
 667     * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
 668     * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
 669     * Deprecates `--all-subs`
 670 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
 671 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
 672 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
 673 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
 674 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 675 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 676 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 677 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
 678 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 679 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 680 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
 681 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
 682 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 683 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 684 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
 685 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
 686 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 687 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
 688 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
 689 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
 690 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
 691 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
 692 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 693 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
 694 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
 695 * [docs] Clarify which deprecated options still work
 696 * [docs] Fix typos
 697
 698
 699 ### 2021.04.11
 700 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
 701 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
 702 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
 703 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
 704     * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
 705     * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
 706 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
 707 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 708 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 709 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 710 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 711 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 712 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
 713 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 714 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 715 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
 716 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
 717 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 718 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
 719 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
 720 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
 721 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
 722 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
 723 * [docs] Improvements
 724
 725 ### 2021.04.03
 726 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
 727 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
 728 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
 729 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
 730 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 731 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 732 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
 733 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
 734 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 735 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
 736 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
 737 * [docs] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
 738
 739
 740 ### 2021.03.24.1
 741 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 742
 743 ### 2021.03.24
 744 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
 745 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
 746 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
 747 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
 748 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
 749 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
 750 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
 751
 752
 753 ### 2021.03.21
 754 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
 755 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
 756 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 757 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
 758 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
 759 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
 760 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
 761 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
 762 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
 763 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
 764 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 765 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 766 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 767 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 768 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 769 * [docs] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
 770 * [docs] Fix some minor mistakes
 771
 772 * [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)
 773 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 774 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 775 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 776 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 777 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 778 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
 779 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 780 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
 781 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 782
 783
 784 ### 2021.03.15
 785 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
 786     * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
 787     * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
 788 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 789     * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
 790 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
 791 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 792 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 793 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 794 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 795 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 796 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 797 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
 798 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 799
 800
 801 ### 2021.03.07
 802 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 803 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 804 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 805 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 806 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 807 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 808 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
 809 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 810 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 811 * [trovo] Pass origin header
 812 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 813 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
 814 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
 815 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
 816 * [docs] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 817 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
 818 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
 819
 820
 821 ### 2021.03.03.2
 822 * [build] Fix bug
 823
 824 ### 2021.03.03
 825 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 826 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 827 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
 828 * [mtv] Fix extractor
 829 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
 830 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
 831 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
 832 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
 833 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 834
 835
 836 ### 2021.03.01
 837 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
 838 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
 839 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
 840 * Extract comments only when needed
 841 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
 842 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 843 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
 844 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
 845 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
 846 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
 847 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
 848 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
 849 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 850 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
 851 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
 852 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
 853 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 854 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
 855 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
 856
 857
 858 ### 2021.02.24
 859 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
 860 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 861     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
 862 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
 863 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 864 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
 865 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 866 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
 867 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
 868 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 869 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 870 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
 871 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
 872 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
 873 * [docs] Improvements
 874     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
 875     * Document `all` in format selection
 876     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
 877
 878
 879 ### 2021.02.19
 880 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
 881 * [viki] Fix extractor
 882 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
 883 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
 884 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
 885 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
 886 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
 887 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
 888 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
 889 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
 890 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
 891 * Format Sort improvements:
 892     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
 893     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
 894     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
 895 * Build improvements:
 896     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 897     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 898     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 899     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
 900     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
 901 * [docs] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
 902
 903
 904 ### 2021.02.15
 905 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
 906 * [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)
 907 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 908 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 909 * [rumble] Add support for video page
 910 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
 911 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
 912 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
 913 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
 914 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 915     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
 916     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
 917     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
 918     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
 919     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
 920 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 921 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
 922 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 923 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
 924 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
 925 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
 926 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
 927
 928
 929 ### 2021.02.09
 930 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 931 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 932 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
 933 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
 934 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
 935 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
 936 * Add fallback for thumbnails
 937 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 938 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 939 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 940 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 941 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 942 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 943 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 944 * [docs] Crypto is an optional dependency
 945
 946
 947 ### 2021.02.04
 948 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 949 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 950     * 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`
 951 * **Multiple output templates:**
 952     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 953     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 954 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 955 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 956 * [audius] Fix extractor
 957 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 958 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 959 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 960 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 961 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 962 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 963 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 964 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 965 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 966
 967
 968 ### 2021.01.29
 969 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 970     * Add `--get-comments`
 971     * [youtube] Extract comments
 972     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 973     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 974     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 975     * Write playlist data to infojson
 976     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 977     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 978     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 979     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 980     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 981     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 982     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 983     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 984     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 985 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 986     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 987     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 988 * [Audius] Add extractor
 989 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 990 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 991 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 992 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 993 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 994 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 995 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 996 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 997 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 998 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 999
1000
1001 ### 2021.01.24
1002 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
1003 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
1004 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
1005     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"`
1006     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
1007     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory
1008 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders
1009 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1010 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
1011 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
1012 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
1013 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
1014 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
1015 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
1016 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
1017 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
1018 * [tests] Split core and download tests
1019
1020
1021 ### 2021.01.20
1022 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
1023 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
1024 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
1025 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
1026 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
1027 * [readme] Cleanup options
1028
1029
1030 ### 2021.01.16
1031 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
1032 * **Configuration files:**
1033     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
1034     * 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
1035 * Add PyPI release
1036
1037
1038 ### 2021.01.14
1039 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
1040 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
1041 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
1042 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
1043 * [docs] Changed sponskrub links to point to [yt-dlp/SponSkrub](https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
1044 * [docs] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
1045 * [docs] Fixes typos
1046
1047
1048 ### 2021.01.12
1049 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
1050 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
1051 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
1052 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
1053 * [ci] Option to skip
1054 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
1055
1056
1057 ### 2021.01.10
1058 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
1059 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
1060 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
1061 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
1062 * Update version badge automatically in README
1063 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
1064 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
1065
1066
1067 ### 2021.01.09
1068 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
1069 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
1070 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1071 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1072 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
1073 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
1074
1075
1076 ### 2021.01.08
1077 * 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))
1078 * Moved changelog to separate file
1079
1080
1081 ### 2021.01.07-1
1082 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1083 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
1084 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
1085 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
1086 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
1087 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
1088 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
1089 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
1090
1091
1092 ### 2021.01.07
1093 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
1094 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
1095 * Created First Release
1096
1097
1098 ### 2021.01.05-1
1099 * **Changed defaults:**
1100     * Enabled `--ignore`
1101     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
1102     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
1103     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
1104     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
1105     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
1106     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
1107
1108
1109 ### 2021.01.05
1110 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
1111 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
1112     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
1113     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
1114     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
1115     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
1116 * 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
1117 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
1118 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
1119 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
1120 * **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
1121     * 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`
1122     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
1123 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
1124 * 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))
1125 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
1126 * 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
1127     * 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
1128 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
1129
1130
1131 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1132
1133 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
1134 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1135 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1136     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
1137     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
1138     * Redirect channel home to /video
1139     * Print youtube's warning message
1140     * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
1141 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
1142 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
1143 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
1144 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1145 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
1146 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1147 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1148 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
1149 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
1150 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
1151 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
1152 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
1153 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1154 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
1155 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
1156 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1157 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
1158 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1159 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
1160 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)