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1 # Changelog
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6 * Run `make doc`
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17 * Update changelog in /releases
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20
21
22 ### 2021.06.08
23
24 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
25 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
26 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
27 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
28 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
29 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
30 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
31 * [viki] Fix extraction from by [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
32 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
33 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
34 * Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
35 * Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
36 * Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
37 * [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
38 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
39 * [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
40 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
41 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
42 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
43 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
44 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
45 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`
46
47
48 ### 2021.06.01
49
50 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
51 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
52 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
53 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
54 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
55 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
56 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
57 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
58 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
59 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
60 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
61 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
62 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
63 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
64 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
65 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
66 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
67 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
68 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
69 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
70 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
71 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
72 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
73 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
74 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
75 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
76 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
77 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
78 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
79 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
80 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
81 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
82 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
83 * [youtube] Bug fixes
84 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
85 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
86 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
87 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
88 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
89 * [cleanup] setup.py
90
91
92 ### 2021.05.20
93
94 * **Youtube improvements**:
95 * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
96 * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
97 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
98 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
99 * Support in-channel search
100 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
101 * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
102 * Extract audio language
103 * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
104 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
105 * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
106 * Better message when login required
107 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
108 * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
109 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
110 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
111 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
112 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
113 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
114 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
115 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
116 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
117 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
118 * Add field `name` for subtitles
119 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
120 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
121 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
122 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
123 * [options] Refactor callbacks
124 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
125 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
126 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
127 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
128
129 ### 2021.05.11
130 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
131 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
132 * **Improve output template:**
133 * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
134 * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
135 * A default value can be given using `field|default`
136 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
137 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
138 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
139 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
140 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
141 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
142 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
143 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
144 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
145 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
146 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
147 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
148 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
149 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
150 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
151 * [crackle] Improve extraction
152 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
153 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
154 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
155 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
156 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
157 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
158 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
159 * [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)
160 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
161 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
162 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
163 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
164 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
165 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
166 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
167 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
168 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
169 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
170 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
171 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
172 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
173 * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
174 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
175 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
176 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
177 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
178 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
179 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
180 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
181
182
183 ### 2021.04.22
184 * **Improve output template:**
185 * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
186 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
187 * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
188 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
189 * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
190 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
191 * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
192 * Deprecates `--all-subs`
193 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
194 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
195 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
196 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
197 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
198 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
199 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
200 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
201 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
202 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
203 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
204 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
205 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
206 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
207 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
208 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
209 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
210 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
211 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
212 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
213 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
214 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
215 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
216 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
217 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
218 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
219 * [documentation] Fix typos
220
221
222 ### 2021.04.11
223 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
224 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
225 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
226 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
227 * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
228 * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
229 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
230 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
231 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
232 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
233 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
234 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
235 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
236 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
237 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
238 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
239 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
240 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
241 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
242 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
243 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
244 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
245 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
246 * [documentation] Improvements
247
248 ### 2021.04.03
249 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
250 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
251 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
252 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
253 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
254 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
255 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
256 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
257 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
258 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
259 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
260 * [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
261
262
263 ### 2021.03.24.1
264 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
265
266 ### 2021.03.24
267 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
268 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
269 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
270 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
271 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
272 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
273 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
274
275
276 ### 2021.03.21
277 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
278 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
279 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
280 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
281 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
282 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
283 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
284 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
285 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
286 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
287 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
288 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
289 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
290 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
291 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
292 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
293 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
294
295 * [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)
296 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
297 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
298 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
299 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
300 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
301 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
302 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
303 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
304 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
305
306
307 ### 2021.03.15
308 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
309 * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
310 * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
311 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
312 * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
313 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
314 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
315 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
316 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
317 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
318 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
319 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
320 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
321 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
322
323
324 ### 2021.03.07
325 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
326 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
327 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
328 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
329 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
330 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
331 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
332 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
333 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
334 * [trovo] Pass origin header
335 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
336 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
337 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
338 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
339 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
340 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
341 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
342
343
344 ### 2021.03.03.2
345 * [build] Fix bug
346
347 ### 2021.03.03
348 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
349 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
350 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
351 * [mtv] Fix extractor
352 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
353 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
354 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
355 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
356 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
357
358
359 ### 2021.03.01
360 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
361 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
362 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
363 * Extract comments only when needed
364 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
365 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
366 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
367 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
368 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
369 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
370 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
371 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
372 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
373 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
374 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
375 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
376 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
377 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
378 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
379
380
381 ### 2021.02.24
382 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
383 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
384 * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
385 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
386 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
387 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
388 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
389 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
390 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
391 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
392 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
393 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
394 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
395 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
396 * [documentation] Improvements
397 * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
398 * Document `all` in format selection
399 * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
400
401
402 ### 2021.02.19
403 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
404 * [viki] Fix extractor
405 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
406 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
407 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
408 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
409 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
410 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
411 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
412 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
413 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
414 * Format Sort improvements:
415 * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
416 * Remove forced priority of `quality`
417 * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
418 * Build improvements:
419 * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
420 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
421 * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
422 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
423 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
424 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
425
426
427 ### 2021.02.15
428 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
429 * [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)
430 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
431 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
432 * [rumble] Add support for video page
433 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
434 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
435 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
436 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
437 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
438 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
439 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
440 * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
441 * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
442 * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
443 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
444 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
445 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
446 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
447 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
448 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
449 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
450
451
452 ### 2021.02.09
453 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
454 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
455 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
456 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
457 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
458 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
459 * Add fallback for thumbnails
460 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
461 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
462 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
463 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
464 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
465 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
466 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
467 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
468
469
470 ### 2021.02.04
471 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
472 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
473 * 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`
474 * **Multiple output templates:**
475 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
476 * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
477 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
478 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
479 * [audius] Fix extractor
480 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
481 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
482 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
483 * Fix issue with overwriting files
484 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
485 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
486 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
487 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
488 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
489
490
491 ### 2021.01.29
492 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
493 * Add `--get-comments`
494 * [youtube] Extract comments
495 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
496 * [billibilli] Extract comments
497 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
498 * Write playlist data to infojson
499 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
500 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
501 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
502 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
503 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
504 * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
505 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
506 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
507 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
508 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
509 * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
510 * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
511 * [Audius] Add extractor
512 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
513 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
514 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
515 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
516 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
517 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
518 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
519 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
520 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
521 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
522
523
524 ### 2021.01.24
525 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
526 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
527 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
528 * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
529 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
530 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
531 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
532 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
533 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
534 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
535 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
536 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
537 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
538 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
539 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
540 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
541 * [tests] Split core and download tests
542
543
544 ### 2021.01.20
545 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
546 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
547 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
548 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
549 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
550 * [readme] Cleanup options
551
552
553 ### 2021.01.16
554 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
555 * **Configuration files:**
556 * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
557 * 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
558 * Add PyPI release
559
560
561 ### 2021.01.14
562 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
563 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
564 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
565 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
566 * [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
567 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
568 * [documentation] Fixes typos
569
570
571 ### 2021.01.12
572 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
573 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
574 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
575 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
576 * [ci] Option to skip
577 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
578
579
580 ### 2021.01.10
581 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
582 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
583 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
584 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
585 * Update version badge automatically in README
586 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
587 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
588
589
590 ### 2021.01.09
591 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
592 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
593 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
594 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
595 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
596 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
597
598
599 ### 2021.01.08
600 * 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))
601 * Moved changelog to separate file
602
603
604 ### 2021.01.07-1
605 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
606 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
607 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
608 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
609 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
610 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
611 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
612 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
613
614
615 ### 2021.01.07
616 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
617 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
618 * Created First Release
619
620
621 ### 2021.01.05-1
622 * **Changed defaults:**
623 * Enabled `--ignore`
624 * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
625 * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
626 * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
627 * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
628 * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
629 * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
630
631
632 ### 2021.01.05
633 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
634 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
635 * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
636 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
637 * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
638 * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
639 * 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
640 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
641 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
642 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
643 * **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
644 * 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`
645 * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
646 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
647 * 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))
648 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
649 * 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
650 * 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
651 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
652
653
654 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
655
656 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
657 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
658 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
659 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
660 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
661 * Redirect channel home to /video
662 * Print youtube's warning message
663 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
664 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
665 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
666 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
667 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
668 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
669 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
670 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
671 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
672 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
673 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
674 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
675 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
676 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
677 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
678 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
679 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
680 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
681 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
682 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
683 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)