4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with youtube-dl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
10 * Push to origin/release - build task will now run
11 * Update version.py and run
`make issuetemplates`
12 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
13 * Push to origin/master
14 * Update changelog in /releases
20 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
21 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
22 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
23 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
24 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
25 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
26 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
27 * [mildom] Add extractor by @nao20010128nao
28 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
29 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
30 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
31 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
32 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
33 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
34 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
35 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
36 * [tests] Split core and download tests
40 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
41 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
42 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
43 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
44 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
45 * [readme] Cleanup options
49 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
50 * **Configuration files:**
51 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
52 * Allow the configuration files to be named
`yt-dlp` instead of
`youtube-dlc`. See
[this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
57 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
58 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by @Zocker1999NET
59 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
60 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
61 * [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
62 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
63 * [documentation] Fixes typos
67 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by @samiksome
68 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by @alxnull
69 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
70 * Fix typos by @FelixFrog
72 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
76 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by @wporr
77 * [Animelab] Added by @mariuszskon
78 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by @ohnonot
79 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
80 * Update version badge automatically in README
81 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
82 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
86 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
87 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by @alexmerkel
88 * Batch file enumeration improvements by @glenn-slayden
89 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by @glenn-slayden
90 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by @glenn-slayden
91 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by @Unrud
95 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto
[2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
96 * Extractor stitcher (
[1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc),
[2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f)) have not been merged
97 * Moved changelog to seperate file
101 * [Akamai] fix by @nixxo
102 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by @GreyAlien502
103 * [vlive] add support for playlists by @kyuyeunk
104 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by @siikamiika
105 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by @jbruchon
106 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
107 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
108 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
112 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
113 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
114 * Created First Release
118 * **Changed defaults:**
120 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
121 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
122 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
123 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
124 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
125 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
129 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
130 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
131 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
132 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
133 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
134 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
135 * **Shortcut Options:** Added
`--write-link`,
`--write-url-link`,
`--write-webloc-link`,
`--write-desktop-link` by @h-h-h-h - See [Internet Shortcut Options]README.md(#internet-shortcut-options) for details
136 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details
137 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by @h-h-h-h
138 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
139 * **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
140 * 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`
141 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
142 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
143 * Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by @pauldubois98
144 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
145 * **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
146 * 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
147 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
150 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
151 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26
153 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
154 * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
155 * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
156 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
157 * Redirect channel home to /video
158 * Print youtube's warning message
159 * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
160 * Add --break-on-existing by @gergesh
161 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
162 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
163 * [Gedi] Add extractor
164 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
165 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
166 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
167 * [ina] support mobile links
168 * [instagram] Fix extractor
169 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
170 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
171 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
172 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
173 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
174 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
175 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
176 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
177 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll