3 This is a list of the collaborators of the project and their major contributions. See the [Changelog](Changelog.md) for more details.
5 You can also find lists of all
[contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [authors of youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/AUTHORS)
8 ## [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
10 [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]
(https://ko-fi.com/pukkandan)
16 ## [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
18 [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]
(https://ko-fi.com/shirt)
20 * Multithreading (
`-N`) and aria2c support for fragment downloads
21 * Support for media initialization and discontinuity in HLS
22 * The self-updater (
`-U`)
26 ## [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
28 [![gh-sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Sponsor-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]
(https://github.com/sponsors/coletdjnz)
30 * YouTube improvements including: age-gate bypass, private playlists, multiple-clients (to avoid throttling) and a lot of under-the-hood improvements
31 * Added support for downloading YoutubeWebArchive videos
35 ## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
37 [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]
(https://ko-fi.com/ashish0804)
39 * Added support for new websites BiliIntl, DiscoveryPlusIndia, OlympicsReplay, PlanetMarathi, ShemarooMe, Utreon, Zee5 etc
40 * Added playlist/series downloads for Hotstar, ParamountPlus, Rumble, SonyLIV, Trovo, TubiTv, Voot etc
41 * Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc
44 ## [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore) (nao20010128nao)
46 **Bitcoin**: bc1qfd02r007cutfdjwjmyy9w23rjvtls6ncve7r3s
47 **Monacoin**: mona1q3tf7dzvshrhfe3md379xtvt2n22duhglv5dskr
49 * Download live from start to end for YouTube
50 * Added support for new websites mildom, PixivSketch, skeb, radiko, voicy, mirrativ, openrec, whowatch, damtomo,
17.live, mixch etc