Changelog.md

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  21
  22 ### 2021.06.23
  23
  24 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
  25 * **Add option `--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
  26 * [fragment] **Merge during download for `-N`**, and refactor `hls`/`dash`
  27 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  28 * Allow `images` formats in addition to video/audio
  29 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  30 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
  31 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
  32 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  33 * [youtube] Login is not needed for `:ytrec`
  34 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  35 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  36 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  37 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
  38 * [pornhub] Extract `cast`
  39 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
  40 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
  41 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option `embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
  42 * Expand `--check-formats` to thumbnails
  43 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
  44 * Skip fixup of existing files and add `--fixup force` to force it
  45 * Better error handling of syntax errors in `-f`
  46 * Use `NamedTemporaryFile` for `--check-formats`
  47 * [aria2c] Lower `--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
  48 * [options] Rename `--add-metadata` to `--embed-metadata`
  49 * [utils] Improve `LazyList` and add tests
  50 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  51 * [docs] Clarify that `--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
  52 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
  53
  54
  55 ### 2021.06.09
  56
  57 * Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
  58 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
  59 * [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`
  60
  61 ### 2021.06.08
  62
  63 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
  64 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
  65 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
  66 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
  67 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  68 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  69 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
  70 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
  71 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
  72 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
  73 * Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
  74 * Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
  75 * Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
  76 * [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
  77 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  78 * [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
  79 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
  80 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
  81 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
  82 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
  83 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  84 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`
  85
  86
  87 ### 2021.06.01
  88
  89 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
  90 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
  91 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  92 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
  93 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
  94 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
  95 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  96 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  97 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
  98 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  99 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 100 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 101 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 102 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
 103 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
 104 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
 105 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
 106 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 107 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
 108 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
 109 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
 110 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
 111 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
 112 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
 113 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
 114 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
 115 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
 116 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 117 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 118 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
 119 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
 120 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
 121 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
 122 * [youtube] Bug fixes
 123 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
 124 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
 125 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
 126 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
 127 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
 128 * [cleanup] setup.py
 129
 130
 131 ### 2021.05.20
 132
 133 * **Youtube improvements**:
 134     * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
 135     * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 136     * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 137     * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
 138     * Support in-channel search
 139     * Sort audio-only formats correctly
 140     * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
 141     * Extract audio language
 142     * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 143     * Show alerts only from the final webpage
 144     * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 145     * Better message when login required
 146 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
 147     * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
 148 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
 149 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
 150 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
 151 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
 152 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 153 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 154 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 155 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
 156 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
 157 * Add field `name` for subtitles
 158 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
 159 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
 160 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
 161 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
 162 * [options] Refactor callbacks
 163 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
 164 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
 165 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 166 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
 167
 168 ### 2021.05.11
 169 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
 170 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
 171 * **Improve output template:**
 172     * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
 173     * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
 174     * A default value can be given using `field|default`
 175     * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
 176 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
 177 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
 178 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
 179 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
 180 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
 181 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
 182 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
 183 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
 184 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
 185 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
 186 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
 187 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
 188 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 189 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
 190 * [crackle] Improve extraction
 191 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
 192 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
 193 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
 194 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
 195 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 196 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 197 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
 198 * [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)
 199 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
 200 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
 201 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
 202 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 203 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 204 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
 205 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
 206 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
 207 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
 208 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
 209 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
 210 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
 211 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
 212     * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
 213 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
 214 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
 215 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
 216 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
 217 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
 218 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
 219 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
 220
 221
 222 ### 2021.04.22
 223 * **Improve output template:**
 224     * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
 225     * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
 226     * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
 227 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
 228     * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
 229     * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
 230     * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
 231     * Deprecates `--all-subs`
 232 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
 233 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
 234 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
 235 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
 236 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 237 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 238 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 239 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
 240 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 241 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 242 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
 243 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
 244 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 245 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 246 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
 247 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
 248 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 249 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
 250 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
 251 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
 252 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
 253 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
 254 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 255 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
 256 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
 257 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
 258 * [documentation] Fix typos
 259
 260
 261 ### 2021.04.11
 262 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
 263 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
 264 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
 265 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
 266     * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
 267     * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
 268 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
 269 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 270 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 271 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 272 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 273 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 274 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
 275 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 276 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 277 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
 278 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
 279 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 280 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
 281 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
 282 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
 283 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
 284 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
 285 * [documentation] Improvements
 286
 287 ### 2021.04.03
 288 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
 289 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
 290 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
 291 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
 292 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 293 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 294 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
 295 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
 296 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 297 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
 298 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
 299 * [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
 300
 301
 302 ### 2021.03.24.1
 303 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 304
 305 ### 2021.03.24
 306 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
 307 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
 308 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
 309 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
 310 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
 311 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
 312 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
 313
 314
 315 ### 2021.03.21
 316 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
 317 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
 318 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 319 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
 320 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
 321 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
 322 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
 323 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
 324 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
 325 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
 326 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 327 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 328 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 329 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 330 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 331 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
 332 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
 333
 334 * [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)
 335 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 336 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 337 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 338 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 339 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 340 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
 341 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 342 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
 343 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 344
 345
 346 ### 2021.03.15
 347 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
 348     * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
 349     * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
 350 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 351     * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
 352 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
 353 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 354 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 355 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 356 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 357 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 358 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 359 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
 360 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 361
 362
 363 ### 2021.03.07
 364 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 365 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 366 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 367 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 368 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 369 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 370 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
 371 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 372 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 373 * [trovo] Pass origin header
 374 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 375 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
 376 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
 377 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
 378 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 379 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
 380 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
 381
 382
 383 ### 2021.03.03.2
 384 * [build] Fix bug
 385
 386 ### 2021.03.03
 387 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 388 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 389 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
 390 * [mtv] Fix extractor
 391 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
 392 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
 393 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
 394 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
 395 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 396
 397
 398 ### 2021.03.01
 399 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
 400 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
 401 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
 402 * Extract comments only when needed
 403 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
 404 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 405 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
 406 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
 407 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
 408 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
 409 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
 410 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
 411 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 412 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
 413 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
 414 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
 415 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 416 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
 417 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
 418
 419
 420 ### 2021.02.24
 421 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
 422 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 423     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
 424 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
 425 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 426 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
 427 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 428 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
 429 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
 430 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 431 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 432 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
 433 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
 434 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
 435 * [documentation] Improvements
 436     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
 437     * Document `all` in format selection
 438     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
 439
 440
 441 ### 2021.02.19
 442 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
 443 * [viki] Fix extractor
 444 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
 445 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
 446 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
 447 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
 448 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
 449 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
 450 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
 451 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
 452 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
 453 * Format Sort improvements:
 454     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
 455     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
 456     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
 457 * Build improvements:
 458     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 459     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 460     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 461     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
 462     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
 463 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
 464
 465
 466 ### 2021.02.15
 467 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
 468 * [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)
 469 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 470 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 471 * [rumble] Add support for video page
 472 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
 473 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
 474 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
 475 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
 476 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 477     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
 478     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
 479     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
 480     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
 481     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
 482 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 483 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
 484 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 485 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
 486 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
 487 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
 488 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
 489
 490
 491 ### 2021.02.09
 492 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 493 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 494 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
 495 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
 496 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
 497 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
 498 * Add fallback for thumbnails
 499 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 500 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 501 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 502 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 503 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 504 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 505 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 506 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
 507
 508
 509 ### 2021.02.04
 510 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 511 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 512     * 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`
 513 * **Multiple output templates:**
 514     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 515     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 516 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 517 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 518 * [audius] Fix extractor
 519 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 520 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 521 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 522 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 523 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 524 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 525 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 526 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 527 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 528
 529
 530 ### 2021.01.29
 531 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 532     * Add `--get-comments`
 533     * [youtube] Extract comments
 534     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 535     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 536     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 537     * Write playlist data to infojson
 538     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 539     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 540     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 541     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 542     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 543     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 544     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 545     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 546     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 547 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 548     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 549     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 550 * [Audius] Add extractor
 551 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 552 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 553 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 554 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 555 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 556 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 557 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 558 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 559 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 560 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 561
 562
 563 ### 2021.01.24
 564 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 565 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
 566 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 567     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
 568     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 569     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
 570 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
 571 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 572 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 573 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 574 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 575 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 576 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 577 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 578 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 579 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 580 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 581
 582
 583 ### 2021.01.20
 584 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 585 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 586 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 587 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 588 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 589 * [readme] Cleanup options
 590
 591
 592 ### 2021.01.16
 593 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 594 * **Configuration files:**
 595     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 596     * 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
 597 * Add PyPI release
 598
 599
 600 ### 2021.01.14
 601 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 602 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 603 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 604 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 605 * [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
 606 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 607 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 608
 609
 610 ### 2021.01.12
 611 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 612 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 613 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 614 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 615 * [ci] Option to skip
 616 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 617
 618
 619 ### 2021.01.10
 620 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 621 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 622 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 623 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
 624 * Update version badge automatically in README
 625 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 626 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 627
 628
 629 ### 2021.01.09
 630 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 631 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 632 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 633 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 634 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 635 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 636
 637
 638 ### 2021.01.08
 639 * 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))
 640 * Moved changelog to separate file
 641
 642
 643 ### 2021.01.07-1
 644 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 645 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 646 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 647 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 648 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 649 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 650 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 651 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 652
 653
 654 ### 2021.01.07
 655 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 656 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 657 * Created First Release
 658
 659
 660 ### 2021.01.05-1
 661 * **Changed defaults:**
 662     * Enabled `--ignore`
 663     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 664     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 665     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 666     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 667     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 668     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 669
 670
 671 ### 2021.01.05
 672 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 673 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 674     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 675     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 676     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 677     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 678 * 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
 679 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
 680 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 681 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 682 * **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
 683     * 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`
 684     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 685 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 686 * 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))
 687 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 688 * 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
 689     * 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
 690 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 691
 692
 693 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 694
 695 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 696 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 697 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 698     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 699     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 700     * Redirect channel home to /video
 701     * Print youtube's warning message
 702     * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
 703 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 704 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 705 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 706 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 707 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
 708 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 709 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 710 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 711 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
 712 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 713 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 714 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
 715 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 716 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 717 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 718 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 719 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 720 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 721 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 722 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)