Changelog.md

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  20 ### 2021.02.04
  21 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
  22 * **Date/time formatting in output template:** You can now 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`
  23 * **Multiple output templates:**
  24     * Seperate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
  25     * The alowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
  26 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
  27 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
  28 * [audius] Fix extractor
  29 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
  30 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
  31 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
  32 * Fix issue with overwriting files
  33 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
  34 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
  35 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
  36 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
  37 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
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  39
  40 ### 2021.01.29
  41 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: Co-authored by @animelover1984 and @bbepis
  42     * Add `--get-comments`
  43     * [youtube] Extract comments
  44     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
  45     * [billibilli] Extract comments
  46     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
  47     * Write playlist data to infojson
  48     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
  49     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
  50     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
  51     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
  52     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
  53     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
  54     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
  55     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
  56     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
  57 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
  58     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
  59     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
  60 * [Audius] Add extractor
  61 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
  62 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
  63 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
  64 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
  65 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
  66 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
  67 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
  68 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
  69 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
  70 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
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  72
  73 ### 2021.01.24
  74 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
  75 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
  76 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
  77     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
  78     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
  79     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
  80 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
  81 * [mildom] Add extractor by @nao20010128nao
  82 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
  83 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
  84 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
  85 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
  86 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
  87 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
  88 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
  89 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
  90 * [tests] Split core and download tests
  91
  92
  93 ### 2021.01.20
  94 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
  95 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
  96 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
  97 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
  98 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
  99 * [readme] Cleanup options
 100
 101
 102 ### 2021.01.16
 103 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 104 * **Configuration files:**
 105     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 106     * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
 107 * Add PyPI release
 108
 109
 110 ### 2021.01.14
 111 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 112 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by @Zocker1999NET
 113 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 114 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 115 * [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
 116 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 117 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 118
 119
 120 ### 2021.01.12
 121 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by @samiksome
 122 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by @alxnull
 123 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 124 * Fix typos by @FelixFrog
 125 * [ci] Option to skip
 126 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 127
 128
 129 ### 2021.01.10
 130 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by @wporr
 131 * [Animelab] Added by @mariuszskon
 132 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by @ohnonot
 133 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
 134 * Update version badge automatically in README
 135 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 136 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 137
 138
 139 ### 2021.01.09
 140 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 141 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by @alexmerkel
 142 * Batch file enumeration improvements by @glenn-slayden
 143 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by @glenn-slayden
 144 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by @glenn-slayden
 145 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by @Unrud
 146
 147
 148 ### 2021.01.08
 149 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
 150     * 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
 151 * Moved changelog to seperate file
 152
 153
 154 ### 2021.01.07-1
 155 * [Akamai] fix by @nixxo
 156 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by @GreyAlien502
 157 * [vlive] add support for playlists by @kyuyeunk
 158 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by @siikamiika
 159 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by @jbruchon
 160 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 161 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 162 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 163
 164
 165 ### 2021.01.07
 166 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 167 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 168 * Created First Release
 169
 170
 171 ### 2021.01.05-1
 172 * **Changed defaults:**
 173     * Enabled `--ignore`
 174     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 175     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 176     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 177     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 178     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 179     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 180
 181
 182 ### 2021.01.05
 183 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 184 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 185     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 186     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 187     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 188     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 189 * **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
 190 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details
 191 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by @h-h-h-h
 192 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 193 * **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
 194     * 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`
 195     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 196 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 197 * Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by @pauldubois98 ([ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569))
 198 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 199 * **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
 200     * 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
 201 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 202
 203
 204 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 205 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
 206 * [youtube]
 207     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 208     * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
 209     * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
 210     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 211     * Redirect channel home to /video
 212     * Print youtube's warning message
 213     * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
 214 * Add --break-on-existing by @gergesh
 215 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
 216 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
 217 * [Gedi] Add extractor
 218 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
 219 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
 220 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
 221 * [ina] support mobile links
 222 * [instagram] Fix extractor
 223 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
 224 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
 225 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
 226 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
 227 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
 228 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
 229 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
 230 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
 231 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll