4 # Instuctions for creating release
7 * Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
8 * Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
9 * Add new/fixed extractors in "new features" section of Readme.md
10 * Commit to master as
`Release <version>`
11 * Push to origin/release using
`git push origin master:release`
12 build task will now run
13 * Update version.py using
`devscripts\update-version.py`
14 * Run
`make issuetemplates`
15 * Commit to master as
`[version] update :ci skip all`
16 * Push to origin/master
17 * Update changelog in /releases
24 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
25 * Add
`--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See
[readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
26 * Add extractor option
`skip` for
`youtube`. Eg:
`--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
27 * Deprecates
`--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-dash-manifest`,
`--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
28 * Allow
`--list...` options to work with
`--print`,
`--quiet` and other
`--list...` options
29 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
30 * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format
141) extraction
31 * Adds extractor option
`player_client` =
`web`/
`android`
32 * **
`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
33 * Adds extractor option
`player_skip=config`
34 * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
35 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
36 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
37 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
38 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
39 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
40 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
41 * Add
`FunimationShowIE` by
[Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
42 * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
43 * This changes the video
`id` and will break break existing archives
44 * Compat option
`seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
45 * Support direct
`/player/` URL
46 * Extractor options
`language` and
`version` to pre-select them during extraction
47 * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
48 * Do not rely on these for format selection and use
`-f` filters instead
49 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7),
[ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
50 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
51 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
52 * [plutotv] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
53 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
54 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
55 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
56 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
57 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
58 * Process videos when using
`--ignore-no-formats-error` by
[krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
59 * Fix
`--throttled-rate` when using
`--load-info-json`
60 * Fix
`--flat-playlist` when entry has no
`ie_key`
61 * Fix
`check_formats` catching
`ExtractorError` instead of
`DownloadError`
62 * Fix deprecated option
`--list-formats-old`
63 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix
`--ppa` when using simultaneous download
64 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor
`hls_split_discontinuity`
65 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
66 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat
`jpeg` as
`jpg`
67 * [utils] Fix issues with
`LazyList` reversal
68 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
69 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with
`LazyList` and
`yield from`
70 * [cleanup] Clean
`extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
71 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
76 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
77 * **Add option
`--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
78 * [fragment] **Merge during download for
`-N`**, and refactor
`hls`/
`dash`
79 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao),
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
80 * Allow
`images` formats in addition to video/audio
81 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
82 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
83 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
84 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
85 * [youtube] Login is not needed for
`:ytrec`
86 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
87 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
88 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
89 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
90 * [pornhub] Extract
`cast`
91 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
92 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
93 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option
`embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
94 * Expand
`--check-formats` to thumbnails
95 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
96 * Skip fixup of existing files and add
`--fixup force` to force it
97 * Better error handling of syntax errors in
`-f`
98 * Use
`NamedTemporaryFile` for
`--check-formats`
99 * [aria2c] Lower
`--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
100 * [options] Rename
`--add-metadata` to
`--embed-metadata`
101 * [utils] Improve
`LazyList` and add tests
102 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
103 * [docs] Clarify that
`--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
104 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
109 * Fix bug where
`%(field)d` in filename template throws error
110 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
111 * [test] More rigorous tests for
`prepare_filename`
115 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only
3.6+ is now supported
116 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
117 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
118 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
119 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
120 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan),
[nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
121 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
122 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
123 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
124 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
125 * Add field
`original_url` with the user-inputted URL
126 * Fix and refactor
`prepare_outtmpl`
127 * Make more fields available for
`--print` when used with
`--flat-playlist`
128 * [utils] Generalize
`traverse_dict` to
`traverse_obj`
129 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
130 * [build] Release
`yt-dlp.tar.gz`
131 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
132 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
133 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
134 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
135 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
136 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file
`trovolive.py`
141 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
142 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
143 * Handle Basic Auth
`user:pass` in URLs by
[hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
144 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
145 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
146 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
147 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
148 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
149 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
150 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
151 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
152 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
153 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
154 * [fragment] When using
`-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
155 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
156 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
157 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
158 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
159 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
160 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
161 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
162 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
163 * Refactor
`__process_playlist` by creating
`LazyList`
164 * Write messages to
`stderr` when both
`quiet` and
`verbose`
165 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
166 * Remove
`None` values from
`info.json`
167 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
168 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
169 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
170 * [extractor] Allow
`note=False` when extracting manifests
171 * [utils] Escape URLs in
`sanitized_Request`, not
`sanitize_url`
172 * [hls] Disable external downloader for
`webtt`
173 * [youtube]
`/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
174 * [youtube] Bug fixes
175 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
176 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
177 * [cleanup]
`YoutubeDL._match_entry`
178 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
179 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
185 * **Youtube improvements**:
186 * Support youtube music
`MP`,
`VL` and
`browse` pages
187 * Extract more formats for youtube music by
[craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod),
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
188 * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
189 * Redirect channels that doesn't have a
`videos` tab to their
`UU` playlists
190 * Support in-channel search
191 * Sort audio-only formats correctly
192 * Always extract
`maxresdefault` thumbnail
193 * Extract audio language
194 * Add subtitle language names by
[nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and
[tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
195 * Show alerts only from the final webpage
196 * Add
`html5=1` param to
`get_video_info` page requests by
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
197 * Better message when login required
198 * **Add option
`--print`**: to print any field/template
199 * Deprecates:
`--get-description`,
`--get-duration`,
`--get-filename`,
`--get-format`,
`--get-id`,
`--get-thumbnail`,
`--get-title`,
`--get-url`
200 * Field
`additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using
[`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
201 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
202 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add
`pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
203 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
204 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
205 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
206 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
207 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize
`_VALID_URL`
208 * Add compat-option
`no-attach-infojson`
209 * Add field
`name` for subtitles
210 * Ensure
`post_extract` and
`pre_process` only run once
211 * Fix
`--check-formats` when there is network error
212 * Standardize
`write_debug` and
`get_param`
213 * [options] Alias
`--write-comments`,
`--no-write-comments`
214 * [options] Refactor callbacks
215 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for
`playlist_mincount`
216 * [extractor] bugfix for when
`compat_opts` is not given
217 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
218 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
221 * **Deprecate support for python versions <
3.6**
222 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See
[be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
223 * **Improve output template:**
224 * Allow slicing lists/strings using
`field.start:end:step`
225 * A field can also be used as offset like
`field1+num+field2`
226 * A default value can be given using
`field|default`
227 * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
228 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto
[commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
229 * **Remove options**
`-l`,
`-t`,
`-A` completely and disable
`--auto-number`,
`--title`,
`--literal`,
`--id`
230 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
231 * [downloader] Fix
`quiet` and
`to_stderr`
232 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
233 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
234 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
235 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
236 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
237 * [utils] Add
`network_exceptions`
238 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
239 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
240 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
241 * [CBS] Improve
`_VALID_URL` to support movies
242 * [crackle] Improve extraction
243 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
244 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
245 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
246 * [limelight] Obey
`allow_unplayable_formats`
247 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
248 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
249 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
250 * [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)
251 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
252 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
253 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
254 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve
`_VALID_URL`
255 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
256 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
257 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
258 * [youtube] Add
`oembed` to reserved names
259 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
260 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
261 * Fix
`playlist_index` and add
`playlist_autonumber`. See
[#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
262 * Add experimental option
`--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
263 * Option
`--compat-options` to revert
[some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
264 * Deprecates
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
265 * Fix number of digits in
`%(playlist_index)s`
266 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
267 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
268 * Do not strip out whitespaces in
`-o` and
`-P`
269 * Fix
`preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to
`stdout`
270 * Move option warnings to
`YoutubeDL`so that they obey
`--no-warnings` and can output colors
271 * Py2 compatibility for
`FileNotFoundError`
275 * **Improve output template:**
276 * Objects can be traversed like
`%(field.key1.key2)s`
277 * An offset can be added to numeric fields as
`%(field+N)s`
278 * Deprecates
`--autonumber-start`
279 * **Improve
`--sub-langs`:**
280 * Treat
`--sub-langs` entries as regex
281 * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
282 * language codes can be prefixed with
`-` to exclude it
283 * Deprecates
`--all-subs`
284 * Add option
`--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
285 * Add option
`--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
286 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
287 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
288 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
289 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
290 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
291 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
292 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
293 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
294 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
295 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
296 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
297 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
298 * [youtube] Bugfix in
`_extract_ytcfg`
299 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
300 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
301 * [go] Fix
`_VALID_URL`
302 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
303 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains
`%`
304 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of
`report_warning`
305 * Ensure
`mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
306 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by
[fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
307 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
308 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
309 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
310 * [documentation] Fix typos
314 * Add option
`--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
315 * Format selector
`mergeall` to download and merge all formats
316 * Pass any field to
`--exec` using similar syntax to output template
317 * Choose downloader for each protocol using
`--downloader PROTO:NAME`
318 * Alias
`--downloader` for
`--external-downloader`
319 * Added
`native` as an option for the downloader
320 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
321 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
322 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
323 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
324 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
325 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
326 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
327 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
328 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
329 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
330 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
331 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
332 * Run some
`postprocessors` before actual download
333 * Improve argument parsing for
`-P`,
`-o`,
`-S`
334 * Fix some
`m3u8` not obeying
`--allow-unplayable-formats`
335 * Fix default of
`dynamic_mpd`
336 * Deprecate
`--all-formats`,
`--include-ads`,
`--hls-prefer-native`,
`--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
337 * [documentation] Improvements
340 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
341 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using
`--parse-metadata`
342 * Ability to select n'th best format like
`-f bv*.2`
343 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
344 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
345 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
346 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
347 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
348 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
349 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle
`view-source:`
350 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
351 * [documentation] Improve
`--parse-metadata` documentation
355 * Revert
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
358 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
2021.03.25 (
[commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
359 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using
`--parse-metadata`
360 * Ability to load playlist infojson using
`--load-info-json`
361 * Write current epoch to infojson when using
`--no-clean-infojson`
362 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
363 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and
[xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
364 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
368 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
369 * Option
`--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
370 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
371 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
372 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
373 * [formatSort] Fix
`quality` being ignored
374 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
375 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
376 * Make sure
`post_hook` gets the final filename
377 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
378 * Embed video URL metadata inside
`mp4` by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
379 * Merge
`webm` formats into
`mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
380 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
381 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
382 * More consistent warning messages by
[damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
383 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
384 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
386 * [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)
387 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
388 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
389 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
390 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
391 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
392 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
393 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
394 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
395 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
399 * **Split video by chapters**: using option
`--split-chapters`
400 * The output file of the split files can be set with
`-o`/
`-P` using the prefix
`chapter:`
401 * Additional keys
`section_title`,
`section_number`,
`section_start`,
`section_end` are available in the output template
402 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
403 * Use option
`--concurrent-fragments` (
`-N`) to set the number of threads (default
1)
404 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
405 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
406 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
407 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
408 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
409 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
410 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
411 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
412 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
416 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
417 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
418 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
419 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
420 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
421 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
422 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
423 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
424 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
425 * [trovo] Pass origin header
426 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
427 * [downloader] Fix bug for
`ffmpeg`/
`httpie`
428 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
429 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
430 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
431 * Fix some videos downloading with
`m3u8` extension
432 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
439 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
440 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
441 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
442 * [mtv] Fix extractor
443 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
444 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
445 * [youtube] Throw error when
`--extractor-retries` are exhausted
446 * Reduce default of
`--extractor-retries` to
3
447 * Fix packaging bugs by
[hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
451 * Allow specifying path in
`--external-downloader`
452 * Add option
`--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
453 * Add option
`--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
454 * Extract comments only when needed
455 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply
`--write-info-json` if
`-J`,
`-j` or
`--print-json` are used
456 * Fix
`get_executable_path` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
457 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-
5xx
458 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent
`webpage_url`
459 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
460 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
461 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
462 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
463 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
464 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
465 * [hls] Enable
`--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
466 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
467 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
468 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
469 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
473 * Moved project to an organization
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
474 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by
[Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
475 * Also,
`youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
476 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
477 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
478 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (
`was_live`)
479 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
480 * [jwplatform] Add support for
`hyland.com`
481 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
482 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
483 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
484 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using
`--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
485 * Fix
`--windows-filenames` removing
`/` from UNIX paths
486 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
487 * [documentation] Improvements
488 * Fix documentation of
`Extractor Options`
489 * Document
`all` in format selection
490 * Document
`playable_in_embed` in output templates
494 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
495 * [viki] Fix extractor
496 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
497 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
498 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
499 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
500 * Option
`--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
501 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
502 * Don't raise
`parser.error` when exiting for update
503 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
504 * Changed
`--trim-file-name` to
`--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
505 * Format Sort improvements:
506 * Prefer
`vp9.2` more than other
`vp9` codecs
507 * Remove forced priority of
`quality`
508 * Remove unnecessary
`field_preference` and misuse of
`preference` from extractors
509 * Build improvements:
510 * Fix hash output by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
511 * Lock python package versions for x86 and use
`wheels` by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
512 * Exclude
`vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
513 * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
514 * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
515 * [documentation] Better document
`--prefer-free-formats` and add
`--no-prefer-free-format`
519 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
520 * [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)
521 * Fix HLS AES-
128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
522 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
523 * [rumble] Add support for video page
524 * Option
`--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
525 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
526 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
527 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
528 * Improve build/updater: by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
529 * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
530 * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
531 * Fix updater for
`x86.exe`
532 * Updater looks for both
`yt-dlp` and
`youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
533 * Change optional dependency to
`pycryptodome`
534 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
535 * Fix
`allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
536 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
537 * Fix
`get_executable_path` in UNIX
538 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
539 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
540 * Show
`exe`/
`zip`/
`source` and
32/
64bit in verbose message
544 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
545 * **Implement Updater** (
`-U`) by
[shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
546 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
547 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
548 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
549 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to
`--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
550 * Add fallback for thumbnails
551 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
552 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
553 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
554 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
555 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
556 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
557 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
558 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
562 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
563 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
564 * 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`
565 * **Multiple output templates:**
566 * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using
`-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
567 * The allowed types are:
`subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
568 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
569 * New option
`--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
570 * [audius] Fix extractor
571 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix
`parse_yt_initial_data` and add
`fragment_retries`
572 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
573 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
574 * Fix issue with overwriting files
575 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
576 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
577 * [FormatSort] fix bug where
`quality` had more priority than
`hasvid`
578 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
579 * Strip out internal fields such as
`_filename` from infojson
583 * **Features from
[animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by
[animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and
[bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
584 * Add
`--get-comments`
585 * [youtube] Extract comments
586 * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
587 * [billibilli] Extract comments
588 * [billibilli] Better video extraction
589 * Write playlist data to infojson
590 * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
591 * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and
`-disposition`
592 * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
593 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
594 * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
595 * [VideoRemuxer] Add
`-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
596 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
597 * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
598 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
599 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option
`--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
600 * The extracted fields can be used in
`--output`
601 * Deprecated
`--metadata-from-title`
602 * [Audius] Add extractor
603 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to
`.description` file
604 * Detect existing files even when using
`recode`/
`remux` (
`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
605 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01
.24
606 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
607 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01
.24
608 * [postprocessor] Deprecate
`avconv`/
`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
609 * [postprocessor] fix
`write_debug` to not throw error when there is no
`_downloader`
610 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
611 * Refactor
`update-version`,
`pyinst.py` and related files
612 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
616 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
617 * Plugin support (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
618 * **Multiple paths**: New option
`-P`/
`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
619 * The syntax is
`-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
620 * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
621 * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
622 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders (
[documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
623 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
624 * Warn when using old style
`--external-downloader-args` and
`--post-processor-args`
625 * Fix
`--no-overwrite` when using
`--write-link`
626 * [sponskrub] Output
`unrecognized argument` error message correctly
627 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
628 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
629 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
630 * Deprecate redundant aliases in
`formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
631 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
632 * [tests] Split core and download tests
636 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
637 * [pokemon] Add
`/#/player` URLs
638 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add
`--ppa` as alias
639 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
640 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
641 * [readme] Cleanup options
645 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto
[2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
646 * **Configuration files:**
647 * Portable configuration file:
`./yt-dlp.conf`
648 * 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
653 * Added option
`--break-on-reject`
654 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
655 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
656 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
657 * [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
658 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
659 * [documentation] Fixes typos
663 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
664 * Added
`--force-overwrites`,
`--no-force-overwrites` by
[alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
665 * Changed fork name to
`yt-dlp`
666 * Fix typos by
[FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
667 * [ci] Option to skip
668 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
672 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
673 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
674 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
675 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (
`playable_in_embed`)
676 * Update version badge automatically in README
677 * Enable
`test_youtube_search_matching`
678 * Create
`to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
682 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
683 * Add
`post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by
[alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
684 * Batch file enumeration improvements by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
685 * Stop immediately when reaching
`--max-downloads` by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
686 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by
[glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
687 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by
[Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
691 * 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))
692 * Moved changelog to separate file
696 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
697 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
698 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
699 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
700 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
701 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using
`--postprocessor-args`
702 * Deprecated
`--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using
`--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
703 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
707 * Removed priority of
`av01` codec in
`-S` since most devices don't support it yet
708 * Added
`duration_string` to be used in
`--output`
709 * Created First Release
713 * **Changed defaults:**
715 * Disabled
`--video-multistreams` and
`--audio-multistreams`
716 * Changed default format selection to
`bv*+ba/b` when
`--audio-multistreams` is disabled
717 * Changed default format sort order to
`res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
718 * Changed
`webm` to be more preferable than
`flv` in format sorting
719 * Changed default output template to
`%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
720 * Enabled
`--list-formats-as-table`
724 * **Format Sort:** Added
`--format-sort` (
`-S`),
`--format-sort-force` (
`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
725 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
726 * New format selectors:
`best*`,
`worst*`,
`bestvideo*`,
`bestaudio*`,
`worstvideo*`,
`worstaudio*`
727 * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
728 * Added
`--video-multistreams`,
`--no-video-multistreams`,
`--audio-multistreams`,
`--no-audio-multistreams`
729 * Added
`b`,
`w`,
`v`,
`a` as alias for
`best`,
`worst`,
`video` and
`audio` respectively
730 * 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
731 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added
`--sponskrub`,
`--sponskrub-cut`,
`--sponskrub-force`,
`--sponskrub-location`,
`--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
732 * Added
`--force-download-archive` (
`--force-write-archive`) by
[h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
733 * Added
`--list-formats-as-table`,
`--list-formats-old`
734 * **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
735 * 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`
736 * Renamed:
`--write-subs`,
`--no-write-subs`,
`--no-write-auto-subs`,
`--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
737 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
738 * 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))
739 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
740 * 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
741 * 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
742 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
745 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
747 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
748 * Updated to youtube-dl release
2020.11.26 by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
749 * Youtube improvements by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
750 * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
751 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
752 * Redirect channel home to /video
753 * Print youtube's warning message
754 * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
755 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
756 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
757 * Add --break-on-existing by
[gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
758 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by
[pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
759 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
760 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
761 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
762 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
763 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
764 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
765 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
766 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
767 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
768 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
769 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
770 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
771 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
772 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
773 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
774 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by
[jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)