Changelog.md

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  20 ### 2021.02.15
  21 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
  22 * [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies
  23 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders
  24 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API
  25 * [rumble] Add support for video page
  26 * Option to allow downloading unplayable video formats (`--allow-unplayable-formats`)
  27 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
  28 * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
  29 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
  30 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
  31 * Improve build/updater:
  32     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
  33     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
  34     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
  35     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
  36 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c
  37 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
  38 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests
  39 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
  40 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
  41 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
  42 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
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  44
  45 ### 2021.02.09
  46 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  47 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  48 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
  49 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
  50 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
  51 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
  52 * Add fallback for thumbnails
  53 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
  54 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
  55 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
  56 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
  57 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
  58 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
  59 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
  60 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
  61
  62
  63 ### 2021.02.04
  64 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
  65 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
  66     * 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`
  67 * **Multiple output templates:**
  68     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
  69     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
  70 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
  71 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
  72 * [audius] Fix extractor
  73 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
  74 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
  75 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
  76 * Fix issue with overwriting files
  77 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
  78 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
  79 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
  80 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
  81 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
  82
  83
  84 ### 2021.01.29
  85 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: Co-authored by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
  86     * Add `--get-comments`
  87     * [youtube] Extract comments
  88     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
  89     * [billibilli] Extract comments
  90     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
  91     * Write playlist data to infojson
  92     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
  93     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
  94     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
  95     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
  96     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
  97     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
  98     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
  99     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 100     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 101 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 102     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 103     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 104 * [Audius] Add extractor
 105 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 106 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 107 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 108 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 109 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 110 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 111 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 112 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 113 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 114 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 115
 116
 117 ### 2021.01.24
 118 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 119 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
 120 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 121     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
 122     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 123     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
 124 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
 125 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 126 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 127 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 128 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 129 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 130 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 131 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 132 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 133 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 134 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 135
 136
 137 ### 2021.01.20
 138 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 139 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 140 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 141 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 142 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 143 * [readme] Cleanup options
 144
 145
 146 ### 2021.01.16
 147 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 148 * **Configuration files:**
 149     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 150     * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
 151 * Add PyPI release
 152
 153
 154 ### 2021.01.14
 155 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 156 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 157 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 158 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 159 * [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
 160 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 161 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 162
 163
 164 ### 2021.01.12
 165 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 166 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 167 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 168 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 169 * [ci] Option to skip
 170 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 171
 172
 173 ### 2021.01.10
 174 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 175 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 176 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 177 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
 178 * Update version badge automatically in README
 179 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 180 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 181
 182
 183 ### 2021.01.09
 184 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 185 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 186 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 187 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 188 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 189 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 190
 191
 192 ### 2021.01.08
 193 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
 194     * 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
 195 * Moved changelog to seperate file
 196
 197
 198 ### 2021.01.07-1
 199 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 200 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 201 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 202 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 203 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 204 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 205 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 206 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 207
 208
 209 ### 2021.01.07
 210 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 211 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 212 * Created First Release
 213
 214
 215 ### 2021.01.05-1
 216 * **Changed defaults:**
 217     * Enabled `--ignore`
 218     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 219     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 220     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 221     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 222     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 223     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 224
 225
 226 ### 2021.01.05
 227 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 228 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 229     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 230     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 231     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 232     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 233 * **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
 234 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details
 235 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 236 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 237 * **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
 238     * 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`
 239     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 240 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 241 * 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))
 242 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 243 * **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
 244     * 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
 245 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 246
 247
 248 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 249 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
 250 * [youtube]
 251     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 252     * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
 253     * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
 254     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 255     * Redirect channel home to /video
 256     * Print youtube's warning message
 257     * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
 258 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 259 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
 260 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
 261 * [Gedi] Add extractor
 262 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
 263 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
 264 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
 265 * [ina] support mobile links
 266 * [instagram] Fix extractor
 267 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
 268 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
 269 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
 270 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
 271 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
 272 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
 273 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
 274 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
 275 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll