Changelog.md

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