Changelog.md

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