Changelog.md

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