Changelog.md

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  20 ### 2021.02.24
  21 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
  22 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  23     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
  24 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
  25 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  26 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
  27 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  28 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
  29 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
  30 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  31 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  32 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
  33 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
  34 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
  35 * [documentation] Improvements
  36     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
  37     * Document `all` in format selection
  38     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
  39
  40
  41 ### 2021.02.19
  42 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
  43 * [viki] Fix extractor
  44 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
  45 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
  46 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
  47 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
  48 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
  49 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
  50 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
  51 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
  52 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
  53 * Format Sort improvements:
  54     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
  55     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
  56     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
  57 * Build improvements:
  58     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  59     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  60     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
  61     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
  62     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
  63 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
  64
  65
  66 ### 2021.02.15
  67 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
  68 * [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)
  69 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  70 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
  71 * [rumble] Add support for video page
  72 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
  73 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
  74 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
  75 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
  76 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  77     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
  78     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
  79     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
  80     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
  81     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
  82 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  83 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
  84 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  85 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
  86 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
  87 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
  88 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
  89
  90
  91 ### 2021.02.09
  92 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  93 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  94 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
  95 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
  96 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
  97 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
  98 * Add fallback for thumbnails
  99 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 100 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 101 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 102 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 103 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 104 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 105 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 106 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
 107
 108
 109 ### 2021.02.04
 110 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 111 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 112     * 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`
 113 * **Multiple output templates:**
 114     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 115     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 116 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 117 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 118 * [audius] Fix extractor
 119 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 120 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 121 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 122 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 123 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 124 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 125 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 126 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 127 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 128
 129
 130 ### 2021.01.29
 131 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 132     * Add `--get-comments`
 133     * [youtube] Extract comments
 134     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 135     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 136     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 137     * Write playlist data to infojson
 138     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 139     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 140     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 141     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 142     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 143     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 144     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 145     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 146     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 147 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 148     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 149     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 150 * [Audius] Add extractor
 151 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 152 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 153 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 154 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 155 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 156 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 157 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 158 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 159 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 160 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 161
 162
 163 ### 2021.01.24
 164 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 165 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
 166 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 167     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
 168     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 169     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
 170 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
 171 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 172 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 173 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 174 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 175 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 176 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 177 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 178 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 179 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 180 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 181
 182
 183 ### 2021.01.20
 184 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 185 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 186 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 187 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 188 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 189 * [readme] Cleanup options
 190
 191
 192 ### 2021.01.16
 193 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 194 * **Configuration files:**
 195     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 196     * 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
 197 * Add PyPI release
 198
 199
 200 ### 2021.01.14
 201 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 202 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 203 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 204 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 205 * [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
 206 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 207 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 208
 209
 210 ### 2021.01.12
 211 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 212 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 213 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 214 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 215 * [ci] Option to skip
 216 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 217
 218
 219 ### 2021.01.10
 220 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 221 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 222 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 223 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
 224 * Update version badge automatically in README
 225 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 226 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 227
 228
 229 ### 2021.01.09
 230 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 231 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 232 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 233 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 234 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 235 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 236
 237
 238 ### 2021.01.08
 239 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
 240     * 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
 241 * Moved changelog to seperate file
 242
 243
 244 ### 2021.01.07-1
 245 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 246 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 247 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 248 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 249 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 250 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 251 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 252 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 253
 254
 255 ### 2021.01.07
 256 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 257 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 258 * Created First Release
 259
 260
 261 ### 2021.01.05-1
 262 * **Changed defaults:**
 263     * Enabled `--ignore`
 264     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 265     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 266     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 267     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 268     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 269     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 270
 271
 272 ### 2021.01.05
 273 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 274 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 275     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 276     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 277     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 278     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 279 * **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
 280 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
 281 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 282 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 283 * **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
 284     * 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`
 285     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 286 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 287 * 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))
 288 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 289 * **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
 290     * 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
 291 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 292
 293
 294 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 295 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
 296 * [youtube]
 297     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 298     * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
 299     * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
 300     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 301     * Redirect channel home to /video
 302     * Print youtube's warning message
 303     * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
 304 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 305 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
 306 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor
 307 * [Gedi] Add extractor
 308 * [Rcs] Add new extractor
 309 * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
 310 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
 311 * [ina] support mobile links
 312 * [instagram] Fix extractor
 313 * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
 314 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
 315 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
 316 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
 317 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
 318 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
 319 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
 320 * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
 321 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll