Changelog.md

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  21
  22 ### 2021.08.10
  23
  24 * Add option `--replace-in-metadata`
  25 * Add option `--no-simulate` to not simulate even when `--print` or `--list...` are used - Deprecates `--print-json`
  26 * Allow entire infodict to be printed using `%()s` - makes `--dump-json` redundant
  27 * Allow multiple `--exec` and `--exec-before-download`
  28 * Add regex to `--match-filter`
  29 * Add all format filtering operators also to `--match-filter` by [max-te](https://github.com/max-te)
  30 * Add compat-option `no-keep-subs`
  31 * [adobepass] Add MSO Cablevision by [Jessecar96](https://github.com/Jessecar96)
  32 * [BandCamp] Add BandcampMusicIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  33 * [blackboardcollaborate] Add new extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
  34 * [eroprofile] Add album downloader by [jhwgh1968](https://github.com/jhwgh1968)
  35 * [mirrativ] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  36 * [openrec] Add extractors by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  37 * [nbcolympics:stream] Fix extractor by [nchilada](https://github.com/nchilada), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  38 * [nbcolympics] Update extractor for 2020 olympics by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
  39 * [paramountplus] Separate extractor and fix some titles by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  40 * [RCTIPlus] Support events and TV by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
  41 * [Newgrounds] Improve extractor and fix playlist by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  42 * [aenetworks] Update `_THEPLATFORM_KEY` and `_THEPLATFORM_SECRET` by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
  43 * [crunchyroll] Fix thumbnail by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
  44 * [HotStar] Use API for metadata and extract subtitles by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  45 * [instagram] Fix comments extraction by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  46 * [peertube] Fix videos without description by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  47 * [twitch:clips] Extract `display_id` by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
  48 * [viki] Print error message from API request
  49 * [Vine] Remove invalid formats by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
  50 * [VrtNU] Fix XSRF token by [pgaig](https://github.com/pgaig)
  51 * [vrv] Fix thumbnail extraction by [funniray](https://github.com/funniray)
  52 * [youtube] Add extractor-arg `include-live-dash` to show live dash formats
  53 * [youtube] Improve signature function detection by [PSlava](https://github.com/PSlava)
  54 * [youtube] Raise appropriate error when API pages can't be downloaded
  55 * Ensure `_write_ytdl_file` closes file handle on error
  56 * Fix `--compat-options filename` by [stdedos](https://github.com/stdedos)
  57 * Fix issues with infodict sanitization
  58 * Fix resuming when using `--no-part`
  59 * Fix wrong extension for intermediate files
  60 * Handle `BrokenPipeError` by [kikuyan](https://github.com/kikuyan)
  61 * Show libraries present in verbose head
  62 * [extractor] Detect `sttp` as subtitles in MPD by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  63 * [extractor] Reset non-repeating warnings per video
  64 * [ffmpeg] Fix streaming `mp4` to `stdout`
  65 * [ffpmeg] Allow `--ffmpeg-location` to be a file with different name
  66 * [utils] Fix `InAdvancePagedList.__getitem__`
  67 * [utils] Fix `traverse_obj` depth when `is_user_input`
  68 * [webvtt] Merge daisy-chained duplicate cues by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  69 * [build] Use custom build of `pyinstaller` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
  70 * [tests:download] Add batch testing for extractors (`test_YourExtractor_all`)
  71 * [docs] Document which fields `--add-metadata` adds to the file
  72 * [docs] Fix some mistakes and improve doc
  73 * [cleanup] Misc code cleanup
  74
  75
  76 ### 2021.08.02
  77
  78 * Add logo, banner and donate links
  79 * Expand and escape environment variables correctly in output template
  80 * Add format types `j` (json), `l` (comma delimited list), `q` (quoted for terminal) in output template
  81 * [downloader] Allow streaming some unmerged formats to stdout using ffmpeg
  82 * [youtube] **Age-gate bypass**
  83     * Add `agegate` clients by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
  84     * Add `thirdParty` to agegate clients to bypass more videos
  85     * Simplify client definitions, expose `embedded` clients
  86     * Improve age-gate detection by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  87     * Fix default global API key by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  88     * Add `creator` clients for age-gate bypass using unverified accounts by [zerodytrash](https://github.com/zerodytrash), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  89 * [adobepass] Add MSO Sling TV by [wesnm](https://github.com/wesnm)
  90 * [CBS] Add ParamountPlusSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  91 * [dplay] Add `ScienceChannelIE` by [Sipherdrakon](https://github.com/Sipherdrakon)
  92 * [UtreonIE] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  93 * [youtube] Add `mweb` client by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  94 * [youtube] Add `player_client=all`
  95 * [youtube] Force `hl=en` for comments by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  96 * [youtube] Fix format sorting when using alternate clients
  97 * [youtube] Misc cleanup by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
  98 * [youtube] Extract SAPISID only once
  99 * [CBS] Add fallback by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 100 * [Hotstar] Support cookies by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 101 * [HotStarSeriesIE] Fix regex by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 102 * [bilibili] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 103 * [mediaset] Fix extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 104 * [Mxplayer] Add h265 formats by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 105 * [RCTIPlus] Remove PhantomJS dependency by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 106 * [tenplay] Add MA15+ age limit by [pento](https://github.com/pento)
 107 * [vidio] Fix login error detection by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 108 * [vimeo] Better extraction of original file by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 109 * [generic] Support KVS player (replaces ThisVidIE) by [rigstot](https://github.com/rigstot)
 110 * Add compat-option `no-clean-infojson`
 111 * Remove `asr` appearing twice in `-F`
 112 * Set `home:` as the default key for `-P`
 113 * [utils] Fix slicing of reversed `LazyList`
 114 * [FormatSort] Fix bug for audio with unknown codec
 115 * [test:download] Support testing with `ignore_no_formats_error`
 116 * [cleanup] Refactor some code
 117
 118
 119 ### 2021.07.24
 120
 121 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
 122 * [downloader] Pass `info_dict` to `progress_hook`s
 123 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 124 * [youtube] Disable `get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
 125 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
 126 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
 127 * [youtube] Simplify `_get_text`
 128 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
 129 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
 130 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing `keyring`
 131
 132 ### 2021.07.21
 133
 134 * **Add option `--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
 135     * Usage: `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
 136     * Also added `--no-cookies-from-browser`
 137     * To decrypt chromium cookies, `keyring` is needed for UNIX and `pycryptodome` for Windows
 138 * Add option `--exec-before-download`
 139 * Add field `live_status`
 140 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
 141 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
 142 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
 143 * **[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 144     * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
 145     * Default `player_client` = `android,web`
 146         * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
 147     * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if `music.youtube.com`
 148     * Added `player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
 149     * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
 150 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
 151     * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
 152     * Added option `--no-check-formats` to not test them
 153 * [youtube] Misc fixes
 154     * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 155     * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
 156     * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 157     * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 158     * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 159     * Make `--extractor-retries` work for more errors
 160     * Fix sorting of 3gp format
 161     * Sanity check `chapters` (and refactor related code)
 162     * Make `parse_time_text` and `_extract_chapters` non-fatal
 163     * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 164 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
 165 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 166 * **[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 167     * Adds extractor-args `comment_sort` (`top`/`new`), `max_comments`, `max_comment_depth`
 168 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 169 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 170 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
 171 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 172 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger), [TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
 173 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 174 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 175 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
 176 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 177 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 178 * [embedthumbnail] Fix `_get_thumbnail_resolution`
 179 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
 180 * Fix selectors `all`, `mergeall` and add tests
 181 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey `--ignore-errors`
 182 * Fix bug where `original_url` was not propagated when `_type`=`url`
 183 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#173)"
 184     * This was wrongly checking for `write_thumbnail`
 185 * Improve `extractor_args` parsing
 186 * Rename `NOTE` in `-F` to `MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as `format_note`
 187 * Add `only_once` param for `write_debug` and `report_warning`
 188 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 189 * [utils] Improve `traverse_obj`
 190 * [utils] Add `variadic`
 191 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 192 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
 193 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
 194 * [docs] fix default of multistreams
 195
 196
 197 ### 2021.07.07
 198
 199 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
 200 * Add `--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See [readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
 201     * Add extractor option `skip` for `youtube`. Eg: `--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
 202     * Deprecates `--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
 203 * Allow `--list...` options to work with `--print`, `--quiet` and other `--list...` options
 204 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 205     * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format 141) extraction
 206     * Adds extractor option `player_client` = `web`/`android`
 207         * **`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
 208     * Adds extractor option `player_skip=config`
 209     * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
 210 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 211 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
 212 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 213 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 214 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 215 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
 216     * Add `FunimationShowIE` by [Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
 217     * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
 218         * This changes the video `id` and will break break existing archives
 219         * Compat option `seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
 220     * Support direct `/player/` URL
 221     * Extractor options `language` and `version` to pre-select them during extraction
 222         * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
 223         * Do not rely on these for format selection and use `-f` filters instead
 224 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7), [ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
 225 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
 226 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
 227 * [plutotv] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 228 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 229 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 230 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 231 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
 232 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 233 * Process videos when using `--ignore-no-formats-error` by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 234 * Fix `--throttled-rate` when using `--load-info-json`
 235 * Fix `--flat-playlist` when entry has no `ie_key`
 236 * Fix `check_formats` catching `ExtractorError` instead of `DownloadError`
 237 * Fix deprecated option `--list-formats-old`
 238 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix `--ppa` when using simultaneous download
 239 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor `hls_split_discontinuity`
 240 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
 241 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat `jpeg` as `jpg`
 242 * [utils] Fix issues with `LazyList` reversal
 243 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
 244 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with `LazyList` and `yield from`
 245 * [cleanup] Clean `extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
 246 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
 247
 248
 249 ### 2021.06.23
 250
 251 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
 252 * **Add option `--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
 253 * [fragment] **Merge during download for `-N`**, and refactor `hls`/`dash`
 254 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 255 * Allow `images` formats in addition to video/audio
 256 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 257 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
 258 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 259 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 260 * [youtube] Login is not needed for `:ytrec`
 261 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 262 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 263 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 264 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
 265 * [pornhub] Extract `cast`
 266 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
 267 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
 268 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option `embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
 269 * Expand `--check-formats` to thumbnails
 270 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
 271 * Skip fixup of existing files and add `--fixup force` to force it
 272 * Better error handling of syntax errors in `-f`
 273 * Use `NamedTemporaryFile` for `--check-formats`
 274 * [aria2c] Lower `--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
 275 * [options] Rename `--add-metadata` to `--embed-metadata`
 276 * [utils] Improve `LazyList` and add tests
 277 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 278 * [docs] Clarify that `--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
 279 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
 280
 281
 282 ### 2021.06.09
 283
 284 * Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
 285 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
 286 * [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`
 287
 288 ### 2021.06.08
 289
 290 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
 291 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
 292 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
 293 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
 294 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 295 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 296 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 297 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
 298 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
 299 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
 300 * Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
 301 * Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
 302 * Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
 303 * [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
 304 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 305 * [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
 306 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 307 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 308 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
 309 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
 310 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 311 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`
 312
 313
 314 ### 2021.06.01
 315
 316 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
 317 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
 318 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 319 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
 320 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 321 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 322 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 323 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 324 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 325 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 326 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 327 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 328 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 329 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
 330 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
 331 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
 332 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
 333 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 334 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
 335 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
 336 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
 337 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
 338 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
 339 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
 340 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
 341 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
 342 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
 343 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 344 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 345 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
 346 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
 347 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
 348 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
 349 * [youtube] Bug fixes
 350 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
 351 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
 352 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
 353 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
 354 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
 355 * [cleanup] setup.py
 356
 357
 358 ### 2021.05.20
 359
 360 * **Youtube improvements**:
 361     * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
 362     * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 363     * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 364     * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
 365     * Support in-channel search
 366     * Sort audio-only formats correctly
 367     * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
 368     * Extract audio language
 369     * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 370     * Show alerts only from the final webpage
 371     * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 372     * Better message when login required
 373 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
 374     * Makes redundant: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
 375 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
 376 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
 377 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
 378 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
 379 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 380 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 381 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 382 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
 383 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
 384 * Add field `name` for subtitles
 385 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
 386 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
 387 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
 388 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
 389 * [options] Refactor callbacks
 390 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
 391 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
 392 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 393 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
 394
 395 ### 2021.05.11
 396 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
 397 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
 398 * **Improve output template:**
 399     * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
 400     * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
 401     * A default value can be given using `field|default`
 402     * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
 403 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
 404 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
 405 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
 406 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
 407 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
 408 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
 409 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
 410 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
 411 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
 412 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
 413 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
 414 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
 415 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 416 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
 417 * [crackle] Improve extraction
 418 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
 419 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
 420 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
 421 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
 422 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 423 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 424 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
 425 * [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)
 426 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
 427 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
 428 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
 429 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 430 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 431 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
 432 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
 433 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
 434 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
 435 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
 436 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
 437 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
 438 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
 439     * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
 440 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
 441 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
 442 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
 443 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
 444 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
 445 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
 446 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
 447
 448
 449 ### 2021.04.22
 450 * **Improve output template:**
 451     * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
 452     * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
 453     * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
 454 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
 455     * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
 456     * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
 457     * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
 458     * Deprecates `--all-subs`
 459 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
 460 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
 461 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
 462 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
 463 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 464 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 465 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 466 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
 467 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 468 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 469 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
 470 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
 471 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 472 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 473 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
 474 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
 475 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 476 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
 477 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
 478 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
 479 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
 480 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
 481 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 482 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
 483 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
 484 * [docs] Clarify which deprecated options still work
 485 * [docs] Fix typos
 486
 487
 488 ### 2021.04.11
 489 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
 490 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
 491 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
 492 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
 493     * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
 494     * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
 495 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
 496 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 497 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 498 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 499 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 500 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 501 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
 502 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 503 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 504 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
 505 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
 506 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 507 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
 508 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
 509 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
 510 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
 511 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
 512 * [docs] Improvements
 513
 514 ### 2021.04.03
 515 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
 516 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
 517 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
 518 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
 519 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 520 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 521 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
 522 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
 523 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 524 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
 525 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
 526 * [docs] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
 527
 528
 529 ### 2021.03.24.1
 530 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 531
 532 ### 2021.03.24
 533 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
 534 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
 535 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
 536 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
 537 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
 538 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
 539 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
 540
 541
 542 ### 2021.03.21
 543 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
 544 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
 545 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 546 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
 547 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
 548 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
 549 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
 550 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
 551 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
 552 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
 553 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 554 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 555 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 556 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 557 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 558 * [docs] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
 559 * [docs] Fix some minor mistakes
 560
 561 * [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)
 562 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 563 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 564 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 565 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 566 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 567 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
 568 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 569 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
 570 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 571
 572
 573 ### 2021.03.15
 574 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
 575     * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
 576     * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
 577 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 578     * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
 579 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
 580 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 581 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 582 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 583 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 584 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 585 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 586 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
 587 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 588
 589
 590 ### 2021.03.07
 591 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 592 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 593 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 594 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 595 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 596 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 597 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
 598 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 599 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 600 * [trovo] Pass origin header
 601 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 602 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
 603 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
 604 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
 605 * [docs] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 606 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
 607 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
 608
 609
 610 ### 2021.03.03.2
 611 * [build] Fix bug
 612
 613 ### 2021.03.03
 614 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 615 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 616 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
 617 * [mtv] Fix extractor
 618 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
 619 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
 620 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
 621 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
 622 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 623
 624
 625 ### 2021.03.01
 626 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
 627 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
 628 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
 629 * Extract comments only when needed
 630 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
 631 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 632 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
 633 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
 634 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
 635 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
 636 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
 637 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
 638 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 639 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
 640 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
 641 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
 642 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 643 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
 644 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
 645
 646
 647 ### 2021.02.24
 648 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
 649 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 650     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
 651 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
 652 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 653 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
 654 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 655 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
 656 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
 657 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 658 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 659 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
 660 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
 661 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
 662 * [docs] Improvements
 663     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
 664     * Document `all` in format selection
 665     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
 666
 667
 668 ### 2021.02.19
 669 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
 670 * [viki] Fix extractor
 671 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
 672 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
 673 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
 674 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
 675 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
 676 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
 677 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
 678 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
 679 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
 680 * Format Sort improvements:
 681     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
 682     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
 683     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
 684 * Build improvements:
 685     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 686     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 687     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 688     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
 689     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
 690 * [docs] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
 691
 692
 693 ### 2021.02.15
 694 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
 695 * [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumijima](https://github.com/tsukumijima), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 696 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 697 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 698 * [rumble] Add support for video page
 699 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
 700 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
 701 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
 702 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
 703 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 704     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
 705     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
 706     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
 707     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
 708     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
 709 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 710 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
 711 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 712 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
 713 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
 714 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
 715 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
 716
 717
 718 ### 2021.02.09
 719 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 720 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 721 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
 722 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
 723 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
 724 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
 725 * Add fallback for thumbnails
 726 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 727 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 728 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 729 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 730 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 731 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 732 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 733 * [docs] Crypto is an optional dependency
 734
 735
 736 ### 2021.02.04
 737 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 738 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 739     * 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`
 740 * **Multiple output templates:**
 741     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 742     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 743 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 744 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 745 * [audius] Fix extractor
 746 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 747 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 748 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 749 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 750 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 751 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 752 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 753 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 754 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 755
 756
 757 ### 2021.01.29
 758 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 759     * Add `--get-comments`
 760     * [youtube] Extract comments
 761     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 762     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 763     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 764     * Write playlist data to infojson
 765     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 766     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 767     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 768     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 769     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 770     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 771     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 772     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 773     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 774 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 775     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 776     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 777 * [Audius] Add extractor
 778 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 779 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 780 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 781 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 782 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 783 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 784 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 785 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 786 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 787 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 788
 789
 790 ### 2021.01.24
 791 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 792 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
 793 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 794     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"`
 795     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 796     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory
 797 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders
 798 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 799 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 800 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 801 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 802 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 803 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 804 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 805 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 806 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 807 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 808
 809
 810 ### 2021.01.20
 811 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 812 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 813 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 814 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 815 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 816 * [readme] Cleanup options
 817
 818
 819 ### 2021.01.16
 820 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 821 * **Configuration files:**
 822     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 823     * 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
 824 * Add PyPI release
 825
 826
 827 ### 2021.01.14
 828 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 829 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 830 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 831 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 832 * [docs] 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
 833 * [docs] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 834 * [docs] Fixes typos
 835
 836
 837 ### 2021.01.12
 838 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 839 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 840 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 841 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 842 * [ci] Option to skip
 843 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 844
 845
 846 ### 2021.01.10
 847 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 848 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 849 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 850 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
 851 * Update version badge automatically in README
 852 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 853 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 854
 855
 856 ### 2021.01.09
 857 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 858 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 859 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 860 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 861 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 862 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 863
 864
 865 ### 2021.01.08
 866 * 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))
 867 * Moved changelog to separate file
 868
 869
 870 ### 2021.01.07-1
 871 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 872 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 873 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 874 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 875 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 876 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 877 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 878 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 879
 880
 881 ### 2021.01.07
 882 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 883 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 884 * Created First Release
 885
 886
 887 ### 2021.01.05-1
 888 * **Changed defaults:**
 889     * Enabled `--ignore`
 890     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 891     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 892     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 893     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 894     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 895     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 896
 897
 898 ### 2021.01.05
 899 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 900 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 901     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 902     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 903     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 904     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 905 * 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
 906 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
 907 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 908 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 909 * **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
 910     * 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`
 911     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 912 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 913 * 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))
 914 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 915 * 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
 916     * 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
 917 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 918
 919
 920 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 921
 922 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 923 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 924 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 925     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 926     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 927     * Redirect channel home to /video
 928     * Print youtube's warning message
 929     * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
 930 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
 931 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 932 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 933 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 934 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
 935 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 936 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 937 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 938 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
 939 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 940 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 941 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
 942 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 943 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 944 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 945 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 946 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 947 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 948 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 949 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)