Changelog.md

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  21
  22 ### 2021.06.01
  23
  24 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
  25 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
  26 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  27 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
  28 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
  29 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
  30 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  31 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  32 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
  33 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  34 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  35 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
  36 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
  37 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
  38 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
  39 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
  40 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
  41 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  42 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
  43 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
  44 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
  45 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
  46 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
  47 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
  48 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
  49 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
  50 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
  51 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
  52 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
  53 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
  54 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
  55 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
  56 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
  57 * [youtube] Bug fixes
  58 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
  59 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
  60 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
  61 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
  62 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
  63 * [cleanup] setup.py
  64
  65
  66 ### 2021.05.20
  67
  68 * **Youtube improvements**:
  69     * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
  70     * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  71     * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
  72     * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
  73     * Support in-channel search
  74     * Sort audio-only formats correctly
  75     * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
  76     * Extract audio language
  77     * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
  78     * Show alerts only from the final webpage
  79     * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  80     * Better message when login required
  81 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
  82     * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
  83 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
  84 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
  85 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
  86 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
  87 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
  88 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
  89 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
  90 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
  91 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
  92 * Add field `name` for subtitles
  93 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
  94 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
  95 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
  96 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
  97 * [options] Refactor callbacks
  98 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
  99 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
 100 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 101 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
 102
 103 ### 2021.05.11
 104 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
 105 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
 106 * **Improve output template:**
 107     * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
 108     * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
 109     * A default value can be given using `field|default`
 110     * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
 111 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
 112 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
 113 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
 114 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
 115 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
 116 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
 117 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
 118 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
 119 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
 120 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
 121 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
 122 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
 123 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 124 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
 125 * [crackle] Improve extraction
 126 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
 127 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
 128 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
 129 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
 130 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 131 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 132 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
 133 * [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)
 134 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
 135 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
 136 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
 137 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 138 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 139 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
 140 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
 141 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
 142 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
 143 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
 144 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
 145 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
 146 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
 147     * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
 148 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
 149 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
 150 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
 151 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
 152 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
 153 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
 154 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
 155
 156
 157 ### 2021.04.22
 158 * **Improve output template:**
 159     * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
 160     * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
 161     * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
 162 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
 163     * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
 164     * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
 165     * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
 166     * Deprecates `--all-subs`
 167 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
 168 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
 169 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
 170 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
 171 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 172 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 173 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 174 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
 175 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 176 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 177 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
 178 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
 179 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 180 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 181 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
 182 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
 183 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 184 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
 185 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
 186 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
 187 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
 188 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
 189 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 190 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
 191 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
 192 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
 193 * [documentation] Fix typos
 194
 195
 196 ### 2021.04.11
 197 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
 198 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
 199 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
 200 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
 201     * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
 202     * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
 203 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
 204 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 205 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 206 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 207 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 208 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 209 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
 210 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 211 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 212 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
 213 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
 214 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 215 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
 216 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
 217 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
 218 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
 219 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
 220 * [documentation] Improvements
 221
 222 ### 2021.04.03
 223 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
 224 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
 225 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
 226 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
 227 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 228 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 229 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
 230 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
 231 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 232 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
 233 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
 234 * [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
 235
 236
 237 ### 2021.03.24.1
 238 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 239
 240 ### 2021.03.24
 241 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
 242 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
 243 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
 244 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
 245 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
 246 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
 247 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
 248
 249
 250 ### 2021.03.21
 251 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
 252 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
 253 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 254 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
 255 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
 256 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
 257 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
 258 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
 259 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
 260 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
 261 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 262 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 263 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 264 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 265 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 266 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
 267 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
 268
 269 * [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)
 270 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 271 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 272 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 273 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 274 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 275 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
 276 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 277 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
 278 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 279
 280
 281 ### 2021.03.15
 282 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
 283     * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
 284     * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
 285 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 286     * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
 287 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
 288 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 289 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 290 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 291 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 292 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 293 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 294 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
 295 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 296
 297
 298 ### 2021.03.07
 299 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 300 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 301 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 302 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 303 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 304 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 305 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
 306 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 307 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 308 * [trovo] Pass origin header
 309 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 310 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
 311 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
 312 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
 313 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 314 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
 315 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
 316
 317
 318 ### 2021.03.03.2
 319 * [build] Fix bug
 320
 321 ### 2021.03.03
 322 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 323 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 324 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
 325 * [mtv] Fix extractor
 326 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
 327 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
 328 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
 329 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
 330 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 331
 332
 333 ### 2021.03.01
 334 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
 335 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
 336 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
 337 * Extract comments only when needed
 338 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
 339 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 340 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
 341 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
 342 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
 343 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
 344 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
 345 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
 346 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 347 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
 348 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
 349 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
 350 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 351 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
 352 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
 353
 354
 355 ### 2021.02.24
 356 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
 357 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 358     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
 359 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
 360 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 361 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
 362 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 363 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
 364 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
 365 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 366 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 367 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
 368 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
 369 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
 370 * [documentation] Improvements
 371     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
 372     * Document `all` in format selection
 373     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
 374
 375
 376 ### 2021.02.19
 377 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
 378 * [viki] Fix extractor
 379 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
 380 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
 381 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
 382 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
 383 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
 384 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
 385 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
 386 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
 387 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
 388 * Format Sort improvements:
 389     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
 390     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
 391     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
 392 * Build improvements:
 393     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 394     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 395     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 396     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
 397     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
 398 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
 399
 400
 401 ### 2021.02.15
 402 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
 403 * [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)
 404 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 405 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 406 * [rumble] Add support for video page
 407 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
 408 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
 409 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
 410 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
 411 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 412     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
 413     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
 414     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
 415     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
 416     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
 417 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 418 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
 419 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 420 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
 421 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
 422 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
 423 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
 424
 425
 426 ### 2021.02.09
 427 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 428 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 429 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
 430 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
 431 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
 432 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
 433 * Add fallback for thumbnails
 434 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 435 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 436 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 437 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 438 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 439 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 440 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 441 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
 442
 443
 444 ### 2021.02.04
 445 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 446 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 447     * 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`
 448 * **Multiple output templates:**
 449     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 450     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 451 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 452 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 453 * [audius] Fix extractor
 454 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 455 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 456 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 457 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 458 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 459 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 460 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 461 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 462 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 463
 464
 465 ### 2021.01.29
 466 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 467     * Add `--get-comments`
 468     * [youtube] Extract comments
 469     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 470     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 471     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 472     * Write playlist data to infojson
 473     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 474     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 475     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 476     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 477     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 478     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 479     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 480     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 481     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 482 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 483     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 484     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 485 * [Audius] Add extractor
 486 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 487 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 488 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 489 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 490 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 491 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 492 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 493 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 494 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 495 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 496
 497
 498 ### 2021.01.24
 499 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 500 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
 501 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 502     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
 503     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 504     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
 505 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
 506 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 507 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 508 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 509 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 510 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 511 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 512 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 513 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 514 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 515 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 516
 517
 518 ### 2021.01.20
 519 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 520 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 521 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 522 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 523 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 524 * [readme] Cleanup options
 525
 526
 527 ### 2021.01.16
 528 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 529 * **Configuration files:**
 530     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 531     * 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
 532 * Add PyPI release
 533
 534
 535 ### 2021.01.14
 536 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 537 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 538 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 539 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 540 * [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
 541 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 542 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 543
 544
 545 ### 2021.01.12
 546 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 547 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 548 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 549 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 550 * [ci] Option to skip
 551 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 552
 553
 554 ### 2021.01.10
 555 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 556 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 557 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 558 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
 559 * Update version badge automatically in README
 560 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 561 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 562
 563
 564 ### 2021.01.09
 565 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 566 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 567 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 568 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 569 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 570 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 571
 572
 573 ### 2021.01.08
 574 * 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))
 575 * Moved changelog to separate file
 576
 577
 578 ### 2021.01.07-1
 579 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 580 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 581 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 582 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 583 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 584 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 585 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 586 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 587
 588
 589 ### 2021.01.07
 590 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 591 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 592 * Created First Release
 593
 594
 595 ### 2021.01.05-1
 596 * **Changed defaults:**
 597     * Enabled `--ignore`
 598     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 599     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 600     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 601     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 602     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 603     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 604
 605
 606 ### 2021.01.05
 607 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 608 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 609     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 610     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 611     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 612     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 613 * 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
 614 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
 615 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 616 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 617 * **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
 618     * 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`
 619     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 620 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 621 * 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))
 622 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 623 * 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
 624     * 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
 625 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 626
 627
 628 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 629
 630 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 631 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 632 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 633     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 634     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 635     * Redirect channel home to /video
 636     * Print youtube's warning message
 637     * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
 638 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 639 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 640 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 641 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 642 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
 643 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 644 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 645 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 646 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
 647 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 648 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 649 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
 650 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 651 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 652 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 653 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 654 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 655 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 656 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 657 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)