Changelog.md

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  21
  22 ### 2021.07.24
  23
  24 * [youtube:tab] Extract video duration early
  25 * [downloader] Pass `info_dict` to `progress_hook`s
  26 * [youtube] Fix age-gated videos for API clients when cookies are supplied by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  27 * [youtube] Disable `get_video_info` age-gate workaround - This endpoint seems to be completely dead
  28 * [youtube] Try all clients even if age-gated
  29 * [youtube] Fix subtitles only being extracted from the first client
  30 * [youtube] Simplify `_get_text`
  31 * [cookies] bugfix for microsoft edge on macOS
  32 * [cookies] Handle `sqlite` `ImportError` gracefully by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
  33 * [cookies] Handle errors when importing `keyring`
  34
  35 ### 2021.07.21
  36
  37 * **Add option `--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
  38     * Usage: `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
  39     * Also added `--no-cookies-from-browser`
  40     * To decrypt chromium cookies, `keyring` is needed for UNIX and `pycryptodome` for Windows
  41 * Add option `--exec-before-download`
  42 * Add field `live_status`
  43 * [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
  44 * [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
  45 * [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
  46 * **[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  47     * `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
  48     * Default `player_client` = `android,web`
  49         * This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
  50     * Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if `music.youtube.com`
  51     * Added `player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
  52     * Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
  53 * [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
  54     * The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
  55     * Added option `--no-check-formats` to not test them
  56 * [youtube] Misc fixes
  57     * Improve extraction of livestream metadata by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
  58     * Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
  59     * Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  60     * Fix controversial videos when requested via API by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  61     * Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  62     * Make `--extractor-retries` work for more errors
  63     * Fix sorting of 3gp format
  64     * Sanity check `chapters` (and refactor related code)
  65     * Make `parse_time_text` and `_extract_chapters` non-fatal
  66     * Misc cleanup and bug fixes by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  67 * [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
  68 * [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  69 * **[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  70     * Adds extractor-args `comment_sort` (`top`/`new`), `max_comments`, `max_comment_depth`
  71 * [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
  72 * [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
  73 * [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
  74 * [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
  75 * [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger), [TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
  76 * [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  77 * [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
  78 * [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
  79 * [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  80 * [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  81 * [embedthumbnail] Fix `_get_thumbnail_resolution`
  82 * [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
  83 * Fix selectors `all`, `mergeall` and add tests
  84 * Errors in playlist extraction should obey `--ignore-errors`
  85 * Fix bug where `original_url` was not propagated when `_type`=`url`
  86 * Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (#173)"
  87     * This was wrongly checking for `write_thumbnail`
  88 * Improve `extractor_args` parsing
  89 * Rename `NOTE` in `-F` to `MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as `format_note`
  90 * Add `only_once` param for `write_debug` and `report_warning`
  91 * [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  92 * [utils] Improve `traverse_obj`
  93 * [utils] Add `variadic`
  94 * [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
  95 * [webtt] Fix timestamps
  96 * [compat] Remove unnecessary code
  97 * [doc] fix default of multistreams
  98
  99
 100 ### 2021.07.07
 101
 102 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
 103 * Add `--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See [readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
 104     * Add extractor option `skip` for `youtube`. Eg: `--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
 105     * Deprecates `--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
 106 * Allow `--list...` options to work with `--print`, `--quiet` and other `--list...` options
 107 * [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 108     * **Fixes youtube premium music** (format 141) extraction
 109     * Adds extractor option `player_client` = `web`/`android`
 110         * **`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
 111     * Adds extractor option `player_skip=config`
 112     * Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
 113 * [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 114 * [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
 115 * [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 116 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 117 * [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 118 * [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
 119     * Add `FunimationShowIE` by [Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
 120     * **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
 121         * This changes the video `id` and will break break existing archives
 122         * Compat option `seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
 123     * Support direct `/player/` URL
 124     * Extractor options `language` and `version` to pre-select them during extraction
 125         * These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
 126         * Do not rely on these for format selection and use `-f` filters instead
 127 * [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7), [ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
 128 * [facebook] Extract description and fix title
 129 * [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
 130 * [plutotv] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 131 * [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 132 * [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 133 * [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 134 * [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
 135 * [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 136 * Process videos when using `--ignore-no-formats-error` by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
 137 * Fix `--throttled-rate` when using `--load-info-json`
 138 * Fix `--flat-playlist` when entry has no `ie_key`
 139 * Fix `check_formats` catching `ExtractorError` instead of `DownloadError`
 140 * Fix deprecated option `--list-formats-old`
 141 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix `--ppa` when using simultaneous download
 142 * [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor `hls_split_discontinuity`
 143 * [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
 144 * [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat `jpeg` as `jpg`
 145 * [utils] Fix issues with `LazyList` reversal
 146 * [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
 147 * [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with `LazyList` and `yield from`
 148 * [cleanup] Clean `extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
 149 * [cleanup] Fix some typos
 150
 151
 152 ### 2021.06.23
 153
 154 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
 155 * **Add option `--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
 156 * [fragment] **Merge during download for `-N`**, and refactor `hls`/`dash`
 157 * [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 158 * Allow `images` formats in addition to video/audio
 159 * [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 160 * [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
 161 * [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 162 * [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 163 * [youtube] Login is not needed for `:ytrec`
 164 * [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 165 * [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 166 * [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 167 * [funimation] Extract subtitles
 168 * [pornhub] Extract `cast`
 169 * [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
 170 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
 171 * [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option `embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
 172 * Expand `--check-formats` to thumbnails
 173 * Fix id sanitization in filenames
 174 * Skip fixup of existing files and add `--fixup force` to force it
 175 * Better error handling of syntax errors in `-f`
 176 * Use `NamedTemporaryFile` for `--check-formats`
 177 * [aria2c] Lower `--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
 178 * [options] Rename `--add-metadata` to `--embed-metadata`
 179 * [utils] Improve `LazyList` and add tests
 180 * [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 181 * [docs] Clarify that `--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
 182 * [cleanup] Refactor fixup
 183
 184
 185 ### 2021.06.09
 186
 187 * Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
 188 * Improve offset parsing in outtmpl
 189 * [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`
 190
 191 ### 2021.06.08
 192
 193 * Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
 194 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
 195 * [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
 196 * [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
 197 * [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 198 * [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 199 * [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 200 * [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl@59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
 201 * [youtube] Support shorts URL
 202 * [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
 203 * Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
 204 * Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
 205 * Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
 206 * [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
 207 * [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 208 * [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
 209 * [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for simlar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 210 * [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
 211 * [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
 212 * [cleanup] Mark unused files
 213 * [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 214 * [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`
 215
 216
 217 ### 2021.06.01
 218
 219 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
 220 * Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
 221 * Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 222 * [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
 223 * [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 224 * [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
 225 * [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 226 * [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 227 * [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 228 * [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 229 * [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 230 * [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 231 * [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
 232 * [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
 233 * [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
 234 * [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
 235 * [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
 236 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 237 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
 238 * [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
 239 * [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
 240 * [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
 241 * Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
 242 * Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
 243 * Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
 244 * Remove `None` values from `info.json`
 245 * [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
 246 * [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 247 * [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 248 * [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
 249 * [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
 250 * [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
 251 * [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
 252 * [youtube] Bug fixes
 253 * [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
 254 * [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
 255 * [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
 256 * [cleanup] Refactor updater
 257 * [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
 258 * [cleanup] setup.py
 259
 260
 261 ### 2021.05.20
 262
 263 * **Youtube improvements**:
 264     * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
 265     * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 266     * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 267     * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
 268     * Support in-channel search
 269     * Sort audio-only formats correctly
 270     * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
 271     * Extract audio language
 272     * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
 273     * Show alerts only from the final webpage
 274     * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 275     * Better message when login required
 276 * **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
 277     * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
 278 * Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
 279 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
 280 * Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
 281 * [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
 282 * [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 283 * [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 284 * [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
 285 * [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
 286 * Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
 287 * Add field `name` for subtitles
 288 * Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
 289 * Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
 290 * Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
 291 * [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
 292 * [options] Refactor callbacks
 293 * [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
 294 * [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
 295 * [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 296 * [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
 297
 298 ### 2021.05.11
 299 * **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
 300 * **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
 301 * **Improve output template:**
 302     * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
 303     * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
 304     * A default value can be given using `field|default`
 305     * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
 306 * **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
 307 * **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
 308 * [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
 309 * [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
 310 * [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
 311 * [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
 312 * [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
 313 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
 314 * [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
 315 * [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
 316 * [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
 317 * [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
 318 * [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 319 * [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
 320 * [crackle] Improve extraction
 321 * [curiositystream] Fix collections
 322 * [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
 323 * [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
 324 * [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
 325 * [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 326 * [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 327 * [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
 328 * [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)
 329 * [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
 330 * [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
 331 * [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
 332 * [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
 333 * [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 334 * [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
 335 * [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
 336 * [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
 337 * [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
 338 * [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
 339 * Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
 340 * Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
 341 * Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
 342     * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
 343 * Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
 344 * Fix case sensitivity of format selector
 345 * Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
 346 * Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
 347 * Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
 348 * Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
 349 * Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
 350
 351
 352 ### 2021.04.22
 353 * **Improve output template:**
 354     * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
 355     * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
 356     * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
 357 * **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
 358     * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
 359     * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
 360     * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
 361     * Deprecates `--all-subs`
 362 * Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
 363 * Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
 364 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
 365 * [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
 366 * [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 367 * [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 368 * [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 369 * [twitcasting] Fix extractor
 370 * [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 371 * [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 372 * [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
 373 * [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
 374 * [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 375 * [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 376 * [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
 377 * [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
 378 * [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 379 * [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
 380 * [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
 381 * [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
 382 * [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
 383 * Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
 384 * Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
 385 * [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
 386 * [ci] Disable fail-fast
 387 * [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
 388 * [documentation] Fix typos
 389
 390
 391 ### 2021.04.11
 392 * Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
 393 * Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
 394 * Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
 395 * Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
 396     * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
 397     * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
 398 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
 399 * [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 400 * [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
 401 * [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
 402 * [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 403 * [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 404 * [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
 405 * [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 406 * [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 407 * [youtube] Fix alert extraction
 408 * [bilibili] Fix uploader
 409 * [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 410 * Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
 411 * Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
 412 * Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
 413 * Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
 414 * Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
 415 * [documentation] Improvements
 416
 417 ### 2021.04.03
 418 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
 419 * Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
 420 * Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
 421 * [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
 422 * [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 423 * [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 424 * [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
 425 * [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
 426 * [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 427 * [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
 428 * [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
 429 * [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
 430
 431
 432 ### 2021.03.24.1
 433 * Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
 434
 435 ### 2021.03.24
 436 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
 437 * Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
 438 * Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
 439 * Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
 440 * [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
 441 * [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
 442 * [linuxacadamy] Fix login
 443
 444
 445 ### 2021.03.21
 446 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
 447 * Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
 448 * [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 449 * [aria2c] Better default arguments
 450 * [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
 451 * [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
 452 * [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
 453 * [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
 454 * Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
 455 * Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
 456 * Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 457 * Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 458 * Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 459 * Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
 460 * More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 461 * [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
 462 * [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
 463
 464 * [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)
 465 * [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 466 * [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 467 * [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 468 * [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 469 * [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 470 * [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
 471 * [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 472 * [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
 473 * [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
 474
 475
 476 ### 2021.03.15
 477 * **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
 478     * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
 479     * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
 480 * **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 481     * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
 482 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
 483 * [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 484 * [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 485 * [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 486 * [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 487 * [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
 488 * [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 489 * [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
 490 * Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 491
 492
 493 ### 2021.03.07
 494 * [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 495 * [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 496 * [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 497 * [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 498 * [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 499 * [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 500 * [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
 501 * [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 502 * [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
 503 * [trovo] Pass origin header
 504 * [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 505 * [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
 506 * [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
 507 * [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
 508 * [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
 509 * Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
 510 * Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
 511
 512
 513 ### 2021.03.03.2
 514 * [build] Fix bug
 515
 516 ### 2021.03.03
 517 * [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 518 * Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 519 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
 520 * [mtv] Fix extractor
 521 * [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
 522 * [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
 523 * [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
 524 * Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
 525 * Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 526
 527
 528 ### 2021.03.01
 529 * Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
 530 * Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
 531 * Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
 532 * Extract comments only when needed
 533 * `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
 534 * Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 535 * [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
 536 * [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
 537 * [tennistv] Fix format sorting
 538 * [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
 539 * [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
 540 * [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
 541 * [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 542 * [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
 543 * [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
 544 * [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
 545 * [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
 546 * [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
 547 * Cleanup some code and fix typos
 548
 549
 550 ### 2021.02.24
 551 * Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
 552 * **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 553     * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
 554 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
 555 * [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 556 * [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
 557 * [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 558 * [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
 559 * [tennistv] Fix extractor
 560 * [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 561 * [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 562 * [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
 563 * Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
 564 * [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
 565 * [documentation] Improvements
 566     * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
 567     * Document `all` in format selection
 568     * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
 569
 570
 571 ### 2021.02.19
 572 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
 573 * [viki] Fix extractor
 574 * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
 575 * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
 576 * [youtube] Add more invidious instances
 577 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
 578 * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
 579 * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
 580 * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
 581 * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
 582 * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
 583 * Format Sort improvements:
 584     * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
 585     * Remove forced priority of `quality`
 586     * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
 587 * Build improvements:
 588     * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 589     * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 590     * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 591     * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
 592     * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
 593 * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
 594
 595
 596 ### 2021.02.15
 597 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
 598 * [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)
 599 * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 600 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 601 * [rumble] Add support for video page
 602 * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
 603 * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
 604 * [youtube] Fix search continuations
 605 * [youtube] Fix for new accounts
 606 * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 607     * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
 608     * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
 609     * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
 610     * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
 611     * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
 612 * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 613 * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
 614 * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 615 * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
 616 * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
 617 * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
 618 * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
 619
 620
 621 ### 2021.02.09
 622 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 623 * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
 624 * [youtube] Fix comment extraction
 625 * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
 626 * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
 627 * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
 628 * Add fallback for thumbnails
 629 * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
 630 * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
 631 * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
 632 * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
 633 * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
 634 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
 635 * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
 636 * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
 637
 638
 639 ### 2021.02.04
 640 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
 641 * **Date/time formatting in output template:**
 642     * 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`
 643 * **Multiple output templates:**
 644     * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
 645     * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
 646 * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
 647 * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
 648 * [audius] Fix extractor
 649 * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
 650 * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
 651 * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
 652 * Fix issue with overwriting files
 653 * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
 654 * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
 655 * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
 656 * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
 657 * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
 658
 659
 660 ### 2021.01.29
 661 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
 662     * Add `--get-comments`
 663     * [youtube] Extract comments
 664     * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
 665     * [billibilli] Extract comments
 666     * [billibilli] Better video extraction
 667     * Write playlist data to infojson
 668     * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
 669     * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
 670     * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
 671     * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
 672     * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
 673     * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
 674     * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
 675     * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
 676     * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
 677 * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
 678     * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
 679     * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
 680 * [Audius] Add extractor
 681 * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
 682 * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
 683 * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
 684 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
 685 * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
 686 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`.  All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
 687 * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
 688 * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
 689 * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
 690 * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
 691
 692
 693 ### 2021.01.24
 694 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 695 * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
 696 * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
 697     * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
 698     * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
 699     * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
 700 * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
 701 * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 702 * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
 703 * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
 704 * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
 705 * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
 706 * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
 707 * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
 708 * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
 709 * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
 710 * [tests] Split core and download tests
 711
 712
 713 ### 2021.01.20
 714 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
 715 * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
 716 * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
 717 * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
 718 * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
 719 * [readme] Cleanup options
 720
 721
 722 ### 2021.01.16
 723 * Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
 724 * **Configuration files:**
 725     * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
 726     * 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
 727 * Add PyPI release
 728
 729
 730 ### 2021.01.14
 731 * Added option `--break-on-reject`
 732 * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
 733 * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
 734 * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
 735 * [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
 736 * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
 737 * [documentation] Fixes typos
 738
 739
 740 ### 2021.01.12
 741 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
 742 * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
 743 * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
 744 * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
 745 * [ci] Option to skip
 746 * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
 747
 748
 749 ### 2021.01.10
 750 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
 751 * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
 752 * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
 753 * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
 754 * Update version badge automatically in README
 755 * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
 756 * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
 757
 758
 759 ### 2021.01.09
 760 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
 761 * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
 762 * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 763 * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 764 * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
 765 * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
 766
 767
 768 ### 2021.01.08
 769 * 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))
 770 * Moved changelog to separate file
 771
 772
 773 ### 2021.01.07-1
 774 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 775 * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
 776 * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 777 * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
 778 * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
 779 * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
 780 * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
 781 * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
 782
 783
 784 ### 2021.01.07
 785 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
 786 * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
 787 * Created First Release
 788
 789
 790 ### 2021.01.05-1
 791 * **Changed defaults:**
 792     * Enabled `--ignore`
 793     * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
 794     * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
 795     * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
 796     * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
 797     * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
 798     * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
 799
 800
 801 ### 2021.01.05
 802 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details
 803 * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details
 804     * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*`
 805     * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
 806     * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
 807     * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
 808 * 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
 809 * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options) for details
 810 * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
 811 * Added `--list-formats-as-table`,  `--list-formats-old`
 812 * **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
 813     * 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`
 814     * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
 815 * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
 816 * 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))
 817 * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
 818 * 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
 819     * 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
 820 * Cleaned up the fork for public use
 821
 822
 823 **PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 824
 825 ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
 826 * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 827 * Youtube improvements by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 828     * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
 829     * Fix some improper Youtube URLs
 830     * Redirect channel home to /video
 831     * Print youtube's warning message
 832     * Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
 833 * [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
 834 * [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
 835 * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
 836 * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 837 * [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus](https://github.com/lorpus)
 838 * [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 839 * [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 840 * [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
 841 * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid](https://github.com/renalid)
 842 * [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
 843 * [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
 844 * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn](https://github.com/xypwn)
 845 * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 846 * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
 847 * [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 848 * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 849 * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv)
 850 * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 851 * [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
 852 * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)