* Change "Merged with youtube-dl" version in Readme.md if needed
* Commit to master as `Release <version>`
* Push to origin/release - build task will now run
-* Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py (be wary of timezones)
+* Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py
* Run `make issuetemplates`
* Commit to master as `[version] update :ci skip all`
* Push to origin/master
-->
+### 2021.02.19
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
+* [viki] Fix extractor
+* [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
+* [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
+* [youtube] Add more invidious instances
+* [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
+* Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
+* [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
+* Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
+* [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
+* Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
+* Format Sort improvements:
+ * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
+ * Remove forced priority of `quality`
+ * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
+* Build improvements:
+ * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
+ * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
+ * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
+* [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
+
+
+### 2021.02.15
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
+* [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumi](https://github.com/tsukumi), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
+* [rumble] Add support for video page
+* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
+* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
+* [youtube] Fix search continuations
+* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
+* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
+ * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
+ * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
+ * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
+ * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
+* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
+* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
+* [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
+* `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
+* Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
+
+
### 2021.02.09
* **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
### 2021.01.29
-* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: Co-authored by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
+* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
* Add `--get-comments`
* [youtube] Extract comments
* [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
### 2021.01.24
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
-* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
+* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
- * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
+ * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
* Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
- * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
-* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
+ * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
+* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
* Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
* **Configuration files:**
* Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
- * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
+ * 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
* Add PyPI release
* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
-* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
+* [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
* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
* [documentation] Fixes typos