+### 2021.03.24
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
+* Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
+* Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
+* Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
+* [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
+* [niconico] Fix for when logged in by: @CXwudi and @xtkoba
+* [linuxacadamy] Fix login
+
+
+### 2021.03.21
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
+* Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
+* [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* [aria2c] Better default arguments
+* [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
+* [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
+* [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
+* [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
+* Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
+* Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
+* Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
+* [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
+
+* [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)
+* [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
+* [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
+* [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
+* [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
+* [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
+* [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
+
+
+### 2021.03.15
+* **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
+ * The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
+ * Additional keys `section_title`, `section_number`, `section_start`, `section_end` are available in the output template
+* **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
+* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
+* [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
+* Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+
+
+### 2021.03.07
+* [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
+* [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
+* [trovo] Pass origin header
+* [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
+* [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
+* [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
+* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
+* Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
+
+
+### 2021.03.03.2
+* [build] Fix bug
+
+
+### 2021.03.03
+* [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03)
+* [mtv] Fix extractor
+* [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai](https://github.com/DennyDai)
+* [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu](https://github.com/codeasashu)
+* [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
+* Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
+* Fix packaging bugs by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
+
+
+### 2021.03.01
+* Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
+* Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
+* Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
+* Extract comments only when needed
+* `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J`, `-j` or `--print-json` are used
+* Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
+* [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
+* [tennistv] Fix format sorting
+* [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
+* [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
+* [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42](https://github.com/RobinD42)
+* [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
+* [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
+* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
+* [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg](https://github.com/hseg)
+* [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
+* Cleanup some code and fix typos
+
+
+### 2021.02.24
+* Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp)
+* **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66](https://github.com/Pccode66) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+ * Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
+* [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
+* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
+* [tennistv] Fix extractor
+* [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
+* Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
+* [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
+* [documentation] Improvements
+ * Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
+ * Document `all` in format selection
+ * Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
+
+
+### 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)
+* [youtube] Fix comment extraction
+* [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
+* [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
+* [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
+* Add fallback for thumbnails
+* [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
+* [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
+* [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
+* [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
+* [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
+* [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
+* [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
+* [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
+
+
+### 2021.02.04
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
+* **Date/time formatting in output template:**
+ * 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`
+* **Multiple output templates:**
+ * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
+ * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
+* [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
+* New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
+* [audius] Fix extractor
+* [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
+* [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
+* [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
+* Fix issue with overwriting files
+* Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
+* [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
+* [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
+* [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
+* Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
+
+
+### 2021.01.29
+* **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
+ * [billibilli] Extract comments
+ * [billibilli] Better video extraction
+ * Write playlist data to infojson
+ * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
+ * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
+ * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
+ * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
+ * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
+ * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
+* **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
+ * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
+ * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
+* [Audius] Add extractor
+* [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
+* Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
+* Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
+* [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
+* [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
+* [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
+* [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
+* [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
+* Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
+* [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
+
+
+### 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/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/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/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`
+* [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
+* [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
+* Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
+* Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
+* Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
+* [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
+* [tests] Split core and download tests
+
+
+### 2021.01.20
+* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
+* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
+* Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
+* [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
+* [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
+* [readme] Cleanup options
+
+