]> jfr.im git - yt-dlp.git/blobdiff - yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
[ie/podbayfm] Fix extraction (#10195)
[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / YoutubeDL.py
index c49960782d99193f087e7b8fec5bc3609913aad4..7ed01bf84047e67828a0bc876fcaeede64cd75a5 100644 (file)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import collections
 import contextlib
 import copy
-import datetime
+import datetime as dt
 import errno
 import fileinput
 import http.cookiejar
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from .cache import Cache
 from .compat import functools, urllib  # isort: split
-from .compat import compat_os_name, compat_shlex_quote, urllib_req_to_req
+from .compat import compat_os_name, urllib_req_to_req
 from .cookies import LenientSimpleCookie, load_cookies
 from .downloader import FFmpegFD, get_suitable_downloader, shorten_protocol_name
 from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
 from .extractor.openload import PhantomJSwrapper
 from .minicurses import format_text
 from .networking import HEADRequest, Request, RequestDirector
-from .networking.common import _REQUEST_HANDLERS
+from .networking.common import _REQUEST_HANDLERS, _RH_PREFERENCES
 from .networking.exceptions import (
     HTTPError,
     NoSupportingHandlers,
     RequestError,
     SSLError,
-    _CompatHTTPError,
     network_exceptions,
 )
+from .networking.impersonate import ImpersonateRequestHandler
 from .plugins import directories as plugin_directories
 from .postprocessor import _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_pps
 from .postprocessor import (
     get_postprocessor,
 )
 from .postprocessor.ffmpeg import resolve_mapping as resolve_recode_mapping
-from .update import REPOSITORY, current_git_head, detect_variant
+from .update import (
+    REPOSITORY,
+    _get_system_deprecation,
+    _make_label,
+    current_git_head,
+    detect_variant,
+)
 from .utils import (
     DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     IDENTITY,
     SameFileError,
     UnavailableVideoError,
     UserNotLive,
+    YoutubeDLError,
     age_restricted,
-    args_to_str,
     bug_reports_message,
     date_from_str,
     deprecation_warning,
     determine_protocol,
     encode_compat_str,
     encodeFilename,
-    error_to_compat_str,
     escapeHTML,
     expand_path,
     extract_basic_auth,
     sanitize_filename,
     sanitize_path,
     sanitize_url,
+    shell_quote,
     str_or_none,
     strftime_or_none,
     subtitles_filename,
     supports_terminal_sequences,
     system_identifier,
+    filesize_from_tbr,
     timetuple_from_msec,
     to_high_limit_path,
     traverse_obj,
     clean_proxies,
     std_headers,
 )
-from .version import CHANNEL, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, VARIANT, __version__
+from .version import CHANNEL, ORIGIN, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, VARIANT, __version__
 
 if compat_os_name == 'nt':
     import ctypes
@@ -239,9 +246,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        'selected' (check selected formats),
                        or None (check only if requested by extractor)
     paths:             Dictionary of output paths. The allowed keys are 'home'
-                       'temp' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py)
+                       'temp' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils/_utils.py)
     outtmpl:           Dictionary of templates for output names. Allowed keys
-                       are 'default' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py).
+                       are 'default' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils/_utils.py).
                        For compatibility with youtube-dl, a single string can also be used
     outtmpl_na_placeholder: Placeholder for unavailable meta fields.
     restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
@@ -256,8 +263,6 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     overwrites:        Overwrite all video and metadata files if True,
                        overwrite only non-video files if None
                        and don't overwrite any file if False
-                       For compatibility with youtube-dl,
-                       "nooverwrites" may also be used instead
     playlist_items:    Specific indices of playlist to download.
     playlistrandom:    Download playlist items in random order.
     lazy_playlist:     Process playlist entries as they are received.
@@ -399,6 +404,8 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        - "detect_or_warn": check whether we can do anything
                                            about it, warn otherwise (default)
     source_address:    Client-side IP address to bind to.
+    impersonate:       Client to impersonate for requests.
+                       An ImpersonateTarget (from yt_dlp.networking.impersonate)
     sleep_interval_requests: Number of seconds to sleep between requests
                        during extraction
     sleep_interval:    Number of seconds to sleep before each download when
@@ -424,7 +431,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                          asked whether to download the video.
                        - Raise utils.DownloadCancelled(msg) to abort remaining
                          downloads when a video is rejected.
-                       match_filter_func in utils.py is one example for this.
+                       match_filter_func in utils/_utils.py is one example for this.
     color:             A Dictionary with output stream names as keys
                        and their respective color policy as values.
                        Can also just be a single color policy,
@@ -473,7 +480,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, throttledratelimit, min_filesize,
     max_filesize, test, noresizebuffer, retries, file_access_retries, fragment_retries,
     continuedl, xattr_set_filesize, hls_use_mpegts, http_chunk_size,
-    external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads.
+    external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads, progress_delta.
 
     The following options are used by the post processors:
     ffmpeg_location:   Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
@@ -553,6 +560,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
                        care about HLS. (only for youtube)
     no_color:          Same as `color='no_color'`
+    no_overwrites:     Same as `overwrites=False`
     """
 
     _NUMERIC_FIELDS = {
@@ -571,14 +579,22 @@ class YoutubeDL:
         'url', 'manifest_url', 'manifest_stream_number', 'ext', 'format', 'format_id', 'format_note',
         'width', 'height', 'aspect_ratio', 'resolution', 'dynamic_range', 'tbr', 'abr', 'acodec', 'asr', 'audio_channels',
         'vbr', 'fps', 'vcodec', 'container', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx', 'rows', 'columns',
-        'player_url', 'protocol', 'fragment_base_url', 'fragments', 'is_from_start',
-        'preference', 'language', 'language_preference', 'quality', 'source_preference',
-        'http_headers', 'stretched_ratio', 'no_resume', 'has_drm', 'extra_param_to_segment_url', 'hls_aes', 'downloader_options',
-        'page_url', 'app', 'play_path', 'tc_url', 'flash_version', 'rtmp_live', 'rtmp_conn', 'rtmp_protocol', 'rtmp_real_time'
+        'player_url', 'protocol', 'fragment_base_url', 'fragments', 'is_from_start', 'is_dash_periods', 'request_data',
+        'preference', 'language', 'language_preference', 'quality', 'source_preference', 'cookies',
+        'http_headers', 'stretched_ratio', 'no_resume', 'has_drm', 'extra_param_to_segment_url', 'extra_param_to_key_url',
+        'hls_aes', 'downloader_options', 'page_url', 'app', 'play_path', 'tc_url', 'flash_version',
+        'rtmp_live', 'rtmp_conn', 'rtmp_protocol', 'rtmp_real_time',
+    }
+    _deprecated_multivalue_fields = {
+        'album_artist': 'album_artists',
+        'artist': 'artists',
+        'composer': 'composers',
+        'creator': 'creators',
+        'genre': 'genres',
     }
     _format_selection_exts = {
         'audio': set(MEDIA_EXTENSIONS.common_audio),
-        'video': set(MEDIA_EXTENSIONS.common_video + ('3gp', )),
+        'video': {*MEDIA_EXTENSIONS.common_video, '3gp'},
         'storyboards': set(MEDIA_EXTENSIONS.storyboards),
     }
 
@@ -604,6 +620,7 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
         self._playlist_level = 0
         self._playlist_urls = set()
         self.cache = Cache(self)
+        self.__header_cookies = []
 
         stdout = sys.stderr if self.params.get('logtostderr') else sys.stdout
         self._out_files = Namespace(
@@ -611,7 +628,7 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
             error=sys.stderr,
             screen=sys.stderr if self.params.get('quiet') else stdout,
             console=None if compat_os_name == 'nt' else next(
-                filter(supports_terminal_sequences, (sys.stderr, sys.stdout)), None)
+                filter(supports_terminal_sequences, (sys.stderr, sys.stdout)), None),
         )
 
         try:
@@ -621,17 +638,21 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
 
         if self.params.get('no_color'):
             if self.params.get('color') is not None:
-                self.report_warning('Overwriting params from "color" with "no_color"')
+                self.params.setdefault('_warnings', []).append(
+                    'Overwriting params from "color" with "no_color"')
             self.params['color'] = 'no_color'
 
-        term_allow_color = os.environ.get('TERM', '').lower() != 'dumb'
+        term_allow_color = os.getenv('TERM', '').lower() != 'dumb'
+        no_color = bool(os.getenv('NO_COLOR'))
 
         def process_color_policy(stream):
             stream_name = {sys.stdout: 'stdout', sys.stderr: 'stderr'}[stream]
             policy = traverse_obj(self.params, ('color', (stream_name, None), {str}), get_all=False)
             if policy in ('auto', None):
-                return term_allow_color and supports_terminal_sequences(stream)
-            assert policy in ('always', 'never', 'no_color')
+                if term_allow_color and supports_terminal_sequences(stream):
+                    return 'no_color' if no_color else True
+                return False
+            assert policy in ('always', 'never', 'no_color'), policy
             return {'always': True, 'never': False}.get(policy, policy)
 
         self._allow_colors = Namespace(**{
@@ -639,17 +660,9 @@ def process_color_policy(stream):
             for name, stream in self._out_files.items_ if name != 'console'
         })
 
-        # The code is left like this to be reused for future deprecations
-        MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 7), (3, 7)
-        current_version = sys.version_info[:2]
-        if current_version < MIN_RECOMMENDED:
-            msg = ('Support for Python version %d.%d has been deprecated. '
-                   'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3764  for more details.'
-                   '\n                    You will no longer receive updates on this version')
-            if current_version < MIN_SUPPORTED:
-                msg = 'Python version %d.%d is no longer supported'
-            self.deprecated_feature(
-                f'{msg}! Please update to Python %d.%d or above' % (*current_version, *MIN_RECOMMENDED))
+        system_deprecation = _get_system_deprecation()
+        if system_deprecation:
+            self.deprecated_feature(system_deprecation.replace('\n', '\n                    '))
 
         if self.params.get('allow_unplayable_formats'):
             self.report_warning(
@@ -666,9 +679,9 @@ def process_color_policy(stream):
                 width_args = [] if width is None else ['-w', str(width)]
                 sp_kwargs = {'stdin': subprocess.PIPE, 'stdout': slave, 'stderr': self._out_files.error}
                 try:
-                    self._output_process = Popen(['bidiv'] + width_args, **sp_kwargs)
+                    self._output_process = Popen(['bidiv', *width_args], **sp_kwargs)
                 except OSError:
-                    self._output_process = Popen(['fribidi', '-c', 'UTF-8'] + width_args, **sp_kwargs)
+                    self._output_process = Popen(['fribidi', '-c', 'UTF-8', *width_args], **sp_kwargs)
                 self._output_channel = os.fdopen(master, 'rb')
             except OSError as ose:
                 if ose.errno == errno.ENOENT:
@@ -680,14 +693,12 @@ def process_color_policy(stream):
 
         self.params['compat_opts'] = set(self.params.get('compat_opts', ()))
         self.params['http_headers'] = HTTPHeaderDict(std_headers, self.params.get('http_headers'))
-        self._request_director = self.build_request_director(
-            sorted(_REQUEST_HANDLERS.values(), key=lambda rh: rh.RH_NAME.lower()))
+        self._load_cookies(self.params['http_headers'].get('Cookie'))  # compat
+        self.params['http_headers'].pop('Cookie', None)
+
         if auto_init and auto_init != 'no_verbose_header':
             self.print_debug_header()
 
-        self.__header_cookies = []
-        self._load_cookies(traverse_obj(self.params.get('http_headers'), 'cookie', casesense=False))  # compat
-
         def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
             if self.params.get(param) is not None:
                 self.report_warning(f'{option} is deprecated. Use {suggestion} instead')
@@ -707,6 +718,13 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
         for msg in self.params.get('_deprecation_warnings', []):
             self.deprecated_feature(msg)
 
+        if impersonate_target := self.params.get('impersonate'):
+            if not self._impersonate_target_available(impersonate_target):
+                raise YoutubeDLError(
+                    f'Impersonate target "{impersonate_target}" is not available. '
+                    f'Use --list-impersonate-targets to see available targets. '
+                    f'You may be missing dependencies required to support this target.')
+
         if 'list-formats' in self.params['compat_opts']:
             self.params['listformats_table'] = False
 
@@ -804,8 +822,7 @@ def warn_if_short_id(self, argv):
             )
             self.report_warning(
                 'Long argument string detected. '
-                'Use -- to separate parameters and URLs, like this:\n%s' %
-                args_to_str(correct_argv))
+                f'Use -- to separate parameters and URLs, like this:\n{shell_quote(correct_argv)}')
 
     def add_info_extractor(self, ie):
         """Add an InfoExtractor object to the end of the list."""
@@ -904,7 +921,7 @@ def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=None, only_once=False):
         if (self.params.get('quiet') if quiet is None else quiet) and not self.params.get('verbose'):
             return
         self._write_string(
-            '%s%s' % (self._bidi_workaround(message), ('' if skip_eol else '\n')),
+            '{}{}'.format(self._bidi_workaround(message), ('' if skip_eol else '\n')),
             self._out_files.screen, only_once=only_once)
 
     def to_stderr(self, message, only_once=False):
@@ -948,7 +965,7 @@ def __enter__(self):
 
     def save_cookies(self):
         if self.params.get('cookiefile') is not None:
-            self.cookiejar.save(ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+            self.cookiejar.save()
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
         self.restore_console_title()
@@ -956,7 +973,9 @@ def __exit__(self, *args):
 
     def close(self):
         self.save_cookies()
-        self._request_director.close()
+        if '_request_director' in self.__dict__:
+            self._request_director.close()
+            del self._request_director
 
     def trouble(self, message=None, tb=None, is_error=True):
         """Determine action to take when a download problem appears.
@@ -1025,10 +1044,10 @@ def _format_err(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._format_text(self._out_files.error, self._allow_colors.error, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def report_warning(self, message, only_once=False):
-        '''
+        """
         Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
         If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
-        '''
+        """
         if self.params.get('logger') is not None:
             self.params['logger'].warning(message)
         else:
@@ -1046,14 +1065,14 @@ def deprecated_feature(self, message):
         self.to_stderr(f'{self._format_err("Deprecated Feature:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', True)
 
     def report_error(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
-        '''
+        """
         Do the same as trouble, but prefixes the message with 'ERROR:', colored
         in red if stderr is a tty file.
-        '''
+        """
         self.trouble(f'{self._format_err("ERROR:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', *args, **kwargs)
 
     def write_debug(self, message, only_once=False):
-        '''Log debug message or Print message to stderr'''
+        """Log debug message or Print message to stderr"""
         if not self.params.get('verbose', False):
             return
         message = f'[debug] {message}'
@@ -1065,14 +1084,14 @@ def write_debug(self, message, only_once=False):
     def report_file_already_downloaded(self, file_name):
         """Report file has already been fully downloaded."""
         try:
-            self.to_screen('[download] %s has already been downloaded' % file_name)
+            self.to_screen(f'[download] {file_name} has already been downloaded')
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             self.to_screen('[download] The file has already been downloaded')
 
     def report_file_delete(self, file_name):
         """Report that existing file will be deleted."""
         try:
-            self.to_screen('Deleting existing file %s' % file_name)
+            self.to_screen(f'Deleting existing file {file_name}')
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             self.to_screen('Deleting existing file')
 
@@ -1127,7 +1146,7 @@ def _outtmpl_expandpath(outtmpl):
 
     @staticmethod
     def escape_outtmpl(outtmpl):
-        ''' Escape any remaining strings like %s, %abc% etc. '''
+        """ Escape any remaining strings like %s, %abc% etc. """
         return re.sub(
             STR_FORMAT_RE_TMPL.format('', '(?![%(\0])'),
             lambda mobj: ('' if mobj.group('has_key') else '%') + mobj.group(0),
@@ -1135,7 +1154,7 @@ def escape_outtmpl(outtmpl):
 
     @classmethod
     def validate_outtmpl(cls, outtmpl):
-        ''' @return None or Exception object '''
+        """ @return None or Exception object """
         outtmpl = re.sub(
             STR_FORMAT_RE_TMPL.format('[^)]*', '[ljhqBUDS]'),
             lambda mobj: f'{mobj.group(0)[:-1]}s',
@@ -1184,16 +1203,17 @@ def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
         MATH_FUNCTIONS = {
             '+': float.__add__,
             '-': float.__sub__,
+            '*': float.__mul__,
         }
         # Field is of the form key1.key2...
         # where keys (except first) can be string, int, slice or "{field, ...}"
-        FIELD_INNER_RE = r'(?:\w+|%(num)s|%(num)s?(?::%(num)s?){1,2})' % {'num': r'(?:-?\d+)'}
-        FIELD_RE = r'\w*(?:\.(?:%(inner)s|{%(field)s(?:,%(field)s)*}))*' % {
+        FIELD_INNER_RE = r'(?:\w+|%(num)s|%(num)s?(?::%(num)s?){1,2})' % {'num': r'(?:-?\d+)'}  # noqa: UP031
+        FIELD_RE = r'\w*(?:\.(?:%(inner)s|{%(field)s(?:,%(field)s)*}))*' % {  # noqa: UP031
             'inner': FIELD_INNER_RE,
-            'field': rf'\w*(?:\.{FIELD_INNER_RE})*'
+            'field': rf'\w*(?:\.{FIELD_INNER_RE})*',
         }
         MATH_FIELD_RE = rf'(?:{FIELD_RE}|-?{NUMBER_RE})'
-        MATH_OPERATORS_RE = r'(?:%s)' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, MATH_FUNCTIONS.keys()))
+        MATH_OPERATORS_RE = r'(?:{})'.format('|'.join(map(re.escape, MATH_FUNCTIONS.keys())))
         INTERNAL_FORMAT_RE = re.compile(rf'''(?xs)
             (?P<negate>-)?
             (?P<fields>{FIELD_RE})
@@ -1205,6 +1225,15 @@ def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
                 (?:\|(?P<default>.*?))?
             )$''')
 
+        def _from_user_input(field):
+            if field == ':':
+                return ...
+            elif ':' in field:
+                return slice(*map(int_or_none, field.split(':')))
+            elif int_or_none(field) is not None:
+                return int(field)
+            return field
+
         def _traverse_infodict(fields):
             fields = [f for x in re.split(r'\.({.+?})\.?', fields)
                       for f in ([x] if x.startswith('{') else x.split('.'))]
@@ -1214,11 +1243,12 @@ def _traverse_infodict(fields):
 
             for i, f in enumerate(fields):
                 if not f.startswith('{'):
+                    fields[i] = _from_user_input(f)
                     continue
                 assert f.endswith('}'), f'No closing brace for {f} in {fields}'
-                fields[i] = {k: k.split('.') for k in f[1:-1].split(',')}
+                fields[i] = {k: list(map(_from_user_input, k.split('.'))) for k in f[1:-1].split(',')}
 
-            return traverse_obj(info_dict, fields, is_user_input=True, traverse_string=True)
+            return traverse_obj(info_dict, fields, traverse_string=True)
 
         def get_value(mdict):
             # Object traversal
@@ -1299,16 +1329,16 @@ def create_key(outer_mobj):
                 else:
                     break
 
-            fmt = outer_mobj.group('format')
-            if fmt == 's' and value is not None and last_field in field_size_compat_map.keys():
-                fmt = f'0{field_size_compat_map[last_field]:d}d'
-
             if None not in (value, replacement):
                 try:
                     value = replacement_formatter.format(replacement, value)
                 except ValueError:
                     value, default = None, na
 
+            fmt = outer_mobj.group('format')
+            if fmt == 's' and last_field in field_size_compat_map and isinstance(value, int):
+                fmt = f'0{field_size_compat_map[last_field]:d}d'
+
             flags = outer_mobj.group('conversion') or ''
             str_fmt = f'{fmt[:-1]}s'
             if value is None:
@@ -1324,14 +1354,14 @@ def create_key(outer_mobj):
                 value, fmt = escapeHTML(str(value)), str_fmt
             elif fmt[-1] == 'q':  # quoted
                 value = map(str, variadic(value) if '#' in flags else [value])
-                value, fmt = ' '.join(map(compat_shlex_quote, value)), str_fmt
+                value, fmt = shell_quote(value, shell=True), str_fmt
             elif fmt[-1] == 'B':  # bytes
                 value = f'%{str_fmt}'.encode() % str(value).encode()
                 value, fmt = value.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'), 's'
             elif fmt[-1] == 'U':  # unicode normalized
                 value, fmt = unicodedata.normalize(
                     # "+" = compatibility equivalence, "#" = NFD
-                    'NF%s%s' % ('K' if '+' in flags else '', 'D' if '#' in flags else 'C'),
+                    'NF{}{}'.format('K' if '+' in flags else '', 'D' if '#' in flags else 'C'),
                     value), str_fmt
             elif fmt[-1] == 'D':  # decimal suffix
                 num_fmt, fmt = fmt[:-1].replace('#', ''), 's'
@@ -1359,7 +1389,7 @@ def create_key(outer_mobj):
                 if fmt[-1] in 'csra':
                     value = sanitizer(last_field, value)
 
-            key = '%s\0%s' % (key.replace('%', '%\0'), outer_mobj.group('format'))
+            key = '{}\0{}'.format(key.replace('%', '%\0'), outer_mobj.group('format'))
             TMPL_DICT[key] = value
             return '{prefix}%({key}){fmt}'.format(key=key, fmt=fmt, prefix=outer_mobj.group('prefix'))
 
@@ -1448,9 +1478,9 @@ def check_filter():
 
             date = info_dict.get('upload_date')
             if date is not None:
-                dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
-                if date not in dateRange:
-                    return f'{date_from_str(date).isoformat()} upload date is not in range {dateRange}'
+                date_range = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
+                if date not in date_range:
+                    return f'{date_from_str(date).isoformat()} upload date is not in range {date_range}'
             view_count = info_dict.get('view_count')
             if view_count is not None:
                 min_views = self.params.get('min_views')
@@ -1460,7 +1490,7 @@ def check_filter():
                 if max_views is not None and view_count > max_views:
                     return 'Skipping %s, because it has exceeded the maximum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, max_views)
             if age_restricted(info_dict.get('age_limit'), self.params.get('age_limit')):
-                return 'Skipping "%s" because it is age restricted' % video_title
+                return f'Skipping "{video_title}" because it is age restricted'
 
             match_filter = self.params.get('match_filter')
             if match_filter is None:
@@ -1513,7 +1543,7 @@ def check_filter():
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_extra_info(info_dict, extra_info):
-        '''Set the keys from extra_info in info dict if they are missing'''
+        """Set the keys from extra_info in info dict if they are missing"""
         for key, value in extra_info.items():
             info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
 
@@ -1559,7 +1589,7 @@ def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info=None,
                 self.to_screen(f'[download] {self._format_screen(temp_id, self.Styles.ID)}: '
                                'has already been recorded in the archive')
                 if self.params.get('break_on_existing', False):
-                    raise ExistingVideoReached()
+                    raise ExistingVideoReached
                 break
             return self.__extract_info(url, self.get_info_extractor(key), download, extra_info, process)
         else:
@@ -1585,8 +1615,8 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 except GeoRestrictedError as e:
                     msg = e.msg
                     if e.countries:
-                        msg += '\nThis video is available in %s.' % ', '.join(
-                            map(ISO3166Utils.short2full, e.countries))
+                        msg += '\nThis video is available in {}.'.format(', '.join(
+                            map(ISO3166Utils.short2full, e.countries)))
                     msg += '\nYou might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.'
                     self.report_error(msg)
                 except ExtractorError as e:  # An error we somewhat expected
@@ -1645,18 +1675,19 @@ def progress(msg):
                 self.to_screen('')
             raise
 
-    def _load_cookies(self, data, *, from_headers=True):
+    def _load_cookies(self, data, *, autoscope=True):
         """Loads cookies from a `Cookie` header
 
         This tries to work around the security vulnerability of passing cookies to every domain.
         See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj
-        The unscoped cookies are saved for later to be stored in the jar with a limited scope.
 
         @param data         The Cookie header as string to load the cookies from
-        @param from_headers If `False`, allows Set-Cookie syntax in the cookie string (at least a domain will be required)
+        @param autoscope    If `False`, scope cookies using Set-Cookie syntax and error for cookie without domains
+                            If `True`, save cookies for later to be stored in the jar with a limited scope
+                            If a URL, save cookies in the jar with the domain of the URL
         """
         for cookie in LenientSimpleCookie(data).values():
-            if from_headers and any(cookie.values()):
+            if autoscope and any(cookie.values()):
                 raise ValueError('Invalid syntax in Cookie Header')
 
             domain = cookie.get('domain') or ''
@@ -1670,17 +1701,23 @@ def _load_cookies(self, data, *, from_headers=True):
 
             if domain:
                 self.cookiejar.set_cookie(prepared_cookie)
-            elif from_headers:
+            elif autoscope is True:
                 self.deprecated_feature(
                     'Passing cookies as a header is a potential security risk; '
                     'they will be scoped to the domain of the downloaded urls. '
                     'Please consider loading cookies from a file or browser instead.')
                 self.__header_cookies.append(prepared_cookie)
+            elif autoscope:
+                self.report_warning(
+                    'The extractor result contains an unscoped cookie as an HTTP header. '
+                    f'If you are using yt-dlp with an input URL{bug_reports_message(before=",")}',
+                    only_once=True)
+                self._apply_header_cookies(autoscope, [prepared_cookie])
             else:
                 self.report_error('Unscoped cookies are not allowed; please specify some sort of scoping',
                                   tb=False, is_error=False)
 
-    def _apply_header_cookies(self, url):
+    def _apply_header_cookies(self, url, cookies=None):
         """Applies stray header cookies to the provided url
 
         This loads header cookies and scopes them to the domain provided in `url`.
@@ -1691,7 +1728,7 @@ def _apply_header_cookies(self, url):
         if not parsed.hostname:
             return
 
-        for cookie in map(copy.copy, self.__header_cookies):
+        for cookie in map(copy.copy, cookies or self.__header_cookies):
             cookie.domain = f'.{parsed.hostname}'
             self.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
@@ -1788,8 +1825,8 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
                 if isinstance(additional_urls, str):
                     additional_urls = [additional_urls]
                 self.to_screen(
-                    '[info] %s: %d additional URL(s) requested' % (ie_result['id'], len(additional_urls)))
-                self.write_debug('Additional URLs: "%s"' % '", "'.join(additional_urls))
+                    '[info] {}: {} additional URL(s) requested'.format(ie_result['id'], len(additional_urls)))
+                self.write_debug('Additional URLs: "{}"'.format('", "'.join(additional_urls)))
                 ie_result['additional_entries'] = [
                     self.extract_info(
                         url, download, extra_info=extra_info,
@@ -1841,8 +1878,8 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
             webpage_url = ie_result.get('webpage_url')  # Playlists maynot have webpage_url
             if webpage_url and webpage_url in self._playlist_urls:
                 self.to_screen(
-                    '[download] Skipping already downloaded playlist: %s'
-                    % ie_result.get('title') or ie_result.get('id'))
+                    '[download] Skipping already downloaded playlist: {}'.format(
+                        ie_result.get('title')) or ie_result.get('id'))
                 return
 
             self._playlist_level += 1
@@ -1857,8 +1894,8 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
                     self._playlist_urls.clear()
         elif result_type == 'compat_list':
             self.report_warning(
-                'Extractor %s returned a compat_list result. '
-                'It needs to be updated.' % ie_result.get('extractor'))
+                'Extractor {} returned a compat_list result. '
+                'It needs to be updated.'.format(ie_result.get('extractor')))
 
             def _fixup(r):
                 self.add_extra_info(r, {
@@ -1875,7 +1912,7 @@ def _fixup(r):
             ]
             return ie_result
         else:
-            raise Exception('Invalid result type: %s' % result_type)
+            raise Exception(f'Invalid result type: {result_type}')
 
     def _ensure_dir_exists(self, path):
         return make_dir(path, self.report_error)
@@ -1991,8 +2028,9 @@ def __process_playlist(self, ie_result, download):
                 resolved_entries[i] = (playlist_index, NO_DEFAULT)
                 continue
 
-            self.to_screen('[download] Downloading item %s of %s' % (
-                self._format_screen(i + 1, self.Styles.ID), self._format_screen(n_entries, self.Styles.EMPHASIS)))
+            self.to_screen(
+                f'[download] Downloading item {self._format_screen(i + 1, self.Styles.ID)} '
+                f'of {self._format_screen(n_entries, self.Styles.EMPHASIS)}')
 
             entry_result = self.__process_iterable_entry(entry, download, collections.ChainMap({
                 'playlist_index': playlist_index,
@@ -2042,9 +2080,9 @@ def _build_format_filter(self, filter_spec):
         }
         operator_rex = re.compile(r'''(?x)\s*
             (?P<key>[\w.-]+)\s*
-            (?P<op>%s)(?P<none_inclusive>\s*\?)?\s*
+            (?P<op>{})(?P<none_inclusive>\s*\?)?\s*
             (?P<value>[0-9.]+(?:[kKmMgGtTpPeEzZyY]i?[Bb]?)?)\s*
-            ''' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, OPERATORS.keys())))
+            '''.format('|'.join(map(re.escape, OPERATORS.keys()))))
         m = operator_rex.fullmatch(filter_spec)
         if m:
             try:
@@ -2055,7 +2093,7 @@ def _build_format_filter(self, filter_spec):
                     comparison_value = parse_filesize(m.group('value') + 'B')
                 if comparison_value is None:
                     raise ValueError(
-                        'Invalid value %r in format specification %r' % (
+                        'Invalid value {!r} in format specification {!r}'.format(
                             m.group('value'), filter_spec))
             op = OPERATORS[m.group('op')]
 
@@ -2065,15 +2103,15 @@ def _build_format_filter(self, filter_spec):
                 '^=': lambda attr, value: attr.startswith(value),
                 '$=': lambda attr, value: attr.endswith(value),
                 '*=': lambda attr, value: value in attr,
-                '~=': lambda attr, value: value.search(attr) is not None
+                '~=': lambda attr, value: value.search(attr) is not None,
             }
             str_operator_rex = re.compile(r'''(?x)\s*
                 (?P<key>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)\s*
-                (?P<negation>!\s*)?(?P<op>%s)\s*(?P<none_inclusive>\?\s*)?
+                (?P<negation>!\s*)?(?P<op>{})\s*(?P<none_inclusive>\?\s*)?
                 (?P<quote>["'])?
                 (?P<value>(?(quote)(?:(?!(?P=quote))[^\\]|\\.)+|[\w.-]+))
                 (?(quote)(?P=quote))\s*
-                ''' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, STR_OPERATORS.keys())))
+                '''.format('|'.join(map(re.escape, STR_OPERATORS.keys()))))
             m = str_operator_rex.fullmatch(filter_spec)
             if m:
                 if m.group('op') == '~=':
@@ -2087,7 +2125,7 @@ def _build_format_filter(self, filter_spec):
                     op = str_op
 
         if not m:
-            raise SyntaxError('Invalid filter specification %r' % filter_spec)
+            raise SyntaxError(f'Invalid filter specification {filter_spec!r}')
 
         def _filter(f):
             actual_value = f.get(m.group('key'))
@@ -2098,7 +2136,12 @@ def _filter(f):
 
     def _check_formats(self, formats):
         for f in formats:
-            self.to_screen('[info] Testing format %s' % f['format_id'])
+            working = f.get('__working')
+            if working is not None:
+                if working:
+                    yield f
+                continue
+            self.to_screen('[info] Testing format {}'.format(f['format_id']))
             path = self.get_output_path('temp')
             if not self._ensure_dir_exists(f'{path}/'):
                 continue
@@ -2106,41 +2149,52 @@ def _check_formats(self, formats):
             temp_file.close()
             try:
                 success, _ = self.dl(temp_file.name, f, test=True)
-            except (DownloadError, OSError, ValueError) + network_exceptions:
+            except (DownloadError, OSError, ValueError, *network_exceptions):
                 success = False
             finally:
                 if os.path.exists(temp_file.name):
                     try:
                         os.remove(temp_file.name)
                     except OSError:
-                        self.report_warning('Unable to delete temporary file "%s"' % temp_file.name)
+                        self.report_warning(f'Unable to delete temporary file "{temp_file.name}"')
+            f['__working'] = success
             if success:
                 yield f
             else:
-                self.to_screen('[info] Unable to download format %s. Skipping...' % f['format_id'])
+                self.to_screen('[info] Unable to download format {}. Skipping...'.format(f['format_id']))
+
+    def _select_formats(self, formats, selector):
+        return list(selector({
+            'formats': formats,
+            'has_merged_format': any('none' not in (f.get('acodec'), f.get('vcodec')) for f in formats),
+            'incomplete_formats': (all(f.get('vcodec') == 'none' for f in formats)  # No formats with video
+                                   or all(f.get('acodec') == 'none' for f in formats)),  # OR, No formats with audio
+        }))
 
     def _default_format_spec(self, info_dict, download=True):
+        download = download and not self.params.get('simulate')
+        prefer_best = download and (
+            self.params['outtmpl']['default'] == '-'
+            or info_dict.get('is_live') and not self.params.get('live_from_start'))
 
         def can_merge():
             merger = FFmpegMergerPP(self)
             return merger.available and merger.can_merge()
 
-        prefer_best = (
-            not self.params.get('simulate')
-            and download
-            and (
-                not can_merge()
-                or info_dict.get('is_live') and not self.params.get('live_from_start')
-                or self.params['outtmpl']['default'] == '-'))
-        compat = (
-            prefer_best
-            or self.params.get('allow_multiple_audio_streams', False)
-            or 'format-spec' in self.params['compat_opts'])
-
-        return (
-            'best/bestvideo+bestaudio' if prefer_best
-            else 'bestvideo*+bestaudio/best' if not compat
-            else 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best')
+        if not prefer_best and download and not can_merge():
+            prefer_best = True
+            formats = self._get_formats(info_dict)
+            evaluate_formats = lambda spec: self._select_formats(formats, self.build_format_selector(spec))
+            if evaluate_formats('b/bv+ba') != evaluate_formats('bv*+ba/b'):
+                self.report_warning('ffmpeg not found. The downloaded format may not be the best available. '
+                                    'Installing ffmpeg is strongly recommended: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#dependencies')
+
+        compat = (self.params.get('allow_multiple_audio_streams')
+                  or 'format-spec' in self.params['compat_opts'])
+
+        return ('best/bestvideo+bestaudio' if prefer_best
+                else 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best' if compat
+                else 'bestvideo*+bestaudio/best')
 
     def build_format_selector(self, format_spec):
         def syntax_error(note, start):
@@ -2160,8 +2214,8 @@ def syntax_error(note, start):
 
         def _parse_filter(tokens):
             filter_parts = []
-            for type, string_, start, _, _ in tokens:
-                if type == tokenize.OP and string_ == ']':
+            for type_, string_, _start, _, _ in tokens:
+                if type_ == tokenize.OP and string_ == ']':
                     return ''.join(filter_parts)
                 else:
                     filter_parts.append(string_)
@@ -2171,23 +2225,23 @@ def _remove_unused_ops(tokens):
             # E.g. 'mp4' '-' 'baseline' '-' '16x9' is converted to 'mp4-baseline-16x9'
             ALLOWED_OPS = ('/', '+', ',', '(', ')')
             last_string, last_start, last_end, last_line = None, None, None, None
-            for type, string_, start, end, line in tokens:
-                if type == tokenize.OP and string_ == '[':
+            for type_, string_, start, end, line in tokens:
+                if type_ == tokenize.OP and string_ == '[':
                     if last_string:
                         yield tokenize.NAME, last_string, last_start, last_end, last_line
                         last_string = None
-                    yield type, string_, start, end, line
+                    yield type_, string_, start, end, line
                     # everything inside brackets will be handled by _parse_filter
-                    for type, string_, start, end, line in tokens:
-                        yield type, string_, start, end, line
-                        if type == tokenize.OP and string_ == ']':
+                    for type_, string_, start, end, line in tokens:
+                        yield type_, string_, start, end, line
+                        if type_ == tokenize.OP and string_ == ']':
                             break
-                elif type == tokenize.OP and string_ in ALLOWED_OPS:
+                elif type_ == tokenize.OP and string_ in ALLOWED_OPS:
                     if last_string:
                         yield tokenize.NAME, last_string, last_start, last_end, last_line
                         last_string = None
-                    yield type, string_, start, end, line
-                elif type in [tokenize.NAME, tokenize.NUMBER, tokenize.OP]:
+                    yield type_, string_, start, end, line
+                elif type_ in [tokenize.NAME, tokenize.NUMBER, tokenize.OP]:
                     if not last_string:
                         last_string = string_
                         last_start = start
@@ -2200,13 +2254,13 @@ def _remove_unused_ops(tokens):
         def _parse_format_selection(tokens, inside_merge=False, inside_choice=False, inside_group=False):
             selectors = []
             current_selector = None
-            for type, string_, start, _, _ in tokens:
-                # ENCODING is only defined in python 3.x
-                if type == getattr(tokenize, 'ENCODING', None):
+            for type_, string_, start, _, _ in tokens:
+                # ENCODING is only defined in Python 3.x
+                if type_ == getattr(tokenize, 'ENCODING', None):
                     continue
-                elif type in [tokenize.NAME, tokenize.NUMBER]:
+                elif type_ in [tokenize.NAME, tokenize.NUMBER]:
                     current_selector = FormatSelector(SINGLE, string_, [])
-                elif type == tokenize.OP:
+                elif type_ == tokenize.OP:
                     if string_ == ')':
                         if not inside_group:
                             # ')' will be handled by the parentheses group
@@ -2249,7 +2303,7 @@ def _parse_format_selection(tokens, inside_merge=False, inside_choice=False, ins
                         current_selector = FormatSelector(MERGE, (selector_1, selector_2), [])
                     else:
                         raise syntax_error(f'Operator not recognized: "{string_}"', start)
-                elif type == tokenize.ENDMARKER:
+                elif type_ == tokenize.ENDMARKER:
                     break
             if current_selector:
                 selectors.append(current_selector)
@@ -2324,22 +2378,22 @@ def _merge(formats_pair):
                     'acodec': the_only_audio.get('acodec'),
                     'abr': the_only_audio.get('abr'),
                     'asr': the_only_audio.get('asr'),
-                    'audio_channels': the_only_audio.get('audio_channels')
+                    'audio_channels': the_only_audio.get('audio_channels'),
                 })
 
             return new_dict
 
         def _check_formats(formats):
-            if (self.params.get('check_formats') is not None
+            if self.params.get('check_formats') == 'selected':
+                yield from self._check_formats(formats)
+                return
+            elif (self.params.get('check_formats') is not None
                     or self.params.get('allow_unplayable_formats')):
                 yield from formats
                 return
-            elif self.params.get('check_formats') == 'selected':
-                yield from self._check_formats(formats)
-                return
 
             for f in formats:
-                if f.get('has_drm'):
+                if f.get('has_drm') or f.get('__needs_testing'):
                     yield from self._check_formats([f])
                 else:
                     yield f
@@ -2405,9 +2459,9 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
 
                         format_fallback = not format_type and not format_modified  # for b, w
                         _filter_f = (
-                            (lambda f: f.get('%scodec' % format_type) != 'none')
+                            (lambda f: f.get(f'{format_type}codec') != 'none')
                             if format_type and format_modified  # bv*, ba*, wv*, wa*
-                            else (lambda f: f.get('%scodec' % not_format_type) == 'none')
+                            else (lambda f: f.get(f'{not_format_type}codec') == 'none')
                             if format_type  # bv, ba, wv, wa
                             else (lambda f: f.get('vcodec') != 'none' and f.get('acodec') != 'none')
                             if not format_modified  # b, w
@@ -2433,7 +2487,7 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
                                 # for extractors with incomplete formats (audio only (soundcloud)
                                 # or video only (imgur)) best/worst will fallback to
                                 # best/worst {video,audio}-only format
-                                matches = formats
+                                matches = list(filter(lambda f: f.get('vcodec') != 'none' or f.get('acodec') != 'none', formats))
                             elif seperate_fallback and not ctx['has_merged_format']:
                                 # for compatibility with youtube-dl when there is no pre-merged format
                                 matches = list(filter(seperate_fallback, formats))
@@ -2452,9 +2506,16 @@ def final_selector(ctx):
                 return selector_function(ctx_copy)
             return final_selector
 
-        stream = io.BytesIO(format_spec.encode())
+        # HACK: Python 3.12 changed the underlying parser, rendering '7_a' invalid
+        #       Prefix numbers with random letters to avoid it being classified as a number
+        #       See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pulls/8797
+        # TODO: Implement parser not reliant on tokenize.tokenize
+        prefix = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=32))
+        stream = io.BytesIO(re.sub(r'\d[_\d]*', rf'{prefix}\g<0>', format_spec).encode())
         try:
-            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(tokenize.tokenize(stream.readline)))
+            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(
+                token._replace(string=token.string.replace(prefix, ''))
+                for token in tokenize.tokenize(stream.readline)))
         except tokenize.TokenError:
             raise syntax_error('Missing closing/opening brackets or parenthesis', (0, len(format_spec)))
 
@@ -2468,7 +2529,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
             def __next__(self):
                 if self.counter >= len(self.tokens):
-                    raise StopIteration()
+                    raise StopIteration
                 value = self.tokens[self.counter]
                 self.counter += 1
                 return value
@@ -2481,9 +2542,16 @@ def restore_last_token(self):
         parsed_selector = _parse_format_selection(iter(TokenIterator(tokens)))
         return _build_selector_function(parsed_selector)
 
-    def _calc_headers(self, info_dict):
+    def _calc_headers(self, info_dict, load_cookies=False):
         res = HTTPHeaderDict(self.params['http_headers'], info_dict.get('http_headers'))
         clean_headers(res)
+
+        if load_cookies:  # For --load-info-json
+            self._load_cookies(res.get('Cookie'), autoscope=info_dict['url'])  # compat
+            self._load_cookies(info_dict.get('cookies'), autoscope=False)
+        # The `Cookie` header is removed to prevent leaks and unscoped cookies.
+        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj
+        res.pop('Cookie', None)
         cookies = self.cookiejar.get_cookies_for_url(info_dict['url'])
         if cookies:
             encoder = LenientSimpleCookie()
@@ -2544,7 +2612,7 @@ def check_thumbnails(thumbnails):
         self._sort_thumbnails(thumbnails)
         for i, t in enumerate(thumbnails):
             if t.get('id') is None:
-                t['id'] = '%d' % i
+                t['id'] = str(i)
             if t.get('width') and t.get('height'):
                 t['resolution'] = '%dx%d' % (t['width'], t['height'])
             t['url'] = sanitize_url(t['url'])
@@ -2577,9 +2645,12 @@ def _fill_common_fields(self, info_dict, final=True):
                 # Working around out-of-range timestamp values (e.g. negative ones on Windows,
                 # see http://bugs.python.org/issue1646728)
                 with contextlib.suppress(ValueError, OverflowError, OSError):
-                    upload_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(info_dict[ts_key])
+                    upload_date = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(info_dict[ts_key], dt.timezone.utc)
                     info_dict[date_key] = upload_date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
 
+        if not info_dict.get('release_year'):
+            info_dict['release_year'] = traverse_obj(info_dict, ('release_date', {lambda x: int(x[:4])}))
+
         live_keys = ('is_live', 'was_live')
         live_status = info_dict.get('live_status')
         if live_status is None:
@@ -2602,8 +2673,17 @@ def _fill_common_fields(self, info_dict, final=True):
         # Auto generate title fields corresponding to the *_number fields when missing
         # in order to always have clean titles. This is very common for TV series.
         for field in ('chapter', 'season', 'episode'):
-            if final and info_dict.get('%s_number' % field) is not None and not info_dict.get(field):
-                info_dict[field] = '%s %d' % (field.capitalize(), info_dict['%s_number' % field])
+            if final and info_dict.get(f'{field}_number') is not None and not info_dict.get(field):
+                info_dict[field] = '%s %d' % (field.capitalize(), info_dict[f'{field}_number'])
+
+        for old_key, new_key in self._deprecated_multivalue_fields.items():
+            if new_key in info_dict and old_key in info_dict:
+                if '_version' not in info_dict:  # HACK: Do not warn when using --load-info-json
+                    self.deprecation_warning(f'Do not return {old_key!r} when {new_key!r} is present')
+            elif old_value := info_dict.get(old_key):
+                info_dict[new_key] = old_value.split(', ')
+            elif new_value := info_dict.get(new_key):
+                info_dict[old_key] = ', '.join(v.replace(',', '\N{FULLWIDTH COMMA}') for v in new_value)
 
     def _raise_pending_errors(self, info):
         err = info.pop('__pending_error', None)
@@ -2626,8 +2706,8 @@ def process_video_result(self, info_dict, download=True):
 
         def report_force_conversion(field, field_not, conversion):
             self.report_warning(
-                '"%s" field is not %s - forcing %s conversion, there is an error in extractor'
-                % (field, field_not, conversion))
+                f'"{field}" field is not {field_not} - forcing {conversion} conversion, '
+                'there is an error in extractor')
 
         def sanitize_string_field(info, string_field):
             field = info.get(string_field)
@@ -2719,7 +2799,7 @@ def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
 
         get_from_start = not info_dict.get('is_live') or bool(self.params.get('live_from_start'))
         if not get_from_start:
-            info_dict['title'] += ' ' + datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
+            info_dict['title'] += ' ' + dt.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
         if info_dict.get('is_live') and formats:
             formats = [f for f in formats if bool(f.get('is_from_start')) == get_from_start]
             if get_from_start and not formats:
@@ -2744,25 +2824,33 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
         if not formats:
             self.raise_no_formats(info_dict)
 
-        for format in formats:
-            sanitize_string_field(format, 'format_id')
-            sanitize_numeric_fields(format)
-            format['url'] = sanitize_url(format['url'])
-            if format.get('ext') is None:
-                format['ext'] = determine_ext(format['url']).lower()
-            if format.get('protocol') is None:
-                format['protocol'] = determine_protocol(format)
-            if format.get('resolution') is None:
-                format['resolution'] = self.format_resolution(format, default=None)
-            if format.get('dynamic_range') is None and format.get('vcodec') != 'none':
-                format['dynamic_range'] = 'SDR'
-            if format.get('aspect_ratio') is None:
-                format['aspect_ratio'] = try_call(lambda: round(format['width'] / format['height'], 2))
-            if (not format.get('manifest_url')  # For fragmented formats, "tbr" is often max bitrate and not average
-                    and info_dict.get('duration') and format.get('tbr')
-                    and not format.get('filesize') and not format.get('filesize_approx')):
-                format['filesize_approx'] = int(info_dict['duration'] * format['tbr'] * (1024 / 8))
-            format['http_headers'] = self._calc_headers(collections.ChainMap(format, info_dict))
+        for fmt in formats:
+            sanitize_string_field(fmt, 'format_id')
+            sanitize_numeric_fields(fmt)
+            fmt['url'] = sanitize_url(fmt['url'])
+            if fmt.get('ext') is None:
+                fmt['ext'] = determine_ext(fmt['url']).lower()
+            if fmt['ext'] in ('aac', 'opus', 'mp3', 'flac', 'vorbis'):
+                if fmt.get('acodec') is None:
+                    fmt['acodec'] = fmt['ext']
+            if fmt.get('protocol') is None:
+                fmt['protocol'] = determine_protocol(fmt)
+            if fmt.get('resolution') is None:
+                fmt['resolution'] = self.format_resolution(fmt, default=None)
+            if fmt.get('dynamic_range') is None and fmt.get('vcodec') != 'none':
+                fmt['dynamic_range'] = 'SDR'
+            if fmt.get('aspect_ratio') is None:
+                fmt['aspect_ratio'] = try_call(lambda: round(fmt['width'] / fmt['height'], 2))
+            # For fragmented formats, "tbr" is often max bitrate and not average
+            if (('manifest-filesize-approx' in self.params['compat_opts'] or not fmt.get('manifest_url'))
+                    and not fmt.get('filesize') and not fmt.get('filesize_approx')):
+                fmt['filesize_approx'] = filesize_from_tbr(fmt.get('tbr'), info_dict.get('duration'))
+            fmt['http_headers'] = self._calc_headers(collections.ChainMap(fmt, info_dict), load_cookies=True)
+
+        # Safeguard against old/insecure infojson when using --load-info-json
+        if info_dict.get('http_headers'):
+            info_dict['http_headers'] = HTTPHeaderDict(info_dict['http_headers'])
+            info_dict['http_headers'].pop('Cookie', None)
 
         # This is copied to http_headers by the above _calc_headers and can now be removed
         if '__x_forwarded_for_ip' in info_dict:
@@ -2770,36 +2858,36 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
 
         self.sort_formats({
             'formats': formats,
-            '_format_sort_fields': info_dict.get('_format_sort_fields')
+            '_format_sort_fields': info_dict.get('_format_sort_fields'),
         })
 
         # Sanitize and group by format_id
         formats_dict = {}
-        for i, format in enumerate(formats):
-            if not format.get('format_id'):
-                format['format_id'] = str(i)
+        for i, fmt in enumerate(formats):
+            if not fmt.get('format_id'):
+                fmt['format_id'] = str(i)
             else:
                 # Sanitize format_id from characters used in format selector expression
-                format['format_id'] = re.sub(r'[\s,/+\[\]()]', '_', format['format_id'])
-            formats_dict.setdefault(format['format_id'], []).append(format)
+                fmt['format_id'] = re.sub(r'[\s,/+\[\]()]', '_', fmt['format_id'])
+            formats_dict.setdefault(fmt['format_id'], []).append(fmt)
 
         # Make sure all formats have unique format_id
         common_exts = set(itertools.chain(*self._format_selection_exts.values()))
         for format_id, ambiguous_formats in formats_dict.items():
             ambigious_id = len(ambiguous_formats) > 1
-            for i, format in enumerate(ambiguous_formats):
+            for i, fmt in enumerate(ambiguous_formats):
                 if ambigious_id:
-                    format['format_id'] = '%s-%d' % (format_id, i)
+                    fmt['format_id'] = f'{format_id}-{i}'
                 # Ensure there is no conflict between id and ext in format selection
                 # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/1282
-                if format['format_id'] != format['ext'] and format['format_id'] in common_exts:
-                    format['format_id'] = 'f%s' % format['format_id']
-
-                if format.get('format') is None:
-                    format['format'] = '{id} - {res}{note}'.format(
-                        id=format['format_id'],
-                        res=self.format_resolution(format),
-                        note=format_field(format, 'format_note', ' (%s)'),
+                if fmt['format_id'] != fmt['ext'] and fmt['format_id'] in common_exts:
+                    fmt['format_id'] = 'f{}'.format(fmt['format_id'])
+
+                if fmt.get('format') is None:
+                    fmt['format'] = '{id} - {res}{note}'.format(
+                        id=fmt['format_id'],
+                        res=self.format_resolution(fmt),
+                        note=format_field(fmt, 'format_note', ' (%s)'),
                     )
 
         if self.params.get('check_formats') is True:
@@ -2856,12 +2944,7 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
                 self.write_debug(f'Default format spec: {req_format}')
                 format_selector = self.build_format_selector(req_format)
 
-            formats_to_download = list(format_selector({
-                'formats': formats,
-                'has_merged_format': any('none' not in (f.get('acodec'), f.get('vcodec')) for f in formats),
-                'incomplete_formats': (all(f.get('vcodec') == 'none' for f in formats)  # No formats with video
-                                       or all(f.get('acodec') == 'none' for f in formats)),  # OR, No formats with audio
-            }))
+            formats_to_download = self._select_formats(formats, format_selector)
             if interactive_format_selection and not formats_to_download:
                 self.report_error('Requested format is not available', tb=False, is_error=False)
                 continue
@@ -2926,7 +3009,7 @@ def to_screen(*msg):
             info_dict['requested_downloads'] = downloaded_formats
             info_dict = self.run_all_pps('after_video', info_dict)
             if max_downloads_reached:
-                raise MaxDownloadsReached()
+                raise MaxDownloadsReached
 
         # We update the info dict with the selected best quality format (backwards compatibility)
         info_dict.update(best_format)
@@ -2987,8 +3070,8 @@ def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):
             else:
                 f = formats[-1]
                 self.report_warning(
-                    'No subtitle format found matching "%s" for language %s, '
-                    'using %s' % (formats_query, lang, f['ext']))
+                    'No subtitle format found matching "{}" for language {}, '
+                    'using {}. Use --list-subs for a list of available subtitles'.format(formats_query, lang, f['ext']))
             subs[lang] = f
         return subs
 
@@ -3143,7 +3226,7 @@ def replace_info_dict(new_info):
 
         def check_max_downloads():
             if self._num_downloads >= float(self.params.get('max_downloads') or 'inf'):
-                raise MaxDownloadsReached()
+                raise MaxDownloadsReached
 
         if self.params.get('simulate'):
             info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = self.params.get('force_write_download_archive')
@@ -3270,7 +3353,7 @@ def existing_video_file(*filepaths):
                 fd, success = None, True
                 if info_dict.get('protocol') or info_dict.get('url'):
                     fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, self.params, to_stdout=temp_filename == '-')
-                    if fd is not FFmpegFD and 'no-direct-merge' not in self.params['compat_opts'] and (
+                    if fd != FFmpegFD and 'no-direct-merge' not in self.params['compat_opts'] and (
                             info_dict.get('section_start') or info_dict.get('section_end')):
                         msg = ('This format cannot be partially downloaded' if FFmpegFD.available()
                                else 'You have requested downloading the video partially, but ffmpeg is not installed')
@@ -3317,7 +3400,7 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
                         for f in info_dict['requested_formats'] if fd != FFmpegFD else []:
                             f['filepath'] = fname = prepend_extension(
                                 correct_ext(temp_filename, info_dict['ext']),
-                                'f%s' % f['format_id'], info_dict['ext'])
+                                'f{}'.format(f['format_id']), info_dict['ext'])
                             downloaded.append(fname)
                         info_dict['url'] = '\n'.join(f['url'] for f in info_dict['requested_formats'])
                         success, real_download = self.dl(temp_filename, info_dict)
@@ -3350,7 +3433,7 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
                             if temp_filename != '-':
                                 fname = prepend_extension(
                                     correct_ext(temp_filename, new_info['ext']),
-                                    'f%s' % f['format_id'], new_info['ext'])
+                                    'f{}'.format(f['format_id']), new_info['ext'])
                                 if not self._ensure_dir_exists(fname):
                                     return
                                 f['filepath'] = fname
@@ -3382,11 +3465,11 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
                 info_dict['__finaldir'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(encodeFilename(full_filename)))
 
             except network_exceptions as err:
-                self.report_error('unable to download video data: %s' % error_to_compat_str(err))
+                self.report_error(f'unable to download video data: {err}')
                 return
             except OSError as err:
                 raise UnavailableVideoError(err)
-            except (ContentTooShortError, ) as err:
+            except ContentTooShortError as err:
                 self.report_error(f'content too short (expected {err.expected} bytes and served {err.downloaded})')
                 return
 
@@ -3434,14 +3517,16 @@ def ffmpeg_fixup(cndn, msg, cls):
                     ) for pp in self._pps['post_process'])
 
                     if not postprocessed_by_ffmpeg:
-                        ffmpeg_fixup(ext == 'm4a' and info_dict.get('container') == 'm4a_dash',
+                        ffmpeg_fixup(fd != FFmpegFD and ext == 'm4a'
+                                     and info_dict.get('container') == 'm4a_dash',
                                      'writing DASH m4a. Only some players support this container',
                                      FFmpegFixupM4aPP)
                         ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'hlsnative' and not self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts')
                                      or info_dict.get('is_live') and self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts') is None,
                                      'Possible MPEG-TS in MP4 container or malformed AAC timestamps',
                                      FFmpegFixupM3u8PP)
-                        ffmpeg_fixup(info_dict.get('is_live') and downloader == 'dashsegments',
+                        ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'dashsegments'
+                                     and (info_dict.get('is_live') or info_dict.get('is_dash_periods')),
                                      'Possible duplicate MOOV atoms', FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP)
 
                     ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'web_socket_fragment', 'Malformed timestamps detected', FFmpegFixupTimestampPP)
@@ -3451,13 +3536,13 @@ def ffmpeg_fixup(cndn, msg, cls):
                 try:
                     replace_info_dict(self.post_process(dl_filename, info_dict, files_to_move))
                 except PostProcessingError as err:
-                    self.report_error('Postprocessing: %s' % str(err))
+                    self.report_error(f'Postprocessing: {err}')
                     return
                 try:
                     for ph in self._post_hooks:
                         ph(info_dict['filepath'])
                 except Exception as err:
-                    self.report_error('post hooks: %s' % str(err))
+                    self.report_error(f'post hooks: {err}')
                     return
                 info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = True
 
@@ -3508,8 +3593,6 @@ def download_with_info_file(self, info_filename):
             infos = [self.sanitize_info(info, self.params.get('clean_infojson', True))
                      for info in variadic(json.loads('\n'.join(f)))]
         for info in infos:
-            self._load_cookies(info.get('cookies'), from_headers=False)
-            self._load_cookies(traverse_obj(info.get('http_headers'), 'Cookie', casesense=False))  # compat
             try:
                 self.__download_wrapper(self.process_ie_result)(info, download=True)
             except (DownloadError, EntryNotInPlaylist, ReExtractInfo) as e:
@@ -3520,11 +3603,13 @@ def download_with_info_file(self, info_filename):
                     raise
                 self.report_warning(f'The info failed to download: {e}; trying with URL {webpage_url}')
                 self.download([webpage_url])
+            except ExtractorError as e:
+                self.report_error(e)
         return self._download_retcode
 
     @staticmethod
     def sanitize_info(info_dict, remove_private_keys=False):
-        ''' Sanitize the infodict for converting to json '''
+        """ Sanitize the infodict for converting to json """
         if info_dict is None:
             return info_dict
         info_dict.setdefault('epoch', int(time.time()))
@@ -3533,14 +3618,14 @@ def sanitize_info(info_dict, remove_private_keys=False):
             'version': __version__,
             'current_git_head': current_git_head(),
             'release_git_head': RELEASE_GIT_HEAD,
-            'repository': REPOSITORY,
+            'repository': ORIGIN,
         })
 
         if remove_private_keys:
             reject = lambda k, v: v is None or k.startswith('__') or k in {
                 'requested_downloads', 'requested_formats', 'requested_subtitles', 'requested_entries',
                 'entries', 'filepath', '_filename', 'filename', 'infojson_filename', 'original_url',
-                'playlist_autonumber', '_format_sort_fields',
+                'playlist_autonumber',
             }
         else:
             reject = lambda k, v: False
@@ -3559,7 +3644,7 @@ def filter_fn(obj):
 
     @staticmethod
     def filter_requested_info(info_dict, actually_filter=True):
-        ''' Alias of sanitize_info for backward compatibility '''
+        """ Alias of sanitize_info for backward compatibility """
         return YoutubeDL.sanitize_info(info_dict, actually_filter)
 
     def _delete_downloaded_files(self, *files_to_delete, info={}, msg=None):
@@ -3581,7 +3666,7 @@ def actual_post_extract(info_dict):
                     actual_post_extract(video_dict or {})
                 return
 
-            post_extractor = info_dict.pop('__post_extractor', None) or (lambda: {})
+            post_extractor = info_dict.pop('__post_extractor', None) or dict
             info_dict.update(post_extractor())
 
         actual_post_extract(info_dict or {})
@@ -3686,7 +3771,7 @@ def format_resolution(format, default='unknown'):
         if format.get('width') and format.get('height'):
             return '%dx%d' % (format['width'], format['height'])
         elif format.get('height'):
-            return '%sp' % format['height']
+            return '{}p'.format(format['height'])
         elif format.get('width'):
             return '%dx?' % format['width']
         return default
@@ -3703,7 +3788,7 @@ def _format_note(self, fdict):
         if fdict.get('language'):
             if res:
                 res += ' '
-            res += '[%s]' % fdict['language']
+            res += '[{}]'.format(fdict['language'])
         if fdict.get('format_note') is not None:
             if res:
                 res += ' '
@@ -3715,7 +3800,7 @@ def _format_note(self, fdict):
         if fdict.get('container') is not None:
             if res:
                 res += ', '
-            res += '%s container' % fdict['container']
+            res += '{} container'.format(fdict['container'])
         if (fdict.get('vcodec') is not None
                 and fdict.get('vcodec') != 'none'):
             if res:
@@ -3730,7 +3815,7 @@ def _format_note(self, fdict):
         if fdict.get('fps') is not None:
             if res:
                 res += ', '
-            res += '%sfps' % fdict['fps']
+            res += '{}fps'.format(fdict['fps'])
         if fdict.get('acodec') is not None:
             if res:
                 res += ', '
@@ -3773,7 +3858,7 @@ def render_formats_table(self, info_dict):
                     format_field(f, 'format_id'),
                     format_field(f, 'ext'),
                     self.format_resolution(f),
-                    self._format_note(f)
+                    self._format_note(f),
                 ] for f in formats if (f.get('preference') or 0) >= -1000]
             return render_table(['format code', 'extension', 'resolution', 'note'], table, extra_gap=1)
 
@@ -3804,8 +3889,8 @@ def simplified_codec(f, field):
                 delim, (
                     format_field(f, 'filesize', ' \t%s', func=format_bytes)
                     or format_field(f, 'filesize_approx', '≈\t%s', func=format_bytes)
-                    or format_field(try_call(lambda: format_bytes(int(info_dict['duration'] * f['tbr'] * (1024 / 8)))),
-                                    None, self._format_out('~\t%s', self.Styles.SUPPRESS))),
+                    or format_field(filesize_from_tbr(f.get('tbr'), info_dict.get('duration')), None,
+                                    self._format_out('~\t%s', self.Styles.SUPPRESS), func=format_bytes)),
                 format_field(f, 'tbr', '\t%dk', func=round),
                 shorten_protocol_name(f.get('protocol', '')),
                 delim,
@@ -3879,11 +3964,11 @@ def print_debug_header(self):
         from .extractor.extractors import _LAZY_LOADER
         from .extractor.extractors import (
             _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_ies,
-            _PLUGIN_OVERRIDES as plugin_ie_overrides
+            _PLUGIN_OVERRIDES as plugin_ie_overrides,
         )
 
         def get_encoding(stream):
-            ret = str(getattr(stream, 'encoding', 'missing (%s)' % type(stream).__name__))
+            ret = str(getattr(stream, 'encoding', f'missing ({type(stream).__name__})'))
             additional_info = []
             if os.environ.get('TERM', '').lower() == 'dumb':
                 additional_info.append('dumb')
@@ -3894,13 +3979,13 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
                 ret = f'{ret} ({",".join(additional_info)})'
             return ret
 
-        encoding_str = 'Encodings: locale %s, fs %s, pref %s, %s' % (
+        encoding_str = 'Encodings: locale {}, fs {}, pref {}, {}'.format(
             locale.getpreferredencoding(),
             sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
             self.get_encoding(),
             ', '.join(
                 f'{key} {get_encoding(stream)}' for key, stream in self._out_files.items_
-                if stream is not None and key != 'console')
+                if stream is not None and key != 'console'),
         )
 
         logger = self.params.get('logger')
@@ -3916,8 +4001,8 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
             source += '*'
         klass = type(self)
         write_debug(join_nonempty(
-            f'{"yt-dlp" if REPOSITORY == "yt-dlp/yt-dlp" else REPOSITORY} version',
-            f'{CHANNEL}@{__version__}',
+            f'{REPOSITORY.rpartition("/")[2]} version',
+            _make_label(ORIGIN, CHANNEL.partition('@')[2] or __version__, __version__),
             f'[{RELEASE_GIT_HEAD[:9]}]' if RELEASE_GIT_HEAD else '',
             '' if source == 'unknown' else f'({source})',
             '' if _IN_CLI else 'API' if klass == YoutubeDL else f'API:{self.__module__}.{klass.__qualname__}',
@@ -3932,7 +4017,7 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
             else:
                 write_debug('Lazy loading extractors is disabled')
         if self.params['compat_opts']:
-            write_debug('Compatibility options: %s' % ', '.join(self.params['compat_opts']))
+            write_debug('Compatibility options: {}'.format(', '.join(self.params['compat_opts'])))
 
         if current_git_head():
             write_debug(f'Git HEAD: {current_git_head()}')
@@ -3941,14 +4026,14 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
         exe_versions, ffmpeg_features = FFmpegPostProcessor.get_versions_and_features(self)
         ffmpeg_features = {key for key, val in ffmpeg_features.items() if val}
         if ffmpeg_features:
-            exe_versions['ffmpeg'] += ' (%s)' % ','.join(sorted(ffmpeg_features))
+            exe_versions['ffmpeg'] += ' ({})'.format(','.join(sorted(ffmpeg_features)))
 
         exe_versions['rtmpdump'] = rtmpdump_version()
         exe_versions['phantomjs'] = PhantomJSwrapper._version()
         exe_str = ', '.join(
             f'{exe} {v}' for exe, v in sorted(exe_versions.items()) if v
         ) or 'none'
-        write_debug('exe versions: %s' % exe_str)
+        write_debug(f'exe versions: {exe_str}')
 
         from .compat.compat_utils import get_package_info
         from .dependencies import available_dependencies
@@ -3958,9 +4043,9 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
         })) or 'none'))
 
         write_debug(f'Proxy map: {self.proxies}')
-        # write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers)}')
+        write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values())}')
         for plugin_type, plugins in {'Extractor': plugin_ies, 'Post-Processor': plugin_pps}.items():
-            display_list = ['%s%s' % (
+            display_list = ['{}{}'.format(
                 klass.__name__, '' if klass.__name__ == name else f' as {name}')
                 for name, klass in plugins.items()]
             if plugin_type == 'Extractor':
@@ -3977,14 +4062,13 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
         # Not implemented
         if False and self.params.get('call_home'):
             ipaddr = self.urlopen('https://yt-dl.org/ip').read().decode()
-            write_debug('Public IP address: %s' % ipaddr)
+            write_debug(f'Public IP address: {ipaddr}')
             latest_version = self.urlopen(
                 'https://yt-dl.org/latest/version').read().decode()
             if version_tuple(latest_version) > version_tuple(__version__):
                 self.report_warning(
-                    'You are using an outdated version (newest version: %s)! '
-                    'See https://yt-dl.org/update if you need help updating.' %
-                    latest_version)
+                    f'You are using an outdated version (newest version: {latest_version})! '
+                    'See https://yt-dl.org/update if you need help updating.')
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def proxies(self):
@@ -4013,10 +4097,26 @@ def _opener(self):
         """
         Get a urllib OpenerDirector from the Urllib handler (deprecated).
         """
-        self.deprecation_warning('YoutubeDL._opener() is deprecated, use YoutubeDL.urlopen()')
+        self.deprecation_warning('YoutubeDL._opener is deprecated, use YoutubeDL.urlopen()')
         handler = self._request_director.handlers['Urllib']
         return handler._get_instance(cookiejar=self.cookiejar, proxies=self.proxies)
 
+    def _get_available_impersonate_targets(self):
+        # TODO(future): make available as public API
+        return [
+            (target, rh.RH_NAME)
+            for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values()
+            if isinstance(rh, ImpersonateRequestHandler)
+            for target in rh.supported_targets
+        ]
+
+    def _impersonate_target_available(self, target):
+        # TODO(future): make available as public API
+        return any(
+            rh.is_supported_target(target)
+            for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values()
+            if isinstance(rh, ImpersonateRequestHandler))
+
     def urlopen(self, req):
         """ Start an HTTP download """
         if isinstance(req, str):
@@ -4041,12 +4141,36 @@ def urlopen(self, req):
             return self._request_director.send(req)
         except NoSupportingHandlers as e:
             for ue in e.unsupported_errors:
+                # FIXME: This depends on the order of errors.
                 if not (ue.handler and ue.msg):
                     continue
                 if ue.handler.RH_KEY == 'Urllib' and 'unsupported url scheme: "file"' in ue.msg.lower():
                     raise RequestError(
                         'file:// URLs are disabled by default in yt-dlp for security reasons. '
                         'Use --enable-file-urls to enable at your own risk.', cause=ue) from ue
+                if (
+                    'unsupported proxy type: "https"' in ue.msg.lower()
+                    and 'requests' not in self._request_director.handlers
+                    and 'curl_cffi' not in self._request_director.handlers
+                ):
+                    raise RequestError(
+                        'To use an HTTPS proxy for this request, one of the following dependencies needs to be installed: requests, curl_cffi')
+
+                elif (
+                    re.match(r'unsupported url scheme: "wss?"', ue.msg.lower())
+                    and 'websockets' not in self._request_director.handlers
+                ):
+                    raise RequestError(
+                        'This request requires WebSocket support. '
+                        'Ensure one of the following dependencies are installed: websockets',
+                        cause=ue) from ue
+
+                elif re.match(r'unsupported (?:extensions: impersonate|impersonate target)', ue.msg.lower()):
+                    raise RequestError(
+                        f'Impersonate target "{req.extensions["impersonate"]}" is not available.'
+                        f' See --list-impersonate-targets for available targets.'
+                        f' This request requires browser impersonation, however you may be missing dependencies'
+                        f' required to support this target.')
             raise
         except SSLError as e:
             if 'UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION_DISABLED' in str(e):
@@ -4056,12 +4180,10 @@ def urlopen(self, req):
                     'SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE: The server may not support the current cipher list. '
                     'Try using --legacy-server-connect', cause=e) from e
             raise
-        except HTTPError as e:  # TODO: Remove in a future release
-            raise _CompatHTTPError(e) from e
 
-    def build_request_director(self, handlers):
+    def build_request_director(self, handlers, preferences=None):
         logger = _YDLLogger(self)
-        headers = self.params.get('http_headers').copy()
+        headers = self.params['http_headers'].copy()
         proxies = self.proxies.copy()
         clean_headers(headers)
         clean_proxies(proxies, headers)
@@ -4079,8 +4201,9 @@ def build_request_director(self, handlers):
                     'verbose': 'debug_printtraffic',
                     'source_address': 'source_address',
                     'timeout': 'socket_timeout',
-                    'legacy_ssl_support': 'legacy_server_connect',
+                    'legacy_ssl_support': 'legacyserverconnect',
                     'enable_file_urls': 'enable_file_urls',
+                    'impersonate': 'impersonate',
                     'client_cert': {
                         'client_certificate': 'client_certificate',
                         'client_certificate_key': 'client_certificate_key',
@@ -4088,8 +4211,15 @@ def build_request_director(self, handlers):
                     },
                 }),
             ))
+        director.preferences.update(preferences or [])
+        if 'prefer-legacy-http-handler' in self.params['compat_opts']:
+            director.preferences.add(lambda rh, _: 500 if rh.RH_KEY == 'Urllib' else 0)
         return director
 
+    @functools.cached_property
+    def _request_director(self):
+        return self.build_request_director(_REQUEST_HANDLERS.values(), _RH_PREFERENCES)
+
     def encode(self, s):
         if isinstance(s, bytes):
             return s  # Already encoded
@@ -4107,7 +4237,7 @@ def get_encoding(self):
         return encoding
 
     def _write_info_json(self, label, ie_result, infofn, overwrite=None):
-        ''' Write infojson and returns True = written, 'exists' = Already exists, False = skip, None = error '''
+        """ Write infojson and returns True = written, 'exists' = Already exists, False = skip, None = error """
         if overwrite is None:
             overwrite = self.params.get('overwrites', True)
         if not self.params.get('writeinfojson'):
@@ -4130,7 +4260,7 @@ def _write_info_json(self, label, ie_result, infofn, overwrite=None):
             return None
 
     def _write_description(self, label, ie_result, descfn):
-        ''' Write description and returns True = written, False = skip, None = error '''
+        """ Write description and returns True = written, False = skip, None = error """
         if not self.params.get('writedescription'):
             return False
         elif not descfn:
@@ -4154,7 +4284,7 @@ def _write_description(self, label, ie_result, descfn):
         return True
 
     def _write_subtitles(self, info_dict, filename):
-        ''' Write subtitles to file and return list of (sub_filename, final_sub_filename); or None if error'''
+        """ Write subtitles to file and return list of (sub_filename, final_sub_filename); or None if error"""
         ret = []
         subtitles = info_dict.get('requested_subtitles')
         if not (self.params.get('writesubtitles') or self.params.get('writeautomaticsub')):
@@ -4200,7 +4330,7 @@ def _write_subtitles(self, info_dict, filename):
                 self.dl(sub_filename, sub_copy, subtitle=True)
                 sub_info['filepath'] = sub_filename
                 ret.append((sub_filename, sub_filename_final))
-            except (DownloadError, ExtractorError, IOError, OSError, ValueError) + network_exceptions as err:
+            except (DownloadError, ExtractorError, OSError, ValueError, *network_exceptions) as err:
                 msg = f'Unable to download video subtitles for {sub_lang!r}: {err}'
                 if self.params.get('ignoreerrors') is not True:  # False or 'only_download'
                     if not self.params.get('ignoreerrors'):
@@ -4210,7 +4340,7 @@ def _write_subtitles(self, info_dict, filename):
         return ret
 
     def _write_thumbnails(self, label, info_dict, filename, thumb_filename_base=None):
-        ''' Write thumbnails to file and return list of (thumb_filename, final_thumb_filename) '''
+        """ Write thumbnails to file and return list of (thumb_filename, final_thumb_filename); or None if error """
         write_all = self.params.get('write_all_thumbnails', False)
         thumbnails, ret = [], []
         if write_all or self.params.get('writethumbnail', False):
@@ -4226,6 +4356,9 @@ def _write_thumbnails(self, label, info_dict, filename, thumb_filename_base=None
             self.write_debug(f'Skipping writing {label} thumbnail')
             return ret
 
+        if thumbnails and not self._ensure_dir_exists(filename):
+            return None
+
         for idx, t in list(enumerate(thumbnails))[::-1]:
             thumb_ext = (f'{t["id"]}.' if multiple else '') + determine_ext(t['url'], 'jpg')
             thumb_display_id = f'{label} thumbnail {t["id"]}'
@@ -4234,8 +4367,8 @@ def _write_thumbnails(self, label, info_dict, filename, thumb_filename_base=None
 
             existing_thumb = self.existing_file((thumb_filename_final, thumb_filename))
             if existing_thumb:
-                self.to_screen('[info] %s is already present' % (
-                    thumb_display_id if multiple else f'{label} thumbnail').capitalize())
+                self.to_screen('[info] {} is already present'.format((
+                    thumb_display_id if multiple else f'{label} thumbnail').capitalize()))
                 t['filepath'] = existing_thumb
                 ret.append((existing_thumb, thumb_filename_final))
             else: