]> jfr.im git - yt-dlp.git/blobdiff - yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
[cleanup] Misc fixes (see desc)
[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / YoutubeDL.py
index 478bdaccaf4cc8bd7bb879694a100f9085727adc..b8c250d736668da5d18bc67e7b271f9e02423e42 100644 (file)
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
 import collections
 import contextlib
 import datetime
@@ -16,6 +12,7 @@
 import operator
 import os
 import platform
+import random
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import time
 import tokenize
 import traceback
-import random
 import unicodedata
-
-from enum import Enum
+import urllib.request
 from string import ascii_letters
 
+from .cache import Cache
 from .compat import (
-    compat_basestring,
-    compat_brotli,
+    HAS_LEGACY as compat_has_legacy,
     compat_get_terminal_size,
-    compat_kwargs,
-    compat_numeric_types,
     compat_os_name,
-    compat_pycrypto_AES,
     compat_shlex_quote,
     compat_str,
-    compat_tokenize_tokenize,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_request,
-    compat_urllib_request_DataHandler,
-    windows_enable_vt_mode,
 )
 from .cookies import load_cookies
+from .downloader import FFmpegFD, get_suitable_downloader, shorten_protocol_name
+from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
+from .extractor import _LAZY_LOADER
+from .extractor import _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_extractors
+from .extractor import gen_extractor_classes, get_info_extractor
+from .extractor.openload import PhantomJSwrapper
+from .minicurses import format_text
+from .postprocessor import _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_postprocessors
+from .postprocessor import (
+    EmbedThumbnailPP,
+    FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP,
+    FFmpegFixupDurationPP,
+    FFmpegFixupM3u8PP,
+    FFmpegFixupM4aPP,
+    FFmpegFixupStretchedPP,
+    FFmpegFixupTimestampPP,
+    FFmpegMergerPP,
+    FFmpegPostProcessor,
+    MoveFilesAfterDownloadPP,
+    get_postprocessor,
+)
+from .update import detect_variant
 from .utils import (
+    DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
+    LINK_TEMPLATES,
+    NO_DEFAULT,
+    NUMBER_RE,
+    OUTTMPL_TYPES,
+    POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
+    STR_FORMAT_RE_TMPL,
+    STR_FORMAT_TYPES,
+    ContentTooShortError,
+    DateRange,
+    DownloadCancelled,
+    DownloadError,
+    EntryNotInPlaylist,
+    ExistingVideoReached,
+    ExtractorError,
+    GeoRestrictedError,
+    HEADRequest,
+    InAdvancePagedList,
+    ISO3166Utils,
+    LazyList,
+    MaxDownloadsReached,
+    Namespace,
+    PagedList,
+    PerRequestProxyHandler,
+    Popen,
+    PostProcessingError,
+    ReExtractInfo,
+    RejectedVideoReached,
+    SameFileError,
+    UnavailableVideoError,
+    YoutubeDLCookieProcessor,
+    YoutubeDLHandler,
+    YoutubeDLRedirectHandler,
     age_restricted,
     args_to_str,
-    ContentTooShortError,
     date_from_str,
-    DateRange,
-    DEFAULT_OUTTMPL,
     determine_ext,
     determine_protocol,
-    DownloadCancelled,
-    DownloadError,
     encode_compat_str,
     encodeFilename,
-    EntryNotInPlaylist,
     error_to_compat_str,
-    ExistingVideoReached,
     expand_path,
-    ExtractorError,
+    filter_dict,
     float_or_none,
     format_bytes,
-    format_field,
     format_decimal_suffix,
+    format_field,
     formatSeconds,
-    GeoRestrictedError,
     get_domain,
-    has_certifi,
-    HEADRequest,
-    InAdvancePagedList,
     int_or_none,
     iri_to_uri,
-    ISO3166Utils,
     join_nonempty,
-    LazyList,
-    LINK_TEMPLATES,
     locked_file,
     make_dir,
     make_HTTPS_handler,
-    MaxDownloadsReached,
     merge_headers,
     network_exceptions,
     number_of_digits,
     orderedSet,
-    OUTTMPL_TYPES,
-    PagedList,
     parse_filesize,
-    PerRequestProxyHandler,
     platform_name,
-    Popen,
-    POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
-    PostProcessingError,
     preferredencoding,
     prepend_extension,
-    ReExtractInfo,
     register_socks_protocols,
-    RejectedVideoReached,
     remove_terminal_sequences,
     render_table,
     replace_extension,
-    SameFileError,
     sanitize_filename,
     sanitize_path,
     sanitize_url,
     sanitized_Request,
     std_headers,
-    STR_FORMAT_RE_TMPL,
-    STR_FORMAT_TYPES,
     str_or_none,
     strftime_or_none,
     subtitles_filename,
     to_high_limit_path,
     traverse_obj,
     try_get,
-    UnavailableVideoError,
     url_basename,
     variadic,
     version_tuple,
+    windows_enable_vt_mode,
     write_json_file,
     write_string,
-    YoutubeDLCookieProcessor,
-    YoutubeDLHandler,
-    YoutubeDLRedirectHandler,
-)
-from .cache import Cache
-from .minicurses import format_text
-from .extractor import (
-    gen_extractor_classes,
-    get_info_extractor,
-    _LAZY_LOADER,
-    _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_extractors
-)
-from .extractor.openload import PhantomJSwrapper
-from .downloader import (
-    FFmpegFD,
-    get_suitable_downloader,
-    shorten_protocol_name
-)
-from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
-from .postprocessor import (
-    get_postprocessor,
-    EmbedThumbnailPP,
-    FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP,
-    FFmpegFixupDurationPP,
-    FFmpegFixupM3u8PP,
-    FFmpegFixupM4aPP,
-    FFmpegFixupStretchedPP,
-    FFmpegFixupTimestampPP,
-    FFmpegMergerPP,
-    FFmpegPostProcessor,
-    MoveFilesAfterDownloadPP,
-    _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_postprocessors
 )
-from .update import detect_variant
-from .version import __version__, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD
+from .version import RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, __version__
 
 if compat_os_name == 'nt':
     import ctypes
 
 
-class YoutubeDL(object):
+class YoutubeDL:
     """YoutubeDL class.
 
     YoutubeDL objects are the ones responsible of downloading the
@@ -210,13 +195,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        For compatibility, a single list is also accepted
     print_to_file:     A dict with keys WHEN (same as forceprint) mapped to
                        a list of tuples with (template, filename)
-    forceurl:          Force printing final URL. (Deprecated)
-    forcetitle:        Force printing title. (Deprecated)
-    forceid:           Force printing ID. (Deprecated)
-    forcethumbnail:    Force printing thumbnail URL. (Deprecated)
-    forcedescription:  Force printing description. (Deprecated)
-    forcefilename:     Force printing final filename. (Deprecated)
-    forceduration:     Force printing duration. (Deprecated)
     forcejson:         Force printing info_dict as JSON.
     dump_single_json:  Force printing the info_dict of the whole playlist
                        (or video) as a single JSON line.
@@ -293,9 +271,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     writedesktoplink:  Write a Linux internet shortcut file (.desktop)
     writesubtitles:    Write the video subtitles to a file
     writeautomaticsub: Write the automatically generated subtitles to a file
-    allsubtitles:      Deprecated - Use subtitleslangs = ['all']
-                       Downloads all the subtitles of the video
-                       (requires writesubtitles or writeautomaticsub)
     listsubtitles:     Lists all available subtitles for the video
     subtitlesformat:   The format code for subtitles
     subtitleslangs:    List of languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex).
@@ -328,13 +303,17 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        has been filtered out.
     break_per_url:     Whether break_on_reject and break_on_existing
                        should act on each input URL as opposed to for the entire queue
-    cookiefile:        File name where cookies should be read from and dumped to
+    cookiefile:        File name or text stream from where cookies should be read and dumped to
     cookiesfrombrowser:  A tuple containing the name of the browser, the profile
                        name/pathfrom where cookies are loaded, and the name of the
                        keyring. Eg: ('chrome', ) or ('vivaldi', 'default', 'BASICTEXT')
     legacyserverconnect: Explicitly allow HTTPS connection to servers that do not
                        support RFC 5746 secure renegotiation
     nocheckcertificate:  Do not verify SSL certificates
+    client_certificate:  Path to client certificate file in PEM format. May include the private key
+    client_certificate_key:  Path to private key file for client certificate
+    client_certificate_password:  Password for client certificate private key, if encrypted.
+                        If not provided and the key is encrypted, yt-dlp will ask interactively
     prefer_insecure:   Use HTTP instead of HTTPS to retrieve information.
                        At the moment, this is only supported by YouTube.
     http_headers:      A dictionary of custom headers to be used for all requests
@@ -345,7 +324,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     bidi_workaround:   Work around buggy terminals without bidirectional text
                        support, using fridibi
     debug_printtraffic:Print out sent and received HTTP traffic
-    include_ads:       Download ads as well (deprecated)
     default_search:    Prepend this string if an input url is not valid.
                        'auto' for elaborate guessing
     encoding:          Use this encoding instead of the system-specified.
@@ -361,10 +339,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        * when: When to run the postprocessor. Allowed values are
                                the entries of utils.POSTPROCESS_WHEN
                                Assumed to be 'post_process' if not given
-    post_hooks:        Deprecated - Register a custom postprocessor instead
-                       A list of functions that get called as the final step
-                       for each video file, after all postprocessors have been
-                       called. The filename will be passed as the only argument.
     progress_hooks:    A list of functions that get called on download
                        progress, with a dictionary with the entries
                        * status: One of "downloading", "error", or "finished".
@@ -409,8 +383,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        - "detect_or_warn": check whether we can do anything
                                            about it, warn otherwise (default)
     source_address:    Client-side IP address to bind to.
-    call_home:         Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
-                       yt-dlp servers for debugging. (BROKEN)
     sleep_interval_requests: Number of seconds to sleep between requests
                        during extraction
     sleep_interval:    Number of seconds to sleep before each download when
@@ -426,10 +398,14 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     sleep_interval_subtitles: Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download
     listformats:       Print an overview of available video formats and exit.
     list_thumbnails:   Print a table of all thumbnails and exit.
-    match_filter:      A function that gets called with the info_dict of
-                       every video.
-                       If it returns a message, the video is ignored.
-                       If it returns None, the video is downloaded.
+    match_filter:      A function that gets called for every video with the signature
+                       (info_dict, *, incomplete: bool) -> Optional[str]
+                       For backward compatibility with youtube-dl, the signature
+                       (info_dict) -> Optional[str] is also allowed.
+                       - If it returns a message, the video is ignored.
+                       - If it returns None, the video is downloaded.
+                       - If it returns utils.NO_DEFAULT, the user is interactively
+                         asked whether to download the video.
                        match_filter_func in utils.py is one example for this.
     no_color:          Do not emit color codes in output.
     geo_bypass:        Bypass geographic restriction via faking X-Forwarded-For
@@ -441,17 +417,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     geo_bypass_ip_block:
                        IP range in CIDR notation that will be used similarly to
                        geo_bypass_country
-
-    The following options determine which downloader is picked:
     external_downloader: A dictionary of protocol keys and the executable of the
                        external downloader to use for it. The allowed protocols
                        are default|http|ftp|m3u8|dash|rtsp|rtmp|mms.
                        Set the value to 'native' to use the native downloader
-    hls_prefer_native: Deprecated - Use external_downloader = {'m3u8': 'native'}
-                       or {'m3u8': 'ffmpeg'} instead.
-                       Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv
-                       if True, otherwise use ffmpeg/avconv if False, otherwise
-                       use downloader suggested by extractor if None.
     compat_opts:       Compatibility options. See "Differences in default behavior".
                        The following options do not work when used through the API:
                        filename, abort-on-error, multistreams, no-live-chat, format-sort
@@ -461,6 +430,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        Allowed keys are 'download', 'postprocess',
                        'download-title' (console title) and 'postprocess-title'.
                        The template is mapped on a dictionary with keys 'progress' and 'info'
+    retry_sleep_functions: Dictionary of functions that takes the number of attempts
+                       as argument and returns the time to sleep in seconds.
+                       Allowed keys are 'http', 'fragment', 'file_access'
+    download_ranges:   A function that gets called for every video with the signature
+                       (info_dict, *, ydl) -> Iterable[Section].
+                       Only the returned sections will be downloaded. Each Section contains:
+                       * start_time: Start time of the section in seconds
+                       * end_time: End time of the section in seconds
+                       * title: Section title (Optional)
+                       * index: Section number (Optional)
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the downloader (see yt_dlp/downloader/common.py):
@@ -470,8 +449,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads.
 
     The following options are used by the post processors:
-    prefer_ffmpeg:     If False, use avconv instead of ffmpeg if both are available,
-                       otherwise prefer ffmpeg. (avconv support is deprecated)
     ffmpeg_location:   Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
                        to the binary or its containing directory.
     postprocessor_args: A dictionary of postprocessor/executable keys (in lower case)
@@ -491,19 +468,55 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details.
                        Eg: {'youtube': {'skip': ['dash', 'hls']}}
     mark_watched:      Mark videos watched (even with --simulate). Only for YouTube
-    youtube_include_dash_manifest: Deprecated - Use extractor_args instead.
+
+    The following options are deprecated and may be removed in the future:
+
+    forceurl:          - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing final URL.
+    forcetitle:        - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing title.
+    forceid:           - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing ID.
+    forcethumbnail:    - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing thumbnail URL.
+    forcedescription:  - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing description.
+    forcefilename:     - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing final filename.
+    forceduration:     - Use forceprint
+                       Force printing duration.
+    allsubtitles:      - Use subtitleslangs = ['all']
+                       Downloads all the subtitles of the video
+                       (requires writesubtitles or writeautomaticsub)
+    include_ads:       - Doesn't work
+                       Download ads as well
+    call_home:         - Not implemented
+                       Boolean, true iff we are allowed to contact the
+                       yt-dlp servers for debugging.
+    post_hooks:        - Register a custom postprocessor
+                       A list of functions that get called as the final step
+                       for each video file, after all postprocessors have been
+                       called. The filename will be passed as the only argument.
+    hls_prefer_native: - Use external_downloader = {'m3u8': 'native'} or {'m3u8': 'ffmpeg'}.
+                       Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg/avconv
+                       if True, otherwise use ffmpeg/avconv if False, otherwise
+                       use downloader suggested by extractor if None.
+    prefer_ffmpeg:     - avconv support is deprecated
+                       If False, use avconv instead of ffmpeg if both are available,
+                       otherwise prefer ffmpeg.
+    youtube_include_dash_manifest: - Use extractor_args
                        If True (default), DASH manifests and related
                        data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
                        care about DASH. (only for youtube)
-    youtube_include_hls_manifest: Deprecated - Use extractor_args instead.
+    youtube_include_hls_manifest: - Use extractor_args
                        If True (default), HLS manifests and related
                        data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
                        care about HLS. (only for youtube)
     """
 
-    _NUMERIC_FIELDS = set((
+    _NUMERIC_FIELDS = {
         'width', 'height', 'tbr', 'abr', 'asr', 'vbr', 'fps', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx',
         'timestamp', 'release_timestamp',
         'duration', 'view_count', 'like_count', 'dislike_count', 'repost_count',
@@ -511,11 +524,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         'start_time', 'end_time',
         'chapter_number', 'season_number', 'episode_number',
         'track_number', 'disc_number', 'release_year',
-    ))
+    }
 
     _format_fields = {
         # NB: Keep in sync with the docstring of extractor/common.py
-        'url', 'manifest_url', 'ext', 'format', 'format_id', 'format_note',
+        'url', 'manifest_url', 'manifest_stream_number', 'ext', 'format', 'format_id', 'format_note',
         'width', 'height', 'resolution', 'dynamic_range', 'tbr', 'abr', 'acodec', 'asr',
         'vbr', 'fps', 'vcodec', 'container', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx',
         'player_url', 'protocol', 'fragment_base_url', 'fragments', 'is_from_start',
@@ -553,17 +566,18 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
         self.cache = Cache(self)
 
         windows_enable_vt_mode()
-        self._out_files = {
-            'error': sys.stderr,
-            'print': sys.stderr if self.params.get('logtostderr') else sys.stdout,
-            'console': None if compat_os_name == 'nt' else next(
+        stdout = sys.stderr if self.params.get('logtostderr') else sys.stdout
+        self._out_files = Namespace(
+            out=stdout,
+            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)
-        }
-        self._out_files['screen'] = sys.stderr if self.params.get('quiet') else self._out_files['print']
-        self._allow_colors = {
-            type_: not self.params.get('no_color') and supports_terminal_sequences(self._out_files[type_])
-            for type_ in ('screen', 'error')
-        }
+        )
+        self._allow_colors = Namespace(**{
+            type_: not self.params.get('no_color') and supports_terminal_sequences(stream)
+            for type_, stream in self._out_files.items_ if type_ != 'console'
+        })
 
         if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
             self.report_warning(
@@ -578,7 +592,7 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
 
         def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
             if self.params.get(param) is not None:
-                self.report_warning('%s is deprecated. Use %s instead' % (option, suggestion))
+                self.report_warning(f'{option} is deprecated. Use {suggestion} instead')
                 return True
             return False
 
@@ -595,7 +609,10 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
         for msg in self.params.get('_deprecation_warnings', []):
             self.deprecation_warning(msg)
 
-        if 'list-formats' in self.params.get('compat_opts', []):
+        self.params['compat_opts'] = set(self.params.get('compat_opts', ()))
+        if not compat_has_legacy:
+            self.params['compat_opts'].add('no-compat-legacy')
+        if 'list-formats' in self.params['compat_opts']:
             self.params['listformats_table'] = False
 
         if 'overwrites' not in self.params and self.params.get('nooverwrites') is not None:
@@ -620,14 +637,8 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
                 import pty
                 master, slave = pty.openpty()
                 width = compat_get_terminal_size().columns
-                if width is None:
-                    width_args = []
-                else:
-                    width_args = ['-w', str(width)]
-                sp_kwargs = dict(
-                    stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                    stdout=slave,
-                    stderr=self._out_files['error'])
+                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)
                 except OSError:
@@ -641,6 +652,11 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
                 else:
                     raise
 
+        if auto_init:
+            if auto_init != 'no_verbose_header':
+                self.print_debug_header()
+            self.add_default_info_extractors()
+
         if (sys.platform != 'win32'
                 and sys.getfilesystemencoding() in ['ascii', 'ANSI_X3.4-1968']
                 and not self.params.get('restrictfilenames', False)):
@@ -662,13 +678,6 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
         # Set http_headers defaults according to std_headers
         self.params['http_headers'] = merge_headers(std_headers, self.params.get('http_headers', {}))
 
-        self._setup_opener()
-
-        if auto_init:
-            if auto_init != 'no_verbose_header':
-                self.print_debug_header()
-            self.add_default_info_extractors()
-
         hooks = {
             'post_hooks': self.add_post_hook,
             'progress_hooks': self.add_progress_hook,
@@ -682,9 +691,10 @@ def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
             pp_def = dict(pp_def_raw)
             when = pp_def.pop('when', 'post_process')
             self.add_post_processor(
-                get_postprocessor(pp_def.pop('key'))(self, **compat_kwargs(pp_def)),
+                get_postprocessor(pp_def.pop('key'))(self, **pp_def),
                 when=when)
 
+        self._setup_opener()
         register_socks_protocols()
 
         def preload_download_archive(fn):
@@ -696,7 +706,7 @@ def preload_download_archive(fn):
                 with locked_file(fn, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as archive_file:
                     for line in archive_file:
                         self.archive.add(line.strip())
-            except IOError as ioe:
+            except OSError as ioe:
                 if ioe.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                     raise
                 return False
@@ -782,9 +792,9 @@ def _bidi_workaround(self, message):
         assert hasattr(self, '_output_process')
         assert isinstance(message, compat_str)
         line_count = message.count('\n') + 1
-        self._output_process.stdin.write((message + '\n').encode('utf-8'))
+        self._output_process.stdin.write((message + '\n').encode())
         self._output_process.stdin.flush()
-        res = ''.join(self._output_channel.readline().decode('utf-8')
+        res = ''.join(self._output_channel.readline().decode()
                       for _ in range(line_count))
         return res[:-len('\n')]
 
@@ -799,9 +809,9 @@ def to_stdout(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=None):
         """Print message to stdout"""
         if quiet is not None:
             self.deprecation_warning('"YoutubeDL.to_stdout" no longer accepts the argument quiet. Use "YoutubeDL.to_screen" instead')
-        self._write_string(
-            '%s%s' % (self._bidi_workaround(message), ('' if skip_eol else '\n')),
-            self._out_files['print'])
+        if skip_eol is not False:
+            self.deprecation_warning('"YoutubeDL.to_stdout" no longer accepts the argument skip_eol. Use "YoutubeDL.to_screen" instead')
+        self._write_string(f'{self._bidi_workaround(message)}\n', self._out_files.out)
 
     def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=None):
         """Print message to screen if not in quiet mode"""
@@ -812,7 +822,7 @@ def to_screen(self, message, skip_eol=False, quiet=None):
             return
         self._write_string(
             '%s%s' % (self._bidi_workaround(message), ('' if skip_eol else '\n')),
-            self._out_files['screen'])
+            self._out_files.screen)
 
     def to_stderr(self, message, only_once=False):
         """Print message to stderr"""
@@ -820,12 +830,12 @@ def to_stderr(self, message, only_once=False):
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].error(message)
         else:
-            self._write_string('%s\n' % self._bidi_workaround(message), self._out_files['error'], only_once=only_once)
+            self._write_string(f'{self._bidi_workaround(message)}\n', self._out_files.error, only_once=only_once)
 
     def _send_console_code(self, code):
-        if compat_os_name == 'nt' or not self._out_files['console']:
+        if compat_os_name == 'nt' or not self._out_files.console:
             return
-        self._write_string(code, self._out_files['console'])
+        self._write_string(code, self._out_files.console)
 
     def to_console_title(self, message):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
@@ -893,16 +903,19 @@ def trouble(self, message=None, tb=None, is_error=True):
             raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
         self._download_retcode = 1
 
-    class Styles(Enum):
-        HEADERS = 'yellow'
-        EMPHASIS = 'light blue'
-        ID = 'green'
-        DELIM = 'blue'
-        ERROR = 'red'
-        WARNING = 'yellow'
-        SUPPRESS = 'light black'
+    Styles = Namespace(
+        HEADERS='yellow',
+        EMPHASIS='light blue',
+        FILENAME='green',
+        ID='green',
+        DELIM='blue',
+        ERROR='red',
+        WARNING='yellow',
+        SUPPRESS='light black',
+    )
 
     def _format_text(self, handle, allow_colors, text, f, fallback=None, *, test_encoding=False):
+        text = str(text)
         if test_encoding:
             original_text = text
             # handle.encoding can be None. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/2711
@@ -910,17 +923,16 @@ def _format_text(self, handle, allow_colors, text, f, fallback=None, *, test_enc
             text = text.encode(encoding, 'ignore').decode(encoding)
             if fallback is not None and text != original_text:
                 text = fallback
-        if isinstance(f, self.Styles):
-            f = f.value
         return format_text(text, f) if allow_colors else text if fallback is None else fallback
 
+    def _format_out(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._format_text(self._out_files.out, self._allow_colors.out, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def _format_screen(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self._format_text(
-            self._out_files['screen'], self._allow_colors['screen'], *args, **kwargs)
+        return self._format_text(self._out_files.screen, self._allow_colors.screen, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _format_err(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self._format_text(
-            self._out_files['error'], self._allow_colors['error'], *args, **kwargs)
+        return self._format_text(self._out_files.error, self._allow_colors.error, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def report_warning(self, message, only_once=False):
         '''
@@ -936,7 +948,7 @@ def report_warning(self, message, only_once=False):
 
     def deprecation_warning(self, message):
         if self.params.get('logger') is not None:
-            self.params['logger'].warning('DeprecationWarning: {message}')
+            self.params['logger'].warning(f'DeprecationWarning: {message}')
         else:
             self.to_stderr(f'{self._format_err("DeprecationWarning:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', True)
 
@@ -951,7 +963,7 @@ def write_debug(self, message, only_once=False):
         '''Log debug message or Print message to stderr'''
         if not self.params.get('verbose', False):
             return
-        message = '[debug] %s' % message
+        message = f'[debug] {message}'
         if self.params.get('logger'):
             self.params['logger'].debug(message)
         else:
@@ -972,7 +984,7 @@ def report_file_delete(self, file_name):
             self.to_screen('Deleting existing file')
 
     def raise_no_formats(self, info, forced=False, *, msg=None):
-        has_drm = info.get('__has_drm')
+        has_drm = info.get('_has_drm')
         ignored, expected = self.params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'), bool(msg)
         msg = msg or has_drm and 'This video is DRM protected' or 'No video formats found!'
         if forced or not ignored:
@@ -993,11 +1005,9 @@ def parse_outtmpl(self):
         outtmpl_dict.update({
             k: sanitize(v) for k, v in DEFAULT_OUTTMPL.items()
             if outtmpl_dict.get(k) is None})
-        for key, val in outtmpl_dict.items():
+        for _, val in outtmpl_dict.items():
             if isinstance(val, bytes):
-                self.report_warning(
-                    'Parameter outtmpl is bytes, but should be a unicode string. '
-                    'Put  from __future__ import unicode_literals  at the top of your code file or consider switching to Python 3.x.')
+                self.report_warning('Parameter outtmpl is bytes, but should be a unicode string')
         return outtmpl_dict
 
     def get_output_path(self, dir_type='', filename=None):
@@ -1007,12 +1017,6 @@ def get_output_path(self, dir_type='', filename=None):
             expand_path(paths.get('home', '').strip()),
             expand_path(paths.get(dir_type, '').strip()) if dir_type else '',
             filename or '')
-
-        # Temporary fix for #4787
-        # 'Treat' all problem characters by passing filename through preferredencoding
-        # to workaround encoding issues with subprocess on python2 @ Windows
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform == 'win32':
-            path = encodeFilename(path, True).decode(preferredencoding())
         return sanitize_path(path, force=self.params.get('windowsfilenames'))
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -1022,7 +1026,7 @@ def _outtmpl_expandpath(outtmpl):
         # '%%' intact for template dict substitution step. Working around
         # with boundary-alike separator hack.
         sep = ''.join([random.choice(ascii_letters) for _ in range(32)])
-        outtmpl = outtmpl.replace('%%', '%{0}%'.format(sep)).replace('$$', '${0}$'.format(sep))
+        outtmpl = outtmpl.replace('%%', f'%{sep}%').replace('$$', f'${sep}$')
 
         # outtmpl should be expand_path'ed before template dict substitution
         # because meta fields may contain env variables we don't want to
@@ -1055,6 +1059,7 @@ def validate_outtmpl(cls, outtmpl):
     def _copy_infodict(info_dict):
         info_dict = dict(info_dict)
         info_dict.pop('__postprocessors', None)
+        info_dict.pop('__pending_error', None)
         return info_dict
 
     def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
@@ -1070,7 +1075,7 @@ def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
             formatSeconds(info_dict['duration'], '-' if sanitize else ':')
             if info_dict.get('duration', None) is not None
             else None)
-        info_dict['autonumber'] = self.params.get('autonumber_start', 1) - 1 + self._num_downloads
+        info_dict['autonumber'] = int(self.params.get('autonumber_start', 1) - 1 + self._num_downloads)
         info_dict['video_autonumber'] = self._num_videos
         if info_dict.get('resolution') is None:
             info_dict['resolution'] = self.format_resolution(info_dict, default=None)
@@ -1078,7 +1083,7 @@ def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
         # For fields playlist_index, playlist_autonumber and autonumber convert all occurrences
         # of %(field)s to %(field)0Nd for backward compatibility
         field_size_compat_map = {
-            'playlist_index': number_of_digits(info_dict.get('_last_playlist_index') or 0),
+            'playlist_index': number_of_digits(info_dict.get('__last_playlist_index') or 0),
             'playlist_autonumber': number_of_digits(info_dict.get('n_entries') or 0),
             'autonumber': self.params.get('autonumber_size') or 5,
         }
@@ -1092,18 +1097,18 @@ def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
         # Field is of the form key1.key2...
         # where keys (except first) can be string, int or slice
         FIELD_RE = r'\w*(?:\.(?:\w+|{num}|{num}?(?::{num}?){{1,2}}))*'.format(num=r'(?:-?\d+)')
-        MATH_FIELD_RE = r'''(?:{field}|{num})'''.format(field=FIELD_RE, num=r'-?\d+(?:.\d+)?')
+        MATH_FIELD_RE = rf'(?:{FIELD_RE}|-?{NUMBER_RE})'
         MATH_OPERATORS_RE = r'(?:%s)' % '|'.join(map(re.escape, MATH_FUNCTIONS.keys()))
-        INTERNAL_FORMAT_RE = re.compile(r'''(?x)
+        INTERNAL_FORMAT_RE = re.compile(rf'''(?x)
             (?P<negate>-)?
-            (?P<fields>{field})
-            (?P<maths>(?:{math_op}{math_field})*)
+            (?P<fields>{FIELD_RE})
+            (?P<maths>(?:{MATH_OPERATORS_RE}{MATH_FIELD_RE})*)
             (?:>(?P<strf_format>.+?))?
             (?P<remaining>
                 (?P<alternate>(?<!\\),[^|&)]+)?
                 (?:&(?P<replacement>.*?))?
                 (?:\|(?P<default>.*?))?
-            )$'''.format(field=FIELD_RE, math_op=MATH_OPERATORS_RE, math_field=MATH_FIELD_RE))
+            )$''')
 
         def _traverse_infodict(k):
             k = k.split('.')
@@ -1150,8 +1155,10 @@ def get_value(mdict):
         na = self.params.get('outtmpl_na_placeholder', 'NA')
 
         def filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames')):
-            return sanitize_filename(str(value), restricted=restricted,
-                                     is_id=re.search(r'(^|[_.])id(\.|$)', key))
+            return sanitize_filename(str(value), restricted=restricted, is_id=(
+                bool(re.search(r'(^|[_.])id(\.|$)', key))
+                if 'filename-sanitization' in self.params['compat_opts']
+                else NO_DEFAULT))
 
         sanitizer = sanitize if callable(sanitize) else filename_sanitizer
         sanitize = bool(sanitize)
@@ -1180,7 +1187,7 @@ def create_key(outer_mobj):
 
             fmt = outer_mobj.group('format')
             if fmt == 's' and value is not None and key in field_size_compat_map.keys():
-                fmt = '0{:d}d'.format(field_size_compat_map[key])
+                fmt = f'0{field_size_compat_map[key]:d}d'
 
             value = default if value is None else value if replacement is None else replacement
 
@@ -1195,7 +1202,7 @@ def create_key(outer_mobj):
                 value = map(str, variadic(value) if '#' in flags else [value])
                 value, fmt = ' '.join(map(compat_shlex_quote, value)), str_fmt
             elif fmt[-1] == 'B':  # bytes
-                value = f'%{str_fmt}'.encode('utf-8') % str(value).encode('utf-8')
+                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(
@@ -1236,18 +1243,21 @@ def evaluate_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, *args, **kwargs):
         outtmpl, info_dict = self.prepare_outtmpl(outtmpl, info_dict, *args, **kwargs)
         return self.escape_outtmpl(outtmpl) % info_dict
 
-    def _prepare_filename(self, info_dict, tmpl_type='default'):
+    def _prepare_filename(self, info_dict, *, outtmpl=None, tmpl_type=None):
+        assert None in (outtmpl, tmpl_type), 'outtmpl and tmpl_type are mutually exclusive'
+        if outtmpl is None:
+            outtmpl = self.outtmpl_dict.get(tmpl_type or 'default', self.outtmpl_dict['default'])
         try:
-            outtmpl = self._outtmpl_expandpath(self.outtmpl_dict.get(tmpl_type, self.outtmpl_dict['default']))
+            outtmpl = self._outtmpl_expandpath(outtmpl)
             filename = self.evaluate_outtmpl(outtmpl, info_dict, True)
             if not filename:
                 return None
 
-            if tmpl_type in ('default', 'temp'):
+            if tmpl_type in ('', 'temp'):
                 final_ext, ext = self.params.get('final_ext'), info_dict.get('ext')
                 if final_ext and ext and final_ext != ext and filename.endswith(f'.{final_ext}'):
                     filename = replace_extension(filename, ext, final_ext)
-            else:
+            elif tmpl_type:
                 force_ext = OUTTMPL_TYPES[tmpl_type]
                 if force_ext:
                     filename = replace_extension(filename, force_ext, info_dict.get('ext'))
@@ -1263,10 +1273,12 @@ def _prepare_filename(self, info_dict, tmpl_type='default'):
             self.report_error('Error in output template: ' + str(err) + ' (encoding: ' + repr(preferredencoding()) + ')')
             return None
 
-    def prepare_filename(self, info_dict, dir_type='', warn=False):
-        """Generate the output filename."""
-
-        filename = self._prepare_filename(info_dict, dir_type or 'default')
+    def prepare_filename(self, info_dict, dir_type='', *, outtmpl=None, warn=False):
+        """Generate the output filename"""
+        if outtmpl:
+            assert not dir_type, 'outtmpl and dir_type are mutually exclusive'
+            dir_type = None
+        filename = self._prepare_filename(info_dict, tmpl_type=dir_type, outtmpl=outtmpl)
         if not filename and dir_type not in ('', 'temp'):
             return ''
 
@@ -1303,7 +1315,7 @@ def check_filter():
             if date is not None:
                 dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
                 if date not in dateRange:
-                    return '%s upload date is not in range %s' % (date_from_str(date).isoformat(), dateRange)
+                    return f'{date_from_str(date).isoformat()} upload date is not in range {dateRange}'
             view_count = info_dict.get('view_count')
             if view_count is not None:
                 min_views = self.params.get('min_views')
@@ -1322,7 +1334,16 @@ def check_filter():
                 except TypeError:
                     # For backward compatibility
                     ret = None if incomplete else match_filter(info_dict)
-                if ret is not None:
+                if ret is NO_DEFAULT:
+                    while True:
+                        filename = self._format_screen(self.prepare_filename(info_dict), self.Styles.FILENAME)
+                        reply = input(self._format_screen(
+                            f'Download "{filename}"? (Y/n): ', self.Styles.EMPHASIS)).lower().strip()
+                        if reply in {'y', ''}:
+                            return None
+                        elif reply == 'n':
+                            return f'Skipping {video_title}'
+                elif ret is not None:
                     return ret
             return None
 
@@ -1530,6 +1551,7 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
                 self.add_extra_info(info_copy, extra_info)
                 info_copy, _ = self.pre_process(info_copy)
                 self.__forced_printings(info_copy, self.prepare_filename(info_copy), incomplete=True)
+                self._raise_pending_errors(info_copy)
                 if self.params.get('force_write_download_archive', False):
                     self.record_download_archive(info_copy)
                 return ie_result
@@ -1537,6 +1559,7 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
         if result_type == 'video':
             self.add_extra_info(ie_result, extra_info)
             ie_result = self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
+            self._raise_pending_errors(ie_result)
             additional_urls = (ie_result or {}).get('additional_urls')
             if additional_urls:
                 # TODO: Improve MetadataParserPP to allow setting a list
@@ -1571,13 +1594,9 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
             if not info:
                 return info
 
-            force_properties = dict(
-                (k, v) for k, v in ie_result.items() if v is not None)
-            for f in ('_type', 'url', 'id', 'extractor', 'extractor_key', 'ie_key'):
-                if f in force_properties:
-                    del force_properties[f]
             new_result = info.copy()
-            new_result.update(force_properties)
+            new_result.update(filter_dict(ie_result, lambda k, v: (
+                v is not None and k not in {'_type', 'url', 'id', 'extractor', 'extractor_key', 'ie_key'})))
 
             # Extracted info may not be a video result (i.e.
             # info.get('_type', 'video') != video) but rather an url or
@@ -1728,6 +1747,7 @@ def get_entry(i):
             entries.append(entry)
             try:
                 if entry is not None:
+                    # TODO: Add auto-generated fields
                     self._match_entry(entry, incomplete=True, silent=True)
             except (ExistingVideoReached, RejectedVideoReached):
                 broken = True
@@ -1771,21 +1791,22 @@ def get_entry(i):
 
         x_forwarded_for = ie_result.get('__x_forwarded_for_ip')
 
-        self.to_screen('[%s] playlist %s: %s' % (ie_result['extractor'], playlist, msg % n_entries))
+        self.to_screen(f'[{ie_result["extractor"]}] playlist {playlist}: {msg % n_entries}')
         failures = 0
         max_failures = self.params.get('skip_playlist_after_errors') or float('inf')
         for i, entry_tuple in enumerate(entries, 1):
             playlist_index, entry = entry_tuple
-            if 'playlist-index' in self.params.get('compat_opts', []):
+            if 'playlist-index' in self.params['compat_opts']:
                 playlist_index = playlistitems[i - 1] if playlistitems else i + playliststart - 1
-            self.to_screen('[download] Downloading video %s of %s' % (i, n_entries))
+            self.to_screen('[download] Downloading video %s of %s' % (
+                self._format_screen(i, self.Styles.ID), self._format_screen(n_entries, self.Styles.EMPHASIS)))
             # This __x_forwarded_for_ip thing is a bit ugly but requires
             # minimal changes
             if x_forwarded_for:
                 entry['__x_forwarded_for_ip'] = x_forwarded_for
             extra = {
                 'n_entries': n_entries,
-                '_last_playlist_index': max(playlistitems) if playlistitems else (playlistend or n_entries),
+                '__last_playlist_index': max(playlistitems) if playlistitems else (playlistend or n_entries),
                 'playlist_count': ie_result.get('playlist_count'),
                 'playlist_index': playlist_index,
                 'playlist_autonumber': i,
@@ -1815,7 +1836,7 @@ def get_entry(i):
         ie_result['entries'] = playlist_results
 
         # Write the updated info to json
-        if _infojson_written and self._write_info_json(
+        if _infojson_written is True and self._write_info_json(
                 'updated playlist', ie_result,
                 self.prepare_filename(ie_copy, 'pl_infojson'), overwrite=True) is None:
             return
@@ -1906,7 +1927,7 @@ def _check_formats(self, formats):
             temp_file.close()
             try:
                 success, _ = self.dl(temp_file.name, f, test=True)
-            except (DownloadError, IOError, OSError, ValueError) + network_exceptions:
+            except (DownloadError, OSError, ValueError) + network_exceptions:
                 success = False
             finally:
                 if os.path.exists(temp_file.name):
@@ -1930,12 +1951,12 @@ def can_merge():
             and download
             and (
                 not can_merge()
-                or info_dict.get('is_live', False)
+                or info_dict.get('is_live') and not self.params.get('live_from_start')
                 or self.outtmpl_dict['default'] == '-'))
         compat = (
             prefer_best
             or self.params.get('allow_multiple_audio_streams', False)
-            or 'format-spec' in self.params.get('compat_opts', []))
+            or 'format-spec' in self.params['compat_opts'])
 
         return (
             'best/bestvideo+bestaudio' if prefer_best
@@ -1946,7 +1967,7 @@ def build_format_selector(self, format_spec):
         def syntax_error(note, start):
             message = (
                 'Invalid format specification: '
-                '{0}\n\t{1}\n\t{2}^'.format(note, format_spec, ' ' * start[1]))
+                '{}\n\t{}\n\t{}^'.format(note, format_spec, ' ' * start[1]))
             return SyntaxError(message)
 
         PICKFIRST = 'PICKFIRST'
@@ -2050,7 +2071,7 @@ def _parse_format_selection(tokens, inside_merge=False, inside_choice=False, ins
                             raise syntax_error('Expected a selector', start)
                         current_selector = FormatSelector(MERGE, (selector_1, selector_2), [])
                     else:
-                        raise syntax_error('Operator not recognized: "{0}"'.format(string), start)
+                        raise syntax_error(f'Operator not recognized: "{string}"', start)
                 elif type == tokenize.ENDMARKER:
                     break
             if current_selector:
@@ -2174,7 +2195,8 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
                         yield from _check_formats(ctx['formats'][::-1])
                 elif format_spec == 'mergeall':
                     def selector_function(ctx):
-                        formats = list(_check_formats(ctx['formats']))
+                        formats = list(_check_formats(
+                            f for f in ctx['formats'] if f.get('vcodec') != 'none' or f.get('acodec') != 'none'))
                         if not formats:
                             return
                         merged_format = formats[-1]
@@ -2183,7 +2205,7 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
                         yield merged_format
 
                 else:
-                    format_fallback, format_reverse, format_idx = False, True, 1
+                    format_fallback, seperate_fallback, format_reverse, format_idx = False, None, True, 1
                     mobj = re.match(
                         r'(?P<bw>best|worst|b|w)(?P<type>video|audio|v|a)?(?P<mod>\*)?(?:\.(?P<n>[1-9]\d*))?$',
                         format_spec)
@@ -2210,6 +2232,7 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
                             filter_f = lambda f: f.get('ext') == format_spec and f.get('acodec') != 'none'
                         elif format_spec in self._format_selection_exts['video']:
                             filter_f = lambda f: f.get('ext') == format_spec and f.get('acodec') != 'none' and f.get('vcodec') != 'none'
+                            seperate_fallback = lambda f: f.get('ext') == format_spec and f.get('vcodec') != 'none'
                         elif format_spec in self._format_selection_exts['storyboards']:
                             filter_f = lambda f: f.get('ext') == format_spec and f.get('acodec') == 'none' and f.get('vcodec') == 'none'
                         else:
@@ -2218,15 +2241,19 @@ def selector_function(ctx):
                     def selector_function(ctx):
                         formats = list(ctx['formats'])
                         matches = list(filter(filter_f, formats)) if filter_f is not None else formats
-                        if format_fallback and ctx['incomplete_formats'] and not matches:
-                            # 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
+                        if not matches:
+                            if format_fallback and ctx['incomplete_formats']:
+                                # 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
+                            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))
                         matches = LazyList(_check_formats(matches[::-1 if format_reverse else 1]))
                         try:
                             yield matches[format_idx - 1]
-                        except IndexError:
+                        except LazyList.IndexError:
                             return
 
             filters = [self._build_format_filter(f) for f in selector.filters]
@@ -2238,13 +2265,13 @@ def final_selector(ctx):
                 return selector_function(ctx_copy)
             return final_selector
 
-        stream = io.BytesIO(format_spec.encode('utf-8'))
+        stream = io.BytesIO(format_spec.encode())
         try:
-            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(compat_tokenize_tokenize(stream.readline)))
+            tokens = list(_remove_unused_ops(tokenize.tokenize(stream.readline)))
         except tokenize.TokenError:
             raise syntax_error('Missing closing/opening brackets or parenthesis', (0, len(format_spec)))
 
-        class TokenIterator(object):
+        class TokenIterator:
             def __init__(self, tokens):
                 self.tokens = tokens
                 self.counter = 0
@@ -2270,7 +2297,7 @@ def restore_last_token(self):
     def _calc_headers(self, info_dict):
         res = merge_headers(self.params['http_headers'], info_dict.get('http_headers') or {})
 
-        cookies = self._calc_cookies(info_dict)
+        cookies = self._calc_cookies(info_dict['url'])
         if cookies:
             res['Cookie'] = cookies
 
@@ -2281,8 +2308,8 @@ def _calc_headers(self, info_dict):
 
         return res
 
-    def _calc_cookies(self, info_dict):
-        pr = sanitized_Request(info_dict['url'])
+    def _calc_cookies(self, url):
+        pr = sanitized_Request(url)
         self.cookiejar.add_cookie_header(pr)
         return pr.get_header('Cookie')
 
@@ -2330,13 +2357,17 @@ def _fill_common_fields(self, info_dict, is_video=True):
         # TODO: move sanitization here
         if is_video:
             # playlists are allowed to lack "title"
-            info_dict['fulltitle'] = info_dict.get('title')
-            if 'title' not in info_dict:
+            title = info_dict.get('title', NO_DEFAULT)
+            if title is NO_DEFAULT:
                 raise ExtractorError('Missing "title" field in extractor result',
                                      video_id=info_dict['id'], ie=info_dict['extractor'])
-            elif not info_dict.get('title'):
-                self.report_warning('Extractor failed to obtain "title". Creating a generic title instead')
-                info_dict['title'] = f'{info_dict["extractor"]} video #{info_dict["id"]}'
+            info_dict['fulltitle'] = title
+            if not title:
+                if title == '':
+                    self.write_debug('Extractor gave empty title. Creating a generic title')
+                else:
+                    self.report_warning('Extractor failed to obtain "title". Creating a generic title instead')
+                info_dict['title'] = f'{info_dict["extractor"].replace(":", "-")} video #{info_dict["id"]}'
 
         if info_dict.get('duration') is not None:
             info_dict['duration_string'] = formatSeconds(info_dict['duration'])
@@ -2349,11 +2380,9 @@ def _fill_common_fields(self, info_dict, is_video=True):
             if info_dict.get(date_key) is None and info_dict.get(ts_key) is not None:
                 # Working around out-of-range timestamp values (e.g. negative ones on Windows,
                 # see http://bugs.python.org/issue1646728)
-                try:
+                with contextlib.suppress(ValueError, OverflowError, OSError):
                     upload_date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(info_dict[ts_key])
                     info_dict[date_key] = upload_date.strftime('%Y%m%d')
-                except (ValueError, OverflowError, OSError):
-                    pass
 
         live_keys = ('is_live', 'was_live')
         live_status = info_dict.get('live_status')
@@ -2378,6 +2407,11 @@ def _fill_common_fields(self, info_dict, is_video=True):
             if 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])
 
+    def _raise_pending_errors(self, info):
+        err = info.pop('__pending_error', None)
+        if err:
+            self.report_error(err, tb=False)
+
     def process_video_result(self, info_dict, download=True):
         assert info_dict.get('_type', 'video') == 'video'
         self._num_videos += 1
@@ -2402,7 +2436,7 @@ def sanitize_string_field(info, string_field):
         def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
             for numeric_field in self._NUMERIC_FIELDS:
                 field = info.get(numeric_field)
-                if field is None or isinstance(field, compat_numeric_types):
+                if field is None or isinstance(field, (int, float)):
                     continue
                 report_force_conversion(numeric_field, 'numeric', 'int')
                 info[numeric_field] = int_or_none(field)
@@ -2453,9 +2487,15 @@ def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
         else:
             formats = info_dict['formats']
 
-        info_dict['__has_drm'] = any(f.get('has_drm') for f in formats)
+        # or None ensures --clean-infojson removes it
+        info_dict['_has_drm'] = any(f.get('has_drm') for f in formats) or None
         if not self.params.get('allow_unplayable_formats'):
             formats = [f for f in formats if not f.get('has_drm')]
+            if info_dict['_has_drm'] and all(
+                    f.get('acodec') == f.get('vcodec') == 'none' for f in formats):
+                self.report_warning(
+                    'This video is DRM protected and only images are available for download. '
+                    'Use --list-formats to see them')
 
         get_from_start = not info_dict.get('is_live') or bool(self.params.get('live_from_start'))
         if not get_from_start:
@@ -2463,8 +2503,9 @@ def sanitize_numeric_fields(info):
         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:
-                self.raise_no_formats(info_dict, msg='--live-from-start is passed, but there are no formats that can be downloaded from the start. '
-                                                     'If you want to download from the current time, pass --no-live-from-start')
+                self.raise_no_formats(info_dict, msg=(
+                    '--live-from-start is passed, but there are no formats that can be downloaded from the start. '
+                    'If you want to download from the current time, use --no-live-from-start'))
 
         if not formats:
             self.raise_no_formats(info_dict)
@@ -2529,7 +2570,7 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
                 format['dynamic_range'] = 'SDR'
             if (info_dict.get('duration') and format.get('tbr')
                     and not format.get('filesize') and not format.get('filesize_approx')):
-                format['filesize_approx'] = info_dict['duration'] * format['tbr'] * (1024 / 8)
+                format['filesize_approx'] = int(info_dict['duration'] * format['tbr'] * (1024 / 8))
 
             # Add HTTP headers, so that external programs can use them from the
             # json output
@@ -2576,7 +2617,7 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
         if list_only:
             # Without this printing, -F --print-json will not work
             self.__forced_printings(info_dict, self.prepare_filename(info_dict), incomplete=True)
-            return
+            return info_dict
 
         format_selector = self.format_selector
         if format_selector is None:
@@ -2594,33 +2635,15 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
                     self.report_error(err, tb=False, is_error=False)
                     continue
 
-            # While in format selection we may need to have an access to the original
-            # format set in order to calculate some metrics or do some processing.
-            # For now we need to be able to guess whether original formats provided
-            # by extractor are incomplete or not (i.e. whether extractor provides only
-            # video-only or audio-only formats) for proper formats selection for
-            # extractors with such incomplete formats (see
-            # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/5556).
-            # Since formats may be filtered during format selection and may not match
-            # the original formats the results may be incorrect. Thus original formats
-            # or pre-calculated metrics should be passed to format selection routines
-            # as well.
-            # We will pass a context object containing all necessary additional data
-            # instead of just formats.
-            # This fixes incorrect format selection issue (see
-            # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/10083).
-            incomplete_formats = (
-                # All formats are video-only or
-                all(f.get('vcodec') != 'none' and f.get('acodec') == 'none' for f in formats)
-                # all formats are audio-only
-                or all(f.get('vcodec') == 'none' and f.get('acodec') != 'none' for f in formats))
-
-            ctx = {
+            formats_to_download = list(format_selector({
                 'formats': formats,
-                'incomplete_formats': incomplete_formats,
-            }
-
-            formats_to_download = list(format_selector(ctx))
+                'has_merged_format': any('none' not in (f.get('acodec'), f.get('vcodec')) for f in formats),
+                'incomplete_formats': (
+                    # All formats are video-only or
+                    all(f.get('vcodec') != 'none' and f.get('acodec') == 'none' for f in formats)
+                    # all formats are audio-only
+                    or all(f.get('vcodec') == 'none' and f.get('acodec') != 'none' for f in formats)),
+            }))
             if interactive_format_selection and not formats_to_download:
                 self.report_error('Requested format is not available', tb=False, is_error=False)
                 continue
@@ -2628,26 +2651,46 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
 
         if not formats_to_download:
             if not self.params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'):
-                raise ExtractorError('Requested format is not available', expected=True,
-                                     video_id=info_dict['id'], ie=info_dict['extractor'])
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats',
+                    expected=True, video_id=info_dict['id'], ie=info_dict['extractor'])
             self.report_warning('Requested format is not available')
             # Process what we can, even without any available formats.
             formats_to_download = [{}]
 
-        best_format = formats_to_download[-1]
+        requested_ranges = self.params.get('download_ranges')
+        if requested_ranges:
+            requested_ranges = tuple(requested_ranges(info_dict, self))
+
+        best_format, downloaded_formats = formats_to_download[-1], []
         if download:
             if best_format:
-                self.to_screen(
-                    f'[info] {info_dict["id"]}: Downloading {len(formats_to_download)} format(s): '
-                    + ', '.join([f['format_id'] for f in formats_to_download]))
+                def to_screen(*msg):
+                    self.to_screen(f'[info] {info_dict["id"]}: {" ".join(", ".join(variadic(m)) for m in msg)}')
+
+                to_screen(f'Downloading {len(formats_to_download)} format(s):',
+                          (f['format_id'] for f in formats_to_download))
+                if requested_ranges:
+                    to_screen(f'Downloading {len(requested_ranges)} time ranges:',
+                              (f'{int(c["start_time"])}-{int(c["end_time"])}' for c in requested_ranges))
             max_downloads_reached = False
-            for i, fmt in enumerate(formats_to_download):
-                formats_to_download[i] = new_info = self._copy_infodict(info_dict)
+
+            for fmt, chapter in itertools.product(formats_to_download, requested_ranges or [{}]):
+                new_info = self._copy_infodict(info_dict)
                 new_info.update(fmt)
+                if chapter:
+                    new_info.update({
+                        'section_start': chapter.get('start_time'),
+                        'section_end': chapter.get('end_time', 0),
+                        'section_title': chapter.get('title'),
+                        'section_number': chapter.get('index'),
+                    })
+                downloaded_formats.append(new_info)
                 try:
                     self.process_info(new_info)
                 except MaxDownloadsReached:
                     max_downloads_reached = True
+                self._raise_pending_errors(new_info)
                 # Remove copied info
                 for key, val in tuple(new_info.items()):
                     if info_dict.get(key) == val:
@@ -2655,12 +2698,12 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
                 if max_downloads_reached:
                     break
 
-            write_archive = set(f.get('__write_download_archive', False) for f in formats_to_download)
+            write_archive = {f.get('__write_download_archive', False) for f in downloaded_formats}
             assert write_archive.issubset({True, False, 'ignore'})
             if True in write_archive and False not in write_archive:
                 self.record_download_archive(info_dict)
 
-            info_dict['requested_downloads'] = formats_to_download
+            info_dict['requested_downloads'] = downloaded_formats
             info_dict = self.run_all_pps('after_video', info_dict)
             if max_downloads_reached:
                 raise MaxDownloadsReached()
@@ -2671,9 +2714,10 @@ def is_wellformed(f):
 
     def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):
         """Select the requested subtitles and their format"""
-        available_subs = {}
+        available_subs, normal_sub_langs = {}, []
         if normal_subtitles and self.params.get('writesubtitles'):
             available_subs.update(normal_subtitles)
+            normal_sub_langs = tuple(normal_subtitles.keys())
         if automatic_captions and self.params.get('writeautomaticsub'):
             for lang, cap_info in automatic_captions.items():
                 if lang not in available_subs:
@@ -2684,7 +2728,7 @@ def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):
                 available_subs):
             return None
 
-        all_sub_langs = available_subs.keys()
+        all_sub_langs = tuple(available_subs.keys())
         if self.params.get('allsubtitles', False):
             requested_langs = all_sub_langs
         elif self.params.get('subtitleslangs', False):
@@ -2709,10 +2753,10 @@ def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):
                 else:
                     requested_langs.extend(current_langs)
             requested_langs = orderedSet(requested_langs)
-        elif 'en' in available_subs:
-            requested_langs = ['en']
+        elif normal_sub_langs:
+            requested_langs = ['en'] if 'en' in normal_sub_langs else normal_sub_langs[:1]
         else:
-            requested_langs = [list(all_sub_langs)[0]]
+            requested_langs = ['en'] if 'en' in all_sub_langs else all_sub_langs[:1]
         if requested_langs:
             self.write_debug('Downloading subtitles: %s' % ', '.join(requested_langs))
 
@@ -2722,7 +2766,7 @@ def process_subtitles(self, video_id, normal_subtitles, automatic_captions):
         for lang in requested_langs:
             formats = available_subs.get(lang)
             if formats is None:
-                self.report_warning('%s subtitles not available for %s' % (lang, video_id))
+                self.report_warning(f'{lang} subtitles not available for {video_id}')
                 continue
             for ext in formats_preference:
                 if ext == 'best':
@@ -2761,11 +2805,11 @@ def format_tmpl(tmpl):
             self.to_stdout(self.evaluate_outtmpl(format_tmpl(tmpl), info_copy))
 
         for tmpl, file_tmpl in self.params['print_to_file'].get(key, []):
-            filename = self.evaluate_outtmpl(file_tmpl, info_dict)
+            filename = self.prepare_filename(info_dict, outtmpl=file_tmpl)
             tmpl = format_tmpl(tmpl)
             self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {tmpl!r} to: {filename}')
             if self._ensure_dir_exists(filename):
-                with io.open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                with open(filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                     f.write(self.evaluate_outtmpl(tmpl, info_copy) + '\n')
 
     def __forced_printings(self, info_dict, filename, incomplete):
@@ -2835,7 +2879,7 @@ def dl(self, name, info, subtitle=False, test=False):
             urls = '", "'.join(
                 (f['url'].split(',')[0] + ',<data>' if f['url'].startswith('data:') else f['url'])
                 for f in info.get('requested_formats', []) or [info])
-            self.write_debug('Invoking downloader on "%s"' % urls)
+            self.write_debug(f'Invoking {fd.FD_NAME} downloader on "{urls}"')
 
         # Note: Ideally info should be a deep-copied so that hooks cannot modify it.
         # But it may contain objects that are not deep-copyable
@@ -2881,8 +2925,13 @@ def process_info(self, info_dict):
         # Forced printings
         self.__forced_printings(info_dict, full_filename, incomplete=('format' not in info_dict))
 
+        def check_max_downloads():
+            if self._num_downloads >= float(self.params.get('max_downloads') or 'inf'):
+                raise MaxDownloadsReached()
+
         if self.params.get('simulate'):
             info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = self.params.get('force_write_download_archive')
+            check_max_downloads()
             return
 
         if full_filename is None:
@@ -2930,11 +2979,11 @@ def process_info(self, info_dict):
             else:
                 try:
                     self.to_screen('[info] Writing video annotations to: ' + annofn)
-                    with io.open(encodeFilename(annofn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as annofile:
+                    with open(encodeFilename(annofn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as annofile:
                         annofile.write(info_dict['annotations'])
                 except (KeyError, TypeError):
                     self.report_warning('There are no annotations to write.')
-                except (OSError, IOError):
+                except OSError:
                     self.report_error('Cannot write annotations file: ' + annofn)
                     return
 
@@ -2953,13 +3002,13 @@ def _write_link_file(link_type):
                 return True
             try:
                 self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing internet shortcut (.{link_type}) to: {linkfn}')
-                with io.open(encodeFilename(to_high_limit_path(linkfn)), 'w', encoding='utf-8',
-                             newline='\r\n' if link_type == 'url' else '\n') as linkfile:
+                with open(encodeFilename(to_high_limit_path(linkfn)), 'w', encoding='utf-8',
+                          newline='\r\n' if link_type == 'url' else '\n') as linkfile:
                     template_vars = {'url': url}
                     if link_type == 'desktop':
                         template_vars['filename'] = linkfn[:-(len(link_type) + 1)]
                     linkfile.write(LINK_TEMPLATES[link_type] % template_vars)
-            except (OSError, IOError):
+            except OSError:
                 self.report_error(f'Cannot write internet shortcut {linkfn}')
                 return False
             return True
@@ -2986,12 +3035,8 @@ def replace_info_dict(new_info):
             info_dict.clear()
             info_dict.update(new_info)
 
-        try:
-            new_info, files_to_move = self.pre_process(info_dict, 'before_dl', files_to_move)
-            replace_info_dict(new_info)
-        except PostProcessingError as err:
-            self.report_error('Preprocessing: %s' % str(err))
-            return
+        new_info, files_to_move = self.pre_process(info_dict, 'before_dl', files_to_move)
+        replace_info_dict(new_info)
 
         if self.params.get('skip_download'):
             info_dict['filepath'] = temp_filename
@@ -3014,6 +3059,16 @@ def existing_video_file(*filepaths):
                     return file
 
                 success = True
+                merger, fd = FFmpegMergerPP(self), None
+                if info_dict.get('url'):
+                    fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, self.params, to_stdout=temp_filename == '-')
+                    if fd is not FFmpegFD and (
+                            info_dict.get('section_start') or info_dict.get('section_end')):
+                        msg = ('This format cannot be partially downloaded' if merger.available
+                               else 'You have requested downloading the video partially, but ffmpeg is not installed')
+                        self.report_error(f'{msg}. Aborting')
+                        return
+
                 if info_dict.get('requested_formats') is not None:
 
                     def compatible_formats(formats):
@@ -3024,10 +3079,10 @@ def compatible_formats(formats):
                             return False
 
                         # Check extension
-                        exts = set(format.get('ext') for format in formats)
+                        exts = {format.get('ext') for format in formats}
                         COMPATIBLE_EXTS = (
-                            set(('mp3', 'mp4', 'm4a', 'm4p', 'm4b', 'm4r', 'm4v', 'ismv', 'isma')),
-                            set(('webm',)),
+                            {'mp3', 'mp4', 'm4a', 'm4p', 'm4b', 'm4r', 'm4v', 'ismv', 'isma'},
+                            {'webm'},
                         )
                         for ext_sets in COMPATIBLE_EXTS:
                             if ext_sets.issuperset(exts):
@@ -3046,7 +3101,7 @@ def compatible_formats(formats):
                                 and info_dict.get('thumbnails')
                                 # check with type instead of pp_key, __name__, or isinstance
                                 # since we dont want any custom PPs to trigger this
-                                and any(type(pp) == EmbedThumbnailPP for pp in self._pps['post_process'])):
+                                and any(type(pp) == EmbedThumbnailPP for pp in self._pps['post_process'])):  # noqa: E721
                             info_dict['ext'] = 'mkv'
                             self.report_warning(
                                 'webm doesn\'t support embedding a thumbnail, mkv will be used')
@@ -3060,7 +3115,7 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
                             os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
                             if filename_real_ext in (old_ext, new_ext)
                             else filename)
-                        return '%s.%s' % (filename_wo_ext, ext)
+                        return f'{filename_wo_ext}.{ext}'
 
                     # Ensure filename always has a correct extension for successful merge
                     full_filename = correct_ext(full_filename)
@@ -3069,9 +3124,6 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
                     info_dict['__real_download'] = False
 
                     downloaded = []
-                    merger = FFmpegMergerPP(self)
-
-                    fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, self.params, to_stdout=temp_filename == '-')
                     if dl_filename is not None:
                         self.report_file_already_downloaded(dl_filename)
                     elif fd:
@@ -3145,12 +3197,13 @@ def correct_ext(filename, ext=new_ext):
             except network_exceptions as err:
                 self.report_error('unable to download video data: %s' % error_to_compat_str(err))
                 return
-            except (OSError, IOError) as err:
+            except OSError as err:
                 raise UnavailableVideoError(err)
             except (ContentTooShortError, ) as err:
-                self.report_error('content too short (expected %s bytes and served %s)' % (err.expected, err.downloaded))
+                self.report_error(f'content too short (expected {err.expected} bytes and served {err.downloaded})')
                 return
 
+            self._raise_pending_errors(info_dict)
             if success and full_filename != '-':
 
                 def fixup():
@@ -3161,16 +3214,16 @@ def fixup():
                     if fixup_policy in ('ignore', 'never'):
                         return
                     elif fixup_policy == 'warn':
-                        do_fixup = False
+                        do_fixup = 'warn'
                     elif fixup_policy != 'force':
                         assert fixup_policy in ('detect_or_warn', None)
                         if not info_dict.get('__real_download'):
                             do_fixup = False
 
                     def ffmpeg_fixup(cndn, msg, cls):
-                        if not cndn:
+                        if not (do_fixup and cndn):
                             return
-                        if not do_fixup:
+                        elif do_fixup == 'warn':
                             self.report_warning(f'{vid}: {msg}')
                             return
                         pp = cls(self)
@@ -3193,17 +3246,18 @@ def ffmpeg_fixup(cndn, msg, cls):
                         FFmpegFixupM4aPP)
 
                     downloader = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict, self.params) if 'protocol' in info_dict else None
-                    downloader = downloader.__name__ if downloader else None
+                    downloader = downloader.FD_NAME if downloader else None
 
                     if info_dict.get('requested_formats') is None:  # Not necessary if doing merger
-                        ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'HlsFD',
+                        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 == 'DashSegmentsFD',
                                      'Possible duplicate MOOV atoms', FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP)
 
-                    ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'WebSocketFragmentFD', 'Malformed timestamps detected', FFmpegFixupTimestampPP)
-                    ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'WebSocketFragmentFD', 'Malformed duration detected', FFmpegFixupDurationPP)
+                    ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'web_socket_fragment', 'Malformed timestamps detected', FFmpegFixupTimestampPP)
+                    ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'web_socket_fragment', 'Malformed duration detected', FFmpegFixupDurationPP)
 
                 fixup()
                 try:
@@ -3219,15 +3273,10 @@ def ffmpeg_fixup(cndn, msg, cls):
                     return
                 info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = True
 
+        assert info_dict is original_infodict  # Make sure the info_dict was modified in-place
         if self.params.get('force_write_download_archive'):
             info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = True
-
-        # Make sure the info_dict was modified in-place
-        assert info_dict is original_infodict
-
-        max_downloads = self.params.get('max_downloads')
-        if max_downloads is not None and self._num_downloads >= int(max_downloads):
-            raise MaxDownloadsReached()
+        check_max_downloads()
 
     def __download_wrapper(self, func):
         @functools.wraps(func)
@@ -3236,9 +3285,6 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                 res = func(*args, **kwargs)
             except UnavailableVideoError as e:
                 self.report_error(e)
-            except MaxDownloadsReached as e:
-                self.to_screen(f'[info] {e}')
-                raise
             except DownloadCancelled as e:
                 self.to_screen(f'[info] {e}')
                 if not self.params.get('break_per_url'):
@@ -3293,9 +3339,9 @@ def sanitize_info(info_dict, remove_private_keys=False):
         info_dict.setdefault('_type', 'video')
 
         if remove_private_keys:
-            reject = lambda k, v: v is None or (k.startswith('_') and k != '_type') or k in {
+            reject = lambda k, v: v is None or k.startswith('__') or k in {
                 'requested_downloads', 'requested_formats', 'requested_subtitles', 'requested_entries',
-                'entries', 'filepath', 'infojson_filename', 'original_url', 'playlist_autonumber',
+                'entries', 'filepath', '_filename', 'infojson_filename', 'original_url', 'playlist_autonumber',
             }
         else:
             reject = lambda k, v: False
@@ -3317,6 +3363,17 @@ def filter_requested_info(info_dict, actually_filter=True):
         ''' 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):
+        for filename in set(filter(None, files_to_delete)):
+            if msg:
+                self.to_screen(msg % filename)
+            try:
+                os.remove(filename)
+            except OSError:
+                self.report_warning(f'Unable to delete file {filename}')
+            if filename in info.get('__files_to_move', []):  # NB: Delete even if None
+                del info['__files_to_move'][filename]
+
     @staticmethod
     def post_extract(info_dict):
         def actual_post_extract(info_dict):
@@ -3349,14 +3406,8 @@ def run_pp(self, pp, infodict):
             for f in files_to_delete:
                 infodict['__files_to_move'].setdefault(f, '')
         else:
-            for old_filename in set(files_to_delete):
-                self.to_screen('Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)' % old_filename)
-                try:
-                    os.remove(encodeFilename(old_filename))
-                except (IOError, OSError):
-                    self.report_warning('Unable to remove downloaded original file')
-                if old_filename in infodict['__files_to_move']:
-                    del infodict['__files_to_move'][old_filename]
+            self._delete_downloaded_files(
+                *files_to_delete, info=infodict, msg='Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)')
         return infodict
 
     def run_all_pps(self, key, info, *, additional_pps=None):
@@ -3368,7 +3419,12 @@ def run_all_pps(self, key, info, *, additional_pps=None):
     def pre_process(self, ie_info, key='pre_process', files_to_move=None):
         info = dict(ie_info)
         info['__files_to_move'] = files_to_move or {}
-        info = self.run_all_pps(key, info)
+        try:
+            info = self.run_all_pps(key, info)
+        except PostProcessingError as err:
+            msg = f'Preprocessing: {err}'
+            info.setdefault('__pending_error', msg)
+            self.report_error(msg, is_error=False)
         return info, info.pop('__files_to_move', None)
 
     def post_process(self, filename, info, files_to_move=None):
@@ -3398,7 +3454,7 @@ def _make_archive_id(self, info_dict):
                     break
             else:
                 return
-        return '%s %s' % (extractor.lower(), video_id)
+        return f'{extractor.lower()} {video_id}'
 
     def in_download_archive(self, info_dict):
         fn = self.params.get('download_archive')
@@ -3438,7 +3494,7 @@ def format_resolution(format, default='unknown'):
 
     def _list_format_headers(self, *headers):
         if self.params.get('listformats_table', True) is not False:
-            return [self._format_screen(header, self.Styles.HEADERS) for header in headers]
+            return [self._format_out(header, self.Styles.HEADERS) for header in headers]
         return headers
 
     def _format_note(self, fdict):
@@ -3516,10 +3572,10 @@ def render_formats_table(self, info_dict):
                 ] for f in formats if f.get('preference') is None or f['preference'] >= -1000]
             return render_table(['format code', 'extension', 'resolution', 'note'], table, extra_gap=1)
 
-        delim = self._format_screen('\u2502', self.Styles.DELIM, '|', test_encoding=True)
+        delim = self._format_out('\u2502', self.Styles.DELIM, '|', test_encoding=True)
         table = [
             [
-                self._format_screen(format_field(f, 'format_id'), self.Styles.ID),
+                self._format_out(format_field(f, 'format_id'), self.Styles.ID),
                 format_field(f, 'ext'),
                 format_field(f, func=self.format_resolution, ignore=('audio only', 'images')),
                 format_field(f, 'fps', '\t%d'),
@@ -3531,15 +3587,15 @@ def render_formats_table(self, info_dict):
                 delim,
                 format_field(f, 'vcodec', default='unknown').replace(
                     'none', 'images' if f.get('acodec') == 'none'
-                            else self._format_screen('audio only', self.Styles.SUPPRESS)),
+                            else self._format_out('audio only', self.Styles.SUPPRESS)),
                 format_field(f, 'vbr', '\t%dk'),
                 format_field(f, 'acodec', default='unknown').replace(
                     'none', '' if f.get('vcodec') == 'none'
-                            else self._format_screen('video only', self.Styles.SUPPRESS)),
+                            else self._format_out('video only', self.Styles.SUPPRESS)),
                 format_field(f, 'abr', '\t%dk'),
                 format_field(f, 'asr', '\t%dHz'),
                 join_nonempty(
-                    self._format_screen('UNSUPPORTED', 'light red') if f.get('ext') in ('f4f', 'f4m') else None,
+                    self._format_out('UNSUPPORTED', 'light red') if f.get('ext') in ('f4f', 'f4m') else None,
                     format_field(f, 'language', '[%s]'),
                     join_nonempty(format_field(f, 'format_note'),
                                   format_field(f, 'container', ignore=(None, f.get('ext'))),
@@ -3552,7 +3608,7 @@ def render_formats_table(self, info_dict):
 
         return render_table(
             header_line, table, hide_empty=True,
-            delim=self._format_screen('\u2500', self.Styles.DELIM, '-', test_encoding=True))
+            delim=self._format_out('\u2500', self.Styles.DELIM, '-', test_encoding=True))
 
     def render_thumbnails_table(self, info_dict):
         thumbnails = list(info_dict.get('thumbnails') or [])
@@ -3595,7 +3651,7 @@ def list_subtitles(self, video_id, subtitles, name='subtitles'):
 
     def urlopen(self, req):
         """ Start an HTTP download """
-        if isinstance(req, compat_basestring):
+        if isinstance(req, str):
             req = sanitized_Request(req)
         return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
 
@@ -3606,15 +3662,18 @@ def print_debug_header(self):
         def get_encoding(stream):
             ret = str(getattr(stream, 'encoding', 'missing (%s)' % type(stream).__name__))
             if not supports_terminal_sequences(stream):
-                from .compat import WINDOWS_VT_MODE
+                from .utils import WINDOWS_VT_MODE  # Must be imported locally
                 ret += ' (No VT)' if WINDOWS_VT_MODE is False else ' (No ANSI)'
             return ret
 
-        encoding_str = 'Encodings: locale %s, fs %s, out %s, err %s, pref %s' % (
+        encoding_str = 'Encodings: locale %s, fs %s, pref %s, %s' % (
             locale.getpreferredencoding(),
             sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
-            get_encoding(self._out_files['screen']), get_encoding(self._out_files['error']),
-            self.get_encoding())
+            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')
+        )
 
         logger = self.params.get('logger')
         if logger:
@@ -3639,8 +3698,8 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
             write_debug('Plugins: %s' % [
                 '%s%s' % (klass.__name__, '' if klass.__name__ == name else f' as {name}')
                 for name, klass in itertools.chain(plugin_extractors.items(), plugin_postprocessors.items())])
-        if self.params.get('compat_opts'):
-            write_debug('Compatibility options: %s' % ', '.join(self.params.get('compat_opts')))
+        if self.params['compat_opts']:
+            write_debug('Compatibility options: %s' % ', '.join(self.params['compat_opts']))
 
         if source == 'source':
             try:
@@ -3653,10 +3712,8 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
                 if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
                     write_debug('Git HEAD: %s' % out)
             except Exception:
-                try:
+                with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
                     sys.exc_clear()
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
 
         def python_implementation():
             impl_name = platform.python_implementation()
@@ -3673,7 +3730,7 @@ def python_implementation():
         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(ffmpeg_features)
+            exe_versions['ffmpeg'] += ' (%s)' % ','.join(sorted(ffmpeg_features))
 
         exe_versions['rtmpdump'] = rtmpdump_version()
         exe_versions['phantomjs'] = PhantomJSwrapper._version()
@@ -3682,21 +3739,14 @@ def python_implementation():
         ) or 'none'
         write_debug('exe versions: %s' % exe_str)
 
-        from .downloader.websocket import has_websockets
-        from .postprocessor.embedthumbnail import has_mutagen
-        from .cookies import SQLITE_AVAILABLE, SECRETSTORAGE_AVAILABLE
-
-        lib_str = join_nonempty(
-            compat_brotli and compat_brotli.__name__,
-            has_certifi and 'certifi',
-            compat_pycrypto_AES and compat_pycrypto_AES.__name__.split('.')[0],
-            SECRETSTORAGE_AVAILABLE and 'secretstorage',
-            has_mutagen and 'mutagen',
-            SQLITE_AVAILABLE and 'sqlite',
-            has_websockets and 'websockets',
-            delim=', ') or 'none'
-        write_debug('Optional libraries: %s' % lib_str)
+        from .compat.compat_utils import get_package_info
+        from .dependencies import available_dependencies
 
+        write_debug('Optional libraries: %s' % (', '.join(sorted({
+            join_nonempty(*get_package_info(m)) for m in available_dependencies.values()
+        })) or 'none'))
+
+        self._setup_opener()
         proxy_map = {}
         for handler in self._opener.handlers:
             if hasattr(handler, 'proxies'):
@@ -3705,10 +3755,10 @@ def python_implementation():
 
         # Not implemented
         if False and self.params.get('call_home'):
-            ipaddr = self.urlopen('https://yt-dl.org/ip').read().decode('utf-8')
+            ipaddr = self.urlopen('https://yt-dl.org/ip').read().decode()
             write_debug('Public IP address: %s' % ipaddr)
             latest_version = self.urlopen(
-                'https://yt-dl.org/latest/version').read().decode('utf-8')
+                '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)! '
@@ -3716,6 +3766,8 @@ def python_implementation():
                     latest_version)
 
     def _setup_opener(self):
+        if hasattr(self, '_opener'):
+            return
         timeout_val = self.params.get('socket_timeout')
         self._socket_timeout = 20 if timeout_val is None else float(timeout_val)
 
@@ -3742,7 +3794,7 @@ def _setup_opener(self):
         https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         redirect_handler = YoutubeDLRedirectHandler()
-        data_handler = compat_urllib_request_DataHandler()
+        data_handler = urllib.request.DataHandler()
 
         # When passing our own FileHandler instance, build_opener won't add the
         # default FileHandler and allows us to disable the file protocol, which
@@ -3780,7 +3832,7 @@ def get_encoding(self):
         return encoding
 
     def _write_info_json(self, label, ie_result, infofn, overwrite=None):
-        ''' Write infojson and returns True = written, 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'):
@@ -3792,14 +3844,15 @@ def _write_info_json(self, label, ie_result, infofn, overwrite=None):
             return None
         elif not overwrite and os.path.exists(infofn):
             self.to_screen(f'[info] {label.title()} metadata is already present')
-        else:
-            self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {label} metadata as JSON to: {infofn}')
-            try:
-                write_json_file(self.sanitize_info(ie_result, self.params.get('clean_infojson', True)), infofn)
-            except (OSError, IOError):
-                self.report_error(f'Cannot write {label} metadata to JSON file {infofn}')
-                return None
-        return True
+            return 'exists'
+
+        self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {label} metadata as JSON to: {infofn}')
+        try:
+            write_json_file(self.sanitize_info(ie_result, self.params.get('clean_infojson', True)), infofn)
+            return True
+        except OSError:
+            self.report_error(f'Cannot write {label} metadata to JSON file {infofn}')
+            return None
 
     def _write_description(self, label, ie_result, descfn):
         ''' Write description and returns True = written, False = skip, None = error '''
@@ -3818,9 +3871,9 @@ def _write_description(self, label, ie_result, descfn):
         else:
             try:
                 self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {label} description to: {descfn}')
-                with io.open(encodeFilename(descfn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as descfile:
+                with open(encodeFilename(descfn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as descfile:
                     descfile.write(ie_result['description'])
-            except (OSError, IOError):
+            except OSError:
                 self.report_error(f'Cannot write {label} description file {descfn}')
                 return None
         return True
@@ -3854,12 +3907,12 @@ def _write_subtitles(self, info_dict, filename):
                 try:
                     # Use newline='' to prevent conversion of newline characters
                     # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/10268
-                    with io.open(sub_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as subfile:
+                    with open(sub_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as subfile:
                         subfile.write(sub_info['data'])
                     sub_info['filepath'] = sub_filename
                     ret.append((sub_filename, sub_filename_final))
                     continue
-                except (OSError, IOError):
+                except OSError:
                     self.report_error(f'Cannot write video subtitles file {sub_filename}')
                     return None