description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
labels: [triage, enhancement]
body:
+ - type: checkboxes
+ attributes:
+ label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+ description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+ options:
+ - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+ required: true
- type: checkboxes
id: checklist
attributes:
description: |
Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
options:
- - label: I'm reporting a feature request
+ - label: I'm requesting a feature unrelated to a specific site
+ required: true
+ - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
required: true
- - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.25**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+ - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.06.21** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
required: true
- - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+ - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
required: true
- label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
required: true
- type: textarea
id: description
attributes:
- label: Description
- description: |
- Provide an explanation of your site feature request in an arbitrary form.
- Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
- Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
- placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+ label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+ description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+ placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
validations:
required: true
+ - type: checkboxes
+ id: verbose
+ attributes:
+ label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+ options:
+ - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+ - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+ required: false
+ - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+ - type: textarea
+ id: log
+ attributes:
+ label: Complete Verbose Output
+ description: |
+ It should start like this:
+ placeholder: |
+ [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
+ [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
+ [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+ [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.06.21 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+ [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+ [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
+ [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
+ [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+ [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
+ [debug] Proxy map: {}
+ [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+ Latest version: 2023.06.21, Current version: 2023.06.21
+ yt-dlp is up to date (2023.06.21)
+ <more lines>
+ render: shell