* Run `make doc`
* Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
* Change "Merged with ytdl" version in Readme.md if needed
+* Add new/fixed extractors in "new features" section of Readme.md
* Commit to master as `Release <version>`
-* Push to origin/release - build task will now run
-* Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py
+* Push to origin/release using `git push origin master:release`
+ build task will now run
+* Update version.py using `devscripts\update-version.py`
* Run `make issuetemplates`
* Commit to master as `[version] update :ci skip all`
* Push to origin/master
-->
+### 2021.05.20
+
+* **Youtube improvements**:
+ * Support youtube music `MP`, `VL` and `browse` pages
+ * Extract more formats for youtube music by [craftingmod](https://github.com/craftingmod), [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+ * Extract multiple subtitles in same language by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
+ * Redirect channels that doesn't have a `videos` tab to their `UU` playlists
+ * Support in-channel search
+ * Sort audio-only formats correctly
+ * Always extract `maxresdefault` thumbnail
+ * Extract audio language
+ * Add subtitle language names by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) and [tpikonen](https://github.com/tpikonen)
+ * Show alerts only from the final webpage
+ * Add `html5=1` param to `get_video_info` page requests by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+ * Better message when login required
+* **Add option `--print`**: to print any field/template
+ * Deprecates: `--get-description`, `--get-duration`, `--get-filename`, `--get-format`, `--get-id`, `--get-thumbnail`, `--get-title`, `--get-url`
+* Field `additional_urls` to download additional videos from metadata using [`--parse-metadata`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#modifying-metadata)
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/dfbbe29](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfbbe2902fc67f0f93ee47a8077c148055c67a9b)
+* Write thumbnail of playlist and add `pl_thumbnail` outtmpl key
+* [embedthumbnail] Add `flac` support and refactor `mutagen` code by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse)
+* [audius:artist] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
+* [parlview] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
+* [tenplay] Fix extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
+* [rmcdecouverte] Generalize `_VALID_URL`
+* Add compat-option `no-attach-infojson`
+* Add field `name` for subtitles
+* Ensure `post_extract` and `pre_process` only run once
+* Fix `--check-formats` when there is network error
+* Standardize `write_debug` and `get_param`
+* [options] Alias `--write-comments`, `--no-write-comments`
+* [options] Refactor callbacks
+* [test:download] Only extract enough videos for `playlist_mincount`
+* [extractor] bugfix for when `compat_opts` is not given
+* [build] Fix x86 build by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [cleanup] code formatting, youtube tests and readme
+
+### 2021.05.11
+* **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6**
+* **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz). See [be6202f](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f) for details
+* **Improve output template:**
+ * Allow slicing lists/strings using `field.start:end:step`
+ * A field can also be used as offset like `field1+num+field2`
+ * A default value can be given using `field|default`
+ * Prevent invalid fields from causing errors
+* **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0)
+* **Remove options** `-l`, `-t`, `-A` completely and disable `--auto-number`, `--title`, `--literal`, `--id`
+* [Plugins] Prioritize plugins over standard extractors and prevent plugins from overwriting the standard extractor classes
+* [downloader] Fix `quiet` and `to_stderr`
+* [fragment] Ensure the file is closed on error
+* [fragment] Make sure first segment is not skipped
+* [aria2c] Fix whitespace being stripped off
+* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug where jpeg thumbnails were converted again
+* [FormatSort] Fix for when some formats have quality and others don't
+* [utils] Add `network_exceptions`
+* [utils] Escape URL while sanitizing
+* [ukcolumn] Add Extractor
+* [whowatch] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
+* [CBS] Improve `_VALID_URL` to support movies
+* [crackle] Improve extraction
+* [curiositystream] Fix collections
+* [francetvinfo] Improve video id extraction
+* [generic] Respect the encoding in manifest
+* [limelight] Obey `allow_unplayable_formats`
+* [mediasite] Generalize URL pattern by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
+* [mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* [nebula] Move to nebula.app by [Lamieur](https://github.com/Lamieur)
+* [niconico] Fix HLS formats by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi), [tsukumijima](https://github.com/tsukumijima), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi)
+* [plutotv] Extract subtitles from manifests
+* [plutotv] Fix format extraction for some urls
+* [rmcdecouverte] Improve `_VALID_URL`
+* [sonyliv] Fix `title` and `series` extraction by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* [tubi] Raise "no video formats" error when video url is empty
+* [youtube:tab] Detect playlists inside community posts
+* [youtube] Add `oembed` to reserved names
+* [zee5] Fix extraction for some URLs by [Hadi0609](https://github.com/Hadi0609)
+* [zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
+* Fix `playlist_index` and add `playlist_autonumber`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details
+* Add experimental option `--check-formats` to test the URLs before format selection
+* Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior)
+ * Deprecates `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
+* Fix number of digits in `%(playlist_index)s`
+* Fix case sensitivity of format selector
+* Revert "[core] be able to hand over id and title using url_result"
+* Do not strip out whitespaces in `-o` and `-P`
+* Fix `preload_download_archive` writing verbose message to `stdout`
+* Move option warnings to `YoutubeDL`so that they obey `--no-warnings` and can output colors
+* Py2 compatibility for `FileNotFoundError`
+
+
+### 2021.04.22
+* **Improve output template:**
+ * Objects can be traversed like `%(field.key1.key2)s`
+ * An offset can be added to numeric fields as `%(field+N)s`
+ * Deprecates `--autonumber-start`
+* **Improve `--sub-langs`:**
+ * Treat `--sub-langs` entries as regex
+ * `all` can be used to refer to all the subtitles
+ * language codes can be prefixed with `-` to exclude it
+ * Deprecates `--all-subs`
+* Add option `--ignore-no-formats-error` to ignore the "no video format" and similar errors
+* Add option `--skip-playlist-after-errors` to skip the rest of a playlist after a given number of errors are encountered
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e8b3f9](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e8b3f9439ebefb3a3a4e5da9c0bd2b595976438)
+* [downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
+* [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* [twitcasting] Fix extractor
+* [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho](https://github.com/lkho) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube:tab] Reload with unavailable videos for all playlists
+* [youtube] Ignore invalid stretch ratio
+* [youtube] Improve channel syncid extraction to support ytcfg by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Bugfix in `_extract_ytcfg`
+* [mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
+* [mildom] Remove proxy completely by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
+* [go] Fix `_VALID_URL`
+* [MetadataFromField] Improve regex and add tests
+* [Exec] Ensure backward compatibility when the command contains `%`
+* [extractor] Fix inconsistent use of `report_warning`
+* Ensure `mergeall` selects best format when multistreams are disabled
+* Improve the yt-dlp.sh script by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
+* [lazy_extractor] Do not load plugins
+* [ci] Disable fail-fast
+* [documentation] Clarify which deprecated options still work
+* [documentation] Fix typos
+
+
+### 2021.04.11
+* Add option `--convert-thumbnails` (only jpg currently supported)
+* Format selector `mergeall` to download and merge all formats
+* Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template
+* Choose downloader for each protocol using `--downloader PROTO:NAME`
+ * Alias `--downloader` for `--external-downloader`
+ * Added `native` as an option for the downloader
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4fb25ff](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/4fb25ff5a3be5206bb72e5c4046715b1529fb2c7) (except vimeo)
+* [DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+* [NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
+* [nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
+* [nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
+* [nitter] Fix thumbnails by [B0pol](https://github.com/B0pol)
+* [youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
+* [youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [youtube] Fix alert extraction
+* [bilibili] Fix uploader
+* [utils] Add `datetime_from_str` and `datetime_add_months` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* Run some `postprocessors` before actual download
+* Improve argument parsing for `-P`, `-o`, `-S`
+* Fix some `m3u8` not obeying `--allow-unplayable-formats`
+* Fix default of `dynamic_mpd`
+* Deprecate `--all-formats`, `--include-ads`, `--hls-prefer-native`, `--hls-prefer-ffmpeg`
+* [documentation] Improvements
+
+### 2021.04.03
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a)
+* Ability to set a specific field in the file's metadata using `--parse-metadata`
+* Ability to select n'th best format like `-f bv*.2`
+* [DiscoveryPlus] Add discoveryplus.in
+* [la7] Add podcasts and podcast playlists by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
+* [ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
+* [generic] Detect Invidious' link element
+* [youtube] Show premium state in `availability` by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
+* [viewsource] Add extractor to handle `view-source:`
+* [sponskrub] Run before embedding thumbnail
+* [documentation] Improve `--parse-metadata` documentation
+
+
+### 2021.03.24.1
+* Revert [commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf)
+
+### 2021.03.24
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
+* Parse metadata from multiple fields using `--parse-metadata`
+* Ability to load playlist infojson using `--load-info-json`
+* Write current epoch to infojson when using `--no-clean-infojson`
+* [youtube_live_chat] fix bug when trying to set cookies
+* [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi](https://github.com/CXwudi) and [xtkoba](https://github.com/xtkoba)
+* [linuxacadamy] Fix login
+
+
+### 2021.03.21
+* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881)
+* Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
+* [aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* [aria2c] Better default arguments
+* [movefiles] Fix bugs and make more robust
+* [formatSort] Fix `quality` being ignored
+* [splitchapters] Fix for older ffmpeg
+* [sponskrub] Pass proxy to sponskrub
+* Make sure `post_hook` gets the final filename
+* Recursively remove any private keys from infojson
+* Embed video URL metadata inside `mp4` by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* Merge `webm` formats into `mkv` if thumbnails are to be embedded by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* Parse resolution in info dictionary by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda)
+* More consistent warning messages by [damianoamatruda](https://github.com/damianoamatruda) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme
+* [documentation] Fix some minor mistakes
+
+* [niconico] Partial fix adapted from [animelover1984/youtube-dl@b5eff52](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl/commit/b5eff52dd9ed5565672ea1694b38c9296db3fade) (login and smile formats still don't work)
+* [niconico] Add user extractor by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
+* [bilibili] Add anthology support by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984)
+* [amcnetworks] Fix extractor by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
+* [stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [rcs] Improved extraction by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [linuxacadamy] Improve regex
+* [youtube] Show if video is `private`, `unlisted` etc in info (`availability`) by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction
+* [nbc] Improve metadata extraction by [2ShedsJackson](https://github.com/2ShedsJackson)
+
+
### 2021.03.15
* **Split video by chapters**: using option `--split-chapters`
* The output file of the split files can be set with `-o`/`-P` using the prefix `chapter:`
* **Parallel fragment downloads** by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* Use option `--concurrent-fragments` (`-N`) to set the number of threads (default 1)
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/3be0980](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/3be098010f667b14075e3dfad1e74e5e2becc8ea)
-* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [rai] fix drm check [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [wimtv] Add extractor by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj)
* [cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
-* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish)
+* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid](https://github.com/teesid)
* [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
* [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg`/`httpie`
* [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
* [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
-* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish)
+* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
* Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
### 2021.03.03.2
* [build] Fix bug
-
### 2021.03.03
* [youtube] Use new browse API for continuation page extraction by [colethedj](https://github.com/colethedj) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Fix HLS playlist downloading by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd) (except tmz, gedi)
* [Readthedocs](https://yt-dlp.readthedocs.io) support by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [youtube] Show if video was a live stream in info (`was_live`)
-* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish](https://github.com/Ashish) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
* [tennistv] Fix extractor
* [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr)
* [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon)
* [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot)
-* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
+* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
* Update version badge automatically in README
* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
* Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
### 2021.01.08
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08) except stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f))
-* Moved changelog to seperate file
+* Moved changelog to separate file
### 2021.01.07-1