# Instuctions for creating release
* Run `make doc`
-* Update Changelog.md and Authors-Fork
+* Update Changelog.md and CONTRIBUTORS
+* Change "Merged with youtube-dl" version in Readme.md if needed
* Commit to master as `Release <version>`
* Push to origin/release - build task will now run
-* Update version.py and run `make issuetemplates`
-* Commit to master as `[version] update`
+* Update version.py using devscripts\update-version.py
+* Run `make issuetemplates`
+* Commit to master as `[version] update :ci skip all`
* Push to origin/master
* Update changelog in /releases
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+### 2021.02.19
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao)
+* [viki] Fix extractor
+* [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi)
+* [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
+* [youtube] Add more invidious instances
+* [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
+* Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
+* [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
+* Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
+* [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
+* Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
+* Format Sort improvements:
+ * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
+ * Remove forced priority of `quality`
+ * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
+* Build improvements:
+ * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
+ * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
+ * Publish on PyPi only if token is set
+* [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
+
+
+### 2021.02.15
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org)
+* [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumi](https://github.com/tsukumi), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+* Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
+* [rumble] Add support for video page
+* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
+* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
+* [youtube] Fix search continuations
+* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
+* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+ * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
+ * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
+ * Fix updater for `x86.exe`
+ * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
+ * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
+* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
+* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
+* [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
+* `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
+* Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
+
+
+### 2021.02.09
+* **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
+* [youtube] Fix comment extraction
+* [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
+* [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
+* [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
+* Add fallback for thumbnails
+* [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
+* [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
+* [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
+* [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
+* [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
+* [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
+* [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
+* [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
+
+
+### 2021.02.04
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1)
+* **Date/time formatting in output template:**
+ * You can use [`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to format date/time fields. Example: `%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`
+* **Multiple output templates:**
+ * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
+ * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
+* [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
+* New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
+* [audius] Fix extractor
+* [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
+* [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
+* [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
+* Fix issue with overwriting files
+* Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
+* [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
+* [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
+* [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
+* Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
+
+
+### 2021.01.29
+* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis)
+ * Add `--get-comments`
+ * [youtube] Extract comments
+ * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
+ * [billibilli] Extract comments
+ * [billibilli] Better video extraction
+ * Write playlist data to infojson
+ * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
+ * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
+ * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
+ * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
+ * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
+ * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
+ * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
+* **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
+ * The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
+ * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
+* [Audius] Add extractor
+* [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
+* Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
+* Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
+* [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
+* [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
+* [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
+* [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
+* [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
+* Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files
+* [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
+
+
+### 2021.01.24
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
+* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
+* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
+ * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
+ * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
+ * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
+* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
+* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
+* Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
+* Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
+* [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
+* [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
+* Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
+* Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
+* Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
+* [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
+* [tests] Split core and download tests
+
+
+### 2021.01.20
+* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
+* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
+* Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
+* [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
+* [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
+* [readme] Cleanup options
+
+
+### 2021.01.16
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16)
+* **Configuration files:**
+ * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
+ * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration) for details
+* Add PyPI release
+
+
### 2021.01.14
* Added option `--break-on-reject`
-* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by changing API endpoint by @Zocker1999NET
+* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET)
* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
### 2021.01.12
-* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by @samiksome
-* Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by @alxnull
+* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome)
+* Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull)
* Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
-* Fix typos by @FelixFrog
+* Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog)
* [ci] Option to skip
* [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
### 2021.01.10
-* [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by @wporr
-* [Animelab] Added by @mariuszskon
-* [youtube:search] Fix view_count by @ohnonot
+* [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
* Update version badge automatically in README
* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
### 2021.01.09
* [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
-* Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by @alexmerkel
-* Batch file enumeration improvements by @glenn-slayden
-* Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by @glenn-slayden
-* Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by @glenn-slayden
-* Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by @Unrud
+* Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel)
+* Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
+* Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
+* Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden)
+* Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud)
### 2021.01.08
-* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bf6a74c620bd4d5726503c5302906bb36b009026)
+* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08)
* Extractor stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f)) have not been merged
* Moved changelog to seperate file
### 2021.01.07-1
-* [Akamai] fix by @nixxo
-* [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by @GreyAlien502
-* [vlive] add support for playlists by @kyuyeunk
-* [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by @siikamiika
-* Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by @jbruchon
+* [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo)
+* [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502)
+* [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk)
+* [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
+* Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon)
* Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
* Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
* [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
* Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
* Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams`
* Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively
-* **Shortcut Options:** Added `--write-link`, `--write-url-link`, `--write-webloc-link`, `--write-desktop-link` by @h-h-h-h - See [Internet Shortcut Options]README.md(#internet-shortcut-options) for details
+* **Shortcut Options:** Added `--write-link`, `--write-url-link`, `--write-webloc-link`, `--write-desktop-link` by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h) - See [Internet Shortcut Options](README.md#internet-shortcut-options) for details
* **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details
-* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by by h-h-h-h
+* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h)
* Added `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old`
* **Negative Options:** Makes it possible to negate most boolean options by adding a `no-` to the switch. Usefull when you want to reverse an option that is defined in a config file
* Added `--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd`, `--no-allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--no-download`, `--no-download-archive`, `--resize-buffer`, `--part`, `--mtime`, `--no-keep-fragments`, `--no-cookies`, `--no-write-annotations`, `--no-write-info-json`, `--no-write-description`, `--no-write-thumbnail`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--post-overwrites`, `--no-keep-video`, `--no-embed-subs`, `--no-embed-thumbnail`, `--no-add-metadata`, `--no-include-ads`, `--no-write-sub`, `--no-write-auto-sub`, `--no-playlist-reverse`, `--no-restrict-filenames`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--no-format-sort-force`, `--flat-videos`, `--no-list-formats-as-table`, `--no-sponskrub`, `--no-sponskrub-cut`, `--no-sponskrub-force`
* Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
* Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
-* Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by @pauldubois98
+* Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by [pauldubois98](https://github.com/pauldubois98) ([ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569))
* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280) for details
* Extractors [tiktok](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/fb626c05867deab04425bad0c0b16b55473841a2) and [hotstar](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc) have not been merged
* Redirect channel home to /video
* Print youtube's warning message
* Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
-* Add --break-on-existing by @gergesh
+* Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh)
* Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
* [bitwave.tv] New extractor
* [Gedi] Add extractor
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