# NEW FEATURES
-* Based on **youtube-dl 2021.12.17 [commit/78ce962](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/78ce962f4fe020994c216dd2671546fbe58a5c67)** and **youtube-dlc 2020.11.11-3 [commit/f9401f2](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commit/f9401f2a91987068139c5f757b12fc711d4c0cee)**: You get all the features and patches of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) in addition to the latest [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
+* Based on **youtube-dl 2021.12.17 [commit/5add3f4](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/5add3f4373287e6346ca3551239edab549284db3)** and **youtube-dlc 2020.11.11-3 [commit/f9401f2](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/commit/f9401f2a91987068139c5f757b12fc711d4c0cee)**: You get all the features and patches of [youtube-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) in addition to the latest [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
* **[SponsorBlock Integration](#sponsorblock-options)**: You can mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the [SponsorBlock](https://sponsor.ajay.app) API
(currently supported: srt|vtt|ass|lrc)
(Alias: --convert-subtitles)
--convert-thumbnails FORMAT Convert the thumbnails to another format
- (currently supported: jpg|png)
+ (currently supported: jpg|png|webp)
--split-chapters Split video into multiple files based on
internal chapters. The "chapter:" prefix
can be used with "--paths" and "--output"
semicolon ";" delimited list of NAME=VALUE.
The "when" argument determines when the
postprocessor is invoked. It can be one of
- "pre_process" (after extraction),
- "before_dl" (before video download),
- "post_process" (after video download;
- default), "after_move" (after moving file
- to their final locations), "after_video"
- (after downloading and processing all
- formats of a video), or "playlist" (end of
- playlist). This option can be used multiple
- times to add different postprocessors
+ "pre_process" (after video extraction),
+ "after_filter" (after video passes filter),
+ "before_dl" (before each video download),
+ "post_process" (after each video download;
+ default), "after_move" (after moving video
+ file to it's final locations),
+ "after_video" (after downloading and
+ processing all formats of a video), or
+ "playlist" (at end of playlist). This
+ option can be used multiple times to add
+ different postprocessors
## SponsorBlock Options:
Make chapter entries for, or remove various segments (sponsor,
- `asr`: Audio sampling rate in Hertz
- `fps`: Frame rate
-Also filtering work for comparisons `=` (equals), `^=` (starts with), `$=` (ends with), `*=` (contains) and following string meta fields:
+Also filtering work for comparisons `=` (equals), `^=` (starts with), `$=` (ends with), `*=` (contains), `~=` (matches regex) and following string meta fields:
- `ext`: File extension
- `acodec`: Name of the audio codec in use
- `format_id`: A short description of the format
- `language`: Language code
-Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation `!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g. `!*=` (does not contain).
+Any string comparison may be prefixed with negation `!` in order to produce an opposite comparison, e.g. `!*=` (does not contain). The comparand of a string comparison needs to be quoted with either double or single quotes if it contains spaces or special characters other than `._-`.
Note that none of the aforementioned meta fields are guaranteed to be present since this solely depends on the metadata obtained by particular extractor, i.e. the metadata offered by the website. Any other field made available by the extractor can also be used for filtering.
-# Download the best video with h264 codec, or the best video if there is no such video
-$ yt-dlp -f "(bv*[vcodec^=avc1]+ba) / (bv*+ba/b)"
+# Download the best video with either h264 or h265 codec,
+# or the best video if there is no such video
+$ yt-dlp -f "(bv*[vcodec~='^((he|a)vc|h26[45])']+ba) / (bv*+ba/b)"
# Download the best video with best codec no better than h264,
# or the best video with worst codec if there is no such video
#### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
* `skip`: One or more of `webpage` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
+* `approximate_date`: Extract approximate `upload_date` in flat-playlist. This may cause date-based filters to be slightly off
#### funimation
* `language`: Languages to extract. Eg: `funimation:language=english,japanese`
These are aliases that are no longer documented for various reasons
--avconv-location --ffmpeg-location
+ --clean-infojson --clean-info-json
--cn-verification-proxy URL --geo-verification-proxy URL
--dump-headers --print-traffic
--dump-intermediate-pages --dump-pages
--force-write-download-archive --force-write-archive
--load-info --load-info-json
+ --no-clean-infojson --no-clean-info-json
--no-split-tracks --no-split-chapters
--no-write-srt --no-write-subs
--prefer-unsecure --prefer-insecure