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### 2021.05.11
* **Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6 **
2021-05-11 08:06:27 +00:00
* **Subtitle extraction from manifests** by [fstirlitz ](https://github.com/fstirlitz ). See [be6202f ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be6202f12b97858b9d716e608394b51065d0419f ) for details
2021-05-08 21:25:05 +00:00
* **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
2021-05-11 08:06:27 +00:00
* **Merge youtube-dl**: Upto [commit/a726009 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a7260099873acc6dc7d76cafad2f6b139087afd0 )
2021-05-08 21:25:05 +00:00
* **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
2021-05-11 08:06:27 +00:00
* Option `--compat-options` to revert [some of yt-dlp's changes ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior )
2021-05-08 21:25:05 +00:00
* 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 11:04:32 +00:00
### 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
2021-04-28 14:29:40 +00:00
* [BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by [nao20010128nao ](https://github.com/nao20010128nao ) and [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-04-22 11:04:32 +00:00
* [rai] Add support for http formats by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by [Ashish0804 ](https://github.com/Ashish0804 )
* [twitcasting] Fix extractor
2021-04-28 14:29:40 +00:00
* [viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by [lkho ](https://github.com/lkho ) and [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-04-22 11:04:32 +00:00
* [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 21:50:07 +00:00
### 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 )
2021-04-11 21:53:07 +00:00
* [youtube] Fix alert extraction
2021-04-11 21:50:07 +00:00
* [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 22:24:01 +00:00
### 2021.04.03
2021-04-11 00:22:55 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/654b4f4 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/654b4f4ff2718f38b3182c1188c5d569c14cc70a )
2021-04-03 22:24:01 +00:00
* 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 22:51:58 +00:00
### 2021.03.24.1
* Revert [commit/8562218 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf )
2021-03-24 22:48:37 +00:00
### 2021.03.24
2021-03-24 23:14:22 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 ([commit/8562218](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8562218350a79d4709da8593bb0c538aa0824acf))
2021-03-24 22:48:37 +00:00
* 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
2021-04-01 08:46:10 +00:00
* [niconico] Fix for when logged in by [CXwudi ](https://github.com/CXwudi ) and [xtkoba ](https://github.com/xtkoba )
2021-03-24 22:48:37 +00:00
* [linuxacadamy] Fix login
2021-03-21 18:49:18 +00:00
### 2021.03.21
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/7e79ba7 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/7e79ba7dd6e6649dd2ce3a74004b2044f2182881 )
2021-03-24 22:48:37 +00:00
* Option `--no-clean-infojson` to keep private keys in the infojson
2021-03-21 18:49:18 +00:00
* [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 00:00:18 +00:00
### 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:`
* Additional keys `section_title` , `section_number` , `section_start` , `section_end` are available in the output template
* **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 )
2021-03-18 16:48:02 +00:00
* [zee5] Add Show Extractor by [Ashish0804 ](https://github.com/Ashish0804 ) and [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
* [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 )
* [pluto.tv] Add extractor by [kevinoconnor7 ](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7 )
2021-03-15 00:28:00 +00:00
* [youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by [colethedj ](https://github.com/colethedj )
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
* [embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
* Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
### 2021.03.07
* [youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [colethedj ](https://github.com/colethedj )
* [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 )
2021-03-18 16:48:02 +00:00
* [mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [Ashish0804 ](https://github.com/Ashish0804 )
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* [gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [vimeo] Fix videos with password by [teesid ](https://github.com/teesid )
2021-03-07 18:39:44 +00:00
* [lbry] Support `lbry://` url by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* [bilibili] Change `Accept` header by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [animelover1984 ](https://github.com/animelover1984 )
* [trovo] Pass origin header
* [rai] Check for DRM by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
2021-03-07 18:39:44 +00:00
* [downloader] Fix bug for `ffmpeg` /`httpie`
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* [update] Fix updater removing the executable bit on some UNIX distros
* [update] Fix current build hash for UNIX
2021-03-18 16:48:02 +00:00
* [documentation] Include wget/curl/aria2c install instructions for Unix by [Ashish0804 ](https://github.com/Ashish0804 )
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Fix some videos downloading with `m3u8` extension
* Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user
2021-03-03 10:59:35 +00:00
### 2021.03.03.2
* [build] Fix bug
2021-03-03 10:47:21 +00:00
### 2021.03.03
2021-03-03 10:59:35 +00:00
* [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 )
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.03.03 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.03.03 )
2021-03-03 10:47:21 +00:00
* [mtv] Fix extractor
2021-03-03 10:59:35 +00:00
* [nick] Fix extractor by [DennyDai ](https://github.com/DennyDai )
2021-03-03 11:12:23 +00:00
* [mxplayer] Add new extractor by [codeasashu ](https://github.com/codeasashu )
2021-03-03 10:47:21 +00:00
* [youtube] Throw error when `--extractor-retries` are exhausted
* Reduce default of `--extractor-retries` to 3
2021-03-03 10:59:35 +00:00
* Fix packaging bugs by [hseg ](https://github.com/hseg )
2021-03-03 10:47:21 +00:00
2021-03-01 00:09:50 +00:00
### 2021.03.01
* Allow specifying path in `--external-downloader`
* Add option `--sleep-requests` to sleep b/w requests
* Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors
* Extract comments only when needed
* `--get-comments` doesn't imply `--write-info-json` if `-J` , `-j` or `--print-json` are used
2021-03-01 00:12:13 +00:00
* Fix `get_executable_path` by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-03-01 00:09:50 +00:00
* [youtube] Retry on more known errors than just HTTP-5xx
2021-03-01 00:12:13 +00:00
* [youtube] Fix inconsistent `webpage_url`
2021-03-01 00:09:50 +00:00
* [tennistv] Fix format sorting
* [bilibiliaudio] Recognize the file as audio-only
* [hrfensehen] Fix wrong import
* [viki] Fix viki play pass authentication by [RobinD42 ](https://github.com/RobinD42 )
2021-03-01 00:12:13 +00:00
* [readthedocs] Improvements by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* [hls] Fix bug with m3u8 format extraction
* [hls] Enable `--hls-use-mpegts` by default when downloading live-streams
2021-03-01 00:09:50 +00:00
* [embedthumbnail] Fix bug with deleting original thumbnail
* [build] Fix completion paths, zsh pip completion install by [hseg ](https://github.com/hseg )
* [ci] Disable download tests unless specifically invoked
* Cleanup some code and fix typos
2021-02-24 20:55:52 +00:00
### 2021.02.24
* Moved project to an organization [yt-dlp ](https://github.com/yt-dlp )
* **Completely changed project name to yt-dlp** by [Pccode66 ](https://github.com/Pccode66 ) and [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-02-25 10:38:25 +00:00
* Also, `youtube-dlc` config files are no longer loaded
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/4460329 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/44603290e5002153f3ebad6230cc73aef42cc2cd ) (except tmz, gedi)
2021-02-24 20:55:52 +00:00
* [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`)
2021-03-18 16:48:02 +00:00
* [Zee5] Add new extractor by [Ashish0804 ](https://github.com/Ashish0804 ) and [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-02-24 20:55:52 +00:00
* [jwplatform] Add support for `hyland.com`
* [tennistv] Fix extractor
* [hls] Support media initialization by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* [hls] Added options `--hls-split-discontinuity` to better support media discontinuity by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-25 10:38:25 +00:00
* [ffmpeg] Allow passing custom arguments before -i using `--ppa "ffmpeg_i1:ARGS"` syntax
2021-02-24 20:55:52 +00:00
* Fix `--windows-filenames` removing `/` from UNIX paths
* [hls] Show warning if pycryptodome is not found
* [documentation] Improvements
* Fix documentation of `Extractor Options`
2021-02-25 10:38:25 +00:00
* Document `all` in format selection
2021-02-24 20:55:52 +00:00
* Document `playable_in_embed` in output templates
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
### 2021.02.19
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/cf2dbec ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d ) (except kakao)
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* [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 22:34:27 +00:00
### 2021.02.15
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.10 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10 ) (except archive.org)
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* [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 )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* [rumble] Add support for video page
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
* [youtube] Fix search continuations
* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* 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
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* 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 19:14:57 +00:00
### 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 22:53:04 +00:00
### 2021.02.04
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.02.04.1 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1 )
2021-02-04 23:32:41 +00:00
* **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`
2021-02-04 22:53:04 +00:00
* **Multiple output templates:**
2021-02-04 23:32:41 +00:00
* 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`
2021-02-04 22:53:04 +00:00
* [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 17:51:20 +00:00
### 2021.01.29
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl ](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl )**: by [animelover1984 ](https://github.com/animelover1984 ) and [bbepis ](https://github.com/bbepis )
2021-01-29 17:51:20 +00:00
* 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 16:01:13 +00:00
### 2021.01.24
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.24 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
2021-02-24 18:45:56 +00:00
* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins))
2021-01-24 16:01:13 +00:00
* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P` /`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
2021-02-24 18:45:56 +00:00
* The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
2021-01-24 16:01:13 +00:00
* Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
2021-02-24 18:45:56 +00:00
* Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao ](https://github.com/nao20010128nao )
2021-01-24 16:01:13 +00:00
* 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 21:21:45 +00:00
### 2021.01.20
* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
2021-01-20 21:31:26 +00:00
* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
2021-01-20 21:21:45 +00:00
* 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
2021-01-20 21:31:26 +00:00
2021-01-16 18:54:52 +00:00
### 2021.01.16
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [2021.01.16 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
2021-01-16 19:06:23 +00:00
* **Configuration files:**
* Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
2021-02-24 18:45:56 +00:00
* Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc` . See [this ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#configuration ) for details
2021-01-16 18:54:52 +00:00
* Add PyPI release
2021-01-14 16:24:03 +00:00
### 2021.01.14
* Added option `--break-on-reject`
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET ](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET )
2021-01-14 16:24:03 +00:00
* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
2021-02-24 18:45:56 +00:00
* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [yt-dlp/SponSkrub ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub ) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
2021-01-14 16:24:03 +00:00
* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
* [documentation] Fixes typos
2021-01-12 17:53:29 +00:00
### 2021.01.12
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome ](https://github.com/samiksome )
* Added `--force-overwrites` , `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull ](https://github.com/alxnull )
2021-01-12 17:53:29 +00:00
* Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* Fix typos by [FelixFrog ](https://github.com/FelixFrog )
2021-01-12 17:53:29 +00:00
* [ci] Option to skip
* [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
2021-01-12 15:53:31 +00:00
### 2021.01.10
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* [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 )
2021-03-21 18:49:18 +00:00
* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info (`playable_in_embed`)
2021-01-10 21:36:58 +00:00
* Update version badge automatically in README
* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
* Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-12 15:53:31 +00:00
### 2021.01.09
2021-01-09 13:14:32 +00:00
* [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* 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 17:20:49 +00:00
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-12 15:53:31 +00:00
### 2021.01.08
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* 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 ))
2021-04-01 08:46:10 +00:00
* Moved changelog to separate file
2021-01-08 17:24:34 +00:00
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
### 2021.01.07-1
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* [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 )
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
* 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
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
### 2021.01.07
* Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
* Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
* Created First Release
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
### 2021.01.05-1
* **Changed defaults:**
* Enabled `--ignore`
* Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
* Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
* Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
* Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
* Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
* Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
### 2021.01.05
* **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats ](README.md#sorting-formats ) for details
* **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection ](README.md#format-selection ) for details
* New format selectors: `best*` , `worst*` , `bestvideo*` , `bestaudio*` , `worstvideo*` , `worstaudio*`
* 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
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* 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
2021-02-25 15:46:08 +00:00
* **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub` , `--sponskrub-cut` , `--sponskrub-force` , `--sponskrub-location` , `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options ](README.md#sponskrub-sponsorblock-options ) for details
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h ](https://github.com/h-h-h-h )
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
* Added `--list-formats-as-table` , `--list-formats-old`
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
* **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
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
* 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
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* 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))
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
2021-03-07 18:36:26 +00:00
* 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
2021-01-08 17:20:49 +00:00
* 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
* Cleaned up the fork for public use
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
**PS**: All uncredited changes above this point are authored by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
* Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* Youtube improvements by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
2021-01-11 17:38:11 +00:00
* Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
* Fix some improper Youtube URLs
* Redirect channel home to /video
* Print youtube's warning message
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
* Handle Multiple pages for feeds better
* [youtube] Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content by [colethedj ](https://github.com/colethedj )
* [youtube] Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 by [blackjack4494 ](https://github.com/blackjack4494 )
2021-02-09 19:14:57 +00:00
* Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh ](https://github.com/gergesh )
2021-03-15 00:00:18 +00:00
* Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* [bitwave.tv] New extractor by [lorpus ](https://github.com/lorpus )
* [Gedi] Add extractor by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [Rcs] Add new extractor by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [skyit] New skyitalia extractor by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL by [renalid ](https://github.com/renalid )
* [ina] support mobile links by [B0pol ](https://github.com/B0pol )
* [instagram] Fix thumbnail extractor by [nao20010128nao ](https://github.com/nao20010128nao )
* [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs by [xypwn ](https://github.com/xypwn )
* [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel by [kyuyeunk ](https://github.com/kyuyeunk )
* [tmz] Fix extractor by [diegorodriguezv ](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv )
* [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos by [diegorodriguezv ](https://github.com/diegorodriguezv )
* [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* [embedthumbnail] Fix for os.rename error by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll by [jbruchon ](https://github.com/jbruchon )
