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Changelog


2021.05.11

Deprecate support for python versions < 3.6

Subtitle extraction from manifests by fstirlitz. See be6202f 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


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

[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

[mxplayer] Add MxplayerShowIE by Ashish0804

[nebula] Move to nebula.app by Lamieur

[niconico] Fix HLS formats by CXwudi, tsukumijima, nao20010128nao and pukkandan

[niconico] Fix title and thumbnail extraction by 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

[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

[zee5] Fix py2 compatibility
Fix playlist_index and add playlist_autonumber. See #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

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 YoutubeDLso 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

[downloader] Fix bug in downloader selection
[BilibiliChannel] Fix pagination by nao20010128nao and pukkandan

[rai] Add support for http formats by nixxo

[TubiTv] Add TubiTvShowIE by Ashish0804

[twitcasting] Fix extractor
[viu:ott] Fix extractor and support series by lkho and pukkandan

[youtube:tab] Show unavailable videos in playlists by 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

[youtube] Standardize API calls for tabs, mixes and search by colethedj

[youtube] Bugfix in _extract_ytcfg

[mildom:user:vod] Download only necessary amount of pages
[mildom] Remove proxy completely by 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

[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 (except vimeo)
[DiscoveryPlusIndia] Add DiscoveryPlusIndiaShowIE by Ashish0804

[NFHSNetwork] Add extractor by llacb47

[nebula] Add extractor (watchnebula.com) by hheimbuerger

[nitter] Fix extraction of reply tweets and update instance list by B0pol

[nitter] Fix thumbnails by B0pol

[youtube] Fix thumbnail URL
[youtube] Parse API parameters from initial webpage by colethedj

[youtube] Extract comments' approximate timestamp by colethedj

[youtube] Fix alert extraction
[bilibili] Fix uploader
[utils] Add datetime_from_str and datetime_add_months by 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

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

[mildom] Update extractor with current proxy by nao20010128nao

[ard:mediathek] Fix video id extraction
[generic] Detect Invidious' link element
[youtube] Show premium state in availability by 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


2021.03.24

Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.03.25 (commit/8562218)
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 and xtkoba

[linuxacadamy] Fix login


2021.03.21


Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/7e79ba7


Option --no-clean-infojson to keep private keys in the infojson


[aria2c] Support retry/abort unavailable fragments by 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 and pukkandan


Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded by damianoamatruda


Use headers and cookies when downloading subtitles by damianoamatruda


Parse resolution in info dictionary by damianoamatruda


More consistent warning messages by damianoamatruda and pukkandan


[documentation] Add deprecated options and aliases in readme


[documentation] Fix some minor mistakes


[niconico] Partial fix adapted from animelover1984/youtube-dl@b5eff52 (login and smile formats still don't work)


[niconico] Add user extractor by animelover1984


[bilibili] Add anthology support by animelover1984


[amcnetworks] Fix extractor by 2ShedsJackson


[stitcher] Merge from youtube-dl by nixxo


[rcs] Improved extraction by nixxo


[linuxacadamy] Improve regex


[youtube] Show if video is private, unlisted etc in info (availability) by colethedj and pukkandan


[youtube] bugfix for channel playlist extraction


[nbc] Improve metadata extraction by 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:

Additional keys section_title, section_number, section_start, section_end are available in the output template


Parallel fragment downloads by shirt

Use option --concurrent-fragments (-N) to set the number of threads (default 1)


Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/3be0980

[zee5] Add Show Extractor by Ashish0804 and pukkandan

[rai] fix drm check nixxo

[wimtv] Add extractor by nixxo

[mtv] Add mtv.it and extract series metadata by nixxo

[pluto.tv] Add extractor by kevinoconnor7

[youtube] Rewrite comment extraction by colethedj

[embedthumbnail] Set mtime correctly
Refactor some postprocessor/downloader code by pukkandan and shirt


2021.03.07

[youtube] Fix history, mixes, community pages and trending by pukkandan and colethedj

[youtube] Fix private feeds/playlists on multi-channel accounts by colethedj

[youtube] Extract alerts from continuation by colethedj

[cbs] Add support for ParamountPlus by shirt

[mxplayer] Rewrite extractor with show support by pukkandan and Ashish0804

[gedi] Improvements from youtube-dl by nixxo

[vimeo] Fix videos with password by teesid

[lbry] Support lbry:// url by nixxo

[bilibili] Change Accept header by pukkandan and animelover1984

[trovo] Pass origin header
[rai] Check for DRM by 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 Ashish0804

Fix some videos downloading with m3u8 extension
Remove "fixup is ignored" warning when fixup wasn't passed by user


2021.03.03.2