yt-dlp 2022.04.08

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Use certificates from certifi if installed by coletdjnz
• Treat multiple --match-filters as OR
• File locking improvevemnts:
  • Do not lock downloading file on Windows
  • Do not prevent download if locking is unsupported
  • Do not truncate files before locking by jakeogh, pukkandan
  • Fix non-blocking non-exclusive lock
• De-prioritize automatic-subtitles when no --sub-lang is given
• Exit after --dump-user-agent
• Fallback to video-only format when selecting by extension
• Fix --abort-on-error for subtitles
• Fix --no-overwrite for playlist infojson
• Fix --print with --ignore-no-formats when url is None by flashdagger
• Fix --sleep-interval
• Fix --throttled-rate
• Fix autonumber
• Fix case of http_headers
• Fix filepath sanitization in --print-to-file
• Handle float in --wait-for-video
• Ignore mhtml formats from -f mergeall
• Ignore format-specific fields in initial pass of --match-filter
• Protect stdout from unexpected progress and console-title
• Remove Accept-Encoding header from std_headers by coletdjnz
• Remove incorrect warning for --dateafter
• Show warning when all media formats have DRM
• [downloader] Fix invocation of HttpieFD
• [http] Fix #3215
• [http] Reject broken range before request by Lesmiscore, Jules-A, pukkandan
• [fragment] Read downloaded fragments only when needed by Lesmiscore
• [http] Retry on more errors by coletdjnz
• [mhtml] Fix fragments with absolute urls by coletdjnz
• [extractor] Add _perform_login function
• [extractor] Allow control characters inside json
• [extractor] Support merging subtitles with data by coletdjnz
• [generic] Extract subtitles from video.js by Lesmiscore
• [ffmpeg] Cache version data
• [FFmpegConcat] Ensure final directory exists
• [FfmpegMetadata] Write id3v1 tags
• [FFmpegVideoConvertor] Add more formats to --remux-video
• [FFmpegVideoConvertor] Ensure all streams are copied
• [MetadataParser] Validate outtmpl early
• [outtmpl] Fix replacement/default when used with alternate
• [outtmpl] Limit changes during sanitization
• [phantomjs] Fix bug
• [test] Add test_locked_file
• [utils] format_decimal_suffix: Fix for very large numbers by s0u1h
• [utils] traverse_obj: Allow filtering by value
• [utils] Add filter_dict, get_first, try_call
• [utils] ExtractorError: Fix for older python versions
• [utils] WebSocketsWrapper: Allow omitting __enter__ invocation by Lesmiscore
• [docs] Add an .editorconfig file by fstirlitz
• [docs] Clarify the exact BSD license of dependencies by MrRawes
• [docs] Minor improvements by pukkandan, cffswb, danielyli
• [docs] Remove readthedocs
• [build] Add requirements.txt to pip distributions
• [cleanup, postprocessor] Create _download_json
• [cleanup, vimeo] Fix tests
• [cleanup] Misc fixes and minor cleanup
• [cleanup] Use _html_extract_title
• [AfreecaTV] Add AfreecaTVUserIE by hatienl0i261299
• [arte] Add format_note to m3u8 formats
• [azmedien] Add TVO Online to supported hosts by 1-Byte
• [BanBye] Add extractor by mehq
• [bilibili] Fix extraction of title with quotes by dzek69
• [Craftsy] Add extractor by Bricio
• [Cybrary] Add extractor by aaearon
• [Huya] Add extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [ITProTV] Add extractor by aaearon
• [Jable] Add extractors by mehq
• [LastFM] Add extractors by mehq
• [Moviepilot] Add extractor by panatexxa
• [panopto] Add extractors by coletdjnz, kmark
• [PokemonSoundLibrary] Add extractor by Lesmiscore
• [WasdTV] Add extractor by un-def, hatienl0i261299
• [adobepass] Fix Suddenlink MSO by CplPwnies
• [afreecatv] Match new vod url by wlritchi
• [AZMedien] Support tv.telezueri.ch by goggle
• [BiliIntl] Support user-generated videos by wlritchi
• [BRMediathek] Fix VALID_URL
• [crunchyroll:playlist] Implement beta API by tejing1
• [crunchyroll] Fix inheritance
• [daftsex] Fix extractor by Soebb
• [dailymotion] Support geo.dailymotion.com by hatienl0i261299
• [ellentube] Extract subtitles from manifest
• [elonet] Rewrite extractor by Fam0r, pukkandan
• [fptplay] Fix metadata extraction by hatienl0i261299
• [FranceCulture] Support playlists by bohwaz
• [go, viu] Extract subtitles from the m3u8 manifest by fstirlitz
• [Imdb] Improve extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [MangoTV] Improve extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [Nebula] Fix bug in 52efa4b
• [niconico] Fix extraction of thumbnails and uploader (#3266)
• [niconico] Rewrite NiconicoIE by Lesmiscore
• [nitter] Minor fixes and update instance list by foghawk
• [NRK] Extract timestamp by hatienl0i261299
• [openrec] Download archived livestreams by Lesmiscore
• [openrec] Refactor extractors by Lesmiscore
• [panopto] Improve subtitle extraction and support slides by coletdjnz
• [ParamountPlus, CBS] Change VALID_URL by Sipherdrakon
• [ParamountPlusSeries] Support multiple pages by dodrian
• [Piapro] Extract description with break lines by Lesmiscore
• [rai] Fix extraction of http formas by nixxo
• [rumble] unescape title
• [RUTV] Fix format sorting by Lesmiscore
• [ruutu] Detect embeds by tpikonen
• [tenplay] Improve extractor by aarubui
• [TikTok] Fix URLs with user id by hatienl0i261299
• [TikTokVM] Fix redirect to user URL
• [TVer] Fix extractor by Lesmiscore
• [TVer] Support landing page by vvto33
• [twitcasting] Don't return multi_video for archive with single hls manifest by Lesmiscore
• [veo] Fix _VALID_URL
• [Veo] Fix extractor by i6t
• [viki] Don't attempt to modify URLs with signature by nyuszika7h
• [viu] Fix bypass for preview by zackmark29
• [viu] Fixed extractor by zackmark29, pukkandan
• [web.archive:youtube] Make CDX API requests non-fatal by coletdjnz
• [wget] Fix proxy by kikuyan, coletdjnz
• [xnxx] Add xnxx3.com by rozari0
• [youtube] Add new age-gate bypass by zerodytrash, pukkandan
• [youtube] Add extractor-arg to skip auto-translated subs
• [youtube] Avoid false positives when detecting damaged formats
• [youtube] Detect DRM better by shirt
• [youtube] Fix auto-translated automatic captions
• [youtube] Fix pagination of membership tab
• [youtube] Fix uploader for collaborative playlists by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Improve video upload date handling by coletdjnz
• [youtube:api] Prefer minified JSON response by coletdjnz
• [youtube:search] Support hashtag entries by coletdjnz
• [youtube:tab] Fix duration extraction for shorts by coletdjnz
• [youtube:tab] Minor improvements
• [youtube:tab] Return shorts url if video is a short by coletdjnz
• [Zattoo] Fix extractors by goggle
• [Zingmp3] Fix signature by hatienl0i261299

yt-dlp 2022.03.08.1

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• [cleanup] Refactor __init__.py
• [build] Fix bug

yt-dlp 2022.03.08

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/6508688 (except NDR)
• Add regex operator and quoting to format filters by lukasfink1
• Add brotli content-encoding support by coletdjnz
• Add pre-processor stage after_filter
• Better error message when no --live-from-start format
• Create necessary directories for --print-to-file
• Fill more fields for playlists by Lesmiscore
• Fix -all for --sub-langs
• Fix doubling of video_id in ExtractorError
• Fix for when stdout/stderr encoding is None
• Handle negative duration from extractor
• Implement --add-header without modifying std_headers
• Obey --abort-on-error for "ffmpeg not installed"
• Set webpage_url_... from webpage_url and not input URL
• Tolerate failure to --write-link due to unknown URL
• [aria2c] Add --http-accept-gzip=true
• [build] Update pyinstaller to 4.10 by shirt-dev
• [cookies] Update MacOS12 Cookies.binarycookies location by mdpauley
• [devscripts] Improve prepare_manpage
• [downloader] Do not use aria2c for non-native m3u8
• [downloader] Obey --file-access-retries when deleting/renaming by ehoogeveen-medweb
• [extractor] Allow http_headers to be specified for thumbnails
• [extractor] Extract subtitles from manifests for vimeo, globo, kaltura, svt by fstirlitz
• [extractor] Fix for manifests without period duration by dirkf, pukkandan
• [extractor] Support --mark-watched without _NETRC_MACHINE by coletdjnz
• [FFmpegConcat] Abort on --simulate
• [FormatSort] Consider acodec=ogg as vorbis
• [fragment] Fix bugs around resuming with Range by Lesmiscore
• [fragment] Improve --live-from-start for YouTube livestreams by Lesmiscore
• [generic] Pass referer to extracted formats
• [generic] Set rss guid as video id by Bricio
• [options] Better ambiguous option resolution
• [options] Rename --clean-infojson to --clean-info-json
• [SponsorBlock] Fixes for highlight and "full video labels" by nihil-admirari
• [Sponsorblock] minor fixes by nihil-admirari
• [utils] Better traceback for ExtractorError
• [utils] Fix file locking for AOSP by jakeogh
• [utils] Improve file locking
• [utils] OnDemandPagedList: Do not download pages after error
• [utils] render_table: Fix character calculation for removing extra gap by Lesmiscore
• [utils] Use locked_file for sanitize_open by jakeogh
• [utils] Validate DateRange input
• [utils] WebSockets wrapper for non-async functions by Lesmiscore
• [cleanup] Don't pass protocol to _extract_m3u8_formats for live videos
• [cleanup] Remove extractors for some dead websites by marieell
• [cleanup, docs] Misc cleanup
• [AbemaTV] Add extractors by Lesmiscore
• [adobepass] Add Suddenlink MSO by CplPwnies
• [ant1newsgr] Add extractor by zmousm
• [bigo] Add extractor by Lesmiscore
• [Caltrans] Add extractor by Bricio
• [daystar] Add extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [fc2:live] Add extractor by Lesmiscore
• [fptplay] Add extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [murrtube] Add extractor by cyberfox1691
• [nfb] Add extractor by ofkz
• [niconico] Add playlist extractors and refactor by Lesmiscore
• [peekvids] Add extractor by schn0sch
• [piapro] Add extractor by pycabbage, Lesmiscore
• [rokfin] Add extractor by P-reducible, pukkandan
• [rokfin] Add stack and channel extractors by P-reducible, pukkandan
• [ruv.is] Add extractor by iw0nderhow
• [telegram] Add extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [VideocampusSachsen] Add extractors by FestplattenSchnitzel
• [xinpianchang] Add extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [abc] Support 1080p by Ronnnny
• [afreecatv] Support password-protected livestreams by wlritchi
• [ard] Fix valid URL
• [ATVAt] Detect geo-restriction by marieell
• [bandcamp] Detect acodec
• [bandcamp] Fix user URLs by lyz-code
• [bbc] Fix extraction of news articles by ajj8
• [beeg] Fix extractor by Bricio
• [bigo] Fix extractor to not to use form_params
• [Bilibili] Pass referer for all formats by blackgear
• [Biqle] Fix extractor by Bricio
• [ccma] Fix timestamp parsing by nyuszika7h
• [crunchyroll] Better error reporting on login failure by tejing1
• [cspan] Support of C-Span congress videos by Grabien
• [dropbox] fix regex by zenerdi0de
• [fc2] Fix extraction by Lesmiscore
• [fujitv] Extract resolution for free sources by YuenSzeHong
• [Gettr] Add GettrStreamingIE by i6t
• [Gettr] Fix formats order by i6t
• [Gettr] Improve extractor by i6t
• [globo] Expand valid URL by Bricio
• [lbry] Fix --ignore-no-formats-error
• [manyvids] Extract uploader by regarten
• [mildom] Fix linter
• [mildom] Rework extractors by Lesmiscore
• [mirrativ] Cleanup extractor code by Lesmiscore
• [nhk] Add support for NHK for School by Lesmiscore
• [niconico:tag] Add support for searching tags
• [nrk] Add fallback API
• [peekvids] Use JSON-LD by schn0sch
• [peertube] Add media.fsfe.org by mxmehl
• [rtvs] Fix extractor by Bricio
• [spiegel] Fix _VALID_URL
• [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support webp
• [tiktok] Fix vm.tiktok/vt.tiktok URLs
• [tubitv] Fix/improve TV series extraction by bbepis
• [tumblr] Fix extractor by foghawk
• [twitcasting] Add fallback for finding running live by Lesmiscore
• [TwitCasting] Check for password protection by Lesmiscore
• [twitcasting] Fix extraction by Lesmiscore
• [twitch] Fix field name of view_count
• [twitter] Fix for private videos by iphoting
• [washingtonpost] Fix extractor by Bricio
• [youtube:tab] Add approximate_date extractor-arg
• [youtube:tab] Follow redirect to regional channel by coletdjnz
• [youtube:tab] Reject webpage data if redirected to home page
• [youtube] De-prioritize potentially damaged formats
• [youtube] Differentiate descriptive audio by language code
• [youtube] Ensure subtitle urls are absolute by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Escape possible $ in _extract_n_function_name regex by Lesmiscore
• [youtube] Fix automatic captions
• [youtube] Fix n-sig extraction for phone player JS by MinePlayersPE
• [youtube] Further de-prioritize 3gp format
• [youtube] Label original auto-subs
• [youtube] Prefer UTC upload date for videos by coletdjnz
• [zaq1] Remove dead extractor by marieell
• [zee5] Support web-series by Aniruddh-J
• [zingmp3] Fix extractor by hatienl0i261299
• [zoom] Add support for screen cast by Mipsters

yt-dlp 2022.02.04

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• [youtube:search] Fix extractor by coletdjnz
• [youtube:search] Add tests
• [twitcasting] Enforce UTF-8 for POST payload by Lesmiscore
• [mediaset] Fix extractor by nixxo
• [websocket] Make syntax error in websockets module non-fatal

yt-dlp 2022.02.03

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/78ce962
• Add option --print-to-file
• Make nested --config-locations relative to parent file
• Ensure _type is present in info.json
• Fix --compat-options list-formats
• Fix/improve InAdvancePagedList
• [downloader/ffmpeg] Handle unknown formats better
• [outtmpl] Handle -o "" better
• [outtmpl] Handle hard-coded file extension better
• [extractor] Add convinience function _yes_playlist
• [extractor] Allow non-fatal title extraction
• [extractor] Extract video inside Article json_ld
• [generic] Allow further processing of json_ld URL
• [cookies] Fix keyring selection for unsupported desktops
• [utils] Strip double spaces in clean_html by dirkf
• [aes] Add unpad_pkcs7
• [test] Fix test_youtube_playlist_noplaylist
• [docs,cleanup] Misc cleanup
• [dplay] Add extractors for site changes by Sipherdrakon
• [ertgr] Add extractors by zmousm, dirkf
• [Musicdex] Add extractors by Ashish0804
• [YandexVideoPreview] Add extractor by KiberInfinity
• [youtube] Add extractor YoutubeMusicSearchURLIE
• [archive.org] Ignore unnecessary files
• [Bilibili] Add 8k support by u-spec-png
• [bilibili] Fix extractor, make anthology title non-fatal
• [CAM4] Add thumbnail extraction by alerikaisattera
• [cctv] De-prioritize sample format
• [crunchyroll:beta] Add cookies support by tejing1
• [crunchyroll] Fix login by tejing1
• [doodstream] Fix extractor
• [fc2] Fix extraction by Lesmiscore
• [FFmpegConcat] Abort on --skip-download and download errors
• [Fujitv] Extract metadata and support premium by YuenSzeHong
• [globo] Fix extractor by Bricio
• [glomex] Simplify embed detection
• [GoogleSearch] Fix extractor
• [Instagram] Fix extraction when logged in by MinePlayersPE
• [iq.com] Add VIP support by MinePlayersPE
• [mildom] Fix extractor by lazypete365
• [MySpass] Fix video url processing by trassshhub
• [Odnoklassniki] Improve embedded players extraction by KiberInfinity
• [orf:tvthek] Lazy playlist extraction and obey --no-playlist
• [Pladform] Fix redirection to external player by KiberInfinity
• [ThisOldHouse] Improve Premium URL check by Ashish0804
• [TikTok] Iterate through app versions by MinePlayersPE
• [tumblr] Fix 403 errors and handle vimeo embeds by foghawk
• [viki] Fix "Bad request" for manifest by nyuszika7h
• [Vimm] add recording extractor by alerikaisattera
• [web.archive:youtube] Add ytarchive: prefix and misc cleanup
• [youtube:api] Do not use seek when reading HTTPError response by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Fix n-sig for player e06dea74
• [youtube, cleanup] Misc fixes and cleanup

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Release created in the middle of the night so people will stop posting duplicates of #2569 #2575 #2576 #2588 #2602 #2615 #2618 #2619 and #2476 #2488 #2534 #2582 #2595 #2611

Seriously!! Is it that hard to search before opening an issue!? Most of the issues even have the same titles as their duplicates!

G'night

yt-dlp 2022.01.21

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Add option --concat-playlist to concat videos in a playlist
• Allow multiple and nested configuration files
• Add more post-processing stages (after_video, playlist)
• Allow --exec to be run at any post-processing stage (Deprecates --exec-before-download)
• Allow --print to be run at any post-processing stage
• Allow listing formats, thumbnails, subtitles using --print by pukkandan, Zirro
• Add fields video_autonumber, modified_date, modified_timestamp, playlist_count, channel_follower_count
• Add key requested_downloads in the root info_dict
• Write download_archive only after all formats are downloaded
• [FfmpegMetadata] Allow setting metadata of individual streams using meta<n>_ prefix
• Add option --legacy-server-connect by xtkoba
• Allow escaped , in --extractor-args
• Allow unicode characters in info.json
• Check for existing thumbnail/subtitle in final directory
• Don't treat empty containers as None in sanitize_info
• Fix -s --ignore-no-formats --force-write-archive
• Fix live title for multiple formats
• List playlist thumbnails in --list-thumbnails
• Raise error if subtitle download fails
• [cookies] Fix bug when keyring is unspecified
• [ffmpeg] Ignore unknown streams, standardize use of -map 0
• [outtmpl] Alternate form for D and fix suffix's case
• [utils] Add Sec-Fetch-Mode to std_headers
• [utils] Fix format_bytes output for Bytes by pukkandan, mdawar
• [utils] Handle ss:xxx in parse_duration
• [utils] Improve parsing for nested HTML elements by zmousm, pukkandan
• [utils] Use key None in traverse_obj to return as-is
• [extractor] Detect more subtitle codecs in MPD manifests by fstirlitz
• [extractor] Extract chapters from JSON-LD by iw0nderhow, pukkandan
• [extractor] Extract thumbnails from JSON-LD by nixxo
• [extractor] Improve url_result and related
• [generic] Improve KVS player extraction by trassshhub
• [build] Reduce dependency on third party workflows
• [extractor,cleanup] Use _search_nextjs_data, format_field
• [cleanup] Minor fixes and cleanup
• [docs] Improvements
• [test] Fix TestVerboseOutput
• [afreecatv] Add livestreams extractor by wlritchi
• [callin] Add extractor by foghawk
• [CrowdBunker] Add extractors by Ashish0804
• [daftsex] Add extractors by k3ns1n
• [digitalconcerthall] Add extractor by teridon
• [Drooble] Add extractor by u-spec-png
• [EuropeanTour] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [iq.com] Add extractors by MinePlayersPE
• [KelbyOne] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [LnkIE] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [MainStreaming] Add extractor by coletdjnz
• [megatvcom] Add extractors by zmousm
• [Newsy] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [noodlemagazine] Add extractor by trassshhub
• [PokerGo] Add extractors by Ashish0804
• [Pornez] Add extractor by mozlima
• [PRX] Add Extractors by coletdjnz
• [RTNews] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [Rule34video] Add extractor by trassshhub
• [tvopengr] Add extractors by zmousm
• [Vimm] Add extractor by alerikaisattera
• [glomex] Add extractors by zmousm
• [instagram] Add story/highlight extractor by u-spec-png
• [openrec] Add movie extractor by Lesmiscore
• [rai] Add Raiplaysound extractors by nixxo, pukkandan
• [aparat] Fix extractor
• [ard] Extract subtitles by fstirlitz
• [BiliIntl] Add login by MinePlayersPE
• [CeskaTelevize] Use http for manifests
• [CTVNewsIE] Add fallback for video search by Ashish0804
• [dplay] Migrate DiscoveryPlusItaly to DiscoveryPlus by timendum
• [dplay] Re-structure DiscoveryPlus extractors
• [Dropbox] Support password protected files and more formats by zenerdi0de
• [facebook] Fix extraction from groups
• [facebook] Improve title and uploader extraction
• [facebook] Parse dash manifests
• [fox] Extract m3u8 from preview by ischmidt20
• [funk] Support origin URLs
• [gfycat] Fix uploader
• [gfycat] Support embeds by coletdjnz
• [hotstar] Add extractor args to ignore tags by Ashish0804
• [hrfernsehen] Fix ardloader extraction by CreaValix
• [instagram] Fix username extraction for stories and highlights by nyuszika7h
• [kakao] Detect geo-restriction
• [line] Remove tv.line.me by sian1468
• [mixch] Add MixchArchiveIE by Lesmiscore
• [mixcloud] Detect restrictions by llacb47
• [NBCSports] Fix extraction of platform URLs by ischmidt20
• [Nexx] Extract more metadata by MinePlayersPE
• [Nexx] Support 3q CDN by MinePlayersPE
• [pbs] de-prioritize AD formats
• [PornHub,YouTube] Refresh onion addresses by unit193
• [RedBullTV] Parse subtitles from manifest by Ashish0804
• [streamcz] Fix extractor by arkamar, pukkandan
• [Ted] Rewrite extractor by pukkandan, trassshhub
• [Theta] Fix valid URL by alerikaisattera
• [ThisOldHouseIE] Add support for premium videos by Ashish0804
• [TikTok] Fix extraction for sigi-based webpages, add API fallback by MinePlayersPE
• [TikTok] Pass cookies to formats, and misc fixes by MinePlayersPE
• [TikTok] Extract captions, user thumbnail by MinePlayersPE
• [TikTok] Change app version by MinePlayersPE, llacb47
• [TVer] Extract message for unaired live by Lesmiscore
• [twitcasting] Refactor extractor by Lesmiscore
• [twitter] Fix video in quoted tweets
• [veoh] Improve extractor by foghawk
• [vk] Capture clip URLs
• [vk] Fix VKUserVideosIE by Ashish0804
• [vk] Improve _VALID_URL by k3ns1n
• [VrtNU] Handle empty title by pgaig
• [XVideos] Check HLS formats by MinePlayersPE
• [yahoo:gyao] Improved playlist handling by hyano
• [youtube:tab] Extract more playlist metadata by coletdjnz, pukkandan
• [youtube:tab] Raise error on tab redirect by krichbanana, coletdjnz
• [youtube] Update Innertube clients by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Detect live-stream embeds
• [youtube] Do not return upload_date for playlists
• [youtube] Extract channel subscriber count by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Make invalid storyboard URL non-fatal
• [youtube] Enforce UTC, update innertube clients and tests by coletdjnz
• [zdf] Add chapter extraction by iw0nderhow
• [zee5] Add geo-bypass

yt-dlp 2021.12.27

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Avoid recursion error when re-extracting info
• [ffmpeg] Fix position of --ppa
• [aria2c] Don't show progress when --no-progress
• [cookies] Support other keyrings by mbway
• [EmbedThumbnail] Prefer AtomicParsley over ffmpeg if available
• [generic] Fix HTTP KVS Player by git-anony-mouse
• [ThumbnailsConvertor] Fix for when there are no thumbnails
• [docs] Add examples for using TYPES: in -P/-o
• [PixivSketch] Add extractors by nao20010128nao
• [tiktok] Add music, sticker and tag IEs by MinePlayersPE
• [BiliIntl] Fix extractor by MinePlayersPE
• [CBC] Fix URL regex
• [tiktok] Fix extractor_key used in archive
• [youtube] End live-from-start properly when stream ends with 403
• [Zee5] Fix VALID_URL for tv-shows by Ashish0804

yt-dlp 2021.12.25

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• [dash,youtube] Download live from start to end by nao20010128nao, pukkandan
  • Add option --live-from-start to enable downloading live videos from start
  • Add key is_from_start in formats to identify formats (of live videos) that downloads from start
  • [dash] Create protocol http_dash_segments_generator that allows a function to be passed instead of fragments
  • [fragment] Allow multiple live dash formats to download simultaneously
  • [youtube] Implement fragment re-fetching for the live dash formats
  • [youtube] Re-extract dash manifest every 5 hours (manifest expires in 6hrs)
  • [postprocessor/ffmpeg] Add FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP to fixup duplicated moov atoms
  • Known issues:
    • Ctrl+C doesn't work on Windows when downloading multiple formats
    • If video becomes private, download hangs
• [SponsorBlock] Add Filler and Highlight categories by nihil-admirari, pukkandan
  • Change --sponsorblock-cut all to --sponsorblock-cut default if you do not want filler sections to be removed
• Add field webpage_url_domain
• Add interactive format selection with -f -
• Add option --file-access-retries by ehoogeveen-medweb
• [outtmpl] Add alternate forms S, D and improve id detection
• [outtmpl] Add operator & for replacement text by PilzAdam
• [EmbedSubtitle] Disable duration check temporarily
• [extractor] Add _search_nuxt_data by nao20010128nao
• [extractor] Ignore errors in comment extraction when -i is given
• [extractor] Standardize _live_title
• [FormatSort] Prevent incorrect deprecation warning
• [generic] Extract m3u8 formats from JSON-LD
• [postprocessor/ffmpeg] Always add faststart
• [utils] Fix parsing YYYYMMDD dates in Nov/Dec by wlritchi
• [utils] Improve parse_count
• [utils] Update std_headers by kikuyan, fstirlitz
• [lazy_extractors] Fix for search IEs
• [extractor] Support default implicit graph in JSON-LD by zmousm
• Allow --no-write-thumbnail to override --write-all-thumbnail
• Fix --throttled-rate
• Fix control characters being printed to --console-title
• Fix PostProcessor hooks not registered for some PPs
• Pre-process when using --flat-playlist
• Remove known invalid thumbnails from info_dict
• Add warning when using -f best
• Use parse_duration for --wait-for-video and some minor fix
• [test/download] Add more fields
• [test/download] Ignore field webpage_url_domain by std-move
• [compat] Suppress errors in enabling VT mode
• [docs] Improve manpage format by iw0nderhow, pukkandan
• [docs,cleanup] Minor fixes and cleanup
• [cleanup] Fix some typos by unit193
• [ABC:iview] Add show extractor by pabs3
• [dropout] Add extractor by TwoThousandHedgehogs, pukkandan
• [GameJolt] Add extractors by MinePlayersPE
• [gofile] Add extractor by Jertzukka, Ashish0804
• [hse] Add extractors by cypheron, pukkandan
• [NateTV] Add NateIE and NateProgramIE by Ashish0804, Hyeeji
• [OpenCast] Add extractors by bwildenhain, C0D3D3V
• [rtve] Add RTVEAudioIE by kebianizao
• [Rutube] Add RutubeChannelIE by Ashish0804
• [skeb] Add extractor by nao20010128nao
• [soundcloud] Add related tracks extractor by Lapin0t
• [toggo] Add extractor by nyuszika7h
• [TrueID] Add extractor by MinePlayersPE
• [audiomack] Update album and song VALID_URL by abdullah-if, dirkf
• [CBC Gem] Extract 1080p formats by DavidSkrundz
• [ceskatelevize] Fetch iframe from nextJS data by mkubecek
• [crackle] Look for non-DRM formats by raleeper
• [dplay] Temporary fix for discoveryplus.com/it
• [DiscoveryPlusShowBaseIE] yield actual video id by Ashish0804
• [Facebook] Handle redirect URLs
• [fujitv] Extract 1080p from tv_android m3u8 by YuenSzeHong
• [gronkh] Support new URL pattern by Sematre
• [instagram] Expand valid URL by u-spec-png
• [Instagram] Try bypassing login wall with embed page by MinePlayersPE
• [Jamendo] Fix use of _VALID_URL_RE by jaller94
• [LBRY] Support livestreams by Ashish0804, pukkandan
• [NJPWWorld] Extract formats from m3u8 by aarubui
• [NovaEmbed] update player regex by std-move
• [npr] Make SMIL extraction non-fatal by r5d
• [ntvcojp] Extract NUXT data by nao20010128nao
• [ok.ru] add mobile fallback by nao20010128nao
• [olympics] Add uploader and cleanup by u-spec-png
• [ondemandkorea] Update jw_config regex by julien-hadleyjack
• [PlutoTV] Expand _VALID_URL
• [RaiNews] Fix extractor by nixxo
• [RCTIPlusSeries] Lazy extraction and video type selection by MinePlayersPE
• [redtube] Handle formats delivered inside a JSON by dirkf, nixxo
• [SonyLiv] Add OTP login support by Ashish0804
• [Steam] Fix extractor by u-spec-png
• [TikTok] Pass cookies to mobile API by MinePlayersPE
• [trovo] Fix inheritance of TrovoChannelBaseIE
• [TVer] Extract better thumbnails by YuenSzeHong
• [vimeo] Extract chapters
• [web.archive:youtube] Improve metadata extraction by coletdjnz
• [youtube:comments] Add more options for limiting number of comments extracted by coletdjnz
• [youtube:tab] Extract more metadata from feeds/channels/playlists by coletdjnz
• [youtube:tab] Extract video thumbnails from playlist by coletdjnz, pukkandan
• [youtube:tab] Ignore query when redirecting channel to playlist and cleanup of related code
• [youtube] Fix ytsearchdate
• [zdf] Support videos with different ptmd location by iw0nderhow
• [zee5] Support /episodes in URL

yt-dlp 2021.12.01

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Add option --wait-for-video to wait for scheduled streams
• Add option --break-per-input to apply --break-on... to each input URL
• Add option --embed-info-json to embed info.json in mkv
• Add compat-option embed-metadata
• Allow using a custom format selector through API
• [AES] Add ECB mode by nao20010128nao
• [build] Fix MacOS Build
• [build] Save Git HEAD at release alongside version info
• [build] Use workflow_dispatch for release
• [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix for direct videos inside mpd manifests
• [downloader] Add colors to download progress
• [EmbedSubtitles] Slightly relax duration check and related cleanup
• [ExtractAudio] Fix conversion to wav and vorbis
• [ExtractAudio] Support alac
• [extractor] Extract average_rating from JSON-LD
• [FixupM3u8] Fixup MPEG-TS in MP4 container
• [generic] Support mpd manifests without extension by shirt
• [hls] Better FairPlay DRM detection by nyuszika7h
• [jsinterp] Fix splice to handle float (for youtube js player f1ca6900)
• [utils] Allow alignment in render_table and add tests
• [utils] Fix PagedList
• [utils] Fix error when copying LazyList
• Clarify video/audio-only formats in -F
• Ensure directory exists when checking formats
• Ensure path for link files exists by Zirro
• Ensure same config file is not loaded multiple times
• Fix postprocessor_hooks
• Fix --break-on-archive when pre-checking
• Fix --check-formats for mhtml
• Fix --load-info-json of playlists with failed entries
• Fix --trim-filename when filename has .
• Fix bug in parsing --add-header
• Fix error in report_unplayable_conflict by shirt
• Fix writing playlist infojson with --no-clean-infojson
• Validate --get-bypass-country
• [blogger] Add extractor by pabs3
• [breitbart] Add extractor by Grabien
• [CableAV] Add extractor by j54vc1bk
• [CanalAlpha] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [CozyTV] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [CPTwentyFour] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [DiscoveryPlus] Add DiscoveryPlusItalyShowIE by Ashish0804
• [ESPNCricInfo] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [LinkedIn] Add extractor by u-spec-png
• [mixch] Add extractor by nao20010128nao
• [nebula] Add NebulaCollectionIE and rewrite extractor by hheimbuerger
• [OneFootball] Add extractor by Ashish0804
• [peer.tv] Add extractor by u-spec-png
• [radiozet] Add extractor by 0xA7404A (Aurora)
• [redgifs] Add extractor by chio0hai
• [RedGifs] Add Search and User extractors by Deer-Spangle
• [rtrfm] Add extractor by pabs3
• [Streamff] Add extractor by cntrl-s
• [Stripchat] Add extractor by zulaport
• [Aljazeera] Fix extractor by u-spec-png
• [AmazonStoreIE] Fix regex to not match vdp urls by Ashish0804
• [ARDBetaMediathek] Handle new URLs
• [bbc] Get all available formats by nyuszika7h
• [Bilibili] Fix title extraction by u-spec-png
• [CBC Gem] Fix for shows that don't have all seasons by makeworld-the-better-one
• [curiositystream] Add more metadata
• [CuriosityStream] Fix series
• [DiscoveryPlus] Rewrite extractors by Ashish0804, pukkandan
• [HotStar] Set language field from tags by Ashish0804
• [instagram, cleanup] Refactor extractors
• [Instagram] Display more login errors by MinePlayersPE
• [itv] Fix extractor by staubichsauger, pukkandan
• [mediaklikk] Expand valid URL
• [MTV] Improve mgid extraction by Sipherdrakon, kikuyan
• [nexx] Better error message for unsupported format
• [NovaEmbed] Fix extractor by pukkandan, std-move
• [PatreonUser] Do not capture RSS URLs
• [Reddit] Add support for 1080p videos by xenova
• [RoosterTeethSeries] Fix for multiple pages by MinePlayersPE
• [sbs] Fix for movies and livestreams
• [Senate.gov] Add SenateGovIE and fix SenateISVPIE by Grabien, pukkandan
• [soundcloud:search] Fix pagination
• [tiktok:user] Set webpage_url correctly
• [Tokentube] Fix description by u-spec-png
• [trovo] Fix extractor by nyuszika7h
• [tv2] Expand valid URL
• [Tvplayhome] Fix extractor by pukkandan, 18928172992817182
• [Twitch:vod] Add chapters by mpeter50
• [twitch:vod] Extract live status by DEvmIb
• [VidLii] Add 720p support by mrpapersonic
• [vimeo] Add fallback for config URL
• [vimeo] Sort http formats higher
• [WDR] Expand valid URL
• [willow] Add extractor by aarubui
• [xvideos] Detect embed URLs by 4a1e2y5
• [xvideos] Fix extractor by Yakabuff
• [youtube, cleanup] Reorganize Tab and Search extractor inheritances
• [youtube:search_url] Add playlist/channel support
• [youtube] Add default player client by coletdjnz
• [youtube] Add storyboard formats
• [youtube] Decrypt n-sig for URLs with ratebypass
• [youtube] Minor improvement to format sorting
• [cleanup] Add deprecation warnings
• [cleanup] Minor cleanup
• [cleanup] Misc cleanup
• [cleanup] Refactor JSInterpreter._seperate
• [Cleanup] Remove some unnecessary groups in regexes by Ashish0804

yt-dlp 2021.11.10.1

A description of the various files are in the README

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Changelog:

• Temporarily disable MacOS Build