yt-dlc/Changelog.md

Changelog

2021.01.12

• [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by @samiksome
• Added --force-overwrites, --no-force-overwrites by @alxnull
• Changed fork name to yt-dlp
• Fix typos by @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
• [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
• Update version badge automatically in README
• Enable test_youtube_search_matching
• Create to_screen and similar functions in postprocessor/common

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

2021.01.08

• Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.01.08
  • Extractor stitcher (1, 2) 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
• 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

2021.01.07

• 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

2021.01.05-1

• 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

2021.01.05

• Format Sort: Added --format-sort (-S), --format-sort-force (--S-force) - See Sorting Formats for details
• Format Selection: See 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
• 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
• Sponskrub integration: Added --sponskrub, --sponskrub-cut, --sponskrub-force, --sponskrub-location, --sponskrub-args - See SponSkrub Options for details
• Added --force-download-archive (--force-write-archive) by by 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
• Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
• Merge youtube-dl: Upto 2021.01.03 - See blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280 for details
  • Extractors tiktok and hotstar have not been merged
• Cleaned up the fork for public use

Unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc

• Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
• [youtube]
  • Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
  • Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
  • Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
  • Fix some improper Youtube URLs
  • Redirect channel home to /video
  • Print youtube's warning message
  • Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
• Add --break-on-existing by @gergesh
• Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
• [bitwave.tv] New extractor
• [Gedi] Add extractor
• [Rcs] Add new extractor
• [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
• [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
• [ina] support mobile links
• [instagram] Fix extractor
• [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
• [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
• [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
• [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
• [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
• [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
• [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
• Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
• make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll