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yt-dlp 2022.08.08

Changelog
Remove Python 3.6 support
Determine merge container better by pukkandan, selfisekai
Framework for embed detection by coletdjnz, pukkandan
Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/adb5294
--compat-option no-live-chat should disable danmaku
Fix misleading DRM message
Import ctypes only when necessary
Minor bugfixes by pukkandan
Reject entire playlists faster with --match-filter by pukkandan
Remove filtered entries from -J
Standardize retry mechanism by pukkandan
Validate --merge-output-format
[downloader] Add average speed to final progress line
[extractor] Add field audio_channels
[extractor] Support multiple archive ids for one video
[ffmpeg] Set ffmpeg_location in a contextvar
[FFmpegThumbnailsConvertor] Fix conversion from GIF
[MetadataParser] Don't set None when the field didn't match
[outtmpl] Smarter replacing of unsupported characters by pukkandan
[outtmpl] Treat empty values as None in filenames
[utils] sanitize_open: Allow any IO stream as stdout
[build, devscripts] Add devscript to set a build variant
[build] Improve build process by shirt-dev
[build] Update pyinstaller
[devscripts] Create utils and refactor
[docs] Clarify best*
[docs] Fix bug report issue template
[docs] Fix capitalization in references by christoph-heinrich
[cleanup, mhtml] Use imghdr
[cleanup, utils] Consolidate known media extensions
[cleanup] Misc fixes and cleanup
[extractor/angel] Add extractor by AxiosDeminence
[extractor/dplay] Add MotorTrend extractor by Sipherdrakon
[extractor/harpodeon] Add extractor by eren-kemer
[extractor/holodex] Add extractor by pukkandan, sqrtNOT
[extractor/kompas] Add extractor by HobbyistDev
[extractor/rai] Add raisudtirol extractor by nixxo
[extractor/tempo] Add extractor by HobbyistDev
[extractor/youtube] Fixes for third party client detection by coletdjnz
[extractor/youtube] Add live_status=post_live by lazypete365
[extractor/youtube] Extract more format info
[extractor/youtube] Parse translated subtitles only when requested
[extractor/youtube, extractor/twitch] Allow waiting for channels to become live
[extractor/youtube, webvtt] Extract auto-subs from livestream VODs by fstirlitz, pukkandan
[extractor/AbemaTVTitle] Implement paging by Lesmiscore
[extractor/archiveorg] Improve handling of formats by coletdjnz, pukkandan
[extractor/arte] Fix title extraction
[extractor/arte] Move to v2 API by fstirlitz, pukkandan
[extractor/bbc] Fix news articles by ajj8
[extractor/camtasia] Separate into own extractor by coletdjnz
[extractor/cloudflarestream] Fix video_id padding by haobinliang
[extractor/crunchyroll] Fix conversion of thumbnail from GIF by pukkandan
[extractor/crunchyroll] Handle missing metadata correctly by Burve, pukkandan
[extractor/crunchyroll:beta] Extract timestamp and fix tests by tejing1
[extractor/crunchyroll:beta] Use streams API by tejing1
[extractor/doodstream] Support more domains by Galiley
[extractor/ESPN] Extract duration by ischmidt20
[extractor/FIFA] Change API endpoint by Bricio, yashkc2025
[extractor/globo:article] Remove false positives by Bricio
[extractor/Go] Extract timestamp by ischmidt20
[extractor/hidive] Fix cookie login when netrc is also given by winterbird-code
[extractor/html5] Separate into own extractor by coletdjnz, pukkandan
[extractor/ina] Improve extractor by elyse0
[extractor/NaverNow] Change endpoint by ping
[extractor/ninegag] Extract uploader by DjesonPV
[extractor/NovaPlay] Fix extractor by Bojidarist
[extractor/orf:radio] Rewrite extractors
[extractor/patreon] Fix and improve extractors by coletdjnz, pukkandan
[extractor/rai] Fix RaiNews extraction by nixxo
[extractor/redbee] Unify and update extractors by elyse0
[extractor/stripchat] Fix _VALID_URL by freezboltz
[extractor/tubi] Exclude playlists from playlist entries by sqrtNOT
[extractor/tviplayer] Improve _VALID_URL by HobbyistDev
[extractor/twitch] Extract chapters for single chapter VODs by mpeter50
[extractor/vgtv] Support tv.vg.no by sqrtNOT
[extractor/vidio] Support embed link by HobbyistDev
[extractor/vk] Fix extractor by Mehavoid
[extractor/WASDTV:record] Fix _VALID_URL
[extractor/xfileshare] Add Referer by Galiley
[extractor/YahooJapanNews] Fix extractor by Lesmiscore
[extractor/yandexmusic] Extract higher quality format
[extractor/zee5] Update Device ID by m4tu4g

NEW FEATURES
The major new features from the latest release of blackjack4494/yt-dlc are:

SponsorBlock Integration: You can mark/remove sponsor sections in youtube videos by utilizing the SponsorBlock API

Format Sorting: The default format sorting options have been changed so that higher resolution and better codecs will be now preferred instead of simply using larger bitrate. Furthermore, you can now specify the sort order using -S. This allows for much easier format selection than what is possible by simply using --format (examples)

Merged with youtube-dl commit/379f52a: (v2021.06.06) You get all the latest features and patches of youtube-dl in addition to all the features of youtube-dlc

Merged with animelover1984/youtube-dl: You get most of the features and improvements from animelover1984/youtube-dl including --write-comments, BiliBiliSearch, BilibiliChannel, Embedding thumbnail in mp4/ogg/opus, playlist infojson etc. Note that the NicoNico improvements are not available. See #31 for details.

Youtube improvements:

All Feeds (:ytfav, :ytwatchlater, :ytsubs, :ythistory, :ytrec) and private playlists supports downloading multiple pages of content
Search (ytsearch:, ytsearchdate:), search URLs and in-channel search works
Mixes supports downloading multiple pages of content
Most (but not all) age-gated content can be downloaded without cookies
Partial workaround for throttling issue
Redirect channel's home URL automatically to /video to preserve the old behaviour
255kbps audio is extracted (if available) from youtube music when premium cookies are given
Youtube music Albums, channels etc can be downloaded (except self-uploaded music)
Cookies from browser: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using --cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE]

Split video by chapters: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using --split-chapters

Multi-threaded fragment downloads: Download multiple fragments of m3u8/mpd videos in parallel. Use --concurrent-fragments (-N) option to set the number of threads used

Aria2c with HLS/DASH: You can use aria2c as the external downloader for DASH(mpd) and HLS(m3u8) formats

New extractors: AnimeLab, Philo MSO, Spectrum MSO, SlingTV MSO, Cablevision MSO, Rcs, Gedi, bitwave.tv, mildom, audius, zee5, mtv.it, wimtv, pluto.tv, niconico users, discoveryplus.in, mediathek, NFHSNetwork, nebula, ukcolumn, whowatch, MxplayerShow, parlview (au), YoutubeWebArchive, fancode, Saitosan, ShemarooMe, telemundo, VootSeries, SonyLIVSeries, HotstarSeries, VidioPremier, VidioLive, RCTIPlus, TBS Live, douyin, pornflip, ParamountPlusSeries, ScienceChannel, Utreon, OpenRec, BandcampMusic, blackboardcollaborate, eroprofile albums, mirrativ, BannedVideo, bilibili categories, Epicon, filmmodu, GabTV, HungamaAlbum, ManotoTV, Niconico search, Patreon User, peloton, ProjectVeritas, radiko, StarTV, tiktok user, Tokentube, voicy, TV2HuSeries, biliintl, 17live, NewgroundsUser, peertube channel/playlist, ZenYandex, CAM4, CGTN, damtomo, gotostage, Koo, Mediaite, Mediaklikk, MuseScore, nzherald, Olympics replay, radlive, SovietsCloset, Streamanity, Theta, Chingari

Fixed/improved extractors: archive.org, roosterteeth.com, skyit, instagram, itv, SouthparkDe, spreaker, Vlive, akamai, ina, rumble, tennistv, amcnetworks, la7 podcasts, linuxacadamy, nitter, twitcasting, viu, crackle, curiositystream, mediasite, rmcdecouverte, sonyliv, tubi, tenplay, patreon, videa, yahoo, BravoTV, crunchyroll playlist, RTP, viki, Hotstar, vidio, vimeo, mediaset, Mxplayer, nbcolympics, ParamountPlus, Newgrounds, SAML Verizon login, Hungama, afreecatv, aljazeera, ATV, bitchute, camtube, CDA, eroprofile, facebook, HearThisAtIE, iwara, kakao, Motherless, Nova, peertube, pornhub, reddit, tiktok, TV2, TV2Hu, tv5mondeplus, VH1, Viafree, XHamster, 9Now, AnimalPlanet, Arte, CBC, Chingari, comedycentral, DIYNetwork, niconico, dw, funimation, globo, HiDive, NDR, Nuvid, Oreilly, pbs, plutotv, reddit, redtube, soundcloud, SpankBang, VrtNU

Subtitle extraction from manifests: Subtitles can be extracted from streaming media manifests. See commit/be6202f for details

Multiple paths and output templates: You can give different output templates and download paths for different types of files. You can also set a temporary path where intermediary files are downloaded to using --paths (-P)

Portable Configuration: Configuration files are automatically loaded from the home and root directories. See configuration for details

Output template improvements: Output templates can now have date-time formatting, numeric offsets, object traversal etc. See output template for details. Even more advanced operations can also be done with the help of --parse-metadata and --replace-in-metadata

Other new options: --print, --sleep-requests, --convert-thumbnails, --write-link, --force-download-archive, --force-overwrites, --break-on-reject etc

Improvements: Regex and other operators in --match-filter, multiple --postprocessor-args and --downloader-args, faster archive checking, more format selection options etc

Plugin extractors: Extractors can be loaded from an external file. See plugins for details

Self-updater: The releases can be updated using yt-dlp -U