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### 2021.01.29
* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl ](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl )**: Co-authored by @animelover1984 and @bbepis
* 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
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P` /`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
* The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
* Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
* Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
* [mildom] Add extractor by @nao20010128nao
* 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
* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
* 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
### 2021.01.16
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
* **Configuration files:**
* Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
* Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc` . See [this ](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration ) for details
* Add PyPI release
### 2021.01.14
* Added option `--break-on-reject`
* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by @Zocker1999NET
* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub ](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub ) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
* [documentation] Fixes typos
### 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 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08 )
* Extractor stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f )) 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 ](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
* **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 ](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock ) for details
* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) 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 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8 ) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280 ](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280 ) for details
* 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
### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/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