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### 2024.12.06
#### Core changes
- **cookies**: [Add `--cookies-from-browser` support for MS Store Firefox](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/354cb4026cf2191e1a130ec2a627b95cabfbc60a) ([#11731](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11731)) by [wesson09](https://github.com/wesson09)
#### Extractor changes
- **bilibili**: [Fix HD formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fca3eb5f8be08d5fab2e18b45b7281a12e566725) ([#11734](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11734)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
- **soundcloud**: [Fix formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2feb28028ee48f2185d2d95076e62accb09b9e2e) ([#11742](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11742)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **youtube**
- [Fix `n` sig extraction for player `3bb1f723`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a95ee6d8803fca9157adecf63732ab58bf87fd88) ([#11750](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11750)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly) (With fixes in [4bd2655](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4bd2655398aed450456197a6767639114a24eac2))
- [Fix signature function extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4c85ccd1366c88cf93982f8350f58eed17355981) ([#11751](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11751)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2e49c789d3eebc39af8910705d65a98bca0e4c4f) ([#11724](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11724)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
### 2024.12.03
#### Core changes
- [Add `playlist_webpage_url` field](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7d6c259a03bc4707a319e5e8c6eff0278707874b) ([#11613](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11613)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
#### Extractor changes
- [Handle fragmented formats in `_remove_duplicate_formats`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0500cbf796323551bbabe5b8ed8c75a511ba47a) ([#11637](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11637)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
- **bilibili**
- [Always try to extract HD formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dc1687648077c5bf64863b307ecc5ab7e029bd8d) ([#10559](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10559)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
- [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/239f5f36fe04603bec59c8b975f6a792f10246db) ([#11667](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11667)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz) (With fixes in [f05a1cd](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f05a1cd1492fc98dc8d80d2081d632a1879913d2) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [grqz](https://github.com/grqz))
- [Fix subtitles and chapters extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a13a336aa6f906812701abec8101b73b73db8ff7) ([#11708](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11708)) by [xiaomac](https://github.com/xiaomac)
- **chaturbate**: [Fix support for non-public streams](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4b5eec0aaa7c02627f27a386591b735b90e681a8) ([#11624](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11624)) by [jkruse](https://github.com/jkruse)
- **dacast**: [Fix HLS AES formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0a0d80800b9350d1a4c4b18d82cfb77ffbc3c507) ([#11644](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11644)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **dropbox**: [Fix password-protected video extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/00dcde728635633eee969ad4d498b9f233c4a94e) ([#11636](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11636)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **duoplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/62cba8a1bedbfc0ddde7267ae57b72bf5f7ea7b1) ([#11588](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11588)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [glensc](https://github.com/glensc)
- **facebook**: [Support more groups URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0f1ae813b36e783e2348ba2a1566e12f5cd8f6e) ([#11576](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11576)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
- **instagram**: [Support `share` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/360aed810ad85db950df586282d256516c98cd2d) ([#11677](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11677)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
- **microsoftembed**: [Make format extraction non fatal](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2bea7936323ca4b6f3b9b1fdd892566223e30efa) ([#11654](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11654)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **mitele**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cd0f934604587ed793e9177f6a127e5dcf99a7dd) ([#11683](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11683)) by [DarkZeros](https://github.com/DarkZeros)
- **stripchat**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/16336c51d0848a6868a4fa04e749fa03548b4913) ([#11596](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11596)) by [gitninja1234](https://github.com/gitninja1234)
- **tiktok**: [Deprioritize animated thumbnails](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/910ecc422930bca14e2abe4986f5f92359e3cea8) ([#11645](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11645)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **vk**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c038a7b187ba24360f14134842a7a2cf897c33b1) ([#11715](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11715)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **youtube**
- [Adjust player clients for site changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0d146c1e36f467af30e87b7af651bdee67b73500) ([#11663](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11663)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- tab: [Fix playlists tab extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fe70f20aedf528fdee332131bc9b6710e54e6f10) ([#11615](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11615)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
#### Networking changes
- **Request Handler**: websockets: [Support websockets 14.0+](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c7316373c0a886f65a07a51e50ee147bb3294c85) ([#11616](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11616)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
#### Misc. changes
- **cleanup**
- [Bump ruff to 0.8.x](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d8fb3490863653182864d2a53522f350d67a9ff8) ([#11608](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11608)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- Miscellaneous
- [ccf0a6b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ccf0a6b86b7f68a75463804fe485ec240b8635f0) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
- [2b67ac3](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2b67ac300ac8b44368fb121637d1743cea8c5b6b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=mediaconnect,web;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=tv,mweb;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
Note: In CLI, `ARG` can use `-` instead of `_`; e.g. `youtube:player-client"` becomes `youtube:player_client"`
@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
#### youtube
* `lang`: Prefer translated metadata (`title`, `description` etc) of this language code (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en` translated. See [youtube.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/c26f9b991a0681fd3ea548d535919cec1fbbd430/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L381-L390) for list of supported content language codes
* `skip`: One or more of `hls`, `dash` or `translated_subs` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `ios_creator`); and `mweb`, `mediaconnect`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,mweb` is used, and `web_creator` is added as needed for age-gated videos when account age verification is required. Similarly, the `_music` variants are added for `music.youtube.com` URLs. Some clients, such as `web` and `android`, require a `po_token` for their formats to be downloadable. Some clients, such as the `_creator` variants, will only work with authentication. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients. You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=all,-web`
* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `ios_creator`); and `mweb`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,mweb` is used, or `web_creator,mweb` is used when authenticating with cookies. The `_music` variants are added for `music.youtube.com` URLs. Some clients, such as `web` and `android`, require a `po_token` for their formats to be downloadable. Some clients, such as the `_creator` variants, will only work with authentication. Not all clients support authentication via cookies. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients. You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=all,-web`
* `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
* `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
* `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
* `cdn`: One or more CDN IDs to use with the API call for stream URLs, e.g. `gcp_cdn`, `gs_cdn_pc_app`, `gs_cdn_mobile_web`, `gs_cdn_pc_web`
#### soundcloud
* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{extension}` (omitting the bitrate), e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known extensions include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`
* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{codec}`, e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known codecs include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`
#### orfon (orf:on)
* `prefer_segments_playlist`: Prefer a playlist of program segments instead of a single complete video when available. If individual segments are desired, use `--concat-playlist never --extractor-args "orfon:prefer_segments_playlist"`
# This client now requires sign-in for every video
'ios_creator':{
@ -249,19 +257,22 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT':{
'client':{
'clientName':'MWEB',
'clientVersion':'2.20240726.01.00',
'clientVersion':'2.20241202.07.00',
'userAgent':'Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 16_7_10 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.6 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1,gzip(gfe)',
},
},
'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME':2,
'SUPPORTS_COOKIES':True,
},
'tv':{
'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT':{
'client':{
'clientName':'TVHTML5',
'clientVersion':'7.20240724.13.00',
'clientVersion':'7.20241201.18.00',
},
},
'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME':7,
'SUPPORTS_COOKIES':True,
},
# This client now requires sign-in for every video
# It was previously an age-gate workaround for videos that were `playable_in_embed`
@ -275,19 +286,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
},
'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME':85,
'REQUIRE_AUTH':True,
},
# This client now requires sign-in for every video
# It may be able to receive pre-merged video+audio 720p/1080p streams