yt-dlp 2024.04.09
Changelog
Core changes
Add new option --progress-delta (#9082) by Grub4K
Add new options --impersonate and --list-impersonate-targets by bashonly, coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan
Add option --no-break-on-existing (#9610) by bashonly
Fix filesize_approx calculation (#9560) by pukkandan, seproDev
Infer acodec for single-codec containers by pukkandan
Prevent RCE when using --exec with %q (CVE-2024-22423) by Grub4K
cookies: Add --cookies-from-browser support for Firefox Flatpak (#9619) by un-def
utils
traverse_obj
Allow unbranching using all and any (#9571) by Grub4K
Convenience improvements (#9577) by Grub4K
Extractor changes
Add extractor impersonate API (#9474) by bashonly, Grub4K, pukkandan
afreecatv
Overhaul extractor (#9566) by bashonly, Tomoka1
live: Fix extractor (#9348) by hui1601
asobistage: Add extractor (#8735) by pzhlkj6612
box: Support URLs without file IDs (#9504) by shreyasminocha
cbc.ca: player: Support new URL format (#9561) by trainman261
crunchyroll
Extract vo_adaptive_hls formats by default (#9447) by bashonly
Fix extractor (#9615) by bytedream
dropbox: Fix formats extraction (#9627) by bashonly
fathom: Add extractor (#9495) by src-tinkerer
gofile: Fix extractor (#9446) by jazz1611
imgur: Fix extraction (#9471) by trwstin
jiosaavn
Extract artists (#9612) by bashonly
Fix format extensions (#9609) by bashonly
Support playlists (#9622) by bashonly
joqrag: Fix live status detection (#9624) by pzhlkj6612
kick: Support browser impersonation (#9611) by bashonly
loom: Add extractors (#8686) by bashonly, hruzgar
medici: Fix extractor (#9518) by Offert4324
mixch
Fix extractor (#9608) by bashonly, nipotan
archive: Fix extractor (#8761) by pzhlkj6612
nhk: Fix NHK World extractors (#9623) by bashonly
patreon: Do not extract dead embed URLs (#9613) by johnvictorfs
radio1be: Add extractor (#9122) by HobbyistDev
sharepoint: Add extractor (#6531) by bashonly, C0D3D3V
sonylivseries: Fix season extraction (#9423) by bashonly
soundcloud
Adjust format sorting (#9584) by bashonly
Support cookies (#9586) by bashonly
Support retries for API rate-limit (#9585) by bashonly
thisoldhouse: Support Brightcove embeds (#9576) by bashonly
tiktok
Fix API extraction (#9548) by bashonly, Grub4K
Prefer non-bytevc2 formats (#9575) by bashonly
Restore carrier_region API parameter (#9637) by bashonly
Update API hostname (#9444) by bashonly
twitch: Extract AV1 and HEVC formats (#9158) by kasper93
vkplay: Fix _VALID_URL (#9636) by bashonly
xvideos: Support new URL format (#9502) by sta1us
youtube
Calculate more accurate filesize by pukkandan
Update android params by pukkandan
search: Fix params for uncensored results (#9456) by alb, pukkandan
Downloader changes
ffmpeg: Accept output args from info dict (#9278) by bashonly
Networking changes
Respect SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable (#9543) by luiso1979
Request Handler
curlcffi: Add support for curl_cffi by bashonly, coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan
websockets: Workaround race condition causing issues on PyPy (#9514) by coletdjnz
Misc. changes
build
Do not include curl_cffi in macos_legacy (#9653) by bashonly
Optional dependencies cleanup (#9550) by bashonly
Print SHA sums to GHA logs (#9582) by bashonly
Update changelog for tarball and sdist (#9425) by bashonly
cleanup
Standardize import datetime as dt (#8978) by pukkandan
ie: No from stdlib imports in extractors by pukkandan
Miscellaneous: 216f6a3 by bashonly, pukkandan
docs
Update yt-dlp tagline (#9481) by bashonly, coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan, seproDev
Various manpage fixes by leoheitmannruiz
test
Workaround websocket server hanging (#9467) by coletdjnz
traversal: Separate traversal tests (#9574) by Grub4K
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, p*rnflip, 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, p*rnhub, 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
