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yt-dlp 2025.02.19

Core changes
jsinterp
Add js_number_to_string (#12110) by Grub4K
Improve zeroise (#12313) by seproDev
Extractor changes
acast: Support shows.acast.com URLs (#12223) by barsnick
cwtv
Fix extractor (#12207) by arantius
movie: Add extractor (#12227) by bashonly
digiview: Add extractor (#9902) by lfavole
dropbox: Fix extraction (#12228) by bashonly
francetv
site
Fix extractor (#12236) by bashonly
Fix livestream extraction (#12316) by bashonly
francetvinfo.fr: Fix extractor (#12402) by bashonly
gem.cbc.ca: Fix extractors (#12404) by bashonly, dirkf
generic: Extract live_status for DASH manifest URLs (#12256) by mp3butcher
globo: Fix extractor (#11795) by slipinthedove, YoshiTabletopGamer
goplay: Fix extractor (#12237) by alard
pbs: Support www.thirteen.org URLs (#11191) by rohieb
reddit: Bypass gated subreddit warning (#12335) by bashonly
twitter: Fix syndication token generation (#12107) by Grub4K, pjrobertson
youtube
Retry on more critical requests (#12339) by coletdjnz
nsig workaround for tce player JS (#12401) by bashonly
zdf: Extract more metadata (#9565) by StefanLobbenmeier (With fixes in e7882b6 by bashonly)
Downloader changes
hls
Fix BYTERANGE logic (#11972) by entourage8
Support --write-pages for m3u8 media playlists (#12333) by bashonly
Support hls_media_playlist_data format field (#12322) by bashonly
Misc. changes
Improve Issue/PR templates (#11499) by seproDev (With fixes in 4ecb833 by bashonly)
cleanup: Miscellaneous: 4985a40 by dirkf, Grub4K, StefanLobbenmeier
docs: Add note to supportedsites.md (#12382) by seproDev
test: download: Validate and sort info dict fields (#12299) by bashonly, pzhlkj6612

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