New MSOs: Philo, Spectrum, SlingTV, Cablevision, RCN etc. See the changelog or the list of supported sites New and fixed extractors: Many new extractors have been added and a lot of existing ones have been fixed. Use -concurrent-fragments ( -N) option to set the number of threads usedĪria2c with HLS/DASH: You can use aria2c as the external downloader for DASH(mpd) and HLS(m3u8) formats Multi-threaded fragment downloads: Download multiple fragments of m3u8/mpd videos in parallel. Split video by chapters: Videos can be split into multiple files based on chapters using -split-chapters Redirect channel's home URL automatically to /video to preserve the old behaviourĬookies from browser: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using -cookies-from-browser BROWSERĭownload time range: Videos can be downloaded partially based on either timestamps or chapters using -download-sections.

255kbps audio is extracted (if available) from YouTube Music when premium cookies are given.

Download livestreams from the start using -live-from-start ( experimental).

Supports some (but not all) age-gated content without cookies.

Supports Clips, Stories ( ytstories:), Search (including filters) *, YouTube Music Search, Channel-specific search, Search prefixes ( ytsearch:, ytsearchdate:) *, Mixes, YouTube Music Albums/Channels ( except self-uploaded music), and Feeds ( :ytfav, :ytwatchlater, :ytsubs, :ythistory, :ytrec, :ytnotif).

Note that the NicoNico livestreams are not available. 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. This allows for much easier format selection than what is possible by simply using -format ( examples) Furthermore, you can now specify the sort order using -S. SponsorBlock Integration: You can mark/remove sponsor sections in YouTube videos by utilizing the SponsorBlock APIįormat 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. Merged with youtube-dl v2021.12.17+ commit/ed5c44e and youtube-dlc v2020.11.11-3+ commit/f9401f2: You get all the features and patches of youtube-dlc in addition to the latest youtube-dl The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project

Yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.

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