Releases: yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Releases · yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp 2025.09.05
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Core changes
Extractor changes
- charlierose: Fix extractor (#14231) by gitchasing
- googledrive: Fix subtitles extraction (#14139) by zakaryan2004
- itvbtcc: Fix extractor (#14161) by garret1317
- kick: vod: Support ongoing livestream VODs (#14154) by InvalidUsernameException
- lrt: Fix extractors (#14193) by seproDev
- tver: Extract more metadata (#14165) by arabcoders
- vevo: Restore extractors (#14203) by seproDev
Misc. changes
yt-dlp 2025.08.27
A description of the various files is in the README
yt-dlp 2025.08.22
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Core changes
- cookies: Fix
--cookies-from-browserwith Firefox 142+ (#14114) by bashonly, Grub4K (With fixes in 526410b by bashonly)
Extractor changes
- mediaklikk: Fix extractor (#13975) by zhallgato
- steam: Fix extractors (#14093) by doe1080
- youtube
Misc. changes
- build: Post-release workflow cleanup (#14090) by bashonly
yt-dlp 2025.08.20
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Core changes
- Warn against using
-f mp4(#13915) by seproDev - utils: Add improved
jwt_encodefunction (#14071) by bashonly
Extractor changes
- Extract avif storyboard formats from MPD manifests (#14016) by doe1080
_rta_search: Do not assumeage_limitis0(#13985) by doe1080- adobetv: Fix extractor (#13917) by doe1080
- bilibili: Handle Bangumi redirection (#14038) by grqz, junyilou
- faulio: Add extractor (#13907) by CasperMcFadden95
- francetv: site: Fix extractor (#14082) by bashonly
- medialaan: Rework extractors (#14015) by doe1080
- mtv: Overhaul extractors (#14052) by bashonly, doe1080, Randalix, seproDev
- niconico: live: Support age-restricted streams (#13549) by doe1080
- nrktvepisode: Fix extractor (#14065) by runarmod
- puhutv: Fix playlists extraction (#11955) by e2dk4r
- steam: Fix extractor (#14008) by AzartX47
- svt: Extract forced subs under separate lang code (#14062) by PierreMesure
- tiktok: user: Avoid infinite loop during extraction (#14032) by bashonly (With fixes in 471a2b6)
- vimeo
- album: Support embed-only and non-numeric albums (#14021) by bashonly
- event: Fix extractor (#14064) by bashonly
- youtube
- Add
es5andes6player JS variants (#14005) by bashonly - Add
playback_waitextractor-arg by bashonly - Default to
mainplayer JS variant (#14079) by bashonly - Extract title and description from initial data (#14078) by bashonly
- Handle required preroll waiting period (#14081) by bashonly
- Remove default player params (#14081) by bashonly
- tab: Fix playlists tab extraction (#14030) by bashonly
- Add
Downloader changes
Postprocessor changes
- xattrmetadata: Only set "Where From" attribute on macOS (#13999) by bashonly
Misc. changes
- build
- cleanup
- Remove dead extractors (#13996) by doe1080
- Miscellaneous: c2fc4f3 by bashonly
yt-dlp 2025.08.11
A description of the various files is in the README
Important changes
- The minimum recommended Python version has been raised to 3.10
Since Python 3.9 will reach end-of-life in October 2025, support for it will be dropped soon. Read more - darwin_legacy_exe builds are being discontinued
This release'syt-dlp_macos_legacybinary will likely be the last one. Read more - linux_armv7l_exe builds are being discontinued
This release'syt-dlp_linux_armv7lbinary could be the last one. Read more
Changelog
Core changes
- Deprecate
darwin_legacy_exesupport (#13857) by bashonly - Deprecate
linux_armv7l_exesupport (#13978) by bashonly - Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.10 (#13859) by bashonly
- Warn when yt-dlp is severely outdated (#13937) by seproDev
- cookies: Load cookies with float
expirestimestamps (#13873) by bashonly - utils
- Add
WINDOWS_VT_MODEto globals (#12460) by Grub4K parse_resolution: Support width-only pattern (#13802) by doe1080random_user_agent: Bump versions (#13543) by bashonly
- Add
Extractor changes
- archive.org: Fix metadata extraction (#13880) by bashonly
- digitalconcerthall: Fix formats extraction (#13948) by bashonly
- eagleplatform: Remove extractors (#13469) by doe1080
- fauliolive
- fc2: Fix old video support (#12633) by JChris246, seproDev
- motherless: Fix extractor (#13960) by Grub4K
- n1info: article: Fix extractor (#13865) by u-spec-png
- neteasemusic: Support XFF (#11044) by c-basalt
- niconico: Fix error handling & improve metadata extraction (#13240) by doe1080
- parlview: Rework extractor (#13788) by barryvan
- plyrembed: Add extractor (#13836) by seproDev
- royalive: Support
enURLs (#13908) by CasperMcFadden95 - rtve.es: program: Add extractor (#12955) by meGAmeS1, seproDev
- shiey: Add extractor (#13354) by iribeirocampos
- sportdeuschland: Support embedded player URLs (#13833) by InvalidUsernameException
- sproutvideo: Fix extractor (#13813) by bashonly
- tbs: Fix truTV support (#9683) by bashonly, ischmidt20
- tbsjp: Fix extractor (#13485) by garret1317
- tver
- tvw: news: Add extractor (#12907) by fries1234
- vimeo: Fix login support and require authentication (#13823) by bashonly
- yandexdisk: Support 360 URLs (#13935) by Sojiroh
- youtube
Downloader changes
- dash: [Re-extract if using --load-info-json with --live-from-star...
yt-dlp 2025.07.21
A description of the various files is in the README
Important changes
- Default behaviour changed from
--mtimeto--no-mtime
yt-dlp no longer applies the server modified time to downloaded files by default. Read more - Security: [CVE-2025-54072] Fix
--execplaceholder expansion on Windows- When
--execis used on Windows, the filepath expanded from{}(or the default placeholder) is now properly escaped
- When
Changelog
Core changes
- Allow extractors to designate formats/subtitles for impersonation (#13778) by bashonly (With fixes in 3e49bc8, 2ac3eb9)
- Don't let format testing alter the return code (#13767) by bashonly
- Fix
--execplaceholder expansion on Windows by Grub4K - No longer enable
--mtimeby default (#12781) by seproDev - Warn when skipping formats (#13090) by bashonly
- jsinterp
- Cache undefined variable names (#13639) by bashonly (With fixes in 805519b)
- Fix variable scoping (#13639) by bashonly, seproDev
- utils
mimetype2ext: Always parseflacfromaudio/flac(#13748) by bashonlyunified_timestamp: Returnintvalues (#13796) by doe1080urlhandle_detect_ext: Usex-amz-meta-file-typeheaders (#13749) by bashonly
Extractor changes
- Add
_search_nextjs_v13_datahelper (#13398) by bashonly (With fixes in b5fea53) - Detect invalid m3u8 playlist data (#13601) by Grub4K
- 10play: Support new site domain (#13611) by Georift
- 9gag: Support browser impersonation (#13678) by bashonly
- aenetworks: Support new URL formats (#13747) by bashonly
- archive.org: Fix extractor (#13706) by rdamas
- bandaichannel: Remove extractor (#13152) by doe1080
- bandcamp: Extract tags (#13480) by WouterGordts
- bellmedia: Remove extractor (#13429) by doe1080
- bilibili: Pass newer user-agent with API requests (#13736) by c-basalt
- bilibilibangumi
- blackboardcollaborate: Support subtitles and authwalled videos (#12473) by flanter21
- btvplus: Add extractor (#13541) by bubo
- ctv: Remove extractor (#13429) by doe1080
- dangalplay: Support other login regions (#13768) by bashonly
- francetv: Improve error handling (#13726) by bashonly
- hotstar
- Fix support for free accounts (#13700) by chauhantirth
- Improve error handling (#13727) by bashonly (With fixes in ef103b2)
- joqrag: Remove extractor (#13152) by doe1080
- limelight: Remove extractors (#13267) by doe1080
- lrtradio: Fix extractor (#13717) by Pawka
- mir24.tv: Add extractor (#13651) by swayll
- mixlr: Add extractors (#13561) by [se...
yt-dlp 2025.06.30
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Core changes
- jsinterp: Fix
extract_object(#13580) by seproDev
Extractor changes
- bilibilispacevideo: Extract hidden-mode collections as playlists (#13533) by c-basalt
- hotstar
- Fix extractor (#13530) by bashonly, chauhantirth (With fixes in e9f1576 by bashonly)
- Fix metadata extraction (#13560) by bashonly
- Raise for login required (#10405) by bashonly
- series: Fix extractor (#13564) by bashonly
- jiocinema: Remove extractors (#13565) by bashonly
- kick: Support subscriber-only content (#13550) by helpimnotdrowning
- niconico: live: Fix extractor and downloader (#13158) by doe1080
- sauceplus: Add extractor (#13567) by bashonly, ceandreasen
- sproutvideo: Support browser impersonation (#13589) by bashonly
- youtube: Fix premium formats extraction (#13586) by bashonly
Misc. changes
- ci: Add signature tests (#13582) by bashonly
- cleanup: Miscellaneous: b018784 by bashonly
yt-dlp 2025.06.25
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Extractor changes
- Add
_search_nuxt_jsonhelper (#13386) by bashonly, Grub4K - brightcove: new: Improve metadata extraction (#13461) by doe1080
- huya: live: Fix extractor (#13520) by doe1080
- hypergryph: Improve metadata extraction (#13415) by doe1080, eason1478
- lsm: Fix extractors (#13126) by Caesim404
- mave: Add extractor (#13380) by anlar
- sportdeutschland: Fix extractor (#13519) by DTrombett
- sproutvideo: Fix extractor (#13544) by bashonly
- tv8.it: Support slugless URLs (#13478) by DTrombett
- youtube
Misc. changes
- test:
traversal: Fix morsel tests for Python 3.14 (#13471) by Grub4K
yt-dlp 2025.06.09
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Extractor changes
- Improve JSON LD thumbnails extraction (#13368) by bashonly, doe1080
- 10play: Fix extractor (#13349) by bashonly
- adobepass
- aenetworks
- bilibilibangumi: Fix extractor (#13416) by c-basalt
- brightcove: new: Adapt to new AdobePass requirement (#13131) by bashonly
- cu.ntv.co.jp: Fix extractor (#13302) by doe1080, nullpos
- go: Fix provider-locked content extraction (#13131) by bashonly, maxbin123
- nbc: Rework and adapt extractors to new AdobePass flow (#13131) by bashonly
- nobelprize: Fix extractor (#13205) by doe1080
- odnoklassniki: Detect and raise when login is required (#13361) by bashonly
- patreon: Fix m3u8 formats extraction (#13266) by bashonly (With fixes in 1a8a03e)
- podchaser: Fix extractor (#13271) by bashonly
- sr: mediathek: Improve metadata extraction (#13294) by doe1080
- stacommu: Avoid partial stream formats (#13412) by bashonly
- startrek: Fix extractor (#13188) by doe1080
- svt: play: Fix extractor (#13329) by barsnick, bashonly
- telecinco: Fix extractor (#13379) by bashonly
- theplatform: Improve metadata extraction (#13131) by bashonly
- toutiao: Add extractor (#13246) by doe1080
- turner: Adapt extractors to new AdobePass flow (#13131) by bashonly
- twitcasting: Fix password-protected livestream support (#13097) by bashonly
- twitter: broadcast: Support events URLs (#13248) by doe1080
- umg: de: Rework extractor (#13373) by doe1080
- vice: Mark extractors as broken (#13131) by bashonly
- vimeo: Extract subtitles from player subdomain (#13350) by bashonly
- watchespn: Fix provider-locked content extraction (#13131) by maxbin123
- weverse: Support login with oauth refresh tokens (#13284) by bashonly
- youtube
- Add
tv_simplyplayer client (#13389) by gamer191 - Extract srt subtitles (#13411) by gamer191
- Fix
--mark-watchedsupport (#13222) by brian6932, iednod55 - [Fix automatic captions for some client combinations](53ea743...
- Add
yt-dlp 2025.05.22
A description of the various files is in the README
Changelog
Core changes
- cookies: Fix Linux desktop environment detection (#13197) by mbway
- jsinterp: Fix increment/decrement evaluation (#13238) by bashonly, seproDev
Extractor changes
- 1tv: Fix extractor (#13168) by bashonly
- amcnetworks: Fix extractor (#13147) by bashonly
- bitchute: Fix extractor (#13081) by bashonly
- cartoonnetwork: Remove extractor (#13148) by bashonly
- iprima: Fix login support (#12937) by baierjan
- jiosaavn
- artist: Add extractor (#12803) by subrat-lima
- playlist, show: Add extractor (#12803) by subrat-lima
- show: Add extractor (#12803) by subrat-lima
- lrtradio: Fix extractor (#13200) by Pawka
- nebula: Support
--mark-watched(#13120) by GeoffreyFrogeye - niconico
- Fix error handling (#13236) by bashonly
- live: Fix extractor (#13045) by doe1080
- nytimesarticle: Fix extraction (#13104) by bashonly
- once: Remove extractor (#13164) by bashonly
- picarto: vod: Support
/profile/video URLs (#13227) by subrat-lima - playsuisse: Improve metadata extraction (#12466) by v3DJG6GL
- sprout: Remove extractor (#13149) by bashonly
- svtpage: Fix extractor (#12957) by diman8
- twitch: Support
--live-from-start(#13202) by bashonly - vimeo: event: Add extractor (#13216) by bashonly
- wat.tv: Improve error handling (#13111) by bashonly
- weverse: Fix live extraction (#13084) by bashonly
- xinpianchang: Fix extractor (#13245) by garret1317
- youtube
- Add PO token support for subtitles (#13234) by bashonly, coletdjnz
- Add
web_embeddedclient for age-restricted videos (#13089) by bashonly - Add a PO Token Provider Framework (#12840) by coletdjnz
- Extract
media_typefor all videos (#13136) by bashonly - Fix
--live-from-startsupport for premieres (#13079) by arabcoders - Fix geo-restriction error handling (#13217) by yozel