yt-dlp, a utility for downloading sound and video from services like YouTube, has been released. The utility is a fork of youtube-dl, based on the now defunct youtube-dlc project. The focus of yt-dlp development is on adding new features and fixes, as well as maintaining all current features of the original project.
Among the new features of yt-dlp that are missing in the original are:
- Using the SponsorBlock API to remove/tag sponsored inserts in youtube videos.
- Advanced sorting options for uploaded video formats.
- Imported most of the features from other forks of youtube-dl, in particular the "--write-comments" option (loading comments to the video in infojson), embedding previews in mp4/ogg/opus and others.
- Ability to download albums from YouTube Music.
- Possibility to easily import cookies from the browser.
- Split video into chapters.
- Multi-threaded download of video fragments.
- Ability to use aria2c to load DASH(mpd) and HLS (m3u8).
- Added new video 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 .
Significant changes in the new version:
- Built-in implementation of interaction with the SponsorBlock API. Previously, SponSkrub was used for these purposes.
- Added new options to remove or embed video chapters.
- Experimental support for DASH manifests (requires ffmpeg with this patch).
- New extractors: BannedVideo, bilibili, Epicon, filmmodu, GabTV, Hungama, ManotoTV, Niconico, Patreon, peloton, ProjectVeritas, radiko, StarTV, tiktok, Tokentube, TV2Hu, voicy
- Numerous fixes in existing extractors.
At the same time, we can note the stagnation of the development of the original project - youtube-dl. Its last release took place on June 5, 2021 and there have been no new releases since then, despite having some new commits on the master branch. At the same time, some unpleasant errors (for example, problems with downloading videos from youtube with age restrictions) remain uncorrected, which, together with the lack of noticeable activity, causes various questions from users.
Source: opennet.ru