Streamlink

Patch release:

- Fixed: truncation of relative paths in progress output on Windows ([4830](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4830))
- Fixed: mitele plugin's validation schema ([4839](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4839))
- Fixed: infinite loop in rtve plugin ([4840](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4840))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/5.0.0...5.0.1)

Breaking changes:

- BREAKING: removed `avconv` (libav) from FFmpeg fallback list ([4826](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4826))
- BREAKING/API: removed `Plugin.bind()` and changed the signature of the `Plugin` class constructor ([4768](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4768))
A compatibility wrapper for these interface changes has temporarily been added in order to keep third-party plugin implementations working.
[Please see the deprecation docs for more details.](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#deprecation-of-plugin-init-self-url)
- BREAKING/API: changed the return value of `Session.resolve_url()` ([4768](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4768))
[Please see the deprecation docs for more details.](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#session-resolve-url-return-type-changes)
- BREAKING/API: removed `HTTPSession.parse_*()` methods ([4803](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4803))

Release highlights:

- Added: official support for Python 3.11 ([4806](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4806))
- Added: `--player-external-http-continuous` ([4739](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4739))
- Added: file path to progress output (`--output`, `--record`, etc.) ([4764](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4764))
- Added: warning message when FFmpeg is not available and muxing is unsupported ([4781](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4781))
- Changed: logging channel of deprecation messages to "warning" ([4785](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4785))
- Disabled: `--twitch-disable-hosting` and removed its logic ([4805](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4805))
- Fixed: memory leak when initializing the `Streamlink` session ([4768](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4768))
- Fixed: cbsnews plugin ([4743](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4743))
- Fixed: steam plugin authentication ([4745](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4745))
- Fixed: ustreamtv plugin ([4761](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4761))
- Fixed: huya plugin ([4763](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4763))
- Fixed: atresplayer, mitele and rtve plugins ([4759](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4759), [#4760](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4760), [#4766](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4766))
- Fixed: albavision, hiplayer and htv plugins ([4770](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4770))
- Fixed: OKru plugin with support for the mobile page ([4780](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4780))
- Fixed: trovo plugin VODs ([4812](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4812))
- API: added `Streamlink` and `HTTPSession` typing informations to `Plugin` and `Stream` (including its various subclasses) ([4802](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4802), [#4814](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4814))
- API: added `pluginargument` decorator ([4747](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4747))
- Docs: updated `pluginmatcher` and `pluginargument` documentation ([4771](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4771))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/4.3.0...5.0.0)

Release highlights:

- Improved: CLI download progress output ([4656](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4656))
- Fixed: consecutive FFmpeg executable lookups not being cached ([4660](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4660))
- Fixed: `--ffmpeg-verbose-path` not expanding `~` to the user's home directory ([4688](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4688))
- Fixed: deprecated stdlib API calls in the upcoming Python 3.11 release ([4651](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4651), [#4654](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4654))
- Fixed: huya plugin ([4685](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4685))
- Fixed: livestream plugin ([4679](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4679))
- Fixed: picarto plugin ([4729](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4729))
- Fixed: nbcnews plugin ([4668](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4668))
- Fixed: deutschewelle plugin ([4725](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4725))
- Added plugins: atpchallenger ([4700](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4700))
- Removed plugins: nbc + nbcsports + theplatform ([4731](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4731)), common\_jwplayer ([#4733](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4733))
- Docs: various CLI related improvements ([4659](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4659))
- Docs: removed OpenBSD and Ubuntu from install docs ([4681](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4681))
- Plugin API: added new validation schemas and updated validators ([4691](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4691), [#4709](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4709), [#4732](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4732))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/4.2.0...4.3.0)

Release highlights:

- Added: new Windows portable builds ([4581](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4581))
- Added: more dependency versions to debug log header ([4575](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4575))
- Added: parsed multivariant playlist reference to `HLSStream` and `MuxedHLSStream` ([4568](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4568))
- Fixed: unnecessary delay when closing `DASHStream`s ([4630](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4630))
- Fixed: `FFmpegMuxer` not closing sub-streams concurrently ([4634](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4634))
- Fixed: threading issue when closing `WebsocketClient` connections ([4608](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4608))
- Fixed: handling of `PluginError`s when outputting JSON data via `--json` ([4590](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4590))
- Fixed: broken YouTube plugin when setting custom authentication headers ([4576](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4576))
- Fixed: "source" Twitch VODs not being considered "best" ([4625](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4625))
- Fixed: and rewritten FilmOn plugin ([4573](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4573))
- Fixed: websocket issue in Twitcasting plugin ([4608](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4608), [#4628](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4628))
- Fixed: VK plugin ([4613](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4613), [#4638](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4638))
- Fixed: various other plugin issues (see full changelog)
- New plugins: Aloula ([4572](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4572))
- Removed plugins: Eltrecetv ([4593](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4593))
- Docs: added openSUSE ([4596](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4596)) and Scoop ([#4600](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4600)) packages
- Docs: improved some links in CLI docs ([4623](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4623))
- Docs: upgraded `furo` theme to `2022.06.04.1`, require `sphinx` `>=4`, and replace `recommonmark` with `myst-parser` ([4610](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4610))
- Build: fixed outdated `python_requires` value in `setup.cfg` ([4580](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4580))
- Build: upgraded `versioningit` build dependency to `>=2.0.0 <3` ([4597](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4597))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/4.1.0...4.2.0)

Release highlights:

- Improved: decryption of HLS streams ([4533](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4533))
- Improved: HLS playlist parsing ([4540](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4540), [#4552](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4552))
- Improved: validation schemas and error handling/printing ([4514](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4514))
- Improved: string representations of `Stream` implementations ([4521](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4521))
- Fixed: new YouTube consent dialog ([4515](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4515))
- Fixed: crunchyroll plugin ([4510](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4510))
- Fixed: nicolive email logins ([4553](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4553))
- Fixed: threading issue when closing segmented streams ([4517](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4517))
- Removed: suppression of `InsecureRequestWarning` ([4525](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4525))
- New plugins: blazetv ([4548](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4548)), hiplayer ([#4507](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4507)), useetv ([#4536](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4536))
- Removed plugins: rotana ([4512](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4512))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/4.0.1...4.1.0)

No code changes.
Please see the [changelog of the `4.0.0` release](https://streamlink.github.io/changelog.html#streamlink-4-0-0-2022-05-01), as it contains breaking changes.

- Fixed: missing source-dist tarballs on GitHub release page ([4503](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4503))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/4.0.0...4.0.1)