Streamlink

Patch release:

- Fixed: broken output of the `--help` CLI argument ([4213](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4213))
- Fixed: parsing of invalid HTML5 documents ([4210](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4210))

Please see the [changelog of 3.0.0](https://streamlink.github.io/changelog.html#streamlink-3-0-0-2021-11-17), as it contains breaking changes that may require user interaction.

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/3.0.2...3.0.3)

Patch release:

- Added: support for the `id` plugin metadata property ([4203](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4203))
- Updated: Twitch access token request parameter regarding embedded ads ([4194](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4194))
- Fixed: early `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` signal handling ([4190](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4190))
- Fixed: broken character set decoding when parsing HTML documents ([4201](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4201))
- Fixed: missing home directory expansion (tilde character) in file output paths ([4204](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4204))
- New plugin: tviplayer ([4199](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4199))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/3.0.1...3.0.2)

Patch release:

- Fixed: broken pycountry import in Windows installer's Python environment ([4180](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4180))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/3.0.0...3.0.1)

Breaking changes:

- BREAKING: dropped support for RTMP, HDS and AkamaiHD streams ([4169](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4169), [#4168](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4168))
- removed the `rtmp://`, `hds://` and `akamaihd://` protocol plugins
- removed all Flash related code
- upgraded all plugins using these old streaming protocols
- dropped RTMPDump dependency
- BREAKING: removed the following CLI arguments (and respective session options): ([4169](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4169), [#4168](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4168))
- `--rtmp-rtmpdump`, `--rtmpdump`, `--rtmp-proxy`, `--rtmp-timeout`
Users of Streamlink's Windows installer will need to update their [config file](https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html#configuration-file).
- `--subprocess-cmdline`, `--subprocess-errorlog`, `--subprocess-errorlog-path`
- `--hds-live-edge`, `--hds-segment-attempts`, `--hds-segment-threads`, `--hds-segment-timeout`, `--hds-timeout`
- BREAKING: switched from HTTP to HTTPS for all kinds of scheme-less input URLs. If a site or http-proxy doesn't support HTTPS, then HTTP needs to be set explicitly. ([4068](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4068), [#4053](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4053))
- BREAKING/API: changed `Session.resolve_url()` and `Session.resolve_url_no_redirect()` to return a tuple of a plugin class and the resolved URL instead of an initialized plugin class instance. This fixes the availability of plugin options in a plugin's constructor. ([4163](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4163))
- BREAKING/requirements: dropped alternative dependency `pycrypto` and removed the `STREAMLINK_USE_PYCRYPTO` env var switch ([4174](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4174))
- BREAKING/requirements: switched from `iso-639`+`iso3166` to `pycountry` and removed the `STREAMLINK_USE_PYCOUNTRY` env var switch ([4175](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4175))
- BREAKING/setup: disabled unsupported Python versions, disabled the deprecated `test` setuptools command, removed the `NO_DEPS` env var, and switched to declarative package data via `setup.cfg` ([4079](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4079), [#4107](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4107), [#4115](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4115), [#4113](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4113))

Release highlights:

- Deprecated: `--https-proxy` in favor of a single `--http-proxy` CLI argument (and respective session option). Both now set the same proxy for all HTTPS/HTTP requests and websocket connections. [`--https-proxy` will be removed in a future release.](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#streamlink-3-0-0) ([4120](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4120))
- Added: official support for Python 3.10 ([4144](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4144))
- Added: `--twitch-api-header` for only setting Twitch.tv API requests headers (for authentication, etc.) as an alternative to `--http-header` ([4156](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4156))
- Added: BASH and ZSH completions to sdist tarball and wheels. ([4048](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4048), [#4178](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4178))
- Added: support for creating parent directories via metadata variables in file output paths ([4085](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4085))
- Added: new WebsocketClient implementation ([4153](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4153))
- Updated: plugins using websocket connections - nicolive, ustreamtv, twitcasting ([4155](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4155), [#4164](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4164), [#4154](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4154))
- Updated: circumvention for YouTube's age verification ([4058](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4058))
- Updated: and fixed lots of other plugins, see the detailed changelog below
- Reverted: HLS segment downloads always being streamed, and added back `--hls-segment-stream-data` to prevent connection issues ([4159](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4159))
- Fixed: URL percent-encoding for sites which require the lowercase format ([4003](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4003))
- Fixed: XML parsing issues ([4075](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4075))
- Fixed: broken `method` parameter when using the `httpstream://` protocol plugin ([4171](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4171))
- Fixed: test failures when the `brotli` package is installed ([4022](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4022))
- Requirements: bumped `lxml` to `>4.6.4,<5.0` and `websocket-client` to `>=1.2.1,<2.0` ([4143](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4143), [#4153](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4153))
- Windows installer: upgraded Python to `3.9.8` and FFmpeg to `n4.4.1` ([4176](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4176), [#4124](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4124))
- Documentation: upgraded to first stable version of the Furo theme ([4000](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4000))
- New plugins: pandalive ([4064](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4064))
- Removed plugins: tga ([4129](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4129)), viasat ([#4087](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4087)), viutv ([#4018](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4018)), webcast_india_gov ([#4024](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/4024))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/2.4.0...3.0.0)

Release highlights:

- Deprecated: stream-type specific stream transport options in favor of generic options ([3893](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3893))
- use `--stream-segment-attempts` instead of `--{dash,hds,hls}-segment-attempts`
- use `--stream-segment-threads` instead of `--{dash,hds,hls}-segment-threads`
- use `--stream-segment-timeout` instead of `--{dash,hds,hls}-segment-timeout`
- use `--stream-timeout` instead of `--{dash,hds,hls,rtmp,http-stream}-timeout`

See the documentation's [deprecations page](https://streamlink.github.io/latest/deprecations.html#streamlink-2-4-0) for more information.
- Deprecated: `--hls-segment-stream-data` option and made it always stream segment data ([3894](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3894))
- Updated: Python version of the Windows installer from 3.8 to 3.9 and dropped support for Windows 7 due to Python incompatibilities ([3918](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3918))
See the documentation's [install page](https://streamlink.github.io/install.html) for alternative installation methods on Windows 7.
- Updated: FFmpeg in the Windows Installer from 4.2 (Zeranoe) to 4.4 ([streamlink/FFmpeg-Builds](https://github.com/streamlink/FFmpeg-Builds)) ([#3981](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3981))
- Added: `{author}`, `{category}`/`{game}`, `{title}` and `{url}` variables to `--output`, `--record` and `--record-and-play` ([3962](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3962))
- Added: `{time}`/`{time:custom-format}` variable to `--title`, `--output`, `--record` and `--record-and-play` ([3993](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3993))
- Added: `--fs-safe-rules` for changing character replacement rules in file outputs ([3962](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3962))
- Added: plugin metadata to `--json` stream data output ([3987](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3987))
- Fixed: named pipes not being cleaned up by FFMPEGMuxer ([3992](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3992))
- Fixed: KeyError on invalid variables in `--player-args` ([3988](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3988))
- Fixed: tests failing in certain cases when run in different order ([3920](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3920))
- Fixed: initial HLS playlist parsing issues ([3903](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3903), [#3910](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3910))
- Fixed: various plugin issues. Please see the changelog down below.
- Dependencies: added `lxml>=4.6.3` ([3952](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3952))
- Dependencies: switched back to `requests>=2.26.0` on Windows ([3930](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3930))
- Removed plugins: animeworld ([3951](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3951)), gardenersworld ([#3966](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3966)), huomao ([#3932](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3932))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/2.3.0...2.4.0)

Release highlights:

- Implemented: new plugin URL matching API ([3814](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/issues/3814), [#3821](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3821))
Third-party plugins which use the old API will still be resolved, but those plugins will have to upgrade in the future. See the documentation's [deprecations page](https://streamlink.github.io/latest/deprecations.html#streamlink-2-3-0) for more information.
- Implemented: HLS media initialization section (fragmented MPEG-4 streams) ([3828](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3828))
- Upgraded: `requests` to `>=2.26.0,<3` and set it to `==2.25.1` on Windows ([3864](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3864), [#3880](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3880))
- Fixed: YouTube channel URLs, premiering live streams, added API fallback ([3847](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3847), [#3873](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3873), [#3809](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3809))
- Removed plugins: canalplus ([3841](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3841)), dommune ([#3818](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3818)), liveedu ([#3845](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3845)), periscope ([#3813](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3813)), powerapp ([#3816](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3816)), rtlxl ([#3842](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3842)), streamingvideoprovider ([#3843](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3843)), teleclubzoom ([#3817](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3817)), tigerdile ([#3819](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/3819))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/2.2.0...2.3.0)