Yt-dlp

* **Add option `--cookies-from-browser`** to load cookies from a browser by [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
* Usage: `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[:PROFILE_NAME_OR_PATH]`
* Also added `--no-cookies-from-browser`
* To decrypt chromium cookies, `keyring` is needed for UNIX and `pycryptodome` for Windows
* Add option `--exec-before-download`
* Add field `live_status`
* [FFmpegMetadata] Add language of each stream and some refactoring
* [douyin] Add extractor by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [pyx](https://github.com/pyx)
* [pornflip] Add extractor by [mzbaulhaque](https://github.com/mzbaulhaque)
* **[youtube] Extract data from multiple clients** by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* `player_client` now accepts multiple clients
* Default `player_client` = `android,web`
* This uses twice as many requests, but avoids throttling for most videos while also not losing any formats
* Music clients can be specifically requested and is enabled by default if `music.youtube.com`
* Added `player_client=ios` (Known issue: formats from ios are not sorted correctly)
* Add age-gate bypass for android and ios clients
* [youtube] Extract more thumbnails
* The thumbnail URLs are hard-coded and their actual existence is tested lazily
* Added option `--no-check-formats` to not test them
* [youtube] Misc fixes
* Improve extraction of livestream metadata by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
* Hide live dash formats since they can't be downloaded anyway
* Fix authentication when using multiple accounts by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* Fix controversial videos when requested via API by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* Fix session index extraction and headers for non-web player clients by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* Make `--extractor-retries` work for more errors
* Fix sorting of 3gp format
* Sanity check `chapters` (and refactor related code)
* Make `parse_time_text` and `_extract_chapters` non-fatal
* Misc cleanup and bug fixes by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* [youtube:tab] Fix channels tab
* [youtube:tab] Extract playlist availability by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* **[youtube:comments] Move comment extraction to new API** by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* Adds extractor-args `comment_sort` (`top`/`new`), `max_comments`, `max_comment_depth`
* [youtube:comments] Fix `is_favorited`, improve `like_count` parsing by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* [BravoTV] Improve metadata extraction by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7)
* [crunchyroll:playlist] Force http
* [yahoo:gyao:player] Relax `_VALID_URL` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [nebula] Authentication via tokens from cookie jar by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger), [TpmKranz](https://github.com/TpmKranz)
* [RTP] Fix extraction and add subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [viki] Rewrite extractors and add extractor-arg `video_types` to `vikichannel` by [zackmark29](https://github.com/zackmark29), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [vlive] Extract thumbnail directly in addition to the one from Naver
* [generic] Extract previously missed subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [generic] Extract everything in the SMIL manifest and detect discarded subtitles by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [embedthumbnail] Fix `_get_thumbnail_resolution`
* [metadatafromfield] Do not detect numbers as field names
* Fix selectors `all`, `mergeall` and add tests
* Errors in playlist extraction should obey `--ignore-errors`
* Fix bug where `original_url` was not propagated when `_type`=`url`
* Revert "Merge webm formats into mkv if thumbnails are to be embedded (173)"
* This was wrongly checking for `write_thumbnail`
* Improve `extractor_args` parsing
* Rename `NOTE` in `-F` to `MORE INFO` since it's often confused to be the same as `format_note`
* Add `only_once` param for `write_debug` and `report_warning`
* [extractor] Allow extracting multiple groups in `_search_regex` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [utils] Improve `traverse_obj`
* [utils] Add `variadic`
* [utils] Improve `js_to_json` comment regex by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [webtt] Fix timestamps
* [compat] Remove unnecessary code
* [docs] fix default of multistreams

* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/a803582](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a8035827177d6b59aca03bd717acb6a9bdd75ada)
* Add `--extractor-args` to pass some extractor-specific arguments. See [readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#extractor-arguments)
* Add extractor option `skip` for `youtube`, e.g. `--extractor-args youtube:skip=hls,dash`
* Deprecates `--youtube-skip-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`
* Allow `--list...` options to work with `--print`, `--quiet` and other `--list...` options
* [youtube] Use `player` API for additional video extraction requests by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* **Fixes youtube premium music** (format 141) extraction
* Adds extractor option `player_client` = `web`/`android`
* **`--extractor-args youtube:player_client=android` works around the throttling** for the time-being
* Adds extractor option `player_skip=config`
* Adds age-gate fallback using embedded client
* [youtube] Choose correct Live chat API for upcoming streams by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
* [youtube] Fix subtitle names for age-gated videos
* [youtube:comments] Fix error handling and add `itct` to params by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* [youtube_live_chat] Fix download with cookies by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
* [youtube_live_chat] use `clickTrackingParams` by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
* [Funimation] Rewrite extractor
* Add `FunimationShowIE` by [Mevious](https://github.com/Mevious)
* **Treat the different versions of an episode as different formats of a single video**
* This changes the video `id` and will break break existing archives
* Compat option `seperate-video-versions` to fall back to old behavior including using the old video ids
* Support direct `/player/` URL
* Extractor options `language` and `version` to pre-select them during extraction
* These options may be removed in the future if we can extract all formats without additional network requests
* Do not rely on these for format selection and use `-f` filters instead
* [AdobePass] Add Spectrum MSO by [kevinoconnor7](https://github.com/kevinoconnor7), [ohmybahgosh](https://github.com/ohmybahgosh)
* [facebook] Extract description and fix title
* [fancode] Fix extraction, support live and allow login with refresh token by [zenerdi0de](https://github.com/zenerdi0de)
* [plutotv] Improve `_VALID_URL`
* [RCTIPlus] Add extractor by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
* [Soundcloud] Allow login using oauth token by [blackjack4494](https://github.com/blackjack4494)
* [TBS] Support livestreams by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [videa] Fix extraction by [nyuszika7h](https://github.com/nyuszika7h)
* [yahoo] Fix extraction by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Process videos when using `--ignore-no-formats-error` by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana)
* Fix `--throttled-rate` when using `--load-info-json`
* Fix `--flat-playlist` when entry has no `ie_key`
* Fix `check_formats` catching `ExtractorError` instead of `DownloadError`
* Fix deprecated option `--list-formats-old`
* [downloader/ffmpeg] Fix `--ppa` when using simultaneous download
* [extractor] Prevent unnecessary download of hls manifests and refactor `hls_split_discontinuity`
* [fragment] Handle status of download and errors in threads correctly; and minor refactoring
* [thumbnailsconvertor] Treat `jpeg` as `jpg`
* [utils] Fix issues with `LazyList` reversal
* [extractor] Allow extractors to set their own login hint
* [cleanup] Simplify format selector code with `LazyList` and `yield from`
* [cleanup] Clean `extractor.common._merge_subtitles` signature
* [cleanup] Fix some typos

* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/379f52a](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/379f52a4954013767219d25099cce9e0f9401961)
* **Add option `--throttled-rate`** below which video data is re-extracted
* [fragment] **Merge during download for `-N`**, and refactor `hls`/`dash`
* [websockets] Add `WebSocketFragmentFD` by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* Allow `images` formats in addition to video/audio
* [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [youtube] Temporary **fix for age-gate**
* [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika)
* [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* [youtube] Login is not needed for `:ytrec`
* [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
* [twitcasting] Websocket support by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [mediasite] Extract slides by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [funimation] Extract subtitles
* [pornhub] Extract `cast`
* [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
* [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option `embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley`
* Expand `--check-formats` to thumbnails
* Fix id sanitization in filenames
* Skip fixup of existing files and add `--fixup force` to force it
* Better error handling of syntax errors in `-f`
* Use `NamedTemporaryFile` for `--check-formats`
* [aria2c] Lower `--min-split-size` for HTTP downloads
* [options] Rename `--add-metadata` to `--embed-metadata`
* [utils] Improve `LazyList` and add tests
* [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
* [docs] Clarify that `--embed-metadata` embeds chapter markers
* [cleanup] Refactor fixup

* Fix bug where `%(field)d` in filename template throws error
* [outtmpl] Improve offset parsing
* [test] More rigorous tests for `prepare_filename`

* Remove support for obsolete Python versions: Only 3.6+ is now supported
* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/c2350ca](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/c2350cac243ba1ec1586fe85b0d62d1b700047a2)
* [hls] Fix decryption for multithreaded downloader
* [extractor] Fix pre-checking archive for some extractors
* [extractor] Fix FourCC fallback when parsing ISM by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [twitcasting] Add TwitCastingUserIE, TwitCastingLiveIE by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan), [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao)
* [vidio] Add VidioPremierIE and VidioLiveIE by [MinePlayersPE](Https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
* [viki] Fix extraction from [ytdl-org/youtube-dl59e583f](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/59e583f7e8530ca92776c866897d895c072e2a82)
* [youtube] Support shorts URL
* [zoom] Extract transcripts as subtitles
* Add field `original_url` with the user-inputted URL
* Fix and refactor `prepare_outtmpl`
* Make more fields available for `--print` when used with `--flat-playlist`
* [utils] Generalize `traverse_dict` to `traverse_obj`
* [downloader/ffmpeg] Hide FFmpeg banner unless in verbose mode by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [build] Release `yt-dlp.tar.gz`
* [build,update] Add GNU-style SHA512 and prepare updater for similar SHA256 by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
* [pyinst] Show Python version in exe metadata by [nihil-admirari](https://github.com/nihil-admirari)
* [docs] Improve documentation of dependencies
* [cleanup] Mark unused files
* [cleanup] Point all shebang to `python3` by [fstirlitz](https://github.com/fstirlitz)
* [cleanup] Remove duplicate file `trovolive.py`

* Merge youtube-dl: Upto [commit/d495292](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/d495292852b6c2f1bd58bc2141ff2b0265c952cf)
* Pre-check archive and filters during playlist extraction
* Handle Basic Auth `user:pass` in URLs by [hhirtz](https://github.com/hhirtz) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [archiveorg] Add YoutubeWebArchiveIE by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz) and [alex-gedeon](https://github.com/alex-gedeon)
* [fancode] Add extractor by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
* [patreon] Support vimeo embeds by [rhsmachine](https://github.com/rhsmachine)
* [Saitosan] Add new extractor by [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [ShemarooMe] Add extractor by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [telemundo] Add extractor by [king-millez](https://github.com/king-millez)
* [SonyLIV] Add SonyLIVSeriesIE and subtitle support by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [Hotstar] Add HotStarSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [Voot] Add VootSeriesIE by [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
* [vidio] Support login and premium videos by [MinePlayersPE](https://github.com/MinePlayersPE)
* [fragment] When using `-N`, do not keep the fragment content in memory
* [ffmpeg] Download and merge in a single step if possible
* [ThumbnailsConvertor] Support conversion to `png` and make it the default by [louie-github](https://github.com/louie-github)
* [VideoConvertor] Generalize with remuxer and allow conditional recoding
* [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in `mp4`/`m4a` using mutagen by [tripulse](https://github.com/tripulse) and [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
* [EmbedThumbnail] Embed if any thumbnail was downloaded, not just the best
* [EmbedThumbnail] Correctly escape filename
* [update] replace self without launching a subprocess in windows
* [update] Block further update for unsupported systems
* Refactor `__process_playlist` by creating `LazyList`
* Write messages to `stderr` when both `quiet` and `verbose`
* Sanitize and sort playlist thumbnails
* Remove `None` values from `info.json`
* [extractor] Always prefer native hls downloader by default
* [extractor] Skip subtitles without URI in m3u8 manifests by [hheimbuerger](https://github.com/hheimbuerger)
* [extractor] Functions to parse `socket.io` response as `json` by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [llacb47](https://github.com/llacb47)
* [extractor] Allow `note=False` when extracting manifests
* [utils] Escape URLs in `sanitized_Request`, not `sanitize_url`
* [hls] Disable external downloader for `webtt`
* [youtube] `/live` URLs should raise error if channel is not live
* [youtube] Bug fixes
* [zee5] Fix m3u8 formats' extension
* [ard] Allow URLs without `-` before id by [olifre](https://github.com/olifre)
* [cleanup] `YoutubeDL._match_entry`
* [cleanup] Refactor updater
* [cleanup] Refactor ffmpeg convertors
* [cleanup] setup.py