Release 2025.03.26

Created by: bashonly :ci skip all
[ie/youtube] Only cache nsig code on successful decoding (#12750 )
2026-01-11 17:31:31 +00:00 · 2025-03-26 00:04:51 +00:00 · 2025-03-25 23:47:45 +00:00 · 2025-03-25 23:40:58 +00:00 · 2025-03-25 00:07:18 +00:00 · 2025-03-25 00:05:02 +00:00
302 changed files with 19932 additions and 14655 deletions
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ name: Broken site support
 description: Report issue with yt-dlp on a supported site
 labels: [triage, site-bug]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@@ -24,9 +22,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
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-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and I'm willing to share it if required
  - type: input
@@ -47,6 +43,8 @@ body:
    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
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+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
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+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
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-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ name: Site support request
 description: Request support for a new site
 labels: [triage, site-request]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
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-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@@ -24,9 +22,7 @@ body:
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        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
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-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and am willing to share it if required
  - type: input
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    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
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+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
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-        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+        [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
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-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 name: Site feature request
-description: Request a new functionality for a supported site
+description: Request new functionality for a site supported by yt-dlp
 labels: [triage, site-enhancement]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@@ -22,9 +20,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and I'm willing to share it if required
  - type: input
@@ -55,6 +51,8 @@ body:
    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
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-        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
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+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
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-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ name: Core bug report
 description: Report a bug unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, bug]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@@ -20,13 +18,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
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-        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
-          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
-          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
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-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+        [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
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-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 name: Feature request
-description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
+description: Request a new feature unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, enhancement]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@@ -22,9 +20,7 @@ body:
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        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
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-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
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        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
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+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
-        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+        [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        > [!CAUTION]
-        > ### GitHub is experiencing a high volume of malicious spam comments.
-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 name: Ask question
-description: Ask yt-dlp related question
+description: Ask a question about using yt-dlp
 labels: [question]
 body:
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: |
@@ -28,9 +26,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20-label%3Aspam%20%20) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: question
@@ -44,6 +40,8 @@ body:
    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
@@ -58,23 +56,16 @@ body:
      placeholder: |
        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
-        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.0.2 (setts), ffprobe 7.0.2
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
-        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+        [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        > [!CAUTION]
-        > ### GitHub is experiencing a high volume of malicious spam comments.
-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: false
 contact_links:
-  - name: Get help from the community on Discord
+  - name: Get help on Discord
    url: https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r
-    about: Join the yt-dlp Discord for community-powered support!
-  - name: Matrix Bridge to the Discord server
-    url: https://matrix.to/#/#yt-dlp:matrix.org
-    about: For those who do not want to use Discord
+    about: Join the yt-dlp Discord server for support and discussion
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and I'm willing to share it if required
  - type: input
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and am willing to share it if required
  - type: input
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Site feature request
-description: Request a new functionality for a supported site
+description: Request new functionality for a site supported by yt-dlp
 labels: [triage, site-enhancement]
 body:
  %(no_skip)s
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and I'm willing to share it if required
  - type: input
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
-          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
-          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Feature request
-description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
+description: Request a new feature unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, enhancement]
 body:
  %(no_skip)s
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar requests **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/6_question.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Ask question
-description: Ask yt-dlp related question
+description: Ask a question about using yt-dlp
 labels: [question]
 body:
  %(no_skip)s
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ body:
          required: true
        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
-          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766), [the FAQ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ), and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=is%%3Aissue%%20-label%%3Aspam%%20%%20) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: question
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-**IMPORTANT**: PRs without the template will be CLOSED
+<!--
+    **IMPORTANT**: PRs without the template will be CLOSED
+    
+    Due to the high volume of pull requests, it may be a while before your PR is reviewed.
+    Please try to keep your pull request focused on a single bugfix or new feature.
+    Pull requests with a vast scope and/or very large diff will take much longer to review.
+    It is recommended for new contributors to stick to smaller pull requests, so you can receive much more immediate feedback as you familiarize yourself with the codebase.
+
+    PLEASE AVOID FORCE-PUSHING after opening a PR, as it makes reviewing more difficult.
+-->

 ### Description of your *pull request* and other information

-<!--
-
-Explanation of your *pull request* in arbitrary form goes here. Please **make sure the description explains the purpose and effect** of your *pull request* and is worded well enough to be understood. Provide as much **context and examples** as possible
-
-->
-
-ADD DESCRIPTION HERE
+ADD DETAILED DESCRIPTION HERE

 Fixes #

@@ -16,24 +19,22 @@ Fixes #
 <details open><summary>Template</summary> <!-- OPEN is intentional -->

 <!--
+    # PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDE BELOW

-# PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDE BELOW
-
- You will be asked some questions, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly
- Put an `x` into all the boxes `[ ]` relevant to your *pull request* (like [x])
- Use *Preview* tab to see how your *pull request* will actually look like
-
+    - You will be asked some questions, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly
+    - Put an `x` into all the boxes `[ ]` relevant to your *pull request* (like [x])
+    - Use *Preview* tab to see what your *pull request* will actually look like
 -->

 ### Before submitting a *pull request* make sure you have:
 - [ ] At least skimmed through [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions) including [yt-dlp coding conventions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#yt-dlp-coding-conventions)
 - [ ] [Searched](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/search?q=is%3Apr&type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar pull requests

-### In order to be accepted and merged into yt-dlp each piece of code must be in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/). Check all of the following options that apply:
- [ ] I am the original author of this code and I am willing to release it under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/)
- [ ] I am not the original author of this code but it is in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/) (provide reliable evidence)
+### In order to be accepted and merged into yt-dlp each piece of code must be in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/). Check those that apply and remove the others:
+- [ ] I am the original author of the code in this PR, and I am willing to release it under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/)
+- [ ] I am not the original author of the code in this PR, but it is in the public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/) (provide reliable evidence)

-### What is the purpose of your *pull request*?
+### What is the purpose of your *pull request*? Check those that apply and remove the others:
 - [ ] Fix or improvement to an extractor (Make sure to add/update tests)
 - [ ] New extractor ([Piracy websites will not be accepted](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy))
 - [ ] Core bug fix/improvement
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ on:
        default: true
        type: boolean
      windows:
-        description: yt-dlp.exe, yt-dlp_min.exe, yt-dlp_win.zip
+        description: yt-dlp.exe, yt-dlp_win.zip
        default: true
        type: boolean
      windows32:
@@ -199,22 +199,24 @@ jobs:
            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: build
          githubToken: ${{ github.token }} # To cache image
          arch: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
-          distro: ubuntu18.04 # Standalone executable should be built on minimum supported OS
+          distro: ubuntu20.04 # Standalone executable should be built on minimum supported OS
          dockerRunArgs: --volume "${PWD}/repo:/repo"
          install: | # Installing Python 3.10 from the Deadsnakes repo raises errors
            apt update
-            apt -y install zlib1g-dev libffi-dev python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-distutils python3-pip
-            python3.8 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-            # Cannot access any files from the repo directory at this stage
-            python3.8 -m pip install -U Pyinstaller mutagen pycryptodomex websockets brotli certifi secretstorage cffi
+            apt -y install zlib1g-dev libffi-dev python3.9 python3.9-dev python3.9-distutils python3-pip \
+              python3-secretstorage  # Cannot build cryptography wheel in virtual armv7 environment
+            python3.9 -m pip install -U pip wheel 'setuptools>=71.0.2'
+            # XXX: Keep this in sync with pyproject.toml (it can't be accessed at this stage) and exclude secretstorage
+            python3.9 -m pip install -U Pyinstaller mutagen pycryptodomex brotli certifi cffi \
+              'requests>=2.32.2,<3' 'urllib3>=1.26.17,<3' 'websockets>=13.0'

          run: |
            cd repo
-            python3.8 devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
-            python3.8 devscripts/install_deps.py --include pyinstaller --include secretstorage  # Cached version may be out of date
-            python3.8 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
-            python3.8 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-            python3.8 -m bundle.pyinstaller
+            python3.9 devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
+            python3.9 devscripts/install_deps.py --include pyinstaller  # Cached versions may be out of date
+            python3.9 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+            python3.9 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+            python3.9 -m bundle.pyinstaller

            if ${{ vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION && 'true' || 'false' }}; then
              arch="${{ (matrix.architecture == 'armv7' && 'armv7l') || matrix.architecture }}"
@@ -403,13 +405,13 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with: # 3.8 is used for Win7 support
-          python-version: "3.8"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
      - name: Install Requirements
        run: | # Custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
          python devscripts/install_deps.py --include curl-cffi
-          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-6.10.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-6.11.1-py3-none-any.whl"

      - name: Prepare
        run: |
@@ -421,10 +423,6 @@ jobs:
          python -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir
          Compress-Archive -Path ./dist/yt-dlp/* -DestinationPath ./dist/yt-dlp_win.zip

-      - name: Add migration executable for py2exe
-        run: |
-          Copy-Item ./dist/yt-dlp.exe ./dist/yt-dlp_min.exe
-
      - name: Verify --update-to
        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
        run: |
@@ -444,7 +442,6 @@ jobs:
          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
          path: |
            dist/yt-dlp.exe
-            dist/yt-dlp_min.exe
            dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
          compression-level: 0

@@ -457,13 +454,13 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.10"
          architecture: "x86"
      - name: Install Requirements
        run: |
          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
          python devscripts/install_deps.py
-          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/i686/pyinstaller-6.10.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/i686/pyinstaller-6.11.1-py3-none-any.whl"

      - name: Prepare
        run: |
@@ -507,7 +504,8 @@ jobs:
      - windows32
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          path: artifact
          pattern: build-bin-*
@@ -531,13 +529,29 @@ jobs:
          lock 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
          lock 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
          lock 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lock 2024.10.22 py2exe .+
+          lock 2024.10.22 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+          lock 2024.10.22 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+          lock 2024.10.22 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 py2exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 py2exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.045052 py2exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          EOF

      - name: Sign checksum files
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages (C/C++, C#, Go, Java, or Swift).
    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3

    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ jobs:
    #     ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
      with:
        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
--- a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,20 @@ jobs:
      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
    secrets: inherit
+
+  publish_pypi:
+    needs: [release]
+    if: vars.MASTER_PYPI_PROJECT != ''
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: dist
+          name: build-pypi
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          verbose: true
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,20 @@ jobs:
      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
    secrets: inherit
+
+  publish_pypi:
+    needs: [release]
+    if: vars.NIGHTLY_PYPI_PROJECT != ''
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: dist
+          name: build-pypi
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          verbose: true
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
-      prerelease:
-        required: false
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
      source:
        required: false
        default: ''
@@ -18,6 +14,10 @@ on:
        required: false
        default: ''
        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      source:
@@ -278,7 +278,17 @@ jobs:
          make clean-cache
          python -m build --no-isolation .

+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-pypi
+          path: |
+            dist/*
+          compression-level: 0
+
      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
        with:
          verbose: true
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ updates_key.pem
 *.class
 *.isorted
 *.stackdump
+uv.lock

 # Generated
 AUTHORS
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@ Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: [yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues](https://githu
 **Please include the full output of yt-dlp when run with `-vU`**, i.e. **add** `-vU` flag to **your command line**, copy the **whole** output and post it in the issue body wrapped in \`\`\` for better formatting. It should look similar to this:
 ```
 $ yt-dlp -vU <your command line>
-[debug] Command-line config: ['-v', 'demo.com']
-[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
-[debug] yt-dlp version 2021.09.25 (zip)
-[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Linux-5.4.0-74-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
-[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4
+[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.example.com/']
+[debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+[debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
+[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
+[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.0.2 (setts), ffprobe 7.0.2
+[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
 [debug] Proxy map: {}
-Current Build Hash 25cc412d1d3c0725a1f2f5b7e4682f6fb40e6d15f7024e96f7afd572e9919535
-yt-dlp is up to date (2021.09.25)
+[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+[debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
+yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
 ...
 ```
 **Do not post screenshots of verbose logs; only plain text is acceptable.**
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ After you have ensured this site is distributing its content legally, you can fo

    You can use `hatch fmt` to automatically fix problems. Rules that the linter/formatter enforces should not be disabled with `# noqa` unless a maintainer requests it. The only exception allowed is for old/printf-style string formatting in GraphQL query templates (use `# noqa: UP031`).

-1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.8 and PyPy >=3.10. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
+1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.9 and PyPy >=3.10. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
 1. When the tests pass, [add](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files, [commit](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:

    ```shell
--- a/70
+++ b/70
@@ -688,3 +688,73 @@ KarboniteKream
 mikkovedru
 pktiuk
 rubyevadestaxes
+avagordon01
+CounterPillow
+JoseAngelB
+KBelmin
+kesor
+MellowKyler
+Wesley107772
+a13ssandr0
+ChocoLZS
+doe1080
+hugovdev
+jshumphrey
+julionc
+manavchaudhary1
+powergold1
+Sakura286
+SamDecrock
+stratus-ss
+subrat-lima
+gitninja1234
+jkruse
+xiaomac
+wesson09
+Crypto90
+MutantPiggieGolem1
+Sanceilaks
+Strkmn
+0x9fff00
+4ft35t
+7x11x13
+b5i
+cotko
+d3d9
+Dioarya
+finch71
+hexahigh
+InvalidUsernameException
+jixunmoe
+knackku
+krandor
+kvk-2015
+lonble
+msm595
+n10dollar
+NecroRomnt
+pjrobertson
+subsense
+test20140
+arantius
+entourage8
+lfavole
+mp3butcher
+slipinthedove
+YoshiTabletopGamer
+Arc8ne
+benfaerber
+chrisellsworth
+fries1234
+Kenshin9977
+MichaelDeBoey
+msikma
+pedro
+pferreir
+red-acid
+refack
+rysson
+somini
+thedenv
+vallovic
+arabcoders
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,427 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->

+### 2025.03.26
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix signature and nsig extraction for player `4fcd6e4a`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a550dfc904a02843a26369ae50dbb7c0febfb30e) ([#12748](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12748)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Only cache nsig code on successful decoding](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ecee97b4fa90d51c48f9154c3a6d5a8ffe46cd5c) ([#12750](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12750)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2025.03.25
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Fix attribute error on failed VT init](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b872ffec50fd50f790a5a490e006a369a28a3df3) ([#12696](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12696)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **utils**: `js_to_json`: [Make function less fatal](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9491b44032b330e05bd5eaa546187005d1e8538e) ([#12715](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12715)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- [Fix sorting of HLS audio formats by `GROUP-ID`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/86ab79e1a5182092321102adf6ca34195803b878) ([#12714](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12714)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **17live**: vod: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3396eb50dcd245b49c0f4aecd6e80ec914095d16) ([#12723](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12723)) by [subrat-lima](https://github.com/subrat-lima)
+- **9now.com.au**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9d5e6de2e7a47226d1f72c713ad45c88ba01db68) ([#12702](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12702)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **chzzk**: video: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e2dfccaf808b406d5bcb7dd04ae9ce420752dd6f) ([#12692](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12692)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
+- **deezer**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be5af3f9e91747768c2b41157851bfbe14c663f7) ([#12704](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12704)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **generic**: [Fix MPD base URL parsing](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5086d4aed6aeb3908c62f49e2d8f74cc0cb05110) ([#12718](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12718)) by [fireattack](https://github.com/fireattack)
+- **streaks**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/801afeac91f97dc0b58cd39cc7e8c50f619dc4e1) ([#12679](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12679)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
+- **tver**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/66e0bab814e4a52ef3e12d81123ad992a29df50e) ([#12659](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12659)) by [arabcoders](https://github.com/arabcoders), [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **viki**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fe4f14b8369038e7c58f7de546d76de1ce3a91ce) ([#12703](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12703)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **vrsquare**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b7fbb5a0a16a8e8d3e29c29e26ebed677d0d6ea3) ([#12515](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12515)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix PhantomJS nsig fallback](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4054a2b623bd1e277b49d2e9abc3d112a4b1c7be) ([#12728](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12728)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix signature and nsig extraction for player `363db69b`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b9c979461b244713bf42691a5bc02834e2ba4b2c) ([#12725](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12725)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+#### Networking changes
+- **Request Handler**: curl_cffi: [Support `curl_cffi` 0.10.x](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9bf23902ceb948b9685ce1dab575491571720fc6) ([#12670](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12670)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [9dde546](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9dde546e7ee3e1515d88ee3af08b099351455dc0) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2025.03.21
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Fix external downloader availability when using `--ffmpeg-location`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9f77e04c76e36e1cbbf49bc9eb385fa6ef804b67) ([#12318](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12318)) by [Kenshin9977](https://github.com/Kenshin9977)
+- [Load plugins on demand](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4445f37a7a66b248dbd8376c43137e6e441f138e) ([#11305](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11305)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) (With fixes in [c034d65](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c034d655487be668222ef9476a16f374584e49a7))
+- [Support emitting ConEmu progress codes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f7a1f2d8132967a62b0f6d5665c6d2dde2d42c09) ([#10649](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10649)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **azmedien**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/26a502fc727d0e91b2db6bf4a112823bcc672e85) ([#12375](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12375)) by [goggle](https://github.com/goggle)
+- **bilibiliplaylist**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f5fb2229e66cf59d5bf16065bc041b42a28354a0) ([#12690](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12690)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **bunnycdn**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3a1583ca75fb523cbad0e5e174387ea7b477d175) ([#11586](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11586)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **canalsurmas**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/01a8be4c23f186329d85f9c78db34a55f3294ac5) ([#12497](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12497)) by [Arc8ne](https://github.com/Arc8ne)
+- **cda**: [Fix login support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be0d819e1103195043f6743650781f0d4d343f6d) ([#12552](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12552)) by [rysson](https://github.com/rysson)
+- **cultureunplugged**: [Extend `_VALID_URL`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3042afb5fe342d3a00de76704cd7de611acc350e) ([#12486](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12486)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **dailymotion**: [Improve embed detection](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ad60137c141efa5023fbc0ac8579eaefe8b3d8cc) ([#12464](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12464)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **gem.cbc.ca**: [Fix login support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/eb1417786a3027b1e7290ec37ef6aaece50ebed0) ([#12414](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12414)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **globo**: [Fix subtitles extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0e1697232fcbba7551f983fd1ba93bb445cbb08b) ([#12270](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12270)) by [pedro](https://github.com/pedro)
+- **instagram**
+    - [Add `app_id` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a90641c8363fa0c10800b36eb6b01ee22d3a9409) ([#12359](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12359)) by [chrisellsworth](https://github.com/chrisellsworth)
+    - [Fix extraction of older private posts](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a59abe0636dc49b22a67246afe35613571b86f05) ([#12451](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12451)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Improve error handling](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/480125560a3b9972d29ae0da850aba8109e6bd41) ([#12410](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12410)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - story: [Support `--no-playlist`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/65c3c58c0a67463a150920203cec929045c95a24) ([#12397](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12397)) by [fireattack](https://github.com/fireattack)
+- **jamendo**: [Fix thumbnail extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/89a68c4857ddbaf937ff22f12648baaf6b5af840) ([#12622](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12622)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [JChris246](https://github.com/JChris246)
+- **ketnet**: [Remove extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bbada3ec0779422cde34f1ce3dcf595da463b493) ([#12628](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12628)) by [MichaelDeBoey](https://github.com/MichaelDeBoey)
+- **lbry**
+    - [Make m3u8 format extraction non-fatal](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9807181cfbf87bfa732f415c30412bdbd77cbf81) ([#12463](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12463)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Raise appropriate error for non-media files](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7126b472601814b7fd8c9de02069e8fff1764891) ([#12462](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12462)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **loco**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/983095485c731240aae27c950cb8c24a50827b56) ([#12667](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12667)) by [DTrombett](https://github.com/DTrombett)
+- **magellantv**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/172d5fcd778bf2605db7647ebc56b29ed18d24ac) ([#12505](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12505)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **mitele**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7223d29569a48a35ad132a508c115973866838d3) ([#12689](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12689)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **msn**: [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4815dac131d42c51e12c1d05232db0bbbf607329) ([#12513](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12513)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev), [thedenv](https://github.com/thedenv)
+- **n1**: [Fix extraction of newer articles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9d70abe4de401175cbbaaa36017806f16b2df9af) ([#12514](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12514)) by [u-spec-png](https://github.com/u-spec-png)
+- **nbcstations**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ebac65aa9e0bf9a97c24d00f7977900d2577364b) ([#12534](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12534)) by [refack](https://github.com/refack)
+- **niconico**
+    - [Fix format sorting](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7508e34f203e97389f1d04db92140b13401dd724) ([#12442](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12442)) by [xpadev-net](https://github.com/xpadev-net)
+    - live: [Fix thumbnail extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c2e6e1d5f77f3b720a6266f2869eb750d20e5dc1) ([#12419](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12419)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **openrec**: [Fix `_VALID_URL`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/17504f253564cfad86244de2b6346d07d2300ca5) ([#12608](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12608)) by [fireattack](https://github.com/fireattack)
+- **pinterest**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bd0a66816934de70312eea1e71c59c13b401dc3a) ([#12538](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12538)) by [mikf](https://github.com/mikf)
+- **playsuisse**: [Fix login support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6933f5670cea9c3e2fb16c1caa1eda54d13122c5) ([#12444](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12444)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **reddit**: [Truncate title](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d9a53cc1e6fd912daf500ca4f19e9ca88994dbf9) ([#12567](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12567)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **rtp**: [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8eb9c1bf3b9908cca22ef043602aa24fb9f352c6) ([#11638](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11638)) by [pferreir](https://github.com/pferreir), [red-acid](https://github.com/red-acid), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev), [somini](https://github.com/somini), [vallovic](https://github.com/vallovic)
+- **softwhiteunderbelly**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/652827d5a076c9483c36654ad2cf3fe46219baf4) ([#12281](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12281)) by [benfaerber](https://github.com/benfaerber)
+- **soop**: [Fix timestamp extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8305df00012ff8138a6ff95279d06b54ac607f63) ([#12609](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12609)) by [msikma](https://github.com/msikma)
+- **soundcloud**
+    - [Extract tags](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9deed13d7cce6d3647379e50589c92de89227509) ([#12420](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12420)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix thumbnail extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6deeda5c11f34f613724fa0627879f0d607ba1b4) ([#12447](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12447)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **tiktok**
+    - [Improve error handling](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/99ea2978757a431eeb2a265b3395ccbe4ce202cf) ([#12445](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12445)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Truncate title](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/83b119dadb0f267f1fb66bf7ed74c097349de79e) ([#12566](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12566)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **tv8.it**: [Add live and playlist extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2ee3a0aff9be2be3bea60640d3d8a0febaf0acb6) ([#12569](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12569)) by [DTrombett](https://github.com/DTrombett)
+- **tvw**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/42b7440963866e31ff84a5b89030d1c596fa2e6e) ([#12271](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12271)) by [fries1234](https://github.com/fries1234)
+- **twitter**
+    - [Fix syndication token generation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b8b47547049f5ebc3dd680fc7de70ed0ca9c0d70) ([#12537](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12537)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Truncate title](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/06f6de78db2eceeabd062ab1a3023e0ff9d4df53) ([#12560](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12560)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **vk**: [Improve metadata extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/05c8023a27dd37c49163c0498bf98e3e3c1cb4b9) ([#12510](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12510)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **vrtmax**: [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/df9ebeec00d658693252978d1ffb885e67aa6ab6) ([#12479](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12479)) by [bergoid](https://github.com/bergoid), [MichaelDeBoey](https://github.com/MichaelDeBoey), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **weibo**: [Support playlists](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0bb39788626002a8a67e925580227952c563c8b9) ([#12284](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12284)) by [4ft35t](https://github.com/4ft35t)
+- **wsj**: [Support opinion URLs and impersonation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7f3006eb0c0659982bb956d71b0bc806bcb0a5f2) ([#12431](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12431)) by [refack](https://github.com/refack)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix nsig and signature extraction for player `643afba4`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9b868518a15599f3d7ef5a1c730dda164c30da9b) ([#12684](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12684)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3380febe9984c21c79c3147c1d390a4cf339bc4c) ([#12603](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12603)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Split into package](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4432a9390c79253ac830702b226d2e558b636725) ([#12557](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12557)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Warn on DRM formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e67d786c7cc87bd449d22e0ddef08306891c1173) ([#12593](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12593)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Warn on missing formats due to SSAP](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/79ec2fdff75c8c1bb89b550266849ad4dec48dd3) ([#12483](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12483)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+#### Networking changes
+- [Add `keep_header_casing` extension](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7d18fed8f1983fe6de4ddc810dfb2761ba5744ac) ([#11652](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11652)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- [Always add unsupported suffix on version mismatch](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/95f8df2f796d0048119615200758199aedcd7cf4) ([#12626](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12626)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [f36e4b6](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f36e4b6e65cb8403791aae2f520697115cb88dec) by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf), [gamer191](https://github.com/gamer191), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **test**: [Show all differences for `expect_value` and `expect_dict`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a3e0c7d3b267abdf3933b709704a28d43bb46503) ([#12334](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12334)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+### 2025.02.19
+
+#### Core changes
+- **jsinterp**
+    - [Add `js_number_to_string`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0d9f061d38c3a4da61972e2adad317079f2f1c84) ([#12110](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12110)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+    - [Improve zeroise](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4ca8c44a073d5aa3a3e3112c35b2b23d6ce25ac6) ([#12313](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12313)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **acast**: [Support shows.acast.com URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/57c717fee4bfbc9309845bbb48901b72e4b69304) ([#12223](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12223)) by [barsnick](https://github.com/barsnick)
+- **cwtv**
+    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/18a28514e306e822eab4f3a79c76d515bf076406) ([#12207](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12207)) by [arantius](https://github.com/arantius)
+    - movie: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/03c3d705778c07739e0034b51490877cffdc0983) ([#12227](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12227)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **digiview**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f53553087d3fde9dcd61d6e9f98caf09db1d8ef2) ([#9902](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9902)) by [lfavole](https://github.com/lfavole)
+- **dropbox**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/861aeec449c8f3c062d962945b234ff0341f61f3) ([#12228](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12228)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **francetv**
+    - site
+        - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/817483ccc68aed6049ed9c4a2ffae44ca82d2b1c) ([#12236](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12236)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+        - [Fix livestream extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1295bbedd45fa8d9bc3f7a194864ae280297848e) ([#12316](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12316)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **francetvinfo.fr**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5c4c2ddfaa47988b4d50c1ad4988badc0b4f30c2) ([#12402](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12402)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **gem.cbc.ca**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5271ef48c6f61c145e03e18e960995d2e651d205) ([#12404](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12404)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf)
+- **generic**: [Extract `live_status` for DASH manifest URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/19edaa44fcd375f54e63d6227b092f5252d3e889) ([#12256](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12256)) by [mp3butcher](https://github.com/mp3butcher)
+- **globo**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f8d0161455f00add65585ca1a476a7b5d56f5f96) ([#11795](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11795)) by [slipinthedove](https://github.com/slipinthedove), [YoshiTabletopGamer](https://github.com/YoshiTabletopGamer)
+- **goplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d59f14a0a7a8b55e6bf468237def62b73ab4a517) ([#12237](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12237)) by [alard](https://github.com/alard)
+- **pbs**: [Support www.thirteen.org URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9fb8ab2ff67fb699f60cce09163a580976e90c0e) ([#11191](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11191)) by [rohieb](https://github.com/rohieb)
+- **reddit**: [Bypass gated subreddit warning](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6ca23ffaa4663cb552f937f0b1e9769b66db11bd) ([#12335](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12335)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **twitter**: [Fix syndication token generation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/14cd7f3443c6da4d49edaefcc12da9dee86e243e) ([#12107](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12107)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [pjrobertson](https://github.com/pjrobertson)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Retry on more critical requests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d48e612609d012abbea3785be4d26d78a014abb2) ([#12339](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12339)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [nsig workaround for `tce` player JS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ec17fb16e8d69d4e3e10fb73bf3221be8570dfee) ([#12401](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12401)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **zdf**: [Extract more metadata](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/241ace4f104d50fdf7638f9203927aefcf57a1f7) ([#9565](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9565)) by [StefanLobbenmeier](https://github.com/StefanLobbenmeier) (With fixes in [e7882b6](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e7882b682b959e476d8454911655b3e9b14c79b2) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly))
+
+#### Downloader changes
+- **hls**
+    - [Fix `BYTERANGE` logic](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/10b7ff68e98f17655e31952f6e17120b2d7dda96) ([#11972](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11972)) by [entourage8](https://github.com/entourage8)
+    - [Support `--write-pages` for m3u8 media playlists](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be69468752ff598cacee57bb80533deab2367a5d) ([#12333](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12333)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Support `hls_media_playlist_data` format field](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c987be0acb6872c6561f28aa28171e803393d851) ([#12322](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12322)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- [Improve Issue/PR templates](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/517ddf3c3f12560ab93e3d36244dc82db9f97818) ([#11499](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11499)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev) (With fixes in [4ecb833](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4ecb833472c90e078567b561fb7c089f1aa9587b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly))
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [4985a40](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4985a4041770eaa0016271809a1fd950dc809a55) by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [StefanLobbenmeier](https://github.com/StefanLobbenmeier)
+- **docs**: [Add note to `supportedsites.md`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/01a63629a21781458dcbd38779898e117678f5ff) ([#12382](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12382)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **test**: download: [Validate and sort info dict fields](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/208163447408c78673b08c172beafe5c310fb167) ([#12299](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12299)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+
+### 2025.01.26
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Fix float comparison values in format filters](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f7d071e8aa3bf67ed7e0f881e749ca9ab50b3f8f) ([#11880](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11880)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Dioarya](https://github.com/Dioarya)
+- **utils**: `sanitize_path`: [Fix some incorrect behavior](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fc12e724a3b4988cfc467d2981887dde48c26b69) ([#11923](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11923)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **1tv**: [Support sport1tv.ru domain](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/61ae5dc34ac775d6c122575e21ef2153b1273a2b) ([#11889](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11889)) by [kvk-2015](https://github.com/kvk-2015)
+- **abematv**: [Support season extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c709cc41cbc16edc846e0a431cfa8508396d4cb6) ([#11771](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11771)) by [middlingphys](https://github.com/middlingphys)
+- **bilibili**
+    - [Support space `/lists/` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/465167910407449354eb48e9861efd0819f53eb5) ([#11964](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11964)) by [c-basalt](https://github.com/c-basalt)
+    - [Support space video list extraction without login](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/78912ed9c81f109169b828c397294a6cf8eacf41) ([#12089](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12089)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **bilibilidynamic**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9676b05715b61c8c5dd5598871e60d8807fb1a86) ([#11838](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11838)) by [finch71](https://github.com/finch71), [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **bluesky**: [Prefer source format](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ccda63934df7de2823f0834218c4254c7c4d2e4c) ([#12154](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12154)) by [0x9fff00](https://github.com/0x9fff00)
+- **crunchyroll**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff44ed53061e065804da6275d182d7928cc03a5e) ([#12195](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12195)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **dropout**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/164368610456e2d96b279f8b120dea08f7b1d74f) ([#12102](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12102)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **eggs**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/20c765d02385a105c8ef13b6f7a737491d29c19a) ([#11904](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11904)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev), [subsense](https://github.com/subsense)
+- **funimation**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cdcf1e86726b8fa44f7e7126bbf1c18e1798d25c) ([#12167](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12167)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
+- **goodgame**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e7cc02b14d8d323f805d14325a9c95593a170d28) ([#12173](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12173)) by [NecroRomnt](https://github.com/NecroRomnt)
+- **lbry**: [Support signed URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de30f652ffb7623500215f5906844f2ae0d92c7b) ([#12138](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12138)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **naver**: [Fix m3u8 formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b3007c44cdac38187fc6600de76959a7079a44d1) ([#12037](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12037)) by [kclauhk](https://github.com/kclauhk)
+- **nest**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1ef3ee7500c4ab8c26f7fdc5b0ad1da4d16eec8e) ([#11747](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11747)) by [pabs3](https://github.com/pabs3), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **niconico**: series: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bc88b904cd02314da41ce1b2fdf046d0680fe965) ([#11822](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11822)) by [test20140](https://github.com/test20140)
+- **nrk**
+    - [Extract more formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/89198bb23b4d03e0473ac408bfb50d67c2f71165) ([#12069](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12069)) by [hexahigh](https://github.com/hexahigh)
+    - [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/45732e2590a1bd0bc9608f5eb68c59341ca84f02) ([#12193](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12193)) by [hexahigh](https://github.com/hexahigh)
+- **patreon**: [Extract attachment filename as `alt_title`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e2e73b5c65593ec0a5e685663e6ec0f4aaffc1f1) ([#12000](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12000)) by [msm595](https://github.com/msm595)
+- **pbs**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/13825ab77815ee6e1603abbecbb9f3795057b93c) ([#12024](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12024)) by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf), [krandor](https://github.com/krandor), [n10dollar](https://github.com/n10dollar)
+- **piramidetv**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/af2c821d74049b519895288aca23cee81fc4b049) ([#10777](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10777)) by [HobbyistDev](https://github.com/HobbyistDev), [kclauhk](https://github.com/kclauhk), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **redgifs**: [Support `/ifr/` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4850ce91d163579fa615c3c0d44c9bd64682c22b) ([#11805](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11805)) by [invertico](https://github.com/invertico)
+- **rtvslo.si**: show: [Extract more metadata](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3fc46086562857d5493cbcff687f76e4e4ed303f) ([#12136](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12136)) by [cotko](https://github.com/cotko)
+- **senategov**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/68221ecc87c6a3f3515757bac2a0f9674a38e3f2) ([#9361](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9361)) by [Grabien](https://github.com/Grabien), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **soundcloud**
+    - [Extract more metadata](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6d304133ab32bcd1eb78ff1467f1a41dd9b66c33) ([#11945](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11945)) by [7x11x13](https://github.com/7x11x13)
+    - user: [Add `/comments` page support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7bfb4f72e490310d2681c7f4815218a2ebbc73ee) ([#11999](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11999)) by [7x11x13](https://github.com/7x11x13)
+- **subsplash**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5d904b077d2f58ae44bdf208d2dcfcc3ff8347f5) ([#11054](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11054)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev), [subrat-lima](https://github.com/subrat-lima)
+- **theatercomplextownppv**: [Support `live` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/797d2472a299692e01ad1500e8c3b7bc1daa7fe4) ([#11720](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11720)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **vimeo**: [Fix thumbnail extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9ff330948c92f6b2e1d9c928787362ab19cd6c62) ([#12142](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12142)) by [jixunmoe](https://github.com/jixunmoe)
+- **vimp**: Playlist: [Add support for tags](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d4f5be1735c8feaeb3308666e0b878e9782f529d) ([#11688](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11688)) by [FestplattenSchnitzel](https://github.com/FestplattenSchnitzel)
+- **weibo**: [Extend `_VALID_URL`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a567f97b62ae9f6d6f5a9376c361512ab8dceda2) ([#12088](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12088)) by [4ft35t](https://github.com/4ft35t)
+- **xhamster**: [Various improvements](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3b99a0f0e07f0120ab416f34a8f5ab75d4fdf1d1) ([#11738](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11738)) by [knackku](https://github.com/knackku)
+- **xiaohongshu**: [Extract more formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f9f24ae376a9eaca777816479a4a29f6f0ce7681) ([#12147](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12147)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Download `tv` client Innertube config](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/326fb1ffaf4e8349f1fe8ba2a81839652e044bff) ([#12168](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12168)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Extract `media_type` for livestreams](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/421bc72103d1faed473a451299cd17d6abb433bb) ([#11605](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11605)) by [nosoop](https://github.com/nosoop)
+    - [Restore convenience workarounds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f0d4b8a5d6354b294bc9631cf15a7160b7bad5de) ([#12181](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12181)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Update `ios` player client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de82acf8769282ce321a86737ecc1d4bef0e82a7) ([#12155](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12155)) by [b5i](https://github.com/b5i)
+    - [Use different PO token for GVS and Player](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6b91d232e316efa406035915532eb126fbaeea38) ([#12090](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12090)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - tab: [Improve shorts title extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/76ac023ff02f06e8c003d104f02a03deeddebdcd) ([#11997](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11997)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [d3d9](https://github.com/d3d9)
+- **zdf**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bb69f5dab79fb32c4ec0d50e05f7fa26d05d54ba) ([#11041](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11041)) by [InvalidUsernameException](https://github.com/InvalidUsernameException)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [3b45319](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3b4531934465580be22937fecbb6e1a3a9e2334f) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [lonble](https://github.com/lonble), [pjrobertson](https://github.com/pjrobertson), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2025.01.15
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **youtube**: [Do not use `web_creator` as a default client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c8541f8b13e743fcfa06667530d13fee8686e22a) ([#12087](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12087)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+### 2025.01.12
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Fix filename sanitization with `--no-windows-filenames`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8346b549150003df988538e54c9d8bc4de568979) ([#11988](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11988)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- [Validate retries values are non-negative](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1f4e1e85a27c5b43e34d7706cfd88ffce1b56a4a) ([#11927](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11927)) by [Strkmn](https://github.com/Strkmn)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **drtalks**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1f489f4a45691cac3f9e787d22a3a8a086229ba6) ([#10831](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10831)) by [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **plvideo**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3c14e9191f3035b9a729d1d87bc0381f42de57cf) ([#10657](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10657)) by [Sanceilaks](https://github.com/Sanceilaks), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **vine**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e2ef4fece6c9742d1733e3bae408c4787765f78c) ([#11700](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11700)) by [allendema](https://github.com/allendema)
+- **xiaohongshu**: [Extend `_VALID_URL`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/763ed06ee69f13949397897bd42ff2ec3dc3d384) ([#11806](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11806)) by [HobbyistDev](https://github.com/HobbyistDev)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix DASH formats incorrectly skipped in some situations](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0b6b7742c2e7f2a1fcb0b54ef3dd484bab404b3f) ([#11910](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11910)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Refactor cookie auth](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/75079f4e3f7dce49b61ef01da7adcd9876a0ca3b) ([#11989](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11989)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Use `tv` instead of `mweb` client by default](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/712d2abb32f59b2d246be2901255f84f1a4c30b3) ([#12059](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12059)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [dade5e3](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dade5e35c89adaad04408bfef766820dbca06ebe) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2024.12.23
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Don't sanitize filename on Unix when `--no-windows-filenames`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6fc85f617a5850307fd5b258477070e6ee177796) ([#9591](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9591)) by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+- **update**
+    - [Check 64-bitness when upgrading ARM builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b91c3925c2059970daa801cb131c0c2f4f302e72) ([#11819](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11819)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix endless update loop for `linux_exe` builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3d3ee458c1fe49dd5ebd7651a092119d23eb7000) ([#11827](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11827)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **soundcloud**: [Various fixes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d298693b1b266d198e8eeecb90ea17c4a031268f) ([#11820](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11820)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Add age-gate workaround for some embeddable videos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/09a6c687126f04e243fcb105a828787efddd1030) ([#11821](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11821)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix `uploader_id` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1a8851b689763e5173b96f70f8a71df0e4a44b66) ([#11818](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11818)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/65cf46cddd873fd229dbb0fc0689bca4c201c6b6) ([#11893](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11893)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Skip iOS formats that require PO Token](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9f42e68a74f3f00b0253fe70763abd57cac4237b) ([#11890](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11890)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+### 2024.12.13
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **patreon**: campaign: [Support /c/ URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bc262bcad4d3683ceadf61a7eb87e233e72adef3) ([#11756](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11756)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **soundcloud**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f4d3e9e6dc25077b79849a31a2f67f93fdc01e62) ([#11777](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11777)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix `release_date` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d5e2a379f2adcb28bc48c7d9e90716d7278f89d2) ([#11759](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11759)) by [MutantPiggieGolem1](https://github.com/MutantPiggieGolem1)
+    - [Fix signature function extraction for `2f1832d2`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5460cd91891bf613a2065e2fc278d9903c37a127) ([#11801](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11801)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Prioritize original language over auto-dubbed audio](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dc3c4fddcc653989dae71fc563d82a308fc898cc) ([#11803](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11803)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - search_url: [Fix playlist searches](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f6c73aad5f1a67544bea137ebd9d1e22e0e56567) ([#11782](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11782)) by [Crypto90](https://github.com/Crypto90)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: [Make more playlist entries lazy](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/54216696261bc07cacd9a837c501d9e0b7fed09e) ([#11763](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11763)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2024.12.06
+
+#### Core changes
+- **cookies**: [Add `--cookies-from-browser` support for MS Store Firefox](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/354cb4026cf2191e1a130ec2a627b95cabfbc60a) ([#11731](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11731)) by [wesson09](https://github.com/wesson09)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **bilibili**: [Fix HD formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fca3eb5f8be08d5fab2e18b45b7281a12e566725) ([#11734](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11734)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **soundcloud**: [Fix formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2feb28028ee48f2185d2d95076e62accb09b9e2e) ([#11742](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11742)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix `n` sig extraction for player `3bb1f723`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a95ee6d8803fca9157adecf63732ab58bf87fd88) ([#11750](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11750)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly) (With fixes in [4bd2655](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4bd2655398aed450456197a6767639114a24eac2))
+    - [Fix signature function extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4c85ccd1366c88cf93982f8350f58eed17355981) ([#11751](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11751)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2e49c789d3eebc39af8910705d65a98bca0e4c4f) ([#11724](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11724)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+### 2024.12.03
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Add `playlist_webpage_url` field](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7d6c259a03bc4707a319e5e8c6eff0278707874b) ([#11613](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11613)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- [Handle fragmented formats in `_remove_duplicate_formats`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0500cbf796323551bbabe5b8ed8c75a511ba47a) ([#11637](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11637)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **bilibili**
+    - [Always try to extract HD formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dc1687648077c5bf64863b307ecc5ab7e029bd8d) ([#10559](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10559)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/239f5f36fe04603bec59c8b975f6a792f10246db) ([#11667](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11667)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz) (With fixes in [f05a1cd](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f05a1cd1492fc98dc8d80d2081d632a1879913d2) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [grqz](https://github.com/grqz))
+    - [Fix subtitles and chapters extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a13a336aa6f906812701abec8101b73b73db8ff7) ([#11708](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11708)) by [xiaomac](https://github.com/xiaomac)
+- **chaturbate**: [Fix support for non-public streams](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4b5eec0aaa7c02627f27a386591b735b90e681a8) ([#11624](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11624)) by [jkruse](https://github.com/jkruse)
+- **dacast**: [Fix HLS AES formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0a0d80800b9350d1a4c4b18d82cfb77ffbc3c507) ([#11644](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11644)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **dropbox**: [Fix password-protected video extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/00dcde728635633eee969ad4d498b9f233c4a94e) ([#11636](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11636)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **duoplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/62cba8a1bedbfc0ddde7267ae57b72bf5f7ea7b1) ([#11588](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11588)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [glensc](https://github.com/glensc)
+- **facebook**: [Support more groups URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0f1ae813b36e783e2348ba2a1566e12f5cd8f6e) ([#11576](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11576)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **instagram**: [Support `share` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/360aed810ad85db950df586282d256516c98cd2d) ([#11677](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11677)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **microsoftembed**: [Make format extraction non fatal](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2bea7936323ca4b6f3b9b1fdd892566223e30efa) ([#11654](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11654)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **mitele**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cd0f934604587ed793e9177f6a127e5dcf99a7dd) ([#11683](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11683)) by [DarkZeros](https://github.com/DarkZeros)
+- **stripchat**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/16336c51d0848a6868a4fa04e749fa03548b4913) ([#11596](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11596)) by [gitninja1234](https://github.com/gitninja1234)
+- **tiktok**: [Deprioritize animated thumbnails](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/910ecc422930bca14e2abe4986f5f92359e3cea8) ([#11645](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11645)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **vk**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c038a7b187ba24360f14134842a7a2cf897c33b1) ([#11715](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11715)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Adjust player clients for site changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0d146c1e36f467af30e87b7af651bdee67b73500) ([#11663](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11663)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - tab: [Fix playlists tab extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fe70f20aedf528fdee332131bc9b6710e54e6f10) ([#11615](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11615)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Networking changes
+- **Request Handler**: websockets: [Support websockets 14.0+](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c7316373c0a886f65a07a51e50ee147bb3294c85) ([#11616](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11616)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**
+    - [Bump ruff to 0.8.x](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d8fb3490863653182864d2a53522f350d67a9ff8) ([#11608](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11608)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - Miscellaneous
+        - [ccf0a6b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ccf0a6b86b7f68a75463804fe485ec240b8635f0) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+        - [2b67ac3](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2b67ac300ac8b44368fb121637d1743cea8c5b6b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2024.11.18
+
+#### Important changes
+- **Login with OAuth is no longer supported for YouTube**
+Due to a change made by the site, yt-dlp is no longer able to support OAuth login for YouTube. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11462#issuecomment-2471703090)
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Catch broken Cryptodome installations](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b83ca24eb72e1e558b0185bd73975586c0bc0546) ([#11486](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11486)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **utils**
+    - [Fix `join_nonempty`, add `**kwargs` to `unpack`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/39d79c9b9cf23411d935910685c40aa1a2fdb409) ([#11559](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11559)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+    - `subs_list_to_dict`: [Add `lang` default parameter](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c014fbcddcb4c8f79d914ac5bb526758b540ea33) ([#11508](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11508)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- [Allow `ext` override for thumbnails](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/eb64ae7d5def6df2aba74fb703e7f168fb299865) ([#11545](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11545)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **adobepass**: [Fix provider requests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/85fdc66b6e01d19a94b4f39b58e3c0cf23600902) ([#11472](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11472)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **archive.org**: [Fix comments extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f2a4983df7a64c4e93b56f79dbd16a781bd90206) ([#11527](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11527)) by [jshumphrey](https://github.com/jshumphrey)
+- **bandlab**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6365e92589e4bc17b8fffb0125a716d144ad2137) ([#11535](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11535)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **chaturbate**
+    - [Extract from API and support impersonation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/720b3dc453c342bc2e8df7dbc0acaab4479de46c) ([#11555](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11555)) by [powergold1](https://github.com/powergold1) (With fixes in [7cecd29](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7cecd299e4a5ef1f0f044b2fedc26f17e41f15e3) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev))
+    - [Support alternate domains](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a9f85670d03ab993dc589f21a9ffffcad61392d5) ([#10595](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10595)) by [manavchaudhary1](https://github.com/manavchaudhary1)
+- **cloudflarestream**: [Avoid extraction via videodelivery.net](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2db8c2e7d57a1784b06057c48e3e91023720d195) ([#11478](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11478)) by [hugovdev](https://github.com/hugovdev)
+- **ctvnews**
+    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f351440f1dc5b3dfbfc5737b037a869d946056fe) ([#11534](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11534)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [jshumphrey](https://github.com/jshumphrey)
+    - [Fix playlist ID extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f9d98509a898737c12977b2e2117277bada2c196) ([#8892](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8892)) by [qbnu](https://github.com/qbnu)
+- **digitalconcerthall**: [Support login with access/refresh tokens](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f7257588bdff5f0b0452635a66b253a783c97357) ([#11571](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11571)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **facebook**: [Fix formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bacc31b05a04181b63100c481565256b14813a5e) ([#11513](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11513)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **gamedevtv**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/be3579aaf0c3b71a0a3195e1955415d5e4d6b3d8) ([#11368](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11368)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [stratus-ss](https://github.com/stratus-ss)
+- **goplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6b43a8d84b881d769b480ba6e20ec691e9d1b92d) ([#11466](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11466)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [SamDecrock](https://github.com/SamDecrock)
+- **kenh14**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/eb15fd5a32d8b35ef515f7a3d1158c03025648ff) ([#3996](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3996)) by [krichbanana](https://github.com/krichbanana), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+- **litv**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e079ffbda66de150c0a9ebef05e89f61bb4d5f76) ([#11071](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11071)) by [jiru](https://github.com/jiru)
+- **mixchmovie**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0ec9bfed4d4a52bfb4f8733da1acf0aeeae21e6b) ([#10897](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10897)) by [Sakura286](https://github.com/Sakura286)
+- **patreon**: [Fix comments extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1d253b0a27110d174c40faf8fb1c999d099e0cde) ([#11530](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11530)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [jshumphrey](https://github.com/jshumphrey)
+- **pialive**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d867f99622ef7fba690b08da56c39d739b822bb7) ([#10811](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10811)) by [ChocoLZS](https://github.com/ChocoLZS)
+- **radioradicale**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/70c55cb08f780eab687e881ef42bb5c6007d290b) ([#5607](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/5607)) by [a13ssandr0](https://github.com/a13ssandr0), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+- **reddit**: [Improve error handling](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7ea2787920cccc6b8ea30791993d114fbd564434) ([#11573](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11573)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **redgifsuser**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d215fba7edb69d4fa665f43663756fd260b1489f) ([#11531](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11531)) by [jshumphrey](https://github.com/jshumphrey)
+- **rutube**: [Rework extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e398217aae19bb25f91797bfbe8a3243698d7f45) ([#11480](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11480)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **sonylivseries**: [Add `sort_order` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2009cb27e17014787bf63eaa2ada51293d54f22a) ([#11569](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11569)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **soop**: [Fix thumbnail extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c699bafc5038b59c9afe8c2e69175fb66424c832) ([#11545](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11545)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **spankbang**: [Support browser impersonation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8388ec256f7753b02488788e3cfa771f6e1db247) ([#11542](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11542)) by [jshumphrey](https://github.com/jshumphrey)
+- **spreaker**
+    - [Support episode pages and access keys](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c39016f66df76d14284c705736ca73db8055d8de) ([#11489](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11489)) by [julionc](https://github.com/julionc)
+    - [Support podcast and feed pages](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c6737310619022248f5d0fd13872073cac168453) ([#10968](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10968)) by [subrat-lima](https://github.com/subrat-lima)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/637d62a3a9fc723d68632c1af25c30acdadeeb85) ([#11528](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11528)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Remove broken OAuth support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/52c0ffe40ad6e8404d93296f575007b05b04c686) ([#11558](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11558)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - tab: [Fix podcasts tab extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/37cd7660eaff397c551ee18d80507702342b0c2b) ([#11567](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11567)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **build**
+    - [Bump PyInstaller version pin to `>=6.11.1`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f9c8deb4e5887ff5150e911ac0452e645f988044) ([#11507](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11507)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Enable attestations for trusted publishing](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f13df591d4d7ca8e2f31b35c9c91e69ba9e9b013) ([#11420](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11420)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Pin `websockets` version to >=13.0,<14](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/240a7d43c8a67ffb86d44dc276805aa43c358dcc) ([#11488](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11488)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **cleanup**
+    - [Deprecate more compat functions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f95a92b3d0169a784ee15a138fbe09d82b2754a1) ([#11439](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11439)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Remove dead extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/10fc719bc7f1eef469389c5219102266ef411f29) ([#11566](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11566)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
+    - Miscellaneous: [da252d9](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/da252d9d322af3e2178ac5eae324809502a0a862) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2024.11.04
+
+#### Important changes
+- **Beginning with this release, yt-dlp's Python dependencies *must* be installed using the `default` group**
+If you're installing yt-dlp with pip/pipx or requiring yt-dlp in your own Python project, you'll need to specify `yt-dlp[default]` if you want to also install yt-dlp's optional dependencies (which were previously included by default). [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/11255)
+- **The minimum *required* Python version has been raised to 3.9**
+Python 3.8 reached its end-of-life on 2024.10.07, and yt-dlp has now removed support for it. As an unfortunate side effect, the official `yt-dlp.exe` and `yt-dlp_x86.exe` binaries are no longer supported on Windows 7. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10086)
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Allow thumbnails with `.jpe` extension](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5bc5fb2835ea59bdf326bd12176d74d2c7348a95) ([#11408](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11408)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- [Expand paths in `--plugin-dirs`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/914af9a0cf51c9a3f74aa88d952bee8334c67511) ([#11334](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11334)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- [Fix `--netrc` empty string parsing for Python <=3.10](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/88402b714ec124633933737bc156b172a3dec3d6) ([#11414](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11414)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- [Populate format sorting fields before dependent fields](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5c880ef42e9c2b2fc412f6d69dad37d34fb75a62) ([#11353](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11353)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- [Prioritize AV1](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3945677a75e94a1fecc085432d791e1c21220cd3) ([#11153](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11153)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- [Remove Python 3.8 support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d784464399b600ba9516bbcec6286f11d68974dd) ([#11321](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11321)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **aes**: [Fix GCM pad length calculation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/beae2db127d3b5017cbcf685da9de7a9ef496541) ([#11438](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11438)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **cookies**: [Support chrome table version 24](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4613096f2e6eab9dcbac0e98b6cec760bbc99375) ([#11425](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11425)) by [kesor](https://github.com/kesor), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **utils**
+    - [Allow partial application for more functions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b6dc2c49e8793c6dfa21275e61caf49ec1148b81) ([#11391](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11391)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K) (With fixes in [422195e](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/422195ec70a00b0d2002b238cacbae7790c57fdf) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K))
+    - [Fix `find_element` by class](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f93c16395cea1fe9ffc3c594d3e019c3b214544c) ([#11402](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11402)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix and improve `find_element` and `find_elements`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b103aca24d35b72b405c340357dc01a0ed534281) ([#11443](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11443)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- [Resolve `language` to ISO639-2 for ISM formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/21cdcf03a237a0c4979c941d5a5385cae44c7906) ([#11359](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11359)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **ardmediathek**: [Extract chapters](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/59f8dd8239c31f00b708da53b39b1e2e9409b6e6) ([#11442](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11442)) by [iw0nderhow](https://github.com/iw0nderhow)
+- **bfmtv**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/754940e9a558565d6bd3c0c529802569b1d0ae4e) ([#11444](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11444)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **bluesky**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5c7a5aaab27e9c3cb367b663a6136ca58866e547) ([#11055](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11055)) by [MellowKyler](https://github.com/MellowKyler), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **ccma**: [Support new 3cat.cat domain](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/330335386d4f7603d92d6796798375336005275e) ([#11222](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11222)) by [JoseAngelB](https://github.com/JoseAngelB)
+- **chzzk**: video: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9c6534da81e485b2325b3489ee4128943e6d3e4b) ([#11228](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11228)) by [hui1601](https://github.com/hui1601)
+- **cnn**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9acf79c91a8c6c55ca972747c6858e784e2da351) ([#10185](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10185)) by [kylegustavo](https://github.com/kylegustavo), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **dailymotion**
+    - [Improve embed extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a403dcf9be20b49cbb3017328f4aaa352fb6d685) ([#10843](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10843)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+    - [Support shortened URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d1358231371f20fa23020fa9176be3b56119873e) ([#11374](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11374)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **facebook**: [Fix formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ec9b25043f399de6a591d8370d32bf0e66c117f2) ([#11343](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11343)) by [kclauhk](https://github.com/kclauhk)
+- **generic**: [Do not impersonate by default](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c29f5a7fae93a08f3cfbb6127b2faa75145b06a0) ([#11336](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11336)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **nfl**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/838f4385de8300a4dd4e7ffbbf0e5b7b85fb52c2) ([#11409](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11409)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **niconicouser**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6abef74232c0fc695cd803c18ae446cacb129389) ([#11324](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11324)) by [Wesley107772](https://github.com/Wesley107772)
+- **soundcloud**: [Extract artists](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f101e5d34c97c608156ad5396714c2a2edca966a) ([#11377](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11377)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **tumblr**: [Support more URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b03267bf0675eeb8df5baf1daac7cf67840c91a5) ([#6057](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6057)) by [selfisekai](https://github.com/selfisekai), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **twitter**: [Remove cookies migration workaround](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/76802f461332d444e596437c42374fa237fa5174) ([#11392](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11392)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **vimeo**: [Fix API retries](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/57212a5f97ce367590aaa5c3e9a135eead8f81f7) ([#11351](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11351)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **yle_areena**: [Support live events](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a6783a3b9905e547f6c1d4df9d7c7999feda8afa) ([#11358](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11358)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [CounterPillow](https://github.com/CounterPillow)
+- **youtube**: [Adjust OAuth refresh token handling](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d569a8845254d90ce13ad74ae76695e8d6441068) ([#11414](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11414)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **build**
+    - [Disable attestations for trusted publishing](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/428ffb75aa3534b275cf54de42693a4d261519da) ([#11418](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11418)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Move optional dependencies to the `default` group](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/87884f15580910e4e0fe0e1db73508debc657471) ([#11255](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11255)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Use Ubuntu 20.04 and Python 3.9 for Linux ARM builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dd2e24446954246a2ec4d4a7e95531f52a14b351) ([#8638](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8638)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **cleanup**
+    - Miscellaneous
+        - [ea9e35d](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ea9e35d85fba5eab341cdcaf1eaed69b57f7e465) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+        - [c998238](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c998238c2e76c62d1d29962c6e8ebe916cc7913b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [KBelmin](https://github.com/KBelmin)
+        - [197d0b0](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/197d0b03b6a3c8fe4fa5ace630eeffec629bf72c) by [avagordon01](https://github.com/avagordon01), [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [grqz](https://github.com/grqz), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **devscripts**: `make_changelog`: [Parse full commit message for fixes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0a3991edae0e10f2ea41ece9fdea5e48f789f1de) ([#11366](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11366)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
 ### 2024.10.22

 #### Important changes
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 [![Release version](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?color=brightgreen&label=Download&style=for-the-badge)](#installation "Installation")
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/badge/-PyPI-blue.svg?logo=pypi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp "PyPI")
 [![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Donate-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](Collaborators.md#collaborators "Donate")
-[![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/matrix/yt-dlp:matrix.org?color=brightgreen&labelColor=555555&label=&logo=element&style=for-the-badge)](https://matrix.to/#/#yt-dlp:matrix.org "Matrix")
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/807245652072857610?color=blue&labelColor=555555&label=&logo=discord&style=for-the-badge)](https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r "Discord")
 [![Supported Sites](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Supported_Sites-brightgreen.svg?style=for-the-badge)](supportedsites.md "Supported Sites")
 [![License: Unlicense](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Unlicense-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](LICENSE "License")
@@ -98,14 +97,14 @@ You can install yt-dlp using [the binaries](#release-files), [pip](https://pypi.
 File|Description
 :---|:---
 [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp)|Platform-independent [zipimport](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipimport.html) binary. Needs Python (recommended for **Linux/BSD**)
-[yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary (recommended for **Windows**)
+[yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe)|Windows (Win8+) standalone x64 binary (recommended for **Windows**)
 [yt-dlp_macos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)|Universal MacOS (10.15+) standalone executable (recommended for **MacOS**)

 #### Alternatives

 File|Description
 :---|:---
-[yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x86 (32-bit) binary
+[yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows (Win8+) standalone x86 (32-bit) binary
 [yt-dlp_linux](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux)|Linux standalone x64 binary
 [yt-dlp_linux_armv7l](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l)|Linux standalone armv7l (32-bit) binary
 [yt-dlp_linux_aarch64](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_aarch64)|Linux standalone aarch64 (64-bit) binary
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ python3 -m pip install -U --pre "yt-dlp[default]"
 ```

 ## DEPENDENCIES
-Python versions 3.8+ (CPython) and 3.10+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
+Python versions 3.9+ (CPython) and 3.10+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.

 <!-- Python 3.5+ uses VC++14 and it is already embedded in the binary created
 <!x-- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 --x>
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ On some systems, you may need to use `py` or `python` instead of `python3`.
 **Important**: Running `pyinstaller` directly **instead of** using `python -m bundle.pyinstaller` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly.

 ### Platform-independent Binary (UNIX)
-You will need the build tools `python` (3.8+), `zip`, `make` (GNU), `pandoc`\* and `pytest`\*.
+You will need the build tools `python` (3.9+), `zip`, `make` (GNU), `pandoc`\* and `pytest`\*.

 After installing these, simply run `make`.

@@ -338,12 +337,14 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
    --plugin-dirs PATH              Path to an additional directory to search
                                    for plugins. This option can be used
                                    multiple times to add multiple directories.
-                                    Note that this currently only works for
-                                    extractor plugins; postprocessor plugins can
-                                    only be loaded from the default plugin
-                                    directories
-    --flat-playlist                 Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
-                                    only list them
+                                    Use "default" to search the default plugin
+                                    directories (default)
+    --no-plugin-dirs                Clear plugin directories to search,
+                                    including defaults and those provided by
+                                    previous --plugin-dirs
+    --flat-playlist                 Do not extract a playlist's URL result
+                                    entries; some entry metadata may be missing
+                                    and downloading may be bypassed
    --no-flat-playlist              Fully extract the videos of a playlist
                                    (default)
    --live-from-start               Download livestreams from the start.
@@ -479,7 +480,8 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
    --no-download-archive           Do not use archive file (default)
    --max-downloads NUMBER          Abort after downloading NUMBER files
    --break-on-existing             Stop the download process when encountering
-                                    a file that is in the archive
+                                    a file that is in the archive supplied with
+                                    the --download-archive option
    --no-break-on-existing          Do not stop the download process when
                                    encountering a file that is in the archive
                                    (default)
@@ -611,8 +613,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
    --no-restrict-filenames         Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
                                    filenames (default)
    --windows-filenames             Force filenames to be Windows-compatible
-    --no-windows-filenames          Make filenames Windows-compatible only if
-                                    using Windows (default)
+    --no-windows-filenames          Sanitize filenames only minimally
    --trim-filenames LENGTH         Limit the filename length (excluding
                                    extension) to the specified number of
                                    characters
@@ -1292,6 +1293,7 @@ The available fields are:
 - `playlist_uploader_id` (string): Nickname or id of the playlist uploader
 - `playlist_channel` (string): Display name of the channel that uploaded the playlist
 - `playlist_channel_id` (string): Identifier of the channel that uploaded the playlist
+ - `playlist_webpage_url` (string): URL of the playlist webpage
 - `webpage_url` (string): A URL to the video webpage which, if given to yt-dlp, should yield the same result again
 - `webpage_url_basename` (string): The basename of the webpage URL
 - `webpage_url_domain` (string): The domain of the webpage URL
@@ -1524,7 +1526,7 @@ The available fields are:
 - `hasvid`: Gives priority to formats that have a video stream
 - `hasaud`: Gives priority to formats that have an audio stream
 - `ie_pref`: The format preference
- - `lang`: The language preference
+ - `lang`: The language preference as determined by the extractor (e.g. original language preferred over audio description)
 - `quality`: The quality of the format
 - `source`: The preference of the source
 - `proto`: Protocol used for download (`https`/`ftps` > `http`/`ftp` > `m3u8_native`/`m3u8` > `http_dash_segments`> `websocket_frag` > `mms`/`rtsp` > `f4f`/`f4m`)
@@ -1553,9 +1555,9 @@ The available fields are:

 All fields, unless specified otherwise, are sorted in descending order. To reverse this, prefix the field with a `+`. E.g. `+res` prefers format with the smallest resolution. Additionally, you can suffix a preferred value for the fields, separated by a `:`. E.g. `res:720` prefers larger videos, but no larger than 720p and the smallest video if there are no videos less than 720p. For `codec` and `ext`, you can provide two preferred values, the first for video and the second for audio. E.g. `+codec:avc:m4a` (equivalent to `+vcodec:avc,+acodec:m4a`) sets the video codec preference to `h264` > `h265` > `vp9` > `vp9.2` > `av01` > `vp8` > `h263` > `theora` and audio codec preference to `mp4a` > `aac` > `vorbis` > `opus` > `mp3` > `ac3` > `dts`. You can also make the sorting prefer the nearest values to the provided by using `~` as the delimiter. E.g. `filesize~1G` prefers the format with filesize closest to 1 GiB.

-The fields `hasvid` and `ie_pref` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behavior can be changed by using `--format-sort-force`. Apart from these, the default order used is: `lang,quality,res,fps,hdr:12,vcodec:vp9.2,channels,acodec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id`. The extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.
+The fields `hasvid` and `ie_pref` are always given highest priority in sorting, irrespective of the user-defined order. This behavior can be changed by using `--format-sort-force`. Apart from these, the default order used is: `lang,quality,res,fps,hdr:12,vcodec,channels,acodec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,hasaud,source,id`. The extractors may override this default order, but they cannot override the user-provided order.

-Note that the default has `vcodec:vp9.2`; i.e. `av1` is not preferred. Similarly, the default for hdr is `hdr:12`; i.e. Dolby Vision is not preferred. These choices are made since DV and AV1 formats are not yet fully compatible with most devices. This may be changed in the future as more devices become capable of smoothly playing back these formats.
+Note that the default for hdr is `hdr:12`; i.e. Dolby Vision is not preferred. This choice was made since DV formats are not yet fully compatible with most devices. This may be changed in the future.

 If your format selector is `worst`, the last item is selected after sorting. This means it will select the format that is worst in all respects. Most of the time, what you actually want is the video with the smallest filesize instead. So it is generally better to use `-f best -S +size,+br,+res,+fps`.

@@ -1758,7 +1760,7 @@ $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata "title,uploader" "[ _]" "-"

 # EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS

-Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=mediaconnect,web;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
+Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=tv,mweb;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "twitter:api=syndication"`

 Note: In CLI, `ARG` can use `-` instead of `_`; e.g. `youtube:player-client"` becomes `youtube:player_client"`

@@ -1767,19 +1769,19 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 #### youtube
 * `lang`: Prefer translated metadata (`title`, `description` etc) of this language code (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en` translated. See [youtube.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/c26f9b991a0681fd3ea548d535919cec1fbbd430/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L381-L390) for list of supported content language codes
 * `skip`: One or more of `hls`, `dash` or `translated_subs` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
-* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `ios_creator`); and `mediaconnect`, `mweb`, `android_producer`, `android_testsuite`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,mweb` is used, and `tv_embedded`, `web_creator` and `mediaconnect` are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` URLs. Most `android` clients will be given lowest priority since their formats are broken. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients. You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=all,-web`
+* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The currently available clients are `web`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `web_music`, `web_creator`, `mweb`, `ios`, `android`, `android_vr`, `tv` and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv,ios,web` is used, or `tv,web` is used when authenticating with cookies. The `web_music` client is added for `music.youtube.com` URLs when logged-in cookies are used. The `tv_embedded` and `web_creator` clients are added for age-restricted videos if account age-verification is required. Some clients, such as `web` and `web_music`, require a `po_token` for their formats to be downloadable. Some clients, such as `web_creator`, will only work with authentication. Not all clients support authentication via cookies. You can use `default` for the default clients, or you can use `all` for all clients (not recommended). You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=default,-ios`
 * `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
 * `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
 * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
 * `max_comments`: Limit the amount of comments to gather. Comma-separated list of integers representing `max-comments,max-parents,max-replies,max-replies-per-thread`. Default is `all,all,all,all`
    * E.g. `all,all,1000,10` will get a maximum of 1000 replies total, with up to 10 replies per thread. `1000,all,100` will get a maximum of 1000 comments, with a maximum of 100 replies total
-* `formats`: Change the types of formats to return. `dashy` (convert HTTP to DASH), `duplicate` (identical content but different URLs or protocol; includes `dashy`), `incomplete` (cannot be downloaded completely - live dash and post-live m3u8)
+* `formats`: Change the types of formats to return. `dashy` (convert HTTP to DASH), `duplicate` (identical content but different URLs or protocol; includes `dashy`), `incomplete` (cannot be downloaded completely - live dash and post-live m3u8), `missing_pot` (include formats that require a PO Token but are missing one)
 * `innertube_host`: Innertube API host to use for all API requests; e.g. `studio.youtube.com`, `youtubei.googleapis.com`. Note that cookies exported from one subdomain will not work on others
 * `innertube_key`: Innertube API key to use for all API requests. By default, no API key is used
 * `raise_incomplete_data`: `Incomplete Data Received` raises an error instead of reporting a warning
 * `data_sync_id`: Overrides the account Data Sync ID used in Innertube API requests. This may be needed if you are using an account with `youtube:player_skip=webpage,configs` or `youtubetab:skip=webpage`
 * `visitor_data`: Overrides the Visitor Data used in Innertube API requests. This should be used with `player_skip=webpage,configs` and without cookies. Note: this may have adverse effects if used improperly. If a session from a browser is wanted, you should pass cookies instead (which contain the Visitor ID)
-* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use for requesting video playback. Comma seperated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web+XXX,android+YYY`
+* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma seperated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY`. Context can be either `gvs` (Google Video Server URLs) or `player` (Innertube player request)

 #### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
 * `skip`: One or more of `webpage` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
@@ -1791,14 +1793,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `key_query`: Passthrough the master m3u8 URL query to its HLS AES-128 decryption key URI if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `key_query=VALUE`. Note that this will have no effect if the key URI is provided via the `hls_key` extractor-arg. Does not apply to ffmpeg
 * `hls_key`: An HLS AES-128 key URI *or* key (as hex), and optionally the IV (as hex), in the form of `(URI|KEY)[,IV]`; e.g. `generic:hls_key=ABCDEF1234567980,0xFEDCBA0987654321`. Passing any of these values will force usage of the native HLS downloader and override the corresponding values found in the m3u8 playlist
 * `is_live`: Bypass live HLS detection and manually set `live_status` - a value of `false` will set `not_live`, any other value (or no value) will set `is_live`
-* `impersonate`: Target(s) to try and impersonate with the initial webpage request; e.g. `safari,chrome-110`. By default any available target will be used. Use `false` to disable impersonation
-
-#### funimation
-* `language`: Audio languages to extract, e.g. `funimation:language=english,japanese`
-* `version`: The video version to extract - `uncut` or `simulcast`
-
-#### crunchyrollbeta (Crunchyroll)
-* `hardsub`: One or more hardsub versions to extract (in order of preference), or `all` (default: `None` = no hardsubs will be extracted), e.g. `crunchyrollbeta:hardsub=en-US,de-DE`
+* `impersonate`: Target(s) to try and impersonate with the initial webpage request; e.g. `generic:impersonate=safari,chrome-110`. Use `generic:impersonate` to impersonate any available target, and use `generic:impersonate=false` to disable impersonation (default)

 #### vikichannel
 * `video_types`: Types of videos to download - one or more of `episodes`, `movies`, `clips`, `trailers`
@@ -1817,6 +1812,9 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `vcodec`: vcodec to ignore - one or more of `h264`, `h265`, `dvh265`
 * `dr`: dynamic range to ignore - one or more of `sdr`, `hdr10`, `dv`

+#### instagram
+* `app_id`: The value of the `X-IG-App-ID` header used for API requests. Default is the web app ID, `936619743392459`
+
 #### niconicochannelplus
 * `max_comments`: Maximum number of comments to extract - default is `120`

@@ -1857,7 +1855,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `cdn`: One or more CDN IDs to use with the API call for stream URLs, e.g. `gcp_cdn`, `gs_cdn_pc_app`, `gs_cdn_mobile_web`, `gs_cdn_pc_web`

 #### soundcloud
-* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{extension}` (omitting the bitrate), e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known extensions include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`
+* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{codec}`, e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known codecs include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`

 #### orfon (orf:on)
 * `prefer_segments_playlist`: Prefer a playlist of program segments instead of a single complete video when available. If individual segments are desired, use `--concat-playlist never --extractor-args "orfon:prefer_segments_playlist"`
@@ -1865,8 +1863,11 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 #### bilibili
 * `prefer_multi_flv`: Prefer extracting flv formats over mp4 for older videos that still provide legacy formats

-#### digitalconcerthall
-* `prefer_combined_hls`: Prefer extracting combined/pre-merged video and audio HLS formats. This will exclude 4K/HEVC video and lossless/FLAC audio formats, which are only available as split video/audio HLS formats
+#### sonylivseries
+* `sort_order`: Episode sort order for series extraction - one of `asc` (ascending, oldest first) or `desc` (descending, newest first). Default is `asc`
+
+#### tver
+* `backend`: Backend API to use for extraction - one of `streaks` (default) or `brightcove` (deprecated)

 **Note**: These options may be changed/removed in the future without concern for backward compatibility

@@ -2156,9 +2157,9 @@ with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
 * **YouTube improvements**:
    * Supports Clips, Stories (`ytstories:<channel UCID>`), Search (including filters)**\***, YouTube Music Search, Channel-specific search, Search prefixes (`ytsearch:`, `ytsearchdate:`)**\***, Mixes, and Feeds (`:ytfav`, `:ytwatchlater`, `:ytsubs`, `:ythistory`, `:ytrec`, `:ytnotif`)
    * Fix for [n-sig based throttling](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29326) **\***
-    * Supports some (but not all) age-gated content without cookies
    * Download livestreams from the start using `--live-from-start` (*experimental*)
    * Channel URLs download all uploads of the channel, including shorts and live
+    * Support for [logging in with OAuth](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#logging-in-with-oauth)

 * **Cookies from browser**: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]`

@@ -2200,12 +2201,12 @@ Features marked with a **\*** have been back-ported to youtube-dl

 Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtube-dlc:

-* yt-dlp supports only [Python 3.8+](## "Windows 7"), and will remove support for more versions as they [become EOL](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle); while [youtube-dl still supports Python 2.6+ and 3.2+](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568#issue-1118238743)
+* yt-dlp supports only [Python 3.9+](## "Windows 8"), and will remove support for more versions as they [become EOL](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle); while [youtube-dl still supports Python 2.6+ and 3.2+](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568#issue-1118238743)
 * The options `--auto-number` (`-A`), `--title` (`-t`) and `--literal` (`-l`), no longer work. See [removed options](#Removed) for details
 * `avconv` is not supported as an alternative to `ffmpeg`
 * yt-dlp stores config files in slightly different locations to youtube-dl. See [CONFIGURATION](#configuration) for a list of correct locations
 * The default [output template](#output-template) is `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`. There is no real reason for this change. This was changed before yt-dlp was ever made public and now there are no plans to change it back to `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. Instead, you may use `--compat-options filename`
-* The default [format sorting](#sorting-formats) is different from youtube-dl and prefers higher resolution and better codecs rather than higher bitrates. You can use the `--format-sort` option to change this to any order you prefer, or use `--compat-options format-sort` to use youtube-dl's sorting order
+* The default [format sorting](#sorting-formats) is different from youtube-dl and prefers higher resolution and better codecs rather than higher bitrates. You can use the `--format-sort` option to change this to any order you prefer, or use `--compat-options format-sort` to use youtube-dl's sorting order. Older versions of yt-dlp preferred VP9 due to its broader compatibility; you can use `--compat-options prefer-vp9-sort` to revert to that format sorting preference. These two compat options cannot be used together
 * The default format selector is `bv*+ba/b`. This means that if a combined video + audio format that is better than the best video-only format is found, the former will be preferred. Use `-f bv+ba/b` or `--compat-options format-spec` to revert this
 * Unlike youtube-dlc, yt-dlp does not allow merging multiple audio/video streams into one file by default (since this conflicts with the use of `-f bv*+ba`). If needed, this feature must be enabled using `--audio-multistreams` and `--video-multistreams`. You can also use `--compat-options multistreams` to enable both
 * `--no-abort-on-error` is enabled by default. Use `--abort-on-error` or `--compat-options abort-on-error` to abort on errors instead
@@ -2234,11 +2235,11 @@ Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtu
 For ease of use, a few more compat options are available:

 * `--compat-options all`: Use all compat options (**Do NOT use this!**)
-* `--compat-options youtube-dl`: Same as `--compat-options all,-multistreams,-playlist-match-filter,-manifest-filesize-approx,-allow-unsafe-ext`
-* `--compat-options youtube-dlc`: Same as `--compat-options all,-no-live-chat,-no-youtube-channel-redirect,-playlist-match-filter,-manifest-filesize-approx,-allow-unsafe-ext`
+* `--compat-options youtube-dl`: Same as `--compat-options all,-multistreams,-playlist-match-filter,-manifest-filesize-approx,-allow-unsafe-ext,-prefer-vp9-sort`
+* `--compat-options youtube-dlc`: Same as `--compat-options all,-no-live-chat,-no-youtube-channel-redirect,-playlist-match-filter,-manifest-filesize-approx,-allow-unsafe-ext,-prefer-vp9-sort`
 * `--compat-options 2021`: Same as `--compat-options 2022,no-certifi,filename-sanitization,no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date`
 * `--compat-options 2022`: Same as `--compat-options 2023,playlist-match-filter,no-external-downloader-progress,prefer-legacy-http-handler,manifest-filesize-approx`
-* `--compat-options 2023`: Currently does nothing. Use this to enable all future compat options
+* `--compat-options 2023`: Same as `--compat-options prefer-vp9-sort`. Use this to enable all future compat options

 The following compat options restore vulnerable behavior from before security patches:

--- a/devscripts/changelog_override.json
+++ b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
@@ -206,5 +206,44 @@
        "action": "add",
        "when": "a886cf3e900f4a2ec00af705f883539269545609",
        "short": "[priority] **Following this release, yt-dlp's Python dependencies *must* be installed using the `default` group**\nIf you're installing yt-dlp with pip/pipx or requiring yt-dlp in your own Python project, you'll need to specify `yt-dlp[default]` if you want to also install yt-dlp's optional dependencies (which were previously included by default). [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/11255)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "87884f15580910e4e0fe0e1db73508debc657471",
+        "short": "[priority] **Beginning with this release, yt-dlp's Python dependencies *must* be installed using the `default` group**\nIf you're installing yt-dlp with pip/pipx or requiring yt-dlp in your own Python project, you'll need to specify `yt-dlp[default]` if you want to also install yt-dlp's optional dependencies (which were previously included by default). [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/11255)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "d784464399b600ba9516bbcec6286f11d68974dd",
+        "short": "[priority] **The minimum *required* Python version has been raised to 3.9**\nPython 3.8 reached its end-of-life on 2024.10.07, and yt-dlp has now removed support for it. As an unfortunate side effect, the official `yt-dlp.exe` and `yt-dlp_x86.exe` binaries are no longer supported on Windows 7. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10086)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "914af9a0cf51c9a3f74aa88d952bee8334c67511",
+        "short": "Expand paths in `--plugin-dirs` (#11334)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "c29f5a7fae93a08f3cfbb6127b2faa75145b06a0",
+        "short": "[ie/generic] Do not impersonate by default (#11336)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "57212a5f97ce367590aaa5c3e9a135eead8f81f7",
+        "short": "[ie/vimeo] Fix API retries (#11351)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "52c0ffe40ad6e8404d93296f575007b05b04c686",
+        "short": "[priority] **Login with OAuth is no longer supported for YouTube**\nDue to a change made by the site, yt-dlp is no longer able to support OAuth login for YouTube. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11462#issuecomment-2471703090)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "76ac023ff02f06e8c003d104f02a03deeddebdcd",
+        "short": "[ie/youtube:tab] Improve shorts title extraction (#11997)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly", "d3d9"]
    }
 ]
--- a/devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py
+++ b/devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import codecs
 import subprocess

 from yt_dlp.aes import aes_encrypt, key_expansion
-from yt_dlp.utils import intlist_to_bytes

 secret_msg = b'Secret message goes here'


 def hex_str(int_list):
-    return codecs.encode(intlist_to_bytes(int_list), 'hex')
+    return codecs.encode(bytes(int_list), 'hex')


 def openssl_encode(algo, key, iv):
--- a/devscripts/make_changelog.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_changelog.py
@@ -71,14 +71,13 @@ class CommitGroup(enum.Enum):
    def get(cls, value: str) -> tuple[CommitGroup | None, str | None]:
        group, _, subgroup = (group.strip().lower() for group in value.partition('/'))

-        result = cls.group_lookup().get(group)
-        if not result:
-            if subgroup:
-                return None, value
-            subgroup = group
-            result = cls.subgroup_lookup().get(subgroup)
+        if result := cls.group_lookup().get(group):
+            return result, subgroup or None

-        return result, subgroup or None
+        if subgroup:
+            return None, value
+
+        return cls.subgroup_lookup().get(group), group or None


@dataclass
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ class Changelog:
                first = False
                yield '\n<details><summary><h3>Changelog</h3></summary>\n'

-            group = groups[item]
-            if group:
+            if group := groups[item]:
                yield self.format_module(item.value, group)

        if self._collapsible:
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ class CommitRange:
        ''', re.VERBOSE | re.DOTALL)
    EXTRACTOR_INDICATOR_RE = re.compile(r'(?:Fix|Add)\s+Extractors?', re.IGNORECASE)
    REVERT_RE = re.compile(r'(?:\[[^\]]+\]\s+)?(?i:Revert)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
-    FIXES_RE = re.compile(r'(?i:Fix(?:es)?(?:\s+bugs?)?(?:\s+in|\s+for)?|Revert|Improve)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
+    FIXES_RE = re.compile(r'(?i:(?:bug\s*)?fix(?:es)?(?:\s+bugs?)?(?:\s+in|\s+for)?|Improve)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
    UPSTREAM_MERGE_RE = re.compile(r'Update to ytdl-commit-([\da-f]+)')

    def __init__(self, start, end, default_author=None):
@@ -287,11 +285,16 @@ class CommitRange:
            short = next(lines)
            skip = short.startswith('Release ') or short == '[version] update'

+            fix_commitish = None
+            if match := self.FIXES_RE.search(short):
+                fix_commitish = match.group(1)
+
            authors = [default_author] if default_author else []
            for line in iter(lambda: next(lines), self.COMMIT_SEPARATOR):
-                match = self.AUTHOR_INDICATOR_RE.match(line)
-                if match:
+                if match := self.AUTHOR_INDICATOR_RE.match(line):
                    authors = sorted(map(str.strip, line[match.end():].split(',')), key=str.casefold)
+                if not fix_commitish and (match := self.FIXES_RE.fullmatch(line)):
+                    fix_commitish = match.group(1)

            commit = Commit(commit_hash, short, authors)
            if skip and (self._start or not i):
@@ -301,21 +304,17 @@ class CommitRange:
                logger.debug(f'Reached Release commit, breaking: {commit}')
                break

-            revert_match = self.REVERT_RE.fullmatch(commit.short)
-            if revert_match:
-                reverts[revert_match.group(1)] = commit
+            if match := self.REVERT_RE.fullmatch(commit.short):
+                reverts[match.group(1)] = commit
                continue

-            fix_match = self.FIXES_RE.search(commit.short)
-            if fix_match:
-                commitish = fix_match.group(1)
-                fixes[commitish].append(commit)
+            if fix_commitish:
+                fixes[fix_commitish].append(commit)

            commits[commit.hash] = commit

        for commitish, revert_commit in reverts.items():
-            reverted = commits.pop(commitish, None)
-            if reverted:
+            if reverted := commits.pop(commitish, None):
                logger.debug(f'{commitish} fully reverted {reverted}')
            else:
                commits[revert_commit.hash] = revert_commit
@@ -461,8 +460,7 @@ def create_changelog(args):

    logger.info(f'Loaded {len(commits)} commits')

-    new_contributors = get_new_contributors(args.contributors_path, commits)
-    if new_contributors:
+    if new_contributors := get_new_contributors(args.contributors_path, commits):
        if args.contributors:
            write_file(args.contributors_path, '\n'.join(new_contributors) + '\n', mode='a')
        logger.info(f'New contributors: {", ".join(new_contributors)}')
--- a/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ import re

 from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, read_file, write_file

-VERBOSE_TMPL = '''
+VERBOSE = '''
  - type: checkboxes
    id: verbose
    attributes:
      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      description: |
+        This is mandatory unless absolutely impossible to provide. If you are unable to provide the output, please explain why.
      options:
        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
          required: true
@@ -32,45 +34,38 @@ VERBOSE_TMPL = '''
      placeholder: |
        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
-        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds [1a176d874] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 7.0.2 (setts), ffprobe 7.0.2
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
-        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
-        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
+        [debug] Loaded 1838 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
+        Latest version: nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
      required: true
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        > [!CAUTION]
-        > ### GitHub is experiencing a high volume of malicious spam comments.
-        > ### If you receive any replies asking you download a file, do NOT follow the download links!
-        >
-        > Note that this issue may be temporarily locked as an anti-spam measure after it is opened.
 '''.strip()

 NO_SKIP = '''
-  - type: checkboxes
+  - type: markdown
    attributes:
-      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
-      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
-      options:
-        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\\* field
-          required: true
+      value: |
+        > [!IMPORTANT]
+        > Not providing the required (*) information or removing the template will result in your issue being closed and ignored.
 '''.strip()


 def main():
-    fields = {'no_skip': NO_SKIP}
-    fields['verbose'] = VERBOSE_TMPL % fields
-    fields['verbose_optional'] = re.sub(r'(\n\s+validations:)?\n\s+required: true', '', fields['verbose'])
+    fields = {
+        'no_skip': NO_SKIP,
+        'verbose': VERBOSE,
+        'verbose_optional': re.sub(r'(\n\s+validations:)?\n\s+required: true', '', VERBOSE),
+    }

    infile, outfile = get_filename_args(has_infile=True)
    write_file(outfile, read_file(infile) % fields)
--- a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 from inspect import getsource

 from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, read_file, write_file
+from yt_dlp.extractor import import_extractors
+from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
+from yt_dlp.globals import extractors

 NO_ATTR = object()
 STATIC_CLASS_PROPERTIES = [
@@ -38,8 +41,7 @@ def main():

    lazy_extractors_filename = get_filename_args(default_outfile='yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py')

-    from yt_dlp.extractor.extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
-    from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
+    import_extractors()

    DummyInfoExtractor = type('InfoExtractor', (InfoExtractor,), {'IE_NAME': NO_ATTR})
    module_src = '\n'.join((
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ def main():
        '    _module = None',
        *extra_ie_code(DummyInfoExtractor),
        '\nclass LazyLoadSearchExtractor(LazyLoadExtractor):\n    pass\n',
-        *build_ies(_ALL_CLASSES, (InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor), DummyInfoExtractor),
+        *build_ies(list(extractors.value.values()), (InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor), DummyInfoExtractor),
    ))

    write_file(lazy_extractors_filename, f'{module_src}\n')
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ def build_ies(ies, bases, attr_base):
        if ie in ies:
            names.append(ie.__name__)

-    yield f'\n_ALL_CLASSES = [{", ".join(names)}]'
+    yield '\n_CLASS_LOOKUP = {%s}' % ', '.join(f'{name!r}: {name}' for name in names)


 def sort_ies(ies, ignored_bases):
--- a/devscripts/make_supportedsites.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_supportedsites.py
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, write_file
 from yt_dlp.extractor import list_extractor_classes

+TEMPLATE = '''\
+# Supported sites
+
+Below is a list of all extractors that are currently included with yt-dlp.
+If a site is not listed here, it might still be supported by yt-dlp's embed extraction or generic extractor.
+Not all sites listed here are guaranteed to work; websites are constantly changing and sometimes this breaks yt-dlp's support for them.
+The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
+
+{ie_list}
+'''
+

 def main():
    out = '\n'.join(ie.description() for ie in list_extractor_classes() if ie.IE_DESC is not False)
-    write_file(get_filename_args(), f'# Supported sites\n{out}\n')
+    write_file(get_filename_args(), TEMPLATE.format(ie_list=out))


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.py
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def parse_args():


 def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
-    run_core = 'core' in tests or (not pattern and not tests)
+    # XXX: hatch uses `tests` if no arguments are passed
+    run_core = 'core' in tests or 'tests' in tests or (not pattern and not tests)
    run_download = 'download' in tests

    pytest_args = args.pytest_args or os.getenv('HATCH_TEST_ARGS', '')
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 description = "A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = [
    "youtube-dl",
    "video-downloader",
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ classifiers = [
    "Environment :: Console",
    "Programming Language :: Python",
    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -42,7 +41,10 @@ classifiers = [
    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
-dependencies = [
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+default = [
    "brotli; implementation_name=='cpython'",
    "brotlicffi; implementation_name!='cpython'",
    "certifi",
@@ -52,12 +54,8 @@ dependencies = [
    "urllib3>=1.26.17,<3",
    "websockets>=13.0",
 ]
-
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-default = []
 curl-cffi = [
-    "curl-cffi==0.5.10; os_name=='nt' and implementation_name=='cpython'",
-    "curl-cffi>=0.5.10,!=0.6.*,<0.7.2; os_name!='nt' and implementation_name=='cpython'",
+    "curl-cffi>=0.5.10,!=0.6.*,!=0.7.*,!=0.8.*,!=0.9.*,<0.11; implementation_name=='cpython'",
 ]
 secretstorage = [
    "cffi",
@@ -77,14 +75,14 @@ dev = [
 ]
 static-analysis = [
    "autopep8~=2.0",
-    "ruff~=0.6.0",
+    "ruff~=0.11.0",
 ]
 test = [
    "pytest~=8.1",
    "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
 ]
 pyinstaller = [
-    "pyinstaller>=6.10.0",  # Windows temp cleanup fixed in 6.10.0
+    "pyinstaller>=6.11.1",  # Windows temp cleanup fixed in 6.11.1
 ]

 [project.urls]
@@ -187,6 +185,7 @@ ignore = [
    "E501",    # line-too-long
    "E731",    # lambda-assignment
    "E741",    # ambiguous-variable-name
+    "UP031",   # printf-string-formatting
    "UP036",   # outdated-version-block
    "B006",    # mutable-argument-default
    "B008",    # function-call-in-default-argument
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ ignore = [
    "B023",    # function-uses-loop-variable (false positives)
    "B028",    # no-explicit-stacklevel
    "B904",    # raise-without-from-inside-except
+    "A005",    # stdlib-module-shadowing
    "C401",    # unnecessary-generator-set
    "C402",    # unnecessary-generator-dict
    "PIE790",  # unnecessary-placeholder
@@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ select = [
    "A002",   # builtin-argument-shadowing
    "C408",   # unnecessary-collection-call
 ]
-"yt_dlp/jsinterp.py" = [
-    "UP031",  # printf-string-formatting
-]

 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = [
@@ -314,6 +311,16 @@ banned-from = [
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_urllib_parse_urlparse".msg = "Use `urllib.parse.urlparse` instead."
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_shlex_quote".msg = "Use `yt_dlp.utils.shell_quote` instead."
 "yt_dlp.utils.error_to_compat_str".msg = "Use `str` instead."
+"yt_dlp.utils.bytes_to_intlist".msg = "Use `list` instead."
+"yt_dlp.utils.intlist_to_bytes".msg = "Use `bytes` instead."
+"yt_dlp.utils.decodeArgument".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.utils.decodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.utils.encodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.compat.compat_os_name".msg = "Use `os.name` instead."
+"yt_dlp.compat.compat_realpath".msg = "Use `os.path.realpath` instead."
+"yt_dlp.compat.functools".msg = "Use `functools` instead."
+"yt_dlp.utils.decodeOption".msg = "Do not use"
+"yt_dlp.utils.compiled_regex_type".msg = "Use `re.Pattern` instead."

 [tool.autopep8]
 max_line_length = 120
@@ -376,9 +383,14 @@ select = [
    "W391",
    "W504",
 ]
+exclude = "*/extractor/lazy_extractors.py,*venv*,*/test/testdata/sigs/player-*.js,.idea,.vscode"

 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-ra -v --strict-markers"
+addopts = [
+    "-ra",  # summary: all except passed
+    "--verbose",
+    "--strict-markers",
+]
 markers = [
    "download",
 ]
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setenv =


 [isort]
-py_version = 38
+py_version = 39
 multi_line_output = VERTICAL_HANGING_INDENT
 line_length = 80
 reverse_relative = true
--- a/supportedsites.md
+++ b/supportedsites.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Supported sites
+
+Below is a list of all extractors that are currently included with yt-dlp.
+If a site is not listed here, it might still be supported by yt-dlp's embed extraction or generic extractor.
+Not all sites listed here are guaranteed to work; websites are constantly changing and sometimes this breaks yt-dlp's support for them.
+The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
+
 - **17live**
 - **17live:clip**
+ - **17live:vod**
 - **1News**: 1news.co.nz article videos
 - **1tv**: Первый канал
 - **20min**
@@ -129,6 +136,8 @@
 - **Bandcamp:album**
 - **Bandcamp:user**
 - **Bandcamp:weekly**
+ - **Bandlab**
+ - **BandlabPlaylist**
 - **BannedVideo**
 - **bbc**: [*bbc*](## "netrc machine") BBC
 - **bbc.co.uk**: [*bbc*](## "netrc machine") BBC iPlayer
@@ -169,6 +178,7 @@
 - **BilibiliCheese**
 - **BilibiliCheeseSeason**
 - **BilibiliCollectionList**
+ - **BiliBiliDynamic**
 - **BilibiliFavoritesList**
 - **BiliBiliPlayer**
 - **BilibiliPlaylist**
@@ -190,7 +200,8 @@
 - **blerp**
 - **blogger.com**
 - **Bloomberg**
- - **BokeCC**
+ - **Bluesky**
+ - **BokeCC**: CC视频
 - **BongaCams**
 - **Boosty**
 - **BostonGlobe**
@@ -214,6 +225,7 @@
 - **bt:vestlendingen**: Bergens Tidende - Vestlendingen
 - **Bundesliga**
 - **Bundestag**
+ - **BunnyCdn**
 - **BusinessInsider**
 - **BuzzFeed**
 - **BYUtv**: (**Currently broken**)
@@ -232,6 +244,7 @@
 - **CanalAlpha**
 - **canalc2.tv**
 - **Canalplus**: mycanal.fr and piwiplus.fr
+ - **Canalsurmas**
 - **CaracolTvPlay**: [*caracoltv-play*](## "netrc machine")
 - **CartoonNetwork**
 - **cbc.ca**
@@ -247,7 +260,7 @@
 - **cbsnews:livevideo**: CBS News Live Videos
 - **cbssports**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **cbssports:embed**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **CCMA**
+ - **CCMA**: 3Cat, TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio
 - **CCTV**: 央视网
 - **CDA**: [*cdapl*](## "netrc machine")
 - **CDAFolder**
@@ -280,8 +293,6 @@
 - **cmt.com**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **CNBCVideo**
 - **CNN**
- - **CNNArticle**
- - **CNNBlogs**
 - **CNNIndonesia**
 - **ComedyCentral**
 - **ComedyCentralTV**
@@ -302,10 +313,6 @@
 - **CrowdBunker**
 - **CrowdBunkerChannel**
 - **Crtvg**
- - **crunchyroll**: [*crunchyroll*](## "netrc machine")
- - **crunchyroll:artist**: [*crunchyroll*](## "netrc machine")
- - **crunchyroll:music**: [*crunchyroll*](## "netrc machine")
- - **crunchyroll:playlist**: [*crunchyroll*](## "netrc machine")
 - **CSpan**: C-SPAN
 - **CSpanCongress**
 - **CtsNews**: 華視新聞
@@ -316,7 +323,8 @@
 - **curiositystream**: [*curiositystream*](## "netrc machine")
 - **curiositystream:collections**: [*curiositystream*](## "netrc machine")
 - **curiositystream:series**: [*curiositystream*](## "netrc machine")
- - **CWTV**
+ - **cwtv**
+ - **cwtv:movie**
 - **Cybrary**: [*cybrary*](## "netrc machine")
 - **CybraryCourse**: [*cybrary*](## "netrc machine")
 - **DacastPlaylist**
@@ -340,8 +348,6 @@
 - **daystar:clip**
 - **DBTV**
 - **DctpTv**
- - **DeezerAlbum**
- - **DeezerPlaylist**
 - **democracynow**
 - **DestinationAmerica**
 - **DetikEmbed**
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@
 - **DigitalConcertHall**: [*digitalconcerthall*](## "netrc machine") DigitalConcertHall extractor
 - **DigitallySpeaking**
 - **Digiteka**
+ - **Digiview**
 - **DiscogsReleasePlaylist**
 - **DiscoveryLife**
 - **DiscoveryNetworksDe**
@@ -373,6 +380,7 @@
 - **Dropbox**
 - **Dropout**: [*dropout*](## "netrc machine")
 - **DropoutSeason**
+ - **DrTalks**
 - **DrTuber**
 - **drtv**
 - **drtv:live**
@@ -391,6 +399,8 @@
 - **Ebay**
 - **egghead:course**: egghead.io course
 - **egghead:lesson**: egghead.io lesson
+ - **eggs:artist**
+ - **eggs:single**
 - **EinsUndEinsTV**: [*1und1tv*](## "netrc machine")
 - **EinsUndEinsTVLive**: [*1und1tv*](## "netrc machine")
 - **EinsUndEinsTVRecordings**: [*1und1tv*](## "netrc machine")
@@ -464,9 +474,9 @@
 - **fptplay**: fptplay.vn
 - **FranceCulture**
 - **FranceInter**
- - **FranceTV**
+ - **francetv**
+ - **francetv:site**
 - **francetvinfo.fr**
- - **FranceTVSite**
 - **Freesound**
 - **freespeech.org**
 - **freetv:series**
@@ -475,9 +485,6 @@
 - **FrontendMastersCourse**: [*frontendmasters*](## "netrc machine")
 - **FrontendMastersLesson**: [*frontendmasters*](## "netrc machine")
 - **FujiTVFODPlus7**
- - **Funimation**: [*funimation*](## "netrc machine")
- - **funimation:page**: [*funimation*](## "netrc machine")
- - **funimation:show**: [*funimation*](## "netrc machine")
 - **Funk**
 - **Funker530**
 - **Fux**
@@ -485,6 +492,7 @@
 - **Gab**
 - **GabTV**
 - **Gaia**: [*gaia*](## "netrc machine")
+ - **GameDevTVDashboard**: [*gamedevtv*](## "netrc machine")
 - **GameJolt**
 - **GameJoltCommunity**
 - **GameJoltGame**
@@ -500,7 +508,7 @@
 - **GediDigital**
 - **gem.cbc.ca**: [*cbcgem*](## "netrc machine")
 - **gem.cbc.ca:live**
- - **gem.cbc.ca:playlist**
+ - **gem.cbc.ca:playlist**: [*cbcgem*](## "netrc machine")
 - **Genius**
 - **GeniusLyrics**
 - **Germanupa**: germanupa.de
@@ -602,10 +610,10 @@
 - **Inc**
 - **IndavideoEmbed**
 - **InfoQ**
- - **Instagram**: [*instagram*](## "netrc machine")
- - **instagram:story**: [*instagram*](## "netrc machine")
- - **instagram:tag**: [*instagram*](## "netrc machine") Instagram hashtag search URLs
- - **instagram:user**: [*instagram*](## "netrc machine") Instagram user profile (**Currently broken**)
+ - **Instagram**
+ - **instagram:story**
+ - **instagram:tag**: Instagram hashtag search URLs
+ - **instagram:user**: Instagram user profile (**Currently broken**)
 - **InstagramIOS**: IOS instagram:// URL
 - **Internazionale**
 - **InternetVideoArchive**
@@ -652,7 +660,8 @@
 - **Karaoketv**
 - **Katsomo**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **KelbyOne**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **Ketnet**
+ - **Kenh14Playlist**
+ - **Kenh14Video**
 - **khanacademy**
 - **khanacademy:unit**
 - **kick:clips**
@@ -685,9 +694,9 @@
 - **LastFMPlaylist**
 - **LastFMUser**
 - **LaXarxaMes**: [*laxarxames*](## "netrc machine")
- - **lbry**
- - **lbry:channel**
- - **lbry:playlist**
+ - **lbry**: odysee.com
+ - **lbry:channel**: odysee.com channels
+ - **lbry:playlist**: odysee.com playlists
 - **LCI**
 - **Lcp**
 - **LcpPlay**
@@ -724,6 +733,7 @@
 - **Livestreamfails**
 - **Lnk**
 - **loc**: Library of Congress
+ - **Loco**
 - **loom**
 - **loom:folder**
 - **LoveHomePorn**
@@ -785,10 +795,6 @@
 - **MicrosoftLearnSession**
 - **MicrosoftMedius**
 - **microsoftstream**: Microsoft Stream
- - **mildom**: Record ongoing live by specific user in Mildom
- - **mildom:clip**: Clip in Mildom
- - **mildom:user:vod**: Download all VODs from specific user in Mildom
- - **mildom:vod**: VOD in Mildom
 - **minds**
 - **minds:channel**
 - **minds:group**
@@ -799,6 +805,7 @@
 - **MiTele**: mitele.es
 - **mixch**
 - **mixch:archive**
+ - **mixch:movie**
 - **mixcloud**
 - **mixcloud:playlist**
 - **mixcloud:user**
@@ -821,11 +828,11 @@
 - **MotherlessUploader**
 - **Motorsport**: motorsport.com (**Currently broken**)
 - **MovieFap**
- - **Moviepilot**
+ - **moviepilot**: Moviepilot trailer
 - **MoviewPlay**
 - **Moviezine**
 - **MovingImage**
- - **MSN**: (**Currently broken**)
+ - **MSN**
 - **mtg**: MTG services
 - **mtv**
 - **mtv.de**: (**Currently broken**)
@@ -890,6 +897,8 @@
 - **nebula:video**: [*watchnebula*](## "netrc machine")
 - **NekoHacker**
 - **NerdCubedFeed**
+ - **Nest**
+ - **NestClip**
 - **netease:album**: 网易云音乐 - 专辑
 - **netease:djradio**: 网易云音乐 - 电台
 - **netease:mv**: 网易云音乐 - MV
@@ -1061,14 +1070,16 @@
 - **PhilharmonieDeParis**: Philharmonie de Paris
 - **phoenix.de**
 - **Photobucket**
+ - **PiaLive**
 - **Piapro**: [*piapro*](## "netrc machine")
- - **PIAULIZAPortal**: ulizaportal.jp - PIA LIVE STREAM
 - **Picarto**
 - **PicartoVod**
 - **Piksel**
 - **Pinkbike**
 - **Pinterest**
 - **PinterestCollection**
+ - **PiramideTV**
+ - **PiramideTVChannel**
 - **pixiv:sketch**
 - **pixiv:sketch:user**
 - **Pladform**
@@ -1085,12 +1096,11 @@
 - **pluralsight**: [*pluralsight*](## "netrc machine")
 - **pluralsight:course**
 - **PlutoTV**: (**Currently broken**)
+ - **PlVideo**: Платформа
 - **PodbayFM**
 - **PodbayFMChannel**
 - **Podchaser**
 - **podomatic**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **Pokemon**
- - **PokemonWatch**
 - **PokerGo**: [*pokergo*](## "netrc machine")
 - **PokerGoCollection**: [*pokergo*](## "netrc machine")
 - **PolsatGo**
@@ -1161,6 +1171,7 @@
 - **RadioJavan**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **radiokapital**
 - **radiokapital:show**
+ - **RadioRadicale**
 - **RadioZetPodcast**
 - **radlive**
 - **radlive:channel**
@@ -1295,8 +1306,8 @@
 - **sejm**
 - **Sen**
 - **SenalColombiaLive**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **SenateGov**
- - **SenateISVP**
+ - **senate.gov**
+ - **senate.gov:isvp**
 - **SendtoNews**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **Servus**
 - **Sexu**: (**Currently broken**)
@@ -1332,6 +1343,7 @@
 - **Smotrim**
 - **SnapchatSpotlight**
 - **Snotr**
+ - **SoftWhiteUnderbelly**: [*softwhiteunderbelly*](## "netrc machine")
 - **Sohu**
 - **SohuV**
 - **SonyLIV**: [*sonyliv*](## "netrc machine")
@@ -1368,9 +1380,7 @@
 - **spotify**: Spotify episodes (**Currently broken**)
 - **spotify:show**: Spotify shows (**Currently broken**)
 - **Spreaker**
- - **SpreakerPage**
 - **SpreakerShow**
- - **SpreakerShowPage**
 - **SpringboardPlatform**
 - **Sprout**
 - **SproutVideo**
@@ -1390,12 +1400,15 @@
 - **StoryFire**
 - **StoryFireSeries**
 - **StoryFireUser**
+ - **Streaks**
 - **Streamable**
 - **StreamCZ**
 - **StreetVoice**
 - **StretchInternet**
 - **Stripchat**
 - **stv:player**
+ - **Subsplash**
+ - **subsplash:playlist**
 - **Substack**
 - **SunPorno**
 - **sverigesradio:episode**
@@ -1446,7 +1459,7 @@
 - **TeleQuebecSquat**
 - **TeleQuebecVideo**
 - **TeleTask**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **Telewebion**
+ - **Telewebion**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **Tempo**
 - **TennisTV**: [*tennistv*](## "netrc machine")
 - **TenPlay**: [*10play*](## "netrc machine")
@@ -1526,6 +1539,8 @@
 - **tv5unis**
 - **tv5unis:video**
 - **tv8.it**
+ - **tv8.it:live**: TV8 Live
+ - **tv8.it:playlist**: TV8 Playlist
 - **TVANouvelles**
 - **TVANouvellesArticle**
 - **tvaplus**: TVA+
@@ -1546,6 +1561,7 @@
 - **tvp:vod:series**
 - **TVPlayer**
 - **TVPlayHome**
+ - **Tvw**
 - **Tweakers**
 - **TwitCasting**
 - **TwitCastingLive**
@@ -1571,6 +1587,8 @@
 - **UFCTV**: [*ufctv*](## "netrc machine")
 - **ukcolumn**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **UKTVPlay**
+ - **UlizaPlayer**
+ - **UlizaPortal**: ulizaportal.jp
 - **umg:de**: Universal Music Deutschland (**Currently broken**)
 - **Unistra**
 - **Unity**: (**Currently broken**)
@@ -1588,8 +1606,6 @@
 - **Varzesh3**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **Vbox7**
 - **Veo**
- - **Veoh**
- - **veoh:user**
 - **Vesti**: Вести.Ru (**Currently broken**)
 - **Vevo**
 - **VevoPlaylist**
@@ -1627,8 +1643,6 @@
 - **viewlift**
 - **viewlift:embed**
 - **Viidea**
- - **viki**: [*viki*](## "netrc machine")
- - **viki:channel**: [*viki*](## "netrc machine")
 - **vimeo**: [*vimeo*](## "netrc machine")
 - **vimeo:album**: [*vimeo*](## "netrc machine")
 - **vimeo:channel**: [*vimeo*](## "netrc machine")
@@ -1643,8 +1657,6 @@
 - **Vimm:stream**
 - **ViMP**
 - **ViMP:Playlist**
- - **Vine**
- - **vine:user**
 - **Viously**
 - **Viqeo**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **Viu**
@@ -1668,8 +1680,12 @@
 - **vpro**: npo.nl, ntr.nl, omroepwnl.nl, zapp.nl and npo3.nl
 - **vqq:series**
 - **vqq:video**
+ - **vrsquare**: VR SQUARE
+ - **vrsquare:channel**
+ - **vrsquare:search**
+ - **vrsquare:section**
 - **VRT**: VRT NWS, Flanders News, Flandern Info and Sporza
- - **VrtNU**: [*vrtnu*](## "netrc machine") VRT MAX
+ - **vrtmax**: [*vrtnu*](## "netrc machine") VRT MAX (formerly VRT NU)
 - **VTM**: (**Currently broken**)
 - **VTV**
 - **VTVGo**
--- a/test/helper.py
+++ b/test/helper.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import types

 import yt_dlp.extractor
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name
 from yt_dlp.utils import preferredencoding, try_call, write_string, find_available_port

 if 'pytest' in sys.modules:
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def report_warning(message, *args, **kwargs):
    Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
    If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
    """
-    if sys.stderr.isatty() and compat_os_name != 'nt':
+    if sys.stderr.isatty() and os.name != 'nt':
        _msg_header = '\033[0;33mWARNING:\033[0m'
    else:
        _msg_header = 'WARNING:'
@@ -102,87 +101,109 @@ def getwebpagetestcases():
 md5 = lambda s: hashlib.md5(s.encode()).hexdigest()


-def expect_value(self, got, expected, field):
-    if isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('re:'):
-        match_str = expected[len('re:'):]
-        match_rex = re.compile(match_str)
+def _iter_differences(got, expected, field):
+    if isinstance(expected, str):
+        op, _, val = expected.partition(':')
+        if op in ('mincount', 'maxcount', 'count'):
+            if not isinstance(got, (list, dict)):
+                yield field, f'expected either {list.__name__} or {dict.__name__}, got {type(got).__name__}'
+                return

-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, str),
-            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
-        self.assertTrue(
-            match_rex.match(got),
-            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should match {match_str!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('startswith:'):
-        start_str = expected[len('startswith:'):]
-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, str),
-            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
-        self.assertTrue(
-            got.startswith(start_str),
-            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should start with {start_str!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('contains:'):
-        contains_str = expected[len('contains:'):]
-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, str),
-            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
-        self.assertTrue(
-            contains_str in got,
-            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should contain {contains_str!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, type):
-        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, expected),
-            f'Expected type {expected!r} for field {field}, but got value {got!r} of type {type(got)!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, dict) and isinstance(got, dict):
-        expect_dict(self, got, expected)
-    elif isinstance(expected, list) and isinstance(got, list):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            len(expected), len(got),
-            f'Expect a list of length {len(expected)}, but got a list of length {len(got)} for field {field}')
-        for index, (item_got, item_expected) in enumerate(zip(got, expected)):
-            type_got = type(item_got)
-            type_expected = type(item_expected)
-            self.assertEqual(
-                type_expected, type_got,
-                f'Type mismatch for list item at index {index} for field {field}, '
-                f'expected {type_expected!r}, got {type_got!r}')
-            expect_value(self, item_got, item_expected, field)
-    else:
-        if isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('md5:'):
-            self.assertTrue(
-                isinstance(got, str),
-                f'Expected field {field} to be a unicode object, but got value {got!r} of type {type(got)!r}')
-            got = 'md5:' + md5(got)
-        elif isinstance(expected, str) and re.match(r'^(?:min|max)?count:\d+', expected):
-            self.assertTrue(
-                isinstance(got, (list, dict)),
-                f'Expected field {field} to be a list or a dict, but it is of type {type(got).__name__}')
-            op, _, expected_num = expected.partition(':')
-            expected_num = int(expected_num)
+            expected_num = int(val)
+            got_num = len(got)
            if op == 'mincount':
-                assert_func = assertGreaterEqual
-                msg_tmpl = 'Expected %d items in field %s, but only got %d'
-            elif op == 'maxcount':
-                assert_func = assertLessEqual
-                msg_tmpl = 'Expected maximum %d items in field %s, but got %d'
-            elif op == 'count':
-                assert_func = assertEqual
-                msg_tmpl = 'Expected exactly %d items in field %s, but got %d'
-            else:
-                assert False
-            assert_func(
-                self, len(got), expected_num,
-                msg_tmpl % (expected_num, field, len(got)))
+                if got_num < expected_num:
+                    yield field, f'expected at least {val} items, got {got_num}'
+                return
+
+            if op == 'maxcount':
+                if got_num > expected_num:
+                    yield field, f'expected at most {val} items, got {got_num}'
+                return
+
+            assert op == 'count'
+            if got_num != expected_num:
+                yield field, f'expected exactly {val} items, got {got_num}'
            return
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, got,
-            f'Invalid value for field {field}, expected {expected!r}, got {got!r}')
+
+        if not isinstance(got, str):
+            yield field, f'expected {str.__name__}, got {type(got).__name__}'
+            return
+
+        if op == 're':
+            if not re.match(val, got):
+                yield field, f'should match {val!r}, got {got!r}'
+            return
+
+        if op == 'startswith':
+            if not val.startswith(got):
+                yield field, f'should start with {val!r}, got {got!r}'
+            return
+
+        if op == 'contains':
+            if not val.startswith(got):
+                yield field, f'should contain {val!r}, got {got!r}'
+            return
+
+        if op == 'md5':
+            hash_val = md5(got)
+            if hash_val != val:
+                yield field, f'expected hash {val}, got {hash_val}'
+            return
+
+        if got != expected:
+            yield field, f'expected {expected!r}, got {got!r}'
+        return
+
+    if isinstance(expected, dict) and isinstance(got, dict):
+        for key, expected_val in expected.items():
+            if key not in got:
+                yield field, f'missing key: {key!r}'
+                continue
+
+            field_name = key if field is None else f'{field}.{key}'
+            yield from _iter_differences(got[key], expected_val, field_name)
+        return
+
+    if isinstance(expected, type):
+        if not isinstance(got, expected):
+            yield field, f'expected {expected.__name__}, got {type(got).__name__}'
+        return
+
+    if isinstance(expected, list) and isinstance(got, list):
+        # TODO: clever diffing algorithm lmao
+        if len(expected) != len(got):
+            yield field, f'expected length of {len(expected)}, got {len(got)}'
+            return
+
+        for index, (got_val, expected_val) in enumerate(zip(got, expected)):
+            field_name = str(index) if field is None else f'{field}.{index}'
+            yield from _iter_differences(got_val, expected_val, field_name)
+        return
+
+    if got != expected:
+        yield field, f'expected {expected!r}, got {got!r}'
+
+
+def _expect_value(message, got, expected, field):
+    mismatches = list(_iter_differences(got, expected, field))
+    if not mismatches:
+        return
+
+    fields = [field for field, _ in mismatches if field is not None]
+    return ''.join((
+        message, f' ({", ".join(fields)})' if fields else '',
+        *(f'\n\t{field}: {message}' for field, message in mismatches)))
+
+
+def expect_value(self, got, expected, field):
+    if message := _expect_value('values differ', got, expected, field):
+        self.fail(message)


 def expect_dict(self, got_dict, expected_dict):
-    for info_field, expected in expected_dict.items():
-        got = got_dict.get(info_field)
-        expect_value(self, got, expected, info_field)
+    if message := _expect_value('dictionaries differ', got_dict, expected_dict, None):
+        self.fail(message)


 def sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict):
@@ -238,6 +259,20 @@ def sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict):


 def expect_info_dict(self, got_dict, expected_dict):
+    ALLOWED_KEYS_SORT_ORDER = (
+        # NB: Keep in sync with the docstring of extractor/common.py
+        'id', 'ext', 'direct', 'display_id', 'title', 'alt_title', 'description', 'media_type',
+        'uploader', 'uploader_id', 'uploader_url', 'channel', 'channel_id', 'channel_url', 'channel_is_verified',
+        'channel_follower_count', 'comment_count', 'view_count', 'concurrent_view_count',
+        'like_count', 'dislike_count', 'repost_count', 'average_rating', 'age_limit', 'duration', 'thumbnail', 'heatmap',
+        'chapters', 'chapter', 'chapter_number', 'chapter_id', 'start_time', 'end_time', 'section_start', 'section_end',
+        'categories', 'tags', 'cast', 'composers', 'artists', 'album_artists', 'creators', 'genres',
+        'track', 'track_number', 'track_id', 'album', 'album_type', 'disc_number',
+        'series', 'series_id', 'season', 'season_number', 'season_id', 'episode', 'episode_number', 'episode_id',
+        'timestamp', 'upload_date', 'release_timestamp', 'release_date', 'release_year', 'modified_timestamp', 'modified_date',
+        'playable_in_embed', 'availability', 'live_status', 'location', 'license', '_old_archive_ids',
+    )
+
    expect_dict(self, got_dict, expected_dict)
    # Check for the presence of mandatory fields
    if got_dict.get('_type') not in ('playlist', 'multi_video'):
@@ -253,7 +288,13 @@ def expect_info_dict(self, got_dict, expected_dict):

    test_info_dict = sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict)

-    missing_keys = set(test_info_dict.keys()) - set(expected_dict.keys())
+    # Check for invalid/misspelled field names being returned by the extractor
+    invalid_keys = sorted(test_info_dict.keys() - ALLOWED_KEYS_SORT_ORDER)
+    self.assertFalse(invalid_keys, f'Invalid fields returned by the extractor: {", ".join(invalid_keys)}')
+
+    missing_keys = sorted(
+        test_info_dict.keys() - expected_dict.keys(),
+        key=lambda x: ALLOWED_KEYS_SORT_ORDER.index(x))
    if missing_keys:
        def _repr(v):
            if isinstance(v, str):
--- a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
+++ b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_ie_key(self):
        self.assertEqual(get_info_extractor(YoutubeIE.ie_key()), YoutubeIE)

+    def test_get_netrc_login_info(self):
+        for params in [
+            {'usenetrc': True, 'netrc_location': './test/testdata/netrc/netrc'},
+            {'netrc_cmd': f'{sys.executable} ./test/testdata/netrc/print_netrc.py'},
+        ]:
+            ie = DummyIE(FakeYDL(params))
+            self.assertEqual(ie._get_netrc_login_info(netrc_machine='normal_use'), ('user', 'pass'))
+            self.assertEqual(ie._get_netrc_login_info(netrc_machine='empty_user'), ('', 'pass'))
+            self.assertEqual(ie._get_netrc_login_info(netrc_machine='empty_pass'), ('user', ''))
+            self.assertEqual(ie._get_netrc_login_info(netrc_machine='both_empty'), ('', ''))
+            self.assertEqual(ie._get_netrc_login_info(netrc_machine='nonexistent'), (None, None))
+
    def test_html_search_regex(self):
        html = '<p id="foo">Watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc">video</a></p>'
        search = lambda re, *args: self.ie._html_search_regex(re, html, *args)
@@ -626,6 +638,7 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                'img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4',
                'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8',
                [{
+                    # 60kbps (bitrate not provided in m3u8); sorted as worst because it's grouped with lowest bitrate video track
                    'format_id': 'aud1-English',
                    'url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/a1/prog_index.m3u8',
                    'manifest_url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8',
@@ -633,15 +646,9 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
                    'audio_ext': 'mp4',
+                    'source_preference': 0,
                }, {
-                    'format_id': 'aud2-English',
-                    'url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/a2/prog_index.m3u8',
-                    'manifest_url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8',
-                    'language': 'en',
-                    'ext': 'mp4',
-                    'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
-                    'audio_ext': 'mp4',
-                }, {
+                    # 192kbps (bitrate not provided in m3u8)
                    'format_id': 'aud3-English',
                    'url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/a3/prog_index.m3u8',
                    'manifest_url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8',
@@ -649,6 +656,17 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'ext': 'mp4',
                    'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
                    'audio_ext': 'mp4',
+                    'source_preference': 1,
+                }, {
+                    # 384kbps (bitrate not provided in m3u8); sorted as best because it's grouped with the highest bitrate video track
+                    'format_id': 'aud2-English',
+                    'url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/a2/prog_index.m3u8',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8',
+                    'language': 'en',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
+                    'audio_ext': 'mp4',
+                    'source_preference': 2,
                }, {
                    'format_id': '530',
                    'url': 'https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/v2/prog_index.m3u8',
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch

+from yt_dlp.globals import all_plugins_loaded
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@ import json

 from test.helper import FakeYDL, assertRegexpMatches, try_rm
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE
 from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
 from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor
@@ -487,11 +488,11 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_format_filtering(self):
        formats = [
-            {'format_id': 'A', 'filesize': 500, 'width': 1000},
-            {'format_id': 'B', 'filesize': 1000, 'width': 500},
-            {'format_id': 'C', 'filesize': 1000, 'width': 400},
-            {'format_id': 'D', 'filesize': 2000, 'width': 600},
-            {'format_id': 'E', 'filesize': 3000},
+            {'format_id': 'A', 'filesize': 500, 'width': 1000, 'aspect_ratio': 1.0},
+            {'format_id': 'B', 'filesize': 1000, 'width': 500, 'aspect_ratio': 1.33},
+            {'format_id': 'C', 'filesize': 1000, 'width': 400, 'aspect_ratio': 1.5},
+            {'format_id': 'D', 'filesize': 2000, 'width': 600, 'aspect_ratio': 1.78},
+            {'format_id': 'E', 'filesize': 3000, 'aspect_ratio': 0.56},
            {'format_id': 'F'},
            {'format_id': 'G', 'filesize': 1000000},
        ]
@@ -550,6 +551,31 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
            ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        self.assertEqual(ydl.downloaded_info_dicts, [])

+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'best[aspect_ratio=1]'})
+        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
+        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
+        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], 'A')
+
+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'all[aspect_ratio > 1.00]'})
+        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
+        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
+        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['D', 'C', 'B'])
+
+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'all[aspect_ratio < 1.00]'})
+        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
+        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
+        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['E'])
+
+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'best[aspect_ratio=1.5]'})
+        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
+        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
+        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], 'C')
+
+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'all[aspect_ratio!=1]'})
+        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
+        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
+        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['E', 'D', 'C', 'B'])
+
    @patch('yt_dlp.postprocessor.ffmpeg.FFmpegMergerPP.available', False)
    def test_default_format_spec_without_ffmpeg(self):
        ydl = YDL({})
@@ -762,6 +788,13 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(width)06d.%%(ext)s', 'NA.%(ext)s')
        test('%%(width)06d.%(ext)s', '%(width)06d.mp4')

+        # Sanitization options
+        test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo⧸bar⧹test'))
+        test('%(title5)s', (None, 'aei_A'), restrictfilenames=True)
+        test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo_bar_test'), windowsfilenames=False, restrictfilenames=True)
+        if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo⧸bar\\test'), windowsfilenames=False)
+
        # ID sanitization
        test('%(id)s', '_abcd', info={'id': '_abcd'})
        test('%(some_id)s', '_abcd', info={'some_id': '_abcd'})
@@ -839,8 +872,8 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(filesize)#D', '1Ki')
        test('%(height)5.2D', ' 1.08k')
        test('%(title4)#S', 'foo_bar_test')
-        test('%(title4).10S', ('foo ＂bar＂ ', 'foo ＂bar＂' + ('#' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else ' ')))
-        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+        test('%(title4).10S', ('foo ＂bar＂ ', 'foo ＂bar＂' + ('#' if os.name == 'nt' else ' ')))
+        if os.name == 'nt':
            test('%(title4)q', ('"foo ""bar"" test"', None))
            test('%(formats.:.id)#q', ('"id 1" "id 2" "id 3"', None))
            test('%(formats.0.id)#q', ('"id 1"', None))
@@ -903,9 +936,9 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):

        # Environment variable expansion for prepare_filename
        os.environ['__yt_dlp_var'] = 'expanded'
-        envvar = '%__yt_dlp_var%' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else '$__yt_dlp_var'
+        envvar = '%__yt_dlp_var%' if os.name == 'nt' else '$__yt_dlp_var'
        test(envvar, (envvar, 'expanded'))
-        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+        if os.name == 'nt':
            test('%s%', ('%s%', '%s%'))
            os.environ['s'] = 'expanded'
            test('%s%', ('%s%', 'expanded'))  # %s% should be expanded before escaping %s
@@ -1396,6 +1429,12 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertFalse(result.get('cookies'), msg='Cookies set in cookies field for wrong domain')
        self.assertFalse(ydl.cookiejar.get_cookie_header(fmt['url']), msg='Cookies set in cookiejar for wrong domain')

+    def test_load_plugins_compat(self):
+        # Should try to reload plugins if they haven't already been loaded
+        all_plugins_loaded.value = False
+        FakeYDL().close()
+        assert all_plugins_loaded.value
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_aes.py
+++ b/test/test_aes.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from yt_dlp.aes import (
    pad_block,
 )
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import Cryptodome
-from yt_dlp.utils import bytes_to_intlist, intlist_to_bytes

 # the encrypted data can be generate with 'devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py'

@@ -40,33 +39,33 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_encrypt(self):
        msg = b'message'
        key = list(range(16))
-        encrypted = aes_encrypt(bytes_to_intlist(msg), key)
-        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_decrypt(encrypted, key))
+        encrypted = aes_encrypt(list(msg), key)
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_decrypt(encrypted, key))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted, msg)

    def test_cbc_decrypt(self):
        data = b'\x97\x92+\xe5\x0b\xc3\x18\x91ky9m&\xb3\xb5@\xe6\x27\xc2\x96.\xc8u\x88\xab9-[\x9e|\xf1\xcd'
-        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_cbc_decrypt(bytes_to_intlist(data), self.key, self.iv))
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_cbc_decrypt(list(data), self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)
        if Cryptodome.AES:
-            decrypted = aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(data, intlist_to_bytes(self.key), intlist_to_bytes(self.iv))
+            decrypted = aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(data, bytes(self.key), bytes(self.iv))
            self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

    def test_cbc_encrypt(self):
-        data = bytes_to_intlist(self.secret_msg)
-        encrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_cbc_encrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
+        data = list(self.secret_msg)
+        encrypted = bytes(aes_cbc_encrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(
            encrypted,
            b'\x97\x92+\xe5\x0b\xc3\x18\x91ky9m&\xb3\xb5@\xe6\'\xc2\x96.\xc8u\x88\xab9-[\x9e|\xf1\xcd')

    def test_ctr_decrypt(self):
-        data = bytes_to_intlist(b'\x03\xc7\xdd\xd4\x8e\xb3\xbc\x1a*O\xdc1\x12+8Aio\xd1z\xb5#\xaf\x08')
-        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ctr_decrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
+        data = list(b'\x03\xc7\xdd\xd4\x8e\xb3\xbc\x1a*O\xdc1\x12+8Aio\xd1z\xb5#\xaf\x08')
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_ctr_decrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

    def test_ctr_encrypt(self):
-        data = bytes_to_intlist(self.secret_msg)
-        encrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ctr_encrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
+        data = list(self.secret_msg)
+        encrypted = bytes(aes_ctr_encrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(
            encrypted,
            b'\x03\xc7\xdd\xd4\x8e\xb3\xbc\x1a*O\xdc1\x12+8Aio\xd1z\xb5#\xaf\x08')
@@ -75,47 +74,59 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):
        data = b'\x159Y\xcf5eud\x90\x9c\x85&]\x14\x1d\x0f.\x08\xb4T\xe4/\x17\xbd'
        authentication_tag = b'\xe8&I\x80rI\x07\x9d}YWuU@:e'

-        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(
-            bytes_to_intlist(data), self.key, bytes_to_intlist(authentication_tag), self.iv[:12]))
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(
+            list(data), self.key, list(authentication_tag), self.iv[:12]))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)
        if Cryptodome.AES:
            decrypted = aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes(
-                data, intlist_to_bytes(self.key), authentication_tag, intlist_to_bytes(self.iv[:12]))
+                data, bytes(self.key), authentication_tag, bytes(self.iv[:12]))
            self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

+    def test_gcm_aligned_decrypt(self):
+        data = b'\x159Y\xcf5eud\x90\x9c\x85&]\x14\x1d\x0f'
+        authentication_tag = b'\x08\xb1\x9d!&\x98\xd0\xeaRq\x90\xe6;\xb5]\xd8'
+
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(
+            list(data), self.key, list(authentication_tag), self.iv[:12]))
+        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg[:16])
+        if Cryptodome.AES:
+            decrypted = aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes(
+                data, bytes(self.key), authentication_tag, bytes(self.iv[:12]))
+            self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg[:16])
+
    def test_decrypt_text(self):
-        password = intlist_to_bytes(self.key).decode()
+        password = bytes(self.key).decode()
        encrypted = base64.b64encode(
-            intlist_to_bytes(self.iv[:8])
+            bytes(self.iv[:8])
            + b'\x17\x15\x93\xab\x8d\x80V\xcdV\xe0\t\xcdo\xc2\xa5\xd8ksM\r\xe27N\xae',
        ).decode()
        decrypted = (aes_decrypt_text(encrypted, password, 16))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted, self.secret_msg)

-        password = intlist_to_bytes(self.key).decode()
+        password = bytes(self.key).decode()
        encrypted = base64.b64encode(
-            intlist_to_bytes(self.iv[:8])
+            bytes(self.iv[:8])
            + b'\x0b\xe6\xa4\xd9z\x0e\xb8\xb9\xd0\xd4i_\x85\x1d\x99\x98_\xe5\x80\xe7.\xbf\xa5\x83',
        ).decode()
        decrypted = (aes_decrypt_text(encrypted, password, 32))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted, self.secret_msg)

    def test_ecb_encrypt(self):
-        data = bytes_to_intlist(self.secret_msg)
-        encrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_encrypt(data, self.key))
+        data = list(self.secret_msg)
+        encrypted = bytes(aes_ecb_encrypt(data, self.key))
        self.assertEqual(
            encrypted,
            b'\xaa\x86]\x81\x97>\x02\x92\x9d\x1bR[[L/u\xd3&\xd1(h\xde{\x81\x94\xba\x02\xae\xbd\xa6\xd0:')

    def test_ecb_decrypt(self):
-        data = bytes_to_intlist(b'\xaa\x86]\x81\x97>\x02\x92\x9d\x1bR[[L/u\xd3&\xd1(h\xde{\x81\x94\xba\x02\xae\xbd\xa6\xd0:')
-        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_decrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
+        data = list(b'\xaa\x86]\x81\x97>\x02\x92\x9d\x1bR[[L/u\xd3&\xd1(h\xde{\x81\x94\xba\x02\xae\xbd\xa6\xd0:')
+        decrypted = bytes(aes_ecb_decrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

    def test_key_expansion(self):
        key = '4f6bdaa39e2f8cb07f5e722d9edef314'

-        self.assertEqual(key_expansion(bytes_to_intlist(bytearray.fromhex(key))), [
+        self.assertEqual(key_expansion(list(bytearray.fromhex(key))), [
            0x4F, 0x6B, 0xDA, 0xA3, 0x9E, 0x2F, 0x8C, 0xB0, 0x7F, 0x5E, 0x72, 0x2D, 0x9E, 0xDE, 0xF3, 0x14,
            0x53, 0x66, 0x20, 0xA8, 0xCD, 0x49, 0xAC, 0x18, 0xB2, 0x17, 0xDE, 0x35, 0x2C, 0xC9, 0x2D, 0x21,
            0x8C, 0xBE, 0xDD, 0xD9, 0x41, 0xF7, 0x71, 0xC1, 0xF3, 0xE0, 0xAF, 0xF4, 0xDF, 0x29, 0x82, 0xD5,
--- a/test/test_compat.py
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ import struct

 from yt_dlp import compat
 from yt_dlp.compat import urllib  # isort: split
-from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_etree_fromstring,
-    compat_expanduser,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,  # noqa: TID251
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,  # noqa: TID251
-)
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_etree_fromstring, compat_expanduser
 from yt_dlp.compat.urllib.request import getproxies


@@ -43,39 +38,6 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
        finally:
            os.environ['HOME'] = old_home or ''

-    def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc+def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote(''), '')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%'), '%')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%%'), '%%')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%%%'), '%%%')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%2F'), '/')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%2f'), '/')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('%E6%B4%A5%E6%B3%A2'), '津波')
-        self.assertEqual(
-            compat_urllib_parse_unquote('''<meta property="og:description" content="%E2%96%81%E2%96%82%E2%96%83%E2%96%84%25%E2%96%85%E2%96%86%E2%96%87%E2%96%88" />
-%<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A">%a'''),
-            '''<meta property="og:description" content="▁▂▃▄%▅▆▇█" />
-%<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/تسونامي">%a''')
-        self.assertEqual(
-            compat_urllib_parse_unquote('''%28%5E%E2%97%A3_%E2%97%A2%5E%29%E3%81%A3%EF%B8%BB%E3%83%87%E2%95%90%E4%B8%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%87%80    %E2%86%B6%I%Break%25Things%'''),
-            '''(^◣_◢^)っ︻デ═一    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ↶%I%Break%Things%''')
-
-    def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(self):
-        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
-        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc def')
-
-    def test_compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'abc': 'def'}), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'abc': b'def'}), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({b'abc': 'def'}), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({b'abc': b'def'}), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([('abc', 'def')]), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([('abc', b'def')]), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([(b'abc', 'def')]), 'abc=def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode([(b'abc', b'def')]), 'abc=def')
-
    def test_compat_etree_fromstring(self):
        xml = '''
            <root foo="bar" spam="中文">
--- a/test/test_cookies.py
+++ b/test/test_cookies.py
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ class TestCookies(unittest.TestCase):
            decryptor = LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor('Chrome', Logger())
            self.assertEqual(decryptor.decrypt(encrypted_value), value)

+    def test_chrome_cookie_decryptor_linux_v10_meta24(self):
+        with MonkeyPatch(cookies, {'_get_linux_keyring_password': lambda *args, **kwargs: b''}):
+            encrypted_value = b'v10\x1f\xe4\x0e[\x83\x0c\xcc*kPi \xce\x8d\x1d\xbb\x80\r\x11\t\xbb\x9e^Hy\x94\xf4\x963\x9f\x82\xba\xfe\xa1\xed\xb9\xf1)\x00710\x92\xc8/<\x96B'
+            value = 'DE'
+            decryptor = LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor('Chrome', Logger(), meta_version=24)
+            self.assertEqual(decryptor.decrypt(encrypted_value), value)
+
    def test_chrome_cookie_decryptor_windows_v10(self):
        with MonkeyPatch(cookies, {
            '_get_windows_v10_key': lambda *args, **kwargs: b'Y\xef\xad\xad\xeerp\xf0Y\xe6\x9b\x12\xc2<z\x16]\n\xbb\xb8\xcb\xd7\x9bA\xc3\x14e\x99{\xd6\xf4&',
@@ -114,6 +121,15 @@ class TestCookies(unittest.TestCase):
            decryptor = WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor('', Logger())
            self.assertEqual(decryptor.decrypt(encrypted_value), value)

+    def test_chrome_cookie_decryptor_windows_v10_meta24(self):
+        with MonkeyPatch(cookies, {
+            '_get_windows_v10_key': lambda *args, **kwargs: b'\xea\x8b\x02\xc3\xc6\xc5\x99\xc3\xa3[ j\xfa\xf6\xfcU\xac\x13u\xdc\x0c\x0e\xf1\x03\x90\xb6\xdf\xbb\x8fL\xb1\xb2',
+        }):
+            encrypted_value = b'v10dN\xe1\xacy\x84^\xe1I\xact\x03r\xfb\xe2\xce{^\x0e<(\xb0y\xeb\x01\xfb@"\x9e\x8c\xa53~\xdb*\x8f\xac\x8b\xe3\xfd3\x06\xe5\x93\x19OyOG\xb2\xfb\x1d$\xc0\xda\x13j\x9e\xfe\xc5\xa3\xa8\xfe\xd9'
+            value = '1234'
+            decryptor = WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor('', Logger(), meta_version=24)
+            self.assertEqual(decryptor.decrypt(encrypted_value), value)
+
    def test_chrome_cookie_decryptor_mac_v10(self):
        with MonkeyPatch(cookies, {'_get_mac_keyring_password': lambda *args, **kwargs: b'6eIDUdtKAacvlHwBVwvg/Q=='}):
            encrypted_value = b'v10\xb3\xbe\xad\xa1[\x9fC\xa1\x98\xe0\x9a\x01\xd9\xcf\xbfc'
--- a/test/test_downloader_http.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader_http.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import threading
 from test.helper import http_server_port, try_rm
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
 from yt_dlp.downloader.http import HttpFD
-from yt_dlp.utils import encodeFilename
 from yt_dlp.utils._utils import _YDLLogger as FakeLogger

 TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -82,12 +81,12 @@ class TestHttpFD(unittest.TestCase):
        ydl = YoutubeDL(params)
        downloader = HttpFD(ydl, params)
        filename = 'testfile.mp4'
-        try_rm(encodeFilename(filename))
+        try_rm(filename)
        self.assertTrue(downloader.real_download(filename, {
            'url': f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/{ep}',
        }), ep)
-        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)), TEST_SIZE, ep)
-        try_rm(encodeFilename(filename))
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(filename), TEST_SIZE, ep)
+        try_rm(filename)

    def download_all(self, params):
        for ep in ('regular', 'no-content-length', 'no-range', 'no-range-no-content-length'):
--- a/test/test_http_proxy.py
+++ b/test/test_http_proxy.py
@@ -331,10 +331,6 @@ class TestHTTPConnectProxy:
                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' in proxy_info['headers']

-    @pytest.mark.skip_handler(
-        'Requests',
-        'bug in urllib3 causes unclosed socket: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3374',
-    )
    def test_http_connect_bad_auth(self, handler, ctx):
        with ctx.http_server(HTTPConnectProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://test:bad@{server_address}'}) as rh:
--- a/test/test_jsinterp.py
+++ b/test/test_jsinterp.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

 import math

-from yt_dlp.jsinterp import JS_Undefined, JSInterpreter
+from yt_dlp.jsinterp import JS_Undefined, JSInterpreter, js_number_to_string


 class NaN:
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ class TestJSInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
        self._test('function f(){return 0 ?? 42;}', 0)
        self._test('function f(){return "life, the universe and everything" < 42;}', False)
        self._test('function f(){return 0  - 7 * - 6;}', 42)
+        self._test('function f(){return true << "5";}', 32)
+        self._test('function f(){return true << true;}', 2)
+        self._test('function f(){return "19" & "21.9";}', 17)
+        self._test('function f(){return "19" & false;}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return "11.0" >> "2.1";}', 2)
+        self._test('function f(){return 5 ^ 9;}', 12)
+        self._test('function f(){return 0.0 << NaN}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return null << undefined}', 0)
+        # TODO: Does not work due to number too large
+        # self._test('function f(){return 21 << 4294967297}', 42)

    def test_array_access(self):
        self._test('function f(){var x = [1,2,3]; x[0] = 4; x[0] = 5; x[2.0] = 7; return x;}', [5, 2, 7])
@@ -374,7 +384,7 @@ class TestJSInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
    @unittest.skip('Not implemented')
    def test_packed(self):
        jsi = JSInterpreter('''function f(p,a,c,k,e,d){while(c--)if(k[c])p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+c.toString(a)+'\\b','g'),k[c]);return p}''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f', '''h 7=g("1j");7.7h({7g:[{33:"w://7f-7e-7d-7c.v.7b/7a/79/78/77/76.74?t=73&s=2s&e=72&f=2t&71=70.0.0.1&6z=6y&6x=6w"}],6v:"w://32.v.u/6u.31",16:"r%",15:"r%",6t:"6s",6r:"",6q:"l",6p:"l",6o:"6n",6m:\'6l\',6k:"6j",9:[{33:"/2u?b=6i&n=50&6h=w://32.v.u/6g.31",6f:"6e"}],1y:{6d:1,6c:\'#6b\',6a:\'#69\',68:"67",66:30,65:r,},"64":{63:"%62 2m%m%61%5z%5y%5x.u%5w%5v%5u.2y%22 2k%m%1o%22 5t%m%1o%22 5s%m%1o%22 2j%m%5r%22 16%m%5q%22 15%m%5p%22 5o%2z%5n%5m%2z",5l:"w://v.u/d/1k/5k.2y",5j:[]},\'5i\':{"5h":"5g"},5f:"5e",5d:"w://v.u",5c:{},5b:l,1x:[0.25,0.50,0.75,1,1.25,1.5,2]});h 1m,1n,5a;h 59=0,58=0;h 7=g("1j");h 2x=0,57=0,56=0;$.55({54:{\'53-52\':\'2i-51\'}});7.j(\'4z\',6(x){c(5>0&&x.1l>=5&&1n!=1){1n=1;$(\'q.4y\').4x(\'4w\')}});7.j(\'13\',6(x){2x=x.1l});7.j(\'2g\',6(x){2w(x)});7.j(\'4v\',6(){$(\'q.2v\').4u()});6 2w(x){$(\'q.2v\').4t();c(1m)19;1m=1;17=0;c(4s.4r===l){17=1}$.4q(\'/2u?b=4p&2l=1k&4o=2t-4n-4m-2s-4l&4k=&4j=&4i=&17=\'+17,6(2r){$(\'#4h\').4g(2r)});$(\'.3-8-4f-4e:4d("4c")\').2h(6(e){2q();g().4b(0);g().4a(l)});6 2q(){h $14=$("<q />").2p({1l:"49",16:"r%",15:"r%",48:0,2n:0,2o:47,46:"45(10%, 10%, 10%, 0.4)","44-43":"42"});$("<41 />").2p({16:"60%",15:"60%",2o:40,"3z-2n":"3y"}).3x({\'2m\':\'/?b=3w&2l=1k\',\'2k\':\'0\',\'2j\':\'2i\'}).2f($14);$14.2h(6(){$(3v).3u();g().2g()});$14.2f($(\'#1j\'))}g().13(0);}6 3t(){h 9=7.1b(2e);2d.2c(9);c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==2e){2d.2c(\'!!=\'+i);7.1p(i)}}}}7.j(\'3s\',6(){g().1h("/2a/3r.29","3q 10 28",6(){g().13(g().27()+10)},"2b");$("q[26=2b]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');g().1h("/2a/3p.29","3o 10 28",6(){h 12=g().27()-10;c(12<0)12=0;g().13(12)},"24");$("q[26=24]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');});6 1i(){}7.j(\'3n\',6(){1i()});7.j(\'3m\',6(){1i()});7.j("k",6(y){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n<2)19;$(\'.3-8-3l-3k\').3j(6(){$(\'#3-8-a-k\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\')});7.1h("/3i/3h.3g","3f 3e",6(){$(\'.3-1w\').3d(\'3-8-1v\');$(\'.3-8-1y, .3-8-1x\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');c($(\'.3-1w\').3c(\'3-8-1v\')){$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'l\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'l\');$(\'.3-8-a\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').3b(\'3-8-a-z\')}3a{$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\')}},"39");7.j("38",6(y){1d.37(\'1c\',y.9[y.36].1a)});c(1d.1t(\'1c\')){35("1s(1d.1t(\'1c\'));",34)}});h 18;6 1s(1q){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==1q){c(i==18){19}18=i;7.1p(i)}}}}',36,270,'|||jw|||function|player|settings|tracks|submenu||if||||jwplayer|var||on|audioTracks|true|3D|length|aria|attr|div|100|||sx|filemoon|https||event|active||false|tt|seek|dd|height|width|adb|current_audio|return|name|getAudioTracks|default_audio|localStorage|removeClass|expanded|checked|addButton|callMeMaybe|vplayer|0fxcyc2ajhp1|position|vvplay|vvad|220|setCurrentAudioTrack|audio_name|for|audio_set|getItem|last|open|controls|playbackRates|captions|rewind|icon|insertAfter||detach|ff00||button|getPosition|sec|png|player8|ff11|log|console|track_name|appendTo|play|click|no|scrolling|frameborder|file_code|src|top|zIndex|css|showCCform|data|1662367683|383371|dl|video_ad|doPlay|prevt|mp4|3E||jpg|thumbs|file|300|setTimeout|currentTrack|setItem|audioTrackChanged|dualSound|else|addClass|hasClass|toggleClass|Track|Audio|svg|dualy|images|mousedown|buttons|topbar|playAttemptFailed|beforePlay|Rewind|fr|Forward|ff|ready|set_audio_track|remove|this|upload_srt|prop|50px|margin|1000001|iframe|center|align|text|rgba|background|1000000|left|absolute|pause|setCurrentCaptions|Upload|contains|item|content|html|fviews|referer|prem|embed|3e57249ef633e0d03bf76ceb8d8a4b65|216|83|hash|view|get|TokenZir|window|hide|show|complete|slow|fadeIn|video_ad_fadein|time||cache|Cache|Content|headers|ajaxSetup|v2done|tott|vastdone2|vastdone1|vvbefore|playbackRateControls|cast|aboutlink|FileMoon|abouttext|UHD|1870|qualityLabels|sites|GNOME_POWER|link|2Fiframe|3C|allowfullscreen|22360|22640|22no|marginheight|marginwidth|2FGNOME_POWER|2F0fxcyc2ajhp1|2Fe|2Ffilemoon|2F|3A||22https|3Ciframe|code|sharing|fontOpacity|backgroundOpacity|Tahoma|fontFamily|303030|backgroundColor|FFFFFF|color|userFontScale|thumbnails|kind|0fxcyc2ajhp10000|url|get_slides|start|startparam|none|preload|html5|primary|hlshtml|androidhls|duration|uniform|stretching|0fxcyc2ajhp1_xt|image|2048|sp|6871|asn|127|srv|43200|_g3XlBcu2lmD9oDexD2NLWSmah2Nu3XcDrl93m9PwXY|m3u8||master|0fxcyc2ajhp1_x|00076|01|hls2|to|s01|delivery|storage|moon|sources|setup'''.split('|')))
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f', '''h 7=g("1j");7.7h({7g:[{33:"w://7f-7e-7d-7c.v.7b/7a/79/78/77/76.74?t=73&s=2s&e=72&f=2t&71=70.0.0.1&6z=6y&6x=6w"}],6v:"w://32.v.u/6u.31",16:"r%",15:"r%",6t:"6s",6r:"",6q:"l",6p:"l",6o:"6n",6m:\'6l\',6k:"6j",9:[{33:"/2u?b=6i&n=50&6h=w://32.v.u/6g.31",6f:"6e"}],1y:{6d:1,6c:\'#6b\',6a:\'#69\',68:"67",66:30,65:r,},"64":{63:"%62 2m%m%61%5z%5y%5x.u%5w%5v%5u.2y%22 2k%m%1o%22 5t%m%1o%22 5s%m%1o%22 2j%m%5r%22 16%m%5q%22 15%m%5p%22 5o%2z%5n%5m%2z",5l:"w://v.u/d/1k/5k.2y",5j:[]},\'5i\':{"5h":"5g"},5f:"5e",5d:"w://v.u",5c:{},5b:l,1x:[0.25,0.50,0.75,1,1.25,1.5,2]});h 1m,1n,5a;h 59=0,58=0;h 7=g("1j");h 2x=0,57=0,56=0;$.55({54:{\'53-52\':\'2i-51\'}});7.j(\'4z\',6(x){c(5>0&&x.1l>=5&&1n!=1){1n=1;$(\'q.4y\').4x(\'4w\')}});7.j(\'13\',6(x){2x=x.1l});7.j(\'2g\',6(x){2w(x)});7.j(\'4v\',6(){$(\'q.2v\').4u()});6 2w(x){$(\'q.2v\').4t();c(1m)19;1m=1;17=0;c(4s.4r===l){17=1}$.4q(\'/2u?b=4p&2l=1k&4o=2t-4n-4m-2s-4l&4k=&4j=&4i=&17=\'+17,6(2r){$(\'#4h\').4g(2r)});$(\'.3-8-4f-4e:4d("4c")\').2h(6(e){2q();g().4b(0);g().4a(l)});6 2q(){h $14=$("<q />").2p({1l:"49",16:"r%",15:"r%",48:0,2n:0,2o:47,46:"45(10%, 10%, 10%, 0.4)","44-43":"42"});$("<41 />").2p({16:"60%",15:"60%",2o:40,"3z-2n":"3y"}).3x({\'2m\':\'/?b=3w&2l=1k\',\'2k\':\'0\',\'2j\':\'2i\'}).2f($14);$14.2h(6(){$(3v).3u();g().2g()});$14.2f($(\'#1j\'))}g().13(0);}6 3t(){h 9=7.1b(2e);2d.2c(9);c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==2e){2d.2c(\'!!=\'+i);7.1p(i)}}}}7.j(\'3s\',6(){g().1h("/2a/3r.29","3q 10 28",6(){g().13(g().27()+10)},"2b");$("q[26=2b]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');g().1h("/2a/3p.29","3o 10 28",6(){h 12=g().27()-10;c(12<0)12=0;g().13(12)},"24");$("q[26=24]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');});6 1i(){}7.j(\'3n\',6(){1i()});7.j(\'3m\',6(){1i()});7.j("k",6(y){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n<2)19;$(\'.3-8-3l-3k\').3j(6(){$(\'#3-8-a-k\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\')});7.1h("/3i/3h.3g","3f 3e",6(){$(\'.3-1w\').3d(\'3-8-1v\');$(\'.3-8-1y, .3-8-1x\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');c($(\'.3-1w\').3c(\'3-8-1v\')){$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'l\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'l\');$(\'.3-8-a\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').3b(\'3-8-a-z\')}3a{$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\')}},"39");7.j("38",6(y){1d.37(\'1c\',y.9[y.36].1a)});c(1d.1t(\'1c\')){35("1s(1d.1t(\'1c\'));",34)}});h 18;6 1s(1q){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==1q){c(i==18){19}18=i;7.1p(i)}}}}',36,270,'|||jw|||function|player|settings|tracks|submenu||if||||jwplayer|var||on|audioTracks|true|3D|length|aria|attr|div|100|||sx|filemoon|https||event|active||false|tt|seek|dd|height|width|adb|current_audio|return|name|getAudioTracks|default_audio|localStorage|removeClass|expanded|checked|addButton|callMeMaybe|vplayer|0fxcyc2ajhp1|position|vvplay|vvad|220|setCurrentAudioTrack|audio_name|for|audio_set|getItem|last|open|controls|playbackRates|captions|rewind|icon|insertAfter||detach|ff00||button|getPosition|sec|png|player8|ff11|log|console|track_name|appendTo|play|click|no|scrolling|frameborder|file_code|src|top|zIndex|css|showCCform|data|1662367683|383371|dl|video_ad|doPlay|prevt|mp4|3E||jpg|thumbs|file|300|setTimeout|currentTrack|setItem|audioTrackChanged|dualSound|else|addClass|hasClass|toggleClass|Track|Audio|svg|dualy|images|mousedown|buttons|topbar|playAttemptFailed|beforePlay|Rewind|fr|Forward|ff|ready|set_audio_track|remove|this|upload_srt|prop|50px|margin|1000001|iframe|center|align|text|rgba|background|1000000|left|absolute|pause|setCurrentCaptions|Upload|contains|item|content|html|fviews|referer|prem|embed|3e57249ef633e0d03bf76ceb8d8a4b65|216|83|hash|view|get|TokenZir|window|hide|show|complete|slow|fadeIn|video_ad_fadein|time||cache|Cache|Content|headers|ajaxSetup|v2done|tott|vastdone2|vastdone1|vvbefore|playbackRateControls|cast|aboutlink|FileMoon|abouttext|UHD|1870|qualityLabels|sites|GNOME_POWER|link|2Fiframe|3C|allowfullscreen|22360|22640|22no|marginheight|marginwidth|2FGNOME_POWER|2F0fxcyc2ajhp1|2Fe|2Ffilemoon|2F|3A||22https|3Ciframe|code|sharing|fontOpacity|backgroundOpacity|Tahoma|fontFamily|303030|backgroundColor|FFFFFF|color|userFontScale|thumbnails|kind|0fxcyc2ajhp10000|url|get_slides|start|startparam|none|preload|html5|primary|hlshtml|androidhls|duration|uniform|stretching|0fxcyc2ajhp1_xt|image|2048|sp|6871|asn|127|srv|43200|_g3XlBcu2lmD9oDexD2NLWSmah2Nu3XcDrl93m9PwXY|m3u8||master|0fxcyc2ajhp1_x|00076|01|hls2|to|s01|delivery|storage|moon|sources|setup'''.split('|')))  # noqa: SIM905

    def test_join(self):
        test_input = list('test')
@@ -431,6 +441,37 @@ class TestJSInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
        self._test('function f(){return "012345678".slice(-1, 1)}', '')
        self._test('function f(){return "012345678".slice(-3, -1)}', '67')

+    def test_js_number_to_string(self):
+        for test, radix, expected in [
+            (0, None, '0'),
+            (-0, None, '0'),
+            (0.0, None, '0'),
+            (-0.0, None, '0'),
+            (math.nan, None, 'NaN'),
+            (-math.nan, None, 'NaN'),
+            (math.inf, None, 'Infinity'),
+            (-math.inf, None, '-Infinity'),
+            (10 ** 21.5, 8, '526665530627250154000000'),
+            (6, 2, '110'),
+            (254, 16, 'fe'),
+            (-10, 2, '-1010'),
+            (-0xff, 2, '-11111111'),
+            (0.1 + 0.2, 16, '0.4cccccccccccd'),
+            (1234.1234, 10, '1234.1234'),
+            # (1000000000000000128, 10, '1000000000000000100')
+        ]:
+            assert js_number_to_string(test, radix) == expected
+
+    def test_extract_function(self):
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function a(b) { return b + 1; }')
+        func = jsi.extract_function('a')
+        self.assertEqual(func([2]), 3)
+
+    def test_extract_function_with_global_stack(self):
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function c(d) { return d + e + f + g; }')
+        func = jsi.extract_function('c', {'e': 10}, {'f': 100, 'g': 1000})
+        self.assertEqual(func([1]), 1111)
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ class TestHTTPRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
                rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/source_address')).read().decode()
            assert source_address == data

-    # Not supported by CurlCFFI
    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('CurlCFFI', 'not supported by curl-cffi')
    def test_gzip_trailing_garbage(self, handler):
        with handler() as rh:
@@ -720,6 +719,15 @@ class TestHTTPRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
                    rh, Request(
                        f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers', proxies={'all': 'http://10.255.255.255'})).close()

+    @pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(lambda _, handler: handler not in ['Urllib', 'CurlCFFI'], 'handler does not support keep_header_casing')
+    def test_keep_header_casing(self, handler):
+        with handler() as rh:
+            res = validate_and_send(
+                rh, Request(
+                    f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers', headers={'X-test-heaDer': 'test'}, extensions={'keep_header_casing': True})).read().decode()
+
+            assert 'X-test-heaDer: test' in res
+

@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
 class TestClientCertificate:
@@ -1289,6 +1297,7 @@ class TestRequestHandlerValidation:
            ({'legacy_ssl': False}, False),
            ({'legacy_ssl': True}, False),
            ({'legacy_ssl': 'notabool'}, AssertionError),
+            ({'keep_header_casing': True}, UnsupportedRequest),
        ]),
        ('Requests', 'http', [
            ({'cookiejar': 'notacookiejar'}, AssertionError),
@@ -1299,6 +1308,9 @@ class TestRequestHandlerValidation:
            ({'legacy_ssl': False}, False),
            ({'legacy_ssl': True}, False),
            ({'legacy_ssl': 'notabool'}, AssertionError),
+            ({'keep_header_casing': False}, False),
+            ({'keep_header_casing': True}, False),
+            ({'keep_header_casing': 'notabool'}, AssertionError),
        ]),
        ('CurlCFFI', 'http', [
            ({'cookiejar': 'notacookiejar'}, AssertionError),
--- a/test/test_plugins.py
+++ b/test/test_plugins.py
@@ -10,22 +10,71 @@ TEST_DATA_DIR = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'testdata')
 sys.path.append(str(TEST_DATA_DIR))
 importlib.invalidate_caches()

-from yt_dlp.utils import Config
-from yt_dlp.plugins import PACKAGE_NAME, directories, load_plugins
+from yt_dlp.plugins import (
+    PACKAGE_NAME,
+    PluginSpec,
+    directories,
+    load_plugins,
+    load_all_plugins,
+    register_plugin_spec,
+)
+
+from yt_dlp.globals import (
+    extractors,
+    postprocessors,
+    plugin_dirs,
+    plugin_ies,
+    plugin_pps,
+    all_plugins_loaded,
+    plugin_specs,
+)
+
+
+EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC = PluginSpec(
+    module_name='extractor',
+    suffix='IE',
+    destination=extractors,
+    plugin_destination=plugin_ies,
+)
+
+POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC = PluginSpec(
+    module_name='postprocessor',
+    suffix='PP',
+    destination=postprocessors,
+    plugin_destination=plugin_pps,
+)
+
+
+def reset_plugins():
+    plugin_ies.value = {}
+    plugin_pps.value = {}
+    plugin_dirs.value = ['default']
+    plugin_specs.value = {}
+    all_plugins_loaded.value = False
+    # Clearing override plugins is probably difficult
+    for module_name in tuple(sys.modules):
+        for plugin_type in ('extractor', 'postprocessor'):
+            if module_name.startswith(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.{plugin_type}.'):
+                del sys.modules[module_name]
+
+    importlib.invalidate_caches()


 class TestPlugins(unittest.TestCase):

    TEST_PLUGIN_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR / PACKAGE_NAME

+    def setUp(self):
+        reset_plugins()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        reset_plugins()
+
    def test_directories_containing_plugins(self):
        self.assertIn(self.TEST_PLUGIN_DIR, map(Path, directories()))

    def test_extractor_classes(self):
-        for module_name in tuple(sys.modules):
-            if module_name.startswith(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor'):
-                del sys.modules[module_name]
-        plugins_ie = load_plugins('extractor', 'IE')
+        plugins_ie = load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)

        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
        self.assertIn('NormalPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
@@ -35,17 +84,29 @@ class TestPlugins(unittest.TestCase):
            f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor._ignore' in sys.modules,
            'loaded module beginning with underscore')
        self.assertNotIn('IgnorePluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn('IgnorePluginIE', plugin_ies.value)

        # Don't load extractors with underscore prefix
        self.assertNotIn('_IgnoreUnderscorePluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn('_IgnoreUnderscorePluginIE', plugin_ies.value)

        # Don't load extractors not specified in __all__ (if supplied)
        self.assertNotIn('IgnoreNotInAllPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn('IgnoreNotInAllPluginIE', plugin_ies.value)
        self.assertIn('InAllPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertIn('InAllPluginIE', plugin_ies.value)
+
+        # Don't load override extractors
+        self.assertNotIn('OverrideGenericIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn('OverrideGenericIE', plugin_ies.value)
+        self.assertNotIn('_UnderscoreOverrideGenericIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn('_UnderscoreOverrideGenericIE', plugin_ies.value)

    def test_postprocessor_classes(self):
-        plugins_pp = load_plugins('postprocessor', 'PP')
+        plugins_pp = load_plugins(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
        self.assertIn('NormalPluginPP', plugins_pp.keys())
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.postprocessor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertIn('NormalPluginPP', plugin_pps.value)

    def test_importing_zipped_module(self):
        zip_path = TEST_DATA_DIR / 'zipped_plugins.zip'
@@ -58,10 +119,10 @@ class TestPlugins(unittest.TestCase):
                package = importlib.import_module(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.{plugin_type}')
                self.assertIn(zip_path / PACKAGE_NAME / plugin_type, map(Path, package.__path__))

-            plugins_ie = load_plugins('extractor', 'IE')
+            plugins_ie = load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
            self.assertIn('ZippedPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())

-            plugins_pp = load_plugins('postprocessor', 'PP')
+            plugins_pp = load_plugins(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
            self.assertIn('ZippedPluginPP', plugins_pp.keys())

        finally:
@@ -69,23 +130,116 @@ class TestPlugins(unittest.TestCase):
            os.remove(zip_path)
            importlib.invalidate_caches()  # reset the import caches

-    def test_plugin_dirs(self):
-        # Internal plugin dirs hack for CLI --plugin-dirs
-        # To be replaced with proper system later
-        custom_plugin_dir = TEST_DATA_DIR / 'plugin_packages'
-        Config._plugin_dirs = [str(custom_plugin_dir)]
-        importlib.invalidate_caches()  # reset the import caches
+    def test_reloading_plugins(self):
+        reload_plugins_path = TEST_DATA_DIR / 'reload_plugins'
+        load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        load_plugins(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)

+        # Remove default folder and add reload_plugin path
+        sys.path.remove(str(TEST_DATA_DIR))
+        sys.path.append(str(reload_plugins_path))
+        importlib.invalidate_caches()
        try:
-            package = importlib.import_module(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor')
-            self.assertIn(custom_plugin_dir / 'testpackage' / PACKAGE_NAME / 'extractor', map(Path, package.__path__))
+            for plugin_type in ('extractor', 'postprocessor'):
+                package = importlib.import_module(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.{plugin_type}')
+                self.assertIn(reload_plugins_path / PACKAGE_NAME / plugin_type, map(Path, package.__path__))

-            plugins_ie = load_plugins('extractor', 'IE')
-            self.assertIn('PackagePluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+            plugins_ie = load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+            self.assertIn('NormalPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+            self.assertTrue(
+                plugins_ie['NormalPluginIE'].REPLACED,
+                msg='Reloading has not replaced original extractor plugin')
+            self.assertTrue(
+                extractors.value['NormalPluginIE'].REPLACED,
+                msg='Reloading has not replaced original extractor plugin globally')
+
+            plugins_pp = load_plugins(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+            self.assertIn('NormalPluginPP', plugins_pp.keys())
+            self.assertTrue(plugins_pp['NormalPluginPP'].REPLACED,
+                            msg='Reloading has not replaced original postprocessor plugin')
+            self.assertTrue(
+                postprocessors.value['NormalPluginPP'].REPLACED,
+                msg='Reloading has not replaced original postprocessor plugin globally')

        finally:
-            Config._plugin_dirs = []
-            importlib.invalidate_caches()  # reset the import caches
+            sys.path.remove(str(reload_plugins_path))
+            sys.path.append(str(TEST_DATA_DIR))
+            importlib.invalidate_caches()
+
+    def test_extractor_override_plugin(self):
+        load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+        from yt_dlp.extractor.generic import GenericIE
+
+        self.assertEqual(GenericIE.TEST_FIELD, 'override')
+        self.assertEqual(GenericIE.SECONDARY_TEST_FIELD, 'underscore-override')
+
+        self.assertEqual(GenericIE.IE_NAME, 'generic+override+underscore-override')
+        importlib.invalidate_caches()
+        #  test that loading a second time doesn't wrap a second time
+        load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        from yt_dlp.extractor.generic import GenericIE
+        self.assertEqual(GenericIE.IE_NAME, 'generic+override+underscore-override')
+
+    def test_load_all_plugin_types(self):
+
+        # no plugin specs registered
+        load_all_plugins()
+
+        self.assertNotIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.postprocessor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+
+        register_plugin_spec(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        register_plugin_spec(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        load_all_plugins()
+        self.assertTrue(all_plugins_loaded.value)
+
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.postprocessor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+
+    def test_no_plugin_dirs(self):
+        register_plugin_spec(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        register_plugin_spec(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+        plugin_dirs.value = []
+        load_all_plugins()
+
+        self.assertNotIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertNotIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.postprocessor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+
+    def test_set_plugin_dirs(self):
+        custom_plugin_dir = str(TEST_DATA_DIR / 'plugin_packages')
+        plugin_dirs.value = [custom_plugin_dir]
+
+        load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.package', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertIn('PackagePluginIE', plugin_ies.value)
+
+    def test_invalid_plugin_dir(self):
+        plugin_dirs.value = ['invalid_dir']
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+    def test_append_plugin_dirs(self):
+        custom_plugin_dir = str(TEST_DATA_DIR / 'plugin_packages')
+
+        self.assertEqual(plugin_dirs.value, ['default'])
+        plugin_dirs.value.append(custom_plugin_dir)
+        self.assertEqual(plugin_dirs.value, ['default', custom_plugin_dir])
+
+        load_plugins(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.package', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertIn('PackagePluginIE', plugin_ies.value)
+
+    def test_get_plugin_spec(self):
+        register_plugin_spec(EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        register_plugin_spec(POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+
+        self.assertEqual(plugin_specs.value.get('extractor'), EXTRACTOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        self.assertEqual(plugin_specs.value.get('postprocessor'), POSTPROCESSOR_PLUGIN_SPEC)
+        self.assertIsNone(plugin_specs.value.get('invalid'))


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_socks.py
+++ b/test/test_socks.py
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ class SocksWebSocketTestRequestHandler(SocksTestRequestHandler):
        protocol = websockets.ServerProtocol()
        connection = websockets.sync.server.ServerConnection(socket=self.request, protocol=protocol, close_timeout=0)
        connection.handshake()
-        connection.send(json.dumps(self.socks_info))
+        for message in connection:
+            if message == 'socks_info':
+                connection.send(json.dumps(self.socks_info))
        connection.close()


--- a/test/test_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_subtitles.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor import (
    TedTalkIE,
    ThePlatformFeedIE,
    ThePlatformIE,
-    VikiIE,
    VimeoIE,
    WallaIE,
    YoutubeIE,
@@ -331,20 +330,6 @@ class TestRaiPlaySubtitles(BaseTestSubtitles):
        self.assertEqual(md5(subtitles['it']), '4b3264186fbb103508abe5311cfcb9cd')


-@is_download_test
-@unittest.skip('IE broken - DRM only')
-class TestVikiSubtitles(BaseTestSubtitles):
-    url = 'http://www.viki.com/videos/1060846v-punch-episode-18'
-    IE = VikiIE
-
-    def test_allsubtitles(self):
-        self.DL.params['writesubtitles'] = True
-        self.DL.params['allsubtitles'] = True
-        subtitles = self.getSubtitles()
-        self.assertEqual(set(subtitles.keys()), {'en'})
-        self.assertEqual(md5(subtitles['en']), '53cb083a5914b2d84ef1ab67b880d18a')
-
-
@is_download_test
 class TestThePlatformSubtitles(BaseTestSubtitles):
    # from http://www.3playmedia.com/services-features/tools/integrations/theplatform/
--- a/test/test_traversal.py
+++ b/test/test_traversal.py
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ from yt_dlp.utils import (
    determine_ext,
    dict_get,
    int_or_none,
+    join_nonempty,
    str_or_none,
 )
 from yt_dlp.utils.traversal import (
-    traverse_obj,
+    find_element,
+    find_elements,
    require,
    subs_list_to_dict,
+    traverse_obj,
+    trim_str,
+    unpack,
 )

 _TEST_DATA = {
@@ -34,6 +39,14 @@ _TEST_DATA = {
    'dict': {},
 }

+_TEST_HTML = '''<html><body>
+    <div class="a">1</div>
+    <div class="a" id="x" custom="z">2</div>
+    <div class="b" data-id="y" custom="z">3</div>
+    <p class="a">4</p>
+    <p id="d" custom="e">5</p>
+</body></html>'''
+

 class TestTraversal:
    def test_traversal_base(self):
@@ -468,7 +481,7 @@ class TestTraversalHelpers:
            'id': 'name',
            'data': 'content',
            'url': 'url',
-        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict}]) == {
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(lang=None)}]) == {
            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass'}],
            'en': [{'data': 'content'}],
        }, 'subs with mandatory items missing should be filtered'
@@ -477,7 +490,7 @@ class TestTraversalHelpers:
            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en', 'name': 'en'},
        ], [..., {
            'id': 'name',
-            'ext': ['url', {lambda x: determine_ext(x, default_ext=None)}],
+            'ext': ['url', {determine_ext(default_ext=None)}],
            'url': 'url',
        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(ext='ext')}]) == {
            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass', 'ext': 'ass'}],
@@ -494,6 +507,121 @@ class TestTraversalHelpers:
            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en1', 'ext': 'ext'},
            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en2', 'ext': 'ext'},
        ]}, '`quality` key should sort subtitle list accordingly'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 'de', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass'},
+            {'name': 'de'},
+            {'name': 'en', 'content': 'content'},
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'url': 'url',
+            'data': 'content',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(lang='en')}]) == {
+            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass'}],
+            'en': [
+                {'data': 'content'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en'},
+            ],
+        }, 'optionally provided lang should be used if no id available'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 1, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de1'},
+            {'name': {}, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de2'},
+            {'name': 'de', 'ext': 1, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de3'},
+            {'name': 'de', 'ext': {}, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de4'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'url': 'url',
+            'ext': 'ext',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(lang=None)}]) == {
+            'de': [
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de3'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de4'},
+            ],
+        }, 'non str types should be ignored for id and ext'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 1, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de1'},
+            {'name': {}, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de2'},
+            {'name': 'de', 'ext': 1, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de3'},
+            {'name': 'de', 'ext': {}, 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de4'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'url': 'url',
+            'ext': 'ext',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(lang='de')}]) == {
+            'de': [
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de1'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de2'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de3'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de4'},
+            ],
+        }, 'non str types should be replaced by default id'
+
+    def test_trim_str(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            trim_str('positional')
+
+        assert callable(trim_str(start='a'))
+        assert trim_str(start='ab')('abc') == 'c'
+        assert trim_str(end='bc')('abc') == 'a'
+        assert trim_str(start='a', end='c')('abc') == 'b'
+        assert trim_str(start='ab', end='c')('abc') == ''
+        assert trim_str(start='a', end='bc')('abc') == ''
+        assert trim_str(start='ab', end='bc')('abc') == ''
+        assert trim_str(start='abc', end='abc')('abc') == ''
+        assert trim_str(start='', end='')('abc') == 'abc'
+
+    def test_unpack(self):
+        assert unpack(lambda *x: ''.join(map(str, x)))([1, 2, 3]) == '123'
+        assert unpack(join_nonempty)([1, 2, 3]) == '1-2-3'
+        assert unpack(join_nonempty, delim=' ')([1, 2, 3]) == '1 2 3'
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            unpack(join_nonempty)()
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            unpack()
+
+    def test_find_element(self):
+        for improper_kwargs in [
+            dict(attr='data-id'),
+            dict(value='y'),
+            dict(attr='data-id', value='y', cls='a'),
+            dict(attr='data-id', value='y', id='x'),
+            dict(cls='a', id='x'),
+            dict(cls='a', tag='p'),
+            dict(cls='[ab]', regex=True),
+        ]:
+            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+                find_element(**improper_kwargs)(_TEST_HTML)
+
+        assert find_element(cls='a')(_TEST_HTML) == '1'
+        assert find_element(cls='a', html=True)(_TEST_HTML) == '<div class="a">1</div>'
+        assert find_element(id='x')(_TEST_HTML) == '2'
+        assert find_element(id='[ex]')(_TEST_HTML) is None
+        assert find_element(id='[ex]', regex=True)(_TEST_HTML) == '2'
+        assert find_element(id='x', html=True)(_TEST_HTML) == '<div class="a" id="x" custom="z">2</div>'
+        assert find_element(attr='data-id', value='y')(_TEST_HTML) == '3'
+        assert find_element(attr='data-id', value='y(?:es)?')(_TEST_HTML) is None
+        assert find_element(attr='data-id', value='y(?:es)?', regex=True)(_TEST_HTML) == '3'
+        assert find_element(
+            attr='data-id', value='y', html=True)(_TEST_HTML) == '<div class="b" data-id="y" custom="z">3</div>'
+
+    def test_find_elements(self):
+        for improper_kwargs in [
+            dict(tag='p'),
+            dict(attr='data-id'),
+            dict(value='y'),
+            dict(attr='data-id', value='y', cls='a'),
+            dict(cls='a', tag='div'),
+            dict(cls='[ab]', regex=True),
+        ]:
+            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+                find_elements(**improper_kwargs)(_TEST_HTML)
+
+        assert find_elements(cls='a')(_TEST_HTML) == ['1', '2', '4']
+        assert find_elements(cls='a', html=True)(_TEST_HTML) == [
+            '<div class="a">1</div>', '<div class="a" id="x" custom="z">2</div>', '<p class="a">4</p>']
+        assert find_elements(attr='custom', value='z')(_TEST_HTML) == ['2', '3']
+        assert find_elements(attr='custom', value='[ez]')(_TEST_HTML) == []
+        assert find_elements(attr='custom', value='[ez]', regex=True)(_TEST_HTML) == ['2', '3', '5']


 class TestDictGet:
--- a/test/test_update.py
+++ b/test/test_update.py
@@ -82,16 +82,32 @@ TEST_LOCKFILE_V1 = rf'''{TEST_LOCKFILE_COMMENT}
 lock 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
 lock 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
 lock 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+lock 2024.10.22 py2exe .+
+lock 2024.10.22 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+lock 2024.10.22 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+lock 2024.10.22 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
 '''

 TEST_LOCKFILE_V2_TMPL = r'''%s
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 py2exe .+
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2024.10.22 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 py2exe .+
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2024.10.22.051025 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
 lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.045052 py2exe .+
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 linux_(?:armv7l|aarch64)_exe .+-glibc2\.(?:[12]?\d|30)\b
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 (?!\w+_exe).+ Python 3\.8
+lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
 '''

 TEST_LOCKFILE_V2 = TEST_LOCKFILE_V2_TMPL % TEST_LOCKFILE_COMMENT
@@ -145,43 +161,76 @@ class TestUpdate(unittest.TestCase):
        for lockfile in (TEST_LOCKFILE_V1, TEST_LOCKFILE_V2, TEST_LOCKFILE_ACTUAL, TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK):
            # Normal operation
            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.12.0', '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31')
-            test(lockfile, 'zip stable Python 3.12.0', '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31', exact=True)
-            # Python 3.6 --update should update only to its lock
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.12.0', '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31', exact=True)
+            # py2exe should never update beyond 2024.10.22
+            test(lockfile, 'py2exe Python 3.8', '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(lockfile, 'py2exe Python 3.8', '2025.01.01', None, exact=True)
+            # Python 3.6 --update should update only to the py3.6 lock
            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.6.0', '2023.11.16', '2022.08.18.36')
-            # --update-to an exact version later than the lock should return None
-            test(lockfile, 'zip stable Python 3.6.0', '2023.11.16', None, exact=True)
-            # Python 3.7 should be able to update to its lock
+            # Python 3.6 --update-to an exact version later than the py3.6 lock should return None
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.6.0', '2023.11.16', None, exact=True)
+            # Python 3.7 should be able to update to the py3.7 lock
            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.7.0', '2023.11.16', '2023.11.16')
-            test(lockfile, 'zip stable Python 3.7.1', '2023.11.16', '2023.11.16', exact=True)
-            # Non-win_x86_exe builds on py3.7 must be locked
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.7.1', '2023.11.16', '2023.11.16', exact=True)
+            # Non-win_x86_exe builds on py3.7 must be locked at py3.7 lock
            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.7.1', '2023.12.31', '2023.11.16')
-            test(lockfile, 'zip stable Python 3.7.1', '2023.12.31', None, exact=True)
-            test(  # Windows Vista w/ win_x86_exe must be locked
-                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe stable Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2',
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.7.1', '2023.12.31', None, exact=True)
+            # Python 3.8 should only update to the py3.8 lock
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.8.10', '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(lockfile, 'zip Python 3.8.110', '2025.01.01', None, exact=True)
+            test(  # Windows Vista w/ win_x86_exe must be locked at Vista lock
+                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2',
                '2023.12.31', '2023.11.16')
-            test(  # Windows 2008Server w/ win_x86_exe must be locked
+            test(  # Windows 2008Server w/ win_x86_exe must be locked at Vista lock
                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-2008Server',
                '2023.12.31', None, exact=True)
-            test(  # Windows 7 w/ win_x86_exe py3.7 build should be able to update beyond lock
-                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe stable Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1',
-                '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31')
-            test(  # Windows 8.1 w/ '2008Server' in platform string should be able to update beyond lock
+            test(  # Windows 7 w/ win_x86_exe py3.7 build should be able to update beyond py3.7 lock
+                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1',
+                '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31', exact=True)
+            test(  # Windows 7 win_x86_exe should only update to Win7 lock
+                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1',
+                '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(  # Windows 2008ServerR2 win_exe should only update to Win7 lock
+                lockfile, 'win_exe Python 3.8.10 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-2008ServerR2',
+                '2025.12.31', '2024.10.22')
+            test(  # Windows 8.1 w/ '2008Server' in platform string should be able to update beyond py3.7 lock
                lockfile, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200',
                '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31', exact=True)
+            test(  # win_exe built w/Python 3.8 on Windows>=8 should be able to update beyond py3.8 lock
+                lockfile, 'win_exe Python 3.8.10 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.20348-SP0',
+                '2025.01.01', '2025.01.01', exact=True)
+            test(  # linux_armv7l_exe w/glibc2.7 should only update to glibc<2.31 lock
+                lockfile, 'linux_armv7l_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython armv7l 32bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-armv7l-with-glibc2.7',
+                '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(  # linux_armv7l_exe w/Python 3.8 and glibc>=2.31 should be able to update beyond py3.8 and glibc<2.31 locks
+                lockfile, 'linux_armv7l_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython armv7l 32bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-armv7l-with-glibc2.31',
+                '2025.01.01', '2025.01.01')
+            test(  # linux_armv7l_exe w/glibc2.30 should only update to glibc<2.31 lock
+                lockfile, 'linux_armv7l_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython armv7l 64bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-aarch64-with-glibc2.30 (OpenSSL',
+                '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(  # linux_aarch64_exe w/glibc2.17 should only update to glibc<2.31 lock
+                lockfile, 'linux_aarch64_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython aarch64 64bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-aarch64-with-glibc2.17',
+                '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')
+            test(  # linux_aarch64_exe w/glibc2.40 and glibc>=2.31 should be able to update beyond py3.8 and glibc<2.31 locks
+                lockfile, 'linux_aarch64_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython aarch64 64bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-aarch64-with-glibc2.40',
+                '2025.01.01', '2025.01.01')
+            test(  # linux_aarch64_exe w/glibc2.3 should only update to glibc<2.31 lock
+                lockfile, 'linux_aarch64_exe Python 3.8.0 (CPython aarch64 64bit) - Linux-6.5.0-1025-azure-aarch64-with-glibc2.3 (OpenSSL',
+                '2025.01.01', '2024.10.22')

        # Forks can block updates to non-numeric tags rather than lock
        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.6.3', 'pr0000', None, repo='fork/yt-dlp')
-        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip stable Python 3.7.4', 'pr0000', 'pr0000', repo='fork/yt-dlp')
-        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip stable Python 3.7.4', 'pr1234', None, repo='fork/yt-dlp')
+        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.7.4', 'pr0000', 'pr0000', repo='fork/yt-dlp')
+        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.7.4', 'pr1234', None, repo='fork/yt-dlp')
        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.8.1', 'pr1234', 'pr1234', repo='fork/yt-dlp', exact=True)
        test(
-            TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'win_x86_exe stable Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2',
+            TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2',
            'pr1234', None, repo='fork/yt-dlp')
        test(
-            TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'win_x86_exe stable Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1',
+            TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'win_x86_exe Python 3.7.9 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1',
            '2023.12.31', '2023.12.31', repo='fork/yt-dlp')
        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.11.2', 'pr9999', None, repo='fork/yt-dlp', exact=True)
-        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip stable Python 3.12.0', 'pr9999', 'pr9999', repo='fork/yt-dlp')
+        test(TEST_LOCKFILE_FORK, 'zip Python 3.12.0', 'pr9999', 'pr9999', repo='fork/yt-dlp')

    def test_query_update(self):
        ydl = FakeYDL()
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -3,24 +3,25 @@
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
-import unittest
-import warnings
-import datetime as dt

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


 import contextlib
+import datetime as dt
 import io
 import itertools
 import json
+import pickle
 import subprocess
+import unittest
+import unittest.mock
+import warnings
 import xml.etree.ElementTree

 from yt_dlp.compat import (
    compat_etree_fromstring,
    compat_HTMLParseError,
-    compat_os_name,
 )
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
    Config,
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ from yt_dlp.utils import (
    dfxp2srt,
    encode_base_n,
    encode_compat_str,
-    encodeFilename,
    expand_path,
    extract_attributes,
    extract_basic_auth,
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ from yt_dlp.utils import (
    get_elements_html_by_class,
    get_elements_text_and_html_by_attribute,
    int_or_none,
-    intlist_to_bytes,
    iri_to_uri,
    is_html,
    js_to_json,
@@ -220,11 +219,8 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_filename('_BD_eEpuzXw', is_id=True), '_BD_eEpuzXw')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_filename('N0Y__7-UOdI', is_id=True), 'N0Y__7-UOdI')

+    @unittest.mock.patch('sys.platform', 'win32')
    def test_sanitize_path(self):
-        with unittest.mock.patch('sys.platform', 'win32'):
-            self._test_sanitize_path()
-
-    def _test_sanitize_path(self):
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc'), 'abc')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc/def'), 'abc\\def')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc\\def'), 'abc\\def')
@@ -251,17 +247,34 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc/def...'), 'abc\\def..#')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc.../def'), 'abc..#\\def')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc.../def...'), 'abc..#\\def..#')
-
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('../abc'), '..\\abc')
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('../../abc'), '..\\..\\abc')
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('./abc'), 'abc')
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('./../abc'), '..\\abc')
-
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('\\abc'), '\\abc')
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:abc'), 'C:abc')
-        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:abc\\..\\'), 'C:..')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:\\abc:%(title)s.%(ext)s'), 'C:\\abc#%(title)s.%(ext)s')

+        # Check with nt._path_normpath if available
+        try:
+            from nt import _path_normpath as nt_path_normpath
+        except ImportError:
+            nt_path_normpath = None
+
+        for test, expected in [
+            ('C:\\', 'C:\\'),
+            ('../abc', '..\\abc'),
+            ('../../abc', '..\\..\\abc'),
+            ('./abc', 'abc'),
+            ('./../abc', '..\\abc'),
+            ('\\abc', '\\abc'),
+            ('C:abc', 'C:abc'),
+            ('C:abc\\..\\', 'C:'),
+            ('C:abc\\..\\def\\..\\..\\', 'C:..'),
+            ('C:\\abc\\xyz///..\\def\\', 'C:\\abc\\def'),
+            ('abc/../', '.'),
+            ('./abc/../', '.'),
+        ]:
+            result = sanitize_path(test)
+            assert result == expected, f'{test} was incorrectly resolved'
+            assert result == sanitize_path(result), f'{test} changed after sanitizing again'
+            if nt_path_normpath:
+                assert result == nt_path_normpath(test), f'{test} does not match nt._path_normpath'
+
    def test_sanitize_url(self):
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_url('//foo.bar'), 'http://foo.bar')
        self.assertEqual(sanitize_url('httpss://foo.bar'), 'https://foo.bar')
@@ -343,11 +356,13 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(remove_start(None, 'A - '), None)
        self.assertEqual(remove_start('A - B', 'A - '), 'B')
        self.assertEqual(remove_start('B - A', 'A - '), 'B - A')
+        self.assertEqual(remove_start('non-empty', ''), 'non-empty')

    def test_remove_end(self):
        self.assertEqual(remove_end(None, ' - B'), None)
        self.assertEqual(remove_end('A - B', ' - B'), 'A')
        self.assertEqual(remove_end('B - A', ' - B'), 'B - A')
+        self.assertEqual(remove_end('non-empty', ''), 'non-empty')

    def test_remove_quotes(self):
        self.assertEqual(remove_quotes(None), None)
@@ -563,10 +578,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(res_data, {'a': 'b', 'c': 'd'})

    def test_shell_quote(self):
-        args = ['ffmpeg', '-i', encodeFilename('ñ€ß\'.mp4')]
+        args = ['ffmpeg', '-i', 'ñ€ß\'.mp4']
        self.assertEqual(
            shell_quote(args),
-            """ffmpeg -i 'ñ€ß'"'"'.mp4'""" if compat_os_name != 'nt' else '''ffmpeg -i "ñ€ß'.mp4"''')
+            """ffmpeg -i 'ñ€ß'"'"'.mp4'""" if os.name != 'nt' else '''ffmpeg -i "ñ€ß'.mp4"''')

    def test_float_or_none(self):
        self.assertEqual(float_or_none('42.42'), 42.42)
@@ -1245,6 +1260,7 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_js_to_json_malformed(self):
        self.assertEqual(js_to_json('42a1'), '42"a1"')
        self.assertEqual(js_to_json('42a-1'), '42"a"-1')
+        self.assertEqual(js_to_json('{a: `${e("")}`}'), '{"a": "\\"e\\"(\\"\\")"}')

    def test_js_to_json_template_literal(self):
        self.assertEqual(js_to_json('`Hello ${name}`', {'name': '"world"'}), '"Hello world"')
@@ -1306,15 +1322,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(clean_html('a:\n   "b"'), 'a: "b"')
        self.assertEqual(clean_html('a<br>\xa0b'), 'a\nb')

-    def test_intlist_to_bytes(self):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            intlist_to_bytes([0, 1, 127, 128, 255]),
-            b'\x00\x01\x7f\x80\xff')
-
    def test_args_to_str(self):
        self.assertEqual(
            args_to_str(['foo', 'ba/r', '-baz', '2 be', '']),
-            'foo ba/r -baz \'2 be\' \'\'' if compat_os_name != 'nt' else 'foo ba/r -baz "2 be" ""',
+            'foo ba/r -baz \'2 be\' \'\'' if os.name != 'nt' else 'foo ba/r -baz "2 be" ""',
        )

    def test_parse_filesize(self):
@@ -2073,21 +2084,26 @@ Line 1
        headers = HTTPHeaderDict()
        headers['ytdl-test'] = b'0'
        self.assertEqual(list(headers.items()), [('Ytdl-Test', '0')])
+        self.assertEqual(list(headers.sensitive().items()), [('ytdl-test', '0')])
        headers['ytdl-test'] = 1
        self.assertEqual(list(headers.items()), [('Ytdl-Test', '1')])
+        self.assertEqual(list(headers.sensitive().items()), [('ytdl-test', '1')])
        headers['Ytdl-test'] = '2'
        self.assertEqual(list(headers.items()), [('Ytdl-Test', '2')])
+        self.assertEqual(list(headers.sensitive().items()), [('Ytdl-test', '2')])
        self.assertTrue('ytDl-Test' in headers)
        self.assertEqual(str(headers), str(dict(headers)))
        self.assertEqual(repr(headers), str(dict(headers)))

        headers.update({'X-dlp': 'data'})
        self.assertEqual(set(headers.items()), {('Ytdl-Test', '2'), ('X-Dlp', 'data')})
+        self.assertEqual(set(headers.sensitive().items()), {('Ytdl-test', '2'), ('X-dlp', 'data')})
        self.assertEqual(dict(headers), {'Ytdl-Test': '2', 'X-Dlp': 'data'})
        self.assertEqual(len(headers), 2)
        self.assertEqual(headers.copy(), headers)
-        headers2 = HTTPHeaderDict({'X-dlp': 'data3'}, **headers, **{'X-dlp': 'data2'})
+        headers2 = HTTPHeaderDict({'X-dlp': 'data3'}, headers, **{'X-dlP': 'data2'})
        self.assertEqual(set(headers2.items()), {('Ytdl-Test', '2'), ('X-Dlp', 'data2')})
+        self.assertEqual(set(headers2.sensitive().items()), {('Ytdl-test', '2'), ('X-dlP', 'data2')})
        self.assertEqual(len(headers2), 2)
        headers2.clear()
        self.assertEqual(len(headers2), 0)
@@ -2095,16 +2111,23 @@ Line 1
        # ensure we prefer latter headers
        headers3 = HTTPHeaderDict({'Ytdl-TeSt': 1}, {'Ytdl-test': 2})
        self.assertEqual(set(headers3.items()), {('Ytdl-Test', '2')})
+        self.assertEqual(set(headers3.sensitive().items()), {('Ytdl-test', '2')})
        del headers3['ytdl-tesT']
        self.assertEqual(dict(headers3), {})

        headers4 = HTTPHeaderDict({'ytdl-test': 'data;'})
        self.assertEqual(set(headers4.items()), {('Ytdl-Test', 'data;')})
+        self.assertEqual(set(headers4.sensitive().items()), {('ytdl-test', 'data;')})

        # common mistake: strip whitespace from values
        # https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8729
        headers5 = HTTPHeaderDict({'ytdl-test': ' data; '})
        self.assertEqual(set(headers5.items()), {('Ytdl-Test', 'data;')})
+        self.assertEqual(set(headers5.sensitive().items()), {('ytdl-test', 'data;')})
+
+        # test if picklable
+        headers6 = HTTPHeaderDict(a=1, b=2)
+        self.assertEqual(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(headers6)), headers6)

    def test_extract_basic_auth(self):
        assert extract_basic_auth('http://:foo.bar') == ('http://:foo.bar', None)
@@ -2114,7 +2137,7 @@ Line 1
        assert extract_basic_auth('http://user:@foo.bar') == ('http://foo.bar', 'Basic dXNlcjo=')
        assert extract_basic_auth('http://user:pass@foo.bar') == ('http://foo.bar', 'Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz')

-    @unittest.skipUnless(compat_os_name == 'nt', 'Only relevant on Windows')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'nt', 'Only relevant on Windows')
    def test_windows_escaping(self):
        tests = [
            'test"&',
@@ -2148,6 +2171,12 @@ Line 1
            assert run_shell(args) == expected
            assert run_shell(shell_quote(args, shell=True)) == expected

+    def test_partial_application(self):
+        assert callable(int_or_none(scale=10)), 'missing positional parameter should apply partially'
+        assert int_or_none(10, scale=0.1) == 100, 'positionally passed argument should call function'
+        assert int_or_none(v=10) == 10, 'keyword passed positional should call function'
+        assert int_or_none(scale=0.1)(10) == 100, 'call after partial application should call the function'
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_websockets.py
+++ b/test/test_websockets.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def websocket_handler(websocket):
                return websocket.send('2')
        elif isinstance(message, str):
            if message == 'headers':
-                return websocket.send(json.dumps(dict(websocket.request.headers)))
+                return websocket.send(json.dumps(dict(websocket.request.headers.raw_items())))
            elif message == 'path':
                return websocket.send(websocket.request.path)
            elif message == 'source_address':
@@ -266,18 +266,18 @@ class TestWebsSocketRequestHandlerConformance:
        with handler(cookiejar=cookiejar) as rh:
            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert json.loads(ws.recv())['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
+            assert HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
            ws.close()

        with handler() as rh:
            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert 'cookie' not in json.loads(ws.recv())
+            assert 'cookie' not in HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))
            ws.close()

            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url, extensions={'cookiejar': cookiejar}))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert json.loads(ws.recv())['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
+            assert HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
            ws.close()

    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('Websockets', 'Set-Cookie not supported by websockets')
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class TestWebsSocketRequestHandlerConformance:
            ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'{self.ws_base_url}/get_cookie', extensions={'cookiejar': YoutubeDLCookieJar()}))
            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url, extensions={'cookiejar': YoutubeDLCookieJar()}))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert 'cookie' not in json.loads(ws.recv())
+            assert 'cookie' not in HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))
            ws.close()

    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('Websockets', 'Set-Cookie not supported by websockets')
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ class TestWebsSocketRequestHandlerConformance:
            ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'{self.ws_base_url}/get_cookie'))
            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert json.loads(ws.recv())['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
+            assert HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
            ws.close()
            cookiejar.clear_session_cookies()
            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
            ws.send('headers')
-            assert 'cookie' not in json.loads(ws.recv())
+            assert 'cookie' not in HTTPHeaderDict(json.loads(ws.recv()))
            ws.close()

    def test_source_address(self, handler):
@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ class TestWebsSocketRequestHandlerConformance:
            assert headers['test3'] == 'test3'
            ws.close()

+    def test_keep_header_casing(self, handler):
+        with handler(headers=HTTPHeaderDict({'x-TeSt1': 'test'})) as rh:
+            ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url, headers={'x-TeSt2': 'test'}, extensions={'keep_header_casing': True}))
+            ws.send('headers')
+            headers = json.loads(ws.recv())
+            assert 'x-TeSt1' in headers
+            assert 'x-TeSt2' in headers
+
    @pytest.mark.parametrize('client_cert', (
        {'client_certificate': os.path.join(MTLS_CERT_DIR, 'clientwithkey.crt')},
        {
--- a/test/test_youtube_signature.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
@@ -68,6 +68,31 @@ _SIG_TESTS = [
        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
        'AOq0QJ8wRAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xx8j7v1pDL2QwbdV96sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOg51Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJoOySqa0',
    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/3bb1f723/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        'MyOSJXtKI3m-uME_jv7-pT12gOFC02RFkGoqWpzE0Cs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/2f1832d2/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        '0QJ8wRAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xxAj7v1pDL0QwbdV96sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOg51Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJ2OySqa0q',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/643afba4/tv-player-ias.vflset/tv-player-ias.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        'AAOAOq0QJ8wRAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xx8j7vgpDL0QwbdV06sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOS21Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJoOy1',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/363db69b/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        '0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpz2ICs6EVdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/4fcd6e4a/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        'wAOAOq0QJ8ARAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xx8q7v1pDL0QwbdV96sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOg51Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJoOySqa0',
+    ),
 ]

 _NSIG_TESTS = [
@@ -183,6 +208,50 @@ _NSIG_TESTS = [
        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/b12cc44b/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        'keLa5R2U00sR9SQK', 'N1OGyujjEwMnLw',
    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/3bb1f723/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'gK15nzVyaXE9RsMP3z', 'ZFFWFLPWx9DEgQ',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/2f1832d2/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'YWt1qdbe8SAfkoPHW5d', 'RrRjWQOJmBiP',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/9c6dfc4a/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'jbu7ylIosQHyJyJV', 'uwI0ESiynAmhNg',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/e7567ecf/player_ias_tce.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'Sy4aDGc0VpYRR9ew_', '5UPOT1VhoZxNLQ',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/d50f54ef/player_ias_tce.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'Ha7507LzRmH3Utygtj', 'XFTb2HoeOE5MHg',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/074a8365/player_ias_tce.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'Ha7507LzRmH3Utygtj', 'ufTsrE0IVYrkl8v',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/643afba4/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'N5uAlLqm0eg1GyHO', 'dCBQOejdq5s-ww',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/69f581a5/tv-player-ias.vflset/tv-player-ias.js',
+        '-qIP447rVlTTwaZjY', 'KNcGOksBAvwqQg',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/643afba4/tv-player-ias.vflset/tv-player-ias.js',
+        'ir9-V6cdbCiyKxhr', '2PL7ZDYAALMfmA',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/363db69b/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'eWYu5d5YeY_4LyEDc', 'XJQqf-N7Xra3gg',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/4fcd6e4a/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'o_L251jm8yhZkWtBW', 'lXoxI3XvToqn6A',
+    ),
 ]


@@ -196,6 +265,8 @@ class TestPlayerInfo(unittest.TestCase):
            ('https://www.youtube.com/s/player/64dddad9/player-plasma-ias-phone-en_US.vflset/base.js', '64dddad9'),
            ('https://www.youtube.com/s/player/64dddad9/player-plasma-ias-phone-de_DE.vflset/base.js', '64dddad9'),
            ('https://www.youtube.com/s/player/64dddad9/player-plasma-ias-tablet-en_US.vflset/base.js', '64dddad9'),
+            ('https://www.youtube.com/s/player/e7567ecf/player_ias_tce.vflset/en_US/base.js', 'e7567ecf'),
+            ('https://www.youtube.com/s/player/643afba4/tv-player-ias.vflset/tv-player-ias.js', '643afba4'),
            # obsolete
            ('https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player_ias-vfle4-e03/en_US/base.js', 'vfle4-e03'),
            ('https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player_ias-vfl49f_g4/en_US/base.js', 'vfl49f_g4'),
@@ -228,7 +299,7 @@ def t_factory(name, sig_func, url_pattern):
    def make_tfunc(url, sig_input, expected_sig):
        m = url_pattern.match(url)
        assert m, f'{url!r} should follow URL format'
-        test_id = m.group('id')
+        test_id = re.sub(r'[/.-]', '_', m.group('id') or m.group('compat_id'))

        def test_func(self):
            basename = f'player-{name}-{test_id}.js'
@@ -254,17 +325,25 @@ def signature(jscode, sig_input):


 def n_sig(jscode, sig_input):
-    funcname = YoutubeIE(FakeYDL())._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
-    return JSInterpreter(jscode).call_function(funcname, sig_input)
+    ie = YoutubeIE(FakeYDL())
+    funcname = ie._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
+    jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
+    func = jsi.extract_function_from_code(*ie._fixup_n_function_code(*jsi.extract_function_code(funcname), jscode))
+    return func([sig_input])


 make_sig_test = t_factory(
-    'signature', signature, re.compile(r'.*(?:-|/player/)(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/.+\.js|(?:/watch_as3|/html5player)?\.[a-z]+)$'))
+    'signature', signature,
+    re.compile(r'''(?x)
+        .+(?:
+            /player/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_/.-]+)|
+            /html5player-(?:en_US-)?(?P<compat_id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:/watch_as3|/html5player)?
+        )\.js$'''))
 for test_spec in _SIG_TESTS:
    make_sig_test(*test_spec)

 make_nsig_test = t_factory(
-    'nsig', n_sig, re.compile(r'.+/player/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/.+.js$'))
+    'nsig', n_sig, re.compile(r'.+/player/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9_/.-]+)\.js$'))
 for test_spec in _NSIG_TESTS:
    make_nsig_test(*test_spec)

--- a/test/testdata/netrc/netrc
+++ b/test/testdata/netrc/netrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+machine normal_use login user password pass
+machine empty_user login "" password pass
+machine empty_pass login user password ""
+machine both_empty login "" password ""
--- a/test/testdata/netrc/print_netrc.py
+++ b/test/testdata/netrc/print_netrc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+with open('./test/testdata/netrc/netrc', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+    print(fp.read())
--- a/test/testdata/plugin_packages/testpackage/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/package.py
+++ b/test/testdata/plugin_packages/testpackage/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/package.py
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor


 class PackagePluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = 'package'
    pass
--- a/test/testdata/reload_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/normal.py
+++ b/test/testdata/reload_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/normal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class NormalPluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = 'normal'
+    REPLACED = True
+
+
+class _IgnoreUnderscorePluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    pass
--- a/test/testdata/reload_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/postprocessor/normal.py
+++ b/test/testdata/reload_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/postprocessor/normal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor
+
+
+class NormalPluginPP(PostProcessor):
+    REPLACED = True
--- a/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/ignore.py
+++ b/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/ignore.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class IgnoreNotInAllPluginIE(InfoExtractor):


 class InAllPluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = 'inallpluginie'
    pass


--- a/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/normal.py
+++ b/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/normal.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor


 class NormalPluginIE(InfoExtractor):
-    pass
+    _VALID_URL = 'normalpluginie'
+    REPLACED = False


 class _IgnoreUnderscorePluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = 'ignoreunderscorepluginie'
    pass
--- a/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/override.py
+++ b/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/override.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from yt_dlp.extractor.generic import GenericIE
+
+
+class OverrideGenericIE(GenericIE, plugin_name='override'):
+    TEST_FIELD = 'override'
--- a/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/overridetwo.py
+++ b/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/overridetwo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from yt_dlp.extractor.generic import GenericIE
+
+
+class _UnderscoreOverrideGenericIE(GenericIE, plugin_name='underscore-override'):
+    SECONDARY_TEST_FIELD = 'underscore-override'
--- a/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/postprocessor/normal.py
+++ b/test/testdata/yt_dlp_plugins/postprocessor/normal.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor


 class NormalPluginPP(PostProcessor):
-    pass
+    REPLACED = False
--- a/test/testdata/zipped_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/zipped.py
+++ b/test/testdata/zipped_plugins/yt_dlp_plugins/extractor/zipped.py
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor


 class ZippedPluginIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = 'zippedpluginie'
    pass
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -26,13 +26,22 @@ import unicodedata

 from .cache import Cache
 from .compat import urllib  # isort: split
-from .compat import compat_os_name, urllib_req_to_req
+from .compat import urllib_req_to_req
 from .cookies import CookieLoadError, LenientSimpleCookie, load_cookies
 from .downloader import FFmpegFD, get_suitable_downloader, shorten_protocol_name
 from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
-from .extractor import gen_extractor_classes, get_info_extractor
+from .extractor import gen_extractor_classes, get_info_extractor, import_extractors
 from .extractor.common import UnsupportedURLIE
 from .extractor.openload import PhantomJSwrapper
+from .globals import (
+    IN_CLI,
+    LAZY_EXTRACTORS,
+    plugin_ies,
+    plugin_ies_overrides,
+    plugin_pps,
+    all_plugins_loaded,
+    plugin_dirs,
+)
 from .minicurses import format_text
 from .networking import HEADRequest, Request, RequestDirector
 from .networking.common import _REQUEST_HANDLERS, _RH_PREFERENCES
@@ -44,8 +53,7 @@ from .networking.exceptions import (
    network_exceptions,
 )
 from .networking.impersonate import ImpersonateRequestHandler
-from .plugins import directories as plugin_directories
-from .postprocessor import _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_pps
+from .plugins import directories as plugin_directories, load_all_plugins
 from .postprocessor import (
    EmbedThumbnailPP,
    FFmpegFixupDuplicateMoovPP,
@@ -109,7 +117,6 @@ from .utils import (
    determine_ext,
    determine_protocol,
    encode_compat_str,
-    encodeFilename,
    escapeHTML,
    expand_path,
    extract_basic_auth,
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ from .utils import (
    write_json_file,
    write_string,
 )
-from .utils._utils import _UnsafeExtensionError, _YDLLogger
+from .utils._utils import _UnsafeExtensionError, _YDLLogger, _ProgressState
 from .utils.networking import (
    HTTPHeaderDict,
    clean_headers,
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ from .utils.networking import (
 )
 from .version import CHANNEL, ORIGIN, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, VARIANT, __version__

-if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+if os.name == 'nt':
    import ctypes


@@ -267,7 +274,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:
    outtmpl_na_placeholder: Placeholder for unavailable meta fields.
    restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
    trim_file_name:    Limit length of filename (extension excluded)
-    windowsfilenames:  Force the filenames to be windows compatible
+    windowsfilenames:  True: Force filenames to be Windows compatible
+                       False: Sanitize filenames only minimally
+                       This option has no effect when running on Windows
    ignoreerrors:      Do not stop on download/postprocessing errors.
                       Can be 'only_download' to ignore only download errors.
                       Default is 'only_download' for CLI, but False for API
@@ -282,7 +291,10 @@ class YoutubeDL:
    lazy_playlist:     Process playlist entries as they are received.
    matchtitle:        Download only matching titles.
    rejecttitle:       Reject downloads for matching titles.
-    logger:            Log messages to a logging.Logger instance.
+    logger:            A class having a `debug`, `warning` and `error` function where
+                       each has a single string parameter, the message to be logged.
+                       For compatibility reasons, both debug and info messages are passed to `debug`.
+                       A debug message will have a prefix of `[debug] ` to discern it from info messages.
    logtostderr:       Print everything to stderr instead of stdout.
    consoletitle:      Display progress in the console window's titlebar.
    writedescription:  Write the video description to a .description file
@@ -470,7 +482,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                       The following options do not work when used through the API:
                       filename, abort-on-error, multistreams, no-live-chat,
                       format-sort, no-clean-infojson, no-playlist-metafiles,
-                       no-keep-subs, no-attach-info-json, allow-unsafe-ext.
+                       no-keep-subs, no-attach-info-json, allow-unsafe-ext, prefer-vp9-sort.
                       Refer __init__.py for their implementation
    progress_template: Dictionary of templates for progress outputs.
                       Allowed keys are 'download', 'postprocess',
@@ -594,7 +606,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        # NB: Keep in sync with the docstring of extractor/common.py
        'url', 'manifest_url', 'manifest_stream_number', 'ext', 'format', 'format_id', 'format_note',
        'width', 'height', 'aspect_ratio', 'resolution', 'dynamic_range', 'tbr', 'abr', 'acodec', 'asr', 'audio_channels',
-        'vbr', 'fps', 'vcodec', 'container', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx', 'rows', 'columns',
+        'vbr', 'fps', 'vcodec', 'container', 'filesize', 'filesize_approx', 'rows', 'columns', 'hls_media_playlist_data',
        'player_url', 'protocol', 'fragment_base_url', 'fragments', 'is_from_start', 'is_dash_periods', 'request_data',
        'preference', 'language', 'language_preference', 'quality', 'source_preference', 'cookies',
        'http_headers', 'stretched_ratio', 'no_resume', 'has_drm', 'extra_param_to_segment_url', 'extra_param_to_key_url',
@@ -638,13 +650,15 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        self.cache = Cache(self)
        self.__header_cookies = []

+        # compat for API: load plugins if they have not already
+        if not all_plugins_loaded.value:
+            load_all_plugins()
+
        stdout = sys.stderr if self.params.get('logtostderr') else sys.stdout
        self._out_files = Namespace(
            out=stdout,
            error=sys.stderr,
            screen=sys.stderr if self.params.get('quiet') else stdout,
-            console=None if compat_os_name == 'nt' else next(
-                filter(supports_terminal_sequences, (sys.stderr, sys.stdout)), None),
        )

        try:
@@ -652,6 +666,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        except Exception as e:
            self.write_debug(f'Failed to enable VT mode: {e}')

+        # hehe "immutable" namespace
+        self._out_files.console = next(filter(supports_terminal_sequences, (sys.stderr, sys.stdout)), None)
+
        if self.params.get('no_color'):
            if self.params.get('color') is not None:
                self.params.setdefault('_warnings', []).append(
@@ -952,21 +969,22 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            self._write_string(f'{self._bidi_workaround(message)}\n', self._out_files.error, only_once=only_once)

    def _send_console_code(self, code):
-        if compat_os_name == 'nt' or not self._out_files.console:
-            return
+        if not supports_terminal_sequences(self._out_files.console):
+            return False
        self._write_string(code, self._out_files.console)
+        return True

-    def to_console_title(self, message):
-        if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
+    def to_console_title(self, message=None, progress_state=None, percent=None):
+        if not self.params.get('consoletitle'):
            return
-        message = remove_terminal_sequences(message)
-        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
-            if ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetConsoleWindow():
-                # c_wchar_p() might not be necessary if `message` is
-                # already of type unicode()
-                ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(ctypes.c_wchar_p(message))
-        else:
-            self._send_console_code(f'\033]0;{message}\007')
+
+        if message:
+            success = self._send_console_code(f'\033]0;{remove_terminal_sequences(message)}\007')
+            if not success and os.name == 'nt' and ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetConsoleWindow():
+                ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(message)
+
+        if isinstance(progress_state, _ProgressState):
+            self._send_console_code(progress_state.get_ansi_escape(percent))

    def save_console_title(self):
        if not self.params.get('consoletitle') or self.params.get('simulate'):
@@ -980,6 +998,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:

    def __enter__(self):
        self.save_console_title()
+        self.to_console_title(progress_state=_ProgressState.INDETERMINATE)
        return self

    def save_cookies(self):
@@ -988,6 +1007,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.restore_console_title()
+        self.to_console_title(progress_state=_ProgressState.HIDDEN)
        self.close()

    def close(self):
@@ -1117,7 +1137,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
    def raise_no_formats(self, info, forced=False, *, msg=None):
        has_drm = info.get('_has_drm')
        ignored, expected = self.params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'), bool(msg)
-        msg = msg or has_drm and 'This video is DRM protected' or 'No video formats found!'
+        msg = msg or (has_drm and 'This video is DRM protected') or 'No video formats found!'
        if forced or not ignored:
            raise ExtractorError(msg, video_id=info['id'], ie=info['extractor'],
                                 expected=has_drm or ignored or expected)
@@ -1193,8 +1213,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:

    def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
        """ Make the outtmpl and info_dict suitable for substitution: ydl.escape_outtmpl(outtmpl) % info_dict
-        @param sanitize    Whether to sanitize the output as a filename.
-                           For backward compatibility, a function can also be passed
+        @param sanitize    Whether to sanitize the output as a filename
        """

        info_dict.setdefault('epoch', int(time.time()))  # keep epoch consistent once set
@@ -1310,14 +1329,23 @@ class YoutubeDL:

        na = self.params.get('outtmpl_na_placeholder', 'NA')

-        def filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames')):
+        def filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted):
            return sanitize_filename(str(value), restricted=restricted, is_id=(
                bool(re.search(r'(^|[_.])id(\.|$)', key))
                if 'filename-sanitization' in self.params['compat_opts']
                else NO_DEFAULT))

-        sanitizer = sanitize if callable(sanitize) else filename_sanitizer
-        sanitize = bool(sanitize)
+        if callable(sanitize):
+            self.deprecation_warning('Passing a callable "sanitize" to YoutubeDL.prepare_outtmpl is deprecated')
+        elif not sanitize:
+            pass
+        elif (sys.platform != 'win32' and not self.params.get('restrictfilenames')
+                and self.params.get('windowsfilenames') is False):
+            def sanitize(key, value):
+                return str(value).replace('/', '\u29F8').replace('\0', '')
+        else:
+            def sanitize(key, value):
+                return filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames'))

        def _dumpjson_default(obj):
            if isinstance(obj, (set, LazyList)):
@@ -1400,13 +1428,13 @@ class YoutubeDL:

            if sanitize:
                # If value is an object, sanitize might convert it to a string
-                # So we convert it to repr first
+                # So we manually convert it before sanitizing
                if fmt[-1] == 'r':
                    value, fmt = repr(value), str_fmt
                elif fmt[-1] == 'a':
                    value, fmt = ascii(value), str_fmt
                if fmt[-1] in 'csra':
-                    value = sanitizer(last_field, value)
+                    value = sanitize(last_field, value)

            key = '{}\0{}'.format(key.replace('%', '%\0'), outer_mobj.group('format'))
            TMPL_DICT[key] = value
@@ -1948,6 +1976,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            'playlist_uploader_id': ie_result.get('uploader_id'),
            'playlist_channel': ie_result.get('channel'),
            'playlist_channel_id': ie_result.get('channel_id'),
+            'playlist_webpage_url': ie_result.get('webpage_url'),
            **kwargs,
        }
        if strict:
@@ -2108,7 +2137,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        m = operator_rex.fullmatch(filter_spec)
        if m:
            try:
-                comparison_value = int(m.group('value'))
+                comparison_value = float(m.group('value'))
            except ValueError:
                comparison_value = parse_filesize(m.group('value'))
                if comparison_value is None:
@@ -2196,7 +2225,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
    def _default_format_spec(self, info_dict):
        prefer_best = (
            self.params['outtmpl']['default'] == '-'
-            or info_dict.get('is_live') and not self.params.get('live_from_start'))
+            or (info_dict.get('is_live') and not self.params.get('live_from_start')))

        def can_merge():
            merger = FFmpegMergerPP(self)
@@ -2365,7 +2394,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                vexts=[f['ext'] for f in video_fmts],
                aexts=[f['ext'] for f in audio_fmts],
                preferences=(try_call(lambda: self.params['merge_output_format'].split('/'))
-                             or self.params.get('prefer_free_formats') and ('webm', 'mkv')))
+                             or (self.params.get('prefer_free_formats') and ('webm', 'mkv'))))

            filtered = lambda *keys: filter(None, (traverse_obj(fmt, *keys) for fmt in formats_info))

@@ -2849,13 +2878,10 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            sanitize_string_field(fmt, 'format_id')
            sanitize_numeric_fields(fmt)
            fmt['url'] = sanitize_url(fmt['url'])
-            if fmt.get('ext') is None:
-                fmt['ext'] = determine_ext(fmt['url']).lower()
+            FormatSorter._fill_sorting_fields(fmt)
            if fmt['ext'] in ('aac', 'opus', 'mp3', 'flac', 'vorbis'):
                if fmt.get('acodec') is None:
                    fmt['acodec'] = fmt['ext']
-            if fmt.get('protocol') is None:
-                fmt['protocol'] = determine_protocol(fmt)
            if fmt.get('resolution') is None:
                fmt['resolution'] = self.format_resolution(fmt, default=None)
            if fmt.get('dynamic_range') is None and fmt.get('vcodec') != 'none':
@@ -3258,9 +3284,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:

        if full_filename is None:
            return
-        if not self._ensure_dir_exists(encodeFilename(full_filename)):
+        if not self._ensure_dir_exists(full_filename):
            return
-        if not self._ensure_dir_exists(encodeFilename(temp_filename)):
+        if not self._ensure_dir_exists(temp_filename):
            return

        if self._write_description('video', info_dict,
@@ -3292,16 +3318,16 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        if self.params.get('writeannotations', False):
            annofn = self.prepare_filename(info_dict, 'annotation')
        if annofn:
-            if not self._ensure_dir_exists(encodeFilename(annofn)):
+            if not self._ensure_dir_exists(annofn):
                return
-            if not self.params.get('overwrites', True) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(annofn)):
+            if not self.params.get('overwrites', True) and os.path.exists(annofn):
                self.to_screen('[info] Video annotations are already present')
            elif not info_dict.get('annotations'):
                self.report_warning('There are no annotations to write.')
            else:
                try:
                    self.to_screen('[info] Writing video annotations to: ' + annofn)
-                    with open(encodeFilename(annofn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as annofile:
+                    with open(annofn, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as annofile:
                        annofile.write(info_dict['annotations'])
                except (KeyError, TypeError):
                    self.report_warning('There are no annotations to write.')
@@ -3317,14 +3343,14 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                    f'Cannot write internet shortcut file because the actual URL of "{info_dict["webpage_url"]}" is unknown')
                return True
            linkfn = replace_extension(self.prepare_filename(info_dict, 'link'), link_type, info_dict.get('ext'))
-            if not self._ensure_dir_exists(encodeFilename(linkfn)):
+            if not self._ensure_dir_exists(linkfn):
                return False
-            if self.params.get('overwrites', True) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(linkfn)):
+            if self.params.get('overwrites', True) and os.path.exists(linkfn):
                self.to_screen(f'[info] Internet shortcut (.{link_type}) is already present')
                return True
            try:
                self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing internet shortcut (.{link_type}) to: {linkfn}')
-                with open(encodeFilename(to_high_limit_path(linkfn)), 'w', encoding='utf-8',
+                with open(to_high_limit_path(linkfn), 'w', encoding='utf-8',
                          newline='\r\n' if link_type == 'url' else '\n') as linkfile:
                    template_vars = {'url': url}
                    if link_type == 'desktop':
@@ -3355,7 +3381,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:

        if self.params.get('skip_download'):
            info_dict['filepath'] = temp_filename
-            info_dict['__finaldir'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(encodeFilename(full_filename)))
+            info_dict['__finaldir'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(full_filename))
            info_dict['__files_to_move'] = files_to_move
            replace_info_dict(self.run_pp(MoveFilesAfterDownloadPP(self, False), info_dict))
            info_dict['__write_download_archive'] = self.params.get('force_write_download_archive')
@@ -3485,7 +3511,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        self.report_file_already_downloaded(dl_filename)

                dl_filename = dl_filename or temp_filename
-                info_dict['__finaldir'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(encodeFilename(full_filename)))
+                info_dict['__finaldir'] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(full_filename))

            except network_exceptions as err:
                self.report_error(f'unable to download video data: {err}')
@@ -3544,8 +3570,8 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                                     and info_dict.get('container') == 'm4a_dash',
                                     'writing DASH m4a. Only some players support this container',
                                     FFmpegFixupM4aPP)
-                        ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'hlsnative' and not self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts')
-                                     or info_dict.get('is_live') and self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts') is None,
+                        ffmpeg_fixup((downloader == 'hlsnative' and not self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts'))
+                                     or (info_dict.get('is_live') and self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts') is None),
                                     'Possible MPEG-TS in MP4 container or malformed AAC timestamps',
                                     FFmpegFixupM3u8PP)
                        ffmpeg_fixup(downloader == 'dashsegments'
@@ -3983,15 +4009,6 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        if not self.params.get('verbose'):
            return

-        from . import _IN_CLI  # Must be delayed import
-
-        # These imports can be slow. So import them only as needed
-        from .extractor.extractors import _LAZY_LOADER
-        from .extractor.extractors import (
-            _PLUGIN_CLASSES as plugin_ies,
-            _PLUGIN_OVERRIDES as plugin_ie_overrides,
-        )
-
        def get_encoding(stream):
            ret = str(getattr(stream, 'encoding', f'missing ({type(stream).__name__})'))
            additional_info = []
@@ -4030,17 +4047,18 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            _make_label(ORIGIN, CHANNEL.partition('@')[2] or __version__, __version__),
            f'[{RELEASE_GIT_HEAD[:9]}]' if RELEASE_GIT_HEAD else '',
            '' if source == 'unknown' else f'({source})',
-            '' if _IN_CLI else 'API' if klass == YoutubeDL else f'API:{self.__module__}.{klass.__qualname__}',
+            '' if IN_CLI.value else 'API' if klass == YoutubeDL else f'API:{self.__module__}.{klass.__qualname__}',
            delim=' '))

-        if not _IN_CLI:
+        if not IN_CLI.value:
            write_debug(f'params: {self.params}')

-        if not _LAZY_LOADER:
-            if os.environ.get('YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS'):
-                write_debug('Lazy loading extractors is forcibly disabled')
-            else:
-                write_debug('Lazy loading extractors is disabled')
+        import_extractors()
+        lazy_extractors = LAZY_EXTRACTORS.value
+        if lazy_extractors is None:
+            write_debug('Lazy loading extractors is disabled')
+        elif not lazy_extractors:
+            write_debug('Lazy loading extractors is forcibly disabled')
        if self.params['compat_opts']:
            write_debug('Compatibility options: {}'.format(', '.join(self.params['compat_opts'])))

@@ -4069,24 +4087,27 @@ class YoutubeDL:

        write_debug(f'Proxy map: {self.proxies}')
        write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values())}')
-        if os.environ.get('YTDLP_NO_PLUGINS'):
-            write_debug('Plugins are forcibly disabled')
-            return

-        for plugin_type, plugins in {'Extractor': plugin_ies, 'Post-Processor': plugin_pps}.items():
-            display_list = ['{}{}'.format(
-                klass.__name__, '' if klass.__name__ == name else f' as {name}')
-                for name, klass in plugins.items()]
+        for plugin_type, plugins in (('Extractor', plugin_ies), ('Post-Processor', plugin_pps)):
+            display_list = [
+                klass.__name__ if klass.__name__ == name else f'{klass.__name__} as {name}'
+                for name, klass in plugins.value.items()]
            if plugin_type == 'Extractor':
                display_list.extend(f'{plugins[-1].IE_NAME.partition("+")[2]} ({parent.__name__})'
-                                    for parent, plugins in plugin_ie_overrides.items())
+                                    for parent, plugins in plugin_ies_overrides.value.items())
            if not display_list:
                continue
            write_debug(f'{plugin_type} Plugins: {", ".join(sorted(display_list))}')

-        plugin_dirs = plugin_directories()
-        if plugin_dirs:
-            write_debug(f'Plugin directories: {plugin_dirs}')
+        plugin_dirs_msg = 'none'
+        if not plugin_dirs.value:
+            plugin_dirs_msg = 'none (disabled)'
+        else:
+            found_plugin_directories = plugin_directories()
+            if found_plugin_directories:
+                plugin_dirs_msg = ', '.join(found_plugin_directories)
+
+        write_debug(f'Plugin directories: {plugin_dirs_msg}')

    @functools.cached_property
    def proxies(self):
@@ -4131,7 +4152,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            (target, rh.RH_NAME)
            for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values()
            if isinstance(rh, ImpersonateRequestHandler)
-            for target in rh.supported_targets
+            for target in reversed(rh.supported_targets)
        ]

    def _impersonate_target_available(self, target):
@@ -4300,7 +4321,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
        else:
            try:
                self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {label} description to: {descfn}')
-                with open(encodeFilename(descfn), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as descfile:
+                with open(descfn, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as descfile:
                    descfile.write(ie_result['description'])
            except OSError:
                self.report_error(f'Cannot write {label} description file {descfn}')
@@ -4384,7 +4405,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:
            return None

        for idx, t in list(enumerate(thumbnails))[::-1]:
-            thumb_ext = (f'{t["id"]}.' if multiple else '') + determine_ext(t['url'], 'jpg')
+            thumb_ext = t.get('ext') or determine_ext(t['url'], 'jpg')
+            if multiple:
+                thumb_ext = f'{t["id"]}.{thumb_ext}'
            thumb_display_id = f'{label} thumbnail {t["id"]}'
            thumb_filename = replace_extension(filename, thumb_ext, info_dict.get('ext'))
            thumb_filename_final = replace_extension(thumb_filename_base, thumb_ext, info_dict.get('ext'))
@@ -4400,7 +4423,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                try:
                    uf = self.urlopen(Request(t['url'], headers=t.get('http_headers', {})))
                    self.to_screen(f'[info] Writing {thumb_display_id} to: {thumb_filename}')
-                    with open(encodeFilename(thumb_filename), 'wb') as thumbf:
+                    with open(thumb_filename, 'wb') as thumbf:
                        shutil.copyfileobj(uf, thumbf)
                    ret.append((thumb_filename, thumb_filename_final))
                    t['filepath'] = thumb_filename
--- a/yt_dlp/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/init.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import sys

-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
    raise ImportError(
-        f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.8 and above are supported by yt-dlp')  # noqa: F541
+        f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.9 and above are supported by yt-dlp')  # noqa: F541

 __license__ = 'The Unlicense'

@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ import os
 import re
 import traceback

-from .compat import compat_os_name
 from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS, CookieLoadError
 from .downloader.external import get_external_downloader
 from .extractor import list_extractor_classes
 from .extractor.adobepass import MSO_INFO
 from .networking.impersonate import ImpersonateTarget
+from .globals import IN_CLI, plugin_dirs
 from .options import parseOpts
+from .plugins import load_all_plugins as _load_all_plugins
 from .postprocessor import (
    FFmpegExtractAudioPP,
    FFmpegMergerPP,
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ from .postprocessor import (
 )
 from .update import Updater
 from .utils import (
-    Config,
    NO_DEFAULT,
    POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
    DateRange,
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ from .utils import (
    GeoUtils,
    PlaylistEntries,
    SameFileError,
-    decodeOption,
    download_range_func,
    expand_path,
    float_or_none,
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ from .utils.networking import std_headers
 from .utils._utils import _UnsafeExtensionError
 from .YoutubeDL import YoutubeDL

-_IN_CLI = False
-

 def _exit(status=0, *args):
    for msg in args:
@@ -159,6 +156,9 @@ def set_compat_opts(opts):
            opts.embed_infojson = False
    if 'format-sort' in opts.compat_opts:
        opts.format_sort.extend(FormatSorter.ytdl_default)
+    elif 'prefer-vp9-sort' in opts.compat_opts:
+        opts.format_sort.extend(FormatSorter._prefer_vp9_sort)
+
    _video_multistreams_set = set_default_compat('multistreams', 'allow_multiple_video_streams', False, remove_compat=False)
    _audio_multistreams_set = set_default_compat('multistreams', 'allow_multiple_audio_streams', False, remove_compat=False)
    if _video_multistreams_set is False and _audio_multistreams_set is False:
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ def validate_options(opts):
        elif value in ('inf', 'infinite'):
            return float('inf')
        try:
-            return int(value)
+            int_value = int(value)
        except (TypeError, ValueError):
            validate(False, f'{name} retry count', value)
+        validate_positive(f'{name} retry count', int_value)
+        return int_value

    opts.retries = parse_retries('download', opts.retries)
    opts.fragment_retries = parse_retries('fragment', opts.fragment_retries)
@@ -292,18 +294,20 @@ def validate_options(opts):
            raise ValueError(f'invalid {key} retry sleep expression {expr!r}')

    # Bytes
-    def validate_bytes(name, value):
+    def validate_bytes(name, value, strict_positive=False):
        if value is None:
            return None
        numeric_limit = parse_bytes(value)
-        validate(numeric_limit is not None, 'rate limit', value)
+        validate(numeric_limit is not None, name, value)
+        if strict_positive:
+            validate_positive(name, numeric_limit, True)
        return numeric_limit

-    opts.ratelimit = validate_bytes('rate limit', opts.ratelimit)
+    opts.ratelimit = validate_bytes('rate limit', opts.ratelimit, True)
    opts.throttledratelimit = validate_bytes('throttled rate limit', opts.throttledratelimit)
    opts.min_filesize = validate_bytes('min filesize', opts.min_filesize)
    opts.max_filesize = validate_bytes('max filesize', opts.max_filesize)
-    opts.buffersize = validate_bytes('buffer size', opts.buffersize)
+    opts.buffersize = validate_bytes('buffer size', opts.buffersize, True)
    opts.http_chunk_size = validate_bytes('http chunk size', opts.http_chunk_size)

    # Output templates
@@ -428,6 +432,10 @@ def validate_options(opts):
    }

    # Other options
+    opts.plugin_dirs = opts.plugin_dirs
+    if opts.plugin_dirs is None:
+        opts.plugin_dirs = ['default']
+
    if opts.playlist_items is not None:
        try:
            tuple(PlaylistEntries.parse_playlist_items(opts.playlist_items))
@@ -880,8 +888,8 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
        'listsubtitles': opts.listsubtitles,
        'subtitlesformat': opts.subtitlesformat,
        'subtitleslangs': opts.subtitleslangs,
-        'matchtitle': decodeOption(opts.matchtitle),
-        'rejecttitle': decodeOption(opts.rejecttitle),
+        'matchtitle': opts.matchtitle,
+        'rejecttitle': opts.rejecttitle,
        'max_downloads': opts.max_downloads,
        'prefer_free_formats': opts.prefer_free_formats,
        'trim_file_name': opts.trim_file_name,
@@ -968,10 +976,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):

    parser, opts, all_urls, ydl_opts = parse_options(argv)

-    # HACK: Set the plugin dirs early on
-    # TODO(coletdjnz): remove when plugin globals system is implemented
-    Config._plugin_dirs = opts.plugin_dirs
-
    # Dump user agent
    if opts.dump_user_agent:
        ua = traverse_obj(opts.headers, 'User-Agent', casesense=False, default=std_headers['User-Agent'])
@@ -986,6 +990,11 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
    if opts.ffmpeg_location:
        FFmpegPostProcessor._ffmpeg_location.set(opts.ffmpeg_location)

+    # load all plugins into the global lookup
+    plugin_dirs.value = opts.plugin_dirs
+    if plugin_dirs.value:
+        _load_all_plugins()
+
    with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
        pre_process = opts.update_self or opts.rm_cachedir
        actual_use = all_urls or opts.load_info_filename
@@ -1012,8 +1021,9 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
                # List of simplified targets we know are supported,
                # to help users know what dependencies may be required.
                (ImpersonateTarget('chrome'), 'curl_cffi'),
-                (ImpersonateTarget('edge'), 'curl_cffi'),
                (ImpersonateTarget('safari'), 'curl_cffi'),
+                (ImpersonateTarget('firefox'), 'curl_cffi>=0.10'),
+                (ImpersonateTarget('edge'), 'curl_cffi'),
            ]

            available_targets = ydl._get_available_impersonate_targets()
@@ -1029,12 +1039,12 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):

            for known_target, known_handler in known_targets:
                if not any(
-                    known_target in target and handler == known_handler
+                    known_target in target and known_handler.startswith(handler)
                    for target, handler in available_targets
                ):
-                    rows.append([
+                    rows.insert(0, [
                        ydl._format_out(text, ydl.Styles.SUPPRESS)
-                        for text in make_row(known_target, f'{known_handler} (not available)')
+                        for text in make_row(known_target, f'{known_handler} (unavailable)')
                    ])

            ydl.to_screen('[info] Available impersonate targets')
@@ -1049,7 +1059,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
            ydl.warn_if_short_id(args)

            # Show a useful error message and wait for keypress if not launched from shell on Windows
-            if not args and compat_os_name == 'nt' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+            if not args and os.name == 'nt' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
                import ctypes.wintypes
                import msvcrt

@@ -1060,7 +1070,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
                # If we only have a single process attached, then the executable was double clicked
                # When using `pyinstaller` with `--onefile`, two processes get attached
                is_onefile = hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS') and os.path.basename(sys._MEIPASS).startswith('_MEI')
-                if attached_processes == 1 or is_onefile and attached_processes == 2:
+                if attached_processes == 1 or (is_onefile and attached_processes == 2):
                    print(parser._generate_error_message(
                        'Do not double-click the executable, instead call it from a command line.\n'
                        'Please read the README for further information on how to use yt-dlp: '
@@ -1085,8 +1095,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):


 def main(argv=None):
-    global _IN_CLI
-    _IN_CLI = True
+    IN_CLI.value = True
    try:
        _exit(*variadic(_real_main(argv)))
    except (CookieLoadError, DownloadError):
@@ -1107,9 +1116,9 @@ def main(argv=None):
 from .extractor import gen_extractors, list_extractors

 __all__ = [
-    'main',
    'YoutubeDL',
-    'parse_options',
    'gen_extractors',
    'list_extractors',
+    'main',
+    'parse_options',
 ]
--- a/yt_dlp/aes.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/aes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from math import ceil

 from .compat import compat_ord
 from .dependencies import Cryptodome
-from .utils import bytes_to_intlist, intlist_to_bytes

 if Cryptodome.AES:
    def aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(data, key, iv):
@@ -17,15 +16,15 @@ if Cryptodome.AES:
 else:
    def aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(data, key, iv):
        """ Decrypt bytes with AES-CBC using native implementation since pycryptodome is unavailable """
-        return intlist_to_bytes(aes_cbc_decrypt(*map(bytes_to_intlist, (data, key, iv))))
+        return bytes(aes_cbc_decrypt(*map(list, (data, key, iv))))

    def aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes(data, key, tag, nonce):
        """ Decrypt bytes with AES-GCM using native implementation since pycryptodome is unavailable """
-        return intlist_to_bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(*map(bytes_to_intlist, (data, key, tag, nonce))))
+        return bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(*map(list, (data, key, tag, nonce))))


 def aes_cbc_encrypt_bytes(data, key, iv, **kwargs):
-    return intlist_to_bytes(aes_cbc_encrypt(*map(bytes_to_intlist, (data, key, iv)), **kwargs))
+    return bytes(aes_cbc_encrypt(*map(list, (data, key, iv)), **kwargs))


 BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES = 16
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ def aes_ecb_encrypt(data, key, iv=None):
    @returns {int[]}           encrypted data
    """
    expanded_key = key_expansion(key)
-    block_count = int(ceil(float(len(data)) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES))
+    block_count = ceil(len(data) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)

    encrypted_data = []
    for i in range(block_count):
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def aes_ecb_decrypt(data, key, iv=None):
    @returns {int[]}           decrypted data
    """
    expanded_key = key_expansion(key)
-    block_count = int(ceil(float(len(data)) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES))
+    block_count = ceil(len(data) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)

    encrypted_data = []
    for i in range(block_count):
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ def aes_ctr_encrypt(data, key, iv):
    @returns {int[]}           encrypted data
    """
    expanded_key = key_expansion(key)
-    block_count = int(ceil(float(len(data)) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES))
+    block_count = ceil(len(data) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)
    counter = iter_vector(iv)

    encrypted_data = []
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ def aes_cbc_decrypt(data, key, iv):
    @returns {int[]}           decrypted data
    """
    expanded_key = key_expansion(key)
-    block_count = int(ceil(float(len(data)) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES))
+    block_count = ceil(len(data) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)

    decrypted_data = []
    previous_cipher_block = iv
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ def aes_cbc_encrypt(data, key, iv, *, padding_mode='pkcs7'):
    @returns {int[]}           encrypted data
    """
    expanded_key = key_expansion(key)
-    block_count = int(ceil(float(len(data)) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES))
+    block_count = ceil(len(data) / BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)

    encrypted_data = []
    previous_cipher_block = iv
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ def aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(data, key, tag, nonce):
        j0 = [*nonce, 0, 0, 0, 1]
    else:
        fill = (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - (len(nonce) % BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)) % BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES + 8
-        ghash_in = nonce + [0] * fill + bytes_to_intlist((8 * len(nonce)).to_bytes(8, 'big'))
+        ghash_in = nonce + [0] * fill + list((8 * len(nonce)).to_bytes(8, 'big'))
        j0 = ghash(hash_subkey, ghash_in)

    # TODO: add nonce support to aes_ctr_decrypt
@@ -230,13 +229,13 @@ def aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(data, key, tag, nonce):
    iv_ctr = inc(j0)

    decrypted_data = aes_ctr_decrypt(data, key, iv_ctr + [0] * (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - len(iv_ctr)))
-    pad_len = len(data) // 16 * 16
+    pad_len = (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - (len(data) % BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)) % BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES
    s_tag = ghash(
        hash_subkey,
        data
-        + [0] * (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - len(data) + pad_len)        # pad
-        + bytes_to_intlist((0 * 8).to_bytes(8, 'big')           # length of associated data
-                           + ((len(data) * 8).to_bytes(8, 'big'))),  # length of data
+        + [0] * pad_len                                  # pad
+        + list((0 * 8).to_bytes(8, 'big')                # length of associated data
+               + ((len(data) * 8).to_bytes(8, 'big'))),  # length of data
    )

    if tag != aes_ctr_encrypt(s_tag, key, j0):
@@ -300,8 +299,8 @@ def aes_decrypt_text(data, password, key_size_bytes):
    """
    NONCE_LENGTH_BYTES = 8

-    data = bytes_to_intlist(base64.b64decode(data))
-    password = bytes_to_intlist(password.encode())
+    data = list(base64.b64decode(data))
+    password = list(password.encode())

    key = password[:key_size_bytes] + [0] * (key_size_bytes - len(password))
    key = aes_encrypt(key[:BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES], key_expansion(key)) * (key_size_bytes // BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ def aes_decrypt_text(data, password, key_size_bytes):
    cipher = data[NONCE_LENGTH_BYTES:]

    decrypted_data = aes_ctr_decrypt(cipher, key, nonce + [0] * (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - NONCE_LENGTH_BYTES))
-    return intlist_to_bytes(decrypted_data)
+    return bytes(decrypted_data)


 RCON = (0x8d, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x1b, 0x36)
@@ -535,19 +534,17 @@ def ghash(subkey, data):
 __all__ = [
    'aes_cbc_decrypt',
    'aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes',
-    'aes_ctr_decrypt',
-    'aes_decrypt_text',
-    'aes_decrypt',
-    'aes_ecb_decrypt',
-    'aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify',
-    'aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes',
-
    'aes_cbc_encrypt',
    'aes_cbc_encrypt_bytes',
+    'aes_ctr_decrypt',
    'aes_ctr_encrypt',
+    'aes_decrypt',
+    'aes_decrypt_text',
+    'aes_ecb_decrypt',
    'aes_ecb_encrypt',
    'aes_encrypt',
-
+    'aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify',
+    'aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes',
    'key_expansion',
    'pad_block',
    'pkcs7_padding',
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/init.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import sys
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree

 from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
@@ -24,33 +23,14 @@ def compat_etree_fromstring(text):
    return etree.XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=_TreeBuilder()))


-compat_os_name = os._name if os.name == 'java' else os.name
-
-
-def compat_shlex_quote(s):
-    from ..utils import shell_quote
-    return shell_quote(s)
-
-
 def compat_ord(c):
    return c if isinstance(c, int) else ord(c)


-if compat_os_name == 'nt' and sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    # os.path.realpath on Windows does not follow symbolic links
-    # prior to Python 3.8 (see https://bugs.python.org/issue9949)
-    def compat_realpath(path):
-        while os.path.islink(path):
-            path = os.path.abspath(os.readlink(path))
-        return os.path.realpath(path)
-else:
-    compat_realpath = os.path.realpath
-
-
 # Python 3.8+ does not honor %HOME% on windows, but this breaks compatibility with youtube-dl
 # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/792
 # https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser
-if compat_os_name in ('nt', 'ce'):
+if os.name in ('nt', 'ce'):
    def compat_expanduser(path):
        HOME = os.environ.get('HOME')
        if not HOME:
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ passthrough_module(__name__, '.._legacy', callback=lambda attr: warnings.warn(
    DeprecationWarning(f'{__name__}.{attr} is deprecated'), stacklevel=6))
 del passthrough_module

-import base64
-import urllib.error
-import urllib.parse
+import functools  # noqa: F401
+import os

-compat_str = str

-compat_b64decode = base64.b64decode
+compat_os_name = os.name
+compat_realpath = os.path.realpath

-compat_urlparse = urllib.parse
-compat_parse_qs = urllib.parse.parse_qs
-compat_urllib_parse_unquote = urllib.parse.unquote
-compat_urllib_parse_urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
-compat_urllib_parse_urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse
+
+def compat_shlex_quote(s):
+    from ..utils import shell_quote
+    return shell_quote(s)
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from asyncio import run as compat_asyncio_run  # noqa: F401
 from re import Pattern as compat_Pattern  # noqa: F401
 from re import match as compat_Match  # noqa: F401

-from . import compat_expanduser, compat_HTMLParseError, compat_realpath
+from . import compat_expanduser, compat_HTMLParseError
 from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
 from ..dependencies import brotli as compat_brotli  # noqa: F401
 from ..dependencies import websockets as compat_websockets  # noqa: F401
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
 compat_map = map
 compat_numeric_types = (int, float, complex)
 compat_os_path_expanduser = compat_expanduser
-compat_os_path_realpath = compat_realpath
+compat_os_path_realpath = os.path.realpath
 compat_print = print
 compat_shlex_split = shlex.split
 compat_socket_create_connection = socket.create_connection
@@ -104,5 +104,12 @@ compat_xml_parse_error = compat_xml_etree_ElementTree_ParseError = etree.ParseEr
 compat_xpath = lambda xpath: xpath
 compat_zip = zip
 workaround_optparse_bug9161 = lambda: None
+compat_str = str
+compat_b64decode = base64.b64decode
+compat_urlparse = urllib.parse
+compat_parse_qs = urllib.parse.parse_qs
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote = urllib.parse.unquote
+compat_urllib_parse_urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
+compat_urllib_parse_urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse

 legacy = []
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/compat_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/compat_utils.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def passthrough_module(parent, child, allowed_attributes=(..., ), *, callback=la
        callback(attr)
        return ret

-    @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
+    @functools.cache
    def from_child(attr):
        nonlocal child
        if attr not in allowed_attributes:
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/functools.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/functools.py
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# flake8: noqa: F405
-from functools import *  # noqa: F403
-
-from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
-
-passthrough_module(__name__, 'functools')
-del passthrough_module
-
-try:
-    _ = cache  # >= 3.9
-except NameError:
-    cache = lru_cache(maxsize=None)
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/urllib/request.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/urllib/request.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ passthrough_module(__name__, 'urllib.request')
 del passthrough_module


-from .. import compat_os_name
+import os

-if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+if os.name == 'nt':
    # On older Python versions, proxies are extracted from Windows registry erroneously. [1]
    # If the https proxy in the registry does not have a scheme, urllib will incorrectly add https:// to it. [2]
    # It is unlikely that the user has actually set it to be https, so we should be fine to safely downgrade
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ if compat_os_name == 'nt':
    def getproxies():
        return getproxies_environment() or getproxies_registry_patched()

-del compat_os_name
+del os
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from .aes import (
    aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes,
    unpad_pkcs7,
 )
-from .compat import compat_os_name
 from .dependencies import (
    _SECRETSTORAGE_UNAVAILABLE_REASON,
    secretstorage,
@@ -196,7 +195,10 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):

 def _firefox_browser_dirs():
    if sys.platform in ('cygwin', 'win32'):
-        yield os.path.expandvars(R'%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles')
+        yield from map(os.path.expandvars, (
+            R'%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles',
+            R'%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Mozilla.Firefox_n80bbvh6b1yt2\LocalCache\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles',
+        ))

    elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
        yield os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles')
@@ -302,12 +304,18 @@ def _extract_chrome_cookies(browser_name, profile, keyring, logger):
        raise FileNotFoundError(f'could not find {browser_name} cookies database in "{search_root}"')
    logger.debug(f'Extracting cookies from: "{cookie_database_path}"')

-    decryptor = get_cookie_decryptor(config['browser_dir'], config['keyring_name'], logger, keyring=keyring)
-
    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='yt_dlp') as tmpdir:
        cursor = None
        try:
            cursor = _open_database_copy(cookie_database_path, tmpdir)
+
+            # meta_version is necessary to determine if we need to trim the hash prefix from the cookies
+            # Ref: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/b02dcebd7cafab92770734dc2bc317bd07f1d891/net/extras/sqlite/sqlite_persistent_cookie_store.cc#223
+            meta_version = int(cursor.execute('SELECT value FROM meta WHERE key = "version"').fetchone()[0])
+            decryptor = get_cookie_decryptor(
+                config['browser_dir'], config['keyring_name'], logger,
+                keyring=keyring, meta_version=meta_version)
+
            cursor.connection.text_factory = bytes
            column_names = _get_column_names(cursor, 'cookies')
            secure_column = 'is_secure' if 'is_secure' in column_names else 'secure'
@@ -337,7 +345,7 @@ def _extract_chrome_cookies(browser_name, profile, keyring, logger):
            logger.debug(f'cookie version breakdown: {counts}')
            return jar
        except PermissionError as error:
-            if compat_os_name == 'nt' and error.errno == 13:
+            if os.name == 'nt' and error.errno == 13:
                message = 'Could not copy Chrome cookie database. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/7271  for more info'
                logger.error(message)
                raise DownloadError(message)  # force exit
@@ -405,22 +413,23 @@ class ChromeCookieDecryptor:
        raise NotImplementedError('Must be implemented by sub classes')


-def get_cookie_decryptor(browser_root, browser_keyring_name, logger, *, keyring=None):
+def get_cookie_decryptor(browser_root, browser_keyring_name, logger, *, keyring=None, meta_version=None):
    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        return MacChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_keyring_name, logger)
+        return MacChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_keyring_name, logger, meta_version=meta_version)
    elif sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
-        return WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_root, logger)
-    return LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_keyring_name, logger, keyring=keyring)
+        return WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_root, logger, meta_version=meta_version)
+    return LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor(browser_keyring_name, logger, keyring=keyring, meta_version=meta_version)


 class LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):
-    def __init__(self, browser_keyring_name, logger, *, keyring=None):
+    def __init__(self, browser_keyring_name, logger, *, keyring=None, meta_version=None):
        self._logger = logger
        self._v10_key = self.derive_key(b'peanuts')
        self._empty_key = self.derive_key(b'')
        self._cookie_counts = {'v10': 0, 'v11': 0, 'other': 0}
        self._browser_keyring_name = browser_keyring_name
        self._keyring = keyring
+        self._meta_version = meta_version or 0

    @functools.cached_property
    def _v11_key(self):
@@ -449,14 +458,18 @@ class LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):

        if version == b'v10':
            self._cookie_counts['v10'] += 1
-            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, (self._v10_key, self._empty_key), self._logger)
+            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(
+                ciphertext, (self._v10_key, self._empty_key), self._logger,
+                hash_prefix=self._meta_version >= 24)

        elif version == b'v11':
            self._cookie_counts['v11'] += 1
            if self._v11_key is None:
                self._logger.warning('cannot decrypt v11 cookies: no key found', only_once=True)
                return None
-            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, (self._v11_key, self._empty_key), self._logger)
+            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(
+                ciphertext, (self._v11_key, self._empty_key), self._logger,
+                hash_prefix=self._meta_version >= 24)

        else:
            self._logger.warning(f'unknown cookie version: "{version}"', only_once=True)
@@ -465,11 +478,12 @@ class LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):


 class MacChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):
-    def __init__(self, browser_keyring_name, logger):
+    def __init__(self, browser_keyring_name, logger, meta_version=None):
        self._logger = logger
        password = _get_mac_keyring_password(browser_keyring_name, logger)
        self._v10_key = None if password is None else self.derive_key(password)
        self._cookie_counts = {'v10': 0, 'other': 0}
+        self._meta_version = meta_version or 0

    @staticmethod
    def derive_key(password):
@@ -487,7 +501,8 @@ class MacChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):
                self._logger.warning('cannot decrypt v10 cookies: no key found', only_once=True)
                return None

-            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, (self._v10_key,), self._logger)
+            return _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(
+                ciphertext, (self._v10_key,), self._logger, hash_prefix=self._meta_version >= 24)

        else:
            self._cookie_counts['other'] += 1
@@ -497,10 +512,11 @@ class MacChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):


 class WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):
-    def __init__(self, browser_root, logger):
+    def __init__(self, browser_root, logger, meta_version=None):
        self._logger = logger
        self._v10_key = _get_windows_v10_key(browser_root, logger)
        self._cookie_counts = {'v10': 0, 'other': 0}
+        self._meta_version = meta_version or 0

    def decrypt(self, encrypted_value):
        version = encrypted_value[:3]
@@ -524,7 +540,9 @@ class WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor(ChromeCookieDecryptor):
            ciphertext = raw_ciphertext[nonce_length:-authentication_tag_length]
            authentication_tag = raw_ciphertext[-authentication_tag_length:]

-            return _decrypt_aes_gcm(ciphertext, self._v10_key, nonce, authentication_tag, self._logger)
+            return _decrypt_aes_gcm(
+                ciphertext, self._v10_key, nonce, authentication_tag, self._logger,
+                hash_prefix=self._meta_version >= 24)

        else:
            self._cookie_counts['other'] += 1
@@ -1010,10 +1028,12 @@ def pbkdf2_sha1(password, salt, iterations, key_length):
    return hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac('sha1', password, salt, iterations, key_length)


-def _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, keys, logger, initialization_vector=b' ' * 16):
+def _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, keys, logger, initialization_vector=b' ' * 16, hash_prefix=False):
    for key in keys:
        plaintext = unpad_pkcs7(aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(ciphertext, key, initialization_vector))
        try:
+            if hash_prefix:
+                return plaintext[32:].decode()
            return plaintext.decode()
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            pass
@@ -1021,7 +1041,7 @@ def _decrypt_aes_cbc_multi(ciphertext, keys, logger, initialization_vector=b' '
    return None


-def _decrypt_aes_gcm(ciphertext, key, nonce, authentication_tag, logger):
+def _decrypt_aes_gcm(ciphertext, key, nonce, authentication_tag, logger, hash_prefix=False):
    try:
        plaintext = aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes(ciphertext, key, authentication_tag, nonce)
    except ValueError:
@@ -1029,6 +1049,8 @@ def _decrypt_aes_gcm(ciphertext, key, nonce, authentication_tag, logger):
        return None

    try:
+        if hash_prefix:
+            return plaintext[32:].decode()
        return plaintext.decode()
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
        logger.warning('failed to decrypt cookie (AES-GCM) because UTF-8 decoding failed. Possibly the key is wrong?', only_once=True)
@@ -1257,8 +1279,8 @@ class YoutubeDLCookieJar(http.cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar):
    def _really_save(self, f, ignore_discard, ignore_expires):
        now = time.time()
        for cookie in self:
-            if (not ignore_discard and cookie.discard
-                    or not ignore_expires and cookie.is_expired(now)):
+            if ((not ignore_discard and cookie.discard)
+                    or (not ignore_expires and cookie.is_expired(now))):
                continue
            name, value = cookie.name, cookie.value
            if value is None:
--- a/yt_dlp/dependencies/Cryptodome.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/dependencies/Cryptodome.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ try:
        from Crypto.Cipher import AES, PKCS1_OAEP, Blowfish, PKCS1_v1_5  # noqa: F401
        from Crypto.Hash import CMAC, SHA1  # noqa: F401
        from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, OSError):
    __version__ = f'broken {__version__}'.strip()


--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/init.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from .rtmp import RtmpFD
 from .rtsp import RtspFD
 from .websocket import WebSocketFragmentFD
 from .youtube_live_chat import YoutubeLiveChatFD
+from .bunnycdn import BunnyCdnFD

 PROTOCOL_MAP = {
    'rtmp': RtmpFD,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ PROTOCOL_MAP = {
    'websocket_frag': WebSocketFragmentFD,
    'youtube_live_chat': YoutubeLiveChatFD,
    'youtube_live_chat_replay': YoutubeLiveChatFD,
+    'bunnycdn': BunnyCdnFD,
 }


--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/bunnycdn.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/bunnycdn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import hashlib
+import random
+import threading
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from . import HlsFD
+from ..networking import Request
+from ..networking.exceptions import network_exceptions
+
+
+class BunnyCdnFD(FileDownloader):
+    """
+    Downloads from BunnyCDN with required pings
+    Note, this is not a part of public API, and will be removed without notice.
+    DO NOT USE
+    """
+
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Downloading from BunnyCDN')
+
+        fd = HlsFD(self.ydl, self.params)
+
+        stop_event = threading.Event()
+        ping_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.ping_thread, args=(stop_event,), kwargs=info_dict['_bunnycdn_ping_data'])
+        ping_thread.start()
+
+        try:
+            return fd.real_download(filename, info_dict)
+        finally:
+            stop_event.set()
+
+    def ping_thread(self, stop_event, url, headers, secret, context_id):
+        # Site sends ping every 4 seconds, but this throttles the download. Pinging every 2 seconds seems to work.
+        ping_interval = 2
+        # Hard coded resolution as it doesn't seem to matter
+        res = 1080
+        paused = 'false'
+        current_time = 0
+
+        while not stop_event.wait(ping_interval):
+            current_time += ping_interval
+
+            time = current_time + round(random.random(), 6)
+            md5_hash = hashlib.md5(f'{secret}_{context_id}_{time}_{paused}_{res}'.encode()).hexdigest()
+            ping_url = f'{url}?hash={md5_hash}&time={time}&paused={paused}&resolution={res}'
+
+            try:
+                self.ydl.urlopen(Request(ping_url, headers=headers)).read()
+            except network_exceptions as e:
+                self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Ping failed: {e}')
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    Namespace,
    RetryManager,
    classproperty,
-    decodeArgument,
    deprecation_warning,
-    encodeFilename,
    format_bytes,
    join_nonempty,
    parse_bytes,
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    timetuple_from_msec,
    try_call,
 )
+from ..utils._utils import _ProgressState


 class FileDownloader:
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
    def temp_name(self, filename):
        """Returns a temporary filename for the given filename."""
        if self.params.get('nopart', False) or filename == '-' or \
-                (os.path.exists(encodeFilename(filename)) and not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename))):
+                (os.path.exists(filename) and not os.path.isfile(filename)):
            return filename
        return filename + '.part'

@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
        """Try to set the last-modified time of the given file."""
        if last_modified_hdr is None:
            return
-        if not os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)):
+        if not os.path.isfile(filename):
            return
        timestr = last_modified_hdr
        if timestr is None:
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
            progress_dict), s.get('progress_idx') or 0)
        self.to_console_title(self.ydl.evaluate_outtmpl(
            progress_template.get('download-title') or 'yt-dlp %(progress._default_template)s',
-            progress_dict))
+            progress_dict), _ProgressState.from_dict(s), s.get('_percent'))

    def _format_progress(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.ydl._format_text(
@@ -359,6 +358,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
                '_speed_str': self.format_speed(speed).strip(),
                '_total_bytes_str': _format_bytes('total_bytes'),
                '_elapsed_str': self.format_seconds(s.get('elapsed')),
+                '_percent': 100.0,
                '_percent_str': self.format_percent(100),
            })
            self._report_progress_status(s, join_nonempty(
@@ -377,13 +377,15 @@ class FileDownloader:
                    return
                self._progress_delta_time += update_delta

+        progress = try_call(
+            lambda: 100 * s['downloaded_bytes'] / s['total_bytes'],
+            lambda: 100 * s['downloaded_bytes'] / s['total_bytes_estimate'],
+            lambda: s['downloaded_bytes'] == 0 and 0)
        s.update({
            '_eta_str': self.format_eta(s.get('eta')).strip(),
            '_speed_str': self.format_speed(s.get('speed')),
-            '_percent_str': self.format_percent(try_call(
-                lambda: 100 * s['downloaded_bytes'] / s['total_bytes'],
-                lambda: 100 * s['downloaded_bytes'] / s['total_bytes_estimate'],
-                lambda: s['downloaded_bytes'] == 0 and 0)),
+            '_percent': progress,
+            '_percent_str': self.format_percent(progress),
            '_total_bytes_str': _format_bytes('total_bytes'),
            '_total_bytes_estimate_str': _format_bytes('total_bytes_estimate'),
            '_downloaded_bytes_str': _format_bytes('downloaded_bytes'),
@@ -432,13 +434,13 @@ class FileDownloader:
        """
        nooverwrites_and_exists = (
            not self.params.get('overwrites', True)
-            and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(filename))
+            and os.path.exists(filename)
        )

        if not hasattr(filename, 'write'):
            continuedl_and_exists = (
                self.params.get('continuedl', True)
-                and os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename))
+                and os.path.isfile(filename)
                and not self.params.get('nopart', False)
            )

@@ -448,7 +450,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
                self._hook_progress({
                    'filename': filename,
                    'status': 'finished',
-                    'total_bytes': os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)),
+                    'total_bytes': os.path.getsize(filename),
                }, info_dict)
                self._finish_multiline_status()
                return True, False
@@ -489,9 +491,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
        if not self.params.get('verbose', False):
            return

-        str_args = [decodeArgument(a) for a in args]
-
        if exe is None:
-            exe = os.path.basename(str_args[0])
+            exe = os.path.basename(args[0])

-        self.write_debug(f'{exe} command line: {shell_quote(str_args)}')
+        self.write_debug(f'{exe} command line: {shell_quote(args)}')
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from ..utils import (
    cli_valueless_option,
    determine_ext,
    encodeArgument,
-    encodeFilename,
    find_available_port,
    remove_end,
    traverse_obj,
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class ExternalFD(FragmentFD):
                'elapsed': time.time() - started,
            }
            if filename != '-':
-                fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+                fsize = os.path.getsize(tmpfilename)
                self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
                status.update({
                    'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
@@ -184,9 +183,9 @@ class ExternalFD(FragmentFD):
            dest.write(decrypt_fragment(fragment, src.read()))
            src.close()
            if not self.params.get('keep_fragments', False):
-                self.try_remove(encodeFilename(fragment_filename))
+                self.try_remove(fragment_filename)
        dest.close()
-        self.try_remove(encodeFilename(f'{tmpfilename}.frag.urls'))
+        self.try_remove(f'{tmpfilename}.frag.urls')
        return 0

    def _call_process(self, cmd, info_dict):
@@ -458,8 +457,6 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD):

    @classmethod
    def available(cls, path=None):
-        # TODO: Fix path for ffmpeg
-        # Fixme: This may be wrong when --ffmpeg-location is used
        return FFmpegPostProcessor().available

    def on_process_started(self, proc, stdin):
@@ -620,7 +617,7 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD):
        args += self._configuration_args(('_o1', '_o', ''))

        args = [encodeArgument(opt) for opt in args]
-        args.append(encodeFilename(ffpp._ffmpeg_filename_argument(tmpfilename), True))
+        args.append(ffpp._ffmpeg_filename_argument(tmpfilename))
        self._debug_cmd(args)

        piped = any(fmt['url'] in ('-', 'pipe:') for fmt in selected_formats)
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/fragment.py
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import time
 from .common import FileDownloader
 from .http import HttpFD
 from ..aes import aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes, unpad_pkcs7
-from ..compat import compat_os_name
 from ..networking import Request
 from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError, IncompleteRead
-from ..utils import DownloadError, RetryManager, encodeFilename, traverse_obj
+from ..utils import DownloadError, RetryManager, traverse_obj
 from ..utils.networking import HTTPHeaderDict
 from ..utils.progress import ProgressCalculator

@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ class FragmentFD(FileDownloader):
            if self.__do_ytdl_file(ctx):
                self._write_ytdl_file(ctx)
            if not self.params.get('keep_fragments', False):
-                self.try_remove(encodeFilename(ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized']))
+                self.try_remove(ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized'])
            del ctx['fragment_filename_sanitized']

    def _prepare_frag_download(self, ctx):
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ class FragmentFD(FileDownloader):
        })

        if self.__do_ytdl_file(ctx):
-            ytdl_file_exists = os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(self.ytdl_filename(ctx['filename'])))
+            ytdl_file_exists = os.path.isfile(self.ytdl_filename(ctx['filename']))
            continuedl = self.params.get('continuedl', True)
            if continuedl and ytdl_file_exists:
                self._read_ytdl_file(ctx)
@@ -390,7 +389,7 @@ class FragmentFD(FileDownloader):
            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
                pass

-        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
+        if os.name == 'nt':
            def future_result(future):
                while True:
                    try:
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    update_url_query,
    urljoin,
 )
+from ..utils._utils import _request_dump_filename


 class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
@@ -72,11 +73,23 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):

    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
        man_url = info_dict['url']
-        self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Downloading m3u8 manifest')

-        urlh = self.ydl.urlopen(self._prepare_url(info_dict, man_url))
-        man_url = urlh.url
-        s = urlh.read().decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        s = info_dict.get('hls_media_playlist_data')
+        if s:
+            self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Using m3u8 manifest from extracted info')
+        else:
+            self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Downloading m3u8 manifest')
+            urlh = self.ydl.urlopen(self._prepare_url(info_dict, man_url))
+            man_url = urlh.url
+            s_bytes = urlh.read()
+            if self.params.get('write_pages'):
+                dump_filename = _request_dump_filename(
+                    man_url, info_dict['id'], None,
+                    trim_length=self.params.get('trim_file_name'))
+                self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Saving request to {dump_filename}')
+                with open(dump_filename, 'wb') as outf:
+                    outf.write(s_bytes)
+            s = s_bytes.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')

        can_download, message = self.can_download(s, info_dict, self.params.get('allow_unplayable_formats')), None
        if can_download:
@@ -119,12 +132,12 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
            self.to_screen(f'[{self.FD_NAME}] Fragment downloads will be delegated to {real_downloader.get_basename()}')

        def is_ad_fragment_start(s):
-            return (s.startswith('#ANVATO-SEGMENT-INFO') and 'type=ad' in s
-                    or s.startswith('#UPLYNK-SEGMENT') and s.endswith(',ad'))
+            return ((s.startswith('#ANVATO-SEGMENT-INFO') and 'type=ad' in s)
+                    or (s.startswith('#UPLYNK-SEGMENT') and s.endswith(',ad')))

        def is_ad_fragment_end(s):
-            return (s.startswith('#ANVATO-SEGMENT-INFO') and 'type=master' in s
-                    or s.startswith('#UPLYNK-SEGMENT') and s.endswith(',segment'))
+            return ((s.startswith('#ANVATO-SEGMENT-INFO') and 'type=master' in s)
+                    or (s.startswith('#UPLYNK-SEGMENT') and s.endswith(',segment')))

        fragments = []

@@ -177,6 +190,7 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
        if external_aes_iv:
            external_aes_iv = binascii.unhexlify(remove_start(external_aes_iv, '0x').zfill(32))
        byte_range = {}
+        byte_range_offset = 0
        discontinuity_count = 0
        frag_index = 0
        ad_frag_next = False
@@ -204,6 +218,11 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
                    })
                    media_sequence += 1

+                    # If the byte_range is truthy, reset it after appending a fragment that uses it
+                    if byte_range:
+                        byte_range_offset = byte_range['end']
+                        byte_range = {}
+
                elif line.startswith('#EXT-X-MAP'):
                    if format_index and discontinuity_count != format_index:
                        continue
@@ -217,10 +236,12 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
                    if extra_segment_query:
                        frag_url = update_url_query(frag_url, extra_segment_query)

+                    map_byte_range = {}
+
                    if map_info.get('BYTERANGE'):
                        splitted_byte_range = map_info.get('BYTERANGE').split('@')
-                        sub_range_start = int(splitted_byte_range[1]) if len(splitted_byte_range) == 2 else byte_range['end']
-                        byte_range = {
+                        sub_range_start = int(splitted_byte_range[1]) if len(splitted_byte_range) == 2 else 0
+                        map_byte_range = {
                            'start': sub_range_start,
                            'end': sub_range_start + int(splitted_byte_range[0]),
                        }
@@ -229,7 +250,7 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
                        'frag_index': frag_index,
                        'url': frag_url,
                        'decrypt_info': decrypt_info,
-                        'byte_range': byte_range,
+                        'byte_range': map_byte_range,
                        'media_sequence': media_sequence,
                    })
                    media_sequence += 1
@@ -257,7 +278,7 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
                    media_sequence = int(line[22:])
                elif line.startswith('#EXT-X-BYTERANGE'):
                    splitted_byte_range = line[17:].split('@')
-                    sub_range_start = int(splitted_byte_range[1]) if len(splitted_byte_range) == 2 else byte_range['end']
+                    sub_range_start = int(splitted_byte_range[1]) if len(splitted_byte_range) == 2 else byte_range_offset
                    byte_range = {
                        'start': sub_range_start,
                        'end': sub_range_start + int(splitted_byte_range[0]),
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from ..utils import (
    ThrottledDownload,
    XAttrMetadataError,
    XAttrUnavailableError,
-    encodeFilename,
    int_or_none,
    parse_http_range,
    try_call,
@@ -58,9 +57,8 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):

        if self.params.get('continuedl', True):
            # Establish possible resume length
-            if os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename)):
-                ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(
-                    encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename))
+            if os.path.isfile(ctx.tmpfilename):
+                ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(ctx.tmpfilename)

        ctx.is_resume = ctx.resume_len > 0

@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                    ctx.resume_len = byte_counter
                else:
                    try:
-                        ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(ctx.tmpfilename))
+                        ctx.resume_len = os.path.getsize(ctx.tmpfilename)
                    except FileNotFoundError:
                        ctx.resume_len = 0
                raise RetryDownload(e)
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/rtmp.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/rtmp.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from ..utils import (
    Popen,
    check_executable,
    encodeArgument,
-    encodeFilename,
    get_exe_version,
 )

@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
            return False

        while retval in (RD_INCOMPLETE, RD_FAILED) and not test and not live:
-            prevsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            prevsize = os.path.getsize(tmpfilename)
            self.to_screen(f'[rtmpdump] Downloaded {prevsize} bytes')
            time.sleep(5.0)  # This seems to be needed
            args = [*basic_args, '--resume']
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
                args += ['--skip', '1']
            args = [encodeArgument(a) for a in args]
            retval = run_rtmpdump(args)
-            cursize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            cursize = os.path.getsize(tmpfilename)
            if prevsize == cursize and retval == RD_FAILED:
                break
            # Some rtmp streams seem abort after ~ 99.8%. Don't complain for those
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
                retval = RD_SUCCESS
                break
        if retval == RD_SUCCESS or (test and retval == RD_INCOMPLETE):
-            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(tmpfilename)
            self.to_screen(f'[rtmpdump] Downloaded {fsize} bytes')
            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
            self._hook_progress({
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/rtsp.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/rtsp.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess

 from .common import FileDownloader
-from ..utils import check_executable, encodeFilename
+from ..utils import check_executable


 class RtspFD(FileDownloader):
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class RtspFD(FileDownloader):

        retval = subprocess.call(args)
        if retval == 0:
-            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(tmpfilename)
            self.to_screen(f'\r[{args[0]}] {fsize} bytes')
            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
            self._hook_progress({
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/youtube_live_chat.py
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class YoutubeLiveChatFD(FragmentFD):
                        data,
                        lambda x: x['continuationContents']['liveChatContinuation'], dict) or {}

-                    func = (info_dict['protocol'] == 'youtube_live_chat' and parse_actions_live
-                            or frag_index == 1 and try_refresh_replay_beginning
+                    func = ((info_dict['protocol'] == 'youtube_live_chat' and parse_actions_live)
+                            or (frag_index == 1 and try_refresh_replay_beginning)
                            or parse_actions_replay)
                    return (True, *func(live_chat_continuation))
                except HTTPError as err:
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/init.py
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 from ..compat.compat_utils import passthrough_module
+from ..globals import extractors as _extractors_context
+from ..globals import plugin_ies as _plugin_ies_context
+from ..plugins import PluginSpec, register_plugin_spec

 passthrough_module(__name__, '.extractors')
 del passthrough_module

+register_plugin_spec(PluginSpec(
+    module_name='extractor',
+    suffix='IE',
+    destination=_extractors_context,
+    plugin_destination=_plugin_ies_context,
+))
+

 def gen_extractor_classes():
    """ Return a list of supported extractors.
    The order does matter; the first extractor matched is the one handling the URL.
    """
-    from .extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
-
-    return _ALL_CLASSES
+    import_extractors()
+    return list(_extractors_context.value.values())


 def gen_extractors():
@@ -37,6 +46,9 @@ def list_extractors(age_limit=None):

 def get_info_extractor(ie_name):
    """Returns the info extractor class with the given ie_name"""
-    from . import extractors
+    import_extractors()
+    return _extractors_context.value[f'{ie_name}IE']

-    return getattr(extractors, f'{ie_name}IE')
+
+def import_extractors():
+    from . import extractors  # noqa: F401
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ from .bandcamp import (
    BandcampUserIE,
    BandcampWeeklyIE,
 )
+from .bandlab import (
+    BandlabIE,
+    BandlabPlaylistIE,
+)
 from .bannedvideo import BannedVideoIE
 from .bbc import (
    BBCIE,
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ from .bilibili import (
    BilibiliCheeseIE,
    BilibiliCheeseSeasonIE,
    BilibiliCollectionListIE,
+    BiliBiliDynamicIE,
    BilibiliFavoritesListIE,
    BiliBiliIE,
    BiliBiliPlayerIE,
@@ -278,6 +283,7 @@ from .bleacherreport import (
 from .blerp import BlerpIE
 from .blogger import BloggerIE
 from .bloomberg import BloombergIE
+from .bluesky import BlueskyIE
 from .bokecc import BokeCCIE
 from .bongacams import BongaCamsIE
 from .boosty import BoostyIE
@@ -306,6 +312,7 @@ from .brilliantpala import (
 )
 from .bundesliga import BundesligaIE
 from .bundestag import BundestagIE
+from .bunnycdn import BunnyCdnIE
 from .businessinsider import BusinessInsiderIE
 from .buzzfeed import BuzzFeedIE
 from .byutv import BYUtvIE
@@ -329,6 +336,7 @@ from .canal1 import Canal1IE
 from .canalalpha import CanalAlphaIE
 from .canalc2 import Canalc2IE
 from .canalplus import CanalplusIE
+from .canalsurmas import CanalsurmasIE
 from .caracoltv import CaracolTvPlayIE
 from .cartoonnetwork import CartoonNetworkIE
 from .cbc import (
@@ -401,8 +409,6 @@ from .cmt import CMTIE
 from .cnbc import CNBCVideoIE
 from .cnn import (
    CNNIE,
-    CNNArticleIE,
-    CNNBlogsIE,
    CNNIndonesiaIE,
 )
 from .comedycentral import (
@@ -437,12 +443,6 @@ from .crowdbunker import (
    CrowdBunkerIE,
 )
 from .crtvg import CrtvgIE
-from .crunchyroll import (
-    CrunchyrollArtistIE,
-    CrunchyrollBetaIE,
-    CrunchyrollBetaShowIE,
-    CrunchyrollMusicIE,
-)
 from .cspan import (
    CSpanCongressIE,
    CSpanIE,
@@ -456,7 +456,10 @@ from .curiositystream import (
    CuriosityStreamIE,
    CuriosityStreamSeriesIE,
 )
-from .cwtv import CWTVIE
+from .cwtv import (
+    CWTVIE,
+    CWTVMovieIE,
+)
 from .cybrary import (
    CybraryCourseIE,
    CybraryIE,
@@ -493,10 +496,6 @@ from .daum import (
 from .daystar import DaystarClipIE
 from .dbtv import DBTVIE
 from .dctp import DctpTvIE
-from .deezer import (
-    DeezerAlbumIE,
-    DeezerPlaylistIE,
-)
 from .democracynow import DemocracynowIE
 from .detik import DetikEmbedIE
 from .deuxm import (
@@ -507,6 +506,7 @@ from .dfb import DFBIE
 from .dhm import DHMIE
 from .digitalconcerthall import DigitalConcertHallIE
 from .digiteka import DigitekaIE
+from .digiview import DigiviewIE
 from .discogs import DiscogsReleasePlaylistIE
 from .disney import DisneyIE
 from .dispeak import DigitallySpeakingIE
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ from .dropout import (
    DropoutIE,
    DropoutSeasonIE,
 )
+from .drtalks import DrTalksIE
 from .drtuber import DrTuberIE
 from .drtv import (
    DRTVIE,
@@ -581,6 +582,10 @@ from .egghead import (
    EggheadCourseIE,
    EggheadLessonIE,
 )
+from .eggs import (
+    EggsArtistIE,
+    EggsIE,
+)
 from .eighttracks import EightTracksIE
 from .eitb import EitbIE
 from .elementorembed import ElementorEmbedIE
@@ -696,11 +701,6 @@ from .frontendmasters import (
    FrontendMastersLessonIE,
 )
 from .fujitv import FujiTVFODPlus7IE
-from .funimation import (
-    FunimationIE,
-    FunimationPageIE,
-    FunimationShowIE,
-)
 from .funk import FunkIE
 from .funker530 import Funker530IE
 from .fuyintv import FuyinTVIE
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ from .gab import (
    GabTVIE,
 )
 from .gaia import GaiaIE
+from .gamedevtv import GameDevTVDashboardIE
 from .gamejolt import (
    GameJoltCommunityIE,
    GameJoltGameIE,
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ from .icareus import IcareusIE
 from .ichinanalive import (
    IchinanaLiveClipIE,
    IchinanaLiveIE,
+    IchinanaLiveVODIE,
 )
 from .idolplus import IdolPlusIE
 from .ign import (
@@ -942,6 +944,10 @@ from .kaltura import KalturaIE
 from .kankanews import KankaNewsIE
 from .karaoketv import KaraoketvIE
 from .kelbyone import KelbyOneIE
+from .kenh14 import (
+    Kenh14PlaylistIE,
+    Kenh14VideoIE,
+)
 from .khanacademy import (
    KhanAcademyIE,
    KhanAcademyUnitIE,
@@ -1046,6 +1052,7 @@ from .livestream import (
 )
 from .livestreamfails import LivestreamfailsIE
 from .lnk import LnkIE
+from .loco import LocoIE
 from .loom import (
    LoomFolderIE,
    LoomIE,
@@ -1131,12 +1138,6 @@ from .microsoftembed import (
    MicrosoftMediusIE,
 )
 from .microsoftstream import MicrosoftStreamIE
-from .mildom import (
-    MildomClipIE,
-    MildomIE,
-    MildomUserVodIE,
-    MildomVodIE,
-)
 from .minds import (
    MindsChannelIE,
    MindsGroupIE,
@@ -1156,6 +1157,7 @@ from .mitele import MiTeleIE
 from .mixch import (
    MixchArchiveIE,
    MixchIE,
+    MixchMovieIE,
 )
 from .mixcloud import (
    MixcloudIE,
@@ -1275,6 +1277,10 @@ from .nebula import (
 )
 from .nekohacker import NekoHackerIE
 from .nerdcubed import NerdCubedFeedIE
+from .nest import (
+    NestClipIE,
+    NestIE,
+)
 from .neteasemusic import (
    NetEaseMusicAlbumIE,
    NetEaseMusicDjRadioIE,
@@ -1517,8 +1523,8 @@ from .pgatour import PGATourIE
 from .philharmoniedeparis import PhilharmonieDeParisIE
 from .phoenix import PhoenixIE
 from .photobucket import PhotobucketIE
+from .pialive import PiaLiveIE
 from .piapro import PiaproIE
-from .piaulizaportal import PIAULIZAPortalIE
 from .picarto import (
    PicartoIE,
    PicartoVodIE,
@@ -1529,6 +1535,10 @@ from .pinterest import (
    PinterestCollectionIE,
    PinterestIE,
 )
+from .piramidetv import (
+    PiramideTVChannelIE,
+    PiramideTVIE,
+)
 from .pixivsketch import (
    PixivSketchIE,
    PixivSketchUserIE,
@@ -1548,16 +1558,13 @@ from .pluralsight import (
    PluralsightIE,
 )
 from .plutotv import PlutoTVIE
+from .plvideo import PlVideoIE
 from .podbayfm import (
    PodbayFMChannelIE,
    PodbayFMIE,
 )
 from .podchaser import PodchaserIE
 from .podomatic import PodomaticIE
-from .pokemon import (
-    PokemonIE,
-    PokemonWatchIE,
-)
 from .pokergo import (
    PokerGoCollectionIE,
    PokerGoIE,
@@ -1648,6 +1655,7 @@ from .radiokapital import (
    RadioKapitalIE,
    RadioKapitalShowIE,
 )
+from .radioradicale import RadioRadicaleIE
 from .radiozet import RadioZetPodcastIE
 from .radlive import (
    RadLiveChannelIE,
@@ -1873,6 +1881,8 @@ from .skyit import (
    SkyItVideoIE,
    SkyItVideoLiveIE,
    TV8ItIE,
+    TV8ItLiveIE,
+    TV8ItPlaylistIE,
 )
 from .skylinewebcams import SkylineWebcamsIE
 from .skynewsarabia import (
@@ -1886,6 +1896,7 @@ from .slutload import SlutloadIE
 from .smotrim import SmotrimIE
 from .snapchat import SnapchatSpotlightIE
 from .snotr import SnotrIE
+from .softwhiteunderbelly import SoftWhiteUnderbellyIE
 from .sohu import (
    SohuIE,
    SohuVIE,
@@ -1939,9 +1950,7 @@ from .spotify import (
 )
 from .spreaker import (
    SpreakerIE,
-    SpreakerPageIE,
    SpreakerShowIE,
-    SpreakerShowPageIE,
 )
 from .springboardplatform import SpringboardPlatformIE
 from .sprout import SproutIE
@@ -1977,12 +1986,17 @@ from .storyfire import (
    StoryFireSeriesIE,
    StoryFireUserIE,
 )
+from .streaks import StreaksIE
 from .streamable import StreamableIE
 from .streamcz import StreamCZIE
 from .streetvoice import StreetVoiceIE
 from .stretchinternet import StretchInternetIE
 from .stripchat import StripchatIE
 from .stv import STVPlayerIE
+from .subsplash import (
+    SubsplashIE,
+    SubsplashPlaylistIE,
+)
 from .substack import SubstackIE
 from .sunporno import SunPornoIE
 from .sverigesradio import (
@@ -2212,6 +2226,7 @@ from .tvplay import (
    TVPlayIE,
 )
 from .tvplayer import TVPlayerIE
+from .tvw import TvwIE
 from .tweakers import TweakersIE
 from .twentymin import TwentyMinutenIE
 from .twentythreevideo import TwentyThreeVideoIE
@@ -2252,6 +2267,10 @@ from .ufctv import (
 )
 from .ukcolumn import UkColumnIE
 from .uktvplay import UKTVPlayIE
+from .uliza import (
+    UlizaPlayerIE,
+    UlizaPortalIE,
+)
 from .umg import UMGDeIE
 from .unistra import UnistraIE
 from .unity import UnityIE
@@ -2280,10 +2299,6 @@ from .utreon import UtreonIE
 from .varzesh3 import Varzesh3IE
 from .vbox7 import Vbox7IE
 from .veo import VeoIE
-from .veoh import (
-    VeohIE,
-    VeohUserIE,
-)
 from .vesti import VestiIE
 from .vevo import (
    VevoIE,
@@ -2335,10 +2350,6 @@ from .viewlift import (
    ViewLiftIE,
 )
 from .viidea import ViideaIE
-from .viki import (
-    VikiChannelIE,
-    VikiIE,
-)
 from .vimeo import (
    VHXEmbedIE,
    VimeoAlbumIE,
@@ -2356,10 +2367,6 @@ from .vimm import (
    VimmIE,
    VimmRecordingIE,
 )
-from .vine import (
-    VineIE,
-    VineUserIE,
-)
 from .viously import ViouslyIE
 from .viqeo import ViqeoIE
 from .viu import (
@@ -2387,10 +2394,15 @@ from .voxmedia import (
    VoxMediaIE,
    VoxMediaVolumeIE,
 )
+from .vrsquare import (
+    VrSquareChannelIE,
+    VrSquareIE,
+    VrSquareSearchIE,
+    VrSquareSectionIE,
+)
 from .vrt import (
    VRTIE,
    DagelijkseKostIE,
-    KetnetIE,
    Radio1BeIE,
    VrtNUIE,
 )
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import hmac
 import io
 import json
 import re
-import struct
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 import uuid
@@ -18,10 +17,8 @@ from ..networking.exceptions import TransportError
 from ..utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    OnDemandPagedList,
-    bytes_to_intlist,
    decode_base_n,
    int_or_none,
-    intlist_to_bytes,
    time_seconds,
    traverse_obj,
    update_url_query,
@@ -72,15 +69,15 @@ class AbemaLicenseRH(RequestHandler):
            })

        res = decode_base_n(license_response['k'], table=self._STRTABLE)
-        encvideokey = bytes_to_intlist(struct.pack('>QQ', res >> 64, res & 0xffffffffffffffff))
+        encvideokey = list(res.to_bytes(16, 'big'))

        h = hmac.new(
            binascii.unhexlify(self._HKEY),
            (license_response['cid'] + self.ie._DEVICE_ID).encode(),
            digestmod=hashlib.sha256)
-        enckey = bytes_to_intlist(h.digest())
+        enckey = list(h.digest())

-        return intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_decrypt(encvideokey, enckey))
+        return bytes(aes_ecb_decrypt(encvideokey, enckey))


 class AbemaTVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -424,14 +421,15 @@ class AbemaTVIE(AbemaTVBaseIE):


 class AbemaTVTitleIE(AbemaTVBaseIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://abema\.tv/video/title/(?P<id>[^?/]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://abema\.tv/video/title/(?P<id>[^?/#]+)/?(?:\?(?:[^#]+&)?s=(?P<season>[^&#]+))?'
    _PAGE_SIZE = 25

    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://abema.tv/video/title/90-1597',
+        'url': 'https://abema.tv/video/title/90-1887',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '90-1597',
+            'id': '90-1887',
            'title': 'シャッフルアイランド',
+            'description': 'md5:61b2425308f41a5282a926edda66f178',
        },
        'playlist_mincount': 2,
    }, {
@@ -439,41 +437,54 @@ class AbemaTVTitleIE(AbemaTVBaseIE):
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '193-132',
            'title': '真心が届く~僕とスターのオフィス・ラブ!?~',
+            'description': 'md5:9b59493d1f3a792bafbc7319258e7af8',
        },
        'playlist_mincount': 16,
    }, {
-        'url': 'https://abema.tv/video/title/25-102',
+        'url': 'https://abema.tv/video/title/25-1nzan-whrxe',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '25-102',
-            'title': 'ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション',
+            'id': '25-1nzan-whrxe',
+            'title': 'ソードアート・オンライン',
+            'description': 'md5:c094904052322e6978495532bdbf06e6',
        },
-        'playlist_mincount': 24,
+        'playlist_mincount': 25,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://abema.tv/video/title/26-2mzbynr-cph?s=26-2mzbynr-cph_s40',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': '〈物語〉シリーズ',
+            'id': '26-2mzbynr-cph',
+            'description': 'md5:e67873de1c88f360af1f0a4b84847a52',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 59,
    }]

-    def _fetch_page(self, playlist_id, series_version, page):
+    def _fetch_page(self, playlist_id, series_version, season_id, page):
+        query = {
+            'seriesVersion': series_version,
+            'offset': str(page * self._PAGE_SIZE),
+            'order': 'seq',
+            'limit': str(self._PAGE_SIZE),
+        }
+        if season_id:
+            query['seasonId'] = season_id
        programs = self._call_api(
            f'v1/video/series/{playlist_id}/programs', playlist_id,
            note=f'Downloading page {page + 1}',
-            query={
-                'seriesVersion': series_version,
-                'offset': str(page * self._PAGE_SIZE),
-                'order': 'seq',
-                'limit': str(self._PAGE_SIZE),
-            })
+            query=query)
        yield from (
            self.url_result(f'https://abema.tv/video/episode/{x}')
            for x in traverse_obj(programs, ('programs', ..., 'id')))

-    def _entries(self, playlist_id, series_version):
+    def _entries(self, playlist_id, series_version, season_id):
        return OnDemandPagedList(
-            functools.partial(self._fetch_page, playlist_id, series_version),
+            functools.partial(self._fetch_page, playlist_id, series_version, season_id),
            self._PAGE_SIZE)

    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        playlist_id, season_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id', 'season')
        series_info = self._call_api(f'v1/video/series/{playlist_id}', playlist_id)

        return self.playlist_result(
-            self._entries(playlist_id, series_info['version']), playlist_id=playlist_id,
+            self._entries(playlist_id, series_info['version'], season_id), playlist_id=playlist_id,
            playlist_title=series_info.get('title'),
            playlist_description=series_info.get('content'))
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/acast.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/acast.py
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ class ACastIE(ACastBaseIE):
    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x:
                    https?://
                        (?:
-                            (?:(?:embed|www)\.)?acast\.com/|
+                            (?:(?:embed|www|shows)\.)?acast\.com/|
                            play\.acast\.com/s/
                        )
-                        (?P<channel>[^/]+)/(?P<id>[^/#?"]+)
+                        (?P<channel>[^/?#]+)/(?:episodes/)?(?P<id>[^/#?"]+)
                    )'''
    _EMBED_REGEX = [rf'(?x)<iframe[^>]+\bsrc=[\'"](?P<url>{_VALID_URL})']
    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.acast.com/sparpodcast/2.raggarmordet-rosterurdetforflutna',
+        'url': 'https://shows.acast.com/sparpodcast/episodes/2.raggarmordet-rosterurdetforflutna',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '2a92b283-1a75-4ad8-8396-499c641de0d9',
            'ext': 'mp3',
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ACastIE(ACastBaseIE):
            'timestamp': 1477346700,
            'upload_date': '20161024',
            'duration': 2766,
-            'creator': 'Third Ear Studio',
+            'creators': ['Third Ear Studio'],
            'series': 'Spår',
            'episode': '2. Raggarmordet - Röster ur det förflutna',
            'thumbnail': 'https://assets.pippa.io/shows/616ebe1886d7b1398620b943/616ebe33c7e6e70013cae7da.jpg',
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class ACastIE(ACastBaseIE):
    }, {
        'url': 'https://play.acast.com/s/rattegangspodden/s04e09styckmordetihelenelund-del2-2',
        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.acast.com/sparpodcast/2.raggarmordet-rosterurdetforflutna',
+        'only_matching': True,
    }, {
        'url': 'https://play.acast.com/s/sparpodcast/2a92b283-1a75-4ad8-8396-499c641de0d9',
        'only_matching': True,
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class ACastChannelIE(ACastBaseIE):
    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
                    https?://
                        (?:
-                            (?:www\.)?acast\.com/|
+                            (?:(?:www|shows)\.)?acast\.com/|
                            play\.acast\.com/s/
                        )
                        (?P<id>[^/#?]+)
@@ -120,12 +123,15 @@ class ACastChannelIE(ACastBaseIE):
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '4efc5294-5385-4847-98bd-519799ce5786',
            'title': 'Today in Focus',
-            'description': 'md5:c09ce28c91002ce4ffce71d6504abaae',
+            'description': 'md5:feca253de9947634605080cd9eeea2bf',
        },
        'playlist_mincount': 200,
    }, {
        'url': 'http://play.acast.com/s/ft-banking-weekly',
        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://shows.acast.com/sparpodcast',
+        'only_matching': True,
    }]

    @classmethod
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError
 from ..utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    ass_subtitles_timecode,
-    bytes_to_intlist,
    bytes_to_long,
    float_or_none,
    int_or_none,
-    intlist_to_bytes,
    join_nonempty,
    long_to_bytes,
    parse_iso8601,
@@ -198,16 +196,16 @@ Format: Marked,Start,End,Style,Name,MarginL,MarginR,MarginV,Effect,Text'''

        links_url = try_get(options, lambda x: x['video']['url']) or (video_base_url + 'link')
        self._K = ''.join(random.choices('0123456789abcdef', k=16))
-        message = bytes_to_intlist(json.dumps({
+        message = list(json.dumps({
            'k': self._K,
            't': token,
-        }))
+        }).encode())

        # Sometimes authentication fails for no good reason, retry with
        # a different random padding
        links_data = None
        for _ in range(3):
-            padded_message = intlist_to_bytes(pkcs1pad(message, 128))
+            padded_message = bytes(pkcs1pad(message, 128))
            n, e = self._RSA_KEY
            encrypted_message = long_to_bytes(pow(bytes_to_long(padded_message), e, n))
            authorization = base64.b64encode(encrypted_message).decode()
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ Format: Marked,Start,End,Style,Name,MarginL,MarginR,MarginV,Effect,Text'''

                error = self._parse_json(e.cause.response.read(), video_id)
                message = error.get('message')
-                if e.cause.code == 403 and error.get('code') == 'player-bad-geolocation-country':
+                if e.cause.status == 403 and error.get('code') == 'player-bad-geolocation-country':
                    self.raise_geo_restricted(msg=message)
                raise ExtractorError(message)
        else:
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):  # XXX: Conventionally, base classes should en

    def _download_webpage_handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
        headers = self.geo_verification_headers()
-        headers.update(kwargs.get('headers', {}))
+        headers.update(kwargs.get('headers') or {})
        kwargs['headers'] = headers
        return super()._download_webpage_handle(
            *args, **kwargs)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/afreecatv.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime as dt
 import functools

 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    filter_dict,
    int_or_none,
    orderedSet,
-    unified_timestamp,
+    parse_iso8601,
    url_or_none,
    urlencode_postdata,
    urljoin,
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ class AfreecaTVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
            extensions={'legacy_ssl': True}), display_id,
            'Downloading API JSON', 'Unable to download API JSON')

+    @staticmethod
+    def _fixup_thumb(thumb_url):
+        if not url_or_none(thumb_url):
+            return None
+        # Core would determine_ext as 'php' from the url, so we need to provide the real ext
+        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11537
+        return [{'url': thumb_url, 'ext': 'jpg'}]
+

 class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
    IE_NAME = 'soop'
@@ -79,9 +88,9 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
            'uploader_id': 'rlantnghks',
            'uploader': '페이즈으',
            'duration': 10840,
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://videoimg\.sooplive\.co/.kr/.+',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://videoimg\.(?:sooplive\.co\.kr|afreecatv\.com)/.+',
            'upload_date': '20230108',
-            'timestamp': 1673218805,
+            'timestamp': 1673186405,
            'title': '젠지 페이즈',
        },
        'params': {
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
            'id': '20170411_BE689A0E_190960999_1_2_h',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': '혼자사는여자집',
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://(?:video|st)img\.sooplive\.co\.kr/.+',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://(?:video|st)img\.(?:sooplive\.co\.kr|afreecatv\.com)/.+',
            'uploader': '♥이슬이',
            'uploader_id': 'dasl8121',
            'upload_date': '20170411',
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
            'id': '20180327_27901457_202289533_1',
            'ext': 'mp4',
            'title': '[생]빨개요♥ (part 1)',
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://(?:video|st)img\.sooplive\.co\.kr/.+',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://(?:video|st)img\.(?:sooplive\.co\.kr|afreecatv\.com)/.+',
            'uploader': '[SA]서아',
            'uploader_id': 'bjdyrksu',
            'upload_date': '20180327',
@@ -154,8 +163,8 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
            'title': ('title', {str}),
            'uploader': ('writer_nick', {str}),
            'uploader_id': ('bj_id', {str}),
-            'duration': ('total_file_duration', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
-            'thumbnail': ('thumb', {url_or_none}),
+            'duration': ('total_file_duration', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
+            'thumbnails': ('thumb', {self._fixup_thumb}),
        })

        entries = []
@@ -178,8 +187,8 @@ class AfreecaTVIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
                'title': f'{common_info.get("title") or "Untitled"} (part {file_num})',
                'formats': formats,
                **traverse_obj(file_element, {
-                    'duration': ('duration', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
-                    'timestamp': ('file_start', {unified_timestamp}),
+                    'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
+                    'timestamp': ('file_start', {parse_iso8601(delimiter=' ', timezone=dt.timedelta(hours=9))}),
                }),
            })

@@ -226,19 +235,18 @@ class AfreecaTVCatchStoryIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):

        return self.playlist_result(self._entries(data), video_id)

-    @staticmethod
-    def _entries(data):
+    def _entries(self, data):
        # 'files' is always a list with 1 element
        yield from traverse_obj(data, (
            'data', lambda _, v: v['story_type'] == 'catch',
            'catch_list', lambda _, v: v['files'][0]['file'], {
                'id': ('files', 0, 'file_info_key', {str}),
                'url': ('files', 0, 'file', {url_or_none}),
-                'duration': ('files', 0, 'duration', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+                'duration': ('files', 0, 'duration', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
                'title': ('title', {str}),
                'uploader': ('writer_nick', {str}),
                'uploader_id': ('writer_id', {str}),
-                'thumbnail': ('thumb', {url_or_none}),
+                'thumbnails': ('thumb', {self._fixup_thumb}),
                'timestamp': ('write_timestamp', {int_or_none}),
            }))

@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ class AfreecaTVLiveIE(AfreecaTVBaseIE):
            'title': channel_info.get('TITLE') or station_info.get('station_title'),
            'uploader': channel_info.get('BJNICK') or station_info.get('station_name'),
            'uploader_id': broadcaster_id,
-            'timestamp': unified_timestamp(station_info.get('broad_start')),
+            'timestamp': parse_iso8601(station_info.get('broad_start'), delimiter=' ', timezone=dt.timedelta(hours=9)),
            'formats': formats,
            'is_live': True,
            'http_headers': {'Referer': url},
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/allstar.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/allstar.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class AllstarBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
            'thumbnails': (('clipImageThumb', 'clipImageSource'), {'url': {media_url_or_none}}),
            'duration': ('clipLength', {int_or_none}),
            'filesize': ('clipSizeBytes', {int_or_none}),
-            'timestamp': ('createdDate', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+            'timestamp': ('createdDate', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
            'uploader': ('username', {str}),
            'uploader_id': ('user', '_id', {str}),
            'view_count': ('views', {int_or_none}),
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/anvato.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/anvato.py
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import time
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..aes import aes_encrypt
 from ..utils import (
-    bytes_to_intlist,
    determine_ext,
    int_or_none,
-    intlist_to_bytes,
    join_nonempty,
    smuggle_url,
    strip_jsonp,
@@ -33,24 +31,6 @@ class AnvatoIE(InfoExtractor):
    _AUTH_KEY = b'\x31\xc2\x42\x84\x9e\x73\xa0\xce'  # from anvplayer.min.js

    _TESTS = [{
-        # from https://www.nfl.com/videos/baker-mayfield-s-game-changing-plays-from-3-td-game-week-14
-        'url': 'anvato:GXvEgwyJeWem8KCYXfeoHWknwP48Mboj:899441',
-        'md5': '921919dab3cd0b849ff3d624831ae3e2',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '899441',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Baker Mayfield\'s game-changing plays from 3-TD game Week 14',
-            'description': 'md5:85e05a3cc163f8c344340f220521136d',
-            'upload_date': '20201215',
-            'timestamp': 1608009755,
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
-            'uploader': 'NFL',
-            'tags': ['Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns (2020-REG-14)', 'Baker Mayfield', 'Game Highlights',
-                     'Player Highlights', 'Cleveland Browns', 'league'],
-            'duration': 157,
-            'categories': ['Entertainment', 'Game', 'Highlights'],
-        },
-    }, {
        # from https://ktla.com/news/99-year-old-woman-learns-to-fly-in-torrance-checks-off-bucket-list-dream/
        'url': 'anvato:X8POa4zpGZMmeiq0wqiO8IP5rMqQM9VN:8032455',
        'md5': '837718bcfb3a7778d022f857f7a9b19e',
@@ -241,31 +221,6 @@ class AnvatoIE(InfoExtractor):
        'telemundo': 'anvato_mcp_telemundo_web_prod_c5278d51ad46fda4b6ca3d0ea44a7846a054f582',
    }

-    def _generate_nfl_token(self, anvack, mcp_id):
-        reroute = self._download_json(
-            'https://api.nfl.com/v1/reroute', mcp_id, data=b'grant_type=client_credentials',
-            headers={'X-Domain-Id': 100}, note='Fetching token info')
-        token_type = reroute.get('token_type') or 'Bearer'
-        auth_token = f'{token_type} {reroute["access_token"]}'
-        response = self._download_json(
-            'https://api.nfl.com/v3/shield/', mcp_id, data=json.dumps({
-                'query': '''{
-  viewer {
-    mediaToken(anvack: "%s", id: %s) {
-      token
-    }
-  }
-}''' % (anvack, mcp_id),  # noqa: UP031
-            }).encode(), headers={
-                'Authorization': auth_token,
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            }, note='Fetching NFL API token')
-        return traverse_obj(response, ('data', 'viewer', 'mediaToken', 'token'))
-
-    _TOKEN_GENERATORS = {
-        'GXvEgwyJeWem8KCYXfeoHWknwP48Mboj': _generate_nfl_token,
-    }
-
    def _server_time(self, access_key, video_id):
        return int_or_none(traverse_obj(self._download_json(
            f'{self._API_BASE_URL}/server_time', video_id, query={'anvack': access_key},
@@ -277,8 +232,8 @@ class AnvatoIE(InfoExtractor):
        server_time = self._server_time(access_key, video_id)
        input_data = f'{server_time}~{md5_text(video_data_url)}~{md5_text(server_time)}'

-        auth_secret = intlist_to_bytes(aes_encrypt(
-            bytes_to_intlist(input_data[:64]), bytes_to_intlist(self._AUTH_KEY)))
+        auth_secret = bytes(aes_encrypt(
+            list(input_data[:64].encode()), list(self._AUTH_KEY)))
        query = {
            'X-Anvato-Adst-Auth': base64.b64encode(auth_secret).decode('ascii'),
            'rtyp': 'fp',
@@ -290,8 +245,6 @@ class AnvatoIE(InfoExtractor):
        }
        if extracted_token is not None:
            api['anvstk2'] = extracted_token
-        elif self._TOKEN_GENERATORS.get(access_key) is not None:
-            api['anvstk2'] = self._TOKEN_GENERATORS[access_key](self, access_key, video_id)
        elif self._ANVACK_TABLE.get(access_key) is not None:
            api['anvstk'] = md5_text(f'{access_key}|{anvrid}|{server_time}|{self._ANVACK_TABLE[access_key]}')
        else:
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
                },
            },
        ],
+    }, {
+        # The reviewbody is None for one of the reviews; just need to extract data without crashing
+        'url': 'https://archive.org/details/gd95-04-02.sbd.11622.sbeok.shnf/gd95-04-02d1t04.shn',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'gd95-04-02.sbd.11622.sbeok.shnf/gd95-04-02d1t04.shn',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'title': 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again',
+            'creators': ['Grateful Dead'],
+            'duration': 338.31,
+            'track': 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again',
+            'description': 'md5:764348a470b986f1217ffd38d6ac7b72',
+            'display_id': 'gd95-04-02d1t04.shn',
+            'location': 'Pyramid Arena',
+            'uploader': 'jon@archive.org',
+            'album': '1995-04-02 - Pyramid Arena',
+            'upload_date': '20040519',
+            'track_number': 4,
+            'release_date': '19950402',
+            'timestamp': 1084927901,
+        },
    }]

    @staticmethod
@@ -335,7 +355,7 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
                info['comments'].append({
                    'id': review.get('review_id'),
                    'author': review.get('reviewer'),
-                    'text': str_or_none(review.get('reviewtitle'), '') + '\n\n' + review.get('reviewbody'),
+                    'text': join_nonempty('reviewtitle', 'reviewbody', from_dict=review, delim='\n\n'),
                    'timestamp': unified_timestamp(review.get('createdate')),
                    'parent': 'root'})

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/ard.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/ard.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '94834686',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'duration': 2700,
+            'duration': 2670,
            'episode': '7 Tage ... unter harten Jungs',
            'description': 'md5:0f215470dcd2b02f59f4bd10c963f072',
            'upload_date': '20231005',
@@ -307,10 +307,28 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
            'display_id': 'N2I2YmM5MzgtNWFlOS00ZGFlLTg2NzMtYzNjM2JlNjk4MDg3',
            'series': '7 Tage ...',
            'channel': 'HR',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://api.ardmediathek.de/image-service/images/urn:ard:image:f6e6d5ffac41925c?w=960&ch=fa32ba69bc87989a',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://api.ardmediathek.de/image-service/images/urn:ard:image:430c86d233afa42d?w=960&ch=fa32ba69bc87989a',
            'title': '7 Tage ... unter harten Jungs',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['ardbetamediathek N2I2YmM5MzgtNWFlOS00ZGFlLTg2NzMtYzNjM2JlNjk4MDg3'],
        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalzeit-aus-duesseldorf/lokalzeit-aus-duesseldorf-oder-31-10-2024/wdr-duesseldorf/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtOWFkMTc0ZWMtMDA5ZS00ZDEwLWFjYjctMGNmNTdhNzVmNzUz',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '13847165',
+            'chapters': 'count:8',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'channel': 'WDR',
+            'display_id': 'Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtOWFkMTc0ZWMtMDA5ZS00ZDEwLWFjYjctMGNmNTdhNzVmNzUz',
+            'episode': 'Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf | 31.10.2024',
+            'series': 'Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://api.ardmediathek.de/image-service/images/urn:ard:image:f02ec9bd9b7bd5f6?w=960&ch=612491dcd5e09b0c',
+            'title': 'Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf | 31.10.2024',
+            'upload_date': '20241031',
+            'timestamp': 1730399400,
+            'description': 'md5:12db30b3b706314efe3778b8df1a7058',
+            'duration': 1759,
+            '_old_archive_ids': ['ardbetamediathek Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtOWFkMTc0ZWMtMDA5ZS00ZDEwLWFjYjctMGNmNTdhNzVmNzUz'],
+        },
    }, {
        'url': 'https://beta.ardmediathek.de/ard/video/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL3RhdG9ydC9mYmM4NGM1NC0xNzU4LTRmZGYtYWFhZS0wYzcyZTIxNGEyMDE',
        'only_matching': True,
@@ -455,6 +473,12 @@ class ARDBetaMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
            'subtitles': subtitles,
            'is_live': is_live,
            'age_limit': age_limit,
+            **traverse_obj(media_data, {
+                'chapters': ('pluginData', 'jumpmarks@all', 'chapterArray', lambda _, v: int_or_none(v['chapterTime']), {
+                    'start_time': ('chapterTime', {int_or_none}),
+                    'title': ('chapterTitle', {str}),
+                }),
+            }),
            **traverse_obj(media_data, ('meta', {
                'title': 'title',
                'description': 'synopsis',
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/azmedien.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/azmedien.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import json
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .kaltura import KalturaIE
+from ..utils.traversal import require, traverse_obj


 class AZMedienIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -9,15 +8,15 @@ class AZMedienIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
                    https?://
                        (?:www\.|tv\.)?
-                        (?P<host>
+                        (?:
                            telezueri\.ch|
                            telebaern\.tv|
                            telem1\.ch|
                            tvo-online\.ch
                        )/
-                        [^/]+/
+                        [^/?#]+/
                        (?P<id>
-                            [^/]+-(?P<article_id>\d+)
+                            [^/?#]+-\d+
                        )
                        (?:
                            \#video=
@@ -47,19 +46,17 @@ class AZMedienIE(InfoExtractor):
        'url': 'https://www.telebaern.tv/telebaern-news/montag-1-oktober-2018-ganze-sendung-133531189#video=0_7xjo9lf1',
        'only_matching': True,
    }]
-    _API_TEMPL = 'https://www.%s/api/pub/gql/%s/NewsArticleTeaser/a4016f65fe62b81dc6664dd9f4910e4ab40383be'
    _PARTNER_ID = '1719221'

    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        host, display_id, article_id, entry_id = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
+        display_id, entry_id = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()

        if not entry_id:
-            entry_id = self._download_json(
-                self._API_TEMPL % (host, host.split('.')[0]), display_id, query={
-                    'variables': json.dumps({
-                        'contextId': 'NewsArticle:' + article_id,
-                    }),
-                })['data']['context']['mainAsset']['video']['kaltura']['kalturaId']
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+            data = self._search_json(
+                r'window\.__APOLLO_STATE__\s*=', webpage, 'video data', display_id)
+            entry_id = traverse_obj(data, (
+                lambda _, v: v['__typename'] == 'KalturaData', 'kalturaId', any, {require('kaltura id')}))

        return self.url_result(
            f'kaltura:{self._PARTNER_ID}:{entry_id}',
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bandcamp.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bandcamp.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import functools
 import json
 import random
 import re
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ from ..utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    extract_attributes,
    float_or_none,
-    get_element_html_by_id,
    int_or_none,
    parse_filesize,
    str_or_none,
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    url_or_none,
    urljoin,
 )
-from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
+from ..utils.traversal import find_element, traverse_obj


 class BandcampIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@ class BandcampIE(InfoExtractor):
            'uploader_url': 'https://youtube-dl.bandcamp.com',
            'uploader_id': 'youtube-dl',
            'thumbnail': 'https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3216802731_5.jpg',
+            'artists': ['youtube-dl "\'/\\ä↭'],
+            'album_artists': ['youtube-dl "\'/\\ä↭'],
        },
        'skip': 'There is a limit of 200 free downloads / month for the test song',
    }, {
@@ -271,6 +271,18 @@ class BandcampAlbumIE(BandcampIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
                    'timestamp': 1311756226,
                    'upload_date': '20110727',
                    'uploader': 'Blazo',
+                    'thumbnail': 'https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1721150828_5.jpg',
+                    'album_artists': ['Blazo'],
+                    'uploader_url': 'https://blazo.bandcamp.com',
+                    'release_date': '20110727',
+                    'release_timestamp': 1311724800.0,
+                    'track': 'Intro',
+                    'uploader_id': 'blazo',
+                    'track_number': 1,
+                    'album': 'Jazz Format Mixtape vol.1',
+                    'artists': ['Blazo'],
+                    'duration': 19.335,
+                    'track_id': '1353101989',
                },
            },
            {
@@ -282,6 +294,18 @@ class BandcampAlbumIE(BandcampIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
                    'timestamp': 1311757238,
                    'upload_date': '20110727',
                    'uploader': 'Blazo',
+                    'track': 'Kero One - Keep It Alive (Blazo remix)',
+                    'release_date': '20110727',
+                    'track_id': '38097443',
+                    'track_number': 2,
+                    'duration': 181.467,
+                    'uploader_url': 'https://blazo.bandcamp.com',
+                    'album': 'Jazz Format Mixtape vol.1',
+                    'uploader_id': 'blazo',
+                    'album_artists': ['Blazo'],
+                    'artists': ['Blazo'],
+                    'thumbnail': 'https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1721150828_5.jpg',
+                    'release_timestamp': 1311724800.0,
                },
            },
        ],
@@ -289,6 +313,7 @@ class BandcampAlbumIE(BandcampIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
            'title': 'Jazz Format Mixtape vol.1',
            'id': 'jazz-format-mixtape-vol-1',
            'uploader_id': 'blazo',
+            'description': 'md5:38052a93217f3ffdc033cd5dbbce2989',
        },
        'params': {
            'playlistend': 2,
@@ -363,10 +388,10 @@ class BandcampWeeklyIE(BandcampIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?bandcamp\.com/?\?(?:.*?&)?show=(?P<id>\d+)'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'https://bandcamp.com/?show=224',
-        'md5': 'b00df799c733cf7e0c567ed187dea0fd',
+        'md5': '61acc9a002bed93986b91168aa3ab433',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '224',
-            'ext': 'opus',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
            'title': 'BC Weekly April 4th 2017 - Magic Moments',
            'description': 'md5:5d48150916e8e02d030623a48512c874',
            'duration': 5829.77,
@@ -376,7 +401,7 @@ class BandcampWeeklyIE(BandcampIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
            'episode_id': '224',
        },
        'params': {
-            'format': 'opus-lo',
+            'format': 'mp3-128',
        },
    }, {
        'url': 'https://bandcamp.com/?blah/blah@&show=228',
@@ -484,7 +509,7 @@ class BandcampUserIE(InfoExtractor):
            or re.findall(r'<div[^>]+trackTitle["\'][^"\']+["\']([^"\']+)', webpage))

        yield from traverse_obj(webpage, (
-            {functools.partial(get_element_html_by_id, 'music-grid')}, {extract_attributes},
+            {find_element(id='music-grid', html=True)}, {extract_attributes},
            'data-client-items', {json.loads}, ..., 'page_url', {str}))

    def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -493,4 +518,4 @@ class BandcampUserIE(InfoExtractor):

        return self.playlist_from_matches(
            self._yield_items(webpage), uploader, f'Discography of {uploader}',
-            getter=functools.partial(urljoin, url))
+            getter=urljoin(url))
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bandlab.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bandlab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    float_or_none,
+    format_field,
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
+    parse_qs,
+    truncate_string,
+    url_or_none,
+)
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj, value
+
+
+class BandlabBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def _call_api(self, endpoint, asset_id, **kwargs):
+        headers = kwargs.pop('headers', None) or {}
+        return self._download_json(
+            f'https://www.bandlab.com/api/v1.3/{endpoint}/{asset_id}',
+            asset_id, headers={
+                'accept': 'application/json',
+                'referer': 'https://www.bandlab.com/',
+                'x-client-id': 'BandLab-Web',
+                'x-client-version': '10.1.124',
+                **headers,
+            }, **kwargs)
+
+    def _parse_revision(self, revision_data, url=None):
+        return {
+            'vcodec': 'none',
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+            'extractor_key': BandlabIE.ie_key(),
+            'extractor': BandlabIE.IE_NAME,
+            **traverse_obj(revision_data, {
+                'webpage_url': (
+                    'id', ({value(url)}, {format_field(template='https://www.bandlab.com/revision/%s')}), filter, any),
+                'id': (('revisionId', 'id'), {str}, any),
+                'title': ('song', 'name', {str}),
+                'track': ('song', 'name', {str}),
+                'url': ('mixdown', 'file', {url_or_none}),
+                'thumbnail': ('song', 'picture', 'url', {url_or_none}),
+                'description': ('description', {str}),
+                'uploader': ('creator', 'name', {str}),
+                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'username', {str}),
+                'timestamp': ('createdOn', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'duration': ('mixdown', 'duration', {float_or_none}),
+                'view_count': ('counters', 'plays', {int_or_none}),
+                'like_count': ('counters', 'likes', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('counters', 'comments', {int_or_none}),
+                'genres': ('genres', ..., 'name', {str}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+    def _parse_track(self, track_data, url=None):
+        return {
+            'vcodec': 'none',
+            'media_type': 'track',
+            'extractor_key': BandlabIE.ie_key(),
+            'extractor': BandlabIE.IE_NAME,
+            **traverse_obj(track_data, {
+                'webpage_url': (
+                    'id', ({value(url)}, {format_field(template='https://www.bandlab.com/post/%s')}), filter, any),
+                'id': (('revisionId', 'id'), {str}, any),
+                'url': ('track', 'sample', 'audioUrl', {url_or_none}),
+                'title': ('track', 'name', {str}),
+                'track': ('track', 'name', {str}),
+                'description': ('caption', {str}),
+                'thumbnail': ('track', 'picture', ('original', 'url'), {url_or_none}, any),
+                'view_count': ('counters', 'plays', {int_or_none}),
+                'like_count': ('counters', 'likes', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('counters', 'comments', {int_or_none}),
+                'duration': ('track', 'sample', 'duration', {float_or_none}),
+                'uploader': ('creator', 'name', {str}),
+                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'username', {str}),
+                'timestamp': ('createdOn', {parse_iso8601}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+    def _parse_video(self, video_data, url=None):
+        return {
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'extractor_key': BandlabIE.ie_key(),
+            'extractor': BandlabIE.IE_NAME,
+            **traverse_obj(video_data, {
+                'id': ('id', {str}),
+                'webpage_url': (
+                    'id', ({value(url)}, {format_field(template='https://www.bandlab.com/post/%s')}), filter, any),
+                'url': ('video', 'url', {url_or_none}),
+                'title': ('caption', {lambda x: x.replace('\n', ' ')}, {truncate_string(left=72)}),
+                'description': ('caption', {str}),
+                'thumbnail': ('video', 'picture', 'url', {url_or_none}),
+                'view_count': ('video', 'counters', 'plays', {int_or_none}),
+                'like_count': ('video', 'counters', 'likes', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('counters', 'comments', {int_or_none}),
+                'duration': ('video', 'duration', {float_or_none}),
+                'uploader': ('creator', 'name', {str}),
+                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'username', {str}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+
+class BandlabIE(BandlabBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = [
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?bandlab.com/(?P<url_type>track|post|revision)/(?P<id>[\da-f_-]+)',
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?bandlab.com/(?P<url_type>embed)/\?(?:[^#]*&)?id=(?P<id>[\da-f-]+)',
+    ]
+    _EMBED_REGEX = [rf'<iframe[^>]+src=[\'"](?P<url>{_VALID_URL[1]})[\'"]']
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/track/04b37e88dba24967b9dac8eb8567ff39_07d7f906fc96ee11b75e000d3a428fff',
+        'md5': '46f7b43367dd268bbcf0bbe466753b2c',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '02d7f906-fc96-ee11-b75e-000d3a428fff',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'uploader_id': 'ender_milze',
+            'track': 'sweet black',
+            'description': 'composed by juanjn3737',
+            'timestamp': 1702171963,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'duration': 54.629999999999995,
+            'title': 'sweet black',
+            'upload_date': '20231210',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/songs/fa082beb-b856-4730-9170-a57e4e32cc2c/',
+            'genres': ['Lofi'],
+            'uploader': 'ender milze',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # Same track as above but post URL
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/post/07d7f906-fc96-ee11-b75e-000d3a428fff',
+        'md5': '46f7b43367dd268bbcf0bbe466753b2c',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '02d7f906-fc96-ee11-b75e-000d3a428fff',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'uploader_id': 'ender_milze',
+            'track': 'sweet black',
+            'description': 'composed by juanjn3737',
+            'timestamp': 1702171973,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'duration': 54.629999999999995,
+            'title': 'sweet black',
+            'upload_date': '20231210',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/songs/fa082beb-b856-4730-9170-a57e4e32cc2c/',
+            'genres': ['Lofi'],
+            'uploader': 'ender milze',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # SharedKey Example
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/track/048916c2-c6da-ee11-85f9-6045bd2e11f9?sharedKey=0NNWX8qYAEmI38lWAzCNDA',
+        'md5': '15174b57c44440e2a2008be9cae00250',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '038916c2-c6da-ee11-85f9-6045bd2e11f9',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'genres': ['Other'],
+            'uploader_id': 'user8353034818103753',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/songs/51b18363-da23-4b9b-a29c-2933a3e561ca/',
+            'timestamp': 1709625771,
+            'track': 'PodcastMaerchen4b',
+            'duration': 468.14,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'description': 'Podcast: Neues aus der Märchenwelt',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'upload_date': '20240305',
+            'uploader': 'Erna Wageneder',
+            'title': 'PodcastMaerchen4b',
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # Different Revision selected
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/track/130343fc-148b-ea11-96d2-0003ffd1fc09?revId=110343fc-148b-ea11-96d2-0003ffd1fc09',
+        'md5': '74e055ef9325d63f37088772fbfe4454',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '110343fc-148b-ea11-96d2-0003ffd1fc09',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'timestamp': 1588273294,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/users/b612e533-e4f7-4542-9f50-3fcfd8dd822c/',
+            'description': 'Final Revision.',
+            'title': 'Replay ( Instrumental)',
+            'uploader': 'David R Sparks',
+            'uploader_id': 'davesnothome69',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'track': 'Replay ( Instrumental)',
+            'genres': ['Rock'],
+            'upload_date': '20200430',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'duration': 279.43,
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # Video
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/post/5cdf9036-3857-ef11-991a-6045bd36e0d9',
+        'md5': '8caa2ef28e86c1dacf167293cfdbeba9',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '5cdf9036-3857-ef11-991a-6045bd36e0d9',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'duration': 44.705,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/videos/67c6cef1-cef6-40d3-831e-a55bc1dcb972/',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'title': 'backing vocals',
+            'uploader_id': 'marliashya',
+            'uploader': 'auraa',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'description': 'backing vocals',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # Embed Example
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/embed/?blur=false&id=014de0a4-7d82-ea11-a94c-0003ffd19c0f',
+        'md5': 'a4ad05cb68c54faaed9b0a8453a8cf4a',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '014de0a4-7d82-ea11-a94c-0003ffd19c0f',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'genres': ['Electronic'],
+            'uploader': 'Charlie Henson',
+            'timestamp': 1587328674,
+            'upload_date': '20200419',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'track': 'Positronic Meltdown',
+            'duration': 318.55,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/songs/87165bc3-5439-496e-b1f7-a9f13b541ff2/',
+            'description': 'Checkout my tracks at AOMX http://aomxsounds.com/',
+            'uploader_id': 'microfreaks',
+            'title': 'Positronic Meltdown',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # Track without revisions available
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/track/55767ac51789ea11a94c0003ffd1fc09_2f007b0a37b94ec7a69bc25ae15108a5',
+        'md5': 'f05d68a3769952c2d9257c473e14c15f',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '55767ac51789ea11a94c0003ffd1fc09_2f007b0a37b94ec7a69bc25ae15108a5',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'track': 'insame',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'duration': 84.03,
+            'title': 'insame',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'uploader': 'Sorakime',
+            'uploader_id': 'sorakime',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.0/users/572a351a-0f3a-4c6a-ac39-1a5defdeeb1c/',
+            'timestamp': 1691162128,
+            'upload_date': '20230804',
+            'media_type': 'track',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/revision/014de0a4-7d82-ea11-a94c-0003ffd19c0f',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+    _WEBPAGE_TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://phantomluigi.github.io/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'e14223c3-7871-ef11-bdfd-000d3a980db3',
+            'ext': 'm4a',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'upload_date': '20240913',
+            'uploader_id': 'phantommusicofficial',
+            'timestamp': 1726194897,
+            'uploader': 'Phantom',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'genres': ['Progresive Rock'],
+            'description': 'md5:a38cd668f7a2843295ef284114f18429',
+            'duration': 225.23,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'title': 'Vermilion Pt. 2 (Cover)',
+            'track': 'Vermilion Pt. 2 (Cover)',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bandlabimages.azureedge.net/v1.0/songs/62b10750-7aef-4f42-ad08-1af52f577e97/',
+            'media_type': 'revision',
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id, url_type = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id', 'url_type')
+
+        qs = parse_qs(url)
+        revision_id = traverse_obj(qs, (('revId', 'id'), 0, any))
+        if url_type == 'revision':
+            revision_id = display_id
+
+        revision_data = None
+        if not revision_id:
+            post_data = self._call_api(
+                'posts', display_id, note='Downloading post data',
+                query=traverse_obj(qs, {'sharedKey': ('sharedKey', 0)}))
+
+            revision_id = traverse_obj(post_data, (('revisionId', ('revision', 'id')), {str}, any))
+            revision_data = traverse_obj(post_data, ('revision', {dict}))
+
+            if not revision_data and not revision_id:
+                post_type = post_data.get('type')
+                if post_type == 'Video':
+                    return self._parse_video(post_data, url=url)
+                if post_type == 'Track':
+                    return self._parse_track(post_data, url=url)
+                raise ExtractorError(f'Could not extract data for post type {post_type!r}')
+
+        if not revision_data:
+            revision_data = self._call_api(
+                'revisions', revision_id, note='Downloading revision data', query={'edit': 'false'})
+
+        return self._parse_revision(revision_data, url=url)
+
+
+class BandlabPlaylistIE(BandlabBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = [
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?bandlab.com/(?:[\w]+/)?(?P<type>albums|collections)/(?P<id>[\da-f-]+)',
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?bandlab.com/(?P<type>embed)/collection/\?(?:[^#]*&)?id=(?P<id>[\da-f-]+)',
+    ]
+    _EMBED_REGEX = [rf'<iframe[^>]+src=[\'"](?P<url>{_VALID_URL[1]})[\'"]']
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/davesnothome69/albums/89b79ea6-de42-ed11-b495-00224845aac7',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.3/albums/69507ff3-579a-45be-afca-9e87eddec944/',
+            'release_date': '20221003',
+            'title': 'Remnants',
+            'album': 'Remnants',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'album_type': 'LP',
+            'description': 'A collection of some feel good, rock hits.',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'id': '89b79ea6-de42-ed11-b495-00224845aac7',
+            'uploader': 'David R Sparks',
+            'uploader_id': 'davesnothome69',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 10,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/slytheband/collections/955102d4-1040-ef11-86c3-000d3a42581b',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '955102d4-1040-ef11-86c3-000d3a42581b',
+            'timestamp': 1720762659,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'title': 'My Shit 🖤',
+            'uploader_id': 'slytheband',
+            'uploader': '𝓢𝓛𝓨',
+            'upload_date': '20240712',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bandlabimages.azureedge.net/v1.0/collections/2c64ca12-b180-4b76-8587-7a8da76bddc8/',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 15,
+    }, {
+        # Embeds can contain both albums and collections with the same URL pattern. This is an album
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/embed/collection/?id=12cc6f7f-951b-ee11-907c-00224844f303',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '12cc6f7f-951b-ee11-907c-00224844f303',
+            'release_date': '20230706',
+            'description': 'This is a collection of songs I created when I had an Amiga computer.',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'title': 'Mark Salud The Amiga Collection',
+            'uploader_id': 'mssirmooth1962',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.3/albums/d618bd7b-0537-40d5-bdd8-61b066e77d59/',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'uploader': 'Mark Salud',
+            'album': 'Mark Salud The Amiga Collection',
+            'album_type': 'LP',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 24,
+    }, {
+        # Tracks without revision id
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/embed/collection/?id=e98aafb5-d932-ee11-b8f0-00224844c719',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'like_count': int,
+            'uploader_id': 'sorakime',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'uploader': 'Sorakime',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'description': 'md5:4ec31c568a5f5a5a2b17572ea64c3825',
+            'release_date': '20230812',
+            'title': 'Art',
+            'album': 'Art',
+            'album_type': 'Album',
+            'id': 'e98aafb5-d932-ee11-b8f0-00224844c719',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://bl-prod-images.azureedge.net/v1.3/albums/20c890de-e94a-4422-828a-2da6377a13c8/',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 13,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.bandlab.com/albums/89b79ea6-de42-ed11-b495-00224845aac7',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _entries(self, album_data):
+        for post in traverse_obj(album_data, ('posts', lambda _, v: v['type'])):
+            post_type = post['type']
+            if post_type == 'Revision':
+                yield self._parse_revision(post.get('revision'))
+            elif post_type == 'Track':
+                yield self._parse_track(post)
+            elif post_type == 'Video':
+                yield self._parse_video(post)
+            else:
+                self.report_warning(f'Skipping unknown post type: "{post_type}"')
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id, playlist_type = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id', 'type')
+
+        endpoints = {
+            'albums': ['albums'],
+            'collections': ['collections'],
+            'embed': ['collections', 'albums'],
+        }.get(playlist_type)
+        for endpoint in endpoints:
+            playlist_data = self._call_api(
+                endpoint, playlist_id, note=f'Downloading {endpoint[:-1]} data',
+                fatal=False, expected_status=404)
+            if not playlist_data.get('errorCode'):
+                playlist_type = endpoint
+                break
+        if error_code := playlist_data.get('errorCode'):
+            raise ExtractorError(f'Could not find playlist data. Error code: "{error_code}"')
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            self._entries(playlist_data), playlist_id,
+            **traverse_obj(playlist_data, {
+                'title': ('name', {str}),
+                'description': ('description', {str}),
+                'uploader': ('creator', 'name', {str}),
+                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'username', {str}),
+                'timestamp': ('createdOn', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'release_date': ('releaseDate', {lambda x: x.replace('-', '')}, filter),
+                'thumbnail': ('picture', ('original', 'url'), {url_or_none}, any),
+                'like_count': ('counters', 'likes', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('counters', 'comments', {int_or_none}),
+                'view_count': ('counters', 'plays', {int_or_none}),
+            }),
+            **(traverse_obj(playlist_data, {
+                'album': ('name', {str}),
+                'album_type': ('type', {str}),
+            }) if playlist_type == 'albums' else {}))
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -1284,9 +1284,9 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
                **traverse_obj(model, {
                    'title': ('title', {str}),
                    'thumbnail': ('imageUrl', {lambda u: urljoin(url, u.replace('$recipe', 'raw'))}),
-                    'description': ('synopses', ('long', 'medium', 'short'), {str}, {lambda x: x or None}, any),
+                    'description': ('synopses', ('long', 'medium', 'short'), {str}, filter, any),
                    'duration': ('versions', 0, 'duration', {int}),
-                    'timestamp': ('versions', 0, 'availableFrom', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+                    'timestamp': ('versions', 0, 'availableFrom', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
                }),
            }

@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
                    formats = traverse_obj(media_data, ('playlist', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['url']), {
                        'url': ('url', {url_or_none}),
                        'ext': ('format', {str}),
-                        'tbr': ('bitrate', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+                        'tbr': ('bitrate', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
                    }))
                    if formats:
                        entry = {
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
                                'title': ('title', {str}),
                                'thumbnail': ('imageUrl', {lambda u: urljoin(url, u.replace('$recipe', 'raw'))}),
                                'description': ('synopses', ('long', 'medium', 'short'), {str}, any),
-                                'timestamp': ('firstPublished', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}),
+                                'timestamp': ('firstPublished', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}),
                            }),
                        }
                        done = True
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
            if not entry.get('timestamp'):
                entry['timestamp'] = traverse_obj(next_data, (
                    ..., 'contents', is_type('timestamp'), 'model',
-                    'timestamp', {functools.partial(int_or_none, scale=1000)}, any))
+                    'timestamp', {int_or_none(scale=1000)}, any))
            entries.append(entry)
            return self.playlist_result(
                entries, playlist_id, playlist_title, playlist_description)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bfmtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bfmtv.py
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 import re

 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import extract_attributes
+from ..utils import ExtractorError, extract_attributes


 class BFMTVBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL_BASE = r'https?://(?:www\.|rmc\.)?bfmtv\.com/'
    _VALID_URL_TMPL = _VALID_URL_BASE + r'(?:[^/]+/)*[^/?&#]+_%s[A-Z]-(?P<id>\d{12})\.html'
-    _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div[^>]+class="video_block[^"]*"[^>]*>)'
+    _VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX = r'(<div[^>]+class="video_block[^"]*"[^>]*>.*?</div>)'
+    _VIDEO_ELEMENT_REGEX = r'(<video-js[^>]+>)'
    BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_default/index.html?videoId=%s'

-    def _brightcove_url_result(self, video_id, video_block):
-        account_id = video_block.get('accountid') or '876450612001'
-        player_id = video_block.get('playerid') or 'I2qBTln4u'
+    def _extract_video(self, video_block):
+        video_element = self._search_regex(
+            self._VIDEO_ELEMENT_REGEX, video_block, 'video element', default=None)
+        if video_element:
+            video_element_attrs = extract_attributes(video_element)
+            video_id = video_element_attrs.get('data-video-id')
+            if not video_id:
+                return
+            account_id = video_element_attrs.get('data-account') or '876450610001'
+            player_id = video_element_attrs.get('adjustplayer') or '19dszYXgm'
+        else:
+            video_block_attrs = extract_attributes(video_block)
+            video_id = video_block_attrs.get('videoid')
+            if not video_id:
+                return
+            account_id = video_block_attrs.get('accountid') or '876630703001'
+            player_id = video_block_attrs.get('playerid') or 'KbPwEbuHx'
        return self.url_result(
            self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % (account_id, player_id, video_id),
            'BrightcoveNew', video_id)
@@ -40,23 +55,25 @@ class BFMTVIE(BFMTVBaseIE):
    def _real_extract(self, url):
        bfmtv_id = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, bfmtv_id)
-        video_block = extract_attributes(self._search_regex(
+        video = self._extract_video(self._search_regex(
            self._VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX, webpage, 'video block'))
-        return self._brightcove_url_result(video_block['videoid'], video_block)
+        if not video:
+            raise ExtractorError('Failed to extract video')
+        return video


-class BFMTVLiveIE(BFMTVIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
+class BFMTVLiveIE(BFMTVBaseIE):
    IE_NAME = 'bfmtv:live'
    _VALID_URL = BFMTVBaseIE._VALID_URL_BASE + '(?P<id>(?:[^/]+/)?en-direct)'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'https://www.bfmtv.com/en-direct/',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '5615950982001',
+            'id': '6346069778112',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': r're:^le direct BFMTV WEB \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}$',
+            'title': r're:^Le Live BFM TV \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}$',
            'uploader_id': '876450610001',
-            'upload_date': '20220926',
-            'timestamp': 1664207191,
+            'upload_date': '20240202',
+            'timestamp': 1706887572,
            'live_status': 'is_live',
            'thumbnail': r're:https://.+/image\.jpg',
            'tags': [],
@@ -69,6 +86,15 @@ class BFMTVLiveIE(BFMTVIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
        'only_matching': True,
    }]

+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        bfmtv_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, bfmtv_id)
+        video = self._extract_video(self._search_regex(
+            self._VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX, webpage, 'video block'))
+        if not video:
+            raise ExtractorError('Failed to extract video')
+        return video
+

 class BFMTVArticleIE(BFMTVBaseIE):
    IE_NAME = 'bfmtv:article'
@@ -102,18 +128,16 @@ class BFMTVArticleIE(BFMTVBaseIE):
        },
    }]

+    def _entries(self, webpage):
+        for video_block_el in re.findall(self._VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX, webpage):
+            video = self._extract_video(video_block_el)
+            if video:
+                yield video
+
    def _real_extract(self, url):
        bfmtv_id = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, bfmtv_id)

-        entries = []
-        for video_block_el in re.findall(self._VIDEO_BLOCK_REGEX, webpage):
-            video_block = extract_attributes(video_block_el)
-            video_id = video_block.get('videoid')
-            if not video_id:
-                continue
-            entries.append(self._brightcove_url_result(video_id, video_block))
-
        return self.playlist_result(
-            entries, bfmtv_id, self._og_search_title(webpage, fatal=False),
+            self._entries(webpage), bfmtv_id, self._og_search_title(webpage, fatal=False),
            self._html_search_meta(['og:description', 'description'], webpage))
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More