Release 2025.09.05

Created by: bashonly :ci skip all
[build] Overhaul Linux builds and refactor release workflow (#13997 )
2026-01-11 17:31:31 +00:00 · 2025-09-05 22:46:00 +00:00 · 2025-09-05 22:38:20 +00:00 · 2025-09-05 23:28:52 +02:00 · 2025-08-31 00:41:52 +02:00 · 2025-08-30 00:28:44 +02:00
43 changed files with 1984 additions and 702 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ on:
      unix:
        default: true
        type: boolean
-      linux_static:
+      linux:
        default: true
        type: boolean
-      linux_arm:
+      linux_armv7l:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      musllinux:
        default: true
        type: boolean
      macos:
@@ -37,7 +40,9 @@ on:
      version:
        description: |
          VERSION: yyyy.mm.dd[.rev] or rev
-        required: true
+          (default: auto-generated)
+        required: false
+        default: ''
        type: string
      channel:
        description: |
@@ -49,12 +54,16 @@ on:
        description: yt-dlp, yt-dlp.tar.gz
        default: true
        type: boolean
-      linux_static:
-        description: yt-dlp_linux
+      linux:
+        description: yt-dlp_linux, yt-dlp_linux.zip, yt-dlp_linux_aarch64, yt-dlp_linux_aarch64.zip
        default: true
        type: boolean
-      linux_arm:
-        description: yt-dlp_linux_aarch64, yt-dlp_linux_armv7l
+      linux_armv7l:
+        description: yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      musllinux:
+        description: yt-dlp_musllinux, yt-dlp_musllinux.zip, yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64, yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64.zip
        default: true
        type: boolean
      macos:
@@ -81,16 +90,51 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      origin: ${{ steps.process_origin.outputs.origin }}
+      timestamp: ${{ steps.process_origin.outputs.timestamp }}
+      version: ${{ steps.process_origin.outputs.version }}
    steps:
      - name: Process origin
        id: process_origin
+        env:
+          ORIGIN: ${{ inputs.origin }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        shell: python
        run: |
-          echo "origin=${{ inputs.origin == 'current repo' && github.repository || inputs.origin }}" | tee "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          import datetime as dt
+          import json
+          import os
+          import re
+          origin = os.environ['ORIGIN']
+          timestamp = dt.datetime.now(tz=dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S.%f')
+          version = os.getenv('VERSION')
+          if version and '.' not in version:
+              # build.yml was dispatched with only a revision as the version input value
+              version_parts = [*timestamp.split('.')[:3], version]
+          elif not version:
+              # build.yml was dispatched without any version input value, so include .HHMMSS revision
+              version_parts = timestamp.split('.')[:4]
+          else:
+              # build.yml was called or dispatched with a complete version input value
+              version_parts = version.split('.')
+          assert all(re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]+', part) for part in version_parts), 'Version must be numeric'
+          outputs = {
+              'origin': os.environ['REPOSITORY'] if origin == 'current repo' else origin,
+              'timestamp': timestamp,
+              'version': '.'.join(version_parts),
+          }
+          print(json.dumps(outputs, indent=2))
+          with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as f:
+              f.write('\n'.join(f'{key}={value}' for key, value in outputs.items()))

  unix:
    needs: process
    if: inputs.unix
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
@@ -103,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt -y install zip pandoc man sed
      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
          python devscripts/update_changelog.py -vv
          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
      - name: Build Unix platform-independent binary
@@ -117,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
          version="$(./yt-dlp --version)"
          ./yt-dlp_downgraded -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
          downgraded_version="$(./yt-dlp_downgraded --version)"
-          [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]
+          [[ "${version}" != "${downgraded_version}" ]]
      - name: Upload artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
@@ -127,99 +171,156 @@ jobs:
            yt-dlp.tar.gz
          compression-level: 0

-  linux_static:
+  linux:
    needs: process
-    if: inputs.linux_static
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: inputs.linux
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - exe: yt-dlp_linux
+          platform: x86_64
+          runner: ubuntu-24.04
+        - exe: yt-dlp_linux_aarch64
+          platform: aarch64
+          runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}
+      EXE_NAME: ${{ matrix.exe }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Build static executable
+      - name: Build executable
        env:
-          channel: ${{ inputs.channel }}
-          origin: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
-          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          SERVICE: linux_${{ matrix.platform }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./dist
+          pushd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
+          popd
+          sudo chown "${USER}:docker" "./dist/${EXE_NAME}"
+      - name: Verify executable in container
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        env:
+          SERVICE: linux_${{ matrix.platform }}_verify
        run: |
-          mkdir ~/build
          cd bundle/docker
-          docker compose up --build static
-          sudo chown "${USER}:docker" ~/build/yt-dlp_linux
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
      - name: Verify --update-to
        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
        run: |
-          chmod +x ~/build/yt-dlp_linux
-          cp ~/build/yt-dlp_linux ~/build/yt-dlp_linux_downgraded
-          version="$(~/build/yt-dlp_linux --version)"
-          ~/build/yt-dlp_linux_downgraded -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
-          downgraded_version="$(~/build/yt-dlp_linux_downgraded --version)"
-          [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]
+          chmod +x "./dist/${EXE_NAME}"
+          mkdir -p ~/testing
+          cp "./dist/${EXE_NAME}" ~/testing/"${EXE_NAME}_downgraded"
+          version="$("./dist/${EXE_NAME}" --version)"
+          ~/testing/"${EXE_NAME}_downgraded" -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
+          downgraded_version="$(~/testing/"${EXE_NAME}_downgraded" --version)"
+          [[ "${version}" != "${downgraded_version}" ]]
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.platform }}
+          path: |
+            dist/${{ matrix.exe }}*
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  linux_armv7l:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.linux_armv7l
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}
+      EXE_NAME: yt-dlp_linux_armv7l
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Cache requirements
+        id: cache-venv
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        env:
+          SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 1
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/yt-dlp-build-venv
+          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ needs.process.outputs.timestamp }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}-
+            cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with:
+          platforms: linux/arm/v7
+      - name: Build executable
+        env:
+          SERVICE: linux_armv7l
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./dist
+          mkdir -p ~/yt-dlp-build-venv
+          cd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
+      - name: Verify executable in container
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        env:
+          SERVICE: linux_armv7l_verify
+        run: |
+          cd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
      - name: Upload artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
          path: |
-            ~/build/yt-dlp_linux
+            dist/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip
          compression-level: 0

-  linux_arm:
+  musllinux:
    needs: process
-    if: inputs.linux_arm
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write # for creating cache
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: inputs.musllinux
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        architecture:
-          - armv7
-          - aarch64
-
+        include:
+        - exe: yt-dlp_musllinux
+          platform: x86_64
+          runner: ubuntu-24.04
+        - exe: yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64
+          platform: aarch64
+          runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}
+      EXE_NAME: ${{ matrix.exe }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: ./repo
-      - name: Virtualized Install, Prepare & Build
-        uses: yt-dlp/run-on-arch-action@v3
-        with:
-          # Ref: https://github.com/uraimo/run-on-arch-action/issues/55
-          env: |
-            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: build
-          githubToken: ${{ github.token }} # To cache image
-          arch: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
-          distro: ubuntu20.04 # Standalone executable should be built on minimum supported OS
-          dockerRunArgs: --volume "${PWD}/repo:/repo"
-          install: | # Installing Python 3.10 from the Deadsnakes repo raises errors
-            apt update
-            apt -y install zlib1g-dev libffi-dev python3.9 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>=2.0.2,<3' 'websockets>=13.0'
-
-          run: |
-            cd repo
-            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 }}"
-              chmod +x ./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch}
-              cp ./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch} ./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch}_downgraded
-              version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch} --version)"
-              ./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch}_downgraded -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
-              downgraded_version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_linux_${arch}_downgraded --version)"
-              [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]
-            fi
-
+      - name: Build executable
+        env:
+          SERVICE: musllinux_${{ matrix.platform }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./dist
+          pushd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
+          popd
+          sudo chown "${USER}:docker" "./dist/${EXE_NAME}"
+      - name: Verify executable in container
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        env:
+          SERVICE: musllinux_${{ matrix.platform }}_verify
+        run: |
+          cd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build --exit-code-from "${SERVICE}" "${SERVICE}"
      - name: Upload artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
-          name: build-bin-linux_${{ matrix.architecture }}
-          path: | # run-on-arch-action designates armv7l as armv7
-            repo/dist/yt-dlp_linux_${{ (matrix.architecture == 'armv7' && 'armv7l') || matrix.architecture }}
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.platform }}
+          path: |
+            dist/${{ matrix.exe }}*
          compression-level: 0

  macos:
@@ -227,22 +328,28 @@ jobs:
    if: inputs.macos
    permissions:
      contents: read
-      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
    runs-on: macos-14
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      # NB: Building universal2 does not work with python from actions/setup-python

-      - name: Restore cached requirements
-        id: restore-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+      - name: Cache requirements
+        id: cache-venv
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
        env:
          SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 1
        with:
          path: |
            ~/yt-dlp-build-venv
-          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}
+          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ needs.process.outputs.timestamp }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}-
+            cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-

      - name: Install Requirements
        run: |
@@ -287,7 +394,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Prepare
        run: |
-          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
          python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
      - name: Build
        run: |
@@ -315,27 +422,11 @@ jobs:
            dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip
          compression-level: 0

-      - name: Cleanup cache
-        if: steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          cache_key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          gh cache delete "${cache_key}"
-
-      - name: Cache requirements
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/yt-dlp-build-venv
-          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.ref }}
-
  windows:
    needs: process
    if: inputs.windows
    permissions:
      contents: read
-      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@@ -343,16 +434,24 @@ jobs:
        include:
        - arch: 'x64'
          runner: windows-2025
-          suffix: ''
          python_version: '3.10'
+          suffix: ''
        - arch: 'x86'
          runner: windows-2025
-          suffix: '_x86'
          python_version: '3.10'
+          suffix: '_x86'
        - arch: 'arm64'
          runner: windows-11-arm
-          suffix: '_arm64'
          python_version: '3.13'  # arm64 only has Python >= 3.11 available
+          suffix: '_arm64'
+    env:
+      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      ORIGIN: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.process.outputs.version }}
+      SUFFIX: ${{ matrix.suffix }}
+      BASE_CACHE_KEY: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.python_version }}
+      # Use custom PyInstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/Pyinstaller-builds
+      PYINSTALLER_URL: https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/${{ matrix.arch }}/pyinstaller-6.15.0-py3-none-any.whl

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -361,62 +460,60 @@ jobs:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
          architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}

-      - name: Restore cached requirements
-        id: restore-cache
+      - name: Cache requirements
+        id: cache-venv
        if: matrix.arch == 'arm64'
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
        env:
          SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 1
        with:
          path: |
            /yt-dlp-build-venv
-          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.python_version }}-${{ github.ref }}
+          key: ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ needs.process.outputs.timestamp }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}-${{ github.ref }}-
+            ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}-

      - name: Install Requirements
+        env:
+          ARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        shell: pwsh
        run: |
          python -m venv /yt-dlp-build-venv
          /yt-dlp-build-venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1
          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
-          python devscripts/install_deps.py ${{ (matrix.arch != 'x86' && '--include curl-cffi') || '' }}
-          # Use custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
-          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/${{ matrix.arch }}/pyinstaller-6.15.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+          if ("${Env:ARCH}" -eq "x86") {
+            python devscripts/install_deps.py
+          } else {
+            python devscripts/install_deps.py --include curl-cffi
+          }
+          python -m pip install -U "${Env:PYINSTALLER_URL}"

      - name: Prepare
+        shell: pwsh
        run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${Env:CHANNEL}" -r "${Env:ORIGIN}" "${Env:VERSION}"
          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+
      - name: Build
+        shell: pwsh
        run: |
          /yt-dlp-build-venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1
          python -m bundle.pyinstaller
          python -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir
-          Compress-Archive -Path ./dist/yt-dlp${{ matrix.suffix }}/* -DestinationPath ./dist/yt-dlp_win${{ matrix.suffix }}.zip
+          Compress-Archive -Path ./dist/yt-dlp${Env:SUFFIX}/* -DestinationPath ./dist/yt-dlp_win${Env:SUFFIX}.zip

      - name: Verify --update-to
-        # if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
-        # Temporarily skip for arm64 until there is a release that it can --update-to
-        if: |
-          vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION && matrix.arch != 'arm64'
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        shell: pwsh
        run: |
-          foreach ($name in @("yt-dlp${{ matrix.suffix }}")) {
-            Copy-Item "./dist/${name}.exe" "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe"
-            $version = & "./dist/${name}.exe" --version
-            & "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe" -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
-            $downgraded_version = & "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe" --version
-            if ($version -eq $downgraded_version) {
-              exit 1
-            }
-          }
-
-        # TODO: remove when there is a windows_arm64 release that we can --update-to
-      - name: Verify arm64 executable
-        if: |
-          vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION && matrix.arch == 'arm64'
-        run: |
-          foreach ($name in @("yt-dlp${{ matrix.suffix }}")) {
-            & "./dist/${name}.exe" -v --print-traffic --impersonate chrome "https://tls.browserleaks.com/json" -o ./resp.json
-            & cat ./resp.json
-            & "./dist/${name}.exe" --version
+          $name = "yt-dlp${Env:SUFFIX}"
+          Copy-Item "./dist/${name}.exe" "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe"
+          $version = & "./dist/${name}.exe" --version
+          & "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe" -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2025.08.20
+          $downgraded_version = & "./dist/${name}_downgraded.exe" --version
+          if ($version -eq $downgraded_version) {
+            exit 1
          }

      - name: Upload artifacts
@@ -428,30 +525,14 @@ jobs:
            dist/yt-dlp_win${{ matrix.suffix }}.zip
          compression-level: 0

-      - name: Cleanup cache
-        if: |
-          matrix.arch == 'arm64' && steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          cache_key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.python_version }}-${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          gh cache delete "${cache_key}"
-
-      - name: Cache requirements
-        if: matrix.arch == 'arm64'
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /yt-dlp-build-venv
-          key: cache-reqs-${{ github.job }}_${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.python_version }}-${{ github.ref }}
-
  meta_files:
    if: always() && !cancelled()
    needs:
      - process
      - unix
-      - linux_static
-      - linux_arm
+      - linux
+      - linux_armv7l
+      - musllinux
      - macos
      - windows
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -482,38 +563,38 @@ jobs:
          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 zip Python 3\.8
          lock 2024.10.22 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          lock 2025.08.11 darwin_legacy_exe .+
+          lock 2025.08.27 linux_armv7l_exe .+
          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 zip 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 2025.08.11 darwin_legacy_exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2025.08.27 linux_armv7l_exe .+
          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 zip 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-nightly-builds 2025.08.12.233030 darwin_legacy_exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2025.08.30.232839 linux_armv7l_exe .+
          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 zip Python 3\.8
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2024.10.22.060347 win(?:_x86)?_exe Python 3\.[78].+ Windows-(?:7-|2008ServerR2)
          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2025.08.12.232447 darwin_legacy_exe .+
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2025.09.05.212910 linux_armv7l_exe .+
          EOF

      - name: Sign checksum files
        env:
          GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
-        if: env.GPG_SIGNING_KEY != ''
+        if: env.GPG_SIGNING_KEY
        run: |
          gpg --batch --import <<< "${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}"
          for signfile in ./SHA*SUMS; do
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-warmer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-warmer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Keep cache warm
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 22 1,6,11,16,21,27 * *'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      vars.KEEP_CACHE_WARM || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      version: '999999'
+      channel: stable
+      unix: false
+      linux: false
+      linux_armv7l: true
+      musllinux: false
+      macos: true
+      windows: true
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
--- a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ on:
    paths:
      - "yt_dlp/**.py"
      - "!yt_dlp/version.py"
-      - "bundle/*.py"
+      - "bundle/**"
      - "pyproject.toml"
      - "Makefile"
      - ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/release.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/release-master.yml"
 concurrency:
  group: release-master
 permissions:
@@ -17,21 +19,20 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  release:
-    if: vars.BUILD_MASTER != ''
+    if: vars.BUILD_MASTER
    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
    with:
      prerelease: true
-      source: master
+      source: ${{ (github.repository != 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && vars.MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO) || 'master' }}
+      target: 'master'
    permissions:
      contents: write
-      packages: write  # For package cache
-      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
    secrets: inherit

  publish_pypi:
    needs: [release]
-    if: vars.MASTER_PYPI_PROJECT != ''
+    if: vars.MASTER_PYPI_PROJECT
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  check_nightly:
-    if: vars.BUILD_NIGHTLY != ''
+    if: vars.BUILD_NIGHTLY
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      commit: ${{ steps.check_for_new_commits.outputs.commit }}
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ jobs:
            "yt_dlp/*.py"
            ':!yt_dlp/version.py'
            "bundle/*.py"
+            "bundle/docker/compose.yml"
+            "bundle/docker/linux/*"
            "pyproject.toml"
            "Makefile"
            ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+            ".github/workflows/release.yml"
+            ".github/workflows/release-nightly.yml"
          )
          echo "commit=$(git log --format=%H -1 --since="24 hours ago" -- "${relevant_files[@]}")" | tee "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

@@ -34,17 +38,16 @@ jobs:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
    with:
      prerelease: true
-      source: nightly
+      source: ${{ (github.repository != 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && vars.NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO) || 'nightly' }}
+      target: 'nightly'
    permissions:
      contents: write
-      packages: write  # For package cache
-      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
    secrets: inherit

  publish_pypi:
    needs: [release]
-    if: vars.NIGHTLY_PYPI_PROJECT != ''
+    if: vars.NIGHTLY_PYPI_PROJECT
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ on:
        required: false
        default: ''
        type: string
+      linux_armv7l:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
      prerelease:
        required: false
        default: true
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ on:
        required: false
        default: ''
        type: string
+      linux_armv7l:
+        description: Include linux_armv7l
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
      prerelease:
        description: Pre-release
        default: false
@@ -77,135 +85,57 @@ jobs:

      - name: Process inputs
        id: process_inputs
+        env:
+          INPUTS: ${{ toJSON(inputs) }}
        run: |
-          cat << EOF
-          ::group::Inputs
-          prerelease=${{ inputs.prerelease }}
-          source=${{ inputs.source }}
-          target=${{ inputs.target }}
-          version=${{ inputs.version }}
-          ::endgroup::
-          EOF
-          IFS='@' read -r source_repo source_tag <<<"${{ inputs.source }}"
-          IFS='@' read -r target_repo target_tag <<<"${{ inputs.target }}"
-          cat << EOF >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          source_repo=${source_repo}
-          source_tag=${source_tag}
-          target_repo=${target_repo}
-          target_tag=${target_tag}
-          EOF
+          python -m devscripts.setup_variables process_inputs

      - name: Setup variables
        id: setup_variables
        env:
-          source_repo: ${{ steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_repo }}
-          source_tag: ${{ steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_tag }}
-          target_repo: ${{ steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_repo }}
-          target_tag: ${{ steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_tag }}
+          INPUTS: ${{ toJSON(inputs) }}
+          PROCESSED: ${{ toJSON(steps.process_inputs.outputs) }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT: ${{ vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT }}
+          PYPI_PROJECT: ${{ vars.PYPI_PROJECT }}
+          SOURCE_PYPI_PROJECT: ${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_project', steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_repo)] }}
+          SOURCE_PYPI_SUFFIX: ${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_suffix', steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_repo)] }}
+          TARGET_PYPI_PROJECT: ${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_project', steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_repo)] }}
+          TARGET_PYPI_SUFFIX: ${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_suffix', steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_repo)] }}
+          SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO: ${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_repo)] }}
+          TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO: ${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_repo)] }}
+          HAS_SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ !!secrets[format('{0}_archive_repo_token', steps.process_inputs.outputs.source_repo)] }}
+          HAS_TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ !!secrets[format('{0}_archive_repo_token', steps.process_inputs.outputs.target_repo)] }}
+          HAS_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ !!secrets.ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN }}
        run: |
-          # unholy bash monstrosity (sincere apologies)
-          fallback_token () {
-            if ${{ !secrets.ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN }}; then
-              echo "::error::Repository access secret ${target_repo_token^^} not found"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            target_repo_token=ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN
-            return 0
-          }
+          python -m devscripts.setup_variables

-          source_is_channel=0
-          [[ "${source_repo}" == 'stable' ]] && source_repo='yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
-          if [[ -z "${source_repo}" ]]; then
-            source_repo='${{ github.repository }}'
-          elif [[ '${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', env.source_repo)] }}' ]]; then
-            source_is_channel=1
-            source_channel='${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', env.source_repo)] }}'
-          elif [[ -z "${source_tag}" && "${source_repo}" != */* ]]; then
-            source_tag="${source_repo}"
-            source_repo='${{ github.repository }}'
-          fi
-          resolved_source="${source_repo}"
-          if [[ "${source_tag}" ]]; then
-            resolved_source="${resolved_source}@${source_tag}"
-          elif [[ "${source_repo}" == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' ]]; then
-            resolved_source='stable'
-          fi
-
-          revision="${{ (inputs.prerelease || !vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT) && '$(date -u +"%H%M%S")' || '' }}"
-          version="$(
-            python devscripts/update-version.py \
-            -c "${resolved_source}" -r "${{ github.repository }}" ${{ inputs.version || '$revision' }} | \
-            grep -Po "version=\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?")"
-
-          if [[ "${target_repo}" ]]; then
-            if [[ -z "${target_tag}" ]]; then
-              if [[ '${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', env.target_repo)] }}' ]]; then
-                target_tag="${source_tag:-${version}}"
-              else
-                target_tag="${target_repo}"
-                target_repo='${{ github.repository }}'
-              fi
-            fi
-            if [[ "${target_repo}" != '${{ github.repository}}' ]]; then
-              target_repo='${{ vars[format('{0}_archive_repo', env.target_repo)] }}'
-              target_repo_token='${{ env.target_repo }}_archive_repo_token'
-              ${{ !!secrets[format('{0}_archive_repo_token', env.target_repo)] }} || fallback_token
-              pypi_project='${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_project', env.target_repo)] }}'
-              pypi_suffix='${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_suffix', env.target_repo)] }}'
-            fi
-          else
-            target_tag="${source_tag:-${version}}"
-            if ((source_is_channel)); then
-              target_repo="${source_channel}"
-              target_repo_token='${{ env.source_repo }}_archive_repo_token'
-              ${{ !!secrets[format('{0}_archive_repo_token', env.source_repo)] }} || fallback_token
-              pypi_project='${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_project', env.source_repo)] }}'
-              pypi_suffix='${{ vars[format('{0}_pypi_suffix', env.source_repo)] }}'
-            else
-              target_repo='${{ github.repository }}'
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          if [[ "${target_repo}" == '${{ github.repository }}' ]] && ${{ !inputs.prerelease }}; then
-            pypi_project='${{ vars.PYPI_PROJECT }}'
-          fi
-
-          echo "::group::Output variables"
-          cat << EOF | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          channel=${resolved_source}
-          version=${version}
-          target_repo=${target_repo}
-          target_repo_token=${target_repo_token}
-          target_tag=${target_tag}
-          pypi_project=${pypi_project}
-          pypi_suffix=${pypi_suffix}
-          EOF
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-      - name: Update documentation
+      - name: Update version & documentation
        env:
-          version: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
-          target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
-        if: |
-          !inputs.prerelease && env.target_repo == github.repository
+          CHANNEL: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.channel }}
+          # Use base repo since this could be committed; build jobs will call this again with true origin
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
        run: |
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${REPOSITORY}" "${VERSION}"
          python devscripts/update_changelog.py -vv
          make doc

      - name: Push to release
        id: push_release
        env:
-          version: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
-          target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
+          GITHUB_EVENT_SENDER_LOGIN: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}
+          GITHUB_EVENT_REF: ${{ github.event.ref }}
        if: |
-          !inputs.prerelease && env.target_repo == github.repository
+          !inputs.prerelease && steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add -u
-          git commit -m "Release ${{ env.version }}" \
-            -m "Created by: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}" -m ":ci skip all"
-          git push origin --force ${{ github.event.ref }}:release
+          git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}" \
+            -m "Created by: ${GITHUB_EVENT_SENDER_LOGIN}" -m ":ci skip all"
+          git push origin --force "${GITHUB_EVENT_REF}:release"

      - name: Get target commitish
        id: get_target
@@ -214,10 +144,10 @@ jobs:

      - name: Update master
        env:
-          target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
+          GITHUB_EVENT_REF: ${{ github.event.ref }}
        if: |
-          vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT != '' && !inputs.prerelease && env.target_repo == github.repository
-        run: git push origin ${{ github.event.ref }}
+          vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT && !inputs.prerelease && steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository
+        run: git push origin "${GITHUB_EVENT_REF}"

  build:
    needs: prepare
@@ -226,10 +156,9 @@ jobs:
      version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
      channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
      origin: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+      linux_armv7l: ${{ inputs.linux_armv7l }}
    permissions:
      contents: read
-      packages: write  # For package cache
-      actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
    secrets:
      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}

@@ -255,16 +184,16 @@ jobs:

      - name: Prepare
        env:
-          version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
-          suffix: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_suffix }}
-          channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
-          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
-          pypi_project: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project }}
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+          SUFFIX: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_suffix }}
+          CHANNEL: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+          TARGET_REPO: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+          PYPI_PROJECT: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project }}
        run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ env.channel }}" -r "${{ env.target_repo }}" -s "${{ env.suffix }}" "${{ env.version }}"
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${TARGET_REPO}" -s "${SUFFIX}" "${VERSION}"
          python devscripts/update_changelog.py -vv
          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-          sed -i -E '0,/(name = ")[^"]+(")/s//\1${{ env.pypi_project }}\2/' pyproject.toml
+          sed -i -E '0,/(name = ")[^"]+(")/s//\1'"${PYPI_PROJECT}"'\2/' pyproject.toml

      - name: Build
        run: |
@@ -298,7 +227,11 @@ jobs:
    permissions:
      contents: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    env:
+      TARGET_REPO: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+      TARGET_TAG: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+      HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
@@ -314,81 +247,80 @@ jobs:

      - name: Generate release notes
        env:
-          head_sha: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
-          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
-          target_tag: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BASE_REPO: yt-dlp/yt-dlp
+          NIGHTLY_REPO: yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds
+          MASTER_REPO: yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds
+          DOCS_PATH: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository && format('/tree/{0}', env.TARGET_TAG) || '' }}
        run: |
          printf '%s' \
-            '[![Installation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Which%20file%20to%20download%3F-white.svg?style=for-the-badge)]' \
-              '(https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}#installation "Installation instructions") ' \
-            '[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/807245652072857610?color=blue&labelColor=555555&label=&logo=discord&style=for-the-badge)]' \
-              '(https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r "Discord") ' \
-            '[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Donate-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]' \
-              '(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/Collaborators.md#collaborators "Donate") ' \
-            '[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Docs-brightgreen.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=GitBook&labelColor=555555)]' \
-              '(https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}' \
-              '${{ env.target_repo == github.repository && format('/tree/{0}', env.target_tag) || '' }}#readme "Documentation") ' \
-            ${{ env.target_repo == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && '\
+            "[![Installation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Which%20file%20to%20download%3F-white.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/${REPOSITORY}#installation \"Installation instructions\") " \
+            "[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/807245652072857610?color=blue&labelColor=555555&label=&logo=discord&style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r \"Discord\") " \
+            "[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Donate-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/${BASE_REPO}/blob/master/Collaborators.md#collaborators \"Donate\") " \
+            "[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Docs-brightgreen.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=GitBook&labelColor=555555)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/${REPOSITORY}${DOCS_PATH}#readme \"Documentation\") " > ./RELEASE_NOTES
+          if [[ "${TARGET_REPO}" == "${BASE_REPO}" ]]; then
+            printf '%s' \
              "[![Nightly](https://img.shields.io/badge/Nightly%20builds-purple.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
-              "(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest \"Nightly builds\") " \
+                "(https://github.com/${NIGHTLY_REPO}/releases/latest \"Nightly builds\") " \
              "[![Master](https://img.shields.io/badge/Master%20builds-lightblue.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
-              "(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds/releases/latest \"Master builds\")"' || '' }} > ./RELEASE_NOTES
+                "(https://github.com/${MASTER_REPO}/releases/latest \"Master builds\")" >> ./RELEASE_NOTES
+          fi
          printf '\n\n' >> ./RELEASE_NOTES
          cat >> ./RELEASE_NOTES << EOF
-          #### A description of the various files is in the [README](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}#release-files)
+          #### A description of the various files is in the [README](https://github.com/${REPOSITORY}#release-files)
          ---
          $(python ./devscripts/make_changelog.py -vv --collapsible)
          EOF
          printf '%s\n\n' '**This is a pre-release build**' >> ./PRERELEASE_NOTES
          cat ./RELEASE_NOTES >> ./PRERELEASE_NOTES
-          printf '%s\n\n' 'Generated from: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ env.head_sha }}' >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES
+          printf '%s\n\n' "Generated from: https://github.com/${REPOSITORY}/commit/${HEAD_SHA}" >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES
          cat ./RELEASE_NOTES >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES

      - name: Publish to archive repo
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets[needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo_token] }}
          GH_REPO: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
-          version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
-          channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+          TITLE_PREFIX: ${{ startswith(env.TARGET_REPO, 'yt-dlp/') && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}
+          TITLE: ${{ inputs.target != env.TARGET_REPO && inputs.target || needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
        if: |
-          inputs.prerelease && env.GH_TOKEN != '' && env.GH_REPO != '' && env.GH_REPO != github.repository
+          inputs.prerelease && env.GH_TOKEN && env.GH_REPO && env.GH_REPO != github.repository
        run: |
-          title="${{ startswith(env.GH_REPO, 'yt-dlp/') && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}${{ env.channel }}"
          gh release create \
            --notes-file ARCHIVE_NOTES \
-            --title "${title} ${{ env.version }}" \
-            ${{ env.version }} \
+            --title "${TITLE_PREFIX}${TITLE} ${VERSION}" \
+            "${VERSION}" \
            artifact/*

      - name: Prune old release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
-          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
-          target_tag: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
        if: |
-          env.target_repo == github.repository && env.target_tag != env.version
+          env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository && env.TARGET_TAG != env.VERSION
        run: |
-          gh release delete --yes --cleanup-tag "${{ env.target_tag }}" || true
-          git tag --delete "${{ env.target_tag }}" || true
+          gh release delete --yes --cleanup-tag "${TARGET_TAG}" || true
+          git tag --delete "${TARGET_TAG}" || true
          sleep 5  # Enough time to cover deletion race condition

      - name: Publish release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
-          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
-          target_tag: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
-          head_sha: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
+          NOTES_FILE: ${{ inputs.prerelease && 'PRERELEASE_NOTES' || 'RELEASE_NOTES' }}
+          TITLE_PREFIX: ${{ github.repository == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}
+          TITLE: ${{ env.TARGET_TAG != env.VERSION && format('{0} ', env.TARGET_TAG) || '' }}
+          PRERELEASE: ${{ inputs.prerelease && '1' || '0' }}
        if: |
-          env.target_repo == github.repository
+          env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository
        run: |
-          title="${{ github.repository == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}"
-          title+="${{ env.target_tag != env.version && format('{0} ', env.target_tag) || '' }}"
-          gh release create \
-            --notes-file ${{ inputs.prerelease && 'PRERELEASE_NOTES' || 'RELEASE_NOTES' }} \
-            --target ${{ env.head_sha }} \
-            --title "${title}${{ env.version }}" \
-            ${{ inputs.prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }} \
-            ${{ env.target_tag }} \
-            artifact/*
+          gh_options=(
+            --notes-file "${NOTES_FILE}"
+            --target "${HEAD_SHA}"
+            --title "${TITLE_PREFIX}${TITLE}${VERSION}"
+          )
+          if ((PRERELEASE)); then
+            gh_options+=(--prerelease)
+          fi
+          gh release create "${gh_options[@]}" "${TARGET_TAG}" artifact/*
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -806,3 +806,5 @@ junyilou
 PierreMesure
 Randalix
 runarmod
+gitchasing
+zakaryan2004
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,53 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->

+### 2025.09.05
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Fix `--id` deprecation warning](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/76bb46002c9a9655f2b1d29d4840e75e79037cfa) ([#14190](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14190)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **charlierose**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/603acdff07f0226088916886002d2ad8309ff9d3) ([#14231](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14231)) by [gitchasing](https://github.com/gitchasing)
+- **googledrive**: [Fix subtitles extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/18fe696df9d60804a8f5cb8cd74f38111d6eb711) ([#14139](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14139)) by [zakaryan2004](https://github.com/zakaryan2004)
+- **itvbtcc**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0b51005b4819e7cea222fcbaf8e60391db4f732c) ([#14161](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14161)) by [garret1317](https://github.com/garret1317)
+- **kick**: vod: [Support ongoing livestream VODs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1e28f6bf743627b909135bb9a88537ad2deccaf0) ([#14154](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14154)) by [InvalidUsernameException](https://github.com/InvalidUsernameException)
+- **lrt**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ed24640943872c4cf30d7cc4601bec87b50ba03c) ([#14193](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14193)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **tver**: [Extract more metadata](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/223baa81f6637dcdef108f817180d8d1ae9fa213) ([#14165](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14165)) by [arabcoders](https://github.com/arabcoders)
+- **vevo**: [Restore extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d925e92b710153d0d51d030f115b3c87226bc0f0) ([#14203](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14203)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **build**: [Overhaul Linux builds and refactor release workflow](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/50136eeeb3767289b236f140b759f23b39b00888) ([#13997](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13997)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+### 2025.08.27
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **generic**
+    - [Simplify invalid URL error message](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1ddbd033f0fd65917526b1271cea66913ac8647f) ([#14167](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14167)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - [Use https as fallback protocol](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fec30c56f0e97e573ace659104ff0d72c4cc9809) ([#14160](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14160)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **skeb**: [Support wav files](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d6950c27af31908363c5c815e3b7eb4f9ff41643) ([#14147](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14147)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Add `tcc` player JS variant](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8f4a908300f55054bc96814bceeaa1034fdf4110) ([#14134](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14134)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Deprioritize `web_safari` m3u8 formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5c7ad68ff1643ad80d18cef8be9db8fcab05ee6c) ([#14168](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14168)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3bd91544122142a87863d79e54e995c26cfd7f92) ([#14135](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14135)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Use alternative `tv` user-agent when authenticated](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8cd37b85d492edb56a4f7506ea05527b85a6b02b) ([#14169](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14169)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+### 2025.08.22
+
+#### Core changes
+- **cookies**: [Fix `--cookies-from-browser` with Firefox 142+](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f29acc4a6e73a9dc091686d40951288acae5a46d) ([#14114](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14114)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K) (With fixes in [526410b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/526410b4af9c1ca73aa3503cdaf4d32e42308fd6) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly))
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **mediaklikk**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4dbe96459d7e632d397826d0bb323f3f0ac8b057) ([#13975](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13975)) by [zhallgato](https://github.com/zhallgato)
+- **steam**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fcea3edb5c5648638357f27431500c0aaf08b147) ([#14093](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14093)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Improve `tv` client context](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/39b7b8ddc7a4d0669e0cf39105c3bb84cb2736cc) ([#14122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14122)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Optimize playback wait times](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5c8bcfdbc638dfde13e93157637d8521413ed774) ([#14124](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14124)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Replace `ios` with `tv_simply` in default clients](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/895e762a834bbd729ab822c7d17329fdf815aaf2) ([#14123](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14123)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+    - [Update `tv` client config](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a03c37b44ec8f50fd472c409115096f92410346d) ([#14101](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14101)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **build**: [Post-release workflow cleanup](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/415b6d9ca868032a45b30b9139a50c5c06be2feb) ([#14090](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14090)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
 ### 2025.08.20

 #### Core changes
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,14 +105,20 @@ File|Description

 File|Description
 :---|:---
+[yt-dlp_linux](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux)|Linux (glibc 2.17+) standalone x86_64 binary
+[yt-dlp_linux.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux.zip)|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.17+) x86_64 executable (no auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_linux_aarch64](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_aarch64)|Linux (glibc 2.17+) standalone aarch64 binary
+[yt-dlp_linux_aarch64.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_aarch64.zip)|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.17+) aarch64 executable (no auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip)|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.31+) armv7l executable (no auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_musllinux](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_musllinux)|Linux (musl 1.2+) standalone x86_64 binary
+[yt-dlp_musllinux.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_musllinux.zip)|Unpackaged Linux (musl 1.2+) x86_64 executable (no auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64)|Linux (musl 1.2+) standalone aarch64 binary
+[yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64.zip)|Unpackaged Linux (musl 1.2+) aarch64 executable (no auto-update)
 [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_arm64.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_arm64.exe)|Windows (Win10+) standalone arm64 (64-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
+[yt-dlp_win_x86.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win_x86.zip)|Unpackaged Windows (Win8+) x86 (32-bit) executable (no auto-update)
+[yt-dlp_arm64.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_arm64.exe)|Windows (Win10+) standalone ARM64 binary
+[yt-dlp_win_arm64.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win_arm64.zip)|Unpackaged Windows (Win10+) ARM64 executable (no auto-update)
 [yt-dlp_win.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win.zip)|Unpackaged Windows (Win8+) x64 executable (no auto-update)
-[yt-dlp_win_x86.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win_x86.zip)|Unpackaged Windows (Win8+) x86 executable (no auto-update)
-[yt-dlp_win_arm64.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win_arm64.zip)|Unpackaged Windows (Win10+) arm64 executable (no auto-update)
 [yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS (10.15+) executable (no auto-update)

 #### Misc
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@ The following provide support for impersonating browser requests. This may be re

 * [**curl_cffi**](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi) (recommended) - Python binding for [curl-impersonate](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl-impersonate). Provides impersonation targets for Chrome, Edge and Safari. Licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi/blob/main/LICENSE)
  * Can be installed with the `curl-cffi` group, e.g. `pip install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"`
-  * Currently included in `yt-dlp.exe`, `yt-dlp_linux` and `yt-dlp_macos` builds
+  * Currently included in most builds *except* `yt-dlp` (Unix zipimport binary), `yt-dlp_x86` (Windows 32-bit) and `yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64`


 ### Metadata
@@ -1802,7 +1808,7 @@ 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/_base.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/415b4c9f955b1a0391204bd24a7132590e7b3bdb/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py#L402-L409) for the 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 currently available clients are `web`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `web_music`, `web_creator`, `mweb`, `ios`, `android`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_simply` 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 `web_embedded` client is added for age-restricted videos but only works if the video is embeddable. 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_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`, `tv_simply` and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv_simply,tv,web` is used, but `tv,web_safari,web` is used when authenticating with cookies and `tv,web_creator,web` is used with premium accounts. The `web_music` client is added for `music.youtube.com` URLs when logged-in cookies are used. The `web_embedded` client is added for age-restricted videos but only works if the video is embeddable. 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), `initial_data` (skip initial data/next ep request). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause issues such as missing formats or metadata.  See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) and [#12826](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12826) for more details
 * `webpage_skip`: Skip extraction of embedded webpage data. One or both of `player_response`, `initial_data`. These options are for testing purposes and don't skip any network requests
 * `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
--- a/bundle/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/bundle/docker/compose.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,153 @@
 services:
-  static:
-    build: static
+
+  linux_x86_64:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: build
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/amd64"
+      args:
+        BUILDIMAGE: ghcr.io/yt-dlp/manylinux2014_x86_64-shared:latest
    environment:
-      channel: ${channel}
-      origin: ${origin}
-      version: ${version}
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL:?}
+      ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN:?}
+      VERSION:
    volumes:
-      - ~/build:/build
      - ../..:/yt-dlp
+
+  linux_x86_64_verify:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: verify
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/amd64"
+      args:
+        VERIFYIMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+    volumes:
+      - ../../dist:/build
+
+  linux_aarch64:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: build
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm64"
+      args:
+        BUILDIMAGE: ghcr.io/yt-dlp/manylinux2014_aarch64-shared:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL:?}
+      ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN:?}
+      VERSION:
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/yt-dlp
+
+  linux_aarch64_verify:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: verify
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm64"
+      args:
+        VERIFYIMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      SKIP_UPDATE_TO: "1"  # TODO: remove when there is a glibc2.17 aarch64 release to --update-to
+    volumes:
+      - ../../dist:/build
+
+  linux_armv7l:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: build
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm/v7"
+      args:
+        BUILDIMAGE: ghcr.io/yt-dlp/manylinux_2_31_armv7l-shared:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL:?}
+      ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN:?}
+      VERSION:
+      SKIP_ONEFILE_BUILD: "1"
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/yt-dlp
+      - ~/yt-dlp-build-venv:/yt-dlp-build-venv
+
+  linux_armv7l_verify:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: verify
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm/v7"
+      args:
+        VERIFYIMAGE: arm32v7/debian:bullseye
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      TEST_ONEDIR_BUILD: "1"
+    volumes:
+      - ../../dist:/build
+
+  musllinux_x86_64:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: build
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/amd64"
+      args:
+        BUILDIMAGE: ghcr.io/yt-dlp/musllinux_1_2_x86_64-shared:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL:?}
+      ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN:?}
+      VERSION:
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/yt-dlp
+
+  musllinux_x86_64_verify:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: verify
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/amd64"
+      args:
+        VERIFYIMAGE: alpine:3.22
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      SKIP_UPDATE_TO: "1"  # TODO: remove when there is a musllinux_aarch64 release to --update-to
+    volumes:
+      - ../../dist:/build
+
+  musllinux_aarch64:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: build
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm64"
+      args:
+        BUILDIMAGE: ghcr.io/yt-dlp/musllinux_1_2_aarch64-shared:latest
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL:?}
+      ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN:?}
+      VERSION:
+      EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI: "1"
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/yt-dlp
+
+  musllinux_aarch64_verify:
+    build:
+      context: linux
+      target: verify
+      platforms:
+        - "linux/arm64"
+      args:
+        VERIFYIMAGE: alpine:3.22
+    environment:
+      EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME:?}
+      SKIP_UPDATE_TO: "1"  # TODO: remove when there is a musllinux_aarch64 release to --update-to
+    volumes:
+      - ../../dist:/build
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+ARG BUILDIMAGE=ghcr.io/yt-dlp/manylinux2014_x86_64-shared:latest
+ARG VERIFYIMAGE=alpine:3.22
+
+
+FROM $BUILDIMAGE AS build
+
+WORKDIR /yt-dlp
+COPY build.sh /build.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/build.sh"]
+
+
+FROM $VERIFYIMAGE AS verify
+
+WORKDIR /testing
+COPY verify.sh /verify.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/verify.sh"]
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+if [[ -z "${USE_PYTHON_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    USE_PYTHON_VERSION="3.13"
+fi
+
+function runpy {
+    "/opt/shared-cpython-${USE_PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python${USE_PYTHON_VERSION}" "$@"
+}
+
+function venvpy {
+    "python${USE_PYTHON_VERSION}" "$@"
+}
+
+INCLUDES=(
+    --include pyinstaller
+    --include secretstorage
+)
+
+if [[ -z "${EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI:-}" ]]; then
+    INCLUDES+=(--include curl-cffi)
+fi
+
+runpy -m venv /yt-dlp-build-venv
+source /yt-dlp-build-venv/bin/activate
+# Inside the venv we use venvpy instead of runpy
+venvpy -m ensurepip --upgrade --default-pip
+venvpy -m devscripts.install_deps -o --include build
+venvpy -m devscripts.install_deps "${INCLUDES[@]}"
+venvpy -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
+venvpy devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
+
+if [[ -z "${SKIP_ONEDIR_BUILD:-}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p /build
+    venvpy -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir --distpath=/build
+    pushd "/build/${EXE_NAME}"
+    chmod +x "${EXE_NAME}"
+    venvpy -m zipfile -c "/yt-dlp/dist/${EXE_NAME}.zip" ./
+    popd
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${SKIP_ONEFILE_BUILD:-}" ]]; then
+    venvpy -m bundle.pyinstaller
+    chmod +x "./dist/${EXE_NAME}"
+fi
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+if [ -n "${TEST_ONEDIR_BUILD:-}" ]; then
+    echo "Extracting zip to verify onedir build"
+    if command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        python3 -m zipfile -e "/build/${EXE_NAME}.zip" ./
+    else
+        echo "Attempting to install unzip"
+        if command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            dnf -y install --allowerasing unzip
+        elif command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            yum -y install unzip
+        elif command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -qq
+            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends unzip
+        elif command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            apk add --no-cache unzip
+        else
+            echo "Unsupported image"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        unzip "/build/${EXE_NAME}.zip" -d ./
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Verifying onefile build"
+    cp "/build/${EXE_NAME}" ./
+fi
+
+chmod +x "./${EXE_NAME}"
+
+if [ -n "${SKIP_UPDATE_TO:-}" ] || [ -n "${TEST_ONEDIR_BUILD:-}" ]; then
+    "./${EXE_NAME}" -v || true
+    "./${EXE_NAME}" --version
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+cp "./${EXE_NAME}" "./${EXE_NAME}_downgraded"
+version="$("./${EXE_NAME}" --version)"
+"./${EXE_NAME}_downgraded" -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
+downgraded_version="$("./${EXE_NAME}_downgraded" --version)"
+if [ "${version}" = "${downgraded_version}" ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
--- a/bundle/docker/static/Dockerfile
+++ b/bundle/docker/static/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.19 as base
-
-RUN apk --update add --no-cache \
-        build-base \
-        python3 \
-        pipx \
-    ;
-
-RUN pipx install pyinstaller
-# Requires above step to prepare the shared venv
-RUN ~/.local/share/pipx/shared/bin/python -m pip install -U wheel
-RUN apk --update add --no-cache \
-        scons \
-        patchelf \
-        binutils \
-    ;
-RUN pipx install staticx
-
-WORKDIR /yt-dlp
-COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
-ENTRYPOINT /entrypoint.sh
--- a/bundle/docker/static/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/static/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/ash
-set -e
-
-source ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/pyinstaller/bin/activate
-python -m devscripts.install_deps -o --include build
-python -m devscripts.install_deps --include secretstorage --include curl-cffi
-python -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
-python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${channel}" -r "${origin}" "${version}"
-python -m bundle.pyinstaller
-deactivate
-
-source ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/staticx/bin/activate
-staticx /yt-dlp/dist/yt-dlp_linux /build/yt-dlp_linux
-deactivate
--- a/bundle/pyinstaller.py
+++ b/bundle/pyinstaller.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from PyInstaller.__main__ import run as run_pyinstaller
 from devscripts.utils import read_version

 OS_NAME, MACHINE, ARCH = sys.platform, platform.machine().lower(), platform.architecture()[0][:2]
+if OS_NAME == 'linux' and platform.libc_ver()[0] != 'glibc':
+    OS_NAME = 'musllinux'
 if MACHINE in ('x86', 'x86_64', 'amd64', 'i386', 'i686'):
    MACHINE = 'x86' if ARCH == '32' else ''

--- a/devscripts/setup_variables.py
+++ b/devscripts/setup_variables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import datetime as dt
+import json
+
+from devscripts.utils import calculate_version
+
+
+STABLE_REPOSITORY = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
+
+
+def setup_variables(environment):
+    """
+    `environment` must contain these keys:
+        REPOSITORY, INPUTS, PROCESSED,
+        PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT, PYPI_PROJECT,
+        SOURCE_PYPI_PROJECT, SOURCE_PYPI_SUFFIX,
+        TARGET_PYPI_PROJECT, TARGET_PYPI_SUFFIX,
+        SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO, TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO,
+        HAS_SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN,
+        HAS_TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN,
+        HAS_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN
+
+    `INPUTS` must contain these keys:
+        prerelease
+
+    `PROCESSED` must contain these keys:
+        source_repo, source_tag,
+        target_repo, target_tag
+    """
+    REPOSITORY = environment['REPOSITORY']
+    INPUTS = json.loads(environment['INPUTS'])
+    PROCESSED = json.loads(environment['PROCESSED'])
+
+    source_channel = None
+    does_not_have_needed_token = False
+    target_repo_token = None
+    pypi_project = None
+    pypi_suffix = None
+
+    source_repo = PROCESSED['source_repo']
+    source_tag = PROCESSED['source_tag']
+    if source_repo == 'stable':
+        source_repo = STABLE_REPOSITORY
+    if not source_repo:
+        source_repo = REPOSITORY
+    elif environment['SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO']:
+        source_channel = environment['SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO']
+    elif not source_tag and '/' not in source_repo:
+        source_tag = source_repo
+        source_repo = REPOSITORY
+
+    resolved_source = source_repo
+    if source_tag:
+        resolved_source = f'{resolved_source}@{source_tag}'
+    elif source_repo == STABLE_REPOSITORY:
+        resolved_source = 'stable'
+
+    revision = None
+    if INPUTS['prerelease'] or not environment['PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT']:
+        revision = dt.datetime.now(tz=dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%H%M%S')
+
+    version = calculate_version(INPUTS.get('version') or revision)
+
+    target_repo = PROCESSED['target_repo']
+    target_tag = PROCESSED['target_tag']
+    if target_repo:
+        if target_repo == 'stable':
+            target_repo = STABLE_REPOSITORY
+        if not target_tag:
+            if target_repo == STABLE_REPOSITORY:
+                target_tag = version
+            elif environment['TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO']:
+                target_tag = source_tag or version
+            else:
+                target_tag = target_repo
+                target_repo = REPOSITORY
+        if target_repo != REPOSITORY:
+            target_repo = environment['TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO']
+            target_repo_token = f'{PROCESSED["target_repo"].upper()}_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'
+            if not json.loads(environment['HAS_TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN']):
+                does_not_have_needed_token = True
+            pypi_project = environment['TARGET_PYPI_PROJECT'] or None
+            pypi_suffix = environment['TARGET_PYPI_SUFFIX'] or None
+    else:
+        target_tag = source_tag or version
+        if source_channel:
+            target_repo = source_channel
+            target_repo_token = f'{PROCESSED["source_repo"].upper()}_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'
+            if not json.loads(environment['HAS_SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN']):
+                does_not_have_needed_token = True
+            pypi_project = environment['SOURCE_PYPI_PROJECT'] or None
+            pypi_suffix = environment['SOURCE_PYPI_SUFFIX'] or None
+        else:
+            target_repo = REPOSITORY
+
+    if does_not_have_needed_token:
+        if not json.loads(environment['HAS_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN']):
+            print(f'::error::Repository access secret {target_repo_token} not found')
+            return None
+        target_repo_token = 'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'
+
+    if target_repo == REPOSITORY and not INPUTS['prerelease']:
+        pypi_project = environment['PYPI_PROJECT'] or None
+
+    return {
+        'channel': resolved_source,
+        'version': version,
+        'target_repo': target_repo,
+        'target_repo_token': target_repo_token,
+        'target_tag': target_tag,
+        'pypi_project': pypi_project,
+        'pypi_suffix': pypi_suffix,
+    }
+
+
+def process_inputs(inputs):
+    outputs = {}
+    for key in ('source', 'target'):
+        repo, _, tag = inputs.get(key, '').partition('@')
+        outputs[f'{key}_repo'] = repo
+        outputs[f'{key}_tag'] = tag
+    return outputs
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if not os.getenv('GITHUB_OUTPUT'):
+        print('This script is only intended for use with GitHub Actions', file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if 'process_inputs' in sys.argv:
+        inputs = json.loads(os.environ['INPUTS'])
+        print('::group::Inputs')
+        print(json.dumps(inputs, indent=2))
+        print('::endgroup::')
+        outputs = process_inputs(inputs)
+        print('::group::Processed')
+        print(json.dumps(outputs, indent=2))
+        print('::endgroup::')
+        with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as f:
+            f.write('\n'.join(f'{key}={value}' for key, value in outputs.items()))
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    outputs = setup_variables(dict(os.environ))
+    if not outputs:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print('::group::Output variables')
+    print(json.dumps(outputs, indent=2))
+    print('::endgroup::')
+
+    with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as f:
+        f.write('\n'.join(f'{key}={value or ""}' for key, value in outputs.items()))
--- a/devscripts/setup_variables_tests.py
+++ b/devscripts/setup_variables_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import datetime as dt
+import json
+
+from devscripts.setup_variables import STABLE_REPOSITORY, process_inputs, setup_variables
+from devscripts.utils import calculate_version
+
+
+def _test(github_repository, note, repo_vars, repo_secrets, inputs, expected=None, ignore_revision=False):
+    inp = inputs.copy()
+    inp.setdefault('linux_armv7l', True)
+    inp.setdefault('prerelease', False)
+    processed = process_inputs(inp)
+    source_repo = processed['source_repo'].upper()
+    target_repo = processed['target_repo'].upper()
+    variables = {k.upper(): v for k, v in repo_vars.items()}
+    secrets = {k.upper(): v for k, v in repo_secrets.items()}
+
+    env = {
+        # Keep this in sync with prepare.setup_variables in release.yml
+        'INPUTS': json.dumps(inp),
+        'PROCESSED': json.dumps(processed),
+        'REPOSITORY': github_repository,
+        'PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT': variables.get('PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT') or '',
+        'PYPI_PROJECT': variables.get('PYPI_PROJECT') or '',
+        'SOURCE_PYPI_PROJECT': variables.get(f'{source_repo}_PYPI_PROJECT') or '',
+        'SOURCE_PYPI_SUFFIX': variables.get(f'{source_repo}_PYPI_SUFFIX') or '',
+        'TARGET_PYPI_PROJECT': variables.get(f'{target_repo}_PYPI_PROJECT') or '',
+        'TARGET_PYPI_SUFFIX': variables.get(f'{target_repo}_PYPI_SUFFIX') or '',
+        'SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO': variables.get(f'{source_repo}_ARCHIVE_REPO') or '',
+        'TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO': variables.get(f'{target_repo}_ARCHIVE_REPO') or '',
+        'HAS_SOURCE_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': json.dumps(bool(secrets.get(f'{source_repo}_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'))),
+        'HAS_TARGET_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': json.dumps(bool(secrets.get(f'{target_repo}_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'))),
+        'HAS_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': json.dumps(bool(secrets.get('ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN'))),
+    }
+
+    result = setup_variables(env)
+    if not expected:
+        print('        {\n' + '\n'.join(f'            {k!r}: {v!r},' for k, v in result.items()) + '\n        }')
+        return
+
+    exp = expected.copy()
+    if ignore_revision:
+        assert len(result['version']) == len(exp['version']), f'revision missing: {github_repository} {note}'
+        version_is_tag = result['version'] == result['target_tag']
+        for dct in (result, exp):
+            dct['version'] = '.'.join(dct['version'].split('.')[:3])
+            if version_is_tag:
+                dct['target_tag'] = dct['version']
+    assert result == exp, f'unexpected result: {github_repository} {note}'
+
+
+def main():
+    DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION = dt.datetime.now(tz=dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S')
+    DEFAULT_VERSION = calculate_version()
+    BASE_REPO_VARS = {
+        'MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+        'NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+        'NIGHTLY_PYPI_PROJECT': 'yt-dlp',
+        'NIGHTLY_PYPI_SUFFIX': 'dev',
+        'PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT': '1',
+        'PYPI_PROJECT': 'yt-dlp',
+    }
+    BASE_REPO_SECRETS = {
+        'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': '1',
+    }
+    FORK_REPOSITORY = 'fork/yt-dlp'
+    FORK_ORG = FORK_REPOSITORY.partition('/')[0]
+
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, stable',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {}, {
+            'channel': 'stable',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION,
+            'target_repo': STABLE_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION,
+            'pypi_project': 'yt-dlp',
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        })
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, nightly (w/o target)',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'source': 'nightly',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'nightly',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': 'yt-dlp',
+            'pypi_suffix': 'dev',
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, nightly',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'source': 'nightly',
+            'target': 'nightly',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'nightly',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': 'yt-dlp',
+            'pypi_suffix': 'dev',
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, master (w/o target)',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'source': 'master',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'master',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, master',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'source': 'master',
+            'target': 'master',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'master',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, special tag, updates to stable',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'target': f'{STABLE_REPOSITORY}@experimental',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'stable',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': STABLE_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'experimental',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        STABLE_REPOSITORY, 'official vars/secrets, special tag, "stable" as target repo',
+        BASE_REPO_VARS, BASE_REPO_SECRETS, {
+            'target': 'stable@experimental',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'stable',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': STABLE_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'experimental',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/o vars/secrets, stable',
+        {}, {}, {}, {
+            'channel': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/o vars/secrets, prerelease',
+        {}, {}, {'prerelease': True}, {
+            'channel': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/o vars/secrets, nightly',
+        {}, {}, {
+            'prerelease': True,
+            'source': 'nightly',
+            'target': 'nightly',
+        }, {
+            'channel': f'{FORK_REPOSITORY}@nightly',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'nightly',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/o vars/secrets, master',
+        {}, {}, {
+            'prerelease': True,
+            'source': 'master',
+            'target': 'master',
+        }, {
+            'channel': f'{FORK_REPOSITORY}@master',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'master',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/o vars/secrets, revision',
+        {}, {}, {'version': '123'}, {
+            'channel': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'version': f'{DEFAULT_VERSION[:10]}.123',
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': f'{DEFAULT_VERSION[:10]}.123',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        })
+
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/ PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT, stable',
+        {'PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT': '1'}, {}, {}, {
+            'channel': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        })
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/ PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT, prerelease',
+        {'PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT': '1'}, {}, {'prerelease': True}, {
+            'channel': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN, nightly', {
+            'NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'PYPI_PROJECT': 'yt-dlp-test',
+        }, {
+            'NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': '1',
+        }, {
+            'source': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'target': 'nightly',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-nightly-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'NIGHTLY_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork w/MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN, master', {
+            'MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'MASTER_PYPI_PROJECT': 'yt-dlp-test',
+            'MASTER_PYPI_SUFFIX': 'dev',
+        }, {
+            'MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN': '1',
+        }, {
+            'source': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'target': 'master',
+            'prerelease': True,
+        }, {
+            'channel': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': f'{FORK_ORG}/yt-dlp-master-builds',
+            'target_repo_token': 'MASTER_ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN',
+            'target_tag': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'pypi_project': 'yt-dlp-test',
+            'pypi_suffix': 'dev',
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork, non-numeric tag',
+        {}, {}, {'source': 'experimental'}, {
+            'channel': f'{FORK_REPOSITORY}@experimental',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'experimental',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+    _test(
+        FORK_REPOSITORY, 'fork, non-numeric tag, updates to stable',
+        {}, {}, {
+            'prerelease': True,
+            'source': 'stable',
+            'target': 'experimental',
+        }, {
+            'channel': 'stable',
+            'version': DEFAULT_VERSION_WITH_REVISION,
+            'target_repo': FORK_REPOSITORY,
+            'target_repo_token': None,
+            'target_tag': 'experimental',
+            'pypi_project': None,
+            'pypi_suffix': None,
+        }, ignore_revision=True)
+
+    print('all tests passed')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
--- a/devscripts/update-version.py
+++ b/devscripts/update-version.py
@@ -9,24 +9,9 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

 import argparse
 import contextlib
-import datetime as dt
 import sys

-from devscripts.utils import read_version, run_process, write_file
-
-
-def get_new_version(version, revision):
-    if not version:
-        version = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y.%m.%d')
-
-    if revision:
-        assert revision.isdecimal(), 'Revision must be a number'
-    else:
-        old_version = read_version().split('.')
-        if version.split('.') == old_version[:3]:
-            revision = str(int(([*old_version, 0])[3]) + 1)
-
-    return f'{version}.{revision}' if revision else version
+from devscripts.utils import calculate_version, run_process, write_file


 def get_git_head():
@@ -72,9 +57,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = parser.parse_args()

    git_head = get_git_head()
-    version = (
-        args.version if args.version and '.' in args.version
-        else get_new_version(None, args.version))
+    version = calculate_version(args.version)
    write_file(args.output, VERSION_TEMPLATE.format(
        version=version, git_head=git_head, channel=args.channel, origin=args.origin,
        package_version=f'{version}{args.suffix}'))
--- a/devscripts/update_changelog.py
+++ b/devscripts/update_changelog.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
        '--changelog-path', type=Path, default=Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'Changelog.md',
        help='path to the Changelog file')
    args = parser.parse_args()
-    new_entry = create_changelog(args)

    header, sep, changelog = read_file(args.changelog_path).partition('\n### ')
-    write_file(args.changelog_path, f'{header}{sep}{read_version()}\n{new_entry}\n{sep}{changelog}')
+    current_version = read_version()
+    if current_version != changelog.splitlines()[0]:
+        new_entry = create_changelog(args)
+        write_file(args.changelog_path, f'{header}{sep}{current_version}\n{new_entry}\n{sep}{changelog}')
--- a/devscripts/utils.py
+++ b/devscripts/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
+import datetime as dt
 import functools
+import re
 import subprocess


@@ -20,6 +22,23 @@ def read_version(fname='yt_dlp/version.py', varname='__version__'):
    return items[varname]


+def calculate_version(version=None, fname='yt_dlp/version.py'):
+    if version and '.' in version:
+        return version
+
+    revision = version
+    version = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y.%m.%d')
+
+    if revision:
+        assert re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]+', revision), 'Revision must be numeric'
+    else:
+        old_version = read_version(fname=fname).split('.')
+        if version.split('.') == old_version[:3]:
+            revision = str(int(([*old_version, 0])[3]) + 1)
+
+    return f'{version}.{revision}' if revision else version
+
+
 def get_filename_args(has_infile=False, default_outfile=None):
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    if has_infile:
--- a/supportedsites.md
+++ b/supportedsites.md
@@ -1386,6 +1386,7 @@ The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
 - **startrek**: STAR TREK
 - **startv**
 - **Steam**
+ - **SteamCommunity**
 - **SteamCommunityBroadcast**
 - **Stitcher**
 - **StitcherShow**
@@ -1600,6 +1601,8 @@ The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
 - **Vbox7**
 - **Veo**
 - **Vesti**: Вести.Ru (**Currently broken**)
+ - **Vevo**
+ - **VevoPlaylist**
 - **VGTV**: VGTV, BTTV, FTV, Aftenposten and Aftonbladet
 - **vh1.com**
 - **vhx:embed**: [*vimeo*](## "netrc machine")
--- a/test/test_update.py
+++ b/test/test_update.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


 from test.helper import FakeYDL, report_warning
-from yt_dlp.update import UpdateInfo, Updater
+from yt_dlp.update import UpdateInfo, Updater, UPDATE_SOURCES, _make_label


 # XXX: Keep in sync with yt_dlp.update.UPDATE_SOURCES
@@ -280,6 +280,26 @@ class TestUpdate(unittest.TestCase):
        test('testing', None, current_commit='9' * 40)
        test('testing', UpdateInfo('testing', commit='9' * 40))

+    def test_make_label(self):
+        STABLE_REPO = UPDATE_SOURCES['stable']
+        NIGHTLY_REPO = UPDATE_SOURCES['nightly']
+        MASTER_REPO = UPDATE_SOURCES['master']
+
+        for inputs, expected in [
+            ([STABLE_REPO, '2025.09.02', '2025.09.02'], f'stable@2025.09.02 from {STABLE_REPO}'),
+            ([NIGHTLY_REPO, '2025.09.02.123456', '2025.09.02.123456'], f'nightly@2025.09.02.123456 from {NIGHTLY_REPO}'),
+            ([MASTER_REPO, '2025.09.02.987654', '2025.09.02.987654'], f'master@2025.09.02.987654 from {MASTER_REPO}'),
+            (['fork/yt-dlp', 'experimental', '2025.12.31.000000'], 'fork/yt-dlp@experimental build 2025.12.31.000000'),
+            (['fork/yt-dlp', '2025.09.02', '2025.09.02'], 'fork/yt-dlp@2025.09.02'),
+            ([STABLE_REPO, 'experimental', '2025.12.31.000000'], f'{STABLE_REPO}@experimental build 2025.12.31.000000'),
+            ([STABLE_REPO, 'experimental'], f'{STABLE_REPO}@experimental'),
+            (['fork/yt-dlp', 'experimental'], 'fork/yt-dlp@experimental'),
+        ]:
+            result = _make_label(*inputs)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                result, expected,
+                f'{inputs!r} returned {result!r} instead of {expected!r}')
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_youtube_signature.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ _SIG_TESTS = [
        'gN7a-hudCuAuPH6fByOk1_GNXN0yNMHShjZXS2VOgsEItAJz0tipeavEOmNdYN-wUtcEqD3bCXjc0iyKfAyZxCBGgIARwsSdQfJ2CJtt',
        'ttJC2JfQdSswRAIgGBCxZyAfKyi0cjXCb3DqEctUw-NYdNmOEvaepit2zJAsIEggOVaSXZjhSHMNy0NXNG_1kOyBf6HPuAuCduh-',
    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/5ec65609/player_ias_tcc.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'AAJAJfQdSswRAIgNSN0GDUcHnCIXkKcF61yLBgDHiX1sUhOJdY4_GxunRYCIDeYNYP_16mQTPm5f1OVq3oV1ijUNYPjP4iUSMAjO9bZ',
+        'AJfQdSswRAIgNSN0GDUcHnCIXkKcF61ZLBgDHiX1sUhOJdY4_GxunRYCIDyYNYP_16mQTPm5f1OVq3oV1ijUNYPjP4iUSMAjO9be',
+    ),
 ]

 _NSIG_TESTS = [
@@ -395,6 +400,10 @@ _NSIG_TESTS = [
        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/010fbc8d/player_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        '0hlOAlqjFszVvF4Z', 'R-H23bZGAsRFTg',
    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/5ec65609/player_ias_tcc.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '6l5CTNx4AzIqH4MXM', 'NupToduxHBew1g',
+    ),
 ]


--- a/yt_dlp/init.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/init.py
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
        'geo_bypass': opts.geo_bypass,
        'geo_bypass_country': opts.geo_bypass_country,
        'geo_bypass_ip_block': opts.geo_bypass_ip_block,
+        'useid': opts.useid or None,
        'warn_when_outdated': opts.update_self is None,
        '_warnings': warnings,
        '_deprecation_warnings': deprecation_warnings,
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ def extract_cookies_from_browser(browser_name, profile=None, logger=YDLLogger(),


 def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):
+    MAX_SUPPORTED_DB_SCHEMA_VERSION = 16
+
    logger.info('Extracting cookies from firefox')
    if not sqlite3:
        logger.warning('Cannot extract cookies from firefox without sqlite3 support. '
@@ -159,9 +161,11 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):
            raise ValueError(f'could not find firefox container "{container}" in containers.json')

    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='yt_dlp') as tmpdir:
-        cursor = None
-        try:
-            cursor = _open_database_copy(cookie_database_path, tmpdir)
+        cursor = _open_database_copy(cookie_database_path, tmpdir)
+        with contextlib.closing(cursor.connection):
+            db_schema_version = cursor.execute('PRAGMA user_version;').fetchone()[0]
+            if db_schema_version > MAX_SUPPORTED_DB_SCHEMA_VERSION:
+                logger.warning(f'Possibly unsupported firefox cookies database version: {db_schema_version}')
            if isinstance(container_id, int):
                logger.debug(
                    f'Only loading cookies from firefox container "{container}", ID {container_id}')
@@ -180,6 +184,10 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):
                total_cookie_count = len(table)
                for i, (host, name, value, path, expiry, is_secure) in enumerate(table):
                    progress_bar.print(f'Loading cookie {i: 6d}/{total_cookie_count: 6d}')
+                    # FF142 upgraded cookies DB to schema version 16 and started using milliseconds for cookie expiry
+                    # Ref: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/5869af852cd20425165837f6c2d9971f3efba83d
+                    if db_schema_version >= 16 and expiry is not None:
+                        expiry /= 1000
                    cookie = http.cookiejar.Cookie(
                        version=0, name=name, value=value, port=None, port_specified=False,
                        domain=host, domain_specified=bool(host), domain_initial_dot=host.startswith('.'),
@@ -188,9 +196,6 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):
                    jar.set_cookie(cookie)
            logger.info(f'Extracted {len(jar)} cookies from firefox')
            return jar
-        finally:
-            if cursor is not None:
-                cursor.connection.close()


 def _firefox_browser_dirs():
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@ from .startrek import StarTrekIE
 from .startv import StarTVIE
 from .steam import (
    SteamCommunityBroadcastIE,
+    SteamCommunityIE,
    SteamIE,
 )
 from .stitcher import (
@@ -2287,6 +2288,10 @@ from .varzesh3 import Varzesh3IE
 from .vbox7 import Vbox7IE
 from .veo import VeoIE
 from .vesti import VestiIE
+from .vevo import (
+    VevoIE,
+    VevoPlaylistIE,
+)
 from .vgtv import (
    VGTVIE,
    BTArticleIE,
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/charlierose.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/charlierose.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class CharlieRoseIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?charlierose\.com/(?:video|episode)(?:s|/player)/(?P<id>\d+)'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'https://charlierose.com/videos/27996',
-        'md5': 'fda41d49e67d4ce7c2411fd2c4702e09',
+        'md5': '4405b662f557f94aa256fa6a7baf7426',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '27996',
            'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ class CharlieRoseIE(InfoExtractor):
            self._PLAYER_BASE % video_id, webpage, video_id,
            m3u8_entry_protocol='m3u8_native')[0]
        self._remove_duplicate_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        for fmt in info_dict['formats']:
+            if fmt.get('protocol') == 'm3u8_native':
+                fmt['__needs_testing'] = True

        info_dict.update({
            'id': video_id,
            'title': title,
            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            '_format_sort_fields': ('proto',),
        })

        return info_dict
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/disney.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/disney.py
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class DisneyIE(InfoExtractor):
                webpage, 'embed data'), video_id)
            video_data = page_data['video']

+        for external in video_data.get('externals', []):
+            if external.get('source') == 'vevo':
+                return self.url_result('vevo:' + external['data_id'], 'Vevo')
+
        video_id = video_data['id']
        title = video_data['title']

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):

            if default_search in ('auto', 'auto_warning', 'fixup_error'):
                if re.match(r'[^\s/]+\.[^\s/]+/', url):
-                    self.report_warning('The url doesn\'t specify the protocol, trying with http')
-                    return self.url_result('http://' + url)
+                    self.report_warning('The url doesn\'t specify the protocol, trying with https')
+                    return self.url_result('https://' + url)
                elif default_search != 'fixup_error':
                    if default_search == 'auto_warning':
                        if re.match(r'^(?:url|URL)$', url):
@@ -786,9 +786,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                    return self.url_result('ytsearch:' + url)

            if default_search in ('error', 'fixup_error'):
-                raise ExtractorError(
-                    f'{url!r} is not a valid URL. '
-                    f'Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run  yt-dlp "ytsearch:{url}" ) to search YouTube', expected=True)
+                raise ExtractorError(f'{url!r} is not a valid URL', expected=True)
            else:
                if ':' not in default_search:
                    default_search += ':'
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    get_element_html_by_id,
    int_or_none,
    lowercase_escape,
+    parse_qs,
    try_get,
    update_url_query,
 )
@@ -111,14 +112,18 @@ class GoogleDriveIE(InfoExtractor):
                    self._caption_formats_ext.append(f.attrib['fmt_code'])

    def _get_captions_by_type(self, video_id, subtitles_id, caption_type,
-                              origin_lang_code=None):
+                              origin_lang_code=None, origin_lang_name=None):
        if not subtitles_id or not caption_type:
            return
        captions = {}
        for caption_entry in self._captions_xml.findall(
                self._CAPTIONS_ENTRY_TAG[caption_type]):
            caption_lang_code = caption_entry.attrib.get('lang_code')
-            if not caption_lang_code:
+            caption_name = caption_entry.attrib.get('name') or origin_lang_name
+            if not caption_lang_code or not caption_name:
+                self.report_warning(f'Missing necessary caption metadata. '
+                                    f'Need lang_code and name attributes. '
+                                    f'Found: {caption_entry.attrib}')
                continue
            caption_format_data = []
            for caption_format in self._caption_formats_ext:
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ class GoogleDriveIE(InfoExtractor):
                    'lang': (caption_lang_code if origin_lang_code is None
                             else origin_lang_code),
                    'type': 'track',
-                    'name': '',
+                    'name': caption_name,
                    'kind': '',
                }
                if origin_lang_code is not None:
@@ -155,14 +160,15 @@ class GoogleDriveIE(InfoExtractor):
        self._download_subtitles_xml(video_id, subtitles_id, hl)
        if not self._captions_xml:
            return
-        track = self._captions_xml.find('track')
+        track = next((t for t in self._captions_xml.findall('track') if t.attrib.get('cantran') == 'true'), None)
        if track is None:
            return
        origin_lang_code = track.attrib.get('lang_code')
-        if not origin_lang_code:
+        origin_lang_name = track.attrib.get('name')
+        if not origin_lang_code or not origin_lang_name:
            return
        return self._get_captions_by_type(
-            video_id, subtitles_id, 'automatic_captions', origin_lang_code)
+            video_id, subtitles_id, 'automatic_captions', origin_lang_code, origin_lang_name)

    def _real_extract(self, url):
        video_id = self._match_id(url)
@@ -268,10 +274,8 @@ class GoogleDriveIE(InfoExtractor):
        subtitles_id = None
        ttsurl = get_value('ttsurl')
        if ttsurl:
-            # the video Id for subtitles will be the last value in the ttsurl
-            # query string
-            subtitles_id = ttsurl.encode().decode(
-                'unicode_escape').split('=')[-1]
+            # the subtitles ID is the vid param of the ttsurl query
+            subtitles_id = parse_qs(ttsurl).get('vid', [None])[-1]

        self.cookiejar.clear(domain='.google.com', path='/', name='NID')

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/itv.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from ..utils import (
    url_or_none,
    urljoin,
 )
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj


 class ITVIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ class ITVBTCCIE(InfoExtractor):
        },
        'playlist_count': 12,
    }, {
+        # news page, can have absent `data` field
        'url': 'https://www.itv.com/news/2021-10-27/i-have-to-protect-the-country-says-rishi-sunak-as-uk-faces-interest-rate-hike',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': 'i-have-to-protect-the-country-says-rishi-sunak-as-uk-faces-interest-rate-hike',
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ class ITVBTCCIE(InfoExtractor):

        entries = []
        for video in json_map:
-            if not any(video['data'].get(attr) == 'Brightcove' for attr in ('name', 'type')):
+            if not any(traverse_obj(video, ('data', attr)) == 'Brightcove' for attr in ('name', 'type')):
                continue
            video_id = video['data']['id']
            account_id = video['data']['accountId']
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/kick.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/kick.py
@@ -95,26 +95,47 @@ class KickVODIE(KickBaseIE):
    IE_NAME = 'kick:vod'
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?kick\.com/[\w-]+/videos/(?P<id>[\da-f]{8}-(?:[\da-f]{4}-){3}[\da-f]{12})'
    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://kick.com/xqc/videos/8dd97a8d-e17f-48fb-8bc3-565f88dbc9ea',
-        'md5': '3870f94153e40e7121a6e46c068b70cb',
+        # Regular VOD
+        'url': 'https://kick.com/xqc/videos/5c697a87-afce-4256-b01f-3c8fe71ef5cb',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '8dd97a8d-e17f-48fb-8bc3-565f88dbc9ea',
+            'id': '5c697a87-afce-4256-b01f-3c8fe71ef5cb',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': '18+ #ad 🛑LIVE🛑CLICK🛑DRAMA🛑NEWS🛑STUFF🛑REACT🛑GET IN HHERE🛑BOP BOP🛑WEEEE WOOOO🛑',
+            'title': '🐗LIVE🐗CLICK🐗HERE🐗DRAMA🐗ALL DAY🐗NEWS🐗VIDEOS🐗CLIPS🐗GAMES🐗STUFF🐗WOW🐗IM HERE🐗LETS GO🐗COOL🐗VERY NICE🐗',
            'description': 'THE BEST AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THE JUICER. LEADER OF THE JUICERS.',
-            'channel': 'xqc',
-            'channel_id': '668',
            'uploader': 'xQc',
            'uploader_id': '676',
-            'upload_date': '20240909',
-            'timestamp': 1725919141,
-            'duration': 10155.0,
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'channel': 'xqc',
+            'channel_id': '668',
            'view_count': int,
-            'categories': ['Just Chatting'],
-            'age_limit': 0,
+            'age_limit': 18,
+            'duration': 22278.0,
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'categories': ['Deadlock'],
+            'timestamp': 1756082443,
+            'upload_date': '20250825',
        },
        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+    }, {
+        # VOD of ongoing livestream (at the time of writing the test, ID rotates every two days)
+        'url': 'https://kick.com/a-log-burner/videos/5230df84-ea38-46e1-be4f-f5949ae55641',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '5230df84-ea38-46e1-be4f-f5949ae55641',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': r're:😴 Cozy Fireplace ASMR 🔥 | Relax, Focus, Sleep 💤',
+            'description': 'md5:080bc713eac0321a7b376a1b53816d1b',
+            'uploader': 'A_Log_Burner',
+            'uploader_id': '65114691',
+            'channel': 'a-log-burner',
+            'channel_id': '63967687',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'age_limit': 18,
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'categories': ['Other, Watch Party'],
+            'timestamp': int,
+            'upload_date': str,
+            'live_status': 'is_live',
+        },
+        'skip': 'live',
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -137,6 +158,7 @@ class KickVODIE(KickBaseIE):
                'categories': ('livestream', 'categories', ..., 'name', {str}),
                'view_count': ('views', {int_or_none}),
                'age_limit': ('livestream', 'is_mature', {bool}, {lambda x: 18 if x else 0}),
+                'is_live': ('livestream', 'is_live', {bool}),
            }),
        }

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/lrt.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/lrt.py
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
    clean_html,
-    merge_dicts,
-    traverse_obj,
    unified_timestamp,
    url_or_none,
    urljoin,
 )
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj


-class LRTBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
-    def _extract_js_var(self, webpage, var_name, default=None):
-        return self._search_regex(
-            fr'{var_name}\s*=\s*(["\'])((?:(?!\1).)+)\1',
-            webpage, var_name.replace('_', ' '), default, group=2)
-
-
-class LRTStreamIE(LRTBaseIE):
+class LRTStreamIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?lrt\.lt/mediateka/tiesiogiai/(?P<id>[\w-]+)'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/tiesiogiai/lrt-opus',
@@ -31,86 +23,110 @@ class LRTStreamIE(LRTBaseIE):
    def _real_extract(self, url):
        video_id = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        streams_data = self._download_json(self._extract_js_var(webpage, 'tokenURL'), video_id)
+
+        # TODO: Use _search_nextjs_v13_data once fixed
+        get_stream_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'\\"get_streams_url\\":\\"([^"]+)\\"', webpage, 'stream URL')
+        streams_data = self._download_json(get_stream_url, video_id)

        formats, subtitles = [], {}
        for stream_url in traverse_obj(streams_data, (
-                'response', 'data', lambda k, _: k.startswith('content')), expected_type=url_or_none):
-            fmts, subs = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(stream_url, video_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', live=True)
+                'response', 'data', lambda k, _: k.startswith('content'), {url_or_none})):
+            fmts, subs = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
+                stream_url, video_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', live=True)
            formats.extend(fmts)
            subtitles = self._merge_subtitles(subtitles, subs)

-        stream_title = self._extract_js_var(webpage, 'video_title', 'LRT')
        return {
            'id': video_id,
            'formats': formats,
            'subtitles': subtitles,
            'is_live': True,
-            'title': f'{self._og_search_title(webpage)} - {stream_title}',
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
        }


-class LRTVODIE(LRTBaseIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?lrt\.lt(?P<path>/mediateka/irasas/(?P<id>[0-9]+))'
+class LRTVODIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = [
+        r'https?://(?:(?:www|archyvai)\.)?lrt\.lt/mediateka/irasas/(?P<id>[0-9]+)',
+        r'https?://(?:(?:www|archyvai)\.)?lrt\.lt/mediateka/video/[^?#]+\?(?:[^#]*&)?episode=(?P<id>[0-9]+)',
+    ]
    _TESTS = [{
        # m3u8 download
        'url': 'https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000127261/greita-ir-gardu-sicilijos-ikvepta-klasikiniu-makaronu-su-baklazanais-vakariene',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '2000127261',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Greita ir gardu: Sicilijos įkvėpta klasikinių makaronų su baklažanais vakarienė',
+            'title': 'Nustebinkite svečius klasikiniu makaronų su baklažanais receptu',
            'description': 'md5:ad7d985f51b0dc1489ba2d76d7ed47fa',
-            'duration': 3035,
-            'timestamp': 1604079000,
+            'timestamp': 1604086200,
            'upload_date': '20201030',
            'tags': ['LRT TELEVIZIJA', 'Beatos virtuvė', 'Beata Nicholson', 'Makaronai', 'Baklažanai', 'Vakarienė', 'Receptas'],
            'thumbnail': 'https://www.lrt.lt/img/2020/10/30/764041-126478-1287x836.jpg',
+            'channel': 'Beatos virtuvė',
        },
    }, {
-        # direct mp3 download
-        'url': 'http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013074524/',
-        'md5': '389da8ca3cad0f51d12bed0c844f6a0a',
+        # audio download
+        'url': 'https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013074524/kita-tema',
+        'md5': 'fc982f10274929c66fdff65f75615cb0',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '1013074524',
-            'ext': 'mp3',
-            'title': 'Kita tema 2016-09-05 15:05',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Kita tema',
            'description': 'md5:1b295a8fc7219ed0d543fc228c931fb5',
-            'duration': 3008,
-            'view_count': int,
-            'like_count': int,
+            'channel': 'Kita tema',
+            'timestamp': 1473087900,
+            'upload_date': '20160905',
        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/video/auksinis-protas-vasara?episode=2000420320&season=%2Fmediateka%2Fvideo%2Fauksinis-protas-vasara%2F2025',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2000420320',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Kuris senovės romėnų poetas aprašė Narcizo mitą?',
+            'description': 'Intelektinė viktorina. Ved. Arūnas Valinskas ir Andrius Tapinas.',
+            'channel': 'Auksinis protas. Vasara',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://www.lrt.lt/img/2025/06/09/2094343-987905-1287x836.jpg',
+            'tags': ['LRT TELEVIZIJA', 'Auksinis protas'],
+            'timestamp': 1749851040,
+            'upload_date': '20250613',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://archyvai.lrt.lt/mediateka/video/ziniu-riteriai-ir-damos?episode=49685&season=%2Fmediateka%2Fvideo%2Fziniu-riteriai-ir-damos%2F2013',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://archyvai.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000077058/panorama-1989-baltijos-kelias',
+        'only_matching': True,
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        path, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('path', 'id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)

-        media_url = self._extract_js_var(webpage, 'main_url', path)
-        media = self._download_json(self._extract_js_var(
-            webpage, 'media_info_url',
-            'https://www.lrt.lt/servisai/stream_url/vod/media_info/'),
-            video_id, query={'url': media_url})
+        # TODO: Use _search_nextjs_v13_data once fixed
+        canonical_url = (
+            self._search_regex(r'\\"(?:article|data)\\":{[^}]*\\"url\\":\\"(/[^"]+)\\"', webpage, 'content URL', fatal=False)
+            or self._search_regex(r'<link\s+rel="canonical"\s*href="(/[^"]+)"', webpage, 'canonical URL'))
+
+        media = self._download_json(
+            'https://www.lrt.lt/servisai/stream_url/vod/media_info/',
+            video_id, query={'url': canonical_url})
        jw_data = self._parse_jwplayer_data(
            media['playlist_item'], video_id, base_url=url)

-        json_ld_data = self._search_json_ld(webpage, video_id)
-
-        tags = []
-        for tag in (media.get('tags') or []):
-            tag_name = tag.get('name')
-            if not tag_name:
-                continue
-            tags.append(tag_name)
-
-        clean_info = {
-            'description': clean_html(media.get('content')),
-            'tags': tags,
+        return {
+            **jw_data,
+            **traverse_obj(media, {
+                'id': ('id', {str}),
+                'title': ('title', {str}),
+                'description': ('content', {clean_html}),
+                'timestamp': ('date', {lambda x: x.replace('.', '/')}, {unified_timestamp}),
+                'tags': ('tags', ..., 'name', {str}),
+            }),
        }

-        return merge_dicts(clean_info, jw_data, json_ld_data)

-
-class LRTRadioIE(LRTBaseIE):
+class LRTRadioIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?lrt\.lt/radioteka/irasas/(?P<id>\d+)/(?P<path>[^?#/]+)'
    _TESTS = [{
        # m3u8 download
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/mediaklikk.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/mediaklikk.py
@@ -11,121 +11,65 @@ from ..utils import (

 class MediaKlikkIE(InfoExtractor):
    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://(?:www\.)?
-                        (?:mediaklikk|m4sport|hirado|petofilive)\.hu/.*?(?:videok?|cikk)/
+                        (?:mediaklikk|m4sport|hirado)\.hu/.*?(?:videok?|cikk)/
                        (?:(?P<year>[0-9]{4})/(?P<month>[0-9]{1,2})/(?P<day>[0-9]{1,2})/)?
                        (?P<id>[^/#?_]+)'''

    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/filmajanlo/cikk/az-ajto/',
+        # mediaklikk
+        'url': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/ajanlo/video/2025/08/04/heviz-dzsungel-a-viz-alatt-ajanlo-08-10/',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '668177',
-            'title': 'Az ajtó',
-            'display_id': 'az-ajto',
+            'id': '8573769',
+            'title': 'Hévíz - dzsungel a víz alatt – Ajánló (08.10.)',
+            'display_id': 'heviz-dzsungel-a-viz-alatt-ajanlo-08-10',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/01/vlcsnap-2023-07-31-14h18m52s111.jpg',
+            'upload_date': '20250804',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/vlcsnap-2025-08-04-13h48m24s336.jpg',
        },
    }, {
-        # (old) mediaklikk. date in html.
-        'url': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/video/hazajaro-delnyugat-bacska-a-duna-menten-palankatol-doroszloig/',
+        # mediaklikk - date in html
+        'url': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/video/hazajaro-bilo-hegyseg-verocei-barangolas-a-drava-menten/',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '4754129',
-            'title': 'Hazajáró, DÉLNYUGAT-BÁCSKA – A Duna mentén Palánkától Doroszlóig',
+            'id': '8482167',
+            'title': 'Hazajáró, Bilo-hegység - Verőcei barangolás a Dráva mentén',
+            'display_id': 'hazajaro-bilo-hegyseg-verocei-barangolas-a-drava-menten',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20210901',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://mediaklikk.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/hazajarouj_JO.jpg',
+            'upload_date': '20250703',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/07/2024-000307-M0010-01_3700_cover_01.jpg',
        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to 404 page',
-    }, {
-        # mediaklikk. date in html.
-        'url': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/video/hazajaro-fabova-hegyseg-kishont-koronaja/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '6696133',
-            'title': 'Hazajáró, Fabova-hegység - Kishont koronája',
-            'display_id': 'hazajaro-fabova-hegyseg-kishont-koronaja',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20230903',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://mediaklikk.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/hazajarouj_JO.jpg',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to 404 page',
-    }, {
-        # (old) m4sport
-        'url': 'https://m4sport.hu/video/2021/08/30/gyemant-liga-parizs/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '4754999',
-            'title': 'Gyémánt Liga, Párizs',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20210830',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://m4sport.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/08/vlcsnap-2021-08-30-18h21m20s10-1024x576.jpg',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to 404 page',
    }, {
        # m4sport
-        'url': 'https://m4sport.hu/sportkozvetitesek/video/2023/09/08/atletika-gyemant-liga-brusszel/',
+        'url': 'https://m4sport.hu/video/2025/08/07/holnap-kezdodik-a-12-vilagjatekok/',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '6711136',
-            'title': 'Atlétika – Gyémánt Liga, Brüsszel',
-            'display_id': 'atletika-gyemant-liga-brusszel',
+            'id': '8581887',
+            'title': 'Holnap kezdődik a 12. Világjátékok',
+            'display_id': 'holnap-kezdodik-a-12-vilagjatekok',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20230908',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://m4sport.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/09/vlcsnap-2023-09-08-22h43m18s691.jpg',
+            'upload_date': '20250807',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/vlcsnap-2025-08-06-20h30m48s817.jpg',
        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to 404 page',
-    }, {
-        # m4sport with *video/ url and no date
-        'url': 'https://m4sport.hu/bl-video/real-madrid-chelsea-1-1/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '4492099',
-            'title': 'Real Madrid - Chelsea 1-1',
-            'display_id': 'real-madrid-chelsea-1-1',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://m4sport.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/04/Sequence-01.Still001-1024x576.png',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to 404 page',
-    }, {
-        # (old) hirado
-        'url': 'https://hirado.hu/videok/felteteleket-szabott-a-fovaros/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '4760120',
-            'title': 'Feltételeket szabott a főváros',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://hirado.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/vlcsnap-2021-09-01-20h20m37s165.jpg',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to video list page',
    }, {
        # hirado
-        'url': 'https://hirado.hu/belfold/video/2023/09/11/marad-az-eves-elszamolas-a-napelemekre-beruhazo-csaladoknal',
+        'url': 'https://hirado.hu/video/2025/08/09/idojaras-jelentes-2025-augusztus-9-2230',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '6716068',
-            'title': 'Marad az éves elszámolás a napelemekre beruházó családoknál',
-            'display_id': 'marad-az-eves-elszamolas-a-napelemekre-beruhazo-csaladoknal',
+            'id': '8592033',
+            'title': 'Időjárás-jelentés, 2025. augusztus 9. 22:30',
+            'display_id': 'idojaras-jelentes-2025-augusztus-9-2230',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20230911',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://hirado.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/09/vlcsnap-2023-09-11-09h16m09s882.jpg',
+            'upload_date': '20250809',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/Idojaras-jelentes-35-1.jpg',
        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to video list page',
    }, {
-        # (old) petofilive
-        'url': 'https://petofilive.hu/video/2021/06/07/tha-shudras-az-akusztikban/',
+        # hirado - subcategory
+        'url': 'https://hirado.hu/belfold/video/2025/08/09/nyitott-porta-napok-2025/',
        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '4571948',
-            'title': 'Tha Shudras az Akusztikban',
+            'id': '8590581',
+            'title': 'Nyitott Porta Napok 2025',
+            'display_id': 'nyitott-porta-napok-2025',
            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20210607',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://petofilive.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-22h14m23s915-1024x576.jpg',
+            'upload_date': '20250809',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://cdn.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/vlcsnap-2025-08-09-10h35m01s887.jpg',
        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to empty page',
-    }, {
-        # petofilive
-        'url': 'https://petofilive.hu/video/2023/09/09/futball-fesztival-a-margitszigeten/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '6713233',
-            'title': 'Futball Fesztivál a Margitszigeten',
-            'display_id': 'futball-fesztival-a-margitszigeten',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20230909',
-            'thumbnail': 'https://petofilive.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/09/Clipboard11-2.jpg',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Webpage redirects to video list page',
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -133,9 +77,8 @@ class MediaKlikkIE(InfoExtractor):
        display_id = mobj.group('id')
        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)

-        player_data_str = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'mtva_player_manager\.player\(document.getElementById\(.*\),\s?(\{.*\}).*\);', webpage, 'player data')
-        player_data = self._parse_json(player_data_str, display_id, urllib.parse.unquote)
+        player_data = self._search_json(
+            r'loadPlayer\((?:\s*["\'][^"\']+["\']\s*,)?', webpage, 'player data', mobj)
        video_id = str(player_data['contentId'])
        title = player_data.get('title') or self._og_search_title(webpage, fatal=False) or \
            self._html_search_regex(r'<h\d+\b[^>]+\bclass="article_title">([^<]+)<', webpage, 'title')
@@ -146,7 +89,7 @@ class MediaKlikkIE(InfoExtractor):
            upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
                r'<p+\b[^>]+\bclass="article_date">([^<]+)<', webpage, 'upload date', default=None))

-        player_data['video'] = player_data.pop('token')
+        player_data['video'] = urllib.parse.unquote(player_data.pop('token'))
        player_page = self._download_webpage(
            'https://player.mediaklikk.hu/playernew/player.php', video_id,
            query=player_data, headers={'Referer': url})
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/myspace.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/myspace.py
@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ class MySpaceIE(InfoExtractor):
                search_data('stream-url'), search_data('hls-stream-url'),
                search_data('http-stream-url'))
            if not formats:
+                vevo_id = search_data('vevo-id')
                youtube_id = search_data('youtube-id')
-                if youtube_id:
+                if vevo_id:
+                    self.to_screen(f'Vevo video detected: {vevo_id}')
+                    return self.url_result(f'vevo:{vevo_id}', ie='Vevo')
+                elif youtube_id:
                    self.to_screen(f'Youtube video detected: {youtube_id}')
                    return self.url_result(youtube_id, ie='Youtube')
                else:
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/skeb.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/skeb.py
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ class SkebIE(InfoExtractor):
        },
        'playlist_count': 2,
        'expected_warnings': ['Skipping unsupported extension'],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://skeb.jp/@Yossshy_Music/works/13',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'ext': 'wav',
+            'id': '5566495',
+            'title': '13-1',
+            'description': 'md5:1026b8b9ae38c67c2d995970ec196550',
+            'uploader': 'Yossshy',
+            'uploader_id': 'Yossshy_Music',
+            'duration': 336,
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+',
+            'tags': 'count:59',
+            'genres': ['music'],
+        },
    }]

    def _call_api(self, uploader_id, work_id):
@@ -87,7 +101,7 @@ class SkebIE(InfoExtractor):
        entries = []
        for idx, preview in enumerate(traverse_obj(works, ('previews', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['url']))), 1):
            ext = traverse_obj(preview, ('information', 'extension', {str}))
-            if ext not in ('mp3', 'mp4'):
+            if ext not in ('mp3', 'mp4', 'wav'):
                self.report_warning(f'Skipping unsupported extension "{ext}"')
                continue

@@ -100,7 +114,7 @@ class SkebIE(InfoExtractor):
                        'url': preview['vtt_url'],
                    }],
                } if url_or_none(preview.get('vtt_url')) else None,
-                'vcodec': 'none' if ext == 'mp3' else None,
+                'vcodec': 'none' if ext in ('mp3', 'wav') else None,
                **info,
                **traverse_obj(preview, {
                    'id': ('id', {str_or_none}),
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/steam.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/steam.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import json
-import re

 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from .youtube import YoutubeIE
 from ..utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    clean_html,
    extract_attributes,
+    join_nonempty,
+    js_to_json,
    str_or_none,
    url_or_none,
 )
@@ -18,19 +20,9 @@ from ..utils.traversal import (


 class SteamIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
-        https?://(?:store\.steampowered|steamcommunity)\.com/
-            (?:agecheck/)?
-            (?P<urltype>video|app)/ #If the page is only for videos or for a game
-            (?P<gameID>\d+)/?
-            (?P<videoID>\d*)(?P<extra>\??) # For urltype == video we sometimes get the videoID
-        |
-        https?://(?:www\.)?steamcommunity\.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/\?id=(?P<fileID>[0-9]+)
-    '''
-    _VIDEO_PAGE_TEMPLATE = 'https://store.steampowered.com/video/%s/'
-    _AGECHECK_TEMPLATE = 'https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/video/%s/?snr=1_agecheck_agecheck__age-gate&ageDay=1&ageMonth=January&ageYear=1970'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://store\.steampowered\.com(?:/agecheck)?/app/(?P<id>\d+)/?(?:[^?/#]+/?)?(?:[?#]|$)'
    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://store.steampowered.com/video/105600/',
+        'url': 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '105600',
            'title': 'Terraria',
@@ -46,28 +38,15 @@ class SteamIE(InfoExtractor):
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        m = self._match_valid_url(url)
-        file_id = m.group('fileID')
-        if file_id:
-            video_url = url
-            playlist_id = file_id
-        else:
-            game_id = m.group('gameID')
-            playlist_id = game_id
-            video_url = self._VIDEO_PAGE_TEMPLATE % playlist_id
+        app_id = self._match_id(url)

-        self._set_cookie('steampowered.com', 'wants_mature_content', '1')
-        self._set_cookie('steampowered.com', 'birthtime', '944006401')
-        self._set_cookie('steampowered.com', 'lastagecheckage', '1-0-2000')
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(video_url, playlist_id)
-
-        if re.search('<div[^>]+>Please enter your birth date to continue:</div>', webpage) is not None:
-            video_url = self._AGECHECK_TEMPLATE % playlist_id
-            self.report_age_confirmation()
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(video_url, playlist_id)
+        self._set_cookie('store.steampowered.com', 'wants_mature_content', '1')
+        self._set_cookie('store.steampowered.com', 'birthtime', '946652401')
+        self._set_cookie('store.steampowered.com', 'lastagecheckage', '1-January-2000')

+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, app_id)
        app_name = traverse_obj(webpage, ({find_element(cls='apphub_AppName')}, {clean_html}))
+
        entries = []
        for data_prop in traverse_obj(webpage, (
            {find_elements(cls='highlight_player_item highlight_movie', html=True)},
@@ -76,50 +55,121 @@ class SteamIE(InfoExtractor):
            formats = []
            if hls_manifest := traverse_obj(data_prop, ('hlsManifest', {url_or_none})):
                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-                    hls_manifest, playlist_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
-
+                    hls_manifest, app_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
            for dash_manifest in traverse_obj(data_prop, ('dashManifests', ..., {url_or_none})):
                formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
-                    dash_manifest, playlist_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False))
+                    dash_manifest, app_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False))

            movie_id = traverse_obj(data_prop, ('id', {trim_str(start='highlight_movie_')}))
            entries.append({
                'id': movie_id,
-                'title': f'{app_name} video {movie_id}',
+                'title': join_nonempty(app_name, 'video', movie_id, delim=' '),
                'formats': formats,
+                'series': app_name,
+                'series_id': app_id,
                'thumbnail': traverse_obj(data_prop, ('screenshot', {url_or_none})),
            })

-        embedded_videos = re.findall(r'(<iframe[^>]+>)', webpage)
-        for evideos in embedded_videos:
-            evideos = extract_attributes(evideos).get('src')
-            video_id = self._search_regex(r'youtube\.com/embed/([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})', evideos, 'youtube_video_id', default=None)
-            if video_id:
-                entries.append({
-                    '_type': 'url_transparent',
-                    'id': video_id,
-                    'url': video_id,
-                    'ie_key': 'Youtube',
-                })
-        if not entries:
-            raise ExtractorError('Could not find any videos')
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, app_id, app_name)

-        return self.playlist_result(entries, playlist_id, app_name)
+
+class SteamCommunityIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?steamcommunity\.com/sharedfiles/filedetails(?:/?\?(?:[^#]+&)?id=|/)(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/2717708756',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '39Sp2mB1Ly8',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Gmod Stamina System + Customisable HUD',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'categories': ['Gaming'],
+            'channel': 'Zworld Gmod',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_id': 'UCER1FWFSdMMiTKBnnEDBPaw',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCER1FWFSdMMiTKBnnEDBPaw',
+            'chapters': 'count:3',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'description': 'md5:0ba8d8e550231211fa03fac920e5b0bf',
+            'duration': 162,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'live_status': 'not_live',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'playable_in_embed': True,
+            'tags': 'count:20',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://i\.ytimg\.com/vi/.+',
+            'timestamp': 1641955348,
+            'upload_date': '20220112',
+            'uploader': 'Zworld Gmod',
+            'uploader_id': '@gmod-addons',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@gmod-addons',
+            'view_count': int,
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3544291945',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '5JZZlsAdsvI',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Memories',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'categories': ['Gaming'],
+            'channel': 'Bombass Team',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'channel_id': 'UCIJgtNyCV53IeSkzg3FWSFA',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJgtNyCV53IeSkzg3FWSFA',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'description': 'md5:1b8a103a5d67a3c48d07c065de7e2c63',
+            'duration': 83,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'live_status': 'not_live',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'playable_in_embed': True,
+            'tags': 'count:10',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://i\.ytimg\.com/vi/.+',
+            'timestamp': 1754427291,
+            'upload_date': '20250805',
+            'uploader': 'Bombass Team',
+            'uploader_id': '@BombassTeam',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@BombassTeam',
+            'view_count': int,
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        file_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, file_id)
+
+        flashvars = self._search_json(
+            r'var\s+rgMovieFlashvars\s*=', webpage, 'flashvars',
+            file_id, default={}, transform_source=js_to_json)
+        youtube_id = (
+            traverse_obj(flashvars, (..., 'YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID', {str}, any))
+            or traverse_obj(webpage, (
+                {find_element(cls='movieFrame modal', html=True)}, {extract_attributes}, 'id', {str})))
+        if not youtube_id:
+            raise ExtractorError('No video found', expected=True)
+
+        return self.url_result(youtube_id, YoutubeIE)


 class SteamCommunityBroadcastIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://steamcommunity\.(?:com)/broadcast/watch/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?steamcommunity\.com/broadcast/watch/(?P<id>\d+)'
    _TESTS = [{
        'url': 'https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561199073851486',
        'info_dict': {
            'id': '76561199073851486',
-            'title': r're:Steam Community :: pepperm!nt :: Broadcast 2022-06-26 \d{2}:\d{2}',
            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': str,
            'uploader_id': '1113585758',
            'uploader': 'pepperm!nt',
            'live_status': 'is_live',
        },
-        'skip': 'Stream has ended',
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'Livestream'},
    }]

    def _real_extract(self, url):
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class TVerIE(StreaksBaseIE):
            'release_timestamp': 1651453200,
            'release_date': '20220502',
            '_old_archive_ids': ['brightcovenew ref:baeebeac-a2a6-4dbf-9eb3-c40d59b40068'],
+            'series_id': 'sru35hwdd2',
+            'season_id': 'ss2lcn4af6',
        },
    }, {
        # via Brightcove backend (deprecated)
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ class TVerIE(StreaksBaseIE):
            'upload_date': '20220501',
            'release_timestamp': 1651453200,
            'release_date': '20220502',
+            'series_id': 'sru35hwdd2',
+            'season_id': 'ss2lcn4af6',
        },
        'params': {'extractor_args': {'tver': {'backend': ['brightcove']}}},
    }, {
@@ -202,6 +206,8 @@ class TVerIE(StreaksBaseIE):
                'description': ('description', {str}),
                'release_timestamp': ('viewStatus', 'startAt', {int_or_none}),
                'episode_number': ('no', {int_or_none}),
+                'series_id': ('seriesID', {str}),
+                'season_id': ('seasonID', {str}),
            }),
        }

--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vevo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vevo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+import json
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
+    parse_qs,
+)
+
+
+class VevoBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def _extract_json(self, webpage, video_id):
+        return self._parse_json(
+            self._search_regex(
+                r'window\.__INITIAL_STORE__\s*=\s*({.+?});\s*</script>',
+                webpage, 'initial store'),
+            video_id)
+
+
+class VevoIE(VevoBaseIE):
+    """
+    Accepts urls from vevo.com or in the format 'vevo:{id}'
+    (currently used by MTVIE and MySpaceIE)
+    """
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
+        (?:https?://(?:www\.)?vevo\.com/watch/(?!playlist|genre)(?:[^/]+/(?:[^/]+/)?)?|
+           https?://cache\.vevo\.com/m/html/embed\.html\?video=|
+           https?://videoplayer\.vevo\.com/embed/embedded\?videoId=|
+           https?://embed\.vevo\.com/.*?[?&]isrc=|
+           https?://tv\.vevo\.com/watch/artist/(?:[^/]+)/|
+           vevo:)
+        (?P<id>[^&?#]+)'''
+    _EMBED_REGEX = [r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>(?:https?:)?//(?:cache\.)?vevo\.com/.+?)\1']
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/hurts/somebody-to-die-for/GB1101300280',
+        'md5': '95ee28ee45e70130e3ab02b0f579ae23',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'GB1101300280',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Hurts - Somebody to Die For',
+            'timestamp': 1372057200,
+            'upload_date': '20130624',
+            'uploader': 'Hurts',
+            'track': 'Somebody to Die For',
+            'artist': 'Hurts',
+            'genre': 'Pop',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Unable to download SMIL file', 'Unable to download info'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'v3 SMIL format',
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/cassadee-pope/i-wish-i-could-break-your-heart/USUV71302923',
+        'md5': 'f6ab09b034f8c22969020b042e5ac7fc',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'USUV71302923',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Cassadee Pope - I Wish I Could Break Your Heart',
+            'timestamp': 1392796919,
+            'upload_date': '20140219',
+            'uploader': 'Cassadee Pope',
+            'track': 'I Wish I Could Break Your Heart',
+            'artist': 'Cassadee Pope',
+            'genre': 'Country',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Unable to download SMIL file', 'Unable to download info'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Age-limited video',
+        'url': 'https://www.vevo.com/watch/justin-timberlake/tunnel-vision-explicit/USRV81300282',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'USRV81300282',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision (Explicit)',
+            'age_limit': 18,
+            'timestamp': 1372888800,
+            'upload_date': '20130703',
+            'uploader': 'Justin Timberlake',
+            'track': 'Tunnel Vision (Explicit)',
+            'artist': 'Justin Timberlake',
+            'genre': 'Pop',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Unable to download SMIL file', 'Unable to download info'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'No video_info',
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/k-camp-1/Till-I-Die/USUV71503000',
+        'md5': '8b83cc492d72fc9cf74a02acee7dc1b0',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'USUV71503000',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'K Camp ft. T.I. - Till I Die',
+            'age_limit': 18,
+            'timestamp': 1449468000,
+            'upload_date': '20151207',
+            'uploader': 'K Camp',
+            'track': 'Till I Die',
+            'artist': 'K Camp',
+            'genre': 'Hip-Hop',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Unable to download SMIL file', 'Unable to download info'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Featured test',
+        'url': 'https://www.vevo.com/watch/lemaitre/Wait/USUV71402190',
+        'md5': 'd28675e5e8805035d949dc5cf161071d',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'USUV71402190',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Lemaitre ft. LoLo - Wait',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'timestamp': 1413432000,
+            'upload_date': '20141016',
+            'uploader': 'Lemaitre',
+            'track': 'Wait',
+            'artist': 'Lemaitre',
+            'genre': 'Electronic',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Unable to download SMIL file', 'Unable to download info'],
+    }, {
+        'note': 'Only available via webpage',
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/GBUV71600656',
+        'md5': '67e79210613865b66a47c33baa5e37fe',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'GBUV71600656',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'ABC - Viva Love',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'timestamp': 1461830400,
+            'upload_date': '20160428',
+            'uploader': 'ABC',
+            'track': 'Viva Love',
+            'artist': 'ABC',
+            'genre': 'Pop',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Failed to download video versions info'],
+    }, {
+        # no genres available
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/INS171400764',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        # Another case available only via the webpage; using streams/streamsV3 formats
+        # Geo-restricted to Netherlands/Germany
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/boostee/pop-corn-clip-officiel/FR1A91600909',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://embed.vevo.com/?isrc=USH5V1923499&partnerId=4d61b777-8023-4191-9ede-497ed6c24647&partnerAdCode=',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tv.vevo.com/watch/artist/janet-jackson/US0450100550',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+    _VERSIONS = {
+        0: 'youtube',  # only in AuthenticateVideo videoVersions
+        1: 'level3',
+        2: 'akamai',
+        3: 'level3',
+        4: 'amazon',
+    }
+
+    def _initialize_api(self, video_id):
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(
+            'https://accounts.vevo.com/token', None,
+            note='Retrieving oauth token',
+            errnote='Unable to retrieve oauth token',
+            data=json.dumps({
+                'client_id': 'SPupX1tvqFEopQ1YS6SS',
+                'grant_type': 'urn:vevo:params:oauth:grant-type:anonymous',
+            }).encode(),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            })
+
+        if re.search(r'(?i)THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION', webpage):
+            self.raise_geo_restricted(
+                f'{self.IE_NAME} said: This page is currently unavailable in your region')
+
+        auth_info = self._parse_json(webpage, video_id)
+        self._api_url_template = self.http_scheme() + '//apiv2.vevo.com/%s?token=' + auth_info['legacy_token']
+
+    def _call_api(self, path, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            data = self._download_json(self._api_url_template % path, *args, **kwargs)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError):
+                errors = self._parse_json(e.cause.response.read().decode(), None)['errors']
+                error_message = ', '.join([error['message'] for error in errors])
+                raise ExtractorError(f'{self.IE_NAME} said: {error_message}', expected=True)
+            raise
+        return data
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        self._initialize_api(video_id)
+
+        video_info = self._call_api(
+            f'video/{video_id}', video_id, 'Downloading api video info',
+            'Failed to download video info')
+
+        video_versions = self._call_api(
+            f'video/{video_id}/streams', video_id,
+            'Downloading video versions info',
+            'Failed to download video versions info',
+            fatal=False)
+
+        # Some videos are only available via webpage (e.g.
+        # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/9366)
+        if not video_versions:
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+            json_data = self._extract_json(webpage, video_id)
+            if 'streams' in json_data.get('default', {}):
+                video_versions = json_data['default']['streams'][video_id][0]
+            else:
+                video_versions = [
+                    value
+                    for key, value in json_data['apollo']['data'].items()
+                    if key.startswith(f'{video_id}.streams')]
+
+        uploader = None
+        artist = None
+        featured_artist = None
+        artists = video_info.get('artists')
+        for curr_artist in artists:
+            if curr_artist.get('role') == 'Featured':
+                featured_artist = curr_artist['name']
+            else:
+                artist = uploader = curr_artist['name']
+
+        formats = []
+        for video_version in video_versions:
+            version = self._VERSIONS.get(video_version.get('version'), 'generic')
+            version_url = video_version.get('url')
+            if not version_url:
+                continue
+
+            if '.ism' in version_url:
+                continue
+            elif '.mpd' in version_url:
+                formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
+                    version_url, video_id, mpd_id=f'dash-{version}',
+                    note=f'Downloading {version} MPD information',
+                    errnote=f'Failed to download {version} MPD information',
+                    fatal=False))
+            elif '.m3u8' in version_url:
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    version_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id=f'hls-{version}',
+                    note=f'Downloading {version} m3u8 information',
+                    errnote=f'Failed to download {version} m3u8 information',
+                    fatal=False))
+            else:
+                m = re.search(r'''(?xi)
+                    _(?P<quality>[a-z0-9]+)
+                    _(?P<width>[0-9]+)x(?P<height>[0-9]+)
+                    _(?P<vcodec>[a-z0-9]+)
+                    _(?P<vbr>[0-9]+)
+                    _(?P<acodec>[a-z0-9]+)
+                    _(?P<abr>[0-9]+)
+                    \.(?P<ext>[a-z0-9]+)''', version_url)
+                if not m:
+                    continue
+
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': version_url,
+                    'format_id': f'http-{version}-{video_version.get("quality") or m.group("quality")}',
+                    'vcodec': m.group('vcodec'),
+                    'acodec': m.group('acodec'),
+                    'vbr': int(m.group('vbr')),
+                    'abr': int(m.group('abr')),
+                    'ext': m.group('ext'),
+                    'width': int(m.group('width')),
+                    'height': int(m.group('height')),
+                })
+
+        track = video_info['title']
+        if featured_artist:
+            artist = f'{artist} ft. {featured_artist}'
+        title = f'{artist} - {track}' if artist else track
+
+        genres = video_info.get('genres')
+        genre = (
+            genres[0] if genres and isinstance(genres, list)
+            and isinstance(genres[0], str) else None)
+
+        is_explicit = video_info.get('isExplicit')
+        if is_explicit is True:
+            age_limit = 18
+        elif is_explicit is False:
+            age_limit = 0
+        else:
+            age_limit = None
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnail': video_info.get('imageUrl') or video_info.get('thumbnailUrl'),
+            'timestamp': parse_iso8601(video_info.get('releaseDate')),
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'duration': int_or_none(video_info.get('duration')),
+            'view_count': int_or_none(video_info.get('views', {}).get('total')),
+            'age_limit': age_limit,
+            'track': track,
+            'artist': uploader,
+            'genre': genre,
+        }
+
+
+class VevoPlaylistIE(VevoBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?vevo\.com/watch/(?P<kind>playlist|genre)/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/genre/rock',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'rock',
+            'title': 'Rock',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 20,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.vevo.com/watch/genre/rock?index=0',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = self._match_valid_url(url)
+        playlist_id = mobj.group('id')
+        playlist_kind = mobj.group('kind')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
+
+        qs = parse_qs(url)
+        index = qs.get('index', [None])[0]
+
+        if index:
+            video_id = self._search_regex(
+                r'<meta[^>]+content=(["\'])vevo://video/(?P<id>.+?)\1[^>]*>',
+                webpage, 'video id', default=None, group='id')
+            if video_id:
+                return self.url_result(f'vevo:{video_id}', VevoIE.ie_key())
+
+        playlists = self._extract_json(webpage, playlist_id)['default'][f'{playlist_kind}s']
+
+        playlist = (next(iter(playlists.values()))
+                    if playlist_kind == 'playlist' else playlists[playlist_id])
+
+        entries = [
+            self.url_result(f'vevo:{src}', VevoIE.ie_key())
+            for src in playlist['isrcs']]
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, playlist.get('playlistId') or playlist_id,
+            playlist.get('name'), playlist.get('description'))
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -259,9 +259,8 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
                not_required_with_player_token=True,
            ),
            # HLS Livestreams require POT 30 seconds in
-            # TODO: Rolling out
            StreamingProtocol.HLS: GvsPoTokenPolicy(
-                required=False,
+                required=True,
                recommended=True,
                not_required_with_player_token=True,
            ),
@@ -311,6 +310,8 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
        },
        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 7,
        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
+        # See: https://github.com/youtube/cobalt/blob/main/cobalt/browser/user_agent/user_agent_platform_info.cc#L506
+        'AUTHENTICATED_USER_AGENT': 'Mozilla/5.0 (ChromiumStylePlatform) Cobalt/25.lts.30.1034943-gold (unlike Gecko), Unknown_TV_Unknown_0/Unknown (Unknown, Unknown)',
    },
    'tv_simply': {
        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@ def build_innertube_clients():
        ytcfg.setdefault('REQUIRE_AUTH', False)
        ytcfg.setdefault('SUPPORTS_COOKIES', False)
        ytcfg.setdefault('PLAYER_PARAMS', None)
+        ytcfg.setdefault('AUTHENTICATED_USER_AGENT', None)
        ytcfg['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT']['client'].setdefault('hl', 'en')

        _, base_client, variant = _split_innertube_client(client)
@@ -656,7 +658,14 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
    _YT_INITIAL_PLAYER_RESPONSE_RE = r'ytInitialPlayerResponse\s*='

    def _get_default_ytcfg(self, client='web'):
-        return copy.deepcopy(INNERTUBE_CLIENTS[client])
+        ytcfg = copy.deepcopy(INNERTUBE_CLIENTS[client])
+
+        # Currently, only the tv client needs to use an alternative user-agent when logged-in
+        if ytcfg.get('AUTHENTICATED_USER_AGENT') and self.is_authenticated:
+            client_context = ytcfg.setdefault('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', {}).setdefault('client', {})
+            client_context['userAgent'] = ytcfg['AUTHENTICATED_USER_AGENT']
+
+        return ytcfg

    def _get_innertube_host(self, client='web'):
        return INNERTUBE_CLIENTS[client]['INNERTUBE_HOST']
@@ -951,7 +960,17 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
            headers=traverse_obj(self._get_default_ytcfg(client), {
                'User-Agent': ('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'client', 'userAgent', {str}),
            }))
-        return self.extract_ytcfg(video_id, webpage) or {}
+
+        ytcfg = self.extract_ytcfg(video_id, webpage) or {}
+
+        # Workaround for https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563
+        # But it's not effective when logged-in
+        if client == 'tv' and not self.is_authenticated:
+            config_info = traverse_obj(ytcfg, (
+                'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'client', 'configInfo', {dict})) or {}
+            config_info.pop('appInstallData', None)
+
+        return ytcfg

    @staticmethod
    def _build_api_continuation_query(continuation, ctp=None):
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ STREAMING_DATA_FETCH_GVS_PO_TOKEN = '__yt_dlp_fetch_gvs_po_token'
 STREAMING_DATA_PLAYER_TOKEN_PROVIDED = '__yt_dlp_player_token_provided'
 STREAMING_DATA_INNERTUBE_CONTEXT = '__yt_dlp_innertube_context'
 STREAMING_DATA_IS_PREMIUM_SUBSCRIBER = '__yt_dlp_is_premium_subscriber'
+STREAMING_DATA_FETCHED_TIMESTAMP = '__yt_dlp_fetched_timestamp'

 PO_TOKEN_GUIDE_URL = 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/PO-Token-Guide'

@@ -256,10 +257,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        '401': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'av01.0.12M.08'},
    }
    _SUBTITLE_FORMATS = ('json3', 'srv1', 'srv2', 'srv3', 'ttml', 'srt', 'vtt')
-    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('tv', 'ios', 'web')
-    _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS = ('tv', 'web')
+    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('tv_simply', 'tv', 'web')
+    _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS = ('tv', 'web_safari', 'web')
    # Premium does not require POT (except for subtitles)
-    _DEFAULT_PREMIUM_CLIENTS = ('tv', 'web')
+    _DEFAULT_PREMIUM_CLIENTS = ('tv', 'web_creator', 'web')

    _GEO_BYPASS = False

@@ -1816,6 +1817,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):

    _PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP = {
        'main': 'player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'tcc': 'player_ias_tcc.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        'tce': 'player_ias_tce.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        'es5': 'player_es5.vflset/en_US/base.js',
        'es6': 'player_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js',
@@ -3244,6 +3246,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            elif pr:
                # Save client details for introspection later
                innertube_context = traverse_obj(player_ytcfg or self._get_default_ytcfg(client), 'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT')
+                fetched_timestamp = int(time.time())
                sd = pr.setdefault('streamingData', {})
                sd[STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME] = client
                sd[STREAMING_DATA_FETCH_GVS_PO_TOKEN] = fetch_gvs_po_token_func
@@ -3256,6 +3259,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                    f[STREAMING_DATA_FETCH_GVS_PO_TOKEN] = fetch_gvs_po_token_func
                    f[STREAMING_DATA_IS_PREMIUM_SUBSCRIBER] = is_premium_subscriber
                    f[STREAMING_DATA_PLAYER_TOKEN_PROVIDED] = bool(player_po_token)
+                    f[STREAMING_DATA_FETCHED_TIMESTAMP] = fetched_timestamp
                if deprioritize_pr:
                    deprioritized_prs.append(pr)
                else:
@@ -3308,11 +3312,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            f'{video_id}: {client_name} client {proto} formats require a GVS PO Token which was not provided. '
            'They will be skipped as they may yield HTTP Error 403. '
            f'You can manually pass a GVS PO Token for this client with --extractor-args "youtube:po_token={client_name}.gvs+XXX". '
-            f'For more information, refer to  {PO_TOKEN_GUIDE_URL} . '
-            'To enable these broken formats anyway, pass --extractor-args "youtube:formats=missing_pot"')
+            f'For more information, refer to  {PO_TOKEN_GUIDE_URL}')

        # Only raise a warning for non-default clients, to not confuse users.
-        # iOS HLS formats still work without PO Token, so we don't need to warn about them.
        if client_name in (*self._DEFAULT_CLIENTS, *self._DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS):
            self.write_debug(msg, only_once=True)
        else:
@@ -3374,8 +3376,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        # save pots per client to avoid fetching again
        gvs_pots = {}

+        # For handling potential pre-playback required waiting period
+        playback_wait = int_or_none(self._configuration_arg('playback_wait', [None])[0], default=6)
+
        for fmt in streaming_formats:
            client_name = fmt[STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME]
+            available_at = fmt[STREAMING_DATA_FETCHED_TIMESTAMP] + playback_wait
            if fmt.get('targetDurationSec'):
                continue

@@ -3557,6 +3563,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            if single_stream and dct.get('ext'):
                dct['container'] = dct['ext'] + '_dash'

+            # For handling potential pre-playback required waiting period
+            if live_status not in ('is_live', 'post_live'):
+                dct['available_at'] = available_at
+
            if (all_formats or 'dashy' in format_types) and dct['filesize']:
                yield {
                    **dct,
@@ -3594,18 +3604,21 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
            if not all_formats and key in itags[itag]:
                return False

+            # For handling potential pre-playback required waiting period
+            if live_status not in ('is_live', 'post_live'):
+                f['available_at'] = available_at
+
            if f.get('source_preference') is None:
                f['source_preference'] = -1

+            # Deprioritize since its pre-merged m3u8 formats may have lower quality audio streams
+            if client_name == 'web_safari' and proto == 'hls' and live_status != 'is_live':
+                f['source_preference'] -= 1
+
            if missing_pot:
                f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), 'MISSING POT', delim=' ')
                f['source_preference'] -= 20

-            # XXX: Check if IOS HLS formats are affected by PO token enforcement; temporary
-            # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13511
-            if proto == 'hls' and client_name == 'ios':
-                f['__needs_testing'] = True
-
            itags[itag].add(key)

            if itag and all_formats:
@@ -4044,12 +4057,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
        if needs_live_processing:
            self._prepare_live_from_start_formats(
                formats, video_id, live_start_time, url, webpage_url, smuggled_data, live_status == 'is_live')
-        elif live_status != 'is_live':
-            # Handle pre-playback waiting period
-            playback_wait = int_or_none(self._configuration_arg('playback_wait', [None])[0], default=6)
-            available_at = int(time.time()) + playback_wait
-            for fmt in formats:
-                fmt['available_at'] = available_at

        formats.extend(self._extract_storyboard(player_responses, duration))

@@ -4421,7 +4428,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):

        if upload_date and live_status not in ('is_live', 'post_live', 'is_upcoming'):
            # Newly uploaded videos' HLS formats are potentially problematic and need to be checked
-            # XXX: This is redundant for as long as we are already checking all IOS HLS formats
            upload_datetime = datetime_from_str(upload_date).replace(tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc)
            if upload_datetime >= datetime_from_str('today-2days'):
                for fmt in info['formats']:
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -58,15 +58,28 @@ def _get_variant_and_executable_path():
    """@returns (variant, executable_path)"""
    if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
        path = sys.executable
-        # py2exe is unsupported but we should still correctly identify it for debugging purposes
+
+        # py2exe: No longer officially supported, but still identify it to block updates
        if not hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
            return 'py2exe', path
-        if sys._MEIPASS == os.path.dirname(path):
-            return f'{sys.platform}_dir', path
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+
+        # staticx builds: sys.executable returns a /tmp/ path
+        # No longer officially supported, but still identify them to block updates
+        # Ref: https://staticx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#run-time-information
+        if static_exe_path := os.getenv('STATICX_PROG_PATH'):
+            return 'linux_static_exe', static_exe_path
+
+        # We know it's a PyInstaller bundle, but is it "onedir" or "onefile"?
+        suffix = 'dir' if sys._MEIPASS == os.path.dirname(path) else 'exe'
+        system_platform = remove_end(sys.platform, '32')
+
+        if system_platform == 'darwin':
            # darwin_legacy_exe is no longer supported, but still identify it to block updates
            machine = '_legacy' if version_tuple(platform.mac_ver()[0]) < (10, 15) else ''
-            return f'darwin{machine}_exe', path
+            return f'darwin{machine}_{suffix}', path
+
+        if system_platform == 'linux' and platform.libc_ver()[0] != 'glibc':
+            system_platform = 'musllinux'

        machine = f'_{platform.machine().lower()}'
        is_64bits = sys.maxsize > 2**32
@@ -77,12 +90,8 @@ def _get_variant_and_executable_path():
        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11813
        elif machine[1:] == 'aarch64' and not is_64bits:
            machine = '_armv7l'
-        # sys.executable returns a /tmp/ path for staticx builds (linux_static)
-        # Ref: https://staticx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#run-time-information
-        if static_exe_path := os.getenv('STATICX_PROG_PATH'):
-            path = static_exe_path

-        return f'{remove_end(sys.platform, "32")}{machine}_exe', path
+        return f'{system_platform}{machine}_{suffix}', path

    path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    if isinstance(__loader__, zipimporter):
@@ -118,7 +127,8 @@ _FILE_SUFFIXES = {
    'darwin_exe': '_macos',
    'linux_exe': '_linux',
    'linux_aarch64_exe': '_linux_aarch64',
-    'linux_armv7l_exe': '_linux_armv7l',
+    'musllinux_exe': '_musllinux',
+    'musllinux_aarch64_exe': '_musllinux_aarch64',
 }

 _NON_UPDATEABLE_REASONS = {
@@ -146,21 +156,6 @@ def _get_binary_name():
 def _get_system_deprecation():
    MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 10)

-    EXE_MSG_TMPL = ('Support for {} has been deprecated. '
-                    'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/{}  for details.\n{}')
-    STOP_MSG = 'You may stop receiving updates on this version at any time!'
-    variant = detect_variant()
-
-    # Temporary until linux_armv7l executable builds are discontinued
-    if variant == 'linux_armv7l_exe':
-        return EXE_MSG_TMPL.format(
-            f'{variant} (the PyInstaller-bundled executable for the Linux armv7l platform)',
-            'issues/13976', STOP_MSG)
-
-    # Temporary until linux_aarch64_exe is built with Python >=3.10 instead of Python 3.9
-    if variant == 'linux_aarch64_exe':
-        return None
-
    if sys.version_info > MIN_RECOMMENDED:
        return None

@@ -199,16 +194,14 @@ def _sha256_file(path):


 def _make_label(origin, tag, version=None):
-    if '/' in origin:
-        channel = _INVERSE_UPDATE_SOURCES.get(origin, origin)
-    else:
-        channel = origin
-    label = f'{channel}@{tag}'
-    if version and version != tag:
-        label += f' build {version}'
-    if channel != origin:
-        label += f' from {origin}'
-    return label
+    if tag != version:
+        if version:
+            return f'{origin}@{tag} build {version}'
+        return f'{origin}@{tag}'
+
+    if channel := _INVERSE_UPDATE_SOURCES.get(origin):
+        return f'{channel}@{tag} from {origin}'
+    return f'{origin}@{tag}'


@dataclass
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py

-__version__ = '2025.08.20'
+__version__ = '2025.09.05'

-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'c2fc4f3e7f6d757250183b177130c64beee50520'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '50136eeeb3767289b236f140b759f23b39b00888'

 VARIANT = None

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'

 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'

-_pkg_version = '2025.08.20'
+_pkg_version = '2025.09.05'
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
github-actions[bot]	7c27965ff6	Release 2025.09.05 Created by: bashonly :ci skip all	2025-09-05 22:46:00 +00:00
bashonly	50136eeeb3	[build] Overhaul Linux builds and refactor release workflow (#13997 ) - Use `manylinux-shared` images for Linux builds - Discontinue `yt-dlp_linux_armv7l`/`linux_armv7l_exe` release binary - Add `yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip`/`linux_armv7l_dir` release binary - Add `yt-dlp_musllinux` and `yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64` release binaries - Migrate `linux_exe` build strategy from staticx+musl to manylinux2014/glibc2.17 - Rewrite release.yml's "unholy bash monstrosity" as devscripts/setup_variables.py Closes #10072, Closes #10630, Closes #10578, Closes #13976, Closes #13977, Closes #14106 Authored by: bashonly	2025-09-05 22:38:20 +00:00
Chase Ryan	603acdff07	[ie/charlierose] Fix extractor (#14231 ) Authored by: gitchasing	2025-09-05 23:28:52 +02:00
sepro	d925e92b71	[ie/vevo] Restore extractors (#14203 ) Partially reverts `6f4c1bb593` Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-31 00:41:52 +02:00
sepro	ed24640943	[ie/lrt] Fix extractors (#14193 ) Closes #13501 Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-30 00:28:44 +02:00
sepro	76bb46002c	Fix `--id` deprecation warning (#14190 ) Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-29 22:06:53 +02:00
InvalidUsernameException	1e28f6bf74	[ie/kick:vod] Support ongoing livestream VODs (#14154 ) Authored by: InvalidUsernameException	2025-08-28 01:26:49 +00:00
garret1317	0b51005b48	[ie/ITVBTCC] Fix extractor (#14161 ) Closes #14156 Authored by: garret1317	2025-08-28 01:19:25 +00:00
Abdulmohsen	223baa81f6	[ie/tver] Extract more metadata (#14165 ) Authored by: arabcoders	2025-08-28 01:18:10 +00:00
Gegham Zakaryan	18fe696df9	[ie/googledrive] Fix subtitles extraction (#14139 ) Authored by: zakaryan2004	2025-08-28 01:12:08 +00:00
github-actions[bot]	487a90c8ef	Release 2025.08.27 Created by: bashonly :ci skip all	2025-08-27 23:56:39 +00:00
bashonly	8cd37b85d4	[ie/youtube] Use alternative `tv` user-agent when authenticated (#14169 ) Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-27 23:00:03 +00:00
bashonly	5c7ad68ff1	[ie/youtube] Deprioritize `web_safari` m3u8 formats (#14168 ) Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-27 22:31:51 +00:00
sepro	1ddbd033f0	[ie/generic] Simplify invalid URL error message (#14167 ) Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-27 23:27:57 +02:00
sepro	fec30c56f0	[ie/generic] Use https as fallback protocol (#14160 ) Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-27 22:25:35 +02:00
sepro	d6950c27af	[ie/skeb] Support wav files (#14147 ) Closes #14146 Authored by: seproDev	2025-08-27 15:34:44 +02:00
bashonly	3bd9154412	[ie/youtube] Player client maintenance (#14135 ) - Prioritize `tv_simply` over `tv` in default logged-out clients - Revert `tv` client user-agent to work around 403 errors Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-23 23:45:29 +00:00
bashonly	8f4a908300	[ie/youtube] Add `tcc` player JS variant (#14134 ) Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-23 23:43:50 +00:00
github-actions[bot]	f1ba9f4ddb	Release 2025.08.22 Created by: bashonly :ci skip all	2025-08-22 23:59:02 +00:00
bashonly	5c8bcfdbc6	[ie/youtube] Optimize playback wait times (#14124 ) Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-22 23:53:28 +00:00
bashonly	895e762a83	[ie/youtube] Replace `ios` with `tv_simply` in default clients (#14123 ) Also: - Add `web_safari` to default logged-in clients - Add `web_creator` to default premium clients - Flag `ios` HLS formats as requiring PO token Closes #13702 Authored by: bashonly, coletdjnz Co-authored-by: coletdjnz <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>	2025-08-22 23:49:54 +00:00
bashonly	39b7b8ddc7	[ie/youtube] Improve `tv` client context (#14122 ) Closes #12563 Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-22 23:44:32 +00:00
bashonly	526410b4af	[cookies] Fix `f29acc4a6e` Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-21 22:13:45 -05:00
bashonly	f29acc4a6e	[cookies] Fix `--cookies-from-browser` with Firefox 142+ (#14114 ) Ref: `5869af852c` Related: `28b68f6875` Closes #13559, Closes #14113 Authored by: bashonly, Grub4K Co-authored-by: Simon Sawicki <contact@grub4k.dev>	2025-08-21 23:47:18 +00:00
zhallgato	4dbe96459d	[ie/mediaklikk] Fix extractor (#13975 ) Closes #14091 Authored by: zhallgato	2025-08-21 21:28:12 +00:00
bashonly	a03c37b44e	[ie/youtube] Update `tv` client config (#14101 ) Authored by: seproDev Co-authored-by: sepro <sepro@sepr0.com>	2025-08-20 19:46:10 +00:00
doe1080	fcea3edb5c	[ie/steam] Fix extractors (#14093 ) Authored by: doe1080	2025-08-20 15:44:45 +00:00
bashonly	415b6d9ca8	[build] Post-release workflow cleanup (#14090 ) Authored by: bashonly	2025-08-20 06:17:45 +00:00