yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.
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Version
2025.08.11
Release Date
2025-08-11
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Windows 64 bit
Alternative Download – Windows 64 bit
For additional platforms, please visit https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.08.11.
Important changes
linux_armv7l_exe builds are being discontinued
This release’s yt-dlp_linux_armv7l binary could be the last one. Read more
The minimum recommended Python version has been raised to 3.10
Since Python 3.9 will reach end-of-life in October 2025, support for it will be dropped soon. Read more
darwin_legacy_exe builds are being discontinued
This release’s yt-dlp_macos_legacy binary will likely be the last one. Read more
Core changes
- Deprecate
darwin_legacy_exesupport (#13857) by bashonly - Deprecate
linux_armv7l_exesupport (#13978) by bashonly - Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.10 (#13859) by bashonly
- Warn when yt-dlp is severely outdated (#13937) by seproDev
- cookies: Load cookies with float
expirestimestamps (#13873) by bashonly - utils
- Add
WINDOWS_VT_MODEto globals (#12460) by Grub4K parse_resolution: Support width-only pattern (#13802) by doe1080random_user_agent: Bump versions (#13543) by bashonly
- Add
Extractor changes
- archive.org: Fix metadata extraction (#13880) by bashonly
- digitalconcerthall: Fix formats extraction (#13948) by bashonly
- eagleplatform: Remove extractors (#13469) by doe1080
- fauliolive
- fc2: Fix old video support (#12633) by JChris246, seproDev
- motherless: Fix extractor (#13960) by Grub4K
- n1info: article: Fix extractor (#13865) by u-spec-png
- neteasemusic: Support XFF (#11044) by c-basalt
- niconico: Fix error handling & improve metadata extraction (#13240) by doe1080
- parlview: Rework extractor (#13788) by barryvan
- plyrembed: Add extractor (#13836) by seproDev
- royalive: Support
enURLs (#13908) by CasperMcFadden95 - rtve.es: program: Add extractor (#12955) by meGAmeS1, seproDev
- shiey: Add extractor (#13354) by iribeirocampos
- sportdeuschland: Support embedded player URLs (#13833) by InvalidUsernameException
- sproutvideo: Fix extractor (#13813) by bashonly
- tbs: Fix truTV support (#9683) by bashonly, ischmidt20
- tbsjp: Fix extractor (#13485) by garret1317
- tver
- tvw: news: Add extractor (#12907) by fries1234
- vimeo: Fix login support and require authentication (#13823) by bashonly
- yandexdisk: Support 360 URLs (#13935) by Sojiroh
- youtube
Downloader changes
- dash: Re-extract if using –load-info-json with –live-from-start (#13922) by bashonly
- external: Work around ffmpeg’s
file:URL handling (#13844) by bashonly - hls: Fix
--hls-split-continuitysupport (#13321) by tchebb
Postprocessor changes
- embedthumbnail: Fix ffmpeg args for embedding in mp3 (#13720) by atsushi2965
- xattrmetadata: Add macOS “Where from” attribute (#12664) by rolandcrosby (With fixes in 1e0c77d by seproDev)
Networking changes
- Request Handler
- curl_cffi: Support
curl_cffi0.11.x, 0.12.x, 0.13.x (#13989) by bashonly - requests: Bump minimum required version of urllib3 to 2.0.2 (#13939) by bashonly
- curl_cffi: Support
Misc. changes
- build: Use
macos-14runner formacosbuilds (#13814) by bashonly - ci: Bump supported PyPy version to 3.11 (#13877) by bashonly
- cleanup