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
2026.01.29
Release Date
2026-01-29
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Windows 64 bit
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For additional platforms, please visit https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2026.01.29.
Core changes
- Accept float values for
--sleep-subtitles(#15282) by 0xvd - Add
--compat-options 2025(#15499) by bashonly - Add
--format-sort-resetoption (#13809) by nihil-admirari - Bypass interactive format selection if no formats are found (#15278) by bashonly
- Fix
--parse-metadatawhenTOis a single field name (#14577) by bashonly, clayote - Fix concurrent formats downloading to stdout (#15617) by grqz
- Fix interactive format/video selection when downloading to stdout (#15626) by grqz
- Support Deno installed via Python package (#15614) by bashonly, zahlman
- utils
decode_packed_codes: Fix missing key handling (#15440) by cesbardevalue: Fix calling reviver on cached value (#15568) by Grub4Kjs_to_json: Prevent false positives for octals (#15474) by doe1080mimetype2ext: Recognize more srt types (#15411) by seproDevrandom_user_agent: Bump versions (#15396) by seproDevunified_timestamp: Addtz_offsetparameter (#15357) by doe1080
Extractor changes
- Fix prioritization of Youtube URL matching (#15596) by Grub4K
- archive.org: Fix metadata extraction (#15286) by bashonly
- bandcamp: weekly: Fix extractor (#15208) by 0xvd, bashonly
- bigo: Support
--wait-for-video(#15463) by olipfei - boosty: Improve metadata extraction (#15543) by Sytm
- cbc: Fix extractors (#15631) by subrat-lima
- cda: Support mobile URLs (#15398) by seproDev
- croatian.film: Add extractor (#15468) by 0xvd
- dailymotion: Fix extractor (#15682) by bashonly (With fixes in a893774)
- dropbox: Support videos in folders (#15313) by 0xvd
- errarhiiv: Add extractor (#15667) by rdamas
- facebook
- Remove broken login support (#15434) by bashonly
- ads: Fix extractor (#15582) by legraphista
- filmarchiv: Add extractor (#13490) by 4elta
- franceinfo
- generic: Improve detection of blockage due to TLS fingerprint (#15426) by bashonly
- gofile: Fix extractor (#15296) by quietvoid
- hotstar: Extract from new API (#15480) by 0xvd
- iqiyi: Remove broken login support (#15441) by seproDev
- lbry: Support filtering of flat playlist results (#15695) by christoph-heinrich, dirkf
- manoto: Remove extractor (#15414) by seproDev
- media.ccc.de: Fix extractor (#15608) by rdamas
- nebula
- season
- netease: program: Support DJ URLs (#15365) by 0xvd
- neteasemusic: Fix merged lyrics extraction (#15052) by Mivik
- netzkino: Rework extractor (#15351) by doe1080
- nextmedia: Remove extractors (#15354) by doe1080
- pandatv: Add extractor (#13210) by ptlydpr
- parti: Fix extractors (#15319) by seproDev
- patreon: Extract inlined media (#15498) by bashonly
- pbs: Fix extraction (#15083) by nlurker
- picarto: Fix extraction when stream has no title (#15407) by mikf
- pornhub: Optimize metadata extraction (#15231) by norepro
- rumblechannel: Support filtering of flat playlist results (#15694) by christoph-heinrich
- scte: Remove extractors (#15442) by seproDev
- tarangplus: Add extractors (#13060) by subrat-lima (With fixes in 27afb31 by bashonly)
- telecinco: Fix extractor (#15311) by 0xvd, bashonly
- thechosen: Support new URL format (#15687) by AlexBocken
- tiktok
- tubitv: Support URLs with locales (#15205) by 0xvd
- tumblr: Extract timestamp (#15462) by alch-emi
- tv5unis: Fix extractors (#15477) by 0xced
- twitch: videos: Raise error when channel is not found (#15458) by 0xvd
- vimeo: Add
macosclient (#15746) by bashonly, gamer191 - volejtv: Fix and add extractors (#13226) by subrat-lima
- wat.tv: Improve DRM detection (#15659) by wesson09
- whyp: Fix extractor (#15721) by bashonly
- yahoo: Fix extractor (#15314) by 0xvd, bashonly
- youtube
- Adjust default clients (#15601) by bashonly
- Fix
player_skip=jsextractor-arg (#15428) by bashonly - Fix default player clients (#15726) by bashonly
- Solve n challenges for manifest formats (#15602) by bashonly
- Support comment subthreads (#15419) by bashonly (With fixes in 76c31a7, 468aa6a)
- Update ejs to 0.4.0 (#15747) by bashonly
- tab: Fix flat thumbnails extraction for shorts (#15331) by bashonly
- zdf: Support sister sites URLs (#15370) by InvalidUsernameException
- zoom: Extract recordings with start times (#15475) by JV-Fernandes
Networking changes
- Request Handler: curl_cffi: Support
curl_cffi0.14.x (#15613) by bashonly
Misc. changes
- build
- Bump official actions to latest versions (#15305) by bashonly
- Harden CI/CD pipeline (#15387) by bashonly
- Improve nightly release check (#15455) by bashonly (With fixes in 0b08b83)
- ci: Explicitly declare permissions and limit credentials (#15324) by bashonly
- cleanup