yt-dlp 2025.12.6.232939.dev0__tar.gz → 2025.12.8.550.dev0__tar.gz

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/Changelog.md

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
-### 2025.12.06.232939
+### 2025.12.08.000550
 
 #### Core changes
 - [Respect `PATHEXT` when locating JS runtime on Windows](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e564b4a8080cff48fa0c28f20272c05085ee6130) ([#15117](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15117)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **cookies**: [Fix `--cookies-from-browser` for new installs of Firefox 147+](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fa16dc5241ac1552074feee48e1c2605dc36d352) ([#15215](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15215)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [mbway](https://github.com/mbway)
 
 #### Extractor changes
 - **agalega**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3cb5e4db54d44fe82d4eee94ae2f37cbce2e7dfc) ([#15105](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15105)) by [putridambassador121](https://github.com/putridambassador121)
@@ -39,21 +40,27 @@
 - **yfanefa**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/af285016d2b14c4445109283e7c590b31542de88) ([#15032](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15032)) by [Haytam001](https://github.com/Haytam001)
 - **youtube**
     - [Add `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f7acf3c1f42cc474927ecc452205d7877af36731) ([#15220](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15220)) by [WhatAmISupposedToPutHere](https://github.com/WhatAmISupposedToPutHere)
+    - [Allow `ejs` patch version to differ](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7bd79d92965fe9f84d7e1720eb6bb10fa9a10c77) ([#15263](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15263)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
     - [Detect "super resolution" AI-upscaled formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4cb5e191efeebc3679f89c3c8ac819bcd511bb1f) ([#15050](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15050)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
     - [Determine wait time from player response](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/715af0c636b2b33fb3df1eb2ee37eac8262d43ac) ([#14646](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14646)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [WhatAmISupposedToPutHere](https://github.com/WhatAmISupposedToPutHere)
     - [Extract all automatic caption languages](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/419776ecf57269efb13095386a19ddc75c1f11b2) ([#15156](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15156)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Improve message when no JS runtime is found](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1d43fa5af883f96af902a29544fc766f5e97fce6) ([#15266](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15266)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Update ejs to 0.3.2](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0c7e4cfcaed95909d7c1c0a11b5a12881bcfdfd6) ([#15267](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15267)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 
 #### Downloader changes
 - [Fix playback wait time for ffmpeg downloads](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/23f1ab346927ab73ad510fd7ba105a69e5291c66) ([#15066](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15066)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 
 #### Postprocessor changes
 - **ffmpeg**: [Fix uncaught error if bad --ffmpeg-location is given](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0eed3fe530d6ff4b668494c5b1d4d6fc1ade96f7) ([#15104](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15104)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **ffmpegmetadata**: [Add more tag mappings](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/04050be583aae21f99932a674d1d2992ff016d5c) ([#14654](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14654)) by [garret1317](https://github.com/garret1317)
 
 #### Networking changes
 - **Request Handler**: urllib: [Do not read after close](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6ee6a6fc58d6254ef944bd311e6890e208a75e98) ([#15049](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15049)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 
 #### Misc. changes
 - **build**: [Bump PyInstaller minimum version requirement to 6.17.0](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/280165026886a1f1614ab527c34c66d71faa5d69) ([#15199](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15199)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [7a52ff2](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7a52ff29d86efc8f3adeba977b2009ce40b8e52e) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [oxyzenQ](https://github.com/oxyzenQ), [RezSat](https://github.com/RezSat), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **devscripts**: `install_deps`: [Align options/terms with PEP 735](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/29fe515d8d3386b3406ff02bdabb967d6821bc02) ([#15200](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15200)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 
 ### 2025.11.12
 
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ yt-dlp now requires users to have an external JavaScript runtime (e.g. Deno) ins
 - **build**: [Bump musllinux Python version to 3.14](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/646904cd3a79429ec5fdc43f904b3f57ae213f34) ([#14623](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14623)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **cleanup**
     - Miscellaneous
-        - [c63b4e2](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c63b4e2a2b81cc78397c8709ef53ffd29bada213) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [matyb08](https://github.com/matyb08), [sepro](https://github.com/sepro)
+        - [c63b4e2](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c63b4e2a2b81cc78397c8709ef53ffd29bada213) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [matyb08](https://github.com/matyb08), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
         - [335653b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/335653be82d5ef999cfc2879d005397402eebec1) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
 - **devscripts**: [Improve `install_deps` script](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/73922e66e437fb4bb618bdc119a96375081bf508) ([#14766](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14766)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
 - **test**: [Skip flaky tests if source unchanged](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ade8c2b36ff300edef87d48fd1ba835ac35c5b63) ([#14970](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14970)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: yt-dlp
-Version: 2025.12.6.232939.dev0
+Version: 2025.12.8.550.dev0
 Summary: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
 Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme
 Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Requires-Dist: pycryptodomex; extra == 'default'
 Requires-Dist: requests<3,>=2.32.2; extra == 'default'
 Requires-Dist: urllib3<3,>=2.0.2; extra == 'default'
 Requires-Dist: websockets>=13.0; extra == 'default'
-Requires-Dist: yt-dlp-ejs==0.3.1; extra == 'default'
+Requires-Dist: yt-dlp-ejs==0.3.2; extra == 'default'
 Provides-Extra: dev
 Requires-Dist: autopep8~=2.0; extra == 'dev'
 Requires-Dist: pre-commit; extra == 'dev'
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions a
 On Windows, [Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe) is also necessary to run yt-dlp. You probably already have this, but if the executable throws an error due to missing `MSVCR100.dll` you need to install it manually.
 -->
 
-While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs` and a JavaScript runtime are highly recommended
+While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs` and a supported JavaScript runtime/engine are highly recommended
 
 ### Strongly recommended
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs`
 
 * [**yt-dlp-ejs**](https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs) - Required for deciphering YouTube n/sig values. Licensed under [Unlicense](https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/blob/main/LICENSE), bundles [MIT](https://github.com/davidbonnet/astring/blob/main/LICENSE) and [ISC](https://github.com/meriyah/meriyah/blob/main/LICENSE.md) components.
 
-    A JavaScript runtime like [**deno**](https://deno.land) (recommended), [**node.js**](https://nodejs.org), [**bun**](https://bun.sh), or [**QuickJS**](https://bellard.org/quickjs/) is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See [the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS).
+    A JavaScript runtime/engine like [**deno**](https://deno.land) (recommended), [**node.js**](https://nodejs.org), [**bun**](https://bun.sh), or [**QuickJS**](https://bellard.org/quickjs/) is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See [the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS).
 
 ### Networking
 * [**certifi**](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi)\* - Provides Mozilla's root certificate bundle. Licensed under [MPLv2](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/blob/master/LICENSE)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs`
 The following provide support for impersonating browser requests. This may be required for some sites that employ TLS fingerprinting.
 
 * [**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]"`
+  * Can be installed with the `curl-cffi` extra, e.g. `pip install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"`
   * Currently included in most builds *except* `yt-dlp` (Unix zipimport binary), `yt-dlp_x86` (Windows 32-bit) and `yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64`
 
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and `pyinstaller` (plus
 You can run the following commands:
 
 ```
-python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-group pyinstaller
+python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-extra pyinstaller
 python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
 python -m bundle.pyinstaller
 ```
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ Tip: Use `CTRL`+`F` (or `Command`+`F`)  to search by keywords
                                     two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code
 
 ## Video Selection:
-    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma separated playlist_index of the items
+    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma-separated playlist_index of the items
                                     to download. You can specify a range using
                                     "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward
                                     compatibility, START-STOP is also supported.
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ The field names themselves (the part inside the parenthesis) can also have some
 
 1. **Default**: A literal default value can be specified for when the field is empty using a `|` separator. This overrides `--output-na-placeholder`. E.g. `%(uploader|Unknown)s`
 
-1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types `diouxXeEfFgGcrs`, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to `B` = **B**ytes, `j` = **j**son (flag `#` for pretty-printing, `+` for Unicode), `h` = HTML escaping, `l` = a comma separated **l**ist (flag `#` for `\n` newline-separated), `q` = a string **q**uoted for the terminal (flag `#` to split a list into different arguments), `D` = add **D**ecimal suffixes (e.g. 10M) (flag `#` to use 1024 as factor), and `S` = **S**anitize as filename (flag `#` for restricted)
+1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types `diouxXeEfFgGcrs`, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to `B` = **B**ytes, `j` = **j**son (flag `#` for pretty-printing, `+` for Unicode), `h` = HTML escaping, `l` = a comma-separated **l**ist (flag `#` for `\n` newline-separated), `q` = a string **q**uoted for the terminal (flag `#` to split a list into different arguments), `D` = add **D**ecimal suffixes (e.g. 10M) (flag `#` to use 1024 as factor), and `S` = **S**anitize as filename (flag `#` for restricted)
 
 1. **Unicode normalization**: The format type `U` can be used for NFC [Unicode normalization](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unicodedata.html#unicodedata.normalize). The alternate form flag (`#`) changes the normalization to NFD and the conversion flag `+` can be used for NFKC/NFKD compatibility equivalence normalization. E.g. `%(title)+.100U` is NFKC
 
@@ -1867,8 +1867,8 @@ Metadata fields            | From
 `track`                    | `track_number`
 `artist`                   | `artist`, `artists`, `creator`, `creators`, `uploader` or `uploader_id`
 `composer`                 | `composer` or `composers`
-`genre`                    | `genre` or `genres`
-`album`                    | `album`
+`genre`                    | `genre`, `genres`, `categories` or `tags`
+`album`                    | `album` or `series`
 `album_artist`             | `album_artist` or `album_artists`
 `disc`                     | `disc_number`
 `show`                     | `series`
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ 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_sdkless`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_simply`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv,android_sdkless,web` is used. If no JavaScript runtime is available, then `android_sdkless,web_safari,web` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web_safari,web` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator,web` is used for 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_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_sdkless`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_simply`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv,android_sdkless,web` is used. If no JavaScript runtime/engine is available, then `android_sdkless,web_safari,web` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web_safari,web` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator,web` is used for 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.
@@ -1936,14 +1936,14 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `raise_incomplete_data`: `Incomplete Data Received` raises an error instead of reporting a warning
 * `data_sync_id`: Overrides the account Data Sync ID used in Innertube API requests. This may be needed if you are using an account with `youtube:player_skip=webpage,configs` or `youtubetab:skip=webpage`
 * `visitor_data`: Overrides the Visitor Data used in Innertube API requests. This should be used with `player_skip=webpage,configs` and without cookies. Note: this may have adverse effects if used improperly. If a session from a browser is wanted, you should pass cookies instead (which contain the Visitor ID)
-* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma seperated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY`. Context can be any of `gvs` (Google Video Server URLs), `player` (Innertube player request) or `subs` (Subtitles)
+* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma-separated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY`. Context can be any of `gvs` (Google Video Server URLs), `player` (Innertube player request) or `subs` (Subtitles)
 * `pot_trace`: Enable debug logging for PO Token fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `fetch_pot`: Policy to use for fetching a PO Token from providers. One of `always` (always try fetch a PO Token regardless if the client requires one for the given context), `never` (never fetch a PO Token), or `auto` (default; only fetch a PO Token if the client requires one for the given context)
 * `jsc_trace`: Enable debug logging for JS Challenge fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `web`, `web_safari`, `web_music` and `mweb` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 
 #### youtube-ejs
-* `jitless`: Run suported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered unsecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
+* `jitless`: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered insecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 
 #### youtubepot-webpo
 * `bind_to_visitor_id`: Whether to use the Visitor ID instead of Visitor Data for caching WebPO tokens. Either `true` (default) or `false`

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/README.md

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions a
 On Windows, [Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe) is also necessary to run yt-dlp. You probably already have this, but if the executable throws an error due to missing `MSVCR100.dll` you need to install it manually.
 -->
 
-While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs` and a JavaScript runtime are highly recommended
+While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs` and a supported JavaScript runtime/engine are highly recommended
 
 ### Strongly recommended
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs`
 
 * [**yt-dlp-ejs**](https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs) - Required for deciphering YouTube n/sig values. Licensed under [Unlicense](https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/blob/main/LICENSE), bundles [MIT](https://github.com/davidbonnet/astring/blob/main/LICENSE) and [ISC](https://github.com/meriyah/meriyah/blob/main/LICENSE.md) components.
 
-    A JavaScript runtime like [**deno**](https://deno.land) (recommended), [**node.js**](https://nodejs.org), [**bun**](https://bun.sh), or [**QuickJS**](https://bellard.org/quickjs/) is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See [the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS).
+    A JavaScript runtime/engine like [**deno**](https://deno.land) (recommended), [**node.js**](https://nodejs.org), [**bun**](https://bun.sh), or [**QuickJS**](https://bellard.org/quickjs/) is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See [the wiki](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS).
 
 ### Networking
 * [**certifi**](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi)\* - Provides Mozilla's root certificate bundle. Licensed under [MPLv2](https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi/blob/master/LICENSE)
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ While all the other dependencies are optional, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `yt-dlp-ejs`
 The following provide support for impersonating browser requests. This may be required for some sites that employ TLS fingerprinting.
 
 * [**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]"`
+  * Can be installed with the `curl-cffi` extra, e.g. `pip install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"`
   * Currently included in most builds *except* `yt-dlp` (Unix zipimport binary), `yt-dlp_x86` (Windows 32-bit) and `yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64`
 
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and `pyinstaller` (plus
 You can run the following commands:
 
 ```
-python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-group pyinstaller
+python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-extra pyinstaller
 python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
 python -m bundle.pyinstaller
 ```
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Tip: Use `CTRL`+`F` (or `Command`+`F`)  to search by keywords
                                     two-letter ISO 3166-2 country code
 
 ## Video Selection:
-    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma separated playlist_index of the items
+    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma-separated playlist_index of the items
                                     to download. You can specify a range using
                                     "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward
                                     compatibility, START-STOP is also supported.
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ The field names themselves (the part inside the parenthesis) can also have some
 
 1. **Default**: A literal default value can be specified for when the field is empty using a `|` separator. This overrides `--output-na-placeholder`. E.g. `%(uploader|Unknown)s`
 
-1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types `diouxXeEfFgGcrs`, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to `B` = **B**ytes, `j` = **j**son (flag `#` for pretty-printing, `+` for Unicode), `h` = HTML escaping, `l` = a comma separated **l**ist (flag `#` for `\n` newline-separated), `q` = a string **q**uoted for the terminal (flag `#` to split a list into different arguments), `D` = add **D**ecimal suffixes (e.g. 10M) (flag `#` to use 1024 as factor), and `S` = **S**anitize as filename (flag `#` for restricted)
+1. **More Conversions**: In addition to the normal format types `diouxXeEfFgGcrs`, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to `B` = **B**ytes, `j` = **j**son (flag `#` for pretty-printing, `+` for Unicode), `h` = HTML escaping, `l` = a comma-separated **l**ist (flag `#` for `\n` newline-separated), `q` = a string **q**uoted for the terminal (flag `#` to split a list into different arguments), `D` = add **D**ecimal suffixes (e.g. 10M) (flag `#` to use 1024 as factor), and `S` = **S**anitize as filename (flag `#` for restricted)
 
 1. **Unicode normalization**: The format type `U` can be used for NFC [Unicode normalization](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unicodedata.html#unicodedata.normalize). The alternate form flag (`#`) changes the normalization to NFD and the conversion flag `+` can be used for NFKC/NFKD compatibility equivalence normalization. E.g. `%(title)+.100U` is NFKC
 
@@ -1802,8 +1802,8 @@ Metadata fields            | From
 `track`                    | `track_number`
 `artist`                   | `artist`, `artists`, `creator`, `creators`, `uploader` or `uploader_id`
 `composer`                 | `composer` or `composers`
-`genre`                    | `genre` or `genres`
-`album`                    | `album`
+`genre`                    | `genre`, `genres`, `categories` or `tags`
+`album`                    | `album` or `series`
 `album_artist`             | `album_artist` or `album_artists`
 `disc`                     | `disc_number`
 `show`                     | `series`
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ 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_sdkless`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_simply`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv,android_sdkless,web` is used. If no JavaScript runtime is available, then `android_sdkless,web_safari,web` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web_safari,web` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator,web` is used for 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_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_sdkless`, `android_vr`, `tv`, `tv_simply`, `tv_downgraded`, and `tv_embedded`. By default, `tv,android_sdkless,web` is used. If no JavaScript runtime/engine is available, then `android_sdkless,web_safari,web` is used. If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then `tv_downgraded,web_safari,web` is used for free accounts and `tv_downgraded,web_creator,web` is used for 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.
@@ -1871,14 +1871,14 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `raise_incomplete_data`: `Incomplete Data Received` raises an error instead of reporting a warning
 * `data_sync_id`: Overrides the account Data Sync ID used in Innertube API requests. This may be needed if you are using an account with `youtube:player_skip=webpage,configs` or `youtubetab:skip=webpage`
 * `visitor_data`: Overrides the Visitor Data used in Innertube API requests. This should be used with `player_skip=webpage,configs` and without cookies. Note: this may have adverse effects if used improperly. If a session from a browser is wanted, you should pass cookies instead (which contain the Visitor ID)
-* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma seperated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY`. Context can be any of `gvs` (Google Video Server URLs), `player` (Innertube player request) or `subs` (Subtitles)
+* `po_token`:  Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma-separated list of PO Tokens in the format `CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN`, e.g. `youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY`. Context can be any of `gvs` (Google Video Server URLs), `player` (Innertube player request) or `subs` (Subtitles)
 * `pot_trace`: Enable debug logging for PO Token fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `fetch_pot`: Policy to use for fetching a PO Token from providers. One of `always` (always try fetch a PO Token regardless if the client requires one for the given context), `never` (never fetch a PO Token), or `auto` (default; only fetch a PO Token if the client requires one for the given context)
 * `jsc_trace`: Enable debug logging for JS Challenge fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `web`, `web_safari`, `web_music` and `mweb` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 
 #### youtube-ejs
-* `jitless`: Run suported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered unsecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
+* `jitless`: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered insecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 
 #### youtubepot-webpo
 * `bind_to_visitor_id`: Whether to use the Visitor ID instead of Visitor Data for caching WebPO tokens. Either `true` (default) or `false`

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/README.txt

@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported. Other
 versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
 
 While all the other dependencies are optional, ffmpeg, ffprobe,
-yt-dlp-ejs and a JavaScript runtime are highly recommended
+yt-dlp-ejs and a supported JavaScript runtime/engine are highly
+recommended
 
 Strongly recommended
 
@@ -267,8 +268,8 @@ Strongly recommended
 -   yt-dlp-ejs - Required for deciphering YouTube n/sig values. Licensed
     under Unlicense, bundles MIT and ISC components.
 
-    A JavaScript runtime like deno (recommended), node.js, bun, or
-    QuickJS is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See the wiki.
+    A JavaScript runtime/engine like deno (recommended), node.js, bun,
+    or QuickJS is also required to run yt-dlp-ejs. See the wiki.
 
 Networking
 
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ may be required for some sites that employ TLS fingerprinting.
 -   curl_cffi (recommended) - Python binding for curl-impersonate.
     Provides impersonation targets for Chrome, Edge and Safari. Licensed
     under MIT
-    -   Can be installed with the curl-cffi group, e.g.
+    -   Can be installed with the curl-cffi extra, e.g.
         pip install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"
     -   Currently included in most builds except yt-dlp (Unix zipimport
         binary), yt-dlp_x86 (Windows 32-bit) and
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ will be built for the same CPU architecture as the Python used.
 
 You can run the following commands:
 
-    python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-group pyinstaller
+    python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-extra pyinstaller
     python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
     python -m bundle.pyinstaller
 
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ Geo-restriction:
 
 Video Selection:
 
-    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma separated playlist_index of the items
+    -I, --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC  Comma-separated playlist_index of the items
                                     to download. You can specify a range using
                                     "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward
                                     compatibility, START-STOP is also supported.
@@ -1481,7 +1482,7 @@ have some special formatting:
 7.  More Conversions: In addition to the normal format types
     diouxXeEfFgGcrs, yt-dlp additionally supports converting to B =
     Bytes, j = json (flag # for pretty-printing, + for Unicode), h =
-    HTML escaping, l = a comma separated list (flag # for \n
+    HTML escaping, l = a comma-separated list (flag # for \n
     newline-separated), q = a string quoted for the terminal (flag # to
     split a list into different arguments), D = add Decimal suffixes
     (e.g. 10M) (flag # to use 1024 as factor), and S = Sanitize as
@@ -2223,9 +2224,9 @@ metadata:
 
   composer                  composer or composers
 
-  genre                     genre or genres
+  genre                     genre, genres, categories or tags
 
-  album                     album
+  album                     album or series
 
   album_artist              album_artist or album_artists
 
@@ -2297,7 +2298,7 @@ youtube
     available clients are web, web_safari, web_embedded, web_music,
     web_creator, mweb, ios, android, android_sdkless, android_vr, tv,
     tv_simply, tv_downgraded, and tv_embedded. By default,
-    tv,android_sdkless,web is used. If no JavaScript runtime is
+    tv,android_sdkless,web is used. If no JavaScript runtime/engine is
     available, then android_sdkless,web_safari,web is used. If logged-in
     cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then tv_downgraded,web_safari,web is
     used for free accounts and tv_downgraded,web_creator,web is used for
@@ -2363,7 +2364,7 @@ youtube
     without cookies. Note: this may have adverse effects if used
     improperly. If a session from a browser is wanted, you should pass
     cookies instead (which contain the Visitor ID)
--   po_token: Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma seperated list
+-   po_token: Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use. Comma-separated list
     of PO Tokens in the format CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN, e.g.
     youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY.
     Context can be any of gvs (Google Video Server URLs), player
@@ -2385,10 +2386,10 @@ youtube
 
 youtube-ejs
 
--   jitless: Run suported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported
-    runtimes are deno, node and bun. Provides better security at the
-    cost of performance/speed. Do note that node and bun are still
-    considered unsecure. Either true or false (default)
+-   jitless: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode.
+    Supported runtimes are deno, node and bun. Provides better security
+    at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that node and bun are
+    still considered insecure. Either true or false (default)
 
 youtubepot-webpo
 

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ complete --command yt-dlp --long-option geo-bypass-country
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option geo-bypass-ip-block
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option playlist-start
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option playlist-end
-complete --command yt-dlp --long-option playlist-items --short-option I --description 'Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download. You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'
+complete --command yt-dlp --long-option playlist-items --short-option I --description 'Comma-separated playlist_index of the items to download. You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the items at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option match-title
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option reject-title
 complete --command yt-dlp --long-option min-filesize --description 'Abort download if filesize is smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M'

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/devscripts/changelog_override.json

@@ -319,5 +319,11 @@
         "action": "add",
         "when": "6224a3898821965a7d6a2cb9cc2de40a0fd6e6bc",
         "short": "[priority] **An external JavaScript runtime is now required for full YouTube support**\nyt-dlp now requires users to have an external JavaScript runtime (e.g. Deno) installed in order to solve the JavaScript challenges presented by YouTube. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "c63b4e2a2b81cc78397c8709ef53ffd29bada213",
+        "short": "[cleanup] Misc (#14767)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly", "seproDev", "matyb08"]
     }
 ]

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/devscripts/install_deps.py

@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ def parse_args():
         '-e', '--exclude-dependency', metavar='DEPENDENCY', action='append',
         help='exclude a dependency (can be used multiple times)')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-i', '--include-group', metavar='GROUP', action='append',
-        help='include an optional dependency group (can be used multiple times)')
+        '-i', '--include-extra', metavar='EXTRA', action='append',
+        help='include an extra/optional-dependencies list (can be used multiple times)')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-c', '--cherry-pick', metavar='DEPENDENCY', action='append',
         help=(
             'only include a specific dependency from the resulting dependency list '
             '(can be used multiple times)'))
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-o', '--only-optional-groups', action='store_true',
-        help='omit default dependencies unless the "default" group is specified with --include-group')
+        '-o', '--omit-default', action='store_true',
+        help='omit the "default" extra unless it is explicitly included (it is included by default)')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-p', '--print', action='store_true',
         help='only print requirements to stdout')
@@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ def uniq(arg) -> dict[str, None]:
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
     project_table = parse_toml(read_file(args.input))['project']
-    recursive_pattern = re.compile(rf'{project_table["name"]}\[(?P<group_name>[\w-]+)\]')
-    optional_groups = project_table['optional-dependencies']
+    recursive_pattern = re.compile(rf'{project_table["name"]}\[(?P<extra_name>[\w-]+)\]')
+    extras = project_table['optional-dependencies']
 
     excludes = uniq(args.exclude_dependency)
     only_includes = uniq(args.cherry_pick)
-    include_groups = uniq(args.include_group)
+    include_extras = uniq(args.include_extra)
 
-    def yield_deps(group):
-        for dep in group:
+    def yield_deps(extra):
+        for dep in extra:
             if mobj := recursive_pattern.fullmatch(dep):
-                yield from optional_groups.get(mobj.group('group_name'), ())
+                yield from extras.get(mobj.group('extra_name'), ())
             else:
                 yield dep
 
     targets = {}
-    if not args.only_optional_groups:
+    if not args.omit_default:
         # legacy: 'dependencies' is empty now
         targets.update(dict.fromkeys(project_table['dependencies']))
-        targets.update(dict.fromkeys(yield_deps(optional_groups['default'])))
+        targets.update(dict.fromkeys(yield_deps(extras['default'])))
 
-    for include in filter(None, map(optional_groups.get, include_groups)):
+    for include in filter(None, map(extras.get, include_extras)):
         targets.update(dict.fromkeys(yield_deps(include)))
 
     def target_filter(target):

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/devscripts/make_changelog.py

@@ -251,7 +251,13 @@ class CommitRange:
         ''', re.VERBOSE | re.DOTALL)
     EXTRACTOR_INDICATOR_RE = re.compile(r'(?:Fix|Add)\s+Extractors?', re.IGNORECASE)
     REVERT_RE = re.compile(r'(?:\[[^\]]+\]\s+)?(?i:Revert)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
-    FIXES_RE = re.compile(r'(?i:(?:bug\s*)?fix(?:es)?(?:\s+bugs?)?(?:\s+in|\s+for)?|Improve)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
+    FIXES_RE = re.compile(r'''
+        (?i:
+            (?:bug\s*)?fix(?:es)?(?:
+                \s+(?:bugs?|regression(?:\s+introduced)?)
+            )?(?:\s+(?:in|for|from|by))?
+            |Improve
+        )\s+([\da-f]{40})''', re.VERBOSE)
     UPSTREAM_MERGE_RE = re.compile(r'Update to ytdl-commit-([\da-f]+)')
 
     def __init__(self, start, end, default_author=None):

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/pyproject.toml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ default = [
     "requests>=2.32.2,<3",
     "urllib3>=2.0.2,<3",
     "websockets>=13.0",
-    "yt-dlp-ejs==0.3.1",
+    "yt-dlp-ejs==0.3.2",
 ]
 curl-cffi = [
     "curl-cffi>=0.5.10,!=0.6.*,!=0.7.*,!=0.8.*,!=0.9.*,<0.14; implementation_name=='cpython'",

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/test/test_utils.py

@@ -1403,6 +1403,9 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('1'), (1,))
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('10.23.344'), (10, 23, 344))
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('10.1-6'), (10, 1, 6))  # avconv style
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('invalid', lenient=True), (-1,))
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('1.2.3', lenient=True), (1, 2, 3))
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('12.34-something', lenient=True), (12, 34, -1))
 
     def test_detect_exe_version(self):
         self.assertEqual(detect_exe_version('''ffmpeg version 1.2.1

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/yt-dlp.1

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ One of \[dq]default\[dq] (only when known to be useful),
 .SS Video Selection:
 .TP
 -I, --playlist-items \f[I]ITEM_SPEC\f[R]
-Comma separated playlist_index of the items to download.
+Comma-separated playlist_index of the items to download.
 You can specify a range using \[dq][START]:[STOP][:STEP]\[dq].
 For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported.
 Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ E.g.
 \f[V]diouxXeEfFgGcrs\f[R], yt-dlp additionally supports converting to
 \f[V]B\f[R] = \f[B]B\f[R]ytes, \f[V]j\f[R] = \f[B]j\f[R]son (flag
 \f[V]#\f[R] for pretty-printing, \f[V]+\f[R] for Unicode), \f[V]h\f[R] =
-HTML escaping, \f[V]l\f[R] = a comma separated \f[B]l\f[R]ist (flag
+HTML escaping, \f[V]l\f[R] = a comma-separated \f[B]l\f[R]ist (flag
 \f[V]#\f[R] for \f[V]\[rs]n\f[R] newline-separated), \f[V]q\f[R] = a
 string \f[B]q\f[R]uoted for the terminal (flag \f[V]#\f[R] to split a
 list into different arguments), \f[V]D\f[R] = add \f[B]D\f[R]ecimal
@@ -2582,12 +2582,13 @@ T}
 T{
 \f[V]genre\f[R]
 T}@T{
-\f[V]genre\f[R] or \f[V]genres\f[R]
+\f[V]genre\f[R], \f[V]genres\f[R], \f[V]categories\f[R] or
+\f[V]tags\f[R]
 T}
 T{
 \f[V]album\f[R]
 T}@T{
-\f[V]album\f[R]
+\f[V]album\f[R] or \f[V]series\f[R]
 T}
 T{
 \f[V]album_artist\f[R]
@@ -2695,7 +2696,7 @@ The currently available clients are \f[V]web\f[R], \f[V]web_safari\f[R],
 \f[V]android_sdkless\f[R], \f[V]android_vr\f[R], \f[V]tv\f[R],
 \f[V]tv_simply\f[R], \f[V]tv_downgraded\f[R], and \f[V]tv_embedded\f[R].
 By default, \f[V]tv,android_sdkless,web\f[R] is used.
-If no JavaScript runtime is available, then
+If no JavaScript runtime/engine is available, then
 \f[V]android_sdkless,web_safari,web\f[R] is used.
 If logged-in cookies are passed to yt-dlp, then
 \f[V]tv_downgraded,web_safari,web\f[R] is used for free accounts and
@@ -2801,7 +2802,7 @@ If a session from a browser is wanted, you should pass cookies instead
 (which contain the Visitor ID)
 .IP \[bu] 2
 \f[V]po_token\f[R]: Proof of Origin (PO) Token(s) to use.
-Comma seperated list of PO Tokens in the format
+Comma-separated list of PO Tokens in the format
 \f[V]CLIENT.CONTEXT+PO_TOKEN\f[R], e.g.
 \f[V]youtube:po_token=web.gvs+XXX,web.player=XXX,web_safari.gvs+YYY\f[R].
 Context can be any of \f[V]gvs\f[R] (Google Video Server URLs),
@@ -2830,11 +2831,11 @@ Only effective with the \f[V]web\f[R], \f[V]web_safari\f[R],
 Either \f[V]true\f[R] or \f[V]false\f[R] (default)
 .SS youtube-ejs
 .IP \[bu] 2
-\f[V]jitless\f[R]: Run suported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode.
+\f[V]jitless\f[R]: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode.
 Supported runtimes are \f[V]deno\f[R], \f[V]node\f[R] and \f[V]bun\f[R].
 Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed.
 Do note that \f[V]node\f[R] and \f[V]bun\f[R] are still considered
-unsecure.
+insecure.
 Either \f[V]true\f[R] or \f[V]false\f[R] (default)
 .SS youtubepot-webpo
 .IP \[bu] 2
@@ -3164,8 +3165,8 @@ Python versions 3.10+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported.
 Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
 .PP
 While all the other dependencies are optional, \f[V]ffmpeg\f[R],
-\f[V]ffprobe\f[R], \f[V]yt-dlp-ejs\f[R] and a JavaScript runtime are
-highly recommended
+\f[V]ffprobe\f[R], \f[V]yt-dlp-ejs\f[R] and a supported JavaScript
+runtime/engine are highly recommended
 .SS Strongly recommended
 .IP \[bu] 2
 \f[B]ffmpeg\f[R] and \f[B]ffprobe\f[R] (https://www.ffmpeg.org) -
@@ -3197,7 +3198,7 @@ ISC (https://github.com/meriyah/meriyah/blob/main/LICENSE.md)
 components.
 .RS 2
 .PP
-A JavaScript runtime like \f[B]deno\f[R] (https://deno.land)
+A JavaScript runtime/engine like \f[B]deno\f[R] (https://deno.land)
 (recommended), \f[B]node.js\f[R] (https://nodejs.org),
 \f[B]bun\f[R] (https://bun.sh), or
 \f[B]QuickJS\f[R] (https://bellard.org/quickjs/) is also required to run
@@ -3240,7 +3241,7 @@ Licensed under
 MIT (https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi/blob/main/LICENSE)
 .RS 2
 .IP \[bu] 2
-Can be installed with the \f[V]curl-cffi\f[R] group, e.g.
+Can be installed with the \f[V]curl-cffi\f[R] extra, e.g.
 \f[V]pip install \[dq]yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]\[dq]\f[R]
 .IP \[bu] 2
 Currently included in most builds \f[I]except\f[R] \f[V]yt-dlp\f[R]
@@ -3329,7 +3330,7 @@ You can run the following commands:
 .IP
 .nf
 \f[C]
-python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-group pyinstaller
+python devscripts/install_deps.py --include-extra pyinstaller
 python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
 python -m bundle.pyinstaller
 \f[R]

{yt_dlp-2025.12.6.232939.dev0 → yt_dlp-2025.12.8.550.dev0}/yt_dlp/cookies.py

@@ -212,9 +212,16 @@ def _firefox_browser_dirs():
 
     else:
         yield from map(os.path.expanduser, (
+            # New installations of FF147+ respect the XDG base directory specification
+            # Ref: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259356
+            os.path.join(_config_home(), 'mozilla/firefox'),
+            # Existing FF version<=146 installations
             '~/.mozilla/firefox',
-            '~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox',
+            # Flatpak XDG: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/conventions.html#xdg-base-directories
+            '~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/config/mozilla/firefox',
             '~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox',
+            # Snap installations do not respect the XDG base directory specification
+            '~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox',
         ))