An external JavaScript runtime is now required for full YouTube support
yt-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
This PR contains the following updates:
| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme) | minor | `==2025.10.22` -> `==2025.11.12` |
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### Release Notes
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<summary>yt-dlp/yt-dlp (yt-dlp)</summary>
### [`v2025.11.12`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/HEAD/Changelog.md#20251112)
[Compare Source](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/compare/2025.10.22...2025.11.12)
##### Important changes
- **An external JavaScript runtime is now required for full YouTube support**
yt-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)
##### Core changes
- **cookies**
- [Allow `--cookies-from-browser` for Safari on iOS](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e6414d64e73d86d65bb357e5ad59d0ca080d5812) ([#​14950](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14950)) by [pha1n0q](https://github.com/pha1n0q)
- [Support Firefox cookies database v17](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bf7e04e9d8bd3c4a4614b67ce617b7ae5d17d62a) ([#​15010](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15010)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
- **sponsorblock**: [Add `hook` category](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/52f3c56e83bbb25eec2496b0499768753732a093) ([#​14845](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14845)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **update**: [Fix PyInstaller onedir variant detection](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1c2ad94353d1c9e03615d20b6bbfc293286c7a32) ([#​14800](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14800)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
##### Extractor changes
- **1tv**: live: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/19c5d7c53013440ec4f3f56ebbb067531b272f3f) ([#​14299](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14299)) by [swayll](https://github.com/swayll)
- **ardaudiothek**: [Add extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0046fbcbfceee32fa2f68a8ea00cca02765470b6) ([#​14309](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14309)) by [evilpie](https://github.com/evilpie), [marieell](https://github.com/marieell)
- **bunnycdn**
- [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/228ae9f0f2b441fa1296db2ed2b7afbd4a9a62a1) ([#​14954](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14954)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- [Support player subdomain URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3ef867451cd9604b4195dfee00db768619629b2d) ([#​14979](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14979)) by [einstein95](https://github.com/einstein95)
- **discoverynetworksde**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/10dea209d2460daf924c93835ddc2f0301cf2cd4) ([#​14818](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14818)) by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf), [w4grfw](https://github.com/w4grfw) (With fixes in [f3c255b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f3c255b63bd26069151fc3d3ba6dc626bb62ad6e) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly))
- **floatplane**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1ac7e6005cd3be9fff0b28be189c3a68ecd4c593) ([#​14984](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14984)) by [i3p9](https://github.com/i3p9)
- **googledrive**
- [Fix subtitles extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6d05cee4df30774ddce5c5c751fd2118f40c24fe) ([#​14809](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14809)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/70f1098312fe53bc85358f7bd624370878b2fa28) ([#​14746](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14746)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **kika**: [Do not extract non-existent subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/79f9232ffbd57dde91c372b673b42801edaa9e53) ([#​14813](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14813)) by [InvalidUsernameException](https://github.com/InvalidUsernameException)
- **mux**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a0bda3b78609593ce1127215fc035c1a308a89b6) ([#​14914](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14914)) by [PierceLBrooks](https://github.com/PierceLBrooks), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **nascarclassics**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e8a6b1ca92f2a0ce2c187668165be23dc5506aab) ([#​14866](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14866)) by [JrM2628](https://github.com/JrM2628)
- **nbc**: [Detect and discard DRM formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ee3a106f34124f0e2d28f062f5302863fd7639be) ([#​14844](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14844)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **ntv.ru**: [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5dde0d0c9fcef2ce57e486b2e563e0dff9b2845a) ([#​14934](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14934)) by [anlar](https://github.com/anlar), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev) (With fixes in [a86eeaa](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a86eeaadf236ceaf6bb232eb410cf21572538aa6) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev))
- **play.tv**: [Update extractor for new domain](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/73fd850d170e01c47c31aaa6aa8fe90856d9ad18) ([#​14905](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14905)) by [thomasmllt](https://github.com/thomasmllt)
- **tubetugraz**: [Support alternate URL format](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f3597cfafcab4d7d4c6d41bff3647681301f1e6b) ([#​14718](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14718)) by [krystophny](https://github.com/krystophny)
- **twitch**
- [Fix playlist extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cb78440e468608fd55546280b537387d375335f2) ([#​15008](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15008)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [ctengel](https://github.com/ctengel)
- stream: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7eff676183518175ce495ae63291c89f9b39f02a) ([#​14988](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14988)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- vod: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b46c572b26be15683584102c5fb7e7bfde0c9821) ([#​14999](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14999)) by [Zer0spectrum](https://github.com/Zer0spectrum)
- **urplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/808b1fed76fbd07840cc23a346c11334e3d34f43) ([#​14785](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14785)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **web.archive**: youtube: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d9e3011fd1c3a75871a50e78533afe78ad427ce3) ([#​14753](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14753)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- **xhamster**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a1d6351c3fc82c07fa0ee70811ed84807f6bbb58) ([#​14948](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14948)) by [CaramelConnoisseur](https://github.com/CaramelConnoisseur), [dhwz](https://github.com/dhwz)
- **youtube**
- [Add `tv_downgraded` client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/61cf34f5447177a73ba25ea9a47d7df516ca3b3b) ([#​14887](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14887)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev) (With fixes in [fa35eb2](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fa35eb27eaf27df7b5854f527a89fc828c9e0ec0))
- [Fix `web_embedded` client extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d6ee67725397807bbb5edcd0b2c94f5bca62d3f4) ([#​14843](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14843)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- [Fix auto-generated metadata extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a56217f9f6c594f6c419ce8dce9134198a9d90d0) ([#​13896](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13896)) by [TheQWERTYCodr](https://github.com/TheQWERTYCodr)
- [Fix original language detection](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/afc44022d0b736b2b3e87b52490bd35c53c53632) ([#​14919](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14919)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- [Implement external n/sig solver](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6224a3898821965a7d6a2cb9cc2de40a0fd6e6bc) ([#​14157](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14157)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev) (With fixes in [4b4223b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4b4223b436fb03a12628679daed32ae4fc15ae4b), [ee98be4](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ee98be4ad767b77e4d8dd9bfd3c7d10f2e8397ff), [c0c9f30](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c0c9f30695db314df084e8701a7c376eb54f283c), [cacd163](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cacd1630a1a59e92f857d0d175c8730cffbf9801), [8636a9b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/8636a9bac3bed99984c1e297453660468ecf504b))
- [Support collaborators](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f87cfadb5c3cba8e9dc4231c9554548e9edb3882) ([#​14677](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14677)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
- tab: [Fix duration extraction for feeds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1d2f0edaf978a5541cfb8f7e83fec433c65c1011) ([#​14668](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14668)) by [WeidiDeng](https://github.com/WeidiDeng)
##### Downloader changes
- **ffmpeg**
- [Apply `ffmpeg_args` for each format](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ffb7b7f446b6c67a28c66598ae91f4f2263e0d75) ([#​14886](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14886)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- [Limit read rate for DASH livestreams](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7af6d81f35aea8832023daa30ada10e6673a0529) ([#​14918](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14918)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
##### Networking changes
- [Ensure underlying file object is closed when fully read](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5767fb4ab108dddb07fc839a3b0f4d323a7c4bea) ([#​14935](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14935)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
##### Misc. changes
- [Fix zsh path argument completion](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c96e9291ab7bd6e7da66d33424982c8b0b4431c7) ([#​14953](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14953)) by [matyb08](https://github.com/matyb08)
- **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)
- [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)
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==2025.10.22->==2025.11.12Release Notes
yt-dlp/yt-dlp (yt-dlp)
v2025.11.12Compare Source
Important changes
yt-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
Core changes
--cookies-from-browserfor Safari on iOS (#14950) by pha1n0qhookcategory (#14845) by seproDevExtractor changes
tv_downgradedclient (#14887) by seproDev (With fixes in fa35eb2)web_embeddedclient extraction (#14843) by bashonly, seproDevDownloader changes
ffmpeg_argsfor each format (#14886) by bashonlyNetworking changes
Misc. changes
install_depsscript (#14766) by bashonlyConfiguration
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