[ie/PatreonCampaign] Fix `campaign_id` extraction (#10070 )

Closes #10013 Authored by: bashonly
[build] Bump Pyinstaller to `>=6.7.0` for all builds (#10069 )
2024-05-30 23:04:27 +00:00 · 2024-05-30 22:34:02 +00:00 · 2024-05-30 18:53:37 +00:00 · 2024-05-29 23:16:57 +02:00 · 2024-05-29 04:25:05 +00:00 · 2024-05-27 22:35:55 +00:00
1240 changed files with 94025 additions and 46523 deletions
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-name: Broken site
-description: Report broken or misfunctioning site
+name: Broken site support
+description: Report issue with yt-dlp on a supported site
 labels: [triage, site-bug]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,15 +16,15 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a broken site
+        - label: I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.05.18** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
+        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -26,37 +33,46 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form.
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+          required: true
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp **that clearly demonstrates the problem**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.05.18 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.05.18)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: Site support request
 description: Request support for a new site
 labels: [triage, site-request]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -11,13 +18,13 @@ body:
      options:
        - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.05.18** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
+        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -26,8 +33,8 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: example-urls
    attributes:
@ -43,31 +50,41 @@ body:
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide any additional information
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+          required: true
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output **using one of the example URLs provided above**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.05.18 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.05.18)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: Site feature request
 description: Request a new functionality for a supported site
 labels: [triage, site-enhancement]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,13 +16,13 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a site feature request
+        - label: I'm requesting a site-specific feature
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.05.18** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -24,8 +31,8 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: example-urls
    attributes:
@ -39,33 +46,41 @@ body:
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your site feature request in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+          required: true
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp that demonstrates the need for the enhancement.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.05.18 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.05.18)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-name: Bug report
+name: Core bug report
 description: Report a bug unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, bug]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -11,46 +18,54 @@ body:
      options:
        - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.05.18** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
+        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+          required: true
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp **that clearly demonstrates the problem**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.05.18 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.05.18)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
    validations:
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: Feature request
 description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, enhancement]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,45 +16,51 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a feature request
+        - label: I'm requesting a feature unrelated to a specific site
          required: true
        - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.05.18** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your site feature request in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        If your feature request involves an existing yt-dlp command, provide the complete verbose output of that command.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.01 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.01)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ name: Ask question
 description: Ask yt-dlp related question
 labels: [question]
 body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field
+          required: true
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ### Make sure you are **only** asking a question and not reporting a bug or requesting a feature.
+        If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template.
+        If you are in doubt whether this is the right template, **USE ANOTHER TEMPLATE**!
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,45 +22,51 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug/feature request
+        - label: I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug or requesting a feature
          required: true
        - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions including closed ones
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
+          required: true
+        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: question
    attributes:
-      label: Question
-      description: |
-        Ask your question in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure it's worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible.
-        If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template.
-        If you are in doubt if this is the right template, use another template!
-      placeholder: WRITE QUESTION HERE
+      label: Please make sure the question is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
  - type: textarea
    id: log
    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
      description: |
-        If your question involves a yt-dlp command, provide the complete verbose output of that command.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
+        It should start like this:
      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.01 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.01)
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
        <more lines>
      render: shell
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/1_broken_site.yml
@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-name: Broken site
-description: Report broken or misfunctioning site
+name: Broken site support
+description: Report issue with yt-dlp on a supported site
 labels: [triage, site-bug]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,15 +10,15 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a broken site
+        - label: I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
+        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -26,38 +27,14 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form.
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp **that clearly demonstrates the problem**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (%(version)s)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  %(verbose)s
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/2_site_support_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Site support request
 description: Request support for a new site
 labels: [triage, site-request]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -11,13 +12,13 @@ body:
      options:
        - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
+        - label: I've checked that none of provided URLs [violate any copyrights](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy) or contain any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) to the best of my knowledge
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: example-urls
    attributes:
@ -43,32 +44,9 @@ body:
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide any additional information
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output **using one of the example URLs provided above**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (%(version)s)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  %(verbose)s
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/3_site_feature_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Site feature request
 description: Request a new functionality for a supported site
 labels: [triage, site-enhancement]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,13 +10,13 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a site feature request
+        - label: I'm requesting a site-specific feature
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ body:
    id: region
    attributes:
      label: Region
-      description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
-      placeholder: "India"
+      description: Enter the country/region that the site is accessible from
+      placeholder: India
  - type: textarea
    id: example-urls
    attributes:
@ -39,34 +40,9 @@ body:
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your site feature request in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp that demonstrates the need for the enhancement.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (%(version)s)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  %(verbose)s
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/4_bug_report.yml
@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-name: Bug report
+name: Core bug report
 description: Report a bug unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, bug]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -11,47 +12,22 @@ body:
      options:
        - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
        - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
          required: true
-        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
+        - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp **that clearly demonstrates the problem**.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (%(version)s)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
+  %(verbose)s
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/5_feature_request.yml
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Feature request
 description: Request a new functionality unrelated to any particular site or extractor
 labels: [triage, enhancement]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,45 +10,22 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm reporting a feature request
+        - label: I'm requesting a feature unrelated to a specific site
          required: true
        - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
          required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
          required: true
        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: |
-        Provide an explanation of your site feature request in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure the description is worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
-      placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
+      label: Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        If your feature request involves an existing yt-dlp command, provide the complete verbose output of that command.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.01 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.01)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+  %(verbose_optional)s
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/6_question.yml
@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: Ask question
 description: Ask yt-dlp related question
 labels: [question]
 body:
+  %(no_skip)s
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ### Make sure you are **only** asking a question and not reporting a bug or requesting a feature.
+        If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template.
+        If you are in doubt whether this is the right template, **USE ANOTHER TEMPLATE**!
  - type: checkboxes
    id: checklist
    attributes:
@ -9,45 +16,22 @@ body:
      description: |
        Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
      options:
-        - label: I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug/feature request
+        - label: I'm asking a question and **not** reporting a bug or requesting a feature
          required: true
        - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
          required: true
-        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
+        - label: I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
          required: true
-        - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions including closed ones
+        - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
+          required: true
+        - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
          required: true
  - type: textarea
    id: question
    attributes:
-      label: Question
-      description: |
-        Ask your question in an arbitrary form.
-        Please make sure it's worded well enough to be understood, see [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient).
-        Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible.
-        If your question contains "isn't working" or "can you add", this is most likely the wrong template.
-        If you are in doubt if this is the right template, use another template!
-      placeholder: WRITE QUESTION HERE
+      label: Please make sure the question is worded well enough to be understood
+      description: See [is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#is-the-description-of-the-issue-itself-sufficient)
+      placeholder: Provide any additional information and as much context and examples as possible
    validations:
      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: log
-    attributes:
-      label: Verbose log
-      description: |
-        If your question involves a yt-dlp command, provide the complete verbose output of that command.
-        Add the `-vU` flag to **your** command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
-        It should look similar to this:
-      placeholder: |
-        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
-        [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
-        [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
-        [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.01 (exe)
-        [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
-        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
-        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
-        [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.01)
-        <more lines>
-      render: shell
+  %(verbose_optional)s
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
+**IMPORTANT**: PRs without the template will be CLOSED
+
+### Description of your *pull request* and other information
+
 <!--
-# Please follow the guide below
+
+Explanation of your *pull request* in arbitrary form goes here. Please **make sure the description explains the purpose and effect** of your *pull request* and is worded well enough to be understood. Provide as much **context and examples** as possible
+
+-->
+
+ADD DESCRIPTION HERE
+
+Fixes #
+
+
+<details open><summary>Template</summary> <!-- OPEN is intentional -->
+
+<!--
+
+# PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDE BELOW

 - You will be asked some questions, please read them **carefully** and answer honestly
 - Put an `x` into all the boxes `[ ]` relevant to your *pull request* (like [x])
@ -10,9 +28,8 @@
 ### Before submitting a *pull request* make sure you have:
 - [ ] At least skimmed through [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions) including [yt-dlp coding conventions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#yt-dlp-coding-conventions)
 - [ ] [Searched](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/search?q=is%3Apr&type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar pull requests
- [ ] Checked the code with [flake8](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8) and [ran relevant tests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-instructions)

-### In order to be accepted and merged into yt-dlp each piece of code must be in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/). Check one of the following options:
+### In order to be accepted and merged into yt-dlp each piece of code must be in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/). Check all of the following options that apply:
 - [ ] I am the original author of this code and I am willing to release it under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/)
 - [ ] I am not the original author of this code but it is in public domain or released under [Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/) (provide reliable evidence)

@ -22,8 +39,4 @@
 - [ ] Core bug fix/improvement
 - [ ] New feature (It is strongly [recommended to open an issue first](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-new-feature-or-making-overarching-changes))

---
-
-### Description of your *pull request* and other information
-
-Explanation of your *pull request* in arbitrary form goes here. Please **make sure the description explains the purpose and effect** of your *pull request* and is worded well enough to be understood. Provide as much **context and examples** as possible.
+</details>
--- a/.github/banner.svg
+++ b/.github/banner.svg
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@ -1,413 +1,527 @@
-name: Build
-on: workflow_dispatch
+name: Build Artifacts
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      channel:
+        required: false
+        default: stable
+        type: string
+      unix:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      linux_static:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      linux_arm:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      macos:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      macos_legacy:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      windows:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      windows32:
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      origin:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      GPG_SIGNING_KEY:
+        required: false
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: |
+          VERSION: yyyy.mm.dd[.rev] or rev
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      channel:
+        description: |
+          SOURCE of this build's updates: stable/nightly/master/<repo>
+        required: true
+        default: stable
+        type: string
+      unix:
+        description: yt-dlp, yt-dlp.tar.gz
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      linux_static:
+        description: yt-dlp_linux
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      linux_arm:
+        description: yt-dlp_linux_aarch64, yt-dlp_linux_armv7l
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      macos:
+        description: yt-dlp_macos, yt-dlp_macos.zip
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      macos_legacy:
+        description: yt-dlp_macos_legacy
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      windows:
+        description: yt-dlp.exe, yt-dlp_min.exe, yt-dlp_win.zip
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      windows32:
+        description: yt-dlp_x86.exe
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      origin:
+        description: Origin
+        required: false
+        default: 'current repo'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+        - 'current repo'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read

 jobs:
-  build_unix:
+  process:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
-      version_suffix: ${{ steps.version_suffix.outputs.version_suffix }}
-      ytdlp_version: ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-      sha256_bin: ${{ steps.sha256_bin.outputs.sha256_bin }}
-      sha512_bin: ${{ steps.sha512_bin.outputs.sha512_bin }}
-      sha256_tar: ${{ steps.sha256_tar.outputs.sha256_tar }}
-      sha512_tar: ${{ steps.sha512_tar.outputs.sha512_tar }}
+      origin: ${{ steps.process_origin.outputs.origin }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Process origin
+        id: process_origin
+        run: |
+          echo "origin=${{ inputs.origin == 'current repo' && github.repository || inputs.origin }}" | tee "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  unix:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.unix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Needed for changelog
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: |
+          sudo apt -y install zip pandoc man sed
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python devscripts/update_changelog.py -vv
+          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+      - name: Build Unix platform-independent binary
+        run: |
+          make all tar
+      - name: Verify --update-to
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./yt-dlp
+          cp ./yt-dlp ./yt-dlp_downgraded
+          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" ]]
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            yt-dlp
+            yt-dlp.tar.gz
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  linux_static:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.linux_static
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build static executable
+        env:
+          channel: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+          origin: ${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}
+          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir ~/build
+          cd bundle/docker
+          docker compose up --build static
+          sudo chown "${USER}:docker" ~/build/yt-dlp_linux
+      - 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" ]]
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            ~/build/yt-dlp_linux
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  linux_arm:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.linux_arm
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write # for creating cache
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        architecture:
+          - armv7
+          - aarch64

    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
-    - name: Install packages
-      run: sudo apt-get -y install zip pandoc man
-    - name: Set version suffix
-      id: version_suffix
-      env:
-        PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT: ${{ secrets.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT }}
-      if: "env.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT == ''"
-      run: echo ::set-output name=version_suffix::$(date -u +"%H%M%S")
-    - name: Bump version
-      id: bump_version
-      run: |
-        python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ steps.version_suffix.outputs.version_suffix }}
-        make issuetemplates
-    - name: Push to release
-      id: push_release
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name github-actions
-        git config --global user.email github-actions@example.com
-        git add -u
-        git commit -m "[version] update" -m "Created by: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}" -m ":ci skip all"
-        git push origin --force ${{ github.event.ref }}:release
-        echo ::set-output name=head_sha::$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    - name: Update master
-      id: push_master
-      env:
-        PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT: ${{ secrets.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT }}
-      if: "env.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT != ''"
-      run: git push origin ${{ github.event.ref }}
-    - name: Get Changelog
-      id: get_changelog
-      run: |
-        changelog=$(cat Changelog.md | grep -oPz '(?s)(?<=### ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}\n{2}).+?(?=\n{2,3}###)') || true
-        echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "$changelog" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./repo
+      - name: Virtualized Install, Prepare & Build
+        uses: yt-dlp/run-on-arch-action@v2
+        with:
+          # Ref: https://github.com/uraimo/run-on-arch-action/issues/55
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: build
+          githubToken: ${{ github.token }} # To cache image
+          arch: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          distro: ubuntu18.04 # Standalone executable should be built on minimum supported OS
+          dockerRunArgs: --volume "${PWD}/repo:/repo"
+          install: | # Installing Python 3.10 from the Deadsnakes repo raises errors
+            apt update
+            apt -y install zlib1g-dev libffi-dev python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-distutils python3-pip
+            python3.8 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+            # Cannot access any files from the repo directory at this stage
+            python3.8 -m pip install -U Pyinstaller mutagen pycryptodomex websockets brotli certifi secretstorage cffi

-    - name: Build lazy extractors
-      id: lazy_extractors
-      run: python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Run Make
-      run: make all tar
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp
-      id: sha256_bin
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_bin::$(sha256sum yt-dlp | awk '{print $1}')"
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp.tar.gz
-      id: sha256_tar
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_tar::$(sha256sum yt-dlp.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp
-      id: sha512_bin
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_bin::$(sha512sum yt-dlp | awk '{print $1}')"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp.tar.gz
-      id: sha512_tar
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_tar::$(sha512sum yt-dlp.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')"
+          run: |
+            cd repo
+            python3.8 devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
+            python3.8 devscripts/install_deps.py --include pyinstaller --include secretstorage  # Cached version may be out of date
+            python3.8 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+            python3.8 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+            python3.8 -m bundle.pyinstaller

-    - name: Install dependencies for pypi
-      env:
-        PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-      if: "env.PYPI_TOKEN != ''"
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
-    - name: Build and publish on pypi
-      env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-      if: "env.TWINE_PASSWORD != ''"
-      run: |
-        rm -rf dist/*
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        twine upload dist/*
+            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: Install SSH private key
-      env:
-        BREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BREW_TOKEN }}
-      if: "env.BREW_TOKEN != ''"
-      uses: yt-dlp/ssh-agent@v0.5.3
-      with:
-          ssh-private-key: ${{ env.BREW_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Update Homebrew Formulae
-      env:
-        BREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BREW_TOKEN }}
-      if: "env.BREW_TOKEN != ''"
-      run: |
-        git clone git@github.com:yt-dlp/homebrew-taps taps/
-        python3 devscripts/update-formulae.py taps/Formula/yt-dlp.rb "${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}"
-        git -C taps/ config user.name github-actions
-        git -C taps/ config user.email github-actions@example.com
-        git -C taps/ commit -am 'yt-dlp: ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}'
-        git -C taps/ push
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-linux_${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          path: | # run-on-arch-action designates armv7l as armv7
+            repo/dist/yt-dlp_linux_${{ (matrix.architecture == 'armv7' && 'armv7l') || matrix.architecture }}
+          compression-level: 0

-    - name: Create Release
-      id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        tag_name: ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}
-        release_name: yt-dlp ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.ytdlp_version }}
-        commitish: ${{ steps.push_release.outputs.head_sha }}
-        body: |
-          #### [A description of the various files]((https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files)) are in the README
-
-          ---
-
-          ### Changelog:
-          ${{ env.changelog }}
-        draft: false
-        prerelease: false
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp Unix binary
-      id: upload-release-asset
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./yt-dlp
-        asset_name: yt-dlp
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-    - name: Upload Source tar
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./yt-dlp.tar.gz
-        asset_name: yt-dlp.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/gzip
-
-  build_macos:
-    runs-on: macos-11
-    needs: build_unix
-    outputs:
-      sha256_macos: ${{ steps.sha256_macos.outputs.sha256_macos }}
-      sha512_macos: ${{ steps.sha512_macos.outputs.sha512_macos }}
-      sha256_macos_zip: ${{ steps.sha256_macos_zip.outputs.sha256_macos_zip }}
-      sha512_macos_zip: ${{ steps.sha512_macos_zip.outputs.sha512_macos_zip }}
+  macos:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.macos
+    runs-on: macos-12

    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    # In order to create a universal2 application, the version of python3 in /usr/bin has to be used
-    - name: Install Requirements
-      run: |
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # NB: Building universal2 does not work with python from actions/setup-python
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: |
          brew install coreutils
-          /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install -U --user pip Pyinstaller==4.10 -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Bump version
-      id: bump_version
-      run: /usr/bin/python3 devscripts/update-version.py
-    - name: Build lazy extractors
-      id: lazy_extractors
-      run: /usr/bin/python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Run PyInstaller Script
-      run: /usr/bin/python3 pyinst.py --target-architecture universal2 --onefile
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp MacOS binary
-      id: upload-release-macos
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_macos
-        asset_name: yt-dlp_macos
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp_macos
-      id: sha256_macos
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_macos::$(sha256sum dist/yt-dlp_macos | awk '{print $1}')"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp_macos
-      id: sha512_macos
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_macos::$(sha512sum dist/yt-dlp_macos | awk '{print $1}')"
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --user -o --include build
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --print --include pyinstaller > requirements.txt
+          # We need to ignore wheels otherwise we break universal2 builds
+          python3 -m pip install -U --user --no-binary :all: -r requirements.txt
+          # We need to fuse our own universal2 wheels for curl_cffi
+          python3 -m pip install -U --user delocate
+          mkdir curl_cffi_whls curl_cffi_universal2
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --print -o --include curl-cffi > requirements.txt
+          for platform in "macosx_11_0_arm64" "macosx_11_0_x86_64"; do
+            python3 -m pip download \
+              --only-binary=:all: \
+              --platform "${platform}" \
+              --pre -d curl_cffi_whls \
+              -r requirements.txt
+          done
+          ( # Overwrite x86_64-only libs with fat/universal2 libs or else Pyinstaller will do the opposite
+            # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/10069
+            cd curl_cffi_whls
+            mkdir -p curl_cffi/.dylibs
+            python_libdir=$(python3 -c 'import sys; from pathlib import Path; print(Path(sys.path[1]).parent)')
+            for dylib in lib{ssl,crypto}.3.dylib; do
+              cp "${python_libdir}/${dylib}" "curl_cffi/.dylibs/${dylib}"
+              for wheel in curl_cffi*macos*x86_64.whl; do
+                zip "${wheel}" "curl_cffi/.dylibs/${dylib}"
+              done
+            done
+          )
+          python3 -m delocate.cmd.delocate_fuse curl_cffi_whls/curl_cffi*.whl -w curl_cffi_universal2
+          python3 -m delocate.cmd.delocate_fuse curl_cffi_whls/cffi*.whl -w curl_cffi_universal2
+          cd curl_cffi_universal2
+          for wheel in ./*cffi*.whl; do mv -n -- "${wheel}" "${wheel/x86_64/universal2}"; done
+          python3 -m pip install -U --user ./*cffi*.whl

-    - name: Run PyInstaller Script with --onedir
-      run: |
-        /usr/bin/python3 pyinst.py --target-architecture universal2 --onedir
-        zip ./dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip ./dist/yt-dlp_macos
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp MacOS onedir
-      id: upload-release-macos-zip
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip
-        asset_name: yt-dlp_macos.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/zip
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp_macos.zip
-      id: sha256_macos_zip
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_macos_zip::$(sha256sum dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip | awk '{print $1}')"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp_macos.zip
-      id: sha512_macos_zip
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_macos_zip::$(sha512sum dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip | awk '{print $1}')"
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          python3 -m bundle.pyinstaller --target-architecture universal2 --onedir
+          (cd ./dist/yt-dlp_macos && zip -r ../yt-dlp_macos.zip .)
+          python3 -m bundle.pyinstaller --target-architecture universal2

-  build_windows:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    needs: build_unix
-    outputs:
-      sha256_win: ${{ steps.sha256_win.outputs.sha256_win }}
-      sha512_win: ${{ steps.sha512_win.outputs.sha512_win }}
-      sha256_py2exe: ${{ steps.sha256_py2exe.outputs.sha256_py2exe }}
-      sha512_py2exe: ${{ steps.sha512_py2exe.outputs.sha512_py2exe }}
-      sha256_win_zip: ${{ steps.sha256_win_zip.outputs.sha256_win_zip }}
-      sha512_win_zip: ${{ steps.sha512_win_zip.outputs.sha512_win_zip }}
+      - name: Verify --update-to
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./dist/yt-dlp_macos
+          cp ./dist/yt-dlp_macos ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_downgraded
+          version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_macos --version)"
+          ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_downgraded -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
+          downgraded_version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_macos_downgraded --version)"
+          [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            dist/yt-dlp_macos
+            dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  macos_legacy:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.macos_legacy
+    runs-on: macos-12

    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    # 3.8 is used for Win7 support
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
-    - name: Install Requirements
-      # Custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
-      run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel py2exe
-          pip install "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-4.10-py3-none-any.whl" -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Bump version
-      id: bump_version
-      env:
-        version_suffix: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.version_suffix }}
-      run: python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ env.version_suffix }}
-    - name: Build lazy extractors
-      id: lazy_extractors
-      run: python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Run PyInstaller Script
-      run: python pyinst.py
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp.exe Windows binary
-      id: upload-release-windows
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp.exe
-        asset_name: yt-dlp.exe
-        asset_content_type: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp.exe
-      id: sha256_win
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_win::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower())"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp.exe
-      id: sha512_win
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_win::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp.exe -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower())"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Python
+        # We need the official Python, because the GA ones only support newer macOS versions
+        env:
+          PYTHON_VERSION: 3.10.5
+          MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.9 # Used up by the Python build tools
+        run: |
+          # Hack to get the latest patch version. Uncomment if needed
+          #brew install python@3.10
+          #export PYTHON_VERSION=$( $(brew --prefix)/opt/python@3.10/bin/python3 --version | cut -d ' ' -f 2 )
+          curl "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-macos11.pkg" -o "python.pkg"
+          sudo installer -pkg python.pkg -target /
+          python3 --version
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: |
+          brew install coreutils
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --user -o --include build
+          python3 devscripts/install_deps.py --user --include pyinstaller

-    - name: Run PyInstaller Script with --onedir
-      run: |
-        python pyinst.py --onedir
-        Compress-Archive -LiteralPath ./dist/yt-dlp -DestinationPath ./dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp Windows onedir
-      id: upload-release-windows-zip
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
-        asset_name: yt-dlp_win.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/zip
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp_win.zip
-      id: sha256_win_zip
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_win_zip::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp_win.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower())"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp_win.zip
-      id: sha512_win_zip
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_win_zip::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp_win.zip -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower())"
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          python3 -m bundle.pyinstaller
+          mv dist/yt-dlp_macos dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy

-    - name: Run py2exe Script
-      run: python setup.py py2exe
-    - name: Upload yt-dlp_min.exe Windows binary
-      id: upload-release-windows-py2exe
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp.exe
-        asset_name: yt-dlp_min.exe
-        asset_content_type: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp_min.exe
-      id: sha256_py2exe
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_py2exe::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower())"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp_min.exe
-      id: sha512_py2exe
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_py2exe::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp.exe -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower())"
+      - name: Verify --update-to
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy
+          cp ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy_downgraded
+          version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy --version)"
+          ./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy_downgraded -v --update-to yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2023.03.04
+          downgraded_version="$(./dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy_downgraded --version)"
+          [[ "$version" != "$downgraded_version" ]]

-  build_windows32:
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  windows:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.windows
    runs-on: windows-latest
-    needs: build_unix
-
-    outputs:
-      sha256_win32: ${{ steps.sha256_win32.outputs.sha256_win32 }}
-      sha512_win32: ${{ steps.sha512_win32.outputs.sha512_win32 }}

    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    # 3.7 is used for Vista support. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/390
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7 32-Bit
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
-          architecture: 'x86'
-    - name: Install Requirements
-      run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-          pip install "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/i686/pyinstaller-4.10-py3-none-any.whl" -r requirements.txt
-    - name: Bump version
-      id: bump_version
-      env:
-        version_suffix: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.version_suffix }}
-      run: python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ env.version_suffix }}
-    - name: Build lazy extractors
-      id: lazy_extractors
-      run: python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Run PyInstaller Script for 32 Bit
-      run: python pyinst.py
-    - name: Upload Executable yt-dlp_x86.exe
-      id: upload-release-windows32
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_x86.exe
-        asset_name: yt-dlp_x86.exe
-        asset_content_type: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
-    - name: Get SHA2-256SUMS for yt-dlp_x86.exe
-      id: sha256_win32
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha256_win32::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp_x86.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower())"
-    - name: Get SHA2-512SUMS for yt-dlp_x86.exe
-      id: sha512_win32
-      run: echo "::set-output name=sha512_win32::$((Get-FileHash dist\yt-dlp_x86.exe -Algorithm SHA512).Hash.ToLower())"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with: # 3.8 is used for Win7 support
+          python-version: "3.8"
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: | # Custom pyinstaller built with https://github.com/yt-dlp/pyinstaller-builds
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py --include curl-cffi
+          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/x86_64/pyinstaller-6.7.0-py3-none-any.whl"

-  finish:
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          python -m bundle.pyinstaller
+          python -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir
+          Move-Item ./dist/yt-dlp.exe ./dist/yt-dlp_real.exe
+          Compress-Archive -Path ./dist/yt-dlp/* -DestinationPath ./dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
+
+      - name: Install Requirements (py2exe)
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py --include py2exe
+      - name: Build (py2exe)
+        run: |
+          python -m bundle.py2exe
+          Move-Item ./dist/yt-dlp.exe ./dist/yt-dlp_min.exe
+          Move-Item ./dist/yt-dlp_real.exe ./dist/yt-dlp.exe
+
+      - name: Verify --update-to
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        run: |
+          foreach ($name in @("yt-dlp","yt-dlp_min")) {
+            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 $downgraded_version) {
+              exit 1
+            }
+          }
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            dist/yt-dlp.exe
+            dist/yt-dlp_min.exe
+            dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  windows32:
+    needs: process
+    if: inputs.windows32
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+          architecture: "x86"
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py
+          python -m pip install -U "https://yt-dlp.github.io/Pyinstaller-Builds/i686/pyinstaller-6.7.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          python -m bundle.pyinstaller
+
+      - name: Verify --update-to
+        if: vars.UPDATE_TO_VERIFICATION
+        run: |
+          foreach ($name in @("yt-dlp_x86")) {
+            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 $downgraded_version) {
+              exit 1
+            }
+          }
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-bin-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            dist/yt-dlp_x86.exe
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  meta_files:
+    if: always() && !cancelled()
+    needs:
+      - process
+      - unix
+      - linux_static
+      - linux_arm
+      - macos
+      - macos_legacy
+      - windows
+      - windows32
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build_unix, build_windows, build_windows32, build_macos]
-
    steps:
-    - name: Make SHA2-256SUMS file
-      env:
-        SHA256_BIN: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_bin }}
-        SHA256_TAR: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_tar }}
-        SHA256_WIN: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha256_win }}
-        SHA256_PY2EXE: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha256_py2exe }}
-        SHA256_WIN_ZIP: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha256_win_zip }}
-        SHA256_WIN32: ${{ needs.build_windows32.outputs.sha256_win32 }}
-        SHA256_MACOS: ${{ needs.build_macos.outputs.sha256_macos }}
-        SHA256_MACOS_ZIP: ${{ needs.build_macos.outputs.sha256_macos_zip }}
-      run: |
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_BIN }}  yt-dlp" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_TAR }}  yt-dlp.tar.gz" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_WIN }}  yt-dlp.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_PY2EXE }}  yt-dlp_min.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_WIN32 }}  yt-dlp_x86.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_WIN_ZIP }}  yt-dlp_win.zip" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_MACOS }}  yt-dlp_macos" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA256_MACOS_ZIP }}  yt-dlp_macos.zip" >> SHA2-256SUMS
-    - name: Upload 256SUMS file
-      id: upload-sums
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./SHA2-256SUMS
-        asset_name: SHA2-256SUMS
-        asset_content_type: text/plain
-    - name: Make SHA2-512SUMS file
-      env:
-        SHA512_BIN: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_bin }}
-        SHA512_TAR: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_tar }}
-        SHA512_WIN: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha512_win }}
-        SHA512_PY2EXE: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha512_py2exe }}
-        SHA512_WIN_ZIP: ${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha512_win_zip }}
-        SHA512_WIN32: ${{ needs.build_windows32.outputs.sha512_win32 }}
-        SHA512_MACOS: ${{ needs.build_macos.outputs.sha512_macos }}
-        SHA512_MACOS_ZIP: ${{ needs.build_macos.outputs.sha512_macos_zip }}
-      run: |
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_BIN }}  yt-dlp" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_TAR }}  yt-dlp.tar.gz" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_WIN }}  yt-dlp.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_WIN_ZIP }}  yt-dlp_win.zip" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_PY2EXE }}  yt-dlp_min.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_WIN32 }}  yt-dlp_x86.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_MACOS }}  yt-dlp_macos" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-        echo "${{ env.SHA512_MACOS_ZIP }}  yt-dlp_macos.zip" >> SHA2-512SUMS
-    - name: Upload 512SUMS file
-      id: upload-512sums
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./SHA2-512SUMS
-        asset_name: SHA2-512SUMS
-        asset_content_type: text/plain
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifact
+          pattern: build-bin-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Make SHA2-SUMS files
+        run: |
+          cd ./artifact/
+          # make sure SHA sums are also printed to stdout
+          sha256sum -- * | tee ../SHA2-256SUMS
+          sha512sum -- * | tee ../SHA2-512SUMS
+
+      - name: Make Update spec
+        run: |
+          cat >> _update_spec << EOF
+          # This file is used for regulating self-update
+          lock 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
+          lock 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
+          lock 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          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-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-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)
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Sign checksum files
+        env:
+          GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+        if: env.GPG_SIGNING_KEY != ''
+        run: |
+          gpg --batch --import <<< "${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}"
+          for signfile in ./SHA*SUMS; do
+            gpg --batch --detach-sign "$signfile"
+          done
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-${{ github.job }}
+          path: |
+            _update_spec
+            SHA*SUMS*
+          compression-level: 0
+          overwrite: true
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ 'master', 'gh-pages', 'release' ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [ 'master' ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '59 11 * * 5'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'python' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
+        # Use only 'java' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
+        # Use only 'javascript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages (C/C++, C#, Go, Java, or Swift).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+
+    #   If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines.
+    #   modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project, please refer to the EXAMPLE below for guidance.
+
+    # - run: |
+    #     echo "Run, Build Application using script"
+    #     ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 name: Core Tests
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/**
+      - devscripts/**
+      - test/**
+      - yt_dlp/**.py
+      - '!yt_dlp/extractor/*.py'
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/__init__.py
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/**
+      - devscripts/**
+      - test/**
+      - yt_dlp/**.py
+      - '!yt_dlp/extractor/*.py'
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/__init__.py
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+      - yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: core-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
  tests:
    name: Core Tests
@ -9,23 +36,26 @@ jobs:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        # CPython 3.9 is in quick-test
-        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.10', 3.11-dev, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7, pypy-3.8, pypy-3.9]
-        run-tests-ext: [sh]
+        # CPython 3.8 is in quick-test
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
        include:
-        # atleast one of the tests must be in windows
+        # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
        - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: 3.8
-          run-tests-ext: bat
+          python-version: '3.8'
+        - os: windows-latest
+          python-version: '3.12'
+        - os: windows-latest
+          python-version: pypy-3.9
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install pytest
-      run: pip install pytest
+    - name: Install test requirements
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py --include test --include curl-cffi
    - name: Run tests
      continue-on-error: False
-      run: ./devscripts/run_tests.${{ matrix.run-tests-ext }} core
-  # Linter is in quick-test
+      run: |
+        python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true  # Print debug head
+        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py core
--- a/.github/workflows/download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download.yml
@ -1,28 +1,48 @@
 name: Download Tests
 on: [push, pull_request]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
-  tests:
-    name: Download Tests
+  quick:
+    name: Quick Download Tests
    if: "contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci run dl')"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+    - name: Install test requirements
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py --include dev
+    - name: Run tests
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py download
+
+  full:
+    name: Full Download Tests
+    if: "contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci run dl all')"
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: true
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.9', '3.10', 3.11-dev, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7, pypy-3.8, pypy-3.9]
-        run-tests-ext: [sh]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
        include:
+        # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
        - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: 3.8
-          run-tests-ext: bat
+          python-version: '3.8'
+        - os: windows-latest
+          python-version: pypy-3.9
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install pytest
-      run: pip install pytest
+    - name: Install test requirements
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py --include dev
    - name: Run tests
      continue-on-error: true
-      run: ./devscripts/run_tests.${{ matrix.run-tests-ext }} download
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py download
--- a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
 name: Quick Test
 on: [push, pull_request]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
  tests:
    name: Core Test
    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all')"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: '3.8'
    - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest pycryptodomex
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py --include test
    - name: Run tests
-      run: ./devscripts/run_tests.sh core
-  flake8:
-    name: Linter
+      run: |
+        python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true
+        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py core
+  check:
+    name: Code check
    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all')"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Install flake8
-      run: pip install flake8
+        python-version: '3.8'
+    - name: Install dev dependencies
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include static-analysis
    - name: Make lazy extractors
-      run: python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Run flake8
-      run: flake8 .
+      run: python3 ./devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+    - name: Run ruff
+      run: ruff check --output-format github .
+    - name: Run autopep8
+      run: autopep8 --diff .
--- a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Release (master)
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - "yt_dlp/**.py"
+      - "!yt_dlp/version.py"
+      - "bundle/*.py"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "Makefile"
+      - ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+concurrency:
+  group: release-master
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    if: vars.BUILD_MASTER != ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
+    with:
+      prerelease: true
+      source: master
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
+    secrets: inherit
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Release (nightly)
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '23 23 * * *'
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  check_nightly:
+    if: vars.BUILD_NIGHTLY != ''
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      commit: ${{ steps.check_for_new_commits.outputs.commit }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Check for new commits
+        id: check_for_new_commits
+        run: |
+          relevant_files=(
+            "yt_dlp/*.py"
+            ':!yt_dlp/version.py'
+            "bundle/*.py"
+            "pyproject.toml"
+            "Makefile"
+            ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+          )
+          echo "commit=$(git log --format=%H -1 --since="24 hours ago" -- "${relevant_files[@]}")" | tee "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  release:
+    needs: [check_nightly]
+    if: ${{ needs.check_nightly.outputs.commit }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
+    with:
+      prerelease: true
+      source: nightly
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
+    secrets: inherit
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      prerelease:
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      source:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      target:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      version:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      source:
+        description: |
+          SOURCE of this release's updates:
+          channel, repo, tag, or channel/repo@tag
+          (default: <current_repo>)
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      target:
+        description: |
+          TARGET to publish this release to:
+          channel, tag, or channel@tag
+          (default: <source> if writable else <current_repo>[@source_tag])
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      version:
+        description: |
+          VERSION: yyyy.mm.dd[.rev] or rev
+          (default: auto-generated)
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: Pre-release
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  prepare:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      channel: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.channel }}
+      version: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
+      target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
+      target_repo_token: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo_token }}
+      target_tag: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_tag }}
+      pypi_project: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.pypi_project }}
+      pypi_suffix: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.pypi_suffix }}
+      head_sha: ${{ steps.get_target.outputs.head_sha }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Process inputs
+        id: process_inputs
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF
+          ::group::Inputs
+          prerelease=${{ 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
+
+      - 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 }}
+        run: |
+          # unholy bash monstrosity (sincere apologies)
+          fallback_token () {
+            if ${{ !secrets.ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN }}; then
+              echo "::error::Repository access secret ${target_repo_token^^} not found"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            target_repo_token=ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN
+            return 0
+          }
+
+          source_is_channel=0
+          [[ "${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
+        env:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
+          target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
+        if: |
+          !inputs.prerelease && env.target_repo == github.repository
+        run: |
+          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 }}
+        if: |
+          !inputs.prerelease && env.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 :ci run dl"
+          git push origin --force ${{ github.event.ref }}:release
+
+      - name: Get target commitish
+        id: get_target
+        run: |
+          echo "head_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Update master
+        env:
+          target_repo: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo }}
+        if: |
+          vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT != '' && !inputs.prerelease && env.target_repo == github.repository
+        run: git push origin ${{ github.event.ref }}
+
+  build:
+    needs: prepare
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+      channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+      origin: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write # For package cache
+    secrets:
+      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+
+  publish_pypi:
+    needs: [prepare, build]
+    if: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Install Requirements
+        run: |
+          sudo apt -y install pandoc man
+          python devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
+
+      - 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: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project }}
+        run: |
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ env.channel }}" -r "${{ env.target_repo }}" -s "${{ env.suffix }}" "${{ env.version }}"
+          python devscripts/update_changelog.py -vv
+          python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+          sed -i -E '0,/(name = ")[^"]+(")/s//\1${{ env.pypi_project }}\2/' pyproject.toml
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          rm -rf dist/*
+          make pypi-files
+          printf '%s\n\n' \
+            'Official repository: <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp>' \
+            '**PS**: Some links in this document will not work since this is a copy of the README.md from Github' > ./README.md.new
+          cat ./README.md >> ./README.md.new && mv -f ./README.md.new ./README.md
+          python devscripts/set-variant.py pip -M "You installed yt-dlp with pip or using the wheel from PyPi; Use that to update"
+          make clean-cache
+          python -m build --no-isolation .
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          verbose: true
+
+  publish:
+    needs: [prepare, build]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifact
+          pattern: build-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        env:
+          head_sha: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
+          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+          target_tag: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
+        run: |
+          printf '%s' \
+            '[![Installation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Which%20file%20to%20download%3F-white.svg?style=for-the-badge)]' \
+              '(https://github.com/${{ 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") ' \
+            ${{ env.target_repo == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && '\
+              "[![Nightly](https://img.shields.io/badge/Nightly%20builds-purple.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest \"Nightly builds\") " \
+              "[![Master](https://img.shields.io/badge/Master%20builds-lightblue.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds/releases/latest \"Master builds\")"' || '' }} > ./RELEASE_NOTES
+          printf '\n\n' >> ./RELEASE_NOTES
+          cat >> ./RELEASE_NOTES << EOF
+          #### A description of the various files are in the [README](https://github.com/${{ github.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
+          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: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+        if: |
+          inputs.prerelease && env.GH_TOKEN != '' && env.GH_REPO != '' && env.GH_REPO != github.repository
+        run: |
+          title="${{ startswith(env.GH_REPO, 'yt-dlp/') && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}${{ env.channel }}"
+          gh release create \
+            --notes-file ARCHIVE_NOTES \
+            --title "${title} ${{ env.version }}" \
+            ${{ env.version }} \
+            artifact/*
+
+      - name: Prune old release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+          target_repo: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
+          target_tag: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_tag }}
+        if: |
+          env.target_repo == github.repository && env.target_tag != env.version
+        run: |
+          gh release delete --yes --cleanup-tag "${{ env.target_tag }}" || true
+          git tag --delete "${{ env.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: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
+        if: |
+          env.target_repo == github.repository
+        run: |
+          title="${{ 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/*
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ cookies
 *.ass
 *.avi
 *.desktop
+*.f4v
 *.flac
 *.flv
+*.gif
 *.jpeg
 *.jpg
+*.lrc
 *.m4a
 *.m4v
 *.mhtml
@ -38,13 +41,18 @@ cookies
 *.mov
 *.mp3
 *.mp4
+*.mpg
+*.mpga
+*.oga
 *.ogg
 *.opus
 *.png
 *.sbv
 *.srt
+*.ssa
 *.swf
 *.swp
+*.tt
 *.ttml
 *.url
 *.vtt
@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ cookies
 # Python
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-.pytest_cache
+.*_cache
 wine-py2exe/
 py2exe.log
 build/
@ -67,6 +75,7 @@ dist/
 zip/
 tmp/
 venv/
+.venv/
 completions/

 # Misc
@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ updates_key.pem
 .tox
 *.class
 *.isorted
+*.stackdump

 # Generated
 AUTHORS
@ -114,9 +124,5 @@ yt-dlp.zip
 */extractor/lazy_extractors.py

 # Plugins
-ytdlp_plugins/extractor/*
-!ytdlp_plugins/extractor/__init__.py
-!ytdlp_plugins/extractor/sample.py
-ytdlp_plugins/postprocessor/*
-!ytdlp_plugins/postprocessor/__init__.py
-!ytdlp_plugins/postprocessor/sample.py
+ytdlp_plugins/
+yt-dlp-plugins
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+repos:
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: linter
+    name: Apply linter fixes
+    entry: ruff check --fix .
+    language: system
+    types: [python]
+    require_serial: true
+  - id: format
+    name: Apply formatting fixes
+    entry: autopep8 --in-place .
+    language: system
+    types: [python]
--- a/.pre-commit-hatch.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hatch.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+repos:
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: fix
+    name: Apply code fixes
+    entry: hatch fmt
+    language: system
+    types: [python]
+    require_serial: true
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Before reporting any issue, type `yt-dlp -U`. This should report that you're up-

 ###  Is the issue already documented?

-Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. Search at the top of the window or browse the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/search?type=Issues) of this repository. If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of "This affects me as well, with version 2021.01.01. Here is some more information on the issue: ...". While some issues may be old, a new post into them often spurs rapid activity.
+Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. Search at the top of the window or browse the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/search?type=Issues) of this repository. If there is an issue, subscribe to it to be notified when there is any progress. Unless you have something useful to add to the conversation, please refrain from commenting.

 Additionally, it is also helpful to see if the issue has already been documented in the [youtube-dl issue tracker](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues). If similar issues have already been reported in youtube-dl (but not in our issue tracker), links to them can be included in your issue report here.

@ -127,53 +127,89 @@ While these steps won't necessarily ensure that no misuse of the account takes p

 ### Is the website primarily used for piracy?

-We follow [youtube-dl's policy](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free) to not support services that is primarily used for infringing copyright. Additionally, it has been decided to not to support porn sites that specialize in deep fake. We also cannot support any service that serves only [DRM protected content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management). 
+We follow [youtube-dl's policy](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free) to not support services that is primarily used for infringing copyright. Additionally, it has been decided to not to support porn sites that specialize in fakes. We also cannot support any service that serves only [DRM protected content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management). 




 # DEVELOPER INSTRUCTIONS

-Most users do not need to build yt-dlp and can [download the builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases) or get them via [the other installation methods](README.md#installation).
+Most users do not need to build yt-dlp and can [download the builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases), get them via [the other installation methods](README.md#installation) or directly run it using `python -m yt_dlp`.

-To run yt-dlp as a developer, you don't need to build anything either. Simply execute
+`yt-dlp` uses [`hatch`](<https://hatch.pypa.io>) as a project management tool.
+You can easily install it using [`pipx`](<https://pipx.pypa.io>) via `pipx install hatch`, or else via `pip` or your package manager of choice. Make sure you are using at least version `1.10.0`, otherwise some functionality might not work as expected.

-    python -m yt_dlp
+If you plan on contributing to `yt-dlp`, best practice is to start by running the following command:

-To run the test, simply invoke your favorite test runner, or execute a test file directly; any of the following work:
+```shell
+$ hatch run setup
+```

-    python -m unittest discover
-    python test/test_download.py
-    nosetests
-    pytest
+The above command will install a `pre-commit` hook so that required checks/fixes (linting, formatting) will run automatically before each commit. If any code needs to be linted or formatted, then the commit will be blocked and the necessary changes will be made; you should review all edits and re-commit the fixed version.
+
+After this you can use `hatch shell` to enable a virtual environment that has `yt-dlp` and its development dependencies installed.
+
+In addition, the following script commands can be used to run simple tasks such as linting or testing (without having to run `hatch shell` first):
+* `hatch fmt`: Automatically fix linter violations and apply required code formatting changes
+    * See `hatch fmt --help` for more info
+* `hatch test`: Run extractor or core tests
+    * See `hatch test --help` for more info

 See item 6 of [new extractor tutorial](#adding-support-for-a-new-site) for how to run extractor specific test cases.

+While it is strongly recommended to use `hatch` for yt-dlp development, if you are unable to do so, alternatively you can manually create a virtual environment and use the following commands:
+
+```shell
+# To only install development dependencies:
+$ python -m devscripts.install_deps --include dev
+
+# Or, for an editable install plus dev dependencies:
+$ python -m pip install -e ".[default,dev]"
+
+# To setup the pre-commit hook:
+$ pre-commit install
+
+# To be used in place of `hatch test`:
+$ python -m devscripts.run_tests
+
+# To be used in place of `hatch fmt`:
+$ ruff check --fix .
+$ autopep8 --in-place .
+
+# To only check code instead of applying fixes:
+$ ruff check .
+$ autopep8 --diff .
+```
+
 If you want to create a build of yt-dlp yourself, you can follow the instructions [here](README.md#compile).


 ## Adding new feature or making overarching changes

-Before you start writing code for implementing a new feature, open an issue explaining your feature request and atleast one use case. This allows the maintainers to decide whether such a feature is desired for the project in the first place, and will provide an avenue to discuss some implementation details. If you open a pull request for a new feature without discussing with us first, do not be surprised when we ask for large changes to the code, or even reject it outright.
+Before you start writing code for implementing a new feature, open an issue explaining your feature request and at least one use case. This allows the maintainers to decide whether such a feature is desired for the project in the first place, and will provide an avenue to discuss some implementation details. If you open a pull request for a new feature without discussing with us first, do not be surprised when we ask for large changes to the code, or even reject it outright.

 The same applies for changes to the documentation, code style, or overarching changes to the architecture


 ## Adding support for a new site

-If you want to add support for a new site, first of all **make sure** this site is **not dedicated to [copyright infringement](https://www.github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free)**. yt-dlp does **not support** such sites thus pull requests adding support for them **will be rejected**.
+If you want to add support for a new site, first of all **make sure** this site is **not dedicated to [copyright infringement](#is-the-website-primarily-used-for-piracy)**. yt-dlp does **not support** such sites thus pull requests adding support for them **will be rejected**.

 After you have ensured this site is distributing its content legally, you can follow this quick list (assuming your service is called `yourextractor`):

 1. [Fork this repository](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/fork)
 1. Check out the source code with:

-        git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/yt-dlp.git
+    ```shell
+    $ git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/yt-dlp.git
+    ```

 1. Start a new git branch with

-        cd yt-dlp
-        git checkout -b yourextractor
+    ```shell
+    $ cd yt-dlp
+    $ git checkout -b yourextractor
+    ```

 1. Start with this simple template and save it to `yt_dlp/extractor/yourextractor.py`:

@ -187,15 +223,21 @@ After you have ensured this site is distributing its content legally, you can fo
            'url': 'https://yourextractor.com/watch/42',
            'md5': 'TODO: md5 sum of the first 10241 bytes of the video file (use --test)',
            'info_dict': {
+                # For videos, only the 'id' and 'ext' fields are required to RUN the test:
                'id': '42',
                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': 'Video title goes here',
-                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
-                # TODO more properties, either as:
-                # * A value
-                # * MD5 checksum; start the string with md5:
-                # * A regular expression; start the string with re:
-                # * Any Python type (for example int or float)
+                # Then if the test run fails, it will output the missing/incorrect fields.
+                # Properties can be added as:
+                # * A value, e.g.
+                #     'title': 'Video title goes here',
+                # * MD5 checksum; start the string with 'md5:', e.g.
+                #     'description': 'md5:098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6',
+                # * A regular expression; start the string with 're:', e.g.
+                #     'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                # * A count of elements in a list; start the string with 'count:', e.g.
+                #     'tags': 'count:10',
+                # * Any Python type, e.g.
+                #     'view_count': int,
            }
        }]

@ -214,27 +256,33 @@ After you have ensured this site is distributing its content legally, you can fo
                # TODO more properties (see yt_dlp/extractor/common.py)
            }
    ```
-1. Add an import in [`yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py`](yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py).
-1. Run `python test/test_download.py TestDownload.test_YourExtractor` (note that `YourExtractor` doesn't end with `IE`). This *should fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. If you decide to add more than one test, the tests will then be named `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_1`, `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_2`, etc. Note that tests with `only_matching` key in test's dict are not counted in. You can also run all the tests in one go with `TestDownload.test_YourExtractor_all`
-1. Make sure you have atleast one test for your extractor. Even if all videos covered by the extractor are expected to be inaccessible for automated testing, tests should still be added with a `skip` parameter indicating why the particular test is disabled from running.
-1. Have a look at [`yt_dlp/extractor/common.py`](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should and may return](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py#L91-L426). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
-1. Make sure your code follows [yt-dlp coding conventions](#yt-dlp-coding-conventions) and check the code with [flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/index.html#quickstart):
+1. Add an import in [`yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py`](yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py). Note that the class name must end with `IE`. Also note that when adding a parenthesized import group, the last import in the group must have a trailing comma in order for this formatting to be respected by our code formatter.
+1. Run `hatch test YourExtractor`. This *may fail* at first, but you can continually re-run it until you're done. Upon failure, it will output the missing fields and/or correct values which you can copy. If you decide to add more than one test, the tests will then be named `YourExtractor`, `YourExtractor_1`, `YourExtractor_2`, etc. Note that tests with an `only_matching` key in the test's dict are not included in the count. You can also run all the tests in one go with `YourExtractor_all`
+1. Make sure you have at least one test for your extractor. Even if all videos covered by the extractor are expected to be inaccessible for automated testing, tests should still be added with a `skip` parameter indicating why the particular test is disabled from running.
+1. Have a look at [`yt_dlp/extractor/common.py`](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py) for possible helper methods and a [detailed description of what your extractor should and may return](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py#L119-L440). Add tests and code for as many as you want.
+1. Make sure your code follows [yt-dlp coding conventions](#yt-dlp-coding-conventions), passes [ruff](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/tutorial/#getting-started) code checks and is properly formatted:

-        $ flake8 yt_dlp/extractor/yourextractor.py
+    ```shell
+    $ hatch fmt --check
+    ```

-1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython and PyPy for Python 3.6 and above. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
+    You can use `hatch fmt` to automatically fix problems.
+
+1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython and PyPy for Python 3.8 and above. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
 1. When the tests pass, [add](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files, [commit](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:

-        $ git add yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
-        $ git add yt_dlp/extractor/yourextractor.py
-        $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add extractor'
-        $ git push origin yourextractor
+    ```shell
+    $ git add yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+    $ git add yt_dlp/extractor/yourextractor.py
+    $ git commit -m '[yourextractor] Add extractor'
+    $ git push origin yourextractor
+    ```

 1. Finally, [create a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request). We'll then review and merge it.

 In any case, thank you very much for your contributions!

-**Tip:** To test extractors that require login information, create a file `test/local_parameters.json` and add `"usenetrc": true` or your username and password in it:
+**Tip:** To test extractors that require login information, create a file `test/local_parameters.json` and add `"usenetrc": true` or your `username`&`password` or `cookiefile`/`cookiesfrombrowser` in it:
 ```json
 {
    "username": "your user name",
@ -246,12 +294,12 @@ In any case, thank you very much for your contributions!

 This section introduces a guide lines for writing idiomatic, robust and future-proof extractor code.

-Extractors are very fragile by nature since they depend on the layout of the source data provided by 3rd party media hosters out of your control and this layout tends to change. As an extractor implementer your task is not only to write code that will extract media links and metadata correctly but also to minimize dependency on the source's layout and even to make the code foresee potential future changes and be ready for that. This is important because it will allow the extractor not to break on minor layout changes thus keeping old yt-dlp versions working. Even though this breakage issue may be easily fixed by a new version of yt-dlp, this could take some time, during which the the extractor will remain broken.
+Extractors are very fragile by nature since they depend on the layout of the source data provided by 3rd party media hosters out of your control and this layout tends to change. As an extractor implementer your task is not only to write code that will extract media links and metadata correctly but also to minimize dependency on the source's layout and even to make the code foresee potential future changes and be ready for that. This is important because it will allow the extractor not to break on minor layout changes thus keeping old yt-dlp versions working. Even though this breakage issue may be easily fixed by a new version of yt-dlp, this could take some time, during which the extractor will remain broken.


 ### Mandatory and optional metafields

-For extraction to work yt-dlp relies on metadata your extractor extracts and provides to yt-dlp expressed by an [information dictionary](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py#L91-L426) or simply *info dict*. Only the following meta fields in the *info dict* are considered mandatory for a successful extraction process by yt-dlp:
+For extraction to work yt-dlp relies on metadata your extractor extracts and provides to yt-dlp expressed by an [information dictionary](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py#L119-L440) or simply *info dict*. Only the following meta fields in the *info dict* are considered mandatory for a successful extraction process by yt-dlp:

 - `id` (media identifier)
 - `title` (media title)
@ -261,7 +309,7 @@ The aforementioned metafields are the critical data that the extraction does not

 For pornographic sites, appropriate `age_limit` must also be returned.

-The extractor is allowed to return the info dict without url or formats in some special cases if it allows the user to extract usefull information with `--ignore-no-formats-error` - Eg: when the video is a live stream that has not started yet.
+The extractor is allowed to return the info dict without url or formats in some special cases if it allows the user to extract useful information with `--ignore-no-formats-error` - e.g. when the video is a live stream that has not started yet.

 [Any field](yt_dlp/extractor/common.py#219-L426) apart from the aforementioned ones are considered **optional**. That means that extraction should be **tolerant** to situations when sources for these fields can potentially be unavailable (even if they are always available at the moment) and **future-proof** in order not to break the extraction of general purpose mandatory fields.

@ -300,14 +348,10 @@ description = meta['summary']  # incorrect
 The latter will break extraction process with `KeyError` if `summary` disappears from `meta` at some later time but with the former approach extraction will just go ahead with `description` set to `None` which is perfectly fine (remember `None` is equivalent to the absence of data).


-If the data is nested, do not use `.get` chains, but instead make use of the utility functions `try_get` or `traverse_obj`
+If the data is nested, do not use `.get` chains, but instead make use of `traverse_obj`.

 Considering the above `meta` again, assume you want to extract `["user"]["name"]` and put it in the resulting info dict as `uploader`

-```python
-uploader = try_get(meta, lambda x: x['user']['name'])  # correct
-```
-or
 ```python
 uploader = traverse_obj(meta, ('user', 'name'))  # correct
 ```
@ -321,6 +365,10 @@ or
 ```python
 uploader = meta.get('user', {}).get('name')  # incorrect
 ```
+or
+```python
+uploader = try_get(meta, lambda x: x['user']['name'])  # old utility
+```


 Similarly, you should pass `fatal=False` when extracting optional data from a webpage with `_search_regex`, `_html_search_regex` or similar methods, for instance:
@ -346,26 +394,42 @@ On failure this code will silently continue the extraction with `description` se

 Another thing to remember is not to try to iterate over `None`

-Say you extracted a list of thumbnails into `thumbnail_data` using `try_get` and now want to iterate over them
+Say you extracted a list of thumbnails into `thumbnail_data` and want to iterate over them

 ```python
-thumbnail_data = try_get(...)
+thumbnail_data = data.get('thumbnails') or []
 thumbnails = [{
-    'url': item['url']
-} for item in thumbnail_data or []]  # correct
+    'url': item['url'],
+    'height': item.get('h'),
+} for item in thumbnail_data if item.get('url')]  # correct
 ```

 and not like:

 ```python
-thumbnail_data = try_get(...)
+thumbnail_data = data.get('thumbnails')
 thumbnails = [{
-    'url': item['url']
+    'url': item['url'],
+    'height': item.get('h'),
 } for item in thumbnail_data]  # incorrect
 ```

-In the later case, `thumbnail_data` will be `None` if the field was not found and this will cause the loop `for item in thumbnail_data` to raise a fatal error. Using `for item in thumbnail_data or []` avoids this error and results in setting an empty list in `thumbnails` instead.
+In this case, `thumbnail_data` will be `None` if the field was not found and this will cause the loop `for item in thumbnail_data` to raise a fatal error. Using `or []` avoids this error and results in setting an empty list in `thumbnails` instead.

+Alternately, this can be further simplified by using `traverse_obj`
+
+```python
+thumbnails = [{
+    'url': item['url'],
+    'height': item.get('h'),
+} for item in traverse_obj(data, ('thumbnails', lambda _, v: v['url']))]
+```
+
+or, even better,
+
+```python
+thumbnails = traverse_obj(data, ('thumbnails', ..., {'url': 'url', 'height': 'h'}))
+```

 ### Provide fallbacks

@ -431,7 +495,7 @@ title = self._search_regex(  # correct
    r'<span[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>([^<]+)', webpage, 'title')
 ```

-Or even better:
+which tolerates potential changes in the `style` attribute's value. Or even better:

 ```python
 title = self._search_regex(  # correct
@ -439,7 +503,7 @@ title = self._search_regex(  # correct
    webpage, 'title', group='title')
 ```

-Note how you tolerate potential changes in the `style` attribute's value or switch from using double quotes to single for `class` attribute: 
+which also handles both single quotes in addition to double quotes.

 The code definitely should not look like:

@ -457,7 +521,42 @@ title = self._search_regex(  # incorrect
    webpage, 'title', group='title')
 ```

-Here the presence or absence of other attributes including `style` is irrelevent for the data we need, and so the regex must not depend on it
+Here the presence or absence of other attributes including `style` is irrelevant for the data we need, and so the regex must not depend on it
+
+
+#### Keep the regular expressions as simple as possible, but no simpler
+
+Since many extractors deal with unstructured data provided by websites, we will often need to use very complex regular expressions. You should try to use the *simplest* regex that can accomplish what you want. In other words, each part of the regex must have a reason for existing. If you can take out a symbol and the functionality does not change, the symbol should not be there.
+
+##### Example
+
+Correct:
+
+```python
+_VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?website\.com/(?:[^/]+/){3,4}(?P<display_id>[^/]+)_(?P<id>\d+)'
+```
+
+Incorrect:
+
+```python
+_VALID_URL = r'https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?website\.com\/[^\/]+/[^\/]+/[^\/]+(?:\/[^\/]+)?\/(?P<display_id>[^\/]+)_(?P<id>\d+)'
+```
+
+#### Do not misuse `.` and use the correct quantifiers (`+*?`)
+
+Avoid creating regexes that over-match because of wrong use of quantifiers. Also try to avoid non-greedy matching (`?`) where possible since they could easily result in [catastrophic backtracking](https://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html)
+
+Correct:
+
+```python
+title = self._search_regex(r'<span\b[^>]+class="title"[^>]*>([^<]+)', webpage, 'title')
+```
+
+Incorrect:
+
+```python
+title = self._search_regex(r'<span\b.*class="title".*>(.+?)<', webpage, 'title')
+```


 ### Long lines policy
@ -466,7 +565,7 @@ There is a soft limit to keep lines of code under 100 characters long. This mean

 For example, you should **never** split long string literals like URLs or some other often copied entities over multiple lines to fit this limit:

-Conversely, don't unecessarily split small lines further. As a rule of thumb, if removing the line split keeps the code under 80 characters, it should be a single line.
+Conversely, don't unnecessarily split small lines further. As a rule of thumb, if removing the line split keeps the code under 80 characters, it should be a single line.

 ##### Examples

@ -521,19 +620,22 @@ formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_url,

 ### Quotes

-Always use single quotes for strings (even if the string has `'`) and double quotes for docstrings. Use `'''` only for multi-line strings. An exception can be made if a string has multiple single quotes in it and escaping makes it significantly harder to read. For f-strings, use you can use double quotes on the inside. But avoid f-strings that have too many quotes inside.
+Always use single quotes for strings (even if the string has `'`) and double quotes for docstrings. Use `'''` only for multi-line strings. An exception can be made if a string has multiple single quotes in it and escaping makes it *significantly* harder to read. For f-strings, use you can use double quotes on the inside. But avoid f-strings that have too many quotes inside.


 ### Inline values

 Extracting variables is acceptable for reducing code duplication and improving readability of complex expressions. However, you should avoid extracting variables used only once and moving them to opposite parts of the extractor file, which makes reading the linear flow difficult.

-#### Example
+#### Examples

 Correct:

 ```python
-title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>([^<]+)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+return {
+    'title': self._html_search_regex(r'<h1>([^<]+)</h1>', webpage, 'title'),
+    # ...some lines of code...
+}
 ```

 Incorrect:
@ -542,6 +644,11 @@ Incorrect:
 TITLE_RE = r'<h1>([^<]+)</h1>'
 # ...some lines of code...
 title = self._html_search_regex(TITLE_RE, webpage, 'title')
+# ...some lines of code...
+return {
+    'title': title,
+    # ...some lines of code...
+}
 ```


@ -573,33 +680,32 @@ Methods supporting list of patterns are: `_search_regex`, `_html_search_regex`,

 ### Trailing parentheses

-Always move trailing parentheses used for grouping/functions after the last argument. On the other hand, literal list/tuple/dict/set should closed be in a new line. Generators and list/dict comprehensions may use either style
+Always move trailing parentheses used for grouping/functions after the last argument. On the other hand, multi-line literal list/tuple/dict/set should closed be in a new line. Generators and list/dict comprehensions may use either style

 #### Examples

 Correct:

 ```python
-url = try_get(
-    info,
-    lambda x: x['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['VideoUrlSet']['VideoUrl'],
-    list)
+url = traverse_obj(info, (
+    'context', 'dispatcher', 'stores', 'VideoTitlePageStore', 'data', 'video', 0, 'VideoUrlSet', 'VideoUrl'), list)
 ```
 Correct:

 ```python
-url = try_get(info,
-              lambda x: x['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['VideoUrlSet']['VideoUrl'],
-              list)
+url = traverse_obj(
+    info,
+    ('context', 'dispatcher', 'stores', 'VideoTitlePageStore', 'data', 'video', 0, 'VideoUrlSet', 'VideoUrl'),
+    list)
 ```

 Incorrect:

 ```python
-url = try_get(
+url = traverse_obj(
    info,
-    lambda x: x['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['VideoUrlSet']['VideoUrl'],
-    list,
+    ('context', 'dispatcher', 'stores', 'VideoTitlePageStore', 'data', 'video', 0, 'VideoUrlSet', 'VideoUrl'),
+    list
 )
 ```

@ -638,7 +744,7 @@ formats = [

 ### Use convenience conversion and parsing functions

-Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from [`yt_dlp/utils.py`](yt_dlp/utils.py): `int_or_none`, `float_or_none`. Use them for string to number conversions as well.
+Wrap all extracted numeric data into safe functions from [`yt_dlp/utils/`](yt_dlp/utils/): `int_or_none`, `float_or_none`. Use them for string to number conversions as well.

 Use `url_or_none` for safe URL processing.

@ -646,23 +752,19 @@ Use `traverse_obj` and `try_call` (superseeds `dict_get` and `try_get`) for safe

 Use `unified_strdate` for uniform `upload_date` or any `YYYYMMDD` meta field extraction, `unified_timestamp` for uniform `timestamp` extraction, `parse_filesize` for `filesize` extraction, `parse_count` for count meta fields extraction, `parse_resolution`, `parse_duration` for `duration` extraction, `parse_age_limit` for `age_limit` extraction. 

-Explore [`yt_dlp/utils.py`](yt_dlp/utils.py) for more useful convenience functions.
+Explore [`yt_dlp/utils/`](yt_dlp/utils/) for more useful convenience functions.

-#### More examples
+#### Examples

-##### Safely extract optional description from parsed JSON
 ```python
 description = traverse_obj(response, ('result', 'video', 'summary'), expected_type=str)
-```
-
-##### Safely extract more optional metadata
-```python
+thumbnails = traverse_obj(response, ('result', 'thumbnails', ..., 'url'), expected_type=url_or_none)
 video = traverse_obj(response, ('result', 'video', 0), default={}, expected_type=dict)
-description = video.get('summary')
 duration = float_or_none(video.get('durationMs'), scale=1000)
 view_count = int_or_none(video.get('views'))
 ```

+
 # My pull request is labeled pending-fixes

 The `pending-fixes` label is added when there are changes requested to a PR. When the necessary changes are made, the label should be removed. However, despite our best efforts, it may sometimes happen that the maintainer did not see the changes or forgot to remove the label. If your PR is still marked as `pending-fixes` a few days after all requested changes have been made, feel free to ping the maintainer who labeled your issue and ask them to re-review and remove the label.
--- a/385
+++ b/385
@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ pukkandan (owner)
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+vtexier
+WyohKnott
+trueauracoral
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
--- a/Collaborators.md
+++ b/Collaborators.md
@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ You can also find lists of all [contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [autho
 ## [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)

 [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://ko-fi.com/pukkandan)
+[![gh-sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Github-white.svg?logo=github&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/sponsors/pukkandan)

 * Owner of the fork

@ -25,15 +26,17 @@ You can also find lists of all [contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [autho

 ## [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)

-[![gh-sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Sponsor-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/sponsors/coletdjnz)
+[![gh-sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Github-white.svg?logo=github&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/sponsors/coletdjnz)

+* Improved plugin architecture
+* Rewrote the networking infrastructure, implemented support for `requests`
 * YouTube improvements including: age-gate bypass, private playlists, multiple-clients (to avoid throttling) and a lot of under-the-hood improvements
-* Added support for downloading YoutubeWebArchive videos
-* Added support for new websites MainStreaming, PRX, nzherald, etc
+* Added support for new websites YoutubeWebArchive, MainStreaming, PRX, nzherald, Mediaklikk, StarTV etc
+* Improved/fixed support for Patreon, panopto, gfycat, itv, pbs, SouthParkDE etc



-## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
+## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) <sub><sup>[Inactive]</sup></sub>

 [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://ko-fi.com/ashish0804)

@ -42,10 +45,19 @@ You can also find lists of all [contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [autho
 * Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc


-## [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore) (nao20010128nao)
+## [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)

-**Bitcoin**: bc1qfd02r007cutfdjwjmyy9w23rjvtls6ncve7r3s  
-**Monacoin**: mona1q3tf7dzvshrhfe3md379xtvt2n22duhglv5dskr
+* `--update-to`, self-updater rewrite, automated/nightly/master releases
+* `--cookies-from-browser` support for Firefox containers, external downloader cookie handling overhaul
+* Added support for new websites like Dacast, Kick, NBCStations, Triller, VideoKen, Weverse, WrestleUniverse etc
+* Improved/fixed support for Anvato, Brightcove, Reddit, SlidesLive, TikTok, Twitter, Vimeo etc

-* Download live from start to end for YouTube
-* Added support for new websites mildom, PixivSketch, skeb, radiko, voicy, mirrativ, openrec, whowatch, damtomo, 17.live, mixch etc
+
+## [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+[![gh-sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Github-white.svg?logo=github&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/sponsors/Grub4K) [![ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Ko--fi-red.svg?logo=kofi&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)](https://ko-fi.com/Grub4K)
+
+* `--update-to`, self-updater rewrite, automated/nightly/master releases
+* Reworked internals like `traverse_obj`, various core refactors and bugs fixes
+* Implemented proper progress reporting for parallel downloads
+* Improved/fixed/added Bundestag, crunchyroll, pr0gramm, Twitter, WrestleUniverse etc
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-include AUTHORS
-include Changelog.md
-include LICENSE
-include README.md
-include completions/*/*
-include supportedsites.md
-include yt-dlp.1
-include requirements.txt
-recursive-include devscripts *
-recursive-include test *
--- a/99
+++ b/99
@ -2,28 +2,32 @@ all: lazy-extractors yt-dlp doc pypi-files
 clean: clean-test clean-dist
 clean-all: clean clean-cache
 completions: completion-bash completion-fish completion-zsh
-doc: README.md CONTRIBUTING.md issuetemplates supportedsites
+doc: README.md CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTORS issuetemplates supportedsites
 ot: offlinetest
 tar: yt-dlp.tar.gz

-# Keep this list in sync with MANIFEST.in
+# Keep this list in sync with pyproject.toml includes/artifacts
 # intended use: when building a source distribution,
-# make pypi-files && python setup.py sdist
-pypi-files: AUTHORS Changelog.md LICENSE README.md README.txt supportedsites completions yt-dlp.1 devscripts/* test/*
+# make pypi-files && python3 -m build -sn .
+pypi-files: AUTHORS Changelog.md LICENSE README.md README.txt supportedsites \
+            completions yt-dlp.1 pyproject.toml setup.cfg devscripts/* test/*

-.PHONY: all clean install test tar pypi-files completions ot offlinetest codetest supportedsites
+.PHONY: all clean clean-all clean-test clean-dist clean-cache \
+        completions completion-bash completion-fish completion-zsh \
+        doc issuetemplates supportedsites ot offlinetest codetest test \
+        tar pypi-files lazy-extractors install uninstall

 clean-test:
 	rm -rf test/testdata/sigs/player-*.js tmp/ *.annotations.xml *.aria2 *.description *.dump *.frag \
 	*.frag.aria2 *.frag.urls *.info.json *.live_chat.json *.meta *.part* *.tmp *.temp *.unknown_video *.ytdl \
-	*.3gp *.ape *.ass *.avi *.desktop *.flac *.flv *.jpeg *.jpg *.m4a *.m4v *.mhtml *.mkv *.mov *.mp3 \
-	*.mp4 *.ogg *.opus *.png *.sbv *.srt *.swf *.swp *.ttml *.url *.vtt *.wav *.webloc *.webm *.webp
+	*.3gp *.ape *.ass *.avi *.desktop *.f4v *.flac *.flv *.gif *.jpeg *.jpg *.lrc *.m4a *.m4v *.mhtml *.mkv *.mov *.mp3 *.mp4 \
+	*.mpg *.mpga *.oga *.ogg *.opus *.png *.sbv *.srt *.ssa *.swf *.swp *.tt *.ttml *.url *.vtt *.wav *.webloc *.webm *.webp
 clean-dist:
 	rm -rf yt-dlp.1.temp.md yt-dlp.1 README.txt MANIFEST build/ dist/ .coverage cover/ yt-dlp.tar.gz completions/ \
-	yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py *.spec CONTRIBUTING.md.tmp yt-dlp yt-dlp.exe yt_dlp.egg-info/ AUTHORS .mailmap
+	yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py *.spec CONTRIBUTING.md.tmp yt-dlp yt-dlp.exe yt_dlp.egg-info/ AUTHORS
 clean-cache:
 	find . \( \
-		-type d -name .pytest_cache -o -type d -name __pycache__ -o -name "*.pyc" -o -name "*.class" \
+		-type d -name ".*_cache" -o -type d -name __pycache__ -o -name "*.pyc" -o -name "*.class" \
 	\) -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;

 completion-bash: completions/bash/yt-dlp
@ -32,17 +36,19 @@ completion-zsh: completions/zsh/_yt-dlp
 lazy-extractors: yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py

 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
-DESTDIR ?= .
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/man
 SHAREDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share
 PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/env python3
+GNUTAR ?= tar

-# set SYSCONFDIR to /etc if PREFIX=/usr or PREFIX=/usr/local
-SYSCONFDIR = $(shell if [ $(PREFIX) = /usr -o $(PREFIX) = /usr/local ]; then echo /etc; else echo $(PREFIX)/etc; fi)
-
-# set markdown input format to "markdown-smart" for pandoc version 2 and to "markdown" for pandoc prior to version 2
-MARKDOWN = $(shell if [ "$(pandoc -v | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2 | head -c1)" = "2" ]; then echo markdown-smart; else echo markdown; fi)
+# set markdown input format to "markdown-smart" for pandoc version 2+ and to "markdown" for pandoc prior to version 2
+PANDOC_VERSION_CMD = pandoc -v 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d' ' -f2 | head -c1
+PANDOC_VERSION != $(PANDOC_VERSION_CMD)
+PANDOC_VERSION ?= $(shell $(PANDOC_VERSION_CMD))
+MARKDOWN_CMD = if [ "$(PANDOC_VERSION)" = "1" -o "$(PANDOC_VERSION)" = "0" ]; then echo markdown; else echo markdown-smart; fi
+MARKDOWN != $(MARKDOWN_CMD)
+MARKDOWN ?= $(shell $(MARKDOWN_CMD))

 install: lazy-extractors yt-dlp yt-dlp.1 completions
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
@ -64,37 +70,41 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/fish/vendor_completions.d/yt-dlp.fish

 codetest:
-	flake8 .
+	ruff check .
+	autopep8 --diff .

 test:
-	$(PYTHON) -m pytest
+	$(PYTHON) -m pytest -Werror
 	$(MAKE) codetest

 offlinetest: codetest
-	$(PYTHON) -m pytest -k "not download"
+	$(PYTHON) -m pytest -Werror -m "not download"

-# XXX: This is hard to maintain
-CODE_FOLDERS = yt_dlp yt_dlp/downloader yt_dlp/extractor yt_dlp/postprocessor yt_dlp/compat \
-               yt_dlp/extractor/anvato_token_generator
-yt-dlp: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py
+CODE_FOLDERS_CMD = find yt_dlp -type f -name '__init__.py' | sed 's,/__init__.py,,' | grep -v '/__' | sort
+CODE_FOLDERS != $(CODE_FOLDERS_CMD)
+CODE_FOLDERS ?= $(shell $(CODE_FOLDERS_CMD))
+CODE_FILES_CMD = for f in $(CODE_FOLDERS) ; do echo "$$f" | sed 's,$$,/*.py,' ; done
+CODE_FILES != $(CODE_FILES_CMD)
+CODE_FILES ?= $(shell $(CODE_FILES_CMD))
+yt-dlp: $(CODE_FILES)
 	mkdir -p zip
 	for d in $(CODE_FOLDERS) ; do \
 	  mkdir -p zip/$$d ;\
 	  cp -pPR $$d/*.py zip/$$d/ ;\
 	done
-	touch -t 200001010101 zip/yt_dlp/*.py zip/yt_dlp/*/*.py zip/yt_dlp/*/*/*.py
+	(cd zip && touch -t 200001010101 $(CODE_FILES))
 	mv zip/yt_dlp/__main__.py zip/
-	cd zip ; zip -q ../yt-dlp yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py yt_dlp/*/*/*.py __main__.py
+	(cd zip && zip -q ../yt-dlp $(CODE_FILES) __main__.py)
 	rm -rf zip
 	echo '#!$(PYTHON)' > yt-dlp
 	cat yt-dlp.zip >> yt-dlp
 	rm yt-dlp.zip
 	chmod a+x yt-dlp

-README.md: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py
-	COLUMNS=80 $(PYTHON) yt_dlp/__main__.py --help | $(PYTHON) devscripts/make_readme.py
+README.md: $(CODE_FILES) devscripts/make_readme.py
+	COLUMNS=80 $(PYTHON) yt_dlp/__main__.py --ignore-config --help | $(PYTHON) devscripts/make_readme.py

-CONTRIBUTING.md: README.md
+CONTRIBUTING.md: README.md devscripts/make_contributing.py
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/make_contributing.py README.md CONTRIBUTING.md

 issuetemplates: devscripts/make_issue_template.py .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/1_broken_site.yml .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/2_site_support_request.yml .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/3_site_feature_request.yml .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/4_bug_report.yml .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE_tmpl/5_feature_request.yml yt_dlp/version.py
@ -111,46 +121,53 @@ supportedsites:
 README.txt: README.md
 	pandoc -f $(MARKDOWN) -t plain README.md -o README.txt

-yt-dlp.1: README.md
+yt-dlp.1: README.md devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/prepare_manpage.py yt-dlp.1.temp.md
 	pandoc -s -f $(MARKDOWN) -t man yt-dlp.1.temp.md -o yt-dlp.1
 	rm -f yt-dlp.1.temp.md

-completions/bash/yt-dlp: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py devscripts/bash-completion.in
+completions/bash/yt-dlp: $(CODE_FILES) devscripts/bash-completion.in
 	mkdir -p completions/bash
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/bash-completion.py

-completions/zsh/_yt-dlp: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py devscripts/zsh-completion.in
+completions/zsh/_yt-dlp: $(CODE_FILES) devscripts/zsh-completion.in
 	mkdir -p completions/zsh
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/zsh-completion.py

-completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish: yt_dlp/*.py yt_dlp/*/*.py devscripts/fish-completion.in
+completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish: $(CODE_FILES) devscripts/fish-completion.in
 	mkdir -p completions/fish
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/fish-completion.py

-_EXTRACTOR_FILES = $(shell find yt_dlp/extractor -iname '*.py' -and -not -iname 'lazy_extractors.py')
+_EXTRACTOR_FILES_CMD = find yt_dlp/extractor -name '*.py' -and -not -name 'lazy_extractors.py'
+_EXTRACTOR_FILES != $(_EXTRACTOR_FILES_CMD)
+_EXTRACTOR_FILES ?= $(shell $(_EXTRACTOR_FILES_CMD))
 yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py: devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py devscripts/lazy_load_template.py $(_EXTRACTOR_FILES)
 	$(PYTHON) devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py $@

 yt-dlp.tar.gz: all
-	@tar -czf $(DESTDIR)/yt-dlp.tar.gz --transform "s|^|yt-dlp/|" --owner 0 --group 0 \
+	@$(GNUTAR) -czf yt-dlp.tar.gz --transform "s|^|yt-dlp/|" --owner 0 --group 0 \
 		--exclude '*.DS_Store' \
 		--exclude '*.kate-swp' \
 		--exclude '*.pyc' \
 		--exclude '*.pyo' \
 		--exclude '*~' \
 		--exclude '__pycache__' \
-		--exclude '.pytest_cache' \
+		--exclude '.*_cache' \
 		--exclude '.git' \
 		-- \
 		README.md supportedsites.md Changelog.md LICENSE \
 		CONTRIBUTING.md Collaborators.md CONTRIBUTORS AUTHORS \
-		Makefile MANIFEST.in yt-dlp.1 README.txt completions \
-		setup.py setup.cfg yt-dlp yt_dlp requirements.txt \
-		devscripts test tox.ini pytest.ini
+		Makefile yt-dlp.1 README.txt completions .gitignore \
+		setup.cfg yt-dlp yt_dlp pyproject.toml devscripts test

-AUTHORS: .mailmap
-	git shortlog -s -n | cut -f2 | sort > AUTHORS
+AUTHORS: Changelog.md
+	@if [ -d '.git' ] && command -v git > /dev/null ; then \
+	  echo 'Generating $@ from git commit history' ; \
+	  git shortlog -s -n HEAD | cut -f2 | sort > $@ ; \
+	fi

-.mailmap:
-	git shortlog -s -e -n | awk '!(out[$$NF]++) { $$1="";sub(/^[ \t]+/,""); print}' > .mailmap
+CONTRIBUTORS: Changelog.md
+	@if [ -d '.git' ] && command -v git > /dev/null ; then \
+	  echo 'Updating $@ from git commit history' ; \
+	  $(PYTHON) devscripts/make_changelog.py -v -c > /dev/null ; \
+	fi
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
--- a/bundle/init.py
+++ b/bundle/init.py
--- a/bundle/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/bundle/docker/compose.yml
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+services:
+  static:
+    build: static
+    environment:
+      channel: ${channel}
+      origin: ${origin}
+      version: ${version}
+    volumes:
+      - ~/build:/build
+      - ../..:/yt-dlp
--- a/bundle/docker/static/Dockerfile
+++ b/bundle/docker/static/Dockerfile
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM alpine:3.19 as base
+
+RUN apk --update add --no-cache \
+        build-base \
+        python3 \
+        pipx \
+    ;
+
+RUN pipx install pyinstaller
+# Requires above step to prepare the shared venv
+RUN ~/.local/share/pipx/shared/bin/python -m pip install -U wheel
+RUN apk --update add --no-cache \
+        scons \
+        patchelf \
+        binutils \
+    ;
+RUN pipx install staticx
+
+WORKDIR /yt-dlp
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT /entrypoint.sh
--- a/bundle/docker/static/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/static/entrypoint.sh
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/ash
+set -e
+
+source ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/pyinstaller/bin/activate
+python -m devscripts.install_deps --include secretstorage
+python -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
+python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${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/py2exe.py
+++ b/bundle/py2exe.py
@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow execution from anywhere
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import warnings
+
+from py2exe import freeze
+
+from devscripts.utils import read_version
+
+VERSION = read_version()
+
+
+def main():
+    warnings.warn(
+        'py2exe builds do not support pycryptodomex and needs VC++14 to run. '
+        'It is recommended to run "pyinst.py" to build using pyinstaller instead')
+
+    freeze(
+        console=[{
+            'script': './yt_dlp/__main__.py',
+            'dest_base': 'yt-dlp',
+            'icon_resources': [(1, 'devscripts/logo.ico')],
+        }],
+        version_info={
+            'version': VERSION,
+            'description': 'A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader',
+            'comments': 'Official repository: <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp>',
+            'product_name': 'yt-dlp',
+            'product_version': VERSION,
+        },
+        options={
+            'bundle_files': 0,
+            'compressed': 1,
+            'optimize': 2,
+            'dist_dir': './dist',
+            'excludes': [
+                # py2exe cannot import Crypto
+                'Crypto',
+                'Cryptodome',
+                # py2exe appears to confuse this with our socks library.
+                # We don't use pysocks and urllib3.contrib.socks would fail to import if tried.
+                'urllib3.contrib.socks'
+            ],
+            'dll_excludes': ['w9xpopen.exe', 'crypt32.dll'],
+            # Modules that are only imported dynamically must be added here
+            'includes': ['yt_dlp.compat._legacy', 'yt_dlp.compat._deprecated',
+                         'yt_dlp.utils._legacy', 'yt_dlp.utils._deprecated'],
+        },
+        zipfile=None,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
--- a/bundle/pyinstaller.py
+++ b/bundle/pyinstaller.py
@ -1,43 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import platform
 import sys

+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import platform
+
 from PyInstaller.__main__ import run as run_pyinstaller

-OS_NAME = platform.system()
-if OS_NAME == 'Windows':
-    from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import (
-        FixedFileInfo,
-        SetVersion,
-        StringFileInfo,
-        StringStruct,
-        StringTable,
-        VarFileInfo,
-        VarStruct,
-        VSVersionInfo,
-    )
-elif OS_NAME == 'Darwin':
-    pass
-else:
-    raise Exception(f'{OS_NAME} is not supported')
+from devscripts.utils import read_version

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


 def main():
-    opts = parse_options()
-    version = read_version('yt_dlp/version.py')
+    opts, version = parse_options(), read_version()

    onedir = '--onedir' in opts or '-D' in opts
    if not onedir and '-F' not in opts and '--onefile' not in opts:
        opts.append('--onefile')

-    name = 'yt-dlp%s' % ('_macos' if OS_NAME == 'Darwin' else '_x86' if ARCH == '32' else '')
-    final_file = ''.join((
-        'dist/', f'{name}/' if onedir else '', name, '.exe' if OS_NAME == 'Windows' else ''))
-
-    print(f'Building yt-dlp v{version} {ARCH}bit for {OS_NAME} with options {opts}')
+    name, final_file = exe(onedir)
+    print(f'Building yt-dlp v{version} for {OS_NAME} {platform.machine()} with options {opts}')
    print('Remember to update the version using  "devscripts/update-version.py"')
    if not os.path.isfile('yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py'):
        print('WARNING: Building without lazy_extractors. Run  '
@ -49,10 +37,7 @@ def main():
        '--icon=devscripts/logo.ico',
        '--upx-exclude=vcruntime140.dll',
        '--noconfirm',
-        # NB: Modules that are only imported dynamically must be added here.
-        # --collect-submodules may not work correctly if user has a yt-dlp installed via PIP
-        '--hidden-import=yt_dlp.compat._legacy',
-        *dependency_options(),
+        '--additional-hooks-dir=yt_dlp/__pyinstaller',
        *opts,
        'yt_dlp/__main__.py',
    ]
@ -63,7 +48,7 @@ def main():


 def parse_options():
-    # Compatability with older arguments
+    # Compatibility with older arguments
    opts = sys.argv[1:]
    if opts[0:1] in (['32'], ['64']):
        if ARCH != opts[0]:
@ -72,11 +57,19 @@ def parse_options():
    return opts


-# Get the version from yt_dlp/version.py without importing the package
-def read_version(fname):
-    with open(fname, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        exec(compile(f.read(), fname, 'exec'))
-        return locals()['__version__']
+def exe(onedir):
+    """@returns (name, path)"""
+    name = '_'.join(filter(None, (
+        'yt-dlp',
+        {'win32': '', 'darwin': 'macos'}.get(OS_NAME, OS_NAME),
+        MACHINE,
+    )))
+    return name, ''.join(filter(None, (
+        'dist/',
+        onedir and f'{name}/',
+        name,
+        OS_NAME == 'win32' and '.exe'
+    )))


 def version_to_list(version):
@ -84,38 +77,29 @@ def version_to_list(version):
    return list(map(int, version_list)) + [0] * (4 - len(version_list))


-def dependency_options():
-    # Due to the current implementation, these are auto-detected, but explicitly add them just in case
-    dependencies = [pycryptodome_module(), 'mutagen', 'brotli', 'certifi', 'websockets']
-    excluded_modules = ['test', 'ytdlp_plugins', 'youtube_dl', 'youtube_dlc']
-
-    yield from (f'--hidden-import={module}' for module in dependencies)
-    yield '--collect-submodules=websockets'
-    yield from (f'--exclude-module={module}' for module in excluded_modules)
-
-
-def pycryptodome_module():
-    try:
-        import Cryptodome  # noqa: F401
-    except ImportError:
-        try:
-            import Crypto  # noqa: F401
-            print('WARNING: Using Crypto since Cryptodome is not available. '
-                  'Install with: pip install pycryptodomex', file=sys.stderr)
-            return 'Crypto'
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-    return 'Cryptodome'
-
-
 def set_version_info(exe, version):
-    if OS_NAME == 'Windows':
+    if OS_NAME == 'win32':
        windows_set_version(exe, version)


 def windows_set_version(exe, version):
+    from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import (
+        FixedFileInfo,
+        StringFileInfo,
+        StringStruct,
+        StringTable,
+        VarFileInfo,
+        VarStruct,
+        VSVersionInfo,
+    )
+
+    try:
+        from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import SetVersion
+    except ImportError:  # Pyinstaller >= 5.8
+        from PyInstaller.utils.win32.versioninfo import write_version_info_to_executable as SetVersion
+
    version_list = version_to_list(version)
-    suffix = '_x86' if ARCH == '32' else ''
+    suffix = MACHINE and f'_{MACHINE}'
    SetVersion(exe, VSVersionInfo(
        ffi=FixedFileInfo(
            filevers=version_list,
@ -129,9 +113,9 @@ def windows_set_version(exe, version):
        ),
        kids=[
            StringFileInfo([StringTable('040904B0', [
-                StringStruct('Comments', 'yt-dlp%s Command Line Interface.' % suffix),
+                StringStruct('Comments', 'yt-dlp%s Command Line Interface' % suffix),
                StringStruct('CompanyName', 'https://github.com/yt-dlp'),
-                StringStruct('FileDescription', 'yt-dlp%s' % (' (32 Bit)' if ARCH == '32' else '')),
+                StringStruct('FileDescription', 'yt-dlp%s' % (MACHINE and f' ({MACHINE})')),
                StringStruct('FileVersion', version),
                StringStruct('InternalName', f'yt-dlp{suffix}'),
                StringStruct('LegalCopyright', 'pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com | UNLICENSE'),
--- a/devscripts/SizeOfImage.patch
+++ b/devscripts/SizeOfImage.patch
--- a/devscripts/SizeOfImage_w.patch
+++ b/devscripts/SizeOfImage_w.patch
--- a/devscripts/init.py
+++ b/devscripts/init.py
--- a/devscripts/bash-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/bash-completion.py
@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
 import yt_dlp

 BASH_COMPLETION_FILE = "completions/bash/yt-dlp"
--- a/devscripts/changelog_override.json
+++ b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+[
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "29cb20bd563c02671b31dd840139e93dd37150a1",
+        "short": "[priority] **A new release type has been added!**\n    * [`nightly`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/nightly) builds will be made after each push, containing the latest fixes (but also possibly bugs).\n    * When using `--update`/`-U`, a release binary will only update to its current channel (either `stable` or `nightly`).\n    * The `--update-to` option has been added allowing the user more control over program upgrades (or downgrades).\n    * `--update-to` can change the release channel (`stable`, `nightly`) and also upgrade or downgrade to specific tags.\n    * **Usage**: `--update-to CHANNEL`, `--update-to TAG`, `--update-to CHANNEL@TAG`"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "5038f6d713303e0967d002216e7a88652401c22a",
+        "short": "[priority] **YouTube throttling fixes!**"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "remove",
+        "when": "2e023649ea4e11151545a34dc1360c114981a236"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "01aba2519a0884ef17d5f85608dbd2a455577147",
+        "short": "[priority] YouTube: Improved throttling and signature fixes"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "c86e433c35fe5da6cb29f3539eef97497f84ed38",
+        "short": "[extractor/niconico:series] Fix extraction (#6898)",
+        "authors": ["sqrtNOT"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "69a40e4a7f6caa5662527ebd2f3c4e8aa02857a2",
+        "short": "[extractor/youtube:music_search_url] Extract title (#7102)",
+        "authors": ["kangalio"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "8417f26b8a819cd7ffcd4e000ca3e45033e670fb",
+        "short": "Add option `--color` (#6904)",
+        "authors": ["Grub4K"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "b4e0d75848e9447cee2cd3646ce54d4744a7ff56",
+        "short": "Improve `--download-sections`\n    - Support negative time-ranges\n    - Add `*from-url` to obey time-ranges in URL",
+        "authors": ["pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "1e75d97db21152acc764b30a688e516f04b8a142",
+        "short": "[extractor/youtube] Add `ios` to default clients used\n        - IOS is affected neither by 403 nor by nsig so helps mitigate them preemptively\n        - IOS also has higher bit-rate 'premium' formats though they are not labeled as such",
+        "authors": ["pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "f2ff0f6f1914b82d4a51681a72cc0828115dcb4a",
+        "short": "[extractor/motherless] Add gallery support, fix groups (#7211)",
+        "authors": ["rexlambert22", "Ti4eeT4e"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "a4486bfc1dc7057efca9dd3fe70d7fa25c56f700",
+        "short": "[misc] Revert \"Add automatic duplicate issue detection\"",
+        "authors": ["pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "1ceb657bdd254ad961489e5060f2ccc7d556b729",
+        "short": "[priority] Security: [[CVE-2023-35934](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-35934)] Fix [Cookie leak](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj)\n    - `--add-header Cookie:` is deprecated and auto-scoped to input URL domains\n    - Cookies are scoped when passed to external downloaders\n    - Add `cookies` field to info.json and deprecate `http_headers.Cookie`"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "b03fa7834579a01cc5fba48c0e73488a16683d48",
+        "short": "[ie/twitter] Revert 92315c03774cfabb3a921884326beb4b981f786b",
+        "authors": ["pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "fcd6a76adc49d5cd8783985c7ce35384b72e545f",
+        "short": "[test] Add tests for socks proxies (#7908)",
+        "authors": ["coletdjnz"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "4bf912282a34b58b6b35d8f7e6be535770c89c76",
+        "short": "[rh:urllib] Remove dot segments during URL normalization (#7662)",
+        "authors": ["coletdjnz"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "59e92b1f1833440bb2190f847eb735cf0f90bc85",
+        "short": "[rh:urllib] Simplify gzip decoding (#7611)",
+        "authors": ["Grub4K"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "c1d71d0d9f41db5e4306c86af232f5f6220a130b",
+        "short": "[priority] **The minimum *recommended* Python version has been raised to 3.8**\nSince Python 3.7 has reached end-of-life, support for it will be dropped soon. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/7803)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "61bdf15fc7400601c3da1aa7a43917310a5bf391",
+        "short": "[priority] Security: [[CVE-2023-40581](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40581)] [Prevent RCE when using `--exec` with `%q` on Windows](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-42h4-v29r-42qg)\n    - The shell escape function is now using `\"\"` instead of `\\\"`.\n    - `utils.Popen` has been patched to properly quote commands."
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "8a8b54523addf46dfd50ef599761a81bc22362e6",
+        "short": "[rh:requests] Add handler for `requests` HTTP library (#3668)\n\n\tAdds support for HTTPS proxies and persistent connections (keep-alive)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly", "coletdjnz", "Grub4K"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "1d03633c5a1621b9f3a756f0a4f9dc61fab3aeaa",
+        "short": "[priority] **The release channels have been adjusted!**\n\t* [`master`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds) builds are made after each push, containing the latest fixes (but also possibly bugs). This was previously the `nightly` channel.\n\t* [`nightly`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds) builds are now made once a day, if there were any changes."
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "f04b5bedad7b281bee9814686bba1762bae092eb",
+        "short": "[priority] Security: [[CVE-2023-46121](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46121)] Patch [Generic Extractor MITM Vulnerability via Arbitrary Proxy Injection](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-3ch3-jhc6-5r8x)\n\t- Disallow smuggling of arbitrary `http_headers`; extractors now only use specific headers"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "15f22b4880b6b3f71f350c64d70976ae65b9f1ca",
+        "short": "[webvtt] Allow spaces before newlines for CueBlock (#7681)",
+        "authors": ["TSRBerry"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "4ce57d3b873c2887814cbec03d029533e82f7db5",
+        "short": "[ie] Support multi-period MPD streams (#6654)",
+        "authors": ["alard", "pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "aa7e9ae4f48276bd5d0173966c77db9484f65a0a",
+        "short": "[ie/xvideos] Support new URL format (#9502)",
+        "authors": ["sta1us"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "remove",
+        "when": "22e4dfacb61f62dfbb3eb41b31c7b69ba1059b80"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "e3a3ed8a981d9395c4859b6ef56cd02bc3148db2",
+        "short": "[cleanup:ie] No `from` stdlib imports in extractors",
+        "authors": ["pukkandan"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "add",
+        "when": "9590cc6b4768e190183d7d071a6c78170889116a",
+        "short": "[priority] Security: [[CVE-2024-22423](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-22423)] [Prevent RCE when using `--exec` with `%q` on Windows](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-hjq6-52gw-2g7p)\n    - The shell escape function now properly escapes `%`, `\\` and `\\n`.\n    - `utils.Popen` has been patched accordingly."
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "41ba4a808b597a3afed78c89675a30deb6844450",
+        "short": "[ie/tiktok] Extract via mobile API only if extractor-arg is passed (#9938)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "remove",
+        "when": "6e36d17f404556f0e3a43f441c477a71a91877d9"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "beaf832c7a9d57833f365ce18f6115b88071b296",
+        "short": "[ie/soundcloud] Add `formats` extractor-arg (#10004)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly", "Grub4K"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "5c019f6328ad40d66561eac3c4de0b3cd070d0f6",
+        "short": "[cleanup] Misc (#9765)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly", "Grub4K", "seproDev"]
+    }
+]
--- a/devscripts/changelog_override.schema.json
+++ b/devscripts/changelog_override.schema.json
@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "type": "array",
+    "uniqueItems": true,
+    "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "oneOf": [
+            {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "action": {
+                        "enum": [
+                            "add"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "when": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^([0-9a-f]{40}|\\d{4}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2})$"
+                    },
+                    "hash": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{40}$"
+                    },
+                    "short": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "authors": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                    "action",
+                    "short"
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "action": {
+                        "enum": [
+                            "remove"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "when": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^([0-9a-f]{40}|\\d{4}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2})$"
+                    },
+                    "hash": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{40}$"
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                    "action",
+                    "hash"
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "action": {
+                        "enum": [
+                            "change"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "when": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^([0-9a-f]{40}|\\d{4}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2})$"
+                    },
+                    "hash": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{40}$"
+                    },
+                    "short": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "authors": {
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                    "action",
+                    "hash",
+                    "short",
+                    "authors"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
--- a/devscripts/check-porn.py
+++ b/devscripts/check-porn.py
@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from test.helper import gettestcases

-from yt_dlp.utils import compat_urllib_parse_urlparse, compat_urllib_request
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+
+from test.helper import gettestcases

 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    METHOD = 'LIST'
@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ else:
 for test in gettestcases():
    if METHOD == 'EURISTIC':
        try:
-            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(test['url'], timeout=10).read()
+            webpage = urllib.request.urlopen(test['url'], timeout=10).read()
        except Exception:
            print('\nFail: {}'.format(test['name']))
            continue
@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ for test in gettestcases():
        RESULT = 'porn' in webpage.lower()

    elif METHOD == 'LIST':
-        domain = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(test['url']).netloc
+        domain = urllib.parse.urlparse(test['url']).netloc
        if not domain:
            print('\nFail: {}'.format(test['name']))
            continue
--- a/devscripts/cli_to_api.py
+++ b/devscripts/cli_to_api.py
@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import yt_dlp
+import yt_dlp.options
+
+create_parser = yt_dlp.options.create_parser
+
+
+def parse_patched_options(opts):
+    patched_parser = create_parser()
+    patched_parser.defaults.update({
+        'ignoreerrors': False,
+        'retries': 0,
+        'fragment_retries': 0,
+        'extract_flat': False,
+        'concat_playlist': 'never',
+    })
+    yt_dlp.options.create_parser = lambda: patched_parser
+    try:
+        return yt_dlp.parse_options(opts)
+    finally:
+        yt_dlp.options.create_parser = create_parser
+
+
+default_opts = parse_patched_options([]).ydl_opts
+
+
+def cli_to_api(opts, cli_defaults=False):
+    opts = (yt_dlp.parse_options if cli_defaults else parse_patched_options)(opts).ydl_opts
+
+    diff = {k: v for k, v in opts.items() if default_opts[k] != v}
+    if 'postprocessors' in diff:
+        diff['postprocessors'] = [pp for pp in diff['postprocessors']
+                                  if pp not in default_opts['postprocessors']]
+    return diff
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from pprint import pprint
+
+    print('\nThe arguments passed translate to:\n')
+    pprint(cli_to_api(sys.argv[1:]))
+    print('\nCombining these with the CLI defaults gives:\n')
+    pprint(cli_to_api(sys.argv[1:], True))
--- a/devscripts/fish-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/fish-completion.py
@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import optparse
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
+import optparse
+
 import yt_dlp
 from yt_dlp.utils import shell_quote

--- a/devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py
+++ b/devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py
@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import codecs
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
+import codecs
+import subprocess
+
 from yt_dlp.aes import aes_encrypt, key_expansion
 from yt_dlp.utils import intlist_to_bytes

--- a/devscripts/install_deps.py
+++ b/devscripts/install_deps.py
@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow execution from anywhere
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import argparse
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from devscripts.tomlparse import parse_toml
+from devscripts.utils import read_file
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Install dependencies for yt-dlp')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'input', nargs='?', metavar='TOMLFILE', default=Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'pyproject.toml',
+        help='input file (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-e', '--exclude', metavar='DEPENDENCY', action='append',
+        help='exclude a dependency')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-i', '--include', metavar='GROUP', action='append',
+        help='include an optional dependency group')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-o', '--only-optional', action='store_true',
+        help='only install optional dependencies')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-p', '--print', action='store_true',
+        help='only print requirements to stdout')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-u', '--user', action='store_true',
+        help='install with pip as --user')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+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']
+    excludes = args.exclude or []
+
+    def yield_deps(group):
+        for dep in group:
+            if mobj := recursive_pattern.fullmatch(dep):
+                yield from optional_groups.get(mobj.group('group_name'), [])
+            else:
+                yield dep
+
+    targets = []
+    if not args.only_optional:  # `-o` should exclude 'dependencies' and the 'default' group
+        targets.extend(project_table['dependencies'])
+        if 'default' not in excludes:  # `--exclude default` should exclude entire 'default' group
+            targets.extend(yield_deps(optional_groups['default']))
+
+    for include in filter(None, map(optional_groups.get, args.include or [])):
+        targets.extend(yield_deps(include))
+
+    targets = [t for t in targets if re.match(r'[\w-]+', t).group(0).lower() not in excludes]
+
+    if args.print:
+        for target in targets:
+            print(target)
+        return
+
+    pip_args = [sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-U']
+    if args.user:
+        pip_args.append('--user')
+    pip_args.extend(targets)
+
+    return subprocess.call(pip_args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
--- a/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py
+++ b/devscripts/lazy_load_template.py
@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ from ..utils import (
    age_restricted,
    bug_reports_message,
    classproperty,
+    variadic,
    write_string,
 )

+# These bloat the lazy_extractors, so allow them to passthrough silently
+ALLOWED_CLASSMETHODS = {'extract_from_webpage', 'get_testcases', 'get_webpage_testcases'}
+_WARNED = False
+

 class LazyLoadMetaClass(type):
    def __getattr__(cls, name):
-        # "_TESTS" bloat the lazy_extractors
-        if '_real_class' not in cls.__dict__ and name != 'get_testcases':
-            write_string(
-                'WARNING: Falling back to normal extractor since lazy extractor '
-                f'{cls.__name__} does not have attribute {name}{bug_reports_message()}\n')
+        global _WARNED
+        if ('_real_class' not in cls.__dict__
+                and name not in ALLOWED_CLASSMETHODS and not _WARNED):
+            _WARNED = True
+            write_string('WARNING: Falling back to normal extractor since lazy extractor '
+                         f'{cls.__name__} does not have attribute {name}{bug_reports_message()}\n')
        return getattr(cls.real_class, name)


--- a/devscripts/make_changelog.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_changelog.py
@ -0,0 +1,510 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import enum
+import itertools
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import lru_cache
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from devscripts.utils import read_file, run_process, write_file
+
+BASE_URL = 'https://github.com'
+LOCATION_PATH = Path(__file__).parent
+HASH_LENGTH = 7
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CommitGroup(enum.Enum):
+    PRIORITY = 'Important'
+    CORE = 'Core'
+    EXTRACTOR = 'Extractor'
+    DOWNLOADER = 'Downloader'
+    POSTPROCESSOR = 'Postprocessor'
+    NETWORKING = 'Networking'
+    MISC = 'Misc.'
+
+    @classmethod
+    @lru_cache
+    def subgroup_lookup(cls):
+        return {
+            name: group
+            for group, names in {
+                cls.MISC: {
+                    'build',
+                    'ci',
+                    'cleanup',
+                    'devscripts',
+                    'docs',
+                    'test',
+                },
+                cls.NETWORKING: {
+                    'rh',
+                },
+            }.items()
+            for name in names
+        }
+
+    @classmethod
+    @lru_cache
+    def group_lookup(cls):
+        result = {
+            'fd': cls.DOWNLOADER,
+            'ie': cls.EXTRACTOR,
+            'pp': cls.POSTPROCESSOR,
+            'upstream': cls.CORE,
+        }
+        result.update({item.name.lower(): item for item in iter(cls)})
+        return result
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, value: str) -> tuple[CommitGroup | None, str | None]:
+        group, _, subgroup = (group.strip().lower() for group in value.partition('/'))
+
+        result = cls.group_lookup().get(group)
+        if not result:
+            if subgroup:
+                return None, value
+            subgroup = group
+            result = cls.subgroup_lookup().get(subgroup)
+
+        return result, subgroup or None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Commit:
+    hash: str | None
+    short: str
+    authors: list[str]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        result = f'{self.short!r}'
+
+        if self.hash:
+            result += f' ({self.hash[:HASH_LENGTH]})'
+
+        if self.authors:
+            authors = ', '.join(self.authors)
+            result += f' by {authors}'
+
+        return result
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CommitInfo:
+    details: str | None
+    sub_details: tuple[str, ...]
+    message: str
+    issues: list[str]
+    commit: Commit
+    fixes: list[Commit]
+
+    def key(self):
+        return ((self.details or '').lower(), self.sub_details, self.message)
+
+
+def unique(items):
+    return sorted({item.strip().lower(): item for item in items if item}.values())
+
+
+class Changelog:
+    MISC_RE = re.compile(r'(?:^|\b)(?:lint(?:ing)?|misc|format(?:ting)?|fixes)(?:\b|$)', re.IGNORECASE)
+    ALWAYS_SHOWN = (CommitGroup.PRIORITY,)
+
+    def __init__(self, groups, repo, collapsible=False):
+        self._groups = groups
+        self._repo = repo
+        self._collapsible = collapsible
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return '\n'.join(self._format_groups(self._groups)).replace('\t', '    ')
+
+    def _format_groups(self, groups):
+        first = True
+        for item in CommitGroup:
+            if self._collapsible and item not in self.ALWAYS_SHOWN and first:
+                first = False
+                yield '\n<details><summary><h3>Changelog</h3></summary>\n'
+
+            group = groups[item]
+            if group:
+                yield self.format_module(item.value, group)
+
+        if self._collapsible:
+            yield '\n</details>'
+
+    def format_module(self, name, group):
+        result = f'\n#### {name} changes\n' if name else '\n'
+        return result + '\n'.join(self._format_group(group))
+
+    def _format_group(self, group):
+        sorted_group = sorted(group, key=CommitInfo.key)
+        detail_groups = itertools.groupby(sorted_group, lambda item: (item.details or '').lower())
+        for _, items in detail_groups:
+            items = list(items)
+            details = items[0].details
+
+            if details == 'cleanup':
+                items = self._prepare_cleanup_misc_items(items)
+
+            prefix = '-'
+            if details:
+                if len(items) == 1:
+                    prefix = f'- **{details}**:'
+                else:
+                    yield f'- **{details}**'
+                    prefix = '\t-'
+
+            sub_detail_groups = itertools.groupby(items, lambda item: tuple(map(str.lower, item.sub_details)))
+            for sub_details, entries in sub_detail_groups:
+                if not sub_details:
+                    for entry in entries:
+                        yield f'{prefix} {self.format_single_change(entry)}'
+                    continue
+
+                entries = list(entries)
+                sub_prefix = f'{prefix} {", ".join(entries[0].sub_details)}'
+                if len(entries) == 1:
+                    yield f'{sub_prefix}: {self.format_single_change(entries[0])}'
+                    continue
+
+                yield sub_prefix
+                for entry in entries:
+                    yield f'\t{prefix} {self.format_single_change(entry)}'
+
+    def _prepare_cleanup_misc_items(self, items):
+        cleanup_misc_items = defaultdict(list)
+        sorted_items = []
+        for item in items:
+            if self.MISC_RE.search(item.message):
+                cleanup_misc_items[tuple(item.commit.authors)].append(item)
+            else:
+                sorted_items.append(item)
+
+        for commit_infos in cleanup_misc_items.values():
+            sorted_items.append(CommitInfo(
+                'cleanup', ('Miscellaneous',), ', '.join(
+                    self._format_message_link(None, info.commit.hash)
+                    for info in sorted(commit_infos, key=lambda item: item.commit.hash or '')),
+                [], Commit(None, '', commit_infos[0].commit.authors), []))
+
+        return sorted_items
+
+    def format_single_change(self, info: CommitInfo):
+        message, sep, rest = info.message.partition('\n')
+        if '[' not in message:
+            # If the message doesn't already contain markdown links, try to add a link to the commit
+            message = self._format_message_link(message, info.commit.hash)
+
+        if info.issues:
+            message = f'{message} ({self._format_issues(info.issues)})'
+
+        if info.commit.authors:
+            message = f'{message} by {self._format_authors(info.commit.authors)}'
+
+        if info.fixes:
+            fix_message = ', '.join(f'{self._format_message_link(None, fix.hash)}' for fix in info.fixes)
+
+            authors = sorted({author for fix in info.fixes for author in fix.authors}, key=str.casefold)
+            if authors != info.commit.authors:
+                fix_message = f'{fix_message} by {self._format_authors(authors)}'
+
+            message = f'{message} (With fixes in {fix_message})'
+
+        return message if not sep else f'{message}{sep}{rest}'
+
+    def _format_message_link(self, message, hash):
+        assert message or hash, 'Improperly defined commit message or override'
+        message = message if message else hash[:HASH_LENGTH]
+        return f'[{message}]({self.repo_url}/commit/{hash})' if hash else message
+
+    def _format_issues(self, issues):
+        return ', '.join(f'[#{issue}]({self.repo_url}/issues/{issue})' for issue in issues)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _format_authors(authors):
+        return ', '.join(f'[{author}]({BASE_URL}/{author})' for author in authors)
+
+    @property
+    def repo_url(self):
+        return f'{BASE_URL}/{self._repo}'
+
+
+class CommitRange:
+    COMMAND = 'git'
+    COMMIT_SEPARATOR = '-----'
+
+    AUTHOR_INDICATOR_RE = re.compile(r'Authored by:? ', re.IGNORECASE)
+    MESSAGE_RE = re.compile(r'''
+        (?:\[(?P<prefix>[^\]]+)\]\ )?
+        (?:(?P<sub_details>`?[\w.-]+`?): )?
+        (?P<message>.+?)
+        (?:\ \((?P<issues>\#\d+(?:,\ \#\d+)*)\))?
+        ''', 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:Fix(?:es)?(?:\s+bugs?)?(?:\s+in|\s+for)?|Revert|Improve)\s+([\da-f]{40})')
+    UPSTREAM_MERGE_RE = re.compile(r'Update to ytdl-commit-([\da-f]+)')
+
+    def __init__(self, start, end, default_author=None):
+        self._start, self._end = start, end
+        self._commits, self._fixes = self._get_commits_and_fixes(default_author)
+        self._commits_added = []
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(itertools.chain(self._commits.values(), self._commits_added))
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._commits) + len(self._commits_added)
+
+    def __contains__(self, commit):
+        if isinstance(commit, Commit):
+            if not commit.hash:
+                return False
+            commit = commit.hash
+
+        return commit in self._commits
+
+    def _get_commits_and_fixes(self, default_author):
+        result = run_process(
+            self.COMMAND, 'log', f'--format=%H%n%s%n%b%n{self.COMMIT_SEPARATOR}',
+            f'{self._start}..{self._end}' if self._start else self._end).stdout
+
+        commits, reverts = {}, {}
+        fixes = defaultdict(list)
+        lines = iter(result.splitlines(False))
+        for i, commit_hash in enumerate(lines):
+            short = next(lines)
+            skip = short.startswith('Release ') or short == '[version] update'
+
+            authors = [default_author] if default_author else []
+            for line in iter(lambda: next(lines), self.COMMIT_SEPARATOR):
+                match = self.AUTHOR_INDICATOR_RE.match(line)
+                if match:
+                    authors = sorted(map(str.strip, line[match.end():].split(',')), key=str.casefold)
+
+            commit = Commit(commit_hash, short, authors)
+            if skip and (self._start or not i):
+                logger.debug(f'Skipped commit: {commit}')
+                continue
+            elif skip:
+                logger.debug(f'Reached Release commit, breaking: {commit}')
+                break
+
+            revert_match = self.REVERT_RE.fullmatch(commit.short)
+            if revert_match:
+                reverts[revert_match.group(1)] = commit
+                continue
+
+            fix_match = self.FIXES_RE.search(commit.short)
+            if fix_match:
+                commitish = fix_match.group(1)
+                fixes[commitish].append(commit)
+
+            commits[commit.hash] = commit
+
+        for commitish, revert_commit in reverts.items():
+            reverted = commits.pop(commitish, None)
+            if reverted:
+                logger.debug(f'{commitish} fully reverted {reverted}')
+            else:
+                commits[revert_commit.hash] = revert_commit
+
+        for commitish, fix_commits in fixes.items():
+            if commitish in commits:
+                hashes = ', '.join(commit.hash[:HASH_LENGTH] for commit in fix_commits)
+                logger.info(f'Found fix(es) for {commitish[:HASH_LENGTH]}: {hashes}')
+                for fix_commit in fix_commits:
+                    del commits[fix_commit.hash]
+            else:
+                logger.debug(f'Commit with fixes not in changes: {commitish[:HASH_LENGTH]}')
+
+        return commits, fixes
+
+    def apply_overrides(self, overrides):
+        for override in overrides:
+            when = override.get('when')
+            if when and when not in self and when != self._start:
+                logger.debug(f'Ignored {when!r} override')
+                continue
+
+            override_hash = override.get('hash') or when
+            if override['action'] == 'add':
+                commit = Commit(override.get('hash'), override['short'], override.get('authors') or [])
+                logger.info(f'ADD    {commit}')
+                self._commits_added.append(commit)
+
+            elif override['action'] == 'remove':
+                if override_hash in self._commits:
+                    logger.info(f'REMOVE {self._commits[override_hash]}')
+                    del self._commits[override_hash]
+
+            elif override['action'] == 'change':
+                if override_hash not in self._commits:
+                    continue
+                commit = Commit(override_hash, override['short'], override.get('authors') or [])
+                logger.info(f'CHANGE {self._commits[commit.hash]} -> {commit}')
+                self._commits[commit.hash] = commit
+
+        self._commits = {key: value for key, value in reversed(self._commits.items())}
+
+    def groups(self):
+        group_dict = defaultdict(list)
+        for commit in self:
+            upstream_re = self.UPSTREAM_MERGE_RE.search(commit.short)
+            if upstream_re:
+                commit.short = f'[upstream] Merged with youtube-dl {upstream_re.group(1)}'
+
+            match = self.MESSAGE_RE.fullmatch(commit.short)
+            if not match:
+                logger.error(f'Error parsing short commit message: {commit.short!r}')
+                continue
+
+            prefix, sub_details_alt, message, issues = match.groups()
+            issues = [issue.strip()[1:] for issue in issues.split(',')] if issues else []
+
+            if prefix:
+                groups, details, sub_details = zip(*map(self.details_from_prefix, prefix.split(',')))
+                group = next(iter(filter(None, groups)), None)
+                details = ', '.join(unique(details))
+                sub_details = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(sub_details))
+            else:
+                group = CommitGroup.CORE
+                details = None
+                sub_details = []
+
+            if sub_details_alt:
+                sub_details.append(sub_details_alt)
+            sub_details = tuple(unique(sub_details))
+
+            if not group:
+                if self.EXTRACTOR_INDICATOR_RE.search(commit.short):
+                    group = CommitGroup.EXTRACTOR
+                    logger.error(f'Assuming [ie] group for {commit.short!r}')
+                else:
+                    group = CommitGroup.CORE
+
+            commit_info = CommitInfo(
+                details, sub_details, message.strip(),
+                issues, commit, self._fixes[commit.hash])
+
+            logger.debug(f'Resolved {commit.short!r} to {commit_info!r}')
+            group_dict[group].append(commit_info)
+
+        return group_dict
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def details_from_prefix(prefix):
+        if not prefix:
+            return CommitGroup.CORE, None, ()
+
+        prefix, *sub_details = prefix.split(':')
+
+        group, details = CommitGroup.get(prefix)
+        if group is CommitGroup.PRIORITY and details:
+            details = details.partition('/')[2].strip()
+
+        if details and '/' in details:
+            logger.error(f'Prefix is overnested, using first part: {prefix}')
+            details = details.partition('/')[0].strip()
+
+        if details == 'common':
+            details = None
+        elif group is CommitGroup.NETWORKING and details == 'rh':
+            details = 'Request Handler'
+
+        return group, details, sub_details
+
+
+def get_new_contributors(contributors_path, commits):
+    contributors = set()
+    if contributors_path.exists():
+        for line in read_file(contributors_path).splitlines():
+            author, _, _ = line.strip().partition(' (')
+            authors = author.split('/')
+            contributors.update(map(str.casefold, authors))
+
+    new_contributors = set()
+    for commit in commits:
+        for author in commit.authors:
+            author_folded = author.casefold()
+            if author_folded not in contributors:
+                contributors.add(author_folded)
+                new_contributors.add(author)
+
+    return sorted(new_contributors, key=str.casefold)
+
+
+def create_changelog(args):
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S', format='{asctime} | {levelname:<8} | {message}',
+        level=logging.WARNING - 10 * args.verbosity, style='{', stream=sys.stderr)
+
+    commits = CommitRange(None, args.commitish, args.default_author)
+
+    if not args.no_override:
+        if args.override_path.exists():
+            overrides = json.loads(read_file(args.override_path))
+            commits.apply_overrides(overrides)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(f'File {args.override_path.as_posix()} does not exist')
+
+    logger.info(f'Loaded {len(commits)} commits')
+
+    new_contributors = get_new_contributors(args.contributors_path, commits)
+    if new_contributors:
+        if args.contributors:
+            write_file(args.contributors_path, '\n'.join(new_contributors) + '\n', mode='a')
+        logger.info(f'New contributors: {", ".join(new_contributors)}')
+
+    return Changelog(commits.groups(), args.repo, args.collapsible)
+
+
+def create_parser():
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Create a changelog markdown from a git commit range')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'commitish', default='HEAD', nargs='?',
+        help='The commitish to create the range from (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-v', '--verbosity', action='count', default=0,
+        help='increase verbosity (can be used twice)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-c', '--contributors', action='store_true',
+        help='update CONTRIBUTORS file (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--contributors-path', type=Path, default=LOCATION_PATH.parent / 'CONTRIBUTORS',
+        help='path to the CONTRIBUTORS file')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--no-override', action='store_true',
+        help='skip override json in commit generation (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--override-path', type=Path, default=LOCATION_PATH / 'changelog_override.json',
+        help='path to the changelog_override.json file')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--default-author', default='pukkandan',
+        help='the author to use without a author indicator (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--repo', default='yt-dlp/yt-dlp',
+        help='the github repository to use for the operations (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--collapsible', action='store_true',
+        help='make changelog collapsible (default: %(default)s)')
+
+    return parser
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(create_changelog(create_parser().parse_args()))
--- a/devscripts/make_contributing.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_contributing.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 import optparse
 import re

--- a/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_issue_template.py
@ -1,29 +1,71 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import io
-import optparse
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


-def read(fname):
-    with open(fname, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        return f.read()
+import re

+from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, read_file, write_file

-# Get the version from yt_dlp/version.py without importing the package
-def read_version(fname):
-    exec(compile(read(fname), fname, 'exec'))
-    return locals()['__version__']
+VERBOSE_TMPL = '''
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: verbose
+    attributes:
+      label: Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
+      options:
+        - label: Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
+          required: true
+        - label: "If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead"
+          required: false
+        - label: Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below
+          required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: log
+    attributes:
+      label: Complete Verbose Output
+      description: |
+        It should start like this:
+      placeholder: |
+        [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
+        [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
+        [debug] yt-dlp version nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [b634ba742] (win_exe)
+        [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
+        [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-106550-g072101bd52-20220410 (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-106624-g391ce570c8-20220415, phantomjs 2.1.1
+        [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
+        [debug] Proxy map: {}
+        [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests
+        [debug] Loaded 1893 extractors
+        [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest
+        yt-dlp is up to date (nightly@... from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds)
+        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
+        <more lines>
+      render: shell
+    validations:
+      required: true
+'''.strip()
+
+NO_SKIP = '''
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE
+      description: Fill all fields even if you think it is irrelevant for the issue
+      options:
+        - label: I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\\* field
+          required: true
+'''.strip()


 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog INFILE OUTFILE')
-    options, args = parser.parse_args()
-    if len(args) != 2:
-        parser.error('Expected an input and an output filename')
+    fields = {'no_skip': NO_SKIP}
+    fields['verbose'] = VERBOSE_TMPL % fields
+    fields['verbose_optional'] = re.sub(r'(\n\s+validations:)?\n\s+required: true', '', fields['verbose'])

-    infile, outfile = args
-    with open(outfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
-        outf.write(
-            read(infile) % {'version': read_version('yt_dlp/version.py')})
+    infile, outfile = get_filename_args(has_infile=True)
+    write_file(outfile, read_file(infile) % fields)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
@ -1,39 +1,51 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import optparse
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
-from inspect import getsource

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


+from inspect import getsource
+
+from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, read_file, write_file
+
 NO_ATTR = object()
-STATIC_CLASS_PROPERTIES = ['IE_NAME', 'IE_DESC', 'SEARCH_KEY', '_WORKING', '_NETRC_MACHINE', 'age_limit']
+STATIC_CLASS_PROPERTIES = [
+    'IE_NAME', '_ENABLED', '_VALID_URL',  # Used for URL matching
+    '_WORKING', 'IE_DESC', '_NETRC_MACHINE', 'SEARCH_KEY',  # Used for --extractor-descriptions
+    'age_limit',  # Used for --age-limit (evaluated)
+    '_RETURN_TYPE',  # Accessed in CLI only with instance (evaluated)
+]
 CLASS_METHODS = [
-    'ie_key', 'working', 'description', 'suitable', '_match_valid_url', '_match_id', 'get_temp_id', 'is_suitable'
+    'ie_key', 'suitable', '_match_valid_url',  # Used for URL matching
+    'working', 'get_temp_id', '_match_id',  # Accessed just before instance creation
+    'description',  # Used for --extractor-descriptions
+    'is_suitable',  # Used for --age-limit
+    'supports_login', 'is_single_video',  # Accessed in CLI only with instance
 ]
 IE_TEMPLATE = '''
 class {name}({bases}):
    _module = {module!r}
 '''
-with open('devscripts/lazy_load_template.py', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    MODULE_TEMPLATE = f.read()
+MODULE_TEMPLATE = read_file('devscripts/lazy_load_template.py')


 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog [OUTFILE.py]')
-    args = parser.parse_args()[1] or ['yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py']
-    if len(args) != 1:
-        parser.error('Expected only an output filename')
-
-    lazy_extractors_filename = args[0]
+    lazy_extractors_filename = get_filename_args(default_outfile='yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py')
    if os.path.exists(lazy_extractors_filename):
        os.remove(lazy_extractors_filename)

    _ALL_CLASSES = get_all_ies()  # Must be before import

+    import yt_dlp.plugins
    from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor

+    # Filter out plugins
+    _ALL_CLASSES = [cls for cls in _ALL_CLASSES if not cls.__module__.startswith(f'{yt_dlp.plugins.PACKAGE_NAME}.')]
+
    DummyInfoExtractor = type('InfoExtractor', (InfoExtractor,), {'IE_NAME': NO_ATTR})
    module_src = '\n'.join((
        MODULE_TEMPLATE,
@ -43,20 +55,20 @@ def main():
        *build_ies(_ALL_CLASSES, (InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor), DummyInfoExtractor),
    ))

-    with open(lazy_extractors_filename, 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        f.write(f'{module_src}\n')
+    write_file(lazy_extractors_filename, f'{module_src}\n')


 def get_all_ies():
    PLUGINS_DIRNAME = 'ytdlp_plugins'
    BLOCKED_DIRNAME = f'{PLUGINS_DIRNAME}_blocked'
    if os.path.exists(PLUGINS_DIRNAME):
-        os.rename(PLUGINS_DIRNAME, BLOCKED_DIRNAME)
+        # os.rename cannot be used, e.g. in Docker. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/4958
+        shutil.move(PLUGINS_DIRNAME, BLOCKED_DIRNAME)
    try:
-        from yt_dlp.extractor import _ALL_CLASSES
+        from yt_dlp.extractor.extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
    finally:
        if os.path.exists(BLOCKED_DIRNAME):
-            os.rename(BLOCKED_DIRNAME, PLUGINS_DIRNAME)
+            shutil.move(BLOCKED_DIRNAME, PLUGINS_DIRNAME)
    return _ALL_CLASSES


@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ def sort_ies(ies, ignored_bases):
        for c in classes[:]:
            bases = set(c.__bases__) - {object, *ignored_bases}
            restart = False
-            for b in bases:
+            for b in sorted(bases, key=lambda x: x.__name__):
                if b not in classes and b not in returned_classes:
                    assert b.__name__ != 'GenericIE', 'Cannot inherit from GenericIE'
                    classes.insert(0, b)
@ -113,11 +125,6 @@ def build_lazy_ie(ie, name, attr_base):
    }.get(base.__name__, base.__name__) for base in ie.__bases__)

    s = IE_TEMPLATE.format(name=name, module=ie.__module__, bases=bases)
-    valid_url = getattr(ie, '_VALID_URL', None)
-    if not valid_url and hasattr(ie, '_make_valid_url'):
-        valid_url = ie._make_valid_url()
-    if valid_url:
-        s += f'    _VALID_URL = {valid_url!r}\n'
    return s + '\n'.join(extra_ie_code(ie, attr_base))


--- a/devscripts/make_readme.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_readme.py
@ -1,30 +1,93 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3

-# yt-dlp --help | make_readme.py
-# This must be run in a console of correct width
-import re
+"""
+yt-dlp --help | make_readme.py
+This must be run in a console of correct width
+"""
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
 import sys

+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+
+import functools
+import re
+
+from devscripts.utils import read_file, write_file
+
 README_FILE = 'README.md'

 OPTIONS_START = 'General Options:'
 OPTIONS_END = 'CONFIGURATION'
 EPILOG_START = 'See full documentation'
+ALLOWED_OVERSHOOT = 2
+
+DISABLE_PATCH = object()


-helptext = sys.stdin.read()
-if isinstance(helptext, bytes):
-    helptext = helptext.decode()
+def take_section(text, start=None, end=None, *, shift=0):
+    return text[
+        text.index(start) + shift if start else None:
+        text.index(end) + shift if end else None
+    ]

-start, end = helptext.index(f'\n  {OPTIONS_START}'), helptext.index(f'\n{EPILOG_START}')
-options = re.sub(r'(?m)^  (\w.+)$', r'## \1', helptext[start + 1: end + 1])

-with open(README_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    readme = f.read()
+def apply_patch(text, patch):
+    return text if patch[0] is DISABLE_PATCH else re.sub(*patch, text)

-header = readme[:readme.index(f'## {OPTIONS_START}')]
-footer = readme[readme.index(f'# {OPTIONS_END}'):]

-with open(README_FILE, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    for part in (header, options, footer):
-        f.write(part)
+options = take_section(sys.stdin.read(), f'\n  {OPTIONS_START}', f'\n{EPILOG_START}', shift=1)
+
+max_width = max(map(len, options.split('\n')))
+switch_col_width = len(re.search(r'(?m)^\s{5,}', options).group())
+delim = f'\n{" " * switch_col_width}'
+
+PATCHES = (
+    (   # Standardize `--update` message
+        r'(?m)^(    -U, --update\s+).+(\n    \s.+)*$',
+        r'\1Update this program to the latest version',
+    ),
+    (   # Headings
+        r'(?m)^  (\w.+\n)(    (?=\w))?',
+        r'## \1'
+    ),
+    (   # Fixup `--date` formatting
+        rf'(?m)(    --date DATE.+({delim}[^\[]+)*)\[.+({delim}.+)*$',
+        (rf'\1[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]].{delim}'
+         f'E.g. "--date today-2weeks" downloads only{delim}'
+         'videos uploaded on the same day two weeks ago'),
+    ),
+    (   # Do not split URLs
+        rf'({delim[:-1]})? (?P<label>\[\S+\] )?(?P<url>https?({delim})?:({delim})?/({delim})?/(({delim})?\S+)+)\s',
+        lambda mobj: ''.join((delim, mobj.group('label') or '', re.sub(r'\s+', '', mobj.group('url')), '\n'))
+    ),
+    (   # Do not split "words"
+        rf'(?m)({delim}\S+)+$',
+        lambda mobj: ''.join((delim, mobj.group(0).replace(delim, '')))
+    ),
+    (   # Allow overshooting last line
+        rf'(?m)^(?P<prev>.+)${delim}(?P<current>.+)$(?!{delim})',
+        lambda mobj: (mobj.group().replace(delim, ' ')
+                      if len(mobj.group()) - len(delim) + 1 <= max_width + ALLOWED_OVERSHOOT
+                      else mobj.group())
+    ),
+    (   # Avoid newline when a space is available b/w switch and description
+        DISABLE_PATCH,  # This creates issues with prepare_manpage
+        r'(?m)^(\s{4}-.{%d})(%s)' % (switch_col_width - 6, delim),
+        r'\1 '
+    ),
+    (   # Replace brackets with a Markdown link
+        r'SponsorBlock API \((http.+)\)',
+        r'[SponsorBlock API](\1)'
+    ),
+)
+
+readme = read_file(README_FILE)
+
+write_file(README_FILE, ''.join((
+    take_section(readme, end=f'## {OPTIONS_START}'),
+    functools.reduce(apply_patch, PATCHES, options),
+    take_section(readme, f'# {OPTIONS_END}'),
+)))
--- a/devscripts/make_supportedsites.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_supportedsites.py
@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import optparse
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
+from devscripts.utils import get_filename_args, write_file
 from yt_dlp.extractor import list_extractor_classes


 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog OUTFILE.md')
-    _, args = parser.parse_args()
-    if len(args) != 1:
-        parser.error('Expected an output filename')
-
    out = '\n'.join(ie.description() for ie in list_extractor_classes() if ie.IE_DESC is not False)
-
-    with open(args[0], 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
-        outf.write(f'# Supported sites\n{out}\n')
+    write_file(get_filename_args(), f'# Supported sites\n{out}\n')


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
+++ b/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import optparse
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+
 import os.path
 import re

+from devscripts.utils import (
+    compose_functions,
+    get_filename_args,
+    read_file,
+    write_file,
+)
+
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 README_FILE = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'README.md')

@ -10,7 +24,7 @@ PREFIX = r'''%yt-dlp(1)

 # NAME

-yt\-dlp \- A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches
+yt\-dlp \- A feature\-rich command\-line audio/video downloader

 # SYNOPSIS

@ -21,25 +35,6 @@ yt\-dlp \- A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches
 '''


-def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog OUTFILE.md')
-    options, args = parser.parse_args()
-    if len(args) != 1:
-        parser.error('Expected an output filename')
-
-    outfile, = args
-
-    with open(README_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        readme = f.read()
-
-    readme = filter_excluded_sections(readme)
-    readme = move_sections(readme)
-    readme = filter_options(readme)
-
-    with open(outfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
-        outf.write(PREFIX + readme)
-
-
 def filter_excluded_sections(readme):
    EXCLUDED_SECTION_BEGIN_STRING = re.escape('<!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION -->')
    EXCLUDED_SECTION_END_STRING = re.escape('<!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION -->')
@ -48,6 +43,27 @@ def filter_excluded_sections(readme):
        '', readme)


+def _convert_code_blocks(readme):
+    current_code_block = None
+
+    for line in readme.splitlines(True):
+        if current_code_block:
+            if line == current_code_block:
+                current_code_block = None
+                yield '\n'
+            else:
+                yield f'    {line}'
+        elif line.startswith('```'):
+            current_code_block = line.count('`') * '`' + '\n'
+            yield '\n'
+        else:
+            yield line
+
+
+def convert_code_blocks(readme):
+    return ''.join(_convert_code_blocks(readme))
+
+
 def move_sections(readme):
    MOVE_TAG_TEMPLATE = '<!-- MANPAGE: MOVE "%s" SECTION HERE -->'
    sections = re.findall(r'(?m)^%s$' % (
@ -70,8 +86,10 @@ def move_sections(readme):

 def filter_options(readme):
    section = re.search(r'(?sm)^# USAGE AND OPTIONS\n.+?(?=^# )', readme).group(0)
+    section_new = section.replace('*', R'\*')
+
    options = '# OPTIONS\n'
-    for line in section.split('\n')[1:]:
+    for line in section_new.split('\n')[1:]:
        mobj = re.fullmatch(r'''(?x)
                \s{4}(?P<opt>-(?:,\s|[^\s])+)
                (?:\s(?P<meta>(?:[^\s]|\s(?!\s))+))?
@ -91,5 +109,12 @@ def filter_options(readme):
    return readme.replace(section, options, 1)


+TRANSFORM = compose_functions(filter_excluded_sections, convert_code_blocks, move_sections, filter_options)
+
+
+def main():
+    write_file(get_filename_args(), PREFIX + TRANSFORM(read_file(README_FILE)))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.bat
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.bat
@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-@setlocal
-@echo off
-cd /d %~dp0..
-
-if ["%~1"]==[""] (
-    set "test_set="test""
-) else if ["%~1"]==["core"] (
-    set "test_set="-m not download""
-) else if ["%~1"]==["download"] (
-    set "test_set="-m "download""
-) else (
-    echo.Invalid test type "%~1". Use "core" ^| "download"
-    exit /b 1
-)
-
-set PYTHONWARNINGS=error
-pytest %test_set%
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.py
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.py
@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import functools
+import os
+import re
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+fix_test_name = functools.partial(re.compile(r'IE(_all|_\d+)?$').sub, r'\1')
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run selected yt-dlp tests')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'test', help='a extractor tests, or one of "core" or "download"', nargs='*')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-k', help='run a test matching EXPRESSION. Same as "pytest -k"', metavar='EXPRESSION')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--pytest-args', help='arguments to passthrough to pytest')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
+    run_core = 'core' in tests or (not pattern and not tests)
+    run_download = 'download' in tests
+    tests = list(map(fix_test_name, tests))
+
+    pytest_args = args.pytest_args or os.getenv('HATCH_TEST_ARGS', '')
+    arguments = ['pytest', '-Werror', '--tb=short', *shlex.split(pytest_args)]
+    if ci:
+        arguments.append('--color=yes')
+    if pattern:
+        arguments.extend(['-k', pattern])
+    if run_core:
+        arguments.extend(['-m', 'not download'])
+    elif run_download:
+        arguments.extend(['-m', 'download'])
+    else:
+        arguments.extend(
+            f'test/test_download.py::TestDownload::test_{test}' for test in tests)
+
+    print(f'Running {arguments}', flush=True)
+    try:
+        return subprocess.call(arguments)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+    arguments = [sys.executable, '-Werror', '-m', 'unittest']
+    if pattern:
+        arguments.extend(['-k', pattern])
+    if run_core:
+        print('"pytest" needs to be installed to run core tests', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+        return 1
+    elif run_download:
+        arguments.append('test.test_download')
+    else:
+        arguments.extend(
+            f'test.test_download.TestDownload.test_{test}' for test in tests)
+
+    print(f'Running {arguments}', flush=True)
+    return subprocess.call(arguments)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        args = parse_args()
+
+        os.chdir(Path(__file__).parent.parent)
+        sys.exit(run_tests(*args.test, pattern=args.k, ci=bool(os.getenv('CI'))))
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.sh
@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ -z $1 ]; then
-    test_set='test'
-elif [ $1 = 'core' ]; then
-    test_set="-m not download"
-elif [ $1 = 'download' ]; then
-    test_set="-m download"
-else
-    echo 'Invalid test type "'$1'". Use "core" | "download"'
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-python3 -bb -Werror -m pytest "$test_set"
--- a/devscripts/set-variant.py
+++ b/devscripts/set-variant.py
@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+
+import argparse
+import functools
+import re
+
+from devscripts.utils import compose_functions, read_file, write_file
+
+VERSION_FILE = 'yt_dlp/version.py'
+
+
+def parse_options():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Set the build variant of the package')
+    parser.add_argument('variant', help='Name of the variant')
+    parser.add_argument('-M', '--update-message', default=None, help='Message to show in -U')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def property_setter(name, value):
+    return functools.partial(re.sub, rf'(?m)^{name}\s*=\s*.+$', f'{name} = {value!r}')
+
+
+opts = parse_options()
+transform = compose_functions(
+    property_setter('VARIANT', opts.variant),
+    property_setter('UPDATE_HINT', opts.update_message)
+)
+
+write_file(VERSION_FILE, transform(read_file(VERSION_FILE)))
--- a/devscripts/tomlparse.py
+++ b/devscripts/tomlparse.py
@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Simple parser for spec compliant toml files
+
+A simple toml parser for files that comply with the spec.
+Should only be used to parse `pyproject.toml` for `install_deps.py`.
+
+IMPORTANT: INVALID FILES OR MULTILINE STRINGS ARE NOT SUPPORTED!
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime as dt
+import json
+import re
+
+WS = r'(?:[\ \t]*)'
+STRING_RE = re.compile(r'"(?:\\.|[^\\"\n])*"|\'[^\'\n]*\'')
+SINGLE_KEY_RE = re.compile(rf'{STRING_RE.pattern}|[A-Za-z0-9_-]+')
+KEY_RE = re.compile(rf'{WS}(?:{SINGLE_KEY_RE.pattern}){WS}(?:\.{WS}(?:{SINGLE_KEY_RE.pattern}){WS})*')
+EQUALS_RE = re.compile(rf'={WS}')
+WS_RE = re.compile(WS)
+
+_SUBTABLE = rf'(?P<subtable>^\[(?P<is_list>\[)?(?P<path>{KEY_RE.pattern})\]\]?)'
+EXPRESSION_RE = re.compile(rf'^(?:{_SUBTABLE}|{KEY_RE.pattern}=)', re.MULTILINE)
+
+LIST_WS_RE = re.compile(rf'{WS}((#[^\n]*)?\n{WS})*')
+LEFTOVER_VALUE_RE = re.compile(r'[^,}\]\t\n#]+')
+
+
+def parse_key(value: str):
+    for match in SINGLE_KEY_RE.finditer(value):
+        if match[0][0] == '"':
+            yield json.loads(match[0])
+        elif match[0][0] == '\'':
+            yield match[0][1:-1]
+        else:
+            yield match[0]
+
+
+def get_target(root: dict, paths: list[str], is_list=False):
+    target = root
+
+    for index, key in enumerate(paths, 1):
+        use_list = is_list and index == len(paths)
+        result = target.get(key)
+        if result is None:
+            result = [] if use_list else {}
+            target[key] = result
+
+        if isinstance(result, dict):
+            target = result
+        elif use_list:
+            target = {}
+            result.append(target)
+        else:
+            target = result[-1]
+
+    assert isinstance(target, dict)
+    return target
+
+
+def parse_enclosed(data: str, index: int, end: str, ws_re: re.Pattern):
+    index += 1
+
+    if match := ws_re.match(data, index):
+        index = match.end()
+
+    while data[index] != end:
+        index = yield True, index
+
+        if match := ws_re.match(data, index):
+            index = match.end()
+
+        if data[index] == ',':
+            index += 1
+
+        if match := ws_re.match(data, index):
+            index = match.end()
+
+    assert data[index] == end
+    yield False, index + 1
+
+
+def parse_value(data: str, index: int):
+    if data[index] == '[':
+        result = []
+
+        indices = parse_enclosed(data, index, ']', LIST_WS_RE)
+        valid, index = next(indices)
+        while valid:
+            index, value = parse_value(data, index)
+            result.append(value)
+            valid, index = indices.send(index)
+
+        return index, result
+
+    if data[index] == '{':
+        result = {}
+
+        indices = parse_enclosed(data, index, '}', WS_RE)
+        valid, index = next(indices)
+        while valid:
+            valid, index = indices.send(parse_kv_pair(data, index, result))
+
+        return index, result
+
+    if match := STRING_RE.match(data, index):
+        return match.end(), json.loads(match[0]) if match[0][0] == '"' else match[0][1:-1]
+
+    match = LEFTOVER_VALUE_RE.match(data, index)
+    assert match
+    value = match[0].strip()
+    for func in [
+        int,
+        float,
+        dt.time.fromisoformat,
+        dt.date.fromisoformat,
+        dt.datetime.fromisoformat,
+        {'true': True, 'false': False}.get,
+    ]:
+        try:
+            value = func(value)
+            break
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return match.end(), value
+
+
+def parse_kv_pair(data: str, index: int, target: dict):
+    match = KEY_RE.match(data, index)
+    if not match:
+        return None
+
+    *keys, key = parse_key(match[0])
+
+    match = EQUALS_RE.match(data, match.end())
+    assert match
+    index = match.end()
+
+    index, value = parse_value(data, index)
+    get_target(target, keys)[key] = value
+    return index
+
+
+def parse_toml(data: str):
+    root = {}
+    target = root
+
+    index = 0
+    while True:
+        match = EXPRESSION_RE.search(data, index)
+        if not match:
+            break
+
+        if match.group('subtable'):
+            index = match.end()
+            path, is_list = match.group('path', 'is_list')
+            target = get_target(root, list(parse_key(path)), bool(is_list))
+            continue
+
+        index = parse_kv_pair(data, match.start(), target)
+        assert index is not None
+
+    return root
+
+
+def main():
+    import argparse
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('infile', type=Path, help='The TOML file to read as input')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    with args.infile.open('r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+        data = file.read()
+
+    def default(obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, (dt.date, dt.time, dt.datetime)):
+            return obj.isoformat()
+
+    print(json.dumps(parse_toml(data), default=default))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
--- a/devscripts/update-formulae.py
+++ b/devscripts/update-formulae.py
@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import json
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_urllib_request
-
-# usage: python3 ./devscripts/update-formulae.py <path-to-formulae-rb> <version>
-# version can be either 0-aligned (yt-dlp version) or normalized (PyPl version)
-
-filename, version = sys.argv[1:]
-
-normalized_version = '.'.join(str(int(x)) for x in version.split('.'))
-
-pypi_release = json.loads(compat_urllib_request.urlopen(
-    'https://pypi.org/pypi/yt-dlp/%s/json' % normalized_version
-).read().decode())
-
-tarball_file = next(x for x in pypi_release['urls'] if x['filename'].endswith('.tar.gz'))
-
-sha256sum = tarball_file['digests']['sha256']
-url = tarball_file['url']
-
-with open(filename) as r:
-    formulae_text = r.read()
-
-formulae_text = re.sub(r'sha256 "[0-9a-f]*?"', 'sha256 "%s"' % sha256sum, formulae_text)
-formulae_text = re.sub(r'url "[^"]*?"', 'url "%s"' % url, formulae_text)
-
-with open(filename, 'w') as w:
-    w.write(formulae_text)
--- a/devscripts/update-version.py
+++ b/devscripts/update-version.py
@ -1,41 +1,82 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import subprocess
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
 import sys
-from datetime import datetime

-with open('yt_dlp/version.py') as f:
-    exec(compile(f.read(), 'yt_dlp/version.py', 'exec'))
-old_version = locals()['__version__']
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-old_version_list = old_version.split('.')

-old_ver = '.'.join(old_version_list[:3])
-old_rev = old_version_list[3] if len(old_version_list) > 3 else ''
+import argparse
+import contextlib
+import datetime as dt
+import sys

-ver = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+from devscripts.utils import read_version, run_process, write_file

-rev = (sys.argv[1:] or [''])[0]  # Use first argument, if present as revision number
-if not rev:
-    rev = str(int(old_rev or 0) + 1) if old_ver == ver else ''

-VERSION = '.'.join((ver, rev)) if rev else ver
+def get_new_version(version, revision):
+    if not version:
+        version = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y.%m.%d')

-try:
-    sp = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    GIT_HEAD = sp.communicate()[0].decode().strip() or None
-except Exception:
-    GIT_HEAD = None
+    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)

-VERSION_FILE = f'''\
+    return f'{version}.{revision}' if revision else version
+
+
+def get_git_head():
+    with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+        return run_process('git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD').stdout.strip()
+
+
+VERSION_TEMPLATE = '''\
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py

-__version__ = {VERSION!r}
+__version__ = {version!r}

-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = {GIT_HEAD!r}
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = {git_head!r}
+
+VARIANT = None
+
+UPDATE_HINT = None
+
+CHANNEL = {channel!r}
+
+ORIGIN = {origin!r}
+
+_pkg_version = {package_version!r}
 '''

-with open('yt_dlp/version.py', 'wt') as f:
-    f.write(VERSION_FILE)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update the version.py file')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-c', '--channel', default='stable',
+        help='Select update channel (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--origin', default='local',
+        help='Select origin/repository (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-s', '--suffix', default='',
+        help='Add an alphanumeric suffix to the package version, e.g. "dev"')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-o', '--output', default='yt_dlp/version.py',
+        help='The output file to write to (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'version', nargs='?', default=None,
+        help='A version or revision to use instead of generating one')
+    args = parser.parse_args()

-print('::set-output name=ytdlp_version::' + VERSION)
-print(f'\nVersion = {VERSION}, Git HEAD = {GIT_HEAD}')
+    git_head = get_git_head()
+    version = (
+        args.version if args.version and '.' in args.version
+        else get_new_version(None, 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}'))
+
+    print(f'version={version} ({args.channel}), head={git_head}')
--- a/devscripts/update_changelog.py
+++ b/devscripts/update_changelog.py
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from devscripts.make_changelog import create_changelog, create_parser
+from devscripts.utils import read_file, read_version, write_file
+
+# Always run after devscripts/update-version.py, and run before `make doc|pypi-files|tar|all`
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = create_parser()
+    parser.description = 'Update an existing changelog file with an entry for a new release'
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--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}')
--- a/devscripts/utils.py
+++ b/devscripts/utils.py
@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import argparse
+import functools
+import subprocess
+
+
+def read_file(fname):
+    with open(fname, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def write_file(fname, content, mode='w'):
+    with open(fname, mode, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.write(content)
+
+
+def read_version(fname='yt_dlp/version.py', varname='__version__'):
+    """Get the version without importing the package"""
+    items = {}
+    exec(compile(read_file(fname), fname, 'exec'), items)
+    return items[varname]
+
+
+def get_filename_args(has_infile=False, default_outfile=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    if has_infile:
+        parser.add_argument('infile', help='Input file')
+    kwargs = {'nargs': '?', 'default': default_outfile} if default_outfile else {}
+    parser.add_argument('outfile', **kwargs, help='Output file')
+
+    opts = parser.parse_args()
+    if has_infile:
+        return opts.infile, opts.outfile
+    return opts.outfile
+
+
+def compose_functions(*functions):
+    return lambda x: functools.reduce(lambda y, f: f(y), functions, x)
+
+
+def run_process(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('text', True)
+    kwargs.setdefault('check', True)
+    kwargs.setdefault('capture_output', True)
+    if kwargs['text']:
+        kwargs.setdefault('encoding', 'utf-8')
+        kwargs.setdefault('errors', 'replace')
+    return subprocess.run(args, **kwargs)
--- a/devscripts/zsh-completion.py
+++ b/devscripts/zsh-completion.py
@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
 import yt_dlp

 ZSH_COMPLETION_FILE = "completions/zsh/_yt-dlp"
--- a/public.key
+++ b/public.key
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+
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+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "yt-dlp"
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "pukkandan", email = "pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com"},
+    {name = "Grub4K", email = "contact@grub4k.xyz"},
+    {name = "bashonly", email = "bashonly@protonmail.com"},
+    {name = "coletdjnz", email = "coletdjnz@protonmail.com"},
+]
+description = "A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+keywords = [
+    "youtube-dl",
+    "video-downloader",
+    "youtube-downloader",
+    "sponsorblock",
+    "youtube-dlc",
+    "yt-dlp",
+]
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Video",
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: The Unlicense (Unlicense)",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+    "brotli; implementation_name=='cpython'",
+    "brotlicffi; implementation_name!='cpython'",
+    "certifi",
+    "mutagen",
+    "pycryptodomex",
+    "requests>=2.31.0,<3",
+    "urllib3>=1.26.17,<3",
+    "websockets>=12.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+default = []
+curl-cffi = ["curl-cffi==0.5.10; implementation_name=='cpython'"]
+secretstorage = [
+    "cffi",
+    "secretstorage",
+]
+build = [
+    "build",
+    "hatchling",
+    "pip",
+    "setuptools",
+    "wheel",
+]
+dev = [
+    "pre-commit",
+    "yt-dlp[static-analysis]",
+    "yt-dlp[test]",
+]
+static-analysis = [
+    "autopep8~=2.0",
+    "ruff~=0.4.4",
+]
+test = [
+    "pytest~=8.1",
+]
+pyinstaller = [
+    "pyinstaller>=6.7.0",  # for compat with setuptools>=70
+]
+py2exe = [
+    "py2exe>=0.12",
+    "requests==2.31.*",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme"
+Repository = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues"
+Funding = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/Collaborators.md#collaborators"
+
+[project.scripts]
+yt-dlp = "yt_dlp:main"
+
+[project.entry-points.pyinstaller40]
+hook-dirs = "yt_dlp.__pyinstaller:get_hook_dirs"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = [
+    "/yt_dlp",
+    "/devscripts",
+    "/test",
+    "/.gitignore",  # included by default, needed for auto-excludes
+    "/Changelog.md",
+    "/LICENSE",  # included as license
+    "/pyproject.toml",  # included by default
+    "/README.md",  # included as readme
+    "/setup.cfg",
+    "/supportedsites.md",
+]
+artifacts = [
+    "/yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py",
+    "/completions",
+    "/AUTHORS",  # included by default
+    "/README.txt",
+    "/yt-dlp.1",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["yt_dlp"]
+artifacts = ["/yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.shared-data]
+"completions/bash/yt-dlp" = "share/bash-completion/completions/yt-dlp"
+"completions/zsh/_yt-dlp" = "share/zsh/site-functions/_yt-dlp"
+"completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish" = "share/fish/vendor_completions.d/yt-dlp.fish"
+"README.txt" = "share/doc/yt_dlp/README.txt"
+"yt-dlp.1" = "share/man/man1/yt-dlp.1"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "yt_dlp/version.py"
+pattern = "_pkg_version = '(?P<version>[^']+)'"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.default]
+features = ["curl-cffi", "default"]
+dependencies = ["pre-commit"]
+path = ".venv"
+installer = "uv"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
+setup = "pre-commit install --config .pre-commit-hatch.yaml"
+yt-dlp = "python -Werror -Xdev -m yt_dlp {args}"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-static-analysis]
+detached = true
+features = ["static-analysis"]
+dependencies = []  # override hatch ruff version
+config-path = "pyproject.toml"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-static-analysis.scripts]
+format-check = "autopep8 --diff {args:.}"
+format-fix = "autopep8 --in-place {args:.}"
+lint-check = "ruff check {args:.}"
+lint-fix = "ruff check --fix {args:.}"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test]
+features = ["test"]
+dependencies = [
+    "pytest-randomly~=3.15",
+    "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
+    "pytest-xdist[psutil]~=3.5",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test.scripts]
+run = "python -m devscripts.run_tests {args}"
+run-cov = "echo Code coverage not implemented && exit 1"
+
+[[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test.matrix]]
+python = [
+    "3.8",
+    "3.9",
+    "3.10",
+    "3.11",
+    "3.12",
+    "pypy3.8",
+    "pypy3.9",
+    "pypy3.10",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 120
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+ignore = [
+    "E402",  # module level import not at top of file
+    "E501",  # line too long
+    "E731",  # do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
+    "E741",  # ambiguous variable name
+]
+select = [
+    "E",  # pycodestyle errors
+    "W",  # pycodestyle warnings
+    "F",  # pyflakes
+    "I",  # import order
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"devscripts/lazy_load_template.py" = ["F401"]
+"!yt_dlp/extractor/**.py" = ["I"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
+known-first-party = [
+    "bundle",
+    "devscripts",
+    "test",
+]
+relative-imports-order = "closest-to-furthest"
+
+[tool.autopep8]
+max_line_length = 120
+recursive = true
+exit-code = true
+jobs = 0
+select = [
+    "E101",
+    "E112",
+    "E113",
+    "E115",
+    "E116",
+    "E117",
+    "E121",
+    "E122",
+    "E123",
+    "E124",
+    "E125",
+    "E126",
+    "E127",
+    "E128",
+    "E129",
+    "E131",
+    "E201",
+    "E202",
+    "E203",
+    "E211",
+    "E221",
+    "E222",
+    "E223",
+    "E224",
+    "E225",
+    "E226",
+    "E227",
+    "E228",
+    "E231",
+    "E241",
+    "E242",
+    "E251",
+    "E252",
+    "E261",
+    "E262",
+    "E265",
+    "E266",
+    "E271",
+    "E272",
+    "E273",
+    "E274",
+    "E275",
+    "E301",
+    "E302",
+    "E303",
+    "E304",
+    "E305",
+    "E306",
+    "E502",
+    "E701",
+    "E702",
+    "E704",
+    "W391",
+    "W504",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "-ra -v --strict-markers"
+markers = [
+    "download",
+]
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-addopts = -ra -v --strict-markers
-markers =
-    download
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-mutagen
-pycryptodomex
-websockets
-brotli; platform_python_implementation=='CPython'
-brotlicffi; platform_python_implementation!='CPython'
-certifi
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
-[wheel]
-universal = True
-
 [flake8]
-exclude = devscripts/lazy_load_template.py,devscripts/make_issue_template.py,setup.py,build,.git,venv
+exclude = build,venv,.tox,.git,.pytest_cache
 ignore = E402,E501,E731,E741,W503
+max_line_length = 120
+per_file_ignores =
+    devscripts/lazy_load_template.py: F401
+
+
+[autoflake]
+ignore-init-module-imports = true
+ignore-pass-after-docstring = true
+remove-all-unused-imports = true
+remove-duplicate-keys = true
+remove-unused-variables = true
+
+
+[tox:tox]
+skipsdist = true
+envlist = py{38,39,310,311,312},pypy{38,39,310}
+skip_missing_interpreters = true
+
+[testenv]  # tox
+deps =
+    pytest
+commands = pytest {posargs:"-m not download"}
+passenv = HOME  # For test_compat_expanduser
+setenv =
+    # PYTHONWARNINGS = error  # Catches PIP's warnings too
+
+
+[isort]
+py_version = 38
+multi_line_output = VERTICAL_HANGING_INDENT
+line_length = 80
+reverse_relative = true
+ensure_newline_before_comments = true
+include_trailing_comma = true
+known_first_party =
+    test
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os.path
-import sys
-import warnings
-
-try:
-    from setuptools import Command, find_packages, setup
-    setuptools_available = True
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import Command, setup
-    setuptools_available = False
-from distutils.spawn import spawn
-
-
-def read(fname):
-    with open(fname, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
-# Get the version from yt_dlp/version.py without importing the package
-def read_version(fname):
-    exec(compile(read(fname), fname, 'exec'))
-    return locals()['__version__']
-
-
-VERSION = read_version('yt_dlp/version.py')
-
-DESCRIPTION = 'A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches'
-
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join((
-    'Official repository: <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp>',
-    '**PS**: Some links in this document will not work since this is a copy of the README.md from Github',
-    read('README.md')))
-
-REQUIREMENTS = read('requirements.txt').splitlines()
-
-
-if sys.argv[1:2] == ['py2exe']:
-    import py2exe
-    warnings.warn(
-        'py2exe builds do not support pycryptodomex and needs VC++14 to run. '
-        'The recommended way is to use "pyinst.py" to build using pyinstaller')
-    params = {
-        'console': [{
-            'script': './yt_dlp/__main__.py',
-            'dest_base': 'yt-dlp',
-            'version': VERSION,
-            'description': DESCRIPTION,
-            'comments': LONG_DESCRIPTION.split('\n')[0],
-            'product_name': 'yt-dlp',
-            'product_version': VERSION,
-        }],
-        'options': {
-            'py2exe': {
-                'bundle_files': 0,
-                'compressed': 1,
-                'optimize': 2,
-                'dist_dir': './dist',
-                'excludes': ['Crypto', 'Cryptodome'],  # py2exe cannot import Crypto
-                'dll_excludes': ['w9xpopen.exe', 'crypt32.dll'],
-                # Modules that are only imported dynamically must be added here
-                'includes': ['yt_dlp.compat._legacy'],
-            }
-        },
-        'zipfile': None
-    }
-
-else:
-    files_spec = [
-        ('share/bash-completion/completions', ['completions/bash/yt-dlp']),
-        ('share/zsh/site-functions', ['completions/zsh/_yt-dlp']),
-        ('share/fish/vendor_completions.d', ['completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish']),
-        ('share/doc/yt_dlp', ['README.txt']),
-        ('share/man/man1', ['yt-dlp.1'])
-    ]
-    root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    data_files = []
-    for dirname, files in files_spec:
-        resfiles = []
-        for fn in files:
-            if not os.path.exists(fn):
-                warnings.warn('Skipping file %s since it is not present. Try running `make pypi-files` first' % fn)
-            else:
-                resfiles.append(fn)
-        data_files.append((dirname, resfiles))
-
-    params = {
-        'data_files': data_files,
-    }
-
-    if setuptools_available:
-        params['entry_points'] = {'console_scripts': ['yt-dlp = yt_dlp:main']}
-    else:
-        params['scripts'] = ['yt-dlp']
-
-
-class build_lazy_extractors(Command):
-    description = 'Build the extractor lazy loading module'
-    user_options = []
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        spawn([sys.executable, 'devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py', 'yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py'],
-              dry_run=self.dry_run)
-
-
-if setuptools_available:
-    packages = find_packages(exclude=('youtube_dl', 'youtube_dlc', 'test', 'ytdlp_plugins'))
-else:
-    packages = ['yt_dlp', 'yt_dlp.downloader', 'yt_dlp.extractor', 'yt_dlp.postprocessor']
-
-
-setup(
-    name='yt-dlp',
-    version=VERSION,
-    maintainer='pukkandan',
-    maintainer_email='pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com',
-    description=DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url='https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp',
-    packages=packages,
-    install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
-    project_urls={
-        'Documentation': 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme',
-        'Source': 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp',
-        'Tracker': 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues',
-        'Funding': 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/Collaborators.md#collaborators',
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Video',
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Environment :: Console',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
-        'License :: Public Domain',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-    ],
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
-
-    cmdclass={'build_lazy_extractors': build_lazy_extractors},
-    **params
-)
--- a/supportedsites.md
+++ b/supportedsites.md
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import inspect
+
+import pytest
+
+from yt_dlp.networking import RequestHandler
+from yt_dlp.networking.common import _REQUEST_HANDLERS
+from yt_dlp.utils._utils import _YDLLogger as FakeLogger
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def handler(request):
+    RH_KEY = getattr(request, 'param', None)
+    if not RH_KEY:
+        return
+    if inspect.isclass(RH_KEY) and issubclass(RH_KEY, RequestHandler):
+        handler = RH_KEY
+    elif RH_KEY in _REQUEST_HANDLERS:
+        handler = _REQUEST_HANDLERS[RH_KEY]
+    else:
+        pytest.skip(f'{RH_KEY} request handler is not available')
+
+    class HandlerWrapper(handler):
+        RH_KEY = handler.RH_KEY
+
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(logger=FakeLogger, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    return HandlerWrapper
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def skip_handler(request, handler):
+    """usage: pytest.mark.skip_handler('my_handler', 'reason')"""
+    for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handler'):
+        if marker.args[0] == handler.RH_KEY:
+            pytest.skip(marker.args[1] if len(marker.args) > 1 else '')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def skip_handler_if(request, handler):
+    """usage: pytest.mark.skip_handler_if('my_handler', lambda request: True, 'reason')"""
+    for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handler_if'):
+        if marker.args[0] == handler.RH_KEY and marker.args[1](request):
+            pytest.skip(marker.args[2] if len(marker.args) > 2 else '')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def skip_handlers_if(request, handler):
+    """usage: pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(lambda request, handler: True, 'reason')"""
+    for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handlers_if'):
+        if handler and marker.args[0](request, handler):
+            pytest.skip(marker.args[1] if len(marker.args) > 1 else '')
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    config.addinivalue_line(
+        "markers", "skip_handler(handler): skip test for the given handler",
+    )
+    config.addinivalue_line(
+        "markers", "skip_handler_if(handler): skip test for the given handler if condition is true"
+    )
+    config.addinivalue_line(
+        "markers", "skip_handlers_if(handler): skip test for handlers when the condition is true"
+    )
--- a/test/helper.py
+++ b/test/helper.py
@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import types

 import yt_dlp.extractor
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name, compat_str
-from yt_dlp.utils import preferredencoding, write_string
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name
+from yt_dlp.utils import preferredencoding, try_call, write_string, find_available_port

 if 'pytest' in sys.modules:
    import pytest
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def try_rm(filename):
            raise


-def report_warning(message):
+def report_warning(message, *args, **kwargs):
    '''
    Print the message to stderr, it will be prefixed with 'WARNING:'
    If stderr is a tty file the 'WARNING:' will be colored
@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
        super().__init__(params, auto_init=False)
        self.result = []

-    def to_screen(self, s, skip_eol=None):
+    def to_screen(self, s, *args, **kwargs):
        print(s)

-    def trouble(self, s, tb=None):
+    def trouble(self, s, *args, **kwargs):
        raise Exception(s)

    def download(self, x):
@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
        # Silence an expected warning matching a regex
        old_report_warning = self.report_warning

-        def report_warning(self, message):
+        def report_warning(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
            if re.match(regex, message):
                return
-            old_report_warning(message)
+            old_report_warning(message, *args, **kwargs)
        self.report_warning = types.MethodType(report_warning, self)


@ -92,33 +92,40 @@ def gettestcases(include_onlymatching=False):
        yield from ie.get_testcases(include_onlymatching)


+def getwebpagetestcases():
+    for ie in yt_dlp.extractor.gen_extractors():
+        for tc in ie.get_webpage_testcases():
+            tc.setdefault('add_ie', []).append('Generic')
+            yield tc
+
+
 md5 = lambda s: hashlib.md5(s.encode()).hexdigest()


 def expect_value(self, got, expected, field):
-    if isinstance(expected, compat_str) and expected.startswith('re:'):
+    if isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('re:'):
        match_str = expected[len('re:'):]
        match_rex = re.compile(match_str)

        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, compat_str),
-            f'Expected a {compat_str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
+            isinstance(got, str),
+            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
        self.assertTrue(
            match_rex.match(got),
            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should match {match_str!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, compat_str) and expected.startswith('startswith:'):
+    elif isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('startswith:'):
        start_str = expected[len('startswith:'):]
        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, compat_str),
-            f'Expected a {compat_str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
+            isinstance(got, str),
+            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
        self.assertTrue(
            got.startswith(start_str),
            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should start with {start_str!r}')
-    elif isinstance(expected, compat_str) and expected.startswith('contains:'):
+    elif isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('contains:'):
        contains_str = expected[len('contains:'):]
        self.assertTrue(
-            isinstance(got, compat_str),
-            f'Expected a {compat_str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
+            isinstance(got, str),
+            f'Expected a {str.__name__} object, but got {type(got).__name__} for field {field}')
        self.assertTrue(
            contains_str in got,
            f'field {field} (value: {got!r}) should contain {contains_str!r}')
@ -142,12 +149,12 @@ def expect_value(self, got, expected, field):
                    index, field, type_expected, type_got))
            expect_value(self, item_got, item_expected, field)
    else:
-        if isinstance(expected, compat_str) and expected.startswith('md5:'):
+        if isinstance(expected, str) and expected.startswith('md5:'):
            self.assertTrue(
-                isinstance(got, compat_str),
+                isinstance(got, str),
                f'Expected field {field} to be a unicode object, but got value {got!r} of type {type(got)!r}')
            got = 'md5:' + md5(got)
-        elif isinstance(expected, compat_str) and re.match(r'^(?:min|max)?count:\d+', expected):
+        elif isinstance(expected, str) and re.match(r'^(?:min|max)?count:\d+', expected):
            self.assertTrue(
                isinstance(got, (list, dict)),
                f'Expected field {field} to be a list or a dict, but it is of type {type(got).__name__}')
@ -187,8 +194,8 @@ def sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict):
        'formats', 'thumbnails', 'subtitles', 'automatic_captions', 'comments', 'entries',

        # Auto-generated
-        'autonumber', 'playlist', 'format_index', 'video_ext', 'audio_ext', 'duration_string', 'epoch',
-        'fulltitle', 'extractor', 'extractor_key', 'filepath', 'infojson_filename', 'original_url', 'n_entries',
+        'autonumber', 'playlist', 'format_index', 'video_ext', 'audio_ext', 'duration_string', 'epoch', 'n_entries',
+        'fulltitle', 'extractor', 'extractor_key', 'filename', 'filepath', 'infojson_filename', 'original_url',

        # Only live_status needs to be checked
        'is_live', 'was_live',
@ -207,14 +214,27 @@ def sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict):

    test_info_dict = {
        key: sanitize(key, value) for key, value in got_dict.items()
-        if value is not None and key not in IGNORED_FIELDS and not any(
-            key.startswith(f'{prefix}_') for prefix in IGNORED_PREFIXES)
+        if value is not None and key not in IGNORED_FIELDS and (
+            not any(key.startswith(f'{prefix}_') for prefix in IGNORED_PREFIXES)
+            or key == '_old_archive_ids')
    }

    # display_id may be generated from id
    if test_info_dict.get('display_id') == test_info_dict.get('id'):
        test_info_dict.pop('display_id')

+    # Remove deprecated fields
+    for old in YoutubeDL._deprecated_multivalue_fields.keys():
+        test_info_dict.pop(old, None)
+
+    # release_year may be generated from release_date
+    if try_call(lambda: test_info_dict['release_year'] == int(test_info_dict['release_date'][:4])):
+        test_info_dict.pop('release_year')
+
+    # Check url for flat entries
+    if got_dict.get('_type', 'video') != 'video' and got_dict.get('url'):
+        test_info_dict['url'] = got_dict['url']
+
    return test_info_dict


@ -228,33 +248,31 @@ def expect_info_dict(self, got_dict, expected_dict):
        for key in mandatory_fields:
            self.assertTrue(got_dict.get(key), 'Missing mandatory field %s' % key)
    # Check for mandatory fields that are automatically set by YoutubeDL
-    for key in ['webpage_url', 'extractor', 'extractor_key']:
-        self.assertTrue(got_dict.get(key), 'Missing field: %s' % key)
+    if got_dict.get('_type', 'video') == 'video':
+        for key in ['webpage_url', 'extractor', 'extractor_key']:
+            self.assertTrue(got_dict.get(key), 'Missing field: %s' % key)

    test_info_dict = sanitize_got_info_dict(got_dict)

    missing_keys = set(test_info_dict.keys()) - set(expected_dict.keys())
    if missing_keys:
        def _repr(v):
-            if isinstance(v, compat_str):
+            if isinstance(v, str):
                return "'%s'" % v.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace("'", "\\'").replace('\n', '\\n')
            elif isinstance(v, type):
                return v.__name__
            else:
                return repr(v)
-        info_dict_str = ''
-        if len(missing_keys) != len(expected_dict):
-            info_dict_str += ''.join(
-                f'    {_repr(k)}: {_repr(v)},\n'
-                for k, v in test_info_dict.items() if k not in missing_keys)
-
-            if info_dict_str:
-                info_dict_str += '\n'
+        info_dict_str = ''.join(
+            f'    {_repr(k)}: {_repr(v)},\n'
+            for k, v in test_info_dict.items() if k not in missing_keys)
+        if info_dict_str:
+            info_dict_str += '\n'
        info_dict_str += ''.join(
            f'    {_repr(k)}: {_repr(test_info_dict[k])},\n'
            for k in missing_keys)
-        write_string(
-            '\n\'info_dict\': {\n' + info_dict_str + '},\n', out=sys.stderr)
+        info_dict_str = '\n\'info_dict\': {\n' + info_dict_str + '},\n'
+        write_string(info_dict_str.replace('\n', '\n        '), out=sys.stderr)
        self.assertFalse(
            missing_keys,
            'Missing keys in test definition: %s' % (
@ -301,9 +319,9 @@ def assertEqual(self, got, expected, msg=None):
 def expect_warnings(ydl, warnings_re):
    real_warning = ydl.report_warning

-    def _report_warning(w):
+    def _report_warning(w, *args, **kwargs):
        if not any(re.search(w_re, w) for w_re in warnings_re):
-            real_warning(w)
+            real_warning(w, *args, **kwargs)

    ydl.report_warning = _report_warning

@ -315,3 +333,13 @@ def http_server_port(httpd):
    else:
        sock = httpd.socket
    return sock.getsockname()[1]
+
+
+def verify_address_availability(address):
+    if find_available_port(address) is None:
+        pytest.skip(f'Unable to bind to source address {address} (address may not exist)')
+
+
+def validate_and_send(rh, req):
+    rh.validate(req)
+    return rh.send(req)
--- a/test/parameters.json
+++ b/test/parameters.json
@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
    "writesubtitles": false,
    "allsubtitles": false,
    "listsubtitles": false,
-    "fixup": "never"
+    "fixup": "never",
+    "allow_playlist_files": false
 }
--- a/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
+++ b/test/test_InfoExtractor.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,10 +7,12 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-import threading
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, expect_dict, expect_value, http_server_port

-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_etree_fromstring, compat_http_server
+import http.server
+import threading
+
+from test.helper import FakeYDL, expect_dict, expect_value, http_server_port
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_etree_fromstring
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE, get_info_extractor
 from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ TEAPOT_RESPONSE_STATUS = 418
 TEAPOT_RESPONSE_BODY = "<h1>418 I'm a teapot</h1>"


-class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def log_message(self, format, *args):
        pass

@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler)


 class DummyIE(InfoExtractor):
-    pass
+    def _sort_formats(self, formats, field_preference=[]):
+        self._downloader.sort_formats(
+            {'formats': formats, '_format_sort_fields': field_preference})


 class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
            <meta name="og:test1" content='foo > < bar'/>
            <meta name="og:test2" content="foo >//< bar"/>
            <meta property=og-test3 content='Ill-formatted opengraph'/>
+            <meta property=og:test4 content=unquoted-value/>
            '''
        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_title(html), 'Foo')
        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_description(html), 'Some video\'s description ')
@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_property(('test0', 'test1'), html), 'foo > < bar')
        self.assertRaises(RegexNotFoundError, ie._og_search_property, 'test0', html, None, fatal=True)
        self.assertRaises(RegexNotFoundError, ie._og_search_property, ('test0', 'test00'), html, None, fatal=True)
+        self.assertEqual(ie._og_search_property('test4', html), 'unquoted-value')

    def test_html_search_meta(self):
        ie = self.ie
@ -502,6 +509,24 @@ class TestInfoExtractor(unittest.TestCase):
                }],
            })

+        # from https://0000.studio/
+        # with type attribute but without extension in URL
+        expect_dict(
+            self,
+            self.ie._parse_html5_media_entries(
+                'https://0000.studio',
+                r'''
+                <video src="https://d1ggyt9m8pwf3g.cloudfront.net/protected/ap-northeast-1:1864af40-28d5-492b-b739-b32314b1a527/archive/clip/838db6a7-8973-4cd6-840d-8517e4093c92"
+                    controls="controls" type="video/mp4" preload="metadata" autoplay="autoplay" playsinline class="object-contain">
+                </video>
+                ''', None)[0],
+            {
+                'formats': [{
+                    'url': 'https://d1ggyt9m8pwf3g.cloudfront.net/protected/ap-northeast-1:1864af40-28d5-492b-b739-b32314b1a527/archive/clip/838db6a7-8973-4cd6-840d-8517e4093c92',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                }],
+            })
+
    def test_extract_jwplayer_data_realworld(self):
        # from http://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/
        expect_dict(
@ -892,8 +917,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'acodec': 'mp4a.40.2',
                    'video_ext': 'mp4',
                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 263.851,
-                    'abr': 0,
                }, {
                    'format_id': '577',
                    'format_index': None,
@ -911,8 +934,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'acodec': 'mp4a.40.2',
                    'video_ext': 'mp4',
                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 577.61,
-                    'abr': 0,
                }, {
                    'format_id': '915',
                    'format_index': None,
@ -930,8 +951,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'acodec': 'mp4a.40.2',
                    'video_ext': 'mp4',
                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 915.905,
-                    'abr': 0,
                }, {
                    'format_id': '1030',
                    'format_index': None,
@ -949,8 +968,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'acodec': 'mp4a.40.2',
                    'video_ext': 'mp4',
                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 1030.138,
-                    'abr': 0,
                }, {
                    'format_id': '1924',
                    'format_index': None,
@ -968,8 +985,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'acodec': 'mp4a.40.2',
                    'video_ext': 'mp4',
                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 1924.009,
-                    'abr': 0,
                }],
                {
                    'en': [{
@ -1381,6 +1396,7 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    'vcodec': 'none',
                    'acodec': 'AACL',
                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'audio_channels': 2,
                    '_download_params': {
                        'stream_type': 'audio',
                        'duration': 8880746666,
@ -1394,9 +1410,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'audio_ext': 'isma',
-                    'video_ext': 'none',
-                    'abr': 128,
                }, {
                    'format_id': 'video-100',
                    'url': 'https://sdn-global-streaming-cache-3qsdn.akamaized.net/stream/3144/files/17/07/672975/3144-kZT4LWMQw6Rh7Kpd.ism/Manifest',
@ -1420,9 +1433,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'video_ext': 'ismv',
-                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 100,
                }, {
                    'format_id': 'video-326',
                    'url': 'https://sdn-global-streaming-cache-3qsdn.akamaized.net/stream/3144/files/17/07/672975/3144-kZT4LWMQw6Rh7Kpd.ism/Manifest',
@ -1446,9 +1456,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'video_ext': 'ismv',
-                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 326,
                }, {
                    'format_id': 'video-698',
                    'url': 'https://sdn-global-streaming-cache-3qsdn.akamaized.net/stream/3144/files/17/07/672975/3144-kZT4LWMQw6Rh7Kpd.ism/Manifest',
@ -1472,9 +1479,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'video_ext': 'ismv',
-                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 698,
                }, {
                    'format_id': 'video-1493',
                    'url': 'https://sdn-global-streaming-cache-3qsdn.akamaized.net/stream/3144/files/17/07/672975/3144-kZT4LWMQw6Rh7Kpd.ism/Manifest',
@ -1498,9 +1502,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'video_ext': 'ismv',
-                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 1493,
                }, {
                    'format_id': 'video-4482',
                    'url': 'https://sdn-global-streaming-cache-3qsdn.akamaized.net/stream/3144/files/17/07/672975/3144-kZT4LWMQw6Rh7Kpd.ism/Manifest',
@ -1524,9 +1525,6 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
                    },
-                    'video_ext': 'ismv',
-                    'audio_ext': 'none',
-                    'vbr': 4482,
                }],
                {
                    'eng': [
@ -1546,6 +1544,265 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                    ]
                },
            ),
+            (
+                'ec-3_test',
+                'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                [{
+                    'format_id': 'audio_deu-127',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'isma',
+                    'tbr': 127,
+                    'asr': 48000,
+                    'vcodec': 'none',
+                    'acodec': 'AACL',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    'audio_channels': 2,
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'audio',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 0,
+                        'height': 0,
+                        'fourcc': 'AACL',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '1190',
+                        'sampling_rate': 48000,
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'audio_deu_1-224',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'isma',
+                    'tbr': 224,
+                    'asr': 48000,
+                    'vcodec': 'none',
+                    'acodec': 'EC-3',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    'audio_channels': 6,
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'audio',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 0,
+                        'height': 0,
+                        'fourcc': 'EC-3',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00063F000000AF87FBA7022DFB42A4D405CD93843BDD0700200F00',
+                        'sampling_rate': 48000,
+                        'channels': 6,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-23',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 384,
+                    'height': 216,
+                    'tbr': 23,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 384,
+                        'height': 216,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '000000016742C00CDB06077E5C05A808080A00000300020000030009C0C02EE0177CC6300F142AE00000000168CA8DC8',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-403',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 400,
+                    'height': 224,
+                    'tbr': 403,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 400,
+                        'height': 224,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D4014E98323B602D4040405000003000100000300320F1429380000000168EAECF2',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-680',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 640,
+                    'height': 360,
+                    'tbr': 680,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 640,
+                        'height': 360,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D401EE981405FF2E02D4040405000000300100000030320F162D3800000000168EAECF2',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-1253',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 640,
+                    'height': 360,
+                    'tbr': 1253,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'vbr': 1253,
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 640,
+                        'height': 360,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D401EE981405FF2E02D4040405000000300100000030320F162D3800000000168EAECF2',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-2121',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 768,
+                    'height': 432,
+                    'tbr': 2121,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 768,
+                        'height': 432,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D401EECA0601BD80B50101014000003000400000300C83C58B6580000000168E93B3C80',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-3275',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 1280,
+                    'height': 720,
+                    'tbr': 3275,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 1280,
+                        'height': 720,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D4020ECA02802DD80B501010140000003004000000C83C60C65800000000168E93B3C80',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-5300',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 1920,
+                    'height': 1080,
+                    'tbr': 5300,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 1920,
+                        'height': 1080,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D4028ECA03C0113F2E02D4040405000000300100000030320F18319600000000168E93B3C80',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }, {
+                    'format_id': 'video_deu-8079',
+                    'url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'manifest_url': 'https://smstr01.dmm.t-online.de/smooth24/smoothstream_m1/streaming/sony/9221438342941275747/636887760842957027/25_km_h-Trailer-9221571562372022953_deu_20_1300k_HD_H_264_ISMV.ism/Manifest',
+                    'ext': 'ismv',
+                    'width': 1920,
+                    'height': 1080,
+                    'tbr': 8079,
+                    'vcodec': 'AVC1',
+                    'acodec': 'none',
+                    'protocol': 'ism',
+                    'language': 'deu',
+                    '_download_params': {
+                        'stream_type': 'video',
+                        'duration': 370000000,
+                        'timescale': 10000000,
+                        'width': 1920,
+                        'height': 1080,
+                        'fourcc': 'AVC1',
+                        'language': 'deu',
+                        'codec_private_data': '00000001674D4028ECA03C0113F2E02D4040405000000300100000030320F18319600000000168E93B3C80',
+                        'channels': 2,
+                        'bits_per_sample': 16,
+                        'nal_unit_length_field': 4
+                    },
+                }],
+                {},
+            ),
        ]

        for ism_file, ism_url, expected_formats, expected_subtitles in _TEST_CASES:
@ -1637,7 +1894,7 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
        # or the underlying `_download_webpage_handle` returning no content
        # when a response matches `expected_status`.

-        httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
            ('127.0.0.1', 0), InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler)
        port = http_server_port(httpd)
        server_thread = threading.Thread(target=httpd.serve_forever)
@ -1649,6 +1906,15 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
            expected_status=TEAPOT_RESPONSE_STATUS)
        self.assertEqual(content, TEAPOT_RESPONSE_BODY)

+    def test_search_nextjs_data(self):
+        data = '<script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{}}</script>'
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data(data, None), {'props': {}})
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data('', None, fatal=False), {})
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data('', None, default=None), None)
+        self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data('', None, default={}), {})
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            self.assertEqual(self.ie._search_nextjs_data('', None, default='{}'), {})
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,26 +7,24 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
 import copy
 import json
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, assertRegexpMatches

+from test.helper import FakeYDL, assertRegexpMatches, try_rm
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_os_name,
-    compat_setenv,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-)
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_os_name
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE
 from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor
 from yt_dlp.postprocessor.common import PostProcessor
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
    ExtractorError,
    LazyList,
+    OnDemandPagedList,
    int_or_none,
    match_filter_func,
 )
+from yt_dlp.utils.traversal import traverse_obj

 TEST_URL = 'http://localhost/sample.mp4'

@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class YDL(FakeYDL):
    def process_info(self, info_dict):
        self.downloaded_info_dicts.append(info_dict.copy())

-    def to_screen(self, msg):
+    def to_screen(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
        self.msgs.append(msg)

    def dl(self, *args, **kwargs):
@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
            {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 460, 'url': TEST_URL},
        ]
        info_dict = _make_result(formats)
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['ext'], 'webm')
@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
            {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 1080, 'url': TEST_URL},
        ]
        info_dict['formats'] = formats
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['ext'], 'mp4')
@ -98,8 +95,7 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
            {'ext': 'flv', 'height': 720, 'url': TEST_URL},
        ]
        info_dict['formats'] = formats
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['ext'], 'mp4')
@ -111,15 +107,14 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
            {'ext': 'webm', 'height': 720, 'url': TEST_URL},
        ]
        info_dict['formats'] = formats
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['ext'], 'webm')

    def test_format_selection(self):
        formats = [
-            {'format_id': '35', 'ext': 'mp4', 'preference': 1, 'url': TEST_URL},
+            {'format_id': '35', 'ext': 'mp4', 'preference': 0, 'url': TEST_URL},
            {'format_id': 'example-with-dashes', 'ext': 'webm', 'preference': 1, 'url': TEST_URL},
            {'format_id': '45', 'ext': 'webm', 'preference': 2, 'url': TEST_URL},
            {'format_id': '47', 'ext': 'webm', 'preference': 3, 'url': TEST_URL},
@ -145,6 +140,8 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
        test('example-with-dashes', 'example-with-dashes')
        test('all', '2', '47', '45', 'example-with-dashes', '35')
        test('mergeall', '2+47+45+example-with-dashes+35', multi=True)
+        # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pulls/8797
+        test('7_a/worst', '35')

    def test_format_selection_audio(self):
        formats = [
@ -186,23 +183,20 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
        ]

        info_dict = _make_result(formats)
-        ydl = YDL({'format': 'best'})
-        ie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        ie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl = YDL({'format': 'best', 'format_sort': ['abr', 'ext']})
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(copy.deepcopy(info_dict))
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], 'aac-64')

        ydl = YDL({'format': 'mp3'})
-        ie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        ie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(copy.deepcopy(info_dict))
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], 'mp3-64')

-        ydl = YDL({'prefer_free_formats': True})
-        ie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        ie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl = YDL({'prefer_free_formats': True, 'format_sort': ['abr', 'ext']})
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(copy.deepcopy(info_dict))
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], 'ogg-64')
@ -347,8 +341,7 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': 'bestvideo+bestaudio'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], '248+172')
@ -356,40 +349,35 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': 'bestvideo[height>=999999]+bestaudio/best'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], '38')

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': 'bestvideo/best,bestaudio'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['137', '141'])

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': '(bestvideo[ext=mp4],bestvideo[ext=webm])+bestaudio'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['137+141', '248+141'])

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': '(bestvideo[ext=mp4],bestvideo[ext=webm])[height<=720]+bestaudio'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['136+141', '247+141'])

        info_dict = _make_result(list(formats_order), extractor='youtube')
        ydl = YDL({'format': '(bestvideo[ext=none]/bestvideo[ext=webm])+bestaudio'})
-        yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-        yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+        ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
        downloaded_ids = [info['format_id'] for info in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]
        self.assertEqual(downloaded_ids, ['248+141'])
@ -397,16 +385,14 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
        for f1, f2 in zip(formats_order, formats_order[1:]):
            info_dict = _make_result([f1, f2], extractor='youtube')
            ydl = YDL({'format': 'best/bestvideo'})
-            yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-            yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+            ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
            ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
            downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
            self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], f1['format_id'])

            info_dict = _make_result([f2, f1], extractor='youtube')
            ydl = YDL({'format': 'best/bestvideo'})
-            yie = YoutubeIE(ydl)
-            yie._sort_formats(info_dict['formats'])
+            ydl.sort_formats(info_dict)
            ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
            downloaded = ydl.downloaded_info_dicts[0]
            self.assertEqual(downloaded['format_id'], f1['format_id'])
@ -481,7 +467,7 @@ class TestFormatSelection(unittest.TestCase):
        for f in formats:
            f['url'] = 'http://_/'
            f['ext'] = 'unknown'
-        info_dict = _make_result(formats)
+        info_dict = _make_result(formats, _format_sort_fields=('id', ))

        ydl = YDL({'format': 'best[filesize<3000]'})
        ydl.process_ie_result(info_dict)
@ -663,13 +649,17 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        'playlist_autonumber': 2,
        '__last_playlist_index': 100,
        'n_entries': 10,
-        'formats': [{'id': 'id 1'}, {'id': 'id 2'}, {'id': 'id 3'}]
+        'formats': [
+            {'id': 'id 1', 'height': 1080, 'width': 1920},
+            {'id': 'id 2', 'height': 720},
+            {'id': 'id 3'}
+        ]
    }

    def test_prepare_outtmpl_and_filename(self):
        def test(tmpl, expected, *, info=None, **params):
            params['outtmpl'] = tmpl
-            ydl = YoutubeDL(params)
+            ydl = FakeYDL(params)
            ydl._num_downloads = 1
            self.assertEqual(ydl.validate_outtmpl(tmpl), None)

@ -681,7 +671,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
            for (name, got), expect in zip((('outtmpl', out), ('filename', fname)), expected):
                if callable(expect):
                    self.assertTrue(expect(got), f'Wrong {name} from {tmpl}')
-                else:
+                elif expect is not None:
                    self.assertEqual(got, expect, f'Wrong {name} from {tmpl}')

        # Side-effects
@ -696,7 +686,8 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(id)s.%(ext)s', '1234.mp4')
        test('%(duration_string)s', ('27:46:40', '27-46-40'))
        test('%(resolution)s', '1080p')
-        test('%(playlist_index)s', '001')
+        test('%(playlist_index|)s', '001')
+        test('%(playlist_index&{}!)s', '1!')
        test('%(playlist_autonumber)s', '02')
        test('%(autonumber)s', '00001')
        test('%(autonumber+2)03d', '005', autonumber_start=3)
@ -723,13 +714,14 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(id)s', '-abcd', info={'id': '-abcd'})
        test('%(id)s', '.abcd', info={'id': '.abcd'})
        test('%(id)s', 'ab__cd', info={'id': 'ab__cd'})
-        test('%(id)s', ('ab:cd', 'ab -cd'), info={'id': 'ab:cd'})
+        test('%(id)s', ('ab:cd', 'ab：cd'), info={'id': 'ab:cd'})
        test('%(id.0)s', '-', info={'id': '--'})

        # Invalid templates
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(YoutubeDL.validate_outtmpl('%(title)'), ValueError))
        test('%(invalid@tmpl|def)s', 'none', outtmpl_na_placeholder='none')
        test('%(..)s', 'NA')
+        test('%(formats.{id)s', 'NA')

        # Entire info_dict
        def expect_same_infodict(out):
@ -738,7 +730,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
                self.assertEqual(got_dict.get(info_field), expected, info_field)
            return True

-        test('%()j', (expect_same_infodict, str))
+        test('%()j', (expect_same_infodict, None))

        # NA placeholder
        NA_TEST_OUTTMPL = '%(uploader_date)s-%(width)d-%(x|def)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s'
@ -766,20 +758,23 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(ext)c', 'm')
        test('%(id)d %(id)r', "1234 '1234'")
        test('%(id)r %(height)r', "'1234' 1080")
+        test('%(title5)a %(height)a', (R"'\xe1\xe9\xed \U0001d400' 1080", None))
        test('%(ext)s-%(ext|def)d', 'mp4-def')
-        test('%(width|0)04d', '0000')
-        test('a%(width|)d', 'a', outtmpl_na_placeholder='none')
+        test('%(width|0)04d', '0')
+        test('a%(width|b)d', 'ab', outtmpl_na_placeholder='none')

        FORMATS = self.outtmpl_info['formats']
-        sanitize = lambda x: x.replace(':', ' -').replace('"', "'").replace('\n', ' ')

        # Custom type casting
        test('%(formats.:.id)l', 'id 1, id 2, id 3')
        test('%(formats.:.id)#l', ('id 1\nid 2\nid 3', 'id 1 id 2 id 3'))
        test('%(ext)l', 'mp4')
        test('%(formats.:.id) 18l', '  id 1, id 2, id 3')
-        test('%(formats)j', (json.dumps(FORMATS), sanitize(json.dumps(FORMATS))))
-        test('%(formats)#j', (json.dumps(FORMATS, indent=4), sanitize(json.dumps(FORMATS, indent=4))))
+        test('%(formats)j', (json.dumps(FORMATS), None))
+        test('%(formats)#j', (
+            json.dumps(FORMATS, indent=4),
+            json.dumps(FORMATS, indent=4).replace(':', '：').replace('"', "＂").replace('\n', ' ')
+        ))
        test('%(title5).3B', 'á')
        test('%(title5)U', 'áéí 𝐀')
        test('%(title5)#U', 'a\u0301e\u0301i\u0301 𝐀')
@ -789,13 +784,13 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(filesize)#D', '1Ki')
        test('%(height)5.2D', ' 1.08k')
        test('%(title4)#S', 'foo_bar_test')
-        test('%(title4).10S', ('foo \'bar\' ', 'foo \'bar\'' + ('#' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else ' ')))
+        test('%(title4).10S', ('foo ＂bar＂ ', 'foo ＂bar＂' + ('#' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else ' ')))
        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
-            test('%(title4)q', ('"foo \\"bar\\" test"', "'foo _'bar_' test'"))
-            test('%(formats.:.id)#q', ('"id 1" "id 2" "id 3"', "'id 1' 'id 2' 'id 3'"))
-            test('%(formats.0.id)#q', ('"id 1"', "'id 1'"))
+            test('%(title4)q', ('"foo ""bar"" test"', None))
+            test('%(formats.:.id)#q', ('"id 1" "id 2" "id 3"', None))
+            test('%(formats.0.id)#q', ('"id 1"', None))
        else:
-            test('%(title4)q', ('\'foo "bar" test\'', "'foo 'bar' test'"))
+            test('%(title4)q', ('\'foo "bar" test\'', '\'foo ＂bar＂ test\''))
            test('%(formats.:.id)#q', "'id 1' 'id 2' 'id 3'")
            test('%(formats.0.id)#q', "'id 1'")

@ -804,8 +799,9 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(title|%)s %(title|%%)s', '% %%')
        test('%(id+1-height+3)05d', '00158')
        test('%(width+100)05d', 'NA')
-        test('%(formats.0) 15s', ('% 15s' % FORMATS[0], '% 15s' % sanitize(str(FORMATS[0]))))
-        test('%(formats.0)r', (repr(FORMATS[0]), sanitize(repr(FORMATS[0]))))
+        test('%(filesize*8)d', '8192')
+        test('%(formats.0) 15s', ('% 15s' % FORMATS[0], None))
+        test('%(formats.0)r', (repr(FORMATS[0]), None))
        test('%(height.0)03d', '001')
        test('%(-height.0)04d', '-001')
        test('%(formats.-1.id)s', FORMATS[-1]['id'])
@ -814,6 +810,12 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(formats.:2:-1)r', repr(FORMATS[:2:-1]))
        test('%(formats.0.id.-1+id)f', '1235.000000')
        test('%(formats.0.id.-1+formats.1.id.-1)d', '3')
+        out = json.dumps([{'id': f['id'], 'height.:2': str(f['height'])[:2]}
+                          if 'height' in f else {'id': f['id']}
+                          for f in FORMATS])
+        test('%(formats.:.{id,height.:2})j', (out, None))
+        test('%(formats.:.{id,height}.id)l', ', '.join(f['id'] for f in FORMATS))
+        test('%(.{id,title})j', ('{"id": "1234"}', '{＂id＂： ＂1234＂}'))

        # Alternates
        test('%(title,id)s', '1234')
@ -827,6 +829,11 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        test('%(title&foo|baz)s.bar', 'baz.bar')
        test('%(x,id&foo|baz)s.bar', 'foo.bar')
        test('%(x,title&foo|baz)s.bar', 'baz.bar')
+        test('%(id&a\nb|)s', ('a\nb', 'a b'))
+        test('%(id&hi {:>10} {}|)s', 'hi       1234 1234')
+        test(R'%(id&{0} {}|)s', 'NA')
+        test(R'%(id&{0.1}|)s', 'NA')
+        test('%(height&{:,d})S', '1,080')

        # Laziness
        def gen():
@ -840,21 +847,21 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        # test('%(foo|)s', ('', '_'))  # fixme

        # Environment variable expansion for prepare_filename
-        compat_setenv('__yt_dlp_var', 'expanded')
+        os.environ['__yt_dlp_var'] = 'expanded'
        envvar = '%__yt_dlp_var%' if compat_os_name == 'nt' else '$__yt_dlp_var'
        test(envvar, (envvar, 'expanded'))
        if compat_os_name == 'nt':
            test('%s%', ('%s%', '%s%'))
-            compat_setenv('s', 'expanded')
+            os.environ['s'] = 'expanded'
            test('%s%', ('%s%', 'expanded'))  # %s% should be expanded before escaping %s
-            compat_setenv('(test)s', 'expanded')
+            os.environ['(test)s'] = 'expanded'
            test('%(test)s%', ('NA%', 'expanded'))  # Environment should take priority over template

        # Path expansion and escaping
        test('Hello %(title1)s', 'Hello $PATH')
        test('Hello %(title2)s', 'Hello %PATH%')
-        test('%(title3)s', ('foo/bar\\test', 'foo_bar_test'))
-        test('folder/%(title3)s', ('folder/foo/bar\\test', 'folder%sfoo_bar_test' % os.path.sep))
+        test('%(title3)s', ('foo/bar\\test', 'foo⧸bar⧹test'))
+        test('folder/%(title3)s', ('folder/foo/bar\\test', 'folder%sfoo⧸bar⧹test' % os.path.sep))

    def test_format_note(self):
        ydl = YoutubeDL()
@ -872,12 +879,12 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):

        class SimplePP(PostProcessor):
            def run(self, info):
-                with open(audiofile, 'wt') as f:
+                with open(audiofile, 'w') as f:
                    f.write('EXAMPLE')
                return [info['filepath']], info

        def run_pp(params, PP):
-            with open(filename, 'wt') as f:
+            with open(filename, 'w') as f:
                f.write('EXAMPLE')
            ydl = YoutubeDL(params)
            ydl.add_post_processor(PP())
@ -896,7 +903,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):

        class ModifierPP(PostProcessor):
            def run(self, info):
-                with open(info['filepath'], 'wt') as f:
+                with open(info['filepath'], 'w') as f:
                    f.write('MODIFIED')
                return [], info

@ -934,7 +941,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        def get_videos(filter_=None):
            ydl = YDL({'match_filter': filter_, 'simulate': True})
            for v in videos:
-                ydl.process_ie_result(v, download=True)
+                ydl.process_ie_result(v.copy(), download=True)
            return [v['id'] for v in ydl.downloaded_info_dicts]

        res = get_videos()
@ -989,41 +996,80 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(res, [])

    def test_playlist_items_selection(self):
-        entries = [{
-            'id': compat_str(i),
-            'title': compat_str(i),
-            'url': TEST_URL,
-        } for i in range(1, 5)]
-        playlist = {
-            '_type': 'playlist',
-            'id': 'test',
-            'entries': entries,
-            'extractor': 'test:playlist',
-            'extractor_key': 'test:playlist',
-            'webpage_url': 'http://example.com',
-        }
+        INDICES, PAGE_SIZE = list(range(1, 11)), 3

-        def get_downloaded_info_dicts(params):
+        def entry(i, evaluated):
+            evaluated.append(i)
+            return {
+                'id': str(i),
+                'title': str(i),
+                'url': TEST_URL,
+            }
+
+        def pagedlist_entries(evaluated):
+            def page_func(n):
+                start = PAGE_SIZE * n
+                for i in INDICES[start: start + PAGE_SIZE]:
+                    yield entry(i, evaluated)
+            return OnDemandPagedList(page_func, PAGE_SIZE)
+
+        def page_num(i):
+            return (i + PAGE_SIZE - 1) // PAGE_SIZE
+
+        def generator_entries(evaluated):
+            for i in INDICES:
+                yield entry(i, evaluated)
+
+        def list_entries(evaluated):
+            return list(generator_entries(evaluated))
+
+        def lazylist_entries(evaluated):
+            return LazyList(generator_entries(evaluated))
+
+        def get_downloaded_info_dicts(params, entries):
            ydl = YDL(params)
-            # make a deep copy because the dictionary and nested entries
-            # can be modified
-            ydl.process_ie_result(copy.deepcopy(playlist))
+            ydl.process_ie_result({
+                '_type': 'playlist',
+                'id': 'test',
+                'extractor': 'test:playlist',
+                'extractor_key': 'test:playlist',
+                'webpage_url': 'http://example.com',
+                'entries': entries,
+            })
            return ydl.downloaded_info_dicts

-        def test_selection(params, expected_ids):
-            results = [
-                (v['playlist_autonumber'] - 1, (int(v['id']), v['playlist_index']))
-                for v in get_downloaded_info_dicts(params)]
-            self.assertEqual(results, list(enumerate(zip(expected_ids, expected_ids))))
+        def test_selection(params, expected_ids, evaluate_all=False):
+            expected_ids = list(expected_ids)
+            if evaluate_all:
+                generator_eval = pagedlist_eval = INDICES
+            elif not expected_ids:
+                generator_eval = pagedlist_eval = []
+            else:
+                generator_eval = INDICES[0: max(expected_ids)]
+                pagedlist_eval = INDICES[PAGE_SIZE * page_num(min(expected_ids)) - PAGE_SIZE:
+                                         PAGE_SIZE * page_num(max(expected_ids))]

-        test_selection({}, [1, 2, 3, 4])
-        test_selection({'playlistend': 10}, [1, 2, 3, 4])
-        test_selection({'playlistend': 2}, [1, 2])
-        test_selection({'playliststart': 10}, [])
-        test_selection({'playliststart': 2}, [2, 3, 4])
-        test_selection({'playlist_items': '2-4'}, [2, 3, 4])
+            for name, func, expected_eval in (
+                ('list', list_entries, INDICES),
+                ('Generator', generator_entries, generator_eval),
+                # ('LazyList', lazylist_entries, generator_eval),  # Generator and LazyList follow the exact same code path
+                ('PagedList', pagedlist_entries, pagedlist_eval),
+            ):
+                evaluated = []
+                entries = func(evaluated)
+                results = [(v['playlist_autonumber'] - 1, (int(v['id']), v['playlist_index']))
+                           for v in get_downloaded_info_dicts(params, entries)]
+                self.assertEqual(results, list(enumerate(zip(expected_ids, expected_ids))), f'Entries of {name} for {params}')
+                self.assertEqual(sorted(evaluated), expected_eval, f'Evaluation of {name} for {params}')
+
+        test_selection({}, INDICES)
+        test_selection({'playlistend': 20}, INDICES, True)
+        test_selection({'playlistend': 2}, INDICES[:2])
+        test_selection({'playliststart': 11}, [], True)
+        test_selection({'playliststart': 2}, INDICES[1:])
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '2-4'}, INDICES[1:4])
        test_selection({'playlist_items': '2,4'}, [2, 4])
-        test_selection({'playlist_items': '10'}, [])
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '20'}, [], True)
        test_selection({'playlist_items': '0'}, [])

        # Tests for https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/10591
@ -1032,15 +1078,32 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):

        # Tests for https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/720
        # https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302
-        test_selection({'playlistreverse': True}, [4, 3, 2, 1])
-        test_selection({'playliststart': 2, 'playlistreverse': True}, [4, 3, 2])
+        test_selection({'playlistreverse': True}, INDICES[::-1])
+        test_selection({'playliststart': 2, 'playlistreverse': True}, INDICES[:0:-1])
        test_selection({'playlist_items': '2,4', 'playlistreverse': True}, [4, 2])
        test_selection({'playlist_items': '4,2'}, [4, 2])

-    def test_urlopen_no_file_protocol(self):
-        # see https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8227
-        ydl = YDL()
-        self.assertRaises(compat_urllib_error.URLError, ydl.urlopen, 'file:///etc/passwd')
+        # Tests for --playlist-items start:end:step
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': ':'}, INDICES, True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '::1'}, INDICES, True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '::-1'}, INDICES[::-1], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': ':6'}, INDICES[:6])
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': ':-6'}, INDICES[:-5], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '-1:6:-2'}, INDICES[:4:-2], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '9:-6:-2'}, INDICES[8:3:-2], True)
+
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '1:inf:2'}, INDICES[::2], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '-2:inf'}, INDICES[-2:], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': ':inf:-1'}, [], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '0-2:2'}, [2])
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '1-:2'}, INDICES[::2], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '0--2:2'}, INDICES[1:-1:2], True)
+
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '10::3'}, [10], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '-1::3'}, [10], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '11::3'}, [], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '-15::2'}, INDICES[1::2], True)
+        test_selection({'playlist_items': '-15::15'}, [], True)

    def test_do_not_override_ie_key_in_url_transparent(self):
        ydl = YDL()
@ -1126,7 +1189,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):

            def _entries(self):
                for n in range(3):
-                    video_id = compat_str(n)
+                    video_id = str(n)
                    yield {
                        '_type': 'url_transparent',
                        'ie_key': VideoIE.ie_key(),
@ -1155,6 +1218,129 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['extractor'], 'Video')
        self.assertEqual(downloaded['extractor_key'], 'Video')

+    def test_header_cookies(self):
+        from http.cookiejar import Cookie
+
+        ydl = FakeYDL()
+        ydl.report_warning = lambda *_, **__: None
+
+        def cookie(name, value, version=None, domain='', path='', secure=False, expires=None):
+            return Cookie(
+                version or 0, name, value, None, False,
+                domain, bool(domain), bool(domain), path, bool(path),
+                secure, expires, False, None, None, rest={})
+
+        _test_url = 'https://yt.dlp/test'
+
+        def test(encoded_cookies, cookies, *, headers=False, round_trip=None, error_re=None):
+            def _test():
+                ydl.cookiejar.clear()
+                ydl._load_cookies(encoded_cookies, autoscope=headers)
+                if headers:
+                    ydl._apply_header_cookies(_test_url)
+                data = {'url': _test_url}
+                ydl._calc_headers(data)
+                self.assertCountEqual(
+                    map(vars, ydl.cookiejar), map(vars, cookies),
+                    'Extracted cookiejar.Cookie is not the same')
+                if not headers:
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        data.get('cookies'), round_trip or encoded_cookies,
+                        'Cookie is not the same as round trip')
+                ydl.__dict__['_YoutubeDL__header_cookies'] = []
+
+            with self.subTest(msg=encoded_cookies):
+                if not error_re:
+                    _test()
+                    return
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, error_re):
+                    _test()
+
+        test('test=value; Domain=.yt.dlp', [cookie('test', 'value', domain='.yt.dlp')])
+        test('test=value', [cookie('test', 'value')], error_re=r'Unscoped cookies are not allowed')
+        test('cookie1=value1; Domain=.yt.dlp; Path=/test; cookie2=value2; Domain=.yt.dlp; Path=/', [
+            cookie('cookie1', 'value1', domain='.yt.dlp', path='/test'),
+            cookie('cookie2', 'value2', domain='.yt.dlp', path='/')])
+        test('test=value; Domain=.yt.dlp; Path=/test; Secure; Expires=9999999999', [
+            cookie('test', 'value', domain='.yt.dlp', path='/test', secure=True, expires=9999999999)])
+        test('test="value; "; path=/test; domain=.yt.dlp', [
+            cookie('test', 'value; ', domain='.yt.dlp', path='/test')],
+            round_trip='test="value\\073 "; Domain=.yt.dlp; Path=/test')
+        test('name=; Domain=.yt.dlp', [cookie('name', '', domain='.yt.dlp')],
+             round_trip='name=""; Domain=.yt.dlp')
+
+        test('test=value', [cookie('test', 'value', domain='.yt.dlp')], headers=True)
+        test('cookie1=value; Domain=.yt.dlp; cookie2=value', [], headers=True, error_re=r'Invalid syntax')
+        ydl.deprecated_feature = ydl.report_error
+        test('test=value', [], headers=True, error_re=r'Passing cookies as a header is a potential security risk')
+
+    def test_infojson_cookies(self):
+        TEST_FILE = 'test_infojson_cookies.info.json'
+        TEST_URL = 'https://example.com/example.mp4'
+        COOKIES = 'a=b; Domain=.example.com; c=d; Domain=.example.com'
+        COOKIE_HEADER = {'Cookie': 'a=b; c=d'}
+
+        ydl = FakeYDL()
+        ydl.process_info = lambda x: ydl._write_info_json('test', x, TEST_FILE)
+
+        def make_info(info_header_cookies=False, fmts_header_cookies=False, cookies_field=False):
+            fmt = {'url': TEST_URL}
+            if fmts_header_cookies:
+                fmt['http_headers'] = COOKIE_HEADER
+            if cookies_field:
+                fmt['cookies'] = COOKIES
+            return _make_result([fmt], http_headers=COOKIE_HEADER if info_header_cookies else None)
+
+        def test(initial_info, note):
+            result = {}
+            result['processed'] = ydl.process_ie_result(initial_info)
+            self.assertTrue(ydl.cookiejar.get_cookies_for_url(TEST_URL),
+                            msg=f'No cookies set in cookiejar after initial process when {note}')
+            ydl.cookiejar.clear()
+            with open(TEST_FILE) as infojson:
+                result['loaded'] = ydl.sanitize_info(json.load(infojson), True)
+            result['final'] = ydl.process_ie_result(result['loaded'].copy(), download=False)
+            self.assertTrue(ydl.cookiejar.get_cookies_for_url(TEST_URL),
+                            msg=f'No cookies set in cookiejar after final process when {note}')
+            ydl.cookiejar.clear()
+            for key in ('processed', 'loaded', 'final'):
+                info = result[key]
+                self.assertIsNone(
+                    traverse_obj(info, ((None, ('formats', 0)), 'http_headers', 'Cookie'), casesense=False, get_all=False),
+                    msg=f'Cookie header not removed in {key} result when {note}')
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    traverse_obj(info, ((None, ('formats', 0)), 'cookies'), get_all=False), COOKIES,
+                    msg=f'No cookies field found in {key} result when {note}')
+
+        test({'url': TEST_URL, 'http_headers': COOKIE_HEADER, 'id': '1', 'title': 'x'}, 'no formats field')
+        test(make_info(info_header_cookies=True), 'info_dict header cokies')
+        test(make_info(fmts_header_cookies=True), 'format header cookies')
+        test(make_info(info_header_cookies=True, fmts_header_cookies=True), 'info_dict and format header cookies')
+        test(make_info(info_header_cookies=True, fmts_header_cookies=True, cookies_field=True), 'all cookies fields')
+        test(make_info(cookies_field=True), 'cookies format field')
+        test({'url': TEST_URL, 'cookies': COOKIES, 'id': '1', 'title': 'x'}, 'info_dict cookies field only')
+
+        try_rm(TEST_FILE)
+
+    def test_add_headers_cookie(self):
+        def check_for_cookie_header(result):
+            return traverse_obj(result, ((None, ('formats', 0)), 'http_headers', 'Cookie'), casesense=False, get_all=False)
+
+        ydl = FakeYDL({'http_headers': {'Cookie': 'a=b'}})
+        ydl._apply_header_cookies(_make_result([])['webpage_url'])  # Scope to input webpage URL: .example.com
+
+        fmt = {'url': 'https://example.com/video.mp4'}
+        result = ydl.process_ie_result(_make_result([fmt]), download=False)
+        self.assertIsNone(check_for_cookie_header(result), msg='http_headers cookies in result info_dict')
+        self.assertEqual(result.get('cookies'), 'a=b; Domain=.example.com', msg='No cookies were set in cookies field')
+        self.assertIn('a=b', ydl.cookiejar.get_cookie_header(fmt['url']), msg='No cookies were set in cookiejar')
+
+        fmt = {'url': 'https://wrong.com/video.mp4'}
+        result = ydl.process_ie_result(_make_result([fmt]), download=False)
+        self.assertIsNone(check_for_cookie_header(result), msg='http_headers cookies for wrong domain')
+        self.assertFalse(result.get('cookies'), msg='Cookies set in cookies field for wrong domain')
+        self.assertFalse(ydl.cookiejar.get_cookie_header(fmt['url']), msg='Cookies set in cookiejar for wrong domain')
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDLCookieJar.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDLCookieJar.py
@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import re
 import sys
-import tempfile
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from yt_dlp.utils import YoutubeDLCookieJar
+
+import re
+import tempfile
+
+from yt_dlp.cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar


 class TestYoutubeDLCookieJar(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_keep_session_cookies(self):
        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar('./test/testdata/cookies/session_cookies.txt')
-        cookiejar.load(ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+        cookiejar.load()
        tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
        try:
-            cookiejar.save(filename=tf.name, ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+            cookiejar.save(filename=tf.name)
            temp = tf.read().decode()
            self.assertTrue(re.search(
                r'www\.foobar\.foobar\s+FALSE\s+/\s+TRUE\s+0\s+YoutubeDLExpiresEmpty\s+YoutubeDLExpiresEmptyValue', temp))
@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDLCookieJar(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_strip_httponly_prefix(self):
        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar('./test/testdata/cookies/httponly_cookies.txt')
-        cookiejar.load(ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+        cookiejar.load()

        def assert_cookie_has_value(key):
            self.assertEqual(cookiejar._cookies['www.foobar.foobar']['/'][key].value, key + '_VALUE')
@ -38,11 +42,25 @@ class TestYoutubeDLCookieJar(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_malformed_cookies(self):
        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar('./test/testdata/cookies/malformed_cookies.txt')
-        cookiejar.load(ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+        cookiejar.load()
        # Cookies should be empty since all malformed cookie file entries
        # will be ignored
        self.assertFalse(cookiejar._cookies)

+    def test_get_cookie_header(self):
+        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar('./test/testdata/cookies/httponly_cookies.txt')
+        cookiejar.load()
+        header = cookiejar.get_cookie_header('https://www.foobar.foobar')
+        self.assertIn('HTTPONLY_COOKIE', header)
+
+    def test_get_cookies_for_url(self):
+        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar('./test/testdata/cookies/session_cookies.txt')
+        cookiejar.load()
+        cookies = cookiejar.get_cookies_for_url('https://www.foobar.foobar/')
+        self.assertEqual(len(cookies), 2)
+        cookies = cookiejar.get_cookies_for_url('https://foobar.foobar/')
+        self.assertFalse(cookies)
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_aes.py
+++ b/test/test_aes.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,10 +7,10 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
 import base64

 from yt_dlp.aes import (
-    BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES,
    aes_cbc_decrypt,
    aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes,
    aes_cbc_encrypt,
@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ from yt_dlp.aes import (
    aes_encrypt,
    aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify,
    aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes,
+    key_expansion,
+    pad_block,
 )
-from yt_dlp.dependencies import Cryptodome_AES
+from yt_dlp.dependencies import Cryptodome
 from yt_dlp.utils import bytes_to_intlist, intlist_to_bytes

 # the encrypted data can be generate with 'devscripts/generate_aes_testdata.py'
@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):
        data = b'\x97\x92+\xe5\x0b\xc3\x18\x91ky9m&\xb3\xb5@\xe6\x27\xc2\x96.\xc8u\x88\xab9-[\x9e|\xf1\xcd'
        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_cbc_decrypt(bytes_to_intlist(data), self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)
-        if Cryptodome_AES:
+        if Cryptodome.AES:
            decrypted = aes_cbc_decrypt_bytes(data, intlist_to_bytes(self.key), intlist_to_bytes(self.iv))
            self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):
        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify(
            bytes_to_intlist(data), self.key, bytes_to_intlist(authentication_tag), self.iv[:12]))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)
-        if Cryptodome_AES:
+        if Cryptodome.AES:
            decrypted = aes_gcm_decrypt_and_verify_bytes(
                data, intlist_to_bytes(self.key), authentication_tag, intlist_to_bytes(self.iv[:12]))
            self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)
@ -99,8 +102,7 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_ecb_encrypt(self):
        data = bytes_to_intlist(self.secret_msg)
-        data += [0x08] * (BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES - len(data) % BLOCK_SIZE_BYTES)
-        encrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_encrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
+        encrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_encrypt(data, self.key))
        self.assertEqual(
            encrypted,
            b'\xaa\x86]\x81\x97>\x02\x92\x9d\x1bR[[L/u\xd3&\xd1(h\xde{\x81\x94\xba\x02\xae\xbd\xa6\xd0:')
@ -110,6 +112,41 @@ class TestAES(unittest.TestCase):
        decrypted = intlist_to_bytes(aes_ecb_decrypt(data, self.key, self.iv))
        self.assertEqual(decrypted.rstrip(b'\x08'), self.secret_msg)

+    def test_key_expansion(self):
+        key = '4f6bdaa39e2f8cb07f5e722d9edef314'
+
+        self.assertEqual(key_expansion(bytes_to_intlist(bytearray.fromhex(key))), [
+            0x4F, 0x6B, 0xDA, 0xA3, 0x9E, 0x2F, 0x8C, 0xB0, 0x7F, 0x5E, 0x72, 0x2D, 0x9E, 0xDE, 0xF3, 0x14,
+            0x53, 0x66, 0x20, 0xA8, 0xCD, 0x49, 0xAC, 0x18, 0xB2, 0x17, 0xDE, 0x35, 0x2C, 0xC9, 0x2D, 0x21,
+            0x8C, 0xBE, 0xDD, 0xD9, 0x41, 0xF7, 0x71, 0xC1, 0xF3, 0xE0, 0xAF, 0xF4, 0xDF, 0x29, 0x82, 0xD5,
+            0x2D, 0xAD, 0xDE, 0x47, 0x6C, 0x5A, 0xAF, 0x86, 0x9F, 0xBA, 0x00, 0x72, 0x40, 0x93, 0x82, 0xA7,
+            0xF9, 0xBE, 0x82, 0x4E, 0x95, 0xE4, 0x2D, 0xC8, 0x0A, 0x5E, 0x2D, 0xBA, 0x4A, 0xCD, 0xAF, 0x1D,
+            0x54, 0xC7, 0x26, 0x98, 0xC1, 0x23, 0x0B, 0x50, 0xCB, 0x7D, 0x26, 0xEA, 0x81, 0xB0, 0x89, 0xF7,
+            0x93, 0x60, 0x4E, 0x94, 0x52, 0x43, 0x45, 0xC4, 0x99, 0x3E, 0x63, 0x2E, 0x18, 0x8E, 0xEA, 0xD9,
+            0xCA, 0xE7, 0x7B, 0x39, 0x98, 0xA4, 0x3E, 0xFD, 0x01, 0x9A, 0x5D, 0xD3, 0x19, 0x14, 0xB7, 0x0A,
+            0xB0, 0x4E, 0x1C, 0xED, 0x28, 0xEA, 0x22, 0x10, 0x29, 0x70, 0x7F, 0xC3, 0x30, 0x64, 0xC8, 0xC9,
+            0xE8, 0xA6, 0xC1, 0xE9, 0xC0, 0x4C, 0xE3, 0xF9, 0xE9, 0x3C, 0x9C, 0x3A, 0xD9, 0x58, 0x54, 0xF3,
+            0xB4, 0x86, 0xCC, 0xDC, 0x74, 0xCA, 0x2F, 0x25, 0x9D, 0xF6, 0xB3, 0x1F, 0x44, 0xAE, 0xE7, 0xEC])
+
+    def test_pad_block(self):
+        block = [0x21, 0xA0, 0x43, 0xFF]
+
+        self.assertEqual(pad_block(block, 'pkcs7'),
+                         block + [0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C])
+
+        self.assertEqual(pad_block(block, 'iso7816'),
+                         block + [0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00])
+
+        self.assertEqual(pad_block(block, 'whitespace'),
+                         block + [0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20])
+
+        self.assertEqual(pad_block(block, 'zero'),
+                         block + [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00])
+
+        block = list(range(16))
+        for mode in ('pkcs7', 'iso7816', 'whitespace', 'zero'):
+            self.assertEqual(pad_block(block, mode), block, mode)
+

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_age_restriction.py
+++ b/test/test_age_restriction.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,9 +7,10 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from test.helper import is_download_test, try_rm

+from test.helper import is_download_test, try_rm
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
+from yt_dlp.utils import DownloadError


 def _download_restricted(url, filename, age):
@ -24,10 +26,14 @@ def _download_restricted(url, filename, age):
    ydl.add_default_info_extractors()
    json_filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + '.info.json'
    try_rm(json_filename)
-    ydl.download([url])
-    res = os.path.exists(json_filename)
-    try_rm(json_filename)
-    return res
+    try:
+        ydl.download([url])
+    except DownloadError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        return os.path.exists(json_filename)
+    finally:
+        try_rm(json_filename)


@is_download_test
@ -37,12 +43,12 @@ class TestAgeRestriction(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertFalse(_download_restricted(url, filename, age))

    def test_youtube(self):
-        self._assert_restricted('07FYdnEawAQ', '07FYdnEawAQ.mp4', 10)
+        self._assert_restricted('HtVdAasjOgU', 'HtVdAasjOgU.mp4', 10)

    def test_youporn(self):
        self._assert_restricted(
-            'http://www.youporn.com/watch/505835/sex-ed-is-it-safe-to-masturbate-daily/',
-            '505835.mp4', 2, old_age=25)
+            'https://www.youporn.com/watch/16715086/sex-ed-in-detention-18-asmr/',
+            '16715086.mp4', 2, old_age=25)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_all_urls.py
+++ b/test/test_all_urls.py
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
-import collections
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import unittest
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


-from test.helper import gettestcases
+import collections

+from test.helper import gettestcases
 from yt_dlp.extractor import FacebookIE, YoutubeIE, gen_extractors


--- a/test/test_cache.py
+++ b/test/test_cache.py
@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
-import shutil
 import sys
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


-from test.helper import FakeYDL
+import shutil

+from test.helper import FakeYDL
 from yt_dlp.cache import Cache


--- a/test/test_compat.py
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -7,18 +8,17 @@ import unittest
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))


+import struct
+
 from yt_dlp import compat
+from yt_dlp.compat import urllib  # isort: split
 from yt_dlp.compat import (
    compat_etree_fromstring,
    compat_expanduser,
-    compat_getenv,
-    compat_setenv,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_struct_unpack,
    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
-    compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
+from yt_dlp.compat.urllib.request import getproxies


 class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
@ -26,28 +26,22 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
            compat.compat_basestring

-        compat.asyncio.events  # Must not raise error
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            compat.WINDOWS_VT_MODE

-    def test_compat_getenv(self):
-        test_str = 'тест'
-        compat_setenv('yt_dlp_COMPAT_GETENV', test_str)
-        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv('yt_dlp_COMPAT_GETENV'), test_str)
+        self.assertEqual(urllib.request.getproxies, getproxies)

-    def test_compat_setenv(self):
-        test_var = 'yt_dlp_COMPAT_SETENV'
-        test_str = 'тест'
-        compat_setenv(test_var, test_str)
-        compat_getenv(test_var)
-        self.assertEqual(compat_getenv(test_var), test_str)
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            compat.compat_pycrypto_AES  # Must not raise error

    def test_compat_expanduser(self):
        old_home = os.environ.get('HOME')
        test_str = R'C:\Documents and Settings\тест\Application Data'
        try:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', test_str)
+            os.environ['HOME'] = test_str
            self.assertEqual(compat_expanduser('~'), test_str)
        finally:
-            compat_setenv('HOME', old_home or '')
+            os.environ['HOME'] = old_home or ''

    def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote(self):
        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
@ -69,8 +63,8 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
            '''(^◣_◢^)っ︻デ═一    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ⇀    ↶%I%Break%Things%''')

    def test_compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
-        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc def')
+        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('abc%20def'), 'abc def')
+        self.assertEqual(urllib.parse.unquote_plus('%7e/abc+def'), '~/abc def')

    def test_compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(self):
        self.assertEqual(compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({'abc': 'def'}), 'abc=def')
@ -91,11 +85,11 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
            </root>
        '''
        doc = compat_etree_fromstring(xml.encode())
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.attrib['foo'], compat_str))
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.attrib['spam'], compat_str))
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('normal').text, compat_str))
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('chinese').text, compat_str))
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('foo/bar').text, compat_str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.attrib['foo'], str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.attrib['spam'], str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('normal').text, str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('chinese').text, str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(doc.find('foo/bar').text, str))

    def test_compat_etree_fromstring_doctype(self):
        xml = '''<?xml version="1.0"?>
@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
        compat_etree_fromstring(xml)

    def test_struct_unpack(self):
-        self.assertEqual(compat_struct_unpack('!B', b'\x00'), (0,))
+        self.assertEqual(struct.unpack('!B', b'\x00'), (0,))


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+import unittest.mock
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import contextlib
+import itertools
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from yt_dlp.compat import compat_expanduser
+from yt_dlp.options import create_parser, parseOpts
+from yt_dlp.utils import Config, get_executable_path
+
+ENVIRON_DEFAULTS = {
+    'HOME': None,
+    'XDG_CONFIG_HOME': '/_xdg_config_home/',
+    'USERPROFILE': 'C:/Users/testing/',
+    'APPDATA': 'C:/Users/testing/AppData/Roaming/',
+    'HOMEDRIVE': 'C:/',
+    'HOMEPATH': 'Users/testing/',
+}
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def set_environ(**kwargs):
+    saved_environ = os.environ.copy()
+
+    for name, value in {**ENVIRON_DEFAULTS, **kwargs}.items():
+        if value is None:
+            os.environ.pop(name, None)
+        else:
+            os.environ[name] = value
+
+    yield
+
+    os.environ.clear()
+    os.environ.update(saved_environ)
+
+
+def _generate_expected_groups():
+    xdg_config_home = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or compat_expanduser('~/.config')
+    appdata_dir = os.getenv('appdata')
+    home_dir = compat_expanduser('~')
+    return {
+        'Portable': [
+            Path(get_executable_path(), 'yt-dlp.conf'),
+        ],
+        'Home': [
+            Path('yt-dlp.conf'),
+        ],
+        'User': [
+            Path(xdg_config_home, 'yt-dlp.conf'),
+            Path(xdg_config_home, 'yt-dlp', 'config'),
+            Path(xdg_config_home, 'yt-dlp', 'config.txt'),
+            *((
+                Path(appdata_dir, 'yt-dlp.conf'),
+                Path(appdata_dir, 'yt-dlp', 'config'),
+                Path(appdata_dir, 'yt-dlp', 'config.txt'),
+            ) if appdata_dir else ()),
+            Path(home_dir, 'yt-dlp.conf'),
+            Path(home_dir, 'yt-dlp.conf.txt'),
+            Path(home_dir, '.yt-dlp', 'config'),
+            Path(home_dir, '.yt-dlp', 'config.txt'),
+        ],
+        'System': [
+            Path('/etc/yt-dlp.conf'),
+            Path('/etc/yt-dlp/config'),
+            Path('/etc/yt-dlp/config.txt'),
+        ]
+    }
+
+
+class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    maxDiff = None
+
+    @set_environ()
+    def test_config__ENVIRON_DEFAULTS_sanity(self):
+        expected = make_expected()
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            set(expected), expected,
+            'ENVIRON_DEFAULTS produces non unique names')
+
+    def test_config_all_environ_values(self):
+        for name, value in ENVIRON_DEFAULTS.items():
+            for new_value in (None, '', '.', value or '/some/dir'):
+                with set_environ(**{name: new_value}):
+                    self._simple_grouping_test()
+
+    def test_config_default_expected_locations(self):
+        files, _ = self._simple_config_test()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            files, make_expected(),
+            'Not all expected locations have been checked')
+
+    def test_config_default_grouping(self):
+        self._simple_grouping_test()
+
+    def _simple_grouping_test(self):
+        expected_groups = make_expected_groups()
+        for name, group in expected_groups.items():
+            for index, existing_path in enumerate(group):
+                result, opts = self._simple_config_test(existing_path)
+                expected = expected_from_expected_groups(expected_groups, existing_path)
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    result, expected,
+                    f'The checked locations do not match the expected ({name}, {index})')
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    opts.outtmpl['default'], '1',
+                    f'The used result value was incorrect ({name}, {index})')
+
+    def _simple_config_test(self, *stop_paths):
+        encountered = 0
+        paths = []
+
+        def read_file(filename, default=[]):
+            nonlocal encountered
+            path = Path(filename)
+            paths.append(path)
+            if path in stop_paths:
+                encountered += 1
+                return ['-o', f'{encountered}']
+
+        with ConfigMock(read_file):
+            _, opts, _ = parseOpts([], False)
+
+        return paths, opts
+
+    @set_environ()
+    def test_config_early_exit_commandline(self):
+        self._early_exit_test(0, '--ignore-config')
+
+    @set_environ()
+    def test_config_early_exit_files(self):
+        for index, _ in enumerate(make_expected(), 1):
+            self._early_exit_test(index)
+
+    def _early_exit_test(self, allowed_reads, *args):
+        reads = 0
+
+        def read_file(filename, default=[]):
+            nonlocal reads
+            reads += 1
+
+            if reads > allowed_reads:
+                self.fail('The remaining config was not ignored')
+            elif reads == allowed_reads:
+                return ['--ignore-config']
+
+        with ConfigMock(read_file):
+            parseOpts(args, False)
+
+    @set_environ()
+    def test_config_override_commandline(self):
+        self._override_test(0, '-o', 'pass')
+
+    @set_environ()
+    def test_config_override_files(self):
+        for index, _ in enumerate(make_expected(), 1):
+            self._override_test(index)
+
+    def _override_test(self, start_index, *args):
+        index = 0
+
+        def read_file(filename, default=[]):
+            nonlocal index
+            index += 1
+
+            if index > start_index:
+                return ['-o', 'fail']
+            elif index == start_index:
+                return ['-o', 'pass']
+
+        with ConfigMock(read_file):
+            _, opts, _ = parseOpts(args, False)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            opts.outtmpl['default'], 'pass',
+            'The earlier group did not override the later ones')
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def ConfigMock(read_file=None):
+    with unittest.mock.patch('yt_dlp.options.Config') as mock:
+        mock.return_value = Config(create_parser())
+        if read_file is not None:
+            mock.read_file = read_file
+
+        yield mock
+
+
+def make_expected(*filepaths):
+    return expected_from_expected_groups(_generate_expected_groups(), *filepaths)
+
+
+def make_expected_groups(*filepaths):
+    return _filter_expected_groups(_generate_expected_groups(), filepaths)
+
+
+def expected_from_expected_groups(expected_groups, *filepaths):
+    return list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+        _filter_expected_groups(expected_groups, filepaths).values()))
+
+
+def _filter_expected_groups(expected, filepaths):
+    if not filepaths:
+        return expected
+
+    result = {}
+    for group, paths in expected.items():
+        new_paths = []
+        for path in paths:
+            new_paths.append(path)
+            if path in filepaths:
+                break
+
+        result[group] = new_paths
+
+    return result
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_cookies.py
+++ b/test/test_cookies.py
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import datetime as dt
 import unittest
-from datetime import datetime, timezone

 from yt_dlp import cookies
 from yt_dlp.cookies import (
+    LenientSimpleCookie,
    LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor,
    MacChromeCookieDecryptor,
    WindowsChromeCookieDecryptor,
@ -14,16 +15,16 @@ from yt_dlp.cookies import (


 class Logger:
-    def debug(self, message):
+    def debug(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
        print(f'[verbose] {message}')

-    def info(self, message):
+    def info(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
        print(message)

-    def warning(self, message, only_once=False):
+    def warning(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
        self.error(message)

-    def error(self, message):
+    def error(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
        raise Exception(message)


@ -48,32 +49,38 @@ class TestCookies(unittest.TestCase):
        """ based on https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/base/nix/xdg_util_unittest.cc """
        test_cases = [
            ({}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.OTHER),
+            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'my_custom_de'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.OTHER),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'my_custom_de'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.OTHER),

            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'gnome'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'mate'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
-            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'kde4'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE),
-            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'kde'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE),
+            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'kde4'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE4),
+            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'kde'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE3),
            ({'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'xfce'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.XFCE),

            ({'GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID': 1}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
-            ({'KDE_FULL_SESSION': 1}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE),
+            ({'KDE_FULL_SESSION': 1}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE3),
+            ({'KDE_FULL_SESSION': 1, 'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'kde4'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE4),

            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'X-Cinnamon'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.CINNAMON),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Deepin'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.DEEPIN),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'GNOME'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'GNOME:GNOME-Classic'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'GNOME : GNOME-Classic'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),

            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Unity', 'DESKTOP_SESSION': 'gnome-fallback'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.GNOME),
-            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'KDE', 'KDE_SESSION_VERSION': '5'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE),
-            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'KDE'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'KDE', 'KDE_SESSION_VERSION': '5'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE5),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'KDE', 'KDE_SESSION_VERSION': '6'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE6),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'KDE'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.KDE4),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Pantheon'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.PANTHEON),
+            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'UKUI'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.UKUI),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Unity'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.UNITY),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Unity:Unity7'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.UNITY),
            ({'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP': 'Unity:Unity8'}, _LinuxDesktopEnvironment.UNITY),
        ]

        for env, expected_desktop_environment in test_cases:
-            self.assertEqual(_get_linux_desktop_environment(env), expected_desktop_environment)
+            self.assertEqual(_get_linux_desktop_environment(env, Logger()), expected_desktop_environment)

    def test_chrome_cookie_decryptor_linux_derive_key(self):
        key = LinuxChromeCookieDecryptor.derive_key(b'abc')
@ -131,9 +138,169 @@ class TestCookies(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(cookie.name, 'foo')
        self.assertEqual(cookie.value, 'test%20%3Bcookie')
        self.assertFalse(cookie.secure)
-        expected_expiration = datetime(2021, 6, 18, 21, 39, 19, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        expected_expiration = dt.datetime(2021, 6, 18, 21, 39, 19, tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc)
        self.assertEqual(cookie.expires, int(expected_expiration.timestamp()))

    def test_pbkdf2_sha1(self):
        key = pbkdf2_sha1(b'peanuts', b' ' * 16, 1, 16)
        self.assertEqual(key, b'g\xe1\x8e\x0fQ\x1c\x9b\xf3\xc9`!\xaa\x90\xd9\xd34')
+
+
+class TestLenientSimpleCookie(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _run_tests(self, *cases):
+        for message, raw_cookie, expected in cases:
+            cookie = LenientSimpleCookie(raw_cookie)
+
+            with self.subTest(message, expected=expected):
+                self.assertEqual(cookie.keys(), expected.keys(), message)
+
+                for key, expected_value in expected.items():
+                    morsel = cookie[key]
+                    if isinstance(expected_value, tuple):
+                        expected_value, expected_attributes = expected_value
+                    else:
+                        expected_attributes = {}
+
+                    attributes = {
+                        key: value
+                        for key, value in dict(morsel).items()
+                        if value != ""
+                    }
+                    self.assertEqual(attributes, expected_attributes, message)
+
+                    self.assertEqual(morsel.value, expected_value, message)
+
+    def test_parsing(self):
+        self._run_tests(
+            # Copied from https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.10.7/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
+            (
+                "Test basic cookie",
+                "chips=ahoy; vienna=finger",
+                {"chips": "ahoy", "vienna": "finger"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test quoted cookie",
+                'keebler="E=mc2; L=\\"Loves\\"; fudge=\\012;"',
+                {"keebler": 'E=mc2; L="Loves"; fudge=\012;'},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Allow '=' in an unquoted value",
+                "keebler=E=mc2",
+                {"keebler": "E=mc2"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Allow cookies with ':' in their name",
+                "key:term=value:term",
+                {"key:term": "value:term"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Allow '[' and ']' in cookie values",
+                "a=b; c=[; d=r; f=h",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "[", "d": "r", "f": "h"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test basic cookie attributes",
+                'Customer="WILE_E_COYOTE"; Version=1; Path=/acme',
+                {"Customer": ("WILE_E_COYOTE", {"version": "1", "path": "/acme"})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test flag only cookie attributes",
+                'Customer="WILE_E_COYOTE"; HttpOnly; Secure',
+                {"Customer": ("WILE_E_COYOTE", {"httponly": True, "secure": True})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test flag only attribute with values",
+                "eggs=scrambled; httponly=foo; secure=bar; Path=/bacon",
+                {"eggs": ("scrambled", {"httponly": "foo", "secure": "bar", "path": "/bacon"})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test special case for 'expires' attribute, 4 digit year",
+                'Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT',
+                {"Customer": ("W", {"expires": "Wed, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT"})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test special case for 'expires' attribute, 2 digit year",
+                'Customer="W"; expires=Wed, 01 Jan 98 00:00:00 GMT',
+                {"Customer": ("W", {"expires": "Wed, 01 Jan 98 00:00:00 GMT"})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test extra spaces in keys and values",
+                "eggs  =  scrambled  ;  secure  ;  path  =  bar   ; foo=foo   ",
+                {"eggs": ("scrambled", {"secure": True, "path": "bar"}), "foo": "foo"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Test quoted attributes",
+                'Customer="WILE_E_COYOTE"; Version="1"; Path="/acme"',
+                {"Customer": ("WILE_E_COYOTE", {"version": "1", "path": "/acme"})}
+            ),
+            # Our own tests that CPython passes
+            (
+                "Allow ';' in quoted value",
+                'chips="a;hoy"; vienna=finger',
+                {"chips": "a;hoy", "vienna": "finger"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Keep only the last set value",
+                "a=c; a=b",
+                {"a": "b"},
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_lenient_parsing(self):
+        self._run_tests(
+            (
+                "Ignore and try to skip invalid cookies",
+                'chips={"ahoy;": 1}; vienna="finger;"',
+                {"vienna": "finger;"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Ignore cookies without a name",
+                "a=b; unnamed; c=d",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Ignore '\"' cookie without name",
+                'a=b; "; c=d',
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Skip all space separated values",
+                "x a=b c=d x; e=f",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d", "e": "f"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Skip all space separated values",
+                'x a=b; data={"complex": "json", "with": "key=value"}; x c=d x',
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Expect quote mending",
+                'a=b; invalid="; c=d',
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Reset morsel after invalid to not capture attributes",
+                "a=b; invalid; Version=1; c=d",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Reset morsel after invalid to not capture attributes",
+                "a=b; $invalid; $Version=1; c=d",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Continue after non-flag attribute without value",
+                "a=b; path; Version=1; c=d",
+                {"a": "b", "c": "d"},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Allow cookie attributes with `$` prefix",
+                'Customer="WILE_E_COYOTE"; $Version=1; $Secure; $Path=/acme',
+                {"Customer": ("WILE_E_COYOTE", {"version": "1", "secure": True, "path": "/acme"})},
+            ),
+            (
+                "Invalid Morsel keys should not result in an error",
+                "Key=Value; [Invalid]=Value; Another=Value",
+                {"Key": "Value", "Another": "Value"},
+            ),
+        )
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
-import hashlib
-import json
 import os
-import socket
 import sys
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
+import collections
+import hashlib
+import json
+
 from test.helper import (
    assertGreaterEqual,
    expect_info_dict,
    expect_warnings,
    get_params,
    gettestcases,
+    getwebpagetestcases,
    is_download_test,
    report_warning,
    try_rm,
 )

-import yt_dlp.YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import (
-    compat_http_client,
-    compat_HTTPError,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-)
+import yt_dlp.YoutubeDL  # isort: split
 from yt_dlp.extractor import get_info_extractor
+from yt_dlp.networking.exceptions import HTTPError, TransportError
 from yt_dlp.utils import (
    DownloadError,
    ExtractorError,
    UnavailableVideoError,
+    YoutubeDLError,
    format_bytes,
+    join_nonempty,
 )

 RETRIES = 3
@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL):
        self.processed_info_dicts = []
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

-    def report_warning(self, message):
+    def report_warning(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
        # Don't accept warnings during tests
        raise ExtractorError(message)

@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ def _file_md5(fn):
        return hashlib.md5(f.read()).hexdigest()


-defs = gettestcases()
+normal_test_cases = gettestcases()
+webpage_test_cases = getwebpagetestcases()
+tests_counter = collections.defaultdict(collections.Counter)


@is_download_test
@ -72,24 +76,13 @@ class TestDownload(unittest.TestCase):

    def __str__(self):
        """Identify each test with the `add_ie` attribute, if available."""
+        cls, add_ie = type(self), getattr(self, self._testMethodName).add_ie
+        return f'{self._testMethodName} ({cls.__module__}.{cls.__name__}){f" [{add_ie}]" if add_ie else ""}:'

-        def strclass(cls):
-            """From 2.7's unittest; 2.6 had _strclass so we can't import it."""
-            return f'{cls.__module__}.{cls.__name__}'
-
-        add_ie = getattr(self, self._testMethodName).add_ie
-        return '%s (%s)%s:' % (self._testMethodName,
-                               strclass(self.__class__),
-                               ' [%s]' % add_ie if add_ie else '')
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.defs = defs

 # Dynamically generate tests

-
 def generator(test_case, tname):
-
    def test_template(self):
        if self.COMPLETED_TESTS.get(tname):
            return
@ -102,33 +95,36 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):

        def print_skipping(reason):
            print('Skipping %s: %s' % (test_case['name'], reason))
+            self.skipTest(reason)
+
        if not ie.working():
            print_skipping('IE marked as not _WORKING')
-            return

        for tc in test_cases:
+            if tc.get('expected_exception'):
+                continue
            info_dict = tc.get('info_dict', {})
            params = tc.get('params', {})
            if not info_dict.get('id'):
-                raise Exception('Test definition incorrect. \'id\' key is not present')
-            elif not info_dict.get('ext'):
+                raise Exception(f'Test {tname} definition incorrect - "id" key is not present')
+            elif not info_dict.get('ext') and info_dict.get('_type', 'video') == 'video':
                if params.get('skip_download') and params.get('ignore_no_formats_error'):
                    continue
-                raise Exception('Test definition incorrect. The output file cannot be known. \'ext\' key is not present')
+                raise Exception(f'Test {tname} definition incorrect - "ext" key must be present to define the output file')

        if 'skip' in test_case:
            print_skipping(test_case['skip'])
-            return
+
        for other_ie in other_ies:
            if not other_ie.working():
                print_skipping('test depends on %sIE, marked as not WORKING' % other_ie.ie_key())
-                return

        params = get_params(test_case.get('params', {}))
        params['outtmpl'] = tname + '_' + params['outtmpl']
        if is_playlist and 'playlist' not in test_case:
            params.setdefault('extract_flat', 'in_playlist')
-            params.setdefault('playlistend', test_case.get('playlist_mincount'))
+            params.setdefault('playlistend', test_case.get(
+                'playlist_mincount', test_case.get('playlist_count', -2) + 1))
            params.setdefault('skip_download', True)

        ydl = YoutubeDL(params, auto_init=False)
@ -146,6 +142,17 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):

        res_dict = None

+        def match_exception(err):
+            expected_exception = test_case.get('expected_exception')
+            if not expected_exception:
+                return False
+            if err.__class__.__name__ == expected_exception:
+                return True
+            for exc in err.exc_info:
+                if exc.__class__.__name__ == expected_exception:
+                    return True
+            return False
+
        def try_rm_tcs_files(tcs=None):
            if tcs is None:
                tcs = test_cases
@ -167,7 +174,10 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):
                        force_generic_extractor=params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
                except (DownloadError, ExtractorError) as err:
                    # Check if the exception is not a network related one
-                    if not err.exc_info[0] in (compat_urllib_error.URLError, socket.timeout, UnavailableVideoError, compat_http_client.BadStatusLine) or (err.exc_info[0] == compat_HTTPError and err.exc_info[1].code == 503):
+                    if not isinstance(err.exc_info[1], (TransportError, UnavailableVideoError)) or (isinstance(err.exc_info[1], HTTPError) and err.exc_info[1].status == 503):
+                        if match_exception(err):
+                            return
+                        err.msg = f'{getattr(err, "msg", err)} ({tname})'
                        raise

                    if try_num == RETRIES:
@ -177,6 +187,10 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):
                    print(f'Retrying: {try_num} failed tries\n\n##########\n\n')

                    try_num += 1
+                except YoutubeDLError as err:
+                    if match_exception(err):
+                        return
+                    raise
                else:
                    break

@ -216,6 +230,8 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):
                tc_res_dict = res_dict['entries'][tc_num]
                # First, check test cases' data against extracted data alone
                expect_info_dict(self, tc_res_dict, tc.get('info_dict', {}))
+                if tc_res_dict.get('_type', 'video') != 'video':
+                    continue
                # Now, check downloaded file consistency
                tc_filename = get_tc_filename(tc)
                if not test_case.get('params', {}).get('skip_download', False):
@ -250,40 +266,48 @@ def generator(test_case, tname):
                # extractor returns full results even with extract_flat
                res_tcs = [{'info_dict': e} for e in res_dict['entries']]
                try_rm_tcs_files(res_tcs)
-
+            ydl.close()
    return test_template


 # And add them to TestDownload
-tests_counter = {}
-for test_case in defs:
-    name = test_case['name']
-    i = tests_counter.get(name, 0)
-    tests_counter[name] = i + 1
-    tname = f'test_{name}_{i}' if i else f'test_{name}'
-    test_method = generator(test_case, tname)
-    test_method.__name__ = str(tname)
-    ie_list = test_case.get('add_ie')
-    test_method.add_ie = ie_list and ','.join(ie_list)
-    setattr(TestDownload, test_method.__name__, test_method)
-    del test_method
+def inject_tests(test_cases, label=''):
+    for test_case in test_cases:
+        name = test_case['name']
+        tname = join_nonempty('test', name, label, tests_counter[name][label], delim='_')
+        tests_counter[name][label] += 1
+
+        test_method = generator(test_case, tname)
+        test_method.__name__ = tname
+        test_method.add_ie = ','.join(test_case.get('add_ie', []))
+        setattr(TestDownload, test_method.__name__, test_method)


-def batch_generator(name, num_tests):
+inject_tests(normal_test_cases)

+# TODO: disable redirection to the IE to ensure we are actually testing the webpage extraction
+inject_tests(webpage_test_cases, 'webpage')
+
+
+def batch_generator(name):
    def test_template(self):
-        for i in range(num_tests):
-            getattr(self, f'test_{name}_{i}' if i else f'test_{name}')()
+        for label, num_tests in tests_counter[name].items():
+            for i in range(num_tests):
+                test_name = join_nonempty('test', name, label, i, delim='_')
+                try:
+                    getattr(self, test_name)()
+                except unittest.SkipTest:
+                    print(f'Skipped {test_name}')

    return test_template


-for name, num_tests in tests_counter.items():
-    test_method = batch_generator(name, num_tests)
+for name in tests_counter:
+    test_method = batch_generator(name)
    test_method.__name__ = f'test_{name}_all'
    test_method.add_ie = ''
    setattr(TestDownload, test_method.__name__, test_method)
-    del test_method
+del test_method


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_downloader_external.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader_external.py
@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import http.cookiejar
+
+from test.helper import FakeYDL
+from yt_dlp.downloader.external import (
+    Aria2cFD,
+    AxelFD,
+    CurlFD,
+    FFmpegFD,
+    HttpieFD,
+    WgetFD,
+)
+
+TEST_COOKIE = {
+    'version': 0,
+    'name': 'test',
+    'value': 'ytdlp',
+    'port': None,
+    'port_specified': False,
+    'domain': '.example.com',
+    'domain_specified': True,
+    'domain_initial_dot': False,
+    'path': '/',
+    'path_specified': True,
+    'secure': False,
+    'expires': None,
+    'discard': False,
+    'comment': None,
+    'comment_url': None,
+    'rest': {},
+}
+
+TEST_INFO = {'url': 'http://www.example.com/'}
+
+
+class TestHttpieFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = HttpieFD(ydl, {})
+            self.assertEqual(
+                downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO),
+                ['http', '--download', '--output', 'test', 'http://www.example.com/'])
+
+            # Test cookie header is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            self.assertEqual(
+                downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO),
+                ['http', '--download', '--output', 'test', 'http://www.example.com/', 'Cookie:test=ytdlp'])
+
+
+class TestAxelFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = AxelFD(ydl, {})
+            self.assertEqual(
+                downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO),
+                ['axel', '-o', 'test', '--', 'http://www.example.com/'])
+
+            # Test cookie header is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            self.assertEqual(
+                downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO),
+                ['axel', '-o', 'test', '-H', 'Cookie: test=ytdlp', '--max-redirect=0', '--', 'http://www.example.com/'])
+
+
+class TestWgetFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = WgetFD(ydl, {})
+            self.assertNotIn('--load-cookies', downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO))
+            # Test cookiejar tempfile arg is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            self.assertIn('--load-cookies', downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO))
+
+
+class TestCurlFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = CurlFD(ydl, {})
+            self.assertNotIn('--cookie', downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO))
+            # Test cookie header is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            self.assertIn('--cookie', downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO))
+            self.assertIn('test=ytdlp', downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO))
+
+
+class TestAria2cFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = Aria2cFD(ydl, {})
+            downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO)
+            self.assertFalse(hasattr(downloader, '_cookies_tempfile'))
+
+            # Test cookiejar tempfile arg is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            cmd = downloader._make_cmd('test', TEST_INFO)
+            self.assertIn(f'--load-cookies={downloader._cookies_tempfile}', cmd)
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(FFmpegFD.available(), 'ffmpeg not found')
+class TestFFmpegFD(unittest.TestCase):
+    _args = []
+
+    def _test_cmd(self, args):
+        self._args = args
+
+    def test_make_cmd(self):
+        with FakeYDL() as ydl:
+            downloader = FFmpegFD(ydl, {})
+            downloader._debug_cmd = self._test_cmd
+
+            downloader._call_downloader('test', {**TEST_INFO, 'ext': 'mp4'})
+            self.assertEqual(self._args, [
+                'ffmpeg', '-y', '-hide_banner', '-i', 'http://www.example.com/',
+                '-c', 'copy', '-f', 'mp4', 'file:test'])
+
+            # Test cookies arg is added
+            ydl.cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(**TEST_COOKIE))
+            downloader._call_downloader('test', {**TEST_INFO, 'ext': 'mp4'})
+            self.assertEqual(self._args, [
+                'ffmpeg', '-y', '-hide_banner', '-cookies', 'test=ytdlp; path=/; domain=.example.com;\r\n',
+                '-i', 'http://www.example.com/', '-c', 'copy', '-f', 'mp4', 'file:test'])
+
+            # Test with non-url input (ffmpeg reads from stdin '-' for websockets)
+            downloader._call_downloader('test', {'url': 'x', 'ext': 'mp4'})
+            self.assertEqual(self._args, [
+                'ffmpeg', '-y', '-hide_banner', '-i', 'x', '-c', 'copy', '-f', 'mp4', 'file:test'])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_downloader_http.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader_http.py
@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
-import re
 import sys
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-import threading
-from test.helper import http_server_port, try_rm

+import http.server
+import re
+import threading
+
+from test.helper import http_server_port, try_rm
 from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_http_server
 from yt_dlp.downloader.http import HttpFD
 from yt_dlp.utils import encodeFilename
+from yt_dlp.utils._utils import _YDLLogger as FakeLogger

 TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 TEST_SIZE = 10 * 1024


-class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def log_message(self, format, *args):
        pass

@ -65,20 +68,9 @@ class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
            assert False


-class FakeLogger:
-    def debug(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def warning(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def error(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-
 class TestHttpFD(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
            ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
        self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
        self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
@ -93,8 +85,8 @@ class TestHttpFD(unittest.TestCase):
        try_rm(encodeFilename(filename))
        self.assertTrue(downloader.real_download(filename, {
            'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:%d/%s' % (self.port, ep),
-        }))
-        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)), TEST_SIZE)
+        }), ep)
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(filename)), TEST_SIZE, ep)
        try_rm(encodeFilename(filename))

    def download_all(self, params):
--- a/test/test_execution.py
+++ b/test/test_execution.py
@ -1,47 +1,59 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import contextlib
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from yt_dlp.utils import encodeArgument
+
+import contextlib
+import subprocess
+
+from yt_dlp.utils import Popen

 rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-
-
-try:
-    _DEV_NULL = subprocess.DEVNULL
-except AttributeError:
-    _DEV_NULL = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
+LAZY_EXTRACTORS = 'yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py'


 class TestExecution(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_import(self):
-        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-c', 'import yt_dlp'], cwd=rootDir)
-
-    def test_module_exec(self):
-        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'yt_dlp', '--ignore-config', '--version'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL)
+    def run_yt_dlp(self, exe=(sys.executable, 'yt_dlp/__main__.py'), opts=('--version', )):
+        stdout, stderr, returncode = Popen.run(
+            [*exe, '--ignore-config', *opts], cwd=rootDir, text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        print(stderr, file=sys.stderr)
+        self.assertEqual(returncode, 0)
+        return stdout.strip(), stderr.strip()

    def test_main_exec(self):
-        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'yt_dlp/__main__.py', '--ignore-config', '--version'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL)
+        self.run_yt_dlp()
+
+    def test_import(self):
+        self.run_yt_dlp(exe=(sys.executable, '-c', 'import yt_dlp'))
+
+    def test_module_exec(self):
+        self.run_yt_dlp(exe=(sys.executable, '-m', 'yt_dlp'))

    def test_cmdline_umlauts(self):
-        p = subprocess.Popen(
-            [sys.executable, 'yt_dlp/__main__.py', '--ignore-config', encodeArgument('ä'), '--version'],
-            cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        _, stderr = p.communicate()
+        _, stderr = self.run_yt_dlp(opts=('ä', '--version'))
        self.assertFalse(stderr)

    def test_lazy_extractors(self):
        try:
-            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py', 'yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL)
-            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'test/test_all_urls.py'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL)
+            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py', LAZY_EXTRACTORS],
+                                  cwd=rootDir, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(LAZY_EXTRACTORS))
+
+            _, stderr = self.run_yt_dlp(opts=('-s', 'test:'))
+            # `MIN_RECOMMENDED` emits a deprecated feature warning for deprecated Python versions
+            if stderr and stderr.startswith('Deprecated Feature: Support for Python'):
+                stderr = ''
+            self.assertFalse(stderr)
+
+            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'test/test_all_urls.py'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
        finally:
            with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
-                os.remove('yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py')
+                os.remove(LAZY_EXTRACTORS)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_http.py
+++ b/test/test_http.py
@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Allow direct execution
-import os
-import sys
-import unittest
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
-import ssl
-import threading
-from test.helper import http_server_port
-
-from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
-from yt_dlp.compat import compat_http_server, compat_urllib_request
-
-TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-
-
-class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-    def log_message(self, format, *args):
-        pass
-
-    def do_GET(self):
-        if self.path == '/video.html':
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>')
-        elif self.path == '/vid.mp4':
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'video/mp4')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20\x66\x74[video]')
-        elif self.path == '/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87.html':
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>')
-        else:
-            assert False
-
-
-class FakeLogger:
-    def debug(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def warning(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def error(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-
-class TestHTTP(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
-            ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
-        self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
-        self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
-        self.server_thread.daemon = True
-        self.server_thread.start()
-
-
-class TestHTTPS(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
-            ('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
-        sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
-        sslctx.load_cert_chain(certfn, None)
-        self.httpd.socket = sslctx.wrap_socket(self.httpd.socket, server_side=True)
-        self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
-        self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
-        self.server_thread.daemon = True
-        self.server_thread.start()
-
-    def test_nocheckcertificate(self):
-        ydl = YoutubeDL({'logger': FakeLogger()})
-        self.assertRaises(
-            Exception,
-            ydl.extract_info, 'https://127.0.0.1:%d/video.html' % self.port)
-
-        ydl = YoutubeDL({'logger': FakeLogger(), 'nocheckcertificate': True})
-        r = ydl.extract_info('https://127.0.0.1:%d/video.html' % self.port)
-        self.assertEqual(r['entries'][0]['url'], 'https://127.0.0.1:%d/vid.mp4' % self.port)
-
-
-class TestClientCert(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
-        self.certdir = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testdata', 'certificate')
-        cacertfn = os.path.join(self.certdir, 'ca.crt')
-        self.httpd = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 0), HTTPTestRequestHandler)
-        sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
-        sslctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
-        sslctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=cacertfn)
-        sslctx.load_cert_chain(certfn, None)
-        self.httpd.socket = sslctx.wrap_socket(self.httpd.socket, server_side=True)
-        self.port = http_server_port(self.httpd)
-        self.server_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
-        self.server_thread.daemon = True
-        self.server_thread.start()
-
-    def _run_test(self, **params):
-        ydl = YoutubeDL({
-            'logger': FakeLogger(),
-            # Disable client-side validation of unacceptable self-signed testcert.pem
-            # The test is of a check on the server side, so unaffected
-            'nocheckcertificate': True,
-            **params,
-        })
-        r = ydl.extract_info('https://127.0.0.1:%d/video.html' % self.port)
-        self.assertEqual(r['entries'][0]['url'], 'https://127.0.0.1:%d/vid.mp4' % self.port)
-
-    def test_certificate_combined_nopass(self):
-        self._run_test(client_certificate=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'clientwithkey.crt'))
-
-    def test_certificate_nocombined_nopass(self):
-        self._run_test(client_certificate=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.crt'),
-                       client_certificate_key=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.key'))
-
-    def test_certificate_combined_pass(self):
-        self._run_test(client_certificate=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'clientwithencryptedkey.crt'),
-                       client_certificate_password='foobar')
-
-    def test_certificate_nocombined_pass(self):
-        self._run_test(client_certificate=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.crt'),
-                       client_certificate_key=os.path.join(self.certdir, 'clientencrypted.key'),
-                       client_certificate_password='foobar')
-
-
-def _build_proxy_handler(name):
-    class HTTPTestRequestHandler(compat_http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-        proxy_name = name
-
-        def log_message(self, format, *args):
-            pass
-
-        def do_GET(self):
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(f'{self.proxy_name}: {self.path}'.encode())
-    return HTTPTestRequestHandler
-
-
-class TestProxy(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.proxy = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
-            ('127.0.0.1', 0), _build_proxy_handler('normal'))
-        self.port = http_server_port(self.proxy)
-        self.proxy_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.proxy.serve_forever)
-        self.proxy_thread.daemon = True
-        self.proxy_thread.start()
-
-        self.geo_proxy = compat_http_server.HTTPServer(
-            ('127.0.0.1', 0), _build_proxy_handler('geo'))
-        self.geo_port = http_server_port(self.geo_proxy)
-        self.geo_proxy_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.geo_proxy.serve_forever)
-        self.geo_proxy_thread.daemon = True
-        self.geo_proxy_thread.start()
-
-    def test_proxy(self):
-        geo_proxy = f'127.0.0.1:{self.geo_port}'
-        ydl = YoutubeDL({
-            'proxy': f'127.0.0.1:{self.port}',
-            'geo_verification_proxy': geo_proxy,
-        })
-        url = 'http://foo.com/bar'
-        response = ydl.urlopen(url).read().decode()
-        self.assertEqual(response, f'normal: {url}')
-
-        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-        req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', geo_proxy)
-        response = ydl.urlopen(req).read().decode()
-        self.assertEqual(response, f'geo: {url}')
-
-    def test_proxy_with_idn(self):
-        ydl = YoutubeDL({
-            'proxy': f'127.0.0.1:{self.port}',
-        })
-        url = 'http://中文.tw/'
-        response = ydl.urlopen(url).read().decode()
-        # b'xn--fiq228c' is '中文'.encode('idna')
-        self.assertEqual(response, 'normal: http://xn--fiq228c.tw/')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
--- a/test/test_http_proxy.py
+++ b/test/test_http_proxy.py
@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+import abc
+import base64
+import contextlib
+import functools
+import json
+import os
+import random
+import ssl
+import threading
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
+from socketserver import ThreadingTCPServer
+
+import pytest
+
+from test.helper import http_server_port, verify_address_availability
+from test.test_networking import TEST_DIR
+from test.test_socks import IPv6ThreadingTCPServer
+from yt_dlp.dependencies import urllib3
+from yt_dlp.networking import Request
+from yt_dlp.networking.exceptions import HTTPError, ProxyError, SSLError
+
+
+class HTTPProxyAuthMixin:
+
+    def proxy_auth_error(self):
+        self.send_response(407)
+        self.send_header('Proxy-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="test http proxy"')
+        self.end_headers()
+        return False
+
+    def do_proxy_auth(self, username, password):
+        if username is None and password is None:
+            return True
+
+        proxy_auth_header = self.headers.get('Proxy-Authorization', None)
+        if proxy_auth_header is None:
+            return self.proxy_auth_error()
+
+        if not proxy_auth_header.startswith('Basic '):
+            return self.proxy_auth_error()
+
+        auth = proxy_auth_header[6:]
+
+        try:
+            auth_username, auth_password = base64.b64decode(auth).decode().split(':', 1)
+        except Exception:
+            return self.proxy_auth_error()
+
+        if auth_username != (username or '') or auth_password != (password or ''):
+            return self.proxy_auth_error()
+        return True
+
+
+class HTTPProxyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPProxyAuthMixin):
+    def __init__(self, *args, proxy_info=None, username=None, password=None, request_handler=None, **kwargs):
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        self.proxy_info = proxy_info
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if not self.do_proxy_auth(self.username, self.password):
+            self.server.close_request(self.request)
+            return
+        if self.path.endswith('/proxy_info'):
+            payload = json.dumps(self.proxy_info or {
+                'client_address': self.client_address,
+                'connect': False,
+                'connect_host': None,
+                'connect_port': None,
+                'headers': dict(self.headers),
+                'path': self.path,
+                'proxy': ':'.join(str(y) for y in self.connection.getsockname()),
+            })
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
+            self.send_header('Content-Length', str(len(payload)))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(payload.encode())
+        else:
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+
+        self.server.close_request(self.request)
+
+
+if urllib3:
+    import urllib3.util.ssltransport
+
+    class SSLTransport(urllib3.util.ssltransport.SSLTransport):
+        """
+        Modified version of urllib3 SSLTransport to support server side SSL
+
+        This allows us to chain multiple TLS connections.
+        """
+
+        def __init__(self, socket, ssl_context, server_hostname=None, suppress_ragged_eofs=True, server_side=False):
+            self.incoming = ssl.MemoryBIO()
+            self.outgoing = ssl.MemoryBIO()
+
+            self.suppress_ragged_eofs = suppress_ragged_eofs
+            self.socket = socket
+
+            self.sslobj = ssl_context.wrap_bio(
+                self.incoming,
+                self.outgoing,
+                server_hostname=server_hostname,
+                server_side=server_side
+            )
+            self._ssl_io_loop(self.sslobj.do_handshake)
+
+        @property
+        def _io_refs(self):
+            return self.socket._io_refs
+
+        @_io_refs.setter
+        def _io_refs(self, value):
+            self.socket._io_refs = value
+
+        def shutdown(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.socket.shutdown(*args, **kwargs)
+else:
+    SSLTransport = None
+
+
+class HTTPSProxyHandler(HTTPProxyHandler):
+    def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
+        sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+        sslctx.load_cert_chain(certfn, None)
+        if isinstance(request, ssl.SSLSocket):
+            request = SSLTransport(request, ssl_context=sslctx, server_side=True)
+        else:
+            request = sslctx.wrap_socket(request, server_side=True)
+        super().__init__(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class HTTPConnectProxyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPProxyAuthMixin):
+    protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+    default_request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, username=None, password=None, request_handler=None, **kwargs):
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        self.request_handler = request_handler
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def do_CONNECT(self):
+        if not self.do_proxy_auth(self.username, self.password):
+            self.server.close_request(self.request)
+            return
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.end_headers()
+        proxy_info = {
+            'client_address': self.client_address,
+            'connect': True,
+            'connect_host': self.path.split(':')[0],
+            'connect_port': int(self.path.split(':')[1]),
+            'headers': dict(self.headers),
+            'path': self.path,
+            'proxy': ':'.join(str(y) for y in self.connection.getsockname()),
+        }
+        self.request_handler(self.request, self.client_address, self.server, proxy_info=proxy_info)
+        self.server.close_request(self.request)
+
+
+class HTTPSConnectProxyHandler(HTTPConnectProxyHandler):
+    def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        certfn = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, 'testcert.pem')
+        sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+        sslctx.load_cert_chain(certfn, None)
+        request = sslctx.wrap_socket(request, server_side=True)
+        self._original_request = request
+        super().__init__(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def do_CONNECT(self):
+        super().do_CONNECT()
+        self.server.close_request(self._original_request)
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def proxy_server(proxy_server_class, request_handler, bind_ip=None, **proxy_server_kwargs):
+    server = server_thread = None
+    try:
+        bind_address = bind_ip or '127.0.0.1'
+        server_type = ThreadingTCPServer if '.' in bind_address else IPv6ThreadingTCPServer
+        server = server_type(
+            (bind_address, 0), functools.partial(proxy_server_class, request_handler=request_handler, **proxy_server_kwargs))
+        server_port = http_server_port(server)
+        server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
+        server_thread.daemon = True
+        server_thread.start()
+        if '.' not in bind_address:
+            yield f'[{bind_address}]:{server_port}'
+        else:
+            yield f'{bind_address}:{server_port}'
+    finally:
+        server.shutdown()
+        server.server_close()
+        server_thread.join(2.0)
+
+
+class HTTPProxyTestContext(abc.ABC):
+    REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS = None
+    REQUEST_PROTO = None
+
+    def http_server(self, server_class, *args, **kwargs):
+        return proxy_server(server_class, self.REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def proxy_info_request(self, handler, target_domain=None, target_port=None, **req_kwargs) -> dict:
+        """return a dict of proxy_info"""
+
+
+class HTTPProxyHTTPTestContext(HTTPProxyTestContext):
+    # Standard HTTP Proxy for http requests
+    REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS = HTTPProxyHandler
+    REQUEST_PROTO = 'http'
+
+    def proxy_info_request(self, handler, target_domain=None, target_port=None, **req_kwargs):
+        request = Request(f'http://{target_domain or "127.0.0.1"}:{target_port or "40000"}/proxy_info', **req_kwargs)
+        handler.validate(request)
+        return json.loads(handler.send(request).read().decode())
+
+
+class HTTPProxyHTTPSTestContext(HTTPProxyTestContext):
+    # HTTP Connect proxy, for https requests
+    REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS = HTTPSProxyHandler
+    REQUEST_PROTO = 'https'
+
+    def proxy_info_request(self, handler, target_domain=None, target_port=None, **req_kwargs):
+        request = Request(f'https://{target_domain or "127.0.0.1"}:{target_port or "40000"}/proxy_info', **req_kwargs)
+        handler.validate(request)
+        return json.loads(handler.send(request).read().decode())
+
+
+CTX_MAP = {
+    'http': HTTPProxyHTTPTestContext,
+    'https': HTTPProxyHTTPSTestContext,
+}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def ctx(request):
+    return CTX_MAP[request.param]()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('ctx', ['http'], indirect=True)  # pure http proxy can only support http
+class TestHTTPProxy:
+    def test_http_no_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['connect'] is False
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' not in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    def test_http_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://test:test@{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    def test_http_bad_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://test:bad@{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                with pytest.raises(HTTPError) as exc_info:
+                    ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert exc_info.value.response.status == 407
+                exc_info.value.response.close()
+
+    def test_http_source_address(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            source_address = f'127.0.0.{random.randint(5, 255)}'
+            verify_address_availability(source_address)
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://{server_address}'},
+                         source_address=source_address) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['client_address'][0] == source_address
+
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('Urllib', 'urllib does not support https proxies')
+    def test_https(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPSProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'https://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['connect'] is False
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' not in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('Urllib', 'urllib does not support https proxies')
+    def test_https_verify_failed(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPSProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=True, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'https://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                # Accept SSLError as may not be feasible to tell if it is proxy or request error.
+                # note: if request proto also does ssl verification, this may also be the error of the request.
+                # Until we can support passing custom cacerts to handlers, we cannot properly test this for all cases.
+                with pytest.raises((ProxyError, SSLError)):
+                    ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+
+    def test_http_with_idn(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh, target_domain='中文.tw')
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['path'].startswith('http://xn--fiq228c.tw')
+                assert proxy_info['headers']['Host'].split(':', 1)[0] == 'xn--fiq228c.tw'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'handler,ctx', [
+        ('Requests', 'https'),
+        ('CurlCFFI', 'https'),
+    ], indirect=True)
+class TestHTTPConnectProxy:
+    def test_http_connect_no_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPConnectProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['connect'] is True
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' not in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    def test_http_connect_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPConnectProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://test:test@{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler(
+        'Requests',
+        'bug in urllib3 causes unclosed socket: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3374'
+    )
+    def test_http_connect_bad_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPConnectProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://test:bad@{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                with pytest.raises(ProxyError):
+                    ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+
+    def test_http_connect_source_address(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPConnectProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            source_address = f'127.0.0.{random.randint(5, 255)}'
+            verify_address_availability(source_address)
+            with handler(proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'http://{server_address}'},
+                         source_address=source_address,
+                         verify=False) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['client_address'][0] == source_address
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(urllib3 is None, reason='requires urllib3 to test')
+    def test_https_connect_proxy(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPSConnectProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'https://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert proxy_info['connect'] is True
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' not in proxy_info['headers']
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(urllib3 is None, reason='requires urllib3 to test')
+    def test_https_connect_verify_failed(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPSConnectProxyHandler) as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=True, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'https://{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                # Accept SSLError as may not be feasible to tell if it is proxy or request error.
+                # note: if request proto also does ssl verification, this may also be the error of the request.
+                # Until we can support passing custom cacerts to handlers, we cannot properly test this for all cases.
+                with pytest.raises((ProxyError, SSLError)):
+                    ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(urllib3 is None, reason='requires urllib3 to test')
+    def test_https_connect_proxy_auth(self, handler, ctx):
+        with ctx.http_server(HTTPSConnectProxyHandler, username='test', password='test') as server_address:
+            with handler(verify=False, proxies={ctx.REQUEST_PROTO: f'https://test:test@{server_address}'}) as rh:
+                proxy_info = ctx.proxy_info_request(rh)
+                assert proxy_info['proxy'] == server_address
+                assert 'Proxy-Authorization' in proxy_info['headers']
--- a/test/test_iqiyi_sdk_interpreter.py
+++ b/test/test_iqiyi_sdk_interpreter.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,8 +7,8 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test

+from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test
 from yt_dlp.extractor import IqiyiIE


--- a/test/test_jsinterp.py
+++ b/test/test_jsinterp.py
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
@ -6,174 +7,373 @@ import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

-from yt_dlp.jsinterp import JSInterpreter
+import math
+
+from yt_dlp.jsinterp import JS_Undefined, JSInterpreter
+
+
+class NaN:
+    pass


 class TestJSInterpreter(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _test(self, jsi_or_code, expected, func='f', args=()):
+        if isinstance(jsi_or_code, str):
+            jsi_or_code = JSInterpreter(jsi_or_code)
+        got = jsi_or_code.call_function(func, *args)
+        if expected is NaN:
+            self.assertTrue(math.isnan(got), f'{got} is not NaN')
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(got, expected)
+
    def test_basic(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function x(){;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), None)
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){;}')
+        self.assertEqual(repr(jsi.extract_function('f')), 'F<f>')
+        self._test(jsi, None)

-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function x3(){return 42;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x3'), 42)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42;}', 42)
+        self._test('function f(){42}', None)
+        self._test('var f = function(){return 42;}', 42)

-        jsi = JSInterpreter('var x5 = function(){return 42;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x5'), 42)
+    def test_add(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 + 7;}', 49)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 + undefined;}', NaN)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 + null;}', 42)
+
+    def test_sub(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 - 7;}', 35)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 - undefined;}', NaN)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 - null;}', 42)
+
+    def test_mul(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 * 7;}', 294)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 * undefined;}', NaN)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 * null;}', 0)
+
+    def test_div(self):
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(a, b){return a / b;}')
+        self._test(jsi, NaN, args=(0, 0))
+        self._test(jsi, NaN, args=(JS_Undefined, 1))
+        self._test(jsi, float('inf'), args=(2, 0))
+        self._test(jsi, 0, args=(0, 3))
+
+    def test_mod(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 % 7;}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 % 0;}', NaN)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 % undefined;}', NaN)
+
+    def test_exp(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 ** 2;}', 1764)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 ** undefined;}', NaN)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 ** null;}', 1)
+        self._test('function f(){return undefined ** 42;}', NaN)

    def test_calc(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function x4(a){return 2*a+1;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x4', 3), 7)
+        self._test('function f(a){return 2*a+1;}', 7, args=[3])

    def test_empty_return(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return; y()}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), None)
+        self._test('function f(){return; y()}', None)

    def test_morespace(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function x (a) { return 2 * a + 1 ; }')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 3), 7)
-
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f () { x =  2  ; return x; }')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 2)
+        self._test('function f (a) { return 2 * a + 1 ; }', 7, args=[3])
+        self._test('function f () { x =  2  ; return x; }', 2)

    def test_strange_chars(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function $_xY1 ($_axY1) { var $_axY2 = $_axY1 + 1; return $_axY2; }')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('$_xY1', 20), 21)
+        self._test('function $_xY1 ($_axY1) { var $_axY2 = $_axY1 + 1; return $_axY2; }',
+                   21, args=[20], func='$_xY1')

    def test_operators(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return 1 << 5;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 32)
-
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return 19 & 21;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 17)
-
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return 11 >> 2;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 2)
+        self._test('function f(){return 1 << 5;}', 32)
+        self._test('function f(){return 2 ** 5}', 32)
+        self._test('function f(){return 19 & 21;}', 17)
+        self._test('function f(){return 11 >> 2;}', 2)
+        self._test('function f(){return []? 2+3: 4;}', 5)
+        self._test('function f(){return 1 == 2}', False)
+        self._test('function f(){return 0 && 1 || 2;}', 2)
+        self._test('function f(){return 0 ?? 42;}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return "life, the universe and everything" < 42;}', False)

    def test_array_access(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){var x = [1,2,3]; x[0] = 4; x[0] = 5; x[2] = 7; return x;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), [5, 2, 7])
+        self._test('function f(){var x = [1,2,3]; x[0] = 4; x[0] = 5; x[2.0] = 7; return x;}', [5, 2, 7])

    def test_parens(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return (1) + (2) * ((( (( (((((3)))))) )) ));}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 7)
+        self._test('function f(){return (1) + (2) * ((( (( (((((3)))))) )) ));}', 7)
+        self._test('function f(){return (1 + 2) * 3;}', 9)

-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){return (1 + 2) * 3;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 9)
+    def test_quotes(self):
+        self._test(R'function f(){return "a\"\\("}', R'a"\(')

    def test_assignments(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){var x = 20; x = 30 + 1; return x;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 31)
-
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){var x = 20; x += 30 + 1; return x;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 51)
-
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(){var x = 20; x -= 30 + 1; return x;}')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), -11)
+        self._test('function f(){var x = 20; x = 30 + 1; return x;}', 31)
+        self._test('function f(){var x = 20; x += 30 + 1; return x;}', 51)
+        self._test('function f(){var x = 20; x -= 30 + 1; return x;}', -11)

+    @unittest.skip('Not implemented')
    def test_comments(self):
-        'Skipping: Not yet fully implemented'
-        return
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() {
-            var x = /* 1 + */ 2;
-            var y = /* 30
-            * 40 */ 50;
-            return x + y;
-        }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 52)
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                var x = /* 1 + */ 2;
+                var y = /* 30
+                * 40 */ 50;
+                return x + y;
+            }
+        ''', 52)

-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function f() {
-            var x = "/*";
-            var y = 1 /* comment */ + 2;
-            return y;
-        }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f'), 3)
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                var x = "/*";
+                var y = 1 /* comment */ + 2;
+                return y;
+            }
+        ''', 3)

    def test_precedence(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() {
-            var a = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50];
-            var b = 6;
-            a[0]=a[b%a.length];
-            return a;
-        }''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), [20, 20, 30, 40, 50])
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                var a = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50];
+                var b = 6;
+                a[0]=a[b%a.length];
+                return a;
+            }
+        ''', [20, 20, 30, 40, 50])
+
+    def test_builtins(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return NaN }', NaN)
+
+    def test_date(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return new Date("Wednesday 31 December 1969 18:01:26 MDT") - 0; }', 86000)
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(dt) { return new Date(dt) - 0; }')
+        self._test(jsi, 86000, args=['Wednesday 31 December 1969 18:01:26 MDT'])
+        self._test(jsi, 86000, args=['12/31/1969 18:01:26 MDT'])  # m/d/y
+        self._test(jsi, 0, args=['1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC'])

    def test_call(self):
        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { return 2; }
-        function y(a) { return x() + a; }
-        function z() { return y(3); }
+            function x() { return 2; }
+            function y(a) { return x() + (a?a:0); }
+            function z() { return y(3); }
        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('z'), 5)
+        self._test(jsi, 5, func='z')
+        self._test(jsi, 2, func='y')
+
+    def test_if(self):
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                let a = 9;
+                if (0==0) {a++}
+                return a
+            }
+        ''', 10)
+
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                if (0==0) {return 10}
+            }
+        ''', 10)
+
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                if (0!=0) {return 1}
+                else {return 10}
+            }
+        ''', 10)
+
+        """  # Unsupported
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                if (0!=0) {return 1}
+                else if (1==0) {return 2}
+                else {return 10}
+            }
+        ''', 10)
+        """

    def test_for_loop(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) {a++} a }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 10)
+        self._test('function f() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) {a++} return a }', 10)

    def test_switch(self):
        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x(f) { switch(f){
-            case 1:f+=1;
-            case 2:f+=2;
-            case 3:f+=3;break;
-            case 4:f+=4;
-            default:f=0;
-        } return f }
+            function f(x) { switch(x){
+                case 1:x+=1;
+                case 2:x+=2;
+                case 3:x+=3;break;
+                case 4:x+=4;
+                default:x=0;
+            } return x }
        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 1), 7)
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 3), 6)
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 5), 0)
+        self._test(jsi, 7, args=[1])
+        self._test(jsi, 6, args=[3])
+        self._test(jsi, 0, args=[5])

    def test_switch_default(self):
        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x(f) { switch(f){
-            case 2: f+=2;
-            default: f-=1;
-            case 5:
-            case 6: f+=6;
-            case 0: break;
-            case 1: f+=1;
-        } return f }
+            function f(x) { switch(x){
+                case 2: x+=2;
+                default: x-=1;
+                case 5:
+                case 6: x+=6;
+                case 0: break;
+                case 1: x+=1;
+            } return x }
        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 1), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 5), 11)
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x', 9), 14)
+        self._test(jsi, 2, args=[1])
+        self._test(jsi, 11, args=[5])
+        self._test(jsi, 14, args=[9])

    def test_try(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { try{return 10} catch(e){return 5} }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 10)
+        self._test('function f() { try{return 10} catch(e){return 5} }', 10)
+
+    def test_catch(self):
+        self._test('function f() { try{throw 10} catch(e){return 5} }', 5)
+
+    def test_finally(self):
+        self._test('function f() { try{throw 10} finally {return 42} }', 42)
+        self._test('function f() { try{throw 10} catch(e){return 5} finally {return 42} }', 42)
+
+    def test_nested_try(self):
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {try {
+                try{throw 10} finally {throw 42}
+                } catch(e){return 5} }
+        ''', 5)

    def test_for_loop_continue(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) { continue; a++ } a }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 0)
+        self._test('function f() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) { continue; a++ } return a }', 0)

    def test_for_loop_break(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) { break; a++ } a }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 0)
+        self._test('function f() { a=0; for (i=0; i-10; i++) { break; a++ } return a }', 0)
+
+    def test_for_loop_try(self):
+        self._test('''
+            function f() {
+                for (i=0; i-10; i++) { try { if (i == 5) throw i} catch {return 10} finally {break} };
+                return 42 }
+        ''', 42)

    def test_literal_list(self):
-        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { [1, 2, "asdf", [5, 6, 7]][3] }
-        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), [5, 6, 7])
+        self._test('function f() { return [1, 2, "asdf", [5, 6, 7]][3] }', [5, 6, 7])

    def test_comma(self):
+        self._test('function f() { a=5; a -= 1, a+=3; return a }', 7)
+        self._test('function f() { a=5; return (a -= 1, a+=3, a); }', 7)
+        self._test('function f() { return (l=[0,1,2,3], function(a, b){return a+b})((l[1], l[2]), l[3]) }', 5)
+
+    def test_void(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return void 42; }', None)
+
+    def test_return_function(self):
        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
-        function x() { a=5; a -= 1, a+=3; return a }
+            function f() { return [1, function(){return 1}][1] }
        ''')
-        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('x'), 7)
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f')([]), 1)
+
+    def test_null(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return null; }', None)
+        self._test('function f() { return [null > 0, null < 0, null == 0, null === 0]; }',
+                   [False, False, False, False])
+        self._test('function f() { return [null >= 0, null <= 0]; }', [True, True])
+
+    def test_undefined(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return undefined === undefined; }', True)
+        self._test('function f() { return undefined; }', JS_Undefined)
+        self._test('function f() {return undefined ?? 42; }', 42)
+        self._test('function f() { let v; return v; }', JS_Undefined)
+        self._test('function f() { let v; return v**0; }', 1)
+        self._test('function f() { let v; return [v>42, v<=42, v&&42, 42&&v]; }',
+                   [False, False, JS_Undefined, JS_Undefined])
+
+        self._test('''
+            function f() { return [
+                undefined === undefined,
+                undefined == undefined,
+                undefined == null,
+                undefined < undefined,
+                undefined > undefined,
+                undefined === 0,
+                undefined == 0,
+                undefined < 0,
+                undefined > 0,
+                undefined >= 0,
+                undefined <= 0,
+                undefined > null,
+                undefined < null,
+                undefined === null
+            ]; }
+        ''', list(map(bool, (1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0))))
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('''
+            function f() { let v; return [42+v, v+42, v**42, 42**v, 0**v]; }
+        ''')
+        for y in jsi.call_function('f'):
+            self.assertTrue(math.isnan(y))
+
+    def test_object(self):
+        self._test('function f() { return {}; }', {})
+        self._test('function f() { let a = {m1: 42, m2: 0 }; return [a["m1"], a.m2]; }', [42, 0])
+        self._test('function f() { let a; return a?.qq; }', JS_Undefined)
+        self._test('function f() { let a = {m1: 42, m2: 0 }; return a?.qq; }', JS_Undefined)
+
+    def test_regex(self):
+        self._test('function f() { let a=/,,[/,913,/](,)}/; }', None)
+        self._test('function f() { let a=/,,[/,913,/](,)}/; return a; }', R'/,,[/,913,/](,)}/0')
+
+        R'''  # We are not compiling regex
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f() { let a=/,,[/,913,/](,)}/; return a; }')
+        self.assertIsInstance(jsi.call_function('f'), re.Pattern)
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f() { let a=/,,[/,913,/](,)}/i; return a; }')
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f').flags & re.I, re.I)
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter(R'function f() { let a=/,][}",],()}(\[)/; return a; }')
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f').pattern, r',][}",],()}(\[)')
+
+        jsi = JSInterpreter(R'function f() { let a=[/[)\\]/]; return a[0]; }')
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f').pattern, r'[)\\]')
+        '''
+
+    @unittest.skip('Not implemented')
+    def test_replace(self):
+        self._test('function f() { let a="data-name".replace("data-", ""); return a }',
+                   'name')
+        self._test('function f() { let a="data-name".replace(new RegExp("^.+-"), ""); return a; }',
+                   'name')
+        self._test('function f() { let a="data-name".replace(/^.+-/, ""); return a; }',
+                   'name')
+        self._test('function f() { let a="data-name".replace(/a/g, "o"); return a; }',
+                   'doto-nome')
+        self._test('function f() { let a="data-name".replaceAll("a", "o"); return a; }',
+                   'doto-nome')
+
+    def test_char_code_at(self):
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('function f(i){return "test".charCodeAt(i)}')
+        self._test(jsi, 116, args=[0])
+        self._test(jsi, 101, args=[1])
+        self._test(jsi, 115, args=[2])
+        self._test(jsi, 116, args=[3])
+        self._test(jsi, None, args=[4])
+        self._test(jsi, 116, args=['not_a_number'])
+
+    def test_bitwise_operators_overflow(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return -524999584 << 5}', 379882496)
+        self._test('function f(){return 1236566549 << 5}', 915423904)
+
+    def test_bitwise_operators_typecast(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return null << 5}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return undefined >> 5}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return 42 << NaN}', 42)
+
+    def test_negative(self):
+        self._test('function f(){return 2    *    -2.0    ;}', -4)
+        self._test('function f(){return 2    -    - -2    ;}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return 2    -    - - -2  ;}', 4)
+        self._test('function f(){return 2    -    + + - -2;}', 0)
+        self._test('function f(){return 2    +    - + - -2;}', 0)
+
+    @unittest.skip('Not implemented')
+    def test_packed(self):
+        jsi = JSInterpreter('''function f(p,a,c,k,e,d){while(c--)if(k[c])p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+c.toString(a)+'\\b','g'),k[c]);return p}''')
+        self.assertEqual(jsi.call_function('f', '''h 7=g("1j");7.7h({7g:[{33:"w://7f-7e-7d-7c.v.7b/7a/79/78/77/76.74?t=73&s=2s&e=72&f=2t&71=70.0.0.1&6z=6y&6x=6w"}],6v:"w://32.v.u/6u.31",16:"r%",15:"r%",6t:"6s",6r:"",6q:"l",6p:"l",6o:"6n",6m:\'6l\',6k:"6j",9:[{33:"/2u?b=6i&n=50&6h=w://32.v.u/6g.31",6f:"6e"}],1y:{6d:1,6c:\'#6b\',6a:\'#69\',68:"67",66:30,65:r,},"64":{63:"%62 2m%m%61%5z%5y%5x.u%5w%5v%5u.2y%22 2k%m%1o%22 5t%m%1o%22 5s%m%1o%22 2j%m%5r%22 16%m%5q%22 15%m%5p%22 5o%2z%5n%5m%2z",5l:"w://v.u/d/1k/5k.2y",5j:[]},\'5i\':{"5h":"5g"},5f:"5e",5d:"w://v.u",5c:{},5b:l,1x:[0.25,0.50,0.75,1,1.25,1.5,2]});h 1m,1n,5a;h 59=0,58=0;h 7=g("1j");h 2x=0,57=0,56=0;$.55({54:{\'53-52\':\'2i-51\'}});7.j(\'4z\',6(x){c(5>0&&x.1l>=5&&1n!=1){1n=1;$(\'q.4y\').4x(\'4w\')}});7.j(\'13\',6(x){2x=x.1l});7.j(\'2g\',6(x){2w(x)});7.j(\'4v\',6(){$(\'q.2v\').4u()});6 2w(x){$(\'q.2v\').4t();c(1m)19;1m=1;17=0;c(4s.4r===l){17=1}$.4q(\'/2u?b=4p&2l=1k&4o=2t-4n-4m-2s-4l&4k=&4j=&4i=&17=\'+17,6(2r){$(\'#4h\').4g(2r)});$(\'.3-8-4f-4e:4d("4c")\').2h(6(e){2q();g().4b(0);g().4a(l)});6 2q(){h $14=$("<q />").2p({1l:"49",16:"r%",15:"r%",48:0,2n:0,2o:47,46:"45(10%, 10%, 10%, 0.4)","44-43":"42"});$("<41 />").2p({16:"60%",15:"60%",2o:40,"3z-2n":"3y"}).3x({\'2m\':\'/?b=3w&2l=1k\',\'2k\':\'0\',\'2j\':\'2i\'}).2f($14);$14.2h(6(){$(3v).3u();g().2g()});$14.2f($(\'#1j\'))}g().13(0);}6 3t(){h 9=7.1b(2e);2d.2c(9);c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==2e){2d.2c(\'!!=\'+i);7.1p(i)}}}}7.j(\'3s\',6(){g().1h("/2a/3r.29","3q 10 28",6(){g().13(g().27()+10)},"2b");$("q[26=2b]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');g().1h("/2a/3p.29","3o 10 28",6(){h 12=g().27()-10;c(12<0)12=0;g().13(12)},"24");$("q[26=24]").23().21(\'.3-20-1z\');});6 1i(){}7.j(\'3n\',6(){1i()});7.j(\'3m\',6(){1i()});7.j("k",6(y){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n<2)19;$(\'.3-8-3l-3k\').3j(6(){$(\'#3-8-a-k\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\')});7.1h("/3i/3h.3g","3f 3e",6(){$(\'.3-1w\').3d(\'3-8-1v\');$(\'.3-8-1y, .3-8-1x\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');c($(\'.3-1w\').3c(\'3-8-1v\')){$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'l\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'l\');$(\'.3-8-a\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').3b(\'3-8-a-z\')}3a{$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1g\',\'11\');$(\'.3-a-k\').p(\'o-1f\',\'11\');$(\'.3-8-a:1u\').1e(\'3-8-a-z\')}},"39");7.j("38",6(y){1d.37(\'1c\',y.9[y.36].1a)});c(1d.1t(\'1c\')){35("1s(1d.1t(\'1c\'));",34)}});h 18;6 1s(1q){h 9=7.1b();c(9.n>1){1r(i=0;i<9.n;i++){c(9[i].1a==1q){c(i==18){19}18=i;7.1p(i)}}}}',36,270,'|||jw|||function|player|settings|tracks|submenu||if||||jwplayer|var||on|audioTracks|true|3D|length|aria|attr|div|100|||sx|filemoon|https||event|active||false|tt|seek|dd|height|width|adb|current_audio|return|name|getAudioTracks|default_audio|localStorage|removeClass|expanded|checked|addButton|callMeMaybe|vplayer|0fxcyc2ajhp1|position|vvplay|vvad|220|setCurrentAudioTrack|audio_name|for|audio_set|getItem|last|open|controls|playbackRates|captions|rewind|icon|insertAfter||detach|ff00||button|getPosition|sec|png|player8|ff11|log|console|track_name|appendTo|play|click|no|scrolling|frameborder|file_code|src|top|zIndex|css|showCCform|data|1662367683|383371|dl|video_ad|doPlay|prevt|mp4|3E||jpg|thumbs|file|300|setTimeout|currentTrack|setItem|audioTrackChanged|dualSound|else|addClass|hasClass|toggleClass|Track|Audio|svg|dualy|images|mousedown|buttons|topbar|playAttemptFailed|beforePlay|Rewind|fr|Forward|ff|ready|set_audio_track|remove|this|upload_srt|prop|50px|margin|1000001|iframe|center|align|text|rgba|background|1000000|left|absolute|pause|setCurrentCaptions|Upload|contains|item|content|html|fviews|referer|prem|embed|3e57249ef633e0d03bf76ceb8d8a4b65|216|83|hash|view|get|TokenZir|window|hide|show|complete|slow|fadeIn|video_ad_fadein|time||cache|Cache|Content|headers|ajaxSetup|v2done|tott|vastdone2|vastdone1|vvbefore|playbackRateControls|cast|aboutlink|FileMoon|abouttext|UHD|1870|qualityLabels|sites|GNOME_POWER|link|2Fiframe|3C|allowfullscreen|22360|22640|22no|marginheight|marginwidth|2FGNOME_POWER|2F0fxcyc2ajhp1|2Fe|2Ffilemoon|2F|3A||22https|3Ciframe|code|sharing|fontOpacity|backgroundOpacity|Tahoma|fontFamily|303030|backgroundColor|FFFFFF|color|userFontScale|thumbnails|kind|0fxcyc2ajhp10000|url|get_slides|start|startparam|none|preload|html5|primary|hlshtml|androidhls|duration|uniform|stretching|0fxcyc2ajhp1_xt|image|2048|sp|6871|asn|127|srv|43200|_g3XlBcu2lmD9oDexD2NLWSmah2Nu3XcDrl93m9PwXY|m3u8||master|0fxcyc2ajhp1_x|00076|01|hls2|to|s01|delivery|storage|moon|sources|setup'''.split('|')))


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/test/test_netrc.py
+++ b/test/test_netrc.py
@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
--- a/test/test_networking_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_networking_utils.py
@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+import io
+import random
+import ssl
+
+from yt_dlp.cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar
+from yt_dlp.dependencies import certifi
+from yt_dlp.networking import Response
+from yt_dlp.networking._helper import (
+    InstanceStoreMixin,
+    add_accept_encoding_header,
+    get_redirect_method,
+    make_socks_proxy_opts,
+    select_proxy,
+    ssl_load_certs,
+)
+from yt_dlp.networking.exceptions import (
+    HTTPError,
+    IncompleteRead,
+)
+from yt_dlp.socks import ProxyType
+from yt_dlp.utils.networking import HTTPHeaderDict
+
+TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+class TestNetworkingUtils:
+
+    def test_select_proxy(self):
+        proxies = {
+            'all': 'socks5://example.com',
+            'http': 'http://example.com:1080',
+            'no': 'bypass.example.com,yt-dl.org'
+        }
+
+        assert select_proxy('https://example.com', proxies) == proxies['all']
+        assert select_proxy('http://example.com', proxies) == proxies['http']
+        assert select_proxy('http://bypass.example.com', proxies) is None
+        assert select_proxy('https://yt-dl.org', proxies) is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('socks_proxy,expected', [
+        ('socks5h://example.com', {
+            'proxytype': ProxyType.SOCKS5,
+            'addr': 'example.com',
+            'port': 1080,
+            'rdns': True,
+            'username': None,
+            'password': None
+        }),
+        ('socks5://user:@example.com:5555', {
+            'proxytype': ProxyType.SOCKS5,
+            'addr': 'example.com',
+            'port': 5555,
+            'rdns': False,
+            'username': 'user',
+            'password': ''
+        }),
+        ('socks4://u%40ser:pa%20ss@127.0.0.1:1080', {
+            'proxytype': ProxyType.SOCKS4,
+            'addr': '127.0.0.1',
+            'port': 1080,
+            'rdns': False,
+            'username': 'u@ser',
+            'password': 'pa ss'
+        }),
+        ('socks4a://:pa%20ss@127.0.0.1', {
+            'proxytype': ProxyType.SOCKS4A,
+            'addr': '127.0.0.1',
+            'port': 1080,
+            'rdns': True,
+            'username': '',
+            'password': 'pa ss'
+        })
+    ])
+    def test_make_socks_proxy_opts(self, socks_proxy, expected):
+        assert make_socks_proxy_opts(socks_proxy) == expected
+
+    def test_make_socks_proxy_unknown(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='Unknown SOCKS proxy version: socks'):
+            make_socks_proxy_opts('socks://127.0.0.1')
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not certifi, reason='certifi is not installed')
+    def test_load_certifi(self):
+        context_certifi = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        context_certifi.load_verify_locations(cafile=certifi.where())
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        ssl_load_certs(context, use_certifi=True)
+        assert context.get_ca_certs() == context_certifi.get_ca_certs()
+
+        context_default = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        context_default.load_default_certs()
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        ssl_load_certs(context, use_certifi=False)
+        assert context.get_ca_certs() == context_default.get_ca_certs()
+
+        if context_default.get_ca_certs() == context_certifi.get_ca_certs():
+            pytest.skip('System uses certifi as default. The test is not valid')
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('method,status,expected', [
+        ('GET', 303, 'GET'),
+        ('HEAD', 303, 'HEAD'),
+        ('PUT', 303, 'GET'),
+        ('POST', 301, 'GET'),
+        ('HEAD', 301, 'HEAD'),
+        ('POST', 302, 'GET'),
+        ('HEAD', 302, 'HEAD'),
+        ('PUT', 302, 'PUT'),
+        ('POST', 308, 'POST'),
+        ('POST', 307, 'POST'),
+        ('HEAD', 308, 'HEAD'),
+        ('HEAD', 307, 'HEAD'),
+    ])
+    def test_get_redirect_method(self, method, status, expected):
+        assert get_redirect_method(method, status) == expected
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('headers,supported_encodings,expected', [
+        ({'Accept-Encoding': 'br'}, ['gzip', 'br'], {'Accept-Encoding': 'br'}),
+        ({}, ['gzip', 'br'], {'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, br'}),
+        ({'Content-type': 'application/json'}, [], {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Encoding': 'identity'}),
+    ])
+    def test_add_accept_encoding_header(self, headers, supported_encodings, expected):
+        headers = HTTPHeaderDict(headers)
+        add_accept_encoding_header(headers, supported_encodings)
+        assert headers == HTTPHeaderDict(expected)
+
+
+class TestInstanceStoreMixin:
+
+    class FakeInstanceStoreMixin(InstanceStoreMixin):
+        def _create_instance(self, **kwargs):
+            return random.randint(0, 1000000)
+
+        def _close_instance(self, instance):
+            pass
+
+    def test_mixin(self):
+        mixin = self.FakeInstanceStoreMixin()
+        assert mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d', 4}}) == mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d', 4}})
+
+        assert mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'e', 4}}) != mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d', 4}})
+
+        assert mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d', 4}} != mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'g': {'d', 4}}))
+
+        assert mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1}, e=[1, 2, 3]) == mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1}, e=[1, 2, 3])
+
+        assert mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1}, e=[1, 2, 3]) != mixin._get_instance(d={'a': 1}, e=[1, 2, 3, 4])
+
+        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar()
+        assert mixin._get_instance(b=[1, 2], c=cookiejar) == mixin._get_instance(b=[1, 2], c=cookiejar)
+
+        assert mixin._get_instance(b=[1, 2], c=cookiejar) != mixin._get_instance(b=[1, 2], c=YoutubeDLCookieJar())
+
+        # Different order
+        assert mixin._get_instance(c=cookiejar, b=[1, 2]) == mixin._get_instance(b=[1, 2], c=cookiejar)
+
+        m = mixin._get_instance(t=1234)
+        assert mixin._get_instance(t=1234) == m
+        mixin._clear_instances()
+        assert mixin._get_instance(t=1234) != m
+
+
+class TestNetworkingExceptions:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_response(status):
+        return Response(fp=io.BytesIO(b'test'), url='http://example.com', headers={'tesT': 'test'}, status=status)
+
+    def test_http_error(self):
+
+        response = self.create_response(403)
+        error = HTTPError(response)
+
+        assert error.status == 403
+        assert str(error) == error.msg == 'HTTP Error 403: Forbidden'
+        assert error.reason == response.reason
+        assert error.response is response
+
+        data = error.response.read()
+        assert data == b'test'
+        assert repr(error) == '<HTTPError 403: Forbidden>'
+
+    def test_redirect_http_error(self):
+        response = self.create_response(301)
+        error = HTTPError(response, redirect_loop=True)
+        assert str(error) == error.msg == 'HTTP Error 301: Moved Permanently (redirect loop detected)'
+        assert error.reason == 'Moved Permanently'
+
+    def test_incomplete_read_error(self):
+        error = IncompleteRead(4, 3, cause='test')
+        assert isinstance(error, IncompleteRead)
+        assert repr(error) == '<IncompleteRead: 4 bytes read, 3 more expected>'
+        assert str(error) == error.msg == '4 bytes read, 3 more expected'
+        assert error.partial == 4
+        assert error.expected == 3
+        assert error.cause == 'test'
+
+        error = IncompleteRead(3)
+        assert repr(error) == '<IncompleteRead: 3 bytes read>'
+        assert str(error) == '3 bytes read'
--- a/test/test_overwrites.py
+++ b/test/test_overwrites.py
@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Allow direct execution
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
 import unittest

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

+
+import subprocess
+
 from test.helper import is_download_test, try_rm

 root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
--- a/test/test_plugins.py
+++ b/test/test_plugins.py
@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import importlib
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+TEST_DATA_DIR = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'testdata')
+sys.path.append(str(TEST_DATA_DIR))
+importlib.invalidate_caches()
+
+from yt_dlp.plugins import PACKAGE_NAME, directories, load_plugins
+
+
+class TestPlugins(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    TEST_PLUGIN_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR / PACKAGE_NAME
+
+    def test_directories_containing_plugins(self):
+        self.assertIn(self.TEST_PLUGIN_DIR, map(Path, directories()))
+
+    def test_extractor_classes(self):
+        for module_name in tuple(sys.modules):
+            if module_name.startswith(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor'):
+                del sys.modules[module_name]
+        plugins_ie = load_plugins('extractor', 'IE')
+
+        self.assertIn(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor.normal', sys.modules.keys())
+        self.assertIn('NormalPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+
+        # don't load modules with underscore prefix
+        self.assertFalse(
+            f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.extractor._ignore' in sys.modules.keys(),
+            'loaded module beginning with underscore')
+        self.assertNotIn('IgnorePluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+
+        # Don't load extractors with underscore prefix
+        self.assertNotIn('_IgnoreUnderscorePluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+
+        # Don't load extractors not specified in __all__ (if supplied)
+        self.assertNotIn('IgnoreNotInAllPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+        self.assertIn('InAllPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+
+    def test_postprocessor_classes(self):
+        plugins_pp = load_plugins('postprocessor', 'PP')
+        self.assertIn('NormalPluginPP', plugins_pp.keys())
+
+    def test_importing_zipped_module(self):
+        zip_path = TEST_DATA_DIR / 'zipped_plugins.zip'
+        shutil.make_archive(str(zip_path)[:-4], 'zip', str(zip_path)[:-4])
+        sys.path.append(str(zip_path))  # add zip to search paths
+        importlib.invalidate_caches()  # reset the import caches
+
+        try:
+            for plugin_type in ('extractor', 'postprocessor'):
+                package = importlib.import_module(f'{PACKAGE_NAME}.{plugin_type}')
+                self.assertIn(zip_path / PACKAGE_NAME / plugin_type, map(Path, package.__path__))
+
+            plugins_ie = load_plugins('extractor', 'IE')
+            self.assertIn('ZippedPluginIE', plugins_ie.keys())
+
+            plugins_pp = load_plugins('postprocessor', 'PP')
+            self.assertIn('ZippedPluginPP', plugins_pp.keys())
+
+        finally:
+            sys.path.remove(str(zip_path))
+            os.remove(zip_path)
+            importlib.invalidate_caches()  # reset the import caches
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
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