ykdl 1.4.7

a video downloader written in Python

YouKuDownLoader

a video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.

website: https://github.com/zhangn1985/ykdl

this project is a fork of you-get with below changes.

1. Structured source code

2. focus on China mainland video sites

3. support Python2

Site status:

site	ability	comment
YouKu	Video	playlist removed
Acfun	Video
Bilibili	Video,Live
163	Video,Audio,Live
Sohu	Video
tudou	Video
iqiyi	Video
sina	Video
qq	Video,Live	slow in some video
xiami	Audio
yinyuetai	Video
huya	Video,Live
leTv	Video,Live
mgtv	Video	download stuck as web
douyu	Live
panda	Live
zhanqi	Live

more site status check wiki page: sites-status

file bugs or requirements are welcome

submit PRs are welcome

Change Log for ykdl

1.4.7

• fix bug when len(urls) == 1

• update mgtv, huomao, bilibili

• restructure ykdl, using setuptools

• misc changes

1.4.6

• acfun: add missing sign

• python2 fix

• using ThreadPoolExecutor for multithread download

• rename short opt for json out to capital J

• add -j –jobs for multithread download jobs number, default is NR_CPUS

1.4.5

• fix iqiyi with code clean

• update bilibili Episode title

• update douyu live room name

• use yield to speedup playlist

• python2 fix

1.4.4

• fix Acfun again

• fix douyu live

• support multithread download, NOTE: this is not finished

1.4.3

• fix Acfun

• fix letv

1.4.2

• change version string to 3 digital

• fix qq, douyu, mgtv, QQ. etc.

• report stream_types in json

1.1.4.1

• fix letv live, cctv, xiami, QQ

• support douyu video, kankannews, Quanmin Live

• update common alias dict

1.1.4

• port PPTV, yizhibo from upstream/PL

• update Bilibili.

• partially support Taobao

1.1.3.6

• update bilibili playlist.

• update ACfun.

• support youku mp5

1.1.3.5

• update bilibili for eid and title.

• update ACfun for match pattern, and playlist

• update main script to fix bugs, add -O option

• add warning in m3u8_wrapper

1.1.3.4

• update bilibili, ACfun

• update setup script, test makefile

1.1.3.3

• update douyu, QQ, generalembed

1.1.3.2

• update Acfun, huomao, youku

• add gitter

1.1.3.1

• update generalembed, le live, douyu, zhanqi

1.1.3

• update iqiyi

• merge option removed

• get proxy from system proxy settings

• some other update

1.1.2

• refact code a lot

• update iqiyi

• update setup for windows platform

1.1.1.2

• quick fix for youku, find a mistake

1.1.1.1

• update iqiyi support more stream profiles

• update m3u8 download with ffpmeg

• update letv

• update stream profile code

1.1.1

• fix iqiyi, QQ

• support huajiao live

• remove lots of dead sites, include youtube

• many other updates

1.1.0.4

• update README.rst, CHANGELOG.rst

• support laifeng live

• fix zhanqi

• add travis-ci

1.1.0.3

• misc changes on setup, code refactor

1.1.0.2

• right way to add requirements

1.1.0

• add experimental merge feature.

• video titles are changed for many sites.

• longzhu live is improved.

• live video authors are added when possible.

• subtitle feature is planned but moved to danmu branch.

1.0.9.2

• bug fix for baomihua

• add test for extractors status.

1.0.9.1

• fix unqoute issue in python2, since v1.0.9 is released

• a draft binary release is done. feedback is welcome.

1.0.9

• new sites are supported

  1. huya live and video

  2. longzhu live

• python2 are supported

  almost done

  big change

python3 is first choice, if you don’t have python3, python2 is fine. don’t forget to file a bug when using python2