CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -781,6 +781,3 @@ maxbin123
 nullpos
 anlar
 eason1478
-ceandreasen
-chauhantirth
-helpimnotdrowning

Changelog.md

@@ -4,29 +4,6 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
-### 2025.06.30
-
-#### Core changes
-- **jsinterp**: [Fix `extract_object`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/958153a226214c86879e36211ac191bf78289578) ([#13580](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13580)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
-
-#### Extractor changes
-- **bilibilispacevideo**: [Extract hidden-mode collections as playlists](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/99b85ac102047446e6adf5b62bfc3c8d80b53778) ([#13533](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13533)) by [c-basalt](https://github.com/c-basalt)
-- **hotstar**
-    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b5bd057fe86550f3aa67f2fc8790d1c6a251c57b) ([#13530](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13530)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [chauhantirth](https://github.com/chauhantirth) (With fixes in [e9f1576](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e9f157669e24953a88d15ce22053649db7a8e81e) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly))
-    - [Fix metadata extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0a6b1044899f452cd10b6c7a6b00fa985a9a8b97) ([#13560](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13560)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-    - [Raise for login required](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5e292baad62c749b6c340621ab2d0f904165ddfb) ([#10405](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10405)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-    - series: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4bd9a7ade7e0508b9795b3e72a69eeb40788b62b) ([#13564](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13564)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-- **jiocinema**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7e2504f941a11ea2b0dba00de3f0295cdc253e79) ([#13565](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13565)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-- **kick**: [Support subscriber-only content](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b16722ede83377f77ea8352dcd0a6ca8e83b8f0f) ([#13550](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13550)) by [helpimnotdrowning](https://github.com/helpimnotdrowning)
-- **niconico**: live: [Fix extractor and downloader](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/06c1a8cdffe14050206683253726875144192ef5) ([#13158](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13158)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
-- **sauceplus**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/35fc33fbc51c7f5392fb2300f65abf6cf107ef90) ([#13567](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13567)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [ceandreasen](https://github.com/ceandreasen)
-- **sproutvideo**: [Support browser impersonation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/11b9416e10cff7513167d76d6c47774fcdd3e26a) ([#13589](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13589)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-- **youtube**: [Fix premium formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2ba5391cd68ed4f2415c827d2cecbcbc75ace10b) ([#13586](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13586)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-
-#### Misc. changes
-- **ci**: [Add signature tests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1b883846347addeab12663fd74317fd544341a1c) ([#13582](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13582)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [b018784](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b0187844988e557c7e1e6bb1aabd4c1176768d86) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
-
 ### 2025.06.25
 
 #### Extractor changes

devscripts/changelog_override.json

@@ -254,13 +254,5 @@
     {
         "action": "remove",
         "when": "d596824c2f8428362c072518856065070616e348"
-    },
-    {
-        "action": "remove",
-        "when": "7b81634fb1d15999757e7a9883daa6ef09ea785b"
-    },
-    {
-        "action": "remove",
-        "when": "500761e41acb96953a5064e951d41d190c287e46"
     }
 ]

supportedsites.md

@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
  - **HollywoodReporterPlaylist**
  - **Holodex**
  - **HotNewHipHop**: (**Currently broken**)
- - **hotstar**: JioHotstar
+ - **hotstar**
+ - **hotstar:playlist**
+ - **hotstar:season**
  - **hotstar:series**
  - **hrfernsehen**
  - **HRTi**: [*hrti*](## "netrc machine")
@@ -645,6 +647,8 @@ The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
  - **Jamendo**
  - **JamendoAlbum**
  - **JeuxVideo**: (**Currently broken**)
+ - **jiocinema**: [*jiocinema*](## "netrc machine")
+ - **jiocinema:series**: [*jiocinema*](## "netrc machine")
  - **jiosaavn:album**
  - **jiosaavn:artist**
  - **jiosaavn:playlist**
@@ -1295,7 +1299,6 @@ The only reliable way to check if a site is supported is to try it.
  - **SampleFocus**
  - **Sangiin**: 参議院インターネット審議中継 (archive)
  - **Sapo**: SAPO Vídeos
- - **SaucePlus**: Sauce+
  - **SBS**: sbs.com.au
  - **sbs.co.kr**
  - **sbs.co.kr:allvod_program**

test/test_InfoExtractor.py

@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ class InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
             self.end_headers()
             self.wfile.write(TEAPOT_RESPONSE_BODY.encode())
+        elif self.path == '/fake.m3u8':
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-Length', '1024')
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(1024 * b'\x00')
+        elif self.path == '/bipbop.m3u8':
+            with open('test/testdata/m3u8/bipbop_16x9.m3u8', 'rb') as f:
+                data = f.read()
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-Length', str(len(data)))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(data)
         else:
             assert False
 
@@ -2079,5 +2091,45 @@ jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({"abouttext":"Visit Indie DB","aboutlink":"http:\/
                 self.ie._search_nuxt_json(HTML_TMPL.format(data), None, default=DEFAULT), DEFAULT)
 
 
+class TestInfoExtractorNetwork(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self, /):
+        self.httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
+            ('127.0.0.1', 0), InfoExtractorTestRequestHandler)
+        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()
+
+        self.called = False
+
+        def require_warning(*args, **kwargs):
+            self.called = True
+
+        self.ydl = FakeYDL()
+        self.ydl.report_warning = require_warning
+        self.ie = DummyIE(self.ydl)
+
+    def tearDown(self, /):
+        self.ydl.close()
+        self.httpd.shutdown()
+        self.httpd.server_close()
+        self.server_thread.join(1)
+
+    def test_extract_m3u8_formats(self):
+        formats, subtitles = self.ie._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
+            f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/bipbop.m3u8', None, fatal=False)
+        self.assertFalse(self.called)
+        self.assertTrue(formats)
+        self.assertTrue(subtitles)
+
+    def test_extract_m3u8_formats_warning(self):
+        formats, subtitles = self.ie._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
+            f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/fake.m3u8', None, fatal=False)
+        self.assertTrue(self.called, 'Warning was not issued for binary m3u8 file')
+        self.assertFalse(formats)
+        self.assertFalse(subtitles)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py

@@ -1824,7 +1824,6 @@ from .safari import (
 from .saitosan import SaitosanIE
 from .samplefocus import SampleFocusIE
 from .sapo import SapoIE
-from .sauceplus import SaucePlusIE
 from .sbs import SBSIE
 from .sbscokr import (
     SBSCoKrAllvodProgramIE,

yt_dlp/extractor/common.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import collections
+import contextlib
 import functools
 import getpass
 import http.client
@@ -2129,21 +2130,33 @@ class InfoExtractor:
                     raise ExtractorError(errnote, video_id=video_id)
                 self.report_warning(f'{errnote}{bug_reports_message()}')
             return [], {}
-
+        if note is None:
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(
+            note = 'Downloading m3u8 information'
-            m3u8_url, video_id,
+        if errnote is None:
-            note='Downloading m3u8 information' if note is None else note,
+            errnote = 'Failed to download m3u8 information'
-            errnote='Failed to download m3u8 information' if errnote is None else errnote,
+        response = self._request_webpage(
+            m3u8_url, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote,
             fatal=fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
-
+        if response is False:
-        if res is False:
             return [], {}
 
-        m3u8_doc, urlh = res
+        with contextlib.closing(response):
-        m3u8_url = urlh.url
+            prefix = response.read(512)
+            if not prefix.startswith(b'#EXTM3U'):
+                msg = 'Response data has no m3u header'
+                if fatal:
+                    raise ExtractorError(msg, video_id=video_id)
+                self.report_warning(f'{msg}{bug_reports_message()}', video_id=video_id)
+                return [], {}
+
+            content = self._webpage_read_content(
+                response, m3u8_url, video_id, note=note, errnote=errnote,
+                fatal=fatal, prefix=prefix, data=data)
+        if content is False:
+            return [], {}
 
         return self._parse_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(
-            m3u8_doc, m3u8_url, ext=ext, entry_protocol=entry_protocol,
+            content, response.url, ext=ext, entry_protocol=entry_protocol,
             preference=preference, quality=quality, m3u8_id=m3u8_id,
             note=note, errnote=errnote, fatal=fatal, live=live, data=data,
             headers=headers, query=query, video_id=video_id)

yt_dlp/extractor/floatplane.py

@@ -17,140 +17,8 @@ from ..utils import (
 from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 
 
-class FloatplaneBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+class FloatplaneIE(InfoExtractor):
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        post_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        post_data = self._download_json(
-            f'{self._BASE_URL}/api/v3/content/post', post_id, query={'id': post_id},
-            note='Downloading post data', errnote='Unable to download post data',
-            impersonate=self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET)
-
-        if not any(traverse_obj(post_data, ('metadata', ('hasVideo', 'hasAudio')))):
-            raise ExtractorError('Post does not contain a video or audio track', expected=True)
-
-        uploader_url = format_field(
-            post_data, [('creator', 'urlname')], f'{self._BASE_URL}/channel/%s/home') or None
-
-        common_info = {
-            'uploader_url': uploader_url,
-            'channel_url': urljoin(f'{uploader_url}/', traverse_obj(post_data, ('channel', 'urlname'))),
-            'availability': self._availability(needs_subscription=True),
-            **traverse_obj(post_data, {
-                'uploader': ('creator', 'title', {str}),
-                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'id', {str}),
-                'channel': ('channel', 'title', {str}),
-                'channel_id': ('channel', 'id', {str}),
-                'release_timestamp': ('releaseDate', {parse_iso8601}),
-            }),
-        }
-
-        items = []
-        for media in traverse_obj(post_data, (('videoAttachments', 'audioAttachments'), ...)):
-            media_id = media['id']
-            media_typ = media.get('type') or 'video'
-
-            metadata = self._download_json(
-                f'{self._BASE_URL}/api/v3/content/{media_typ}', media_id, query={'id': media_id},
-                note=f'Downloading {media_typ} metadata', impersonate=self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET)
-
-            stream = self._download_json(
-                f'{self._BASE_URL}/api/v2/cdn/delivery', media_id, query={
-                    'type': 'vod' if media_typ == 'video' else 'aod',
-                    'guid': metadata['guid'],
-                }, note=f'Downloading {media_typ} stream data',
-                impersonate=self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET)
-
-            path_template = traverse_obj(stream, ('resource', 'uri', {str}))
-
-            def format_path(params):
-                path = path_template
-                for i, val in (params or {}).items():
-                    path = path.replace(f'{{qualityLevelParams.{i}}}', val)
-                return path
-
-            formats = []
-            for quality in traverse_obj(stream, ('resource', 'data', 'qualityLevels', ...)):
-                url = urljoin(stream['cdn'], format_path(traverse_obj(
-                    stream, ('resource', 'data', 'qualityLevelParams', quality['name'], {dict}))))
-                format_id = traverse_obj(quality, ('name', {str}))
-                hls_aes = {}
-                m3u8_data = None
-
-                # If we need impersonation for the API, then we need it for HLS keys too: extract in advance
-                if self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET is not None:
-                    m3u8_data = self._download_webpage(
-                        url, media_id, fatal=False, impersonate=self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET, headers=self._HEADERS,
-                        note=join_nonempty('Downloading', format_id, 'm3u8 information', delim=' '),
-                        errnote=join_nonempty('Failed to download', format_id, 'm3u8 information', delim=' '))
-                    if not m3u8_data:
-                        continue
-
-                    key_url = self._search_regex(
-                        r'#EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="(https?://[^"]+)"',
-                        m3u8_data, 'HLS AES key URI', default=None)
-                    if key_url:
-                        urlh = self._request_webpage(
-                            key_url, media_id, fatal=False, impersonate=self._IMPERSONATE_TARGET, headers=self._HEADERS,
-                            note=join_nonempty('Downloading', format_id, 'HLS AES key', delim=' '),
-                            errnote=join_nonempty('Failed to download', format_id, 'HLS AES key', delim=' '))
-                        if urlh:
-                            hls_aes['key'] = urlh.read().hex()
-
-                formats.append({
-                    **traverse_obj(quality, {
-                        'format_note': ('label', {str}),
-                        'width': ('width', {int}),
-                        'height': ('height', {int}),
-                    }),
-                    **parse_codecs(quality.get('codecs')),
-                    'url': url,
-                    'ext': determine_ext(url.partition('/chunk.m3u8')[0], 'mp4'),
-                    'format_id': format_id,
-                    'hls_media_playlist_data': m3u8_data,
-                    'hls_aes': hls_aes or None,
-                })
-            items.append({
-                **common_info,
-                'id': media_id,
-                **traverse_obj(metadata, {
-                    'title': ('title', {str}),
-                    'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
-                    'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path', {url_or_none}),
-                }),
-                'formats': formats,
-            })
-
-        post_info = {
-            **common_info,
-            'id': post_id,
-            'display_id': post_id,
-            **traverse_obj(post_data, {
-                'title': ('title', {str}),
-                'description': ('text', {clean_html}),
-                'like_count': ('likes', {int_or_none}),
-                'dislike_count': ('dislikes', {int_or_none}),
-                'comment_count': ('comments', {int_or_none}),
-                'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path', {url_or_none}),
-            }),
-            'http_headers': self._HEADERS,
-        }
-
-        if len(items) > 1:
-            return self.playlist_result(items, **post_info)
-
-        post_info.update(items[0])
-        return post_info
-
-
-class FloatplaneIE(FloatplaneBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|beta)\.)?floatplane\.com/post/(?P<id>\w+)'
-    _BASE_URL = 'https://www.floatplane.com'
-    _IMPERSONATE_TARGET = None
-    _HEADERS = {
-        'Origin': _BASE_URL,
-        'Referer': f'{_BASE_URL}/',
-    }
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.floatplane.com/post/2Yf3UedF7C',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -302,9 +170,105 @@ class FloatplaneIE(FloatplaneBaseIE):
     }]
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
-        if not self._get_cookies(self._BASE_URL).get('sails.sid'):
+        if not self._get_cookies('https://www.floatplane.com').get('sails.sid'):
             self.raise_login_required()
 
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        post_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        post_data = self._download_json(
+            'https://www.floatplane.com/api/v3/content/post', post_id, query={'id': post_id},
+            note='Downloading post data', errnote='Unable to download post data')
+
+        if not any(traverse_obj(post_data, ('metadata', ('hasVideo', 'hasAudio')))):
+            raise ExtractorError('Post does not contain a video or audio track', expected=True)
+
+        uploader_url = format_field(
+            post_data, [('creator', 'urlname')], 'https://www.floatplane.com/channel/%s/home') or None
+
+        common_info = {
+            'uploader_url': uploader_url,
+            'channel_url': urljoin(f'{uploader_url}/', traverse_obj(post_data, ('channel', 'urlname'))),
+            'availability': self._availability(needs_subscription=True),
+            **traverse_obj(post_data, {
+                'uploader': ('creator', 'title', {str}),
+                'uploader_id': ('creator', 'id', {str}),
+                'channel': ('channel', 'title', {str}),
+                'channel_id': ('channel', 'id', {str}),
+                'release_timestamp': ('releaseDate', {parse_iso8601}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+        items = []
+        for media in traverse_obj(post_data, (('videoAttachments', 'audioAttachments'), ...)):
+            media_id = media['id']
+            media_typ = media.get('type') or 'video'
+
+            metadata = self._download_json(
+                f'https://www.floatplane.com/api/v3/content/{media_typ}', media_id, query={'id': media_id},
+                note=f'Downloading {media_typ} metadata')
+
+            stream = self._download_json(
+                'https://www.floatplane.com/api/v2/cdn/delivery', media_id, query={
+                    'type': 'vod' if media_typ == 'video' else 'aod',
+                    'guid': metadata['guid'],
+                }, note=f'Downloading {media_typ} stream data')
+
+            path_template = traverse_obj(stream, ('resource', 'uri', {str}))
+
+            def format_path(params):
+                path = path_template
+                for i, val in (params or {}).items():
+                    path = path.replace(f'{{qualityLevelParams.{i}}}', val)
+                return path
+
+            formats = []
+            for quality in traverse_obj(stream, ('resource', 'data', 'qualityLevels', ...)):
+                url = urljoin(stream['cdn'], format_path(traverse_obj(
+                    stream, ('resource', 'data', 'qualityLevelParams', quality['name'], {dict}))))
+                formats.append({
+                    **traverse_obj(quality, {
+                        'format_id': ('name', {str}),
+                        'format_note': ('label', {str}),
+                        'width': ('width', {int}),
+                        'height': ('height', {int}),
+                    }),
+                    **parse_codecs(quality.get('codecs')),
+                    'url': url,
+                    'ext': determine_ext(url.partition('/chunk.m3u8')[0], 'mp4'),
+                })
+
+            items.append({
+                **common_info,
+                'id': media_id,
+                **traverse_obj(metadata, {
+                    'title': ('title', {str}),
+                    'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
+                    'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path', {url_or_none}),
+                }),
+                'formats': formats,
+            })
+
+        post_info = {
+            **common_info,
+            'id': post_id,
+            'display_id': post_id,
+            **traverse_obj(post_data, {
+                'title': ('title', {str}),
+                'description': ('text', {clean_html}),
+                'like_count': ('likes', {int_or_none}),
+                'dislike_count': ('dislikes', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('comments', {int_or_none}),
+                'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', 'path', {url_or_none}),
+            }),
+        }
+
+        if len(items) > 1:
+            return self.playlist_result(items, **post_info)
+
+        post_info.update(items[0])
+        return post_info
+
 
 class FloatplaneChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|beta)\.)?floatplane\.com/channel/(?P<id>[\w-]+)/home(?:/(?P<channel>[\w-]+))?'

yt_dlp/extractor/hotstar.py

@@ -64,16 +64,12 @@ class HotStarBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'container': ['fmp4br', 'fmp4'],
                 'ads': ['non_ssai', 'ssai'],
                 'audio_channel': ['atmos', 'dolby51', 'stereo'],
-                'encryption': ['plain', 'widevine'],  # wv only so we can raise appropriate error
+                'encryption': ['plain'],
-                'video_codec': ['h265', 'h264'],
+                'video_codec': ['h265'],    # or ['h264']
                 'ladder': ['tv', 'full'],
-                'resolution': ['4k', 'hd'],
+                'resolution': ['4k'],       # or ['hd']
-                'true_resolution': ['4k', 'hd'],
+                'true_resolution': ['4k'],  # or ['hd']
-                'dynamic_range': ['hdr', 'sdr'],
+                'dynamic_range': ['hdr'],   # or ['sdr']
-            }, separators=(',', ':')),
-            'drm_parameters': json.dumps({
-                'widevine_security_level': ['SW_SECURE_DECODE', 'SW_SECURE_CRYPTO'],
-                'hdcp_version': ['HDCP_V2_2', 'HDCP_V2_1', 'HDCP_V2', 'HDCP_V1'],
             }, separators=(',', ':')),
         }, st=st, cookies=cookies)
 
@@ -285,7 +281,7 @@ class HotStarIE(HotStarBaseIE):
             self.report_drm(video_id)
 
         geo_restricted = False
-        formats, subs, has_drm = [], {}, False
+        formats, subs = [], {}
         headers = {'Referer': f'{self._BASE_URL}/in'}
         content_type = traverse_obj(video_data, ('contentType', {str})) or self._CONTENT_TYPE[video_type]
 
@@ -308,11 +304,6 @@ class HotStarIE(HotStarBaseIE):
                    for ignore in self._configuration_arg(key)):
                 continue
 
-            tag_dict = dict((*t.split(':', 1), None)[:2] for t in tags.split(';'))
-            if tag_dict.get('encryption') not in ('plain', None):
-                has_drm = True
-                continue
-
             format_url = re.sub(r'(?<=//staragvod)(\d)', r'web\1', playback_set['content_url'])
             ext = determine_ext(format_url)
 
@@ -339,6 +330,10 @@ class HotStarIE(HotStarBaseIE):
                     self.write_debug(e)
                 continue
 
+            tag_dict = dict((*t.split(':', 1), None)[:2] for t in tags.split(';'))
+            if tag_dict.get('encryption') not in ('plain', None):
+                for f in current_formats:
+                    f['has_drm'] = True
             for f in current_formats:
                 for k, v in self._TAG_FIELDS.items():
                     if not f.get(k):
@@ -366,8 +361,6 @@ class HotStarIE(HotStarBaseIE):
 
         if not formats and geo_restricted:
             self.raise_geo_restricted(countries=['IN'], metadata_available=True)
-        elif not formats and has_drm:
-            self.report_drm(video_id)
         self._remove_duplicate_formats(formats)
         for f in formats:
             f.setdefault('http_headers', {}).update(headers)

yt_dlp/extractor/kick.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import functools
-import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..networking import HEADRequest
 from ..utils import (
     UserNotLive,
     determine_ext,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
+    merge_dicts,
     parse_iso8601,
     str_or_none,
     traverse_obj,
@@ -16,17 +16,21 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class KickBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
-    @functools.cached_property
+    def _real_initialize(self):
-    def _api_headers(self):
+        self._request_webpage(
-        token = traverse_obj(
+            HEADRequest('https://kick.com/'), None, 'Setting up session', fatal=False, impersonate=True)
-            self._get_cookies('https://kick.com/'),
+        xsrf_token = self._get_cookies('https://kick.com/').get('XSRF-TOKEN')
-            ('session_token', 'value', {urllib.parse.unquote}))
+        if not xsrf_token:
-        return {'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'} if token else {}
+            self.write_debug('kick.com did not set XSRF-TOKEN cookie')
+        KickBaseIE._API_HEADERS = {
+            'Authorization': f'Bearer {xsrf_token.value}',
+            'X-XSRF-TOKEN': xsrf_token.value,
+        } if xsrf_token else {}
 
     def _call_api(self, path, display_id, note='Downloading API JSON', headers={}, **kwargs):
         return self._download_json(
             f'https://kick.com/api/{path}', display_id, note=note,
-            headers={**self._api_headers, **headers}, impersonate=True, **kwargs)
+            headers=merge_dicts(headers, self._API_HEADERS), impersonate=True, **kwargs)
 
 
 class KickIE(KickBaseIE):

yt_dlp/extractor/sauceplus.py

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-from .floatplane import FloatplaneBaseIE
-
-
-class SaucePlusIE(FloatplaneBaseIE):
-    IE_DESC = 'Sauce+'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|beta)\.)?sauceplus\.com/post/(?P<id>\w+)'
-    _BASE_URL = 'https://www.sauceplus.com'
-    _HEADERS = {
-        'Origin': _BASE_URL,
-        'Referer': f'{_BASE_URL}/',
-    }
-    _IMPERSONATE_TARGET = True
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.sauceplus.com/post/YbBwIa2A5g',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'eit4Ugu5TL',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'display_id': 'YbBwIa2A5g',
-            'title': 'Scare the Coyote - Episode 3',
-            'description': '',
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpe?g$',
-            'duration': 2975,
-            'comment_count': int,
-            'like_count': int,
-            'dislike_count': int,
-            'release_date': '20250627',
-            'release_timestamp': 1750993500,
-            'uploader': 'Scare The Coyote',
-            'uploader_id': '683e0a3269688656a5a49a44',
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.sauceplus.com/channel/ScareTheCoyote/home',
-            'channel': 'Scare The Coyote',
-            'channel_id': '683e0a326968866ceba49a45',
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.sauceplus.com/channel/ScareTheCoyote/home/main',
-            'availability': 'subscriber_only',
-        },
-        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
-    }]
-
-    def _real_initialize(self):
-        if not self._get_cookies(self._BASE_URL).get('__Host-sp-sess'):
-            self.raise_login_required()

yt_dlp/extractor/sproutvideo.py

@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ class SproutVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, headers={
-            url, video_id, headers=traverse_obj(smuggled_data, {'Referer': 'referer'}), impersonate=True)
+            **traverse_obj(smuggled_data, {'Referer': 'referer'}),
+            # yt-dlp's default Chrome user-agents are too old
+            'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0',
+        })
         data = self._search_json(
             r'var\s+(?:dat|playerInfo)\s*=\s*["\']', webpage, 'player info', video_id,
             contains_pattern=r'[A-Za-z0-9+/=]+', end_pattern=r'["\'];',

yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
         'PO_TOKEN_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS': [_PoTokenContext.GVS],
         'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
-        'PLAYER_PARAMS': '8AEB',
     },
     'web_embedded': {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 7,
         'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
-        'PLAYER_PARAMS': '8AEB',
     },
     'tv_simply': {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {

yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py

@@ -2820,6 +2820,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             context['signatureTimestamp'] = sts
         return {
             'playbackContext': {
+                'adPlaybackContext': {
+                    'pyv': True,
+                    'adType': 'AD_TYPE_INSTREAM',
+                },
                 'contentPlaybackContext': context,
             },
             **cls._get_checkok_params(),

yt_dlp/version.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2025.06.30'
+__version__ = '2025.06.25'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'b0187844988e557c7e1e6bb1aabd4c1176768d86'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '1838a1ce5d4ade80770ba9162eaffc9a1607dc70'
 
 VARIANT = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'
 
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
-_pkg_version = '2025.06.30'
+_pkg_version = '2025.06.25'