yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2021.06.23

yt-dlp 2021.06.23

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Changelog:

• Merge youtube-dl: Upto commit/379f52a
• Add option --throttled-rate below which video data is re-extracted
• [fragment] Merge during download for -N, and refactor hls/dash
• [websockets] Add WebSocketFragmentFDby nao20010128nao, pukkandan
• Allow images formats in addition to video/audio
• [downloader/mhtml] Add new downloader for slideshows/storyboards by fstirlitz
• [youtube] Temporary fix for age-gate
• [youtube] Support ongoing live chat by siikamiika
• [youtube] Improve SAPISID cookie handling by colethedj
• [youtube] Login is not needed for :ytrec
• [youtube] Non-fatal alert reporting for unavailable videos page by colethedj
• [twitcasting] Websocket support by nao20010128nao
• [mediasite] Extract slides by fstirlitz
• [funimation] Extract subtitles
• [pornhub] Extract cast
• [hotstar] Use server time for authentication instead of local time
• [EmbedThumbnail] Fix for already downloaded thumbnail
• [EmbedThumbnail] Add compat-option embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley
• Expand --check-formats to thumbnails
• Fix id sanitization in filenames
• Skip fixup of existing files and add --fixup force to force it
• Better error handling of syntax errors in -f
• Use NamedTemporaryFile for --check-formats
• [aria2c] Lower --min-split-size for HTTP downloads
• [options] Rename --add-metadata to --embed-metadata
• [utils] Improve LazyList and add tests
• [build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7 and remove redundant tests by pukkandan, shirt
• [docs] Clarify that --embed-metadata embeds chapter markers
• [cleanup] Refactor fixup

Note: While youtube throttling issue hasn't been fixed, it can be worked around by using --throttled-rate 100K