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3.10 (06-Jul-2025)

• [beta 2] Youtube-only: channels in yt-dlp now work similar to when using API: when adding a channel URL now is created a channel track (was playlist track) and context menu actions Get channel playlist, Get channel's uploads playlist are available (previously worked only the latter)
• removed internal analyzer. To open Youtube URLs now must be configured yt-dlp. Read an updated documentation for details: yt-dlp
• changed "youtube-dl" to "yt-dlp" everywhere in UI. It is not feasible to make this configurable or dynamic, and yt-dlp is the most widely used tool nowadays
• [beta 3] moved Analysis options group from Decoding to separate tab Analysis
• [beta 3] added options group Analysis yt-dlp with a few options. About option Cookies from browser read in Authenticated access topic. Option Configure Allowed URLs was moved from Maintenance Third-party Binaries yt-dlp Filter, so now third-party binaries settings control only yt-dlp location, and how to use yt-dlp is configured only in this Analysis yt-dlp options group
• [beta 3] added Video-only and Audio-only filters to the analysis cache window context menu. They are more generic alternatives to the existing DASH, Video / DASH, Audio as they also include, for example, single-stream HLS streams
• yt-dlp Managed source in 64-bit component version now uses asset yt-dlp.exe (previously used yt-dlp_x86.exe)
• removed option path Prefer youtube-dl over internal analyzer
• removed both youtube-dl options from Maintenance Third-party Binaries yt-dlp Location submenu as there were no releases for the last few years
• removed Third-party Binaries JavaScript and excluded Node.js executable (node.exe) from the component package - they were used only by the internal analyzer which is gone now
• removed Managed source for madVR - binaries on the official site have been unavailable since the end of 2023, I guess
• [beta 2] whether to use Youtube API or yt-dlp when opening channel and playlist URLs is now decided basing on the presence of the Youtube API key (was based on the option Prefer youtube-dl over internal analyzer). This concerns places where provider is not explicitly specified, for example, when opening channel URLs using File Add location...
• [beta 2] search provider option youtube.web Playlist URL auto now decides which URL to construct basing on the presence of the Youtube API key (was based on the option Prefer youtube-dl over internal analyzer)
• [beta 2] removed search provider youtube.api.related - corresponding API parameter relatedToVideoId was deprecated in Aug 2023 (time flies quickly)

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