Changelog

Beta version details

2.5 beta (15-Dec-2025)

• added video.upscaled property. It is now set to true for AI-upscaled video qualities on YouTube (so-called "Super Resolution" mentioned here). This property is available as a criteria property and in the formats table from the manual quality selection window. The minimum required yt-dlp version to recognize upscaled video qualities is 2025.11.16
• added audio.language_tag and audio.default properties, similar to existing subtitles properties of the same name. They are available as criteria properties and in the formats table from the manual quality selection window. Also adjusted default criteria to prefer default audio language
• bundled quickjs since JS runtime is now basically a requirement in yt-dlp when using YouTube. Bundled quickjs is specified for yt-dlp automatically via --js-runtimes option, you do not need to do anything. If you use other JS runtimes, yt-dlp will prefer them regardless of their position in the command line
• fixed HDR videos recognition - previously they were not marked as HDR in the available formats list and corresponding criteria options did not work
• fixed subtitles support for some non-Youtube sites
• improved yt-dlp error reporting. Now program shows more specific error in more cases (instead of just "yt-dlp finished with error code -1")

Changelog Beta version details