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### 2021.02.19
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d ) (except kakao)
* [viki] Fix extractor
* [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi ](https://github.com/kurumigi )
* [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs
* [youtube] Add more invidious instances
* [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty
* Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames
* [ExtractAudio] Bugfix
* Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update
* [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run
* Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options
* Format Sort improvements:
* Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs
* Remove forced priority of `quality`
* Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors
* Build improvements:
* Fix hash output by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon ](https://github.com/jbruchon )
* Set version number based on UTC time, not local time
* Publish on PyPi only if token is set
* [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format`
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
### 2021.02.15
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10 ) (except archive.org)
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* [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi ](https://github.com/kurumigi ), [tsukumi ](https://github.com/tsukumi ), [bbepis ](https://github.com/bbepis ), [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan )
* Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika ](https://github.com/siikamiika )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* [rumble] Add support for video page
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* Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats
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* [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format
* [youtube] Fix search continuations
* [youtube] Fix for new accounts
2021-02-19 21:33:17 +00:00
* Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan ](https://github.com/pukkandan ) and [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater
* Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts
* Fix updater for `x86.exe`
* Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing
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* Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome`
* Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
2021-02-15 22:34:27 +00:00
* Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through
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* Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
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* Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX
* [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal
* `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download
* Show `exe` /`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message
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### 2021.02.09
* **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt ](https://github.com/shirt-dev )
* [youtube] Fix comment extraction
* [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction
* [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages
* [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16`
* Add fallback for thumbnails
* [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given
* [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given
* [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir
* [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes
* [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2
* [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux
* [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist
* [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency
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### 2021.02.04
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1 )
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* **Date/time formatting in output template:**
* You can use [`strftime` ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes ) to format date/time fields. Example: `%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s`
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* **Multiple output templates:**
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* Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE`
* The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson`
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* [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags)
* New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files
* [audius] Fix extractor
* [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries`
* [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly
* [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields
* Fix issue with overwriting files
* Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode
* [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9)
* [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid`
* [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory
* Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson
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### 2021.01.29
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* **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl ](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl )**: by [animelover1984 ](https://github.com/animelover1984 ) and [bbepis ](https://github.com/bbepis )
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* Add `--get-comments`
* [youtube] Extract comments
* [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE
* [billibilli] Extract comments
* [billibilli] Better video extraction
* Write playlist data to infojson
* [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video
* [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition`
* [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4
* [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus
* [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video
* [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4
* [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error
* [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4
* [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible
* **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields
* The extracted fields can be used in `--output`
* Deprecated `--metadata-from-title`
* [Audius] Add extractor
* [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file
* Detect existing files even when using `recode` /`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed)
* Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24
* [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning
* [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24
* [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv` /`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv
* [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader`
* [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary
* Refactor `update-version` , `pyinst.py` and related files
* [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode
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### 2021.01.24
* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
* Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#plugins))
* **Multiple paths**: New option `-P` /`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files
* The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH))
* Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail
* Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration))
* Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS))
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* [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao ](https://github.com/nao20010128nao )
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* Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args`
* Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link`
* [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly
* [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal
* Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive
* Fix issue with setting title on UNIX
* Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort` . The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented
* [tests] Fix test_post_hooks
* [tests] Split core and download tests
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### 2021.01.20
* [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs)
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* [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs
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* Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias
* [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv
* [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message
* [readme] Cleanup options
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### 2021.01.16
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* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16 )
* **Configuration files:**
* Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf`
* Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc` . See [this ](https://github.com/pukkandan/yt-dlp#configuration ) for details
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* Add PyPI release
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### 2021.01.14
* Added option `--break-on-reject`
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* [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET ](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET )
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* [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty
* [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name
* [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [pukkandan/sponskrub ](https://github.com/pukkandan/SponSkrub ) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases
* [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL
* [documentation] Fixes typos
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### 2021.01.12
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* [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome ](https://github.com/samiksome )
* Added `--force-overwrites` , `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull ](https://github.com/alxnull )
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* Changed fork name to `yt-dlp`
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* Fix typos by [FelixFrog ](https://github.com/FelixFrog )
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* [ci] Option to skip
* [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc
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### 2021.01.10
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* [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr ](https://github.com/wporr )
* [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon ](https://github.com/mariuszskon )
* [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot ](https://github.com/ohnonot )
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* [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info
* Update version badge automatically in README
* Enable `test_youtube_search_matching`
* Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common
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### 2021.01.09
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* [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction
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* Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel ](https://github.com/alexmerkel )
* Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden ](https://github.com/glenn-slayden )
* Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden ](https://github.com/glenn-slayden )
* Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden ](https://github.com/glenn-slayden )
* Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud ](https://github.com/Unrud )
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### 2021.01.08
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* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08 )
2021-01-08 17:24:34 +00:00
* Extractor stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f )) have not been merged
* Moved changelog to seperate file
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### 2021.01.07-1
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* [Akamai] fix by [nixxo ](https://github.com/nixxo )
* [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502 ](https://github.com/GreyAlien502 )
* [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk ](https://github.com/kyuyeunk )
* [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika ](https://github.com/siikamiika )
* Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon ](https://github.com/jbruchon )
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* Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args`
* Deprecated `--sponskrub-args` . The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:<args>"`
* [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test
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### 2021.01.07
* Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet
* Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output`
* Created First Release
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### 2021.01.05-1
* **Changed defaults:**
* Enabled `--ignore`
* Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams`
* Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled
* Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id`
* Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting
* Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`
* Enabled `--list-formats-as-table`
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### 2021.01.05
* **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats ](README.md#sorting-formats ) for details
* **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection ](README.md#format-selection ) for details
* New format selectors: `best*` , `worst*` , `bestvideo*` , `bestaudio*` , `worstvideo*` , `worstaudio*`
* Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together.
* Added `--video-multistreams` , `--no-video-multistreams` , `--audio-multistreams` , `--no-audio-multistreams`
* Added `b` ,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best` , `worst` , `video` and `audio` respectively
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* **Shortcut Options:** Added `--write-link` , `--write-url-link` , `--write-webloc-link` , `--write-desktop-link` by [h-h-h-h ](https://github.com/h-h-h-h ) - See [Internet Shortcut Options ](README.md#internet-shortcut-options ) for details
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* **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub` , `--sponskrub-cut` , `--sponskrub-force` , `--sponskrub-location` , `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options ](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock ) for details
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* Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h ](https://github.com/h-h-h-h )
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* Added `--list-formats-as-table` , `--list-formats-old`
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* **Negative Options:** Makes it possible to negate most boolean options by adding a `no-` to the switch. Usefull when you want to reverse an option that is defined in a config file
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* Added `--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd` , `--no-allow-dynamic-mpd` , `--allow-dynamic-mpd` , `--youtube-include-hls-manifest` , `--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest` , `--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest` , `--no-download` , `--no-download-archive` , `--resize-buffer` , `--part` , `--mtime` , `--no-keep-fragments` , `--no-cookies` , `--no-write-annotations` , `--no-write-info-json` , `--no-write-description` , `--no-write-thumbnail` , `--youtube-include-dash-manifest` , `--post-overwrites` , `--no-keep-video` , `--no-embed-subs` , `--no-embed-thumbnail` , `--no-add-metadata` , `--no-include-ads` , `--no-write-sub` , `--no-write-auto-sub` , `--no-playlist-reverse` , `--no-restrict-filenames` , `--youtube-include-dash-manifest` , `--no-format-sort-force` , `--flat-videos` , `--no-list-formats-as-table` , `--no-sponskrub` , `--no-sponskrub-cut` , `--no-sponskrub-force`
* Renamed: `--write-subs` , `--no-write-subs` , `--no-write-auto-subs` , `--write-auto-subs` . Note that these can still be used without the ending "s"
* Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used
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* Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by [pauldubois98 ](https://github.com/pauldubois98 ) ([ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569))
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* Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix
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* **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.03 ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8 ) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280 ](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280 ) for details
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* Extractors [tiktok ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/fb626c05867deab04425bad0c0b16b55473841a2 ) and [hotstar ](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc ) have not been merged
* Cleaned up the fork for public use
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### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc)
* Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26
* [youtube]
* Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL
* Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content
* Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3
* Fix some improper Youtube URLs
* Redirect channel home to /video
* Print youtube's warning message
* Multiple pages are handled better for feeds
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* Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh ](https://github.com/gergesh )
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* Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading
* [bitwave.tv] New extractor
* [Gedi] Add extractor
* [Rcs] Add new extractor
* [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor
* [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL
* [ina] support mobile links
* [instagram] Fix extractor
* [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races)
* [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs
* [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL
* [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel
* [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos
* [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos
* [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied
* Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive
* make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll
