[youtube] Extend _VALID_URL (Closes #7694)

[youtube] Simplify and make sure header values are strings

[spiegel] Fix extraction (Closes #7693)

Merge pull request #7691 from ryandesign/use-PYTHON-env-var

Always use PYTHON env var in Makefile

[utils] Refactor handle_youtubedl_headers for future extension

Always use PYTHON env var in Makefile

[utils] Correct docstring of YoutubeDLHandler

[youtube] Disable compression for live streams

[downloader/hls] Respect Youtubedl-* headers

[utils] Separate codes for handling Youtubedl-* headers

Merge pull request #7057 from remitamine/cspan

[cspan] correct the clip info extraction (fixes #7335)

[cspan] change into a function

[bloomberg] Improve formats extraction

[bloomberg] Improve video id regex

[bloomberg] Modernize

[bloomberg] Relax _VALID_URL even more (Closes #7685)

Credit @reiv for soundcloud:search

[youtube] Clarify rationale for yt:stretch validation

Merge pull request #7677 from lalinsky/yt-stretch-zero-height

[youtube] Ignore yt:stretch with zero width/height

[youtube] Use the existing `w` and `h` variables

[options] Changed wording for --list-formats

As proposed by @dstftw at 9bff48a0e7128b4d274a5dab4aaac8da0c900ede

[dbtv] Expand _VALID_URL (Closes #7645)

[youtube] Ignore yt:stretch with zero width/height

release 2015.11.27.1

release 2015.11.27

[downloader/hls] Remove Accept-encoding from headers passed to ffmpeg

Fails for Youtube Gaming live streams (#7671)

[options] Clarify --list-formats needs videos (closes #7669)

[README.md] Mention mplayer and mpv in "other programs" question

release 2015.11.24

[jsinterp] Adapt to updated YouTube code generation (Fixes #7623, fixes #7624, fixes #7625, fixes #7626)

README: Document which other programs may be helpful (Fixes #7621)

release 2015.11.23

Switch codebase to use sanitized_Request instead of
compat_urllib_request.Request

[downloader/dash] Use sanitized_Request

[downloader/http] Use sanitized_Request

[atresplayer] Use sanitized_Request

[bambuser] Use sanitized_Request

[bliptv] Use sanitized_Request

[brightcove] Use sanitized_Request

[cbs] Use sanitized_Request

[ceskatelevize] Use sanitized_Request

[collegerama] Use sanitized_Request

[extractor/common] Use sanitized_Request

[crunchyroll] Use sanitized_Request

[dailymotion] Use sanitized_Request

[dcn] Use sanitized_Request

[dramafever] Use sanitized_Request

[dumpert] Use sanitized_Request

[eitb] Use sanitized_Request

[escapist] Use sanitized_Request

[everyonesmixtape] Use sanitized_Request

[extremetube] Use sanitized_Request

[facebook] Use sanitized_Request

[fc2] Use sanitized_Request

[flickr] Use sanitized_Request

[4tube] Use sanitized_Request

[gdcvault] Use sanitized_Request

[extractor/generic] Use sanitized_Request

[hearthisat] Use sanitized_Request

[hotnewhiphop] Use sanitized_Request

[hypem] Use sanitized_Request

[iprima] Use sanitized_Request

[ivi] Use sanitized_Request

[keezmovies] Use sanitized_Request

[letv] Use sanitized_Request

[lynda] Use sanitized_Request

[metacafe] Use sanitized_Request

[minhateca] Use sanitized_Request

[miomio] Use sanitized_Request

[meovideo] Use sanitized_Request

[mofosex] Use sanitized_Request

[moniker] Use sanitized_Request

[mooshare] Use sanitized_Request

[movieclips] Use sanitized_Request

[mtv] Use sanitized_Request

[myvideo] Use sanitized_Request

[neteasemusic] Use sanitized_Request

[nfb] Use sanitized_Request

[niconico] Use sanitized_Request

[noco] Use sanitized_Request

[nosvideo] Use sanitized_Request

[novamov] Use sanitized_Request

[nowness] Use sanitized_Request

[nuvid] Use sanitized_Request

[played] Use sanitized_Request

[pluralsight] Use sanitized_Request

[pornhub] Use sanitized_Request

[pornotube] Use sanitized_Request

[primesharetv] Use sanitized_Request

[promptfile] Use sanitized_Request

[qqmusic] Use sanitized_Request

[rtve] Use sanitized_Request

[safari] Use sanitized_Request

[sandia] Use sanitized_Request

[shared] Use sanitized_Request

[sharesix] Use sanitized_Request

[sina] Use sanitized_Request

[smotri] Use sanitized_Request

[sohu] Use sanitized_Request

[spankwire] Use sanitized_Request

[sportdeutschland] Use sanitized_Request

[streamcloud] Use sanitized_Request

[streamcz] Use sanitized_Request

[tapely] Use sanitized_Request

[tube8] Use sanitized_Request

[tubitv] Use sanitized_Request

[twitch] Use sanitized_Request

[twitter] Use sanitized_Request

[udemy] Use sanitized_Request

[vbox7] Use sanitized_Request

[veoh] Use sanitized_Request

[vessel] Use sanitized_Request

[vevo] Use sanitized_Request

[viddler] Use sanitized_Request

[videomega] Use sanitized_Request

[viewvster] Use sanitized_Request

[viki] Use sanitized_Request

[vk] Use sanitized_Request

[vodlocker] Use sanitized_Request

[voicerepublic] Use sanitized_Request

[wistia] Use sanitized_Request

[xfileshare] Use sanitized_Request

[xtube] Use sanitized_Request

[xvideos] Use sanitized_Request

[yandexmusic] Use sanitized_Request

[youku] Use sanitized_Request

[youporn] Use sanitized_Request

[youtube] Use sanitized_Request

[patreon] Use sanitized_Request

[extractor/common] Remove unused import

[nfb] PEP 8

Rename compat_urllib_request_Request to sanitized_Request and move to utils

[vimeo] Use compat_urllib_request_Request

[YoutubeDL] Wrap plain-text URL requests in compat_urllib_request_Request

[compat] Add compat_urllib_request_Request

This is actually not a compatibility routine but rather a workaround for URLs without protocol specified.
The protocol-less URL is treated as HTTP one since it's most probable scenario and it will most likely to
redirect to HTTPS if HTTPS was actually expected. This routine could also be useful for any Request
preprocessing that may be added in future.

[youtube] Fix test

[youtube] Fix test

[youtube] Clarify ytplayer.config extraction rationale

[youtube] Add test with '};' in tags

[youtube] Improve ytplayer.config extraction

Merge pull request #7599 from lalinsky/fix-youtube

[youtube] More explicit player config JSON extraction (fixes #7468)

[pluralsight] Add support for alternative webpage layout (Closes #7607)

[youtube] Send the list of patterns directly to _search_regex

[youtube] Fall back to the original regex for ytplayer.config

[rutube] Remove unnecessary print

[youtube] More explicit player config JSON extraction (fixes #7468)

[pornhd] Fix title extraction (Closes #7596)

[utils] Check ext with trailing slash against the list of known extensions

[test_utils] Add tests for determine_ext

[utils] Improve determine_ext (Closes #7593)

[youtube] Add test for multi page list of playlists

[youtube] Extract base for entry list extractors and support multi page lists of playlists

release 2015.11.21

[youtube:show] Rework in terms of playlists base extractor

[youtube:user:playlists] Add extractor (Closes #3817)

[pluralsight] Rephrase

[pluralsight] Clarify allowed qualities guessing rationale

[soundcloud] Remove unused variable

[pluralsight] Until listing formats request only single format

[pluralsight] Clarify and randomize ViewClip sleep interval

[pluralsight] prevent error 429 when sensing video formats

[pluralsight] Improve login detection

[pluralsight] Extract base class

[pluralsight] Update some more URLs

[pluralsight] Update _LOGIN_URL

[soundcloud:search] Simplify (Closes #7213)

[soundcloud:search] Remove no track results message

[soundcloud:search] Fix non-ASCII searches

[utils] Improve encode_dict

[soundcloud:search] PEP 8

[soundcloud] Remove limit on search results

[soundcloud] Use correct error message conventions

Rewrite as list comprehension.

Simplify with itertools.islice().

Fix some compatibility issues, cleanup.

[soundcloud] Add Soundcloud search extractor

[rutube] Extract all formats

[extractor/common] Use baseURL from f4m manifest for recursive manifest extraction

[rutube:embed] Extend _VALID_URL (Closes #7588)

[generic] Extract M3U8 formats (closes #7582)

[generic] Refactor

[generic] Unescape URLs from JWPlayer (#7582)

[pluralsight:course] Improve _VALID_URL

[pluralsight] Do not require pluralsight account

Looks like some courses are available without pluralsight account

[pluralsight] Update ViewClip URL

[pluralsight] Do not rely on argument order in query (Closes #7583)

[kaltura] Add test for referrer protected video (#7409)

[kaltura] Clean description

[kaltura] Improve

[generic] Use referrer from source kaltura embed URLs (#7409)

[kaltura] Add support for referrer protected videos (#7409)

Merge pull request #7579 from ashutosh-mishra/typo_fix

Typo fix, found while going through the code.

Typo fix, found while going through the code.

[instagram] Improve _VALID_URL (Closes #7568)

[theplatform] Style

[theplatform] Handle protocolless feed URLs (Closes #7532)

[bloomberg] Reax _VALID_URL (Closes #7546)

Merge pull request #7519 from barlik/master

Clarify that automatic subtitles are generated.