Core changes

• Fix format selection parse error for CPython 3.12 (#8797) by Grub4K
• Let read_stdin obey --quiet by pukkandan
• Merged with youtube-dl be008e6 by bashonly, dirkf, Grub4K
• Parse release_year from release_date (#8524) by seproDev
• Release workflow and Updater cleanup (#8640) by bashonly
• Remove Python 3.7 support (#8361) by bashonly
• Support NO_COLOR environment variable (#8385) by Grub4K, prettykool
• outtmpl: Support multiplication by pukkandan
• utils: traverse_obj: Move is_user_input into output template (#8673) by Grub4K
• webvtt: Allow spaces before newlines for CueBlock (#7681) by TSRBerry (With fixes in 298230e by pukkandan)

Extractor changes

• Add media_type field by trainman261
• Extract from media elements in SMIL manifests (#8504) by seproDev
• abematv: Fix season metadata (#8607) by middlingphys
• allstar: Add extractors (#8274) by S-Aarab
• altcensored: Add extractor (#8291) by drzraf
• ard: Overhaul extractors (#8878) by seproDev
• ardbetamediathek: Fix series extraction (#8687) by lstrojny
• bbc
  • Extract more formats (#8321) by barsnick, dirkf
  • Fix JSON parsing bug by bashonly
• bfmtv: Fix extractors (#8651) by bashonly
• bilibili: Support courses and interactive videos (#8343) by c-basalt
• bitchute: Fix and improve metadata extraction (#8507) by SirElderling
• box: Fix formats extraction (#8649) by bashonly
• bundestag: Add extractor (#8783) by Grub4K
• drtv: Set default ext for m3u8 formats (#8590) by seproDev
• duoplay: Add extractor (#8542) by glensc
• eplus: Add login support and DRM detection (#8661) by pzhlkj6612
• facebook
  • Fix Memories extraction (#8681) by kclauhk
  • Improve subtitles extraction (#8296) by kclauhk
• floatplane: Add extractors (#8639) by seproDev
• francetv: Improve metadata extraction (#8409) by Fymyte
• instagram: Fix stories extraction (#8843) by bashonly
• joqrag: Add extractor (#8384) by pzhlkj6612
• litv: Fix premium content extraction (#8842) by bashonly
• maariv: Add extractor (#8331) by amir16yp
• mediastream: Fix authenticated format extraction (#8657) by NickCis
• nebula: Overhaul extractors (#8566) by elyse0, pukkandan, seproDev
• nintendo: Fix Nintendo Direct extraction (#8609) by Grub4K
• ondemandkorea: Fix upgraded format extraction (#8677) by seproDev
• pr0gramm: Support variant formats and subtitles (#8674) by Grub4K
• rinsefm: Add extractor (#8778) by hashFactory
• rudovideo: Add extractor (#8664) by nicodato
• theguardian: Add extractors (#8535) by SirElderling
• theplatform: Extract more metadata (#8635) by trainman261
• twitcasting: Detect livestreams via API and show page (#8601) by bashonly, JC-Chung
• twitcastinguser: Fix extraction (#8650) by bashonly
• twitter
  • Extract stale tweets (#8724) by bashonly
  • Prioritize m3u8 formats (#8826) by bashonly
  • Work around API rate-limit (#8825) by bashonly
  • broadcast: Extract concurrent_view_count (#8600) by sonmezberkay
• vidly: Add extractor (#8612) by seproDev
• vocaroo: Do not use deprecated getheader (#8606) by qbnu
• vvvvid: Set user-agent to fix extraction (#8615) by Kyraminol
• youtube
  • Fix like_count extraction (#8763) by Ganesh910
  • Improve detection of faulty HLS formats (#8646) by bashonly
  • Return empty playlist when channel/tab has no videos by pukkandan
  • Support cf.piped.video (#8514) by OIRNOIR
• zingmp3: Add support for radio and podcasts (#7189) by hatienl0i261299

Postprocessor changes

• ffmpegmetadata: Embed stream metadata in single format downloads (#8647) by bashonly

Networking changes

• Strip whitespace around header values (#8802) by coletdjnz
• Request Handler: websockets: Migrate websockets to networking framework (#7720) by coletdjnz

Misc. changes

• ci
  • Concurrency optimizations (#8614) by Grub4K
  • Run core tests only for core changes (#8841) by Grub4K
• cleanup
  • Fix spelling of IE_NAME (#8810) by barsnick
  • Remove dead extractors (#8604) by seproDev
  • Miscellaneous: f9fb3ce by bashonly, Grub4K, pukkandan, seproDev
• devscripts: run_tests: Create Python script (#8720) by Grub4K (With fixes in 225cf2b)
• docs: Update youtube-dl merge commit in README.md by bashonly
• test: networking: Update tests for OpenSSL 3.2 (#8814) by bashonly