diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 9b8207b28b..4b69642603 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -707,3 +707,9 @@ Sakura286
 SamDecrock
 stratus-ss
 subrat-lima
+gitninja1234
+jkruse
+xiaomac
+wesson09
+Crypto90
+MutantPiggieGolem1
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4dc0323683..22a9a6e4bb 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,85 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
+### 2024.12.23
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Don't sanitize filename on Unix when `--no-windows-filenames`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6fc85f617a5850307fd5b258477070e6ee177796) ([#9591](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9591)) by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
+- **update**
+    - [Check 64-bitness when upgrading ARM builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b91c3925c2059970daa801cb131c0c2f4f302e72) ([#11819](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11819)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix endless update loop for `linux_exe` builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3d3ee458c1fe49dd5ebd7651a092119d23eb7000) ([#11827](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11827)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **soundcloud**: [Various fixes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d298693b1b266d198e8eeecb90ea17c4a031268f) ([#11820](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11820)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Add age-gate workaround for some embeddable videos](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/09a6c687126f04e243fcb105a828787efddd1030) ([#11821](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11821)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Fix `uploader_id` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1a8851b689763e5173b96f70f8a71df0e4a44b66) ([#11818](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11818)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/65cf46cddd873fd229dbb0fc0689bca4c201c6b6) ([#11893](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11893)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Skip iOS formats that require PO Token](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/9f42e68a74f3f00b0253fe70763abd57cac4237b) ([#11890](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11890)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+### 2024.12.13
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **patreon**: campaign: [Support /c/ URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bc262bcad4d3683ceadf61a7eb87e233e72adef3) ([#11756](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11756)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **soundcloud**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f4d3e9e6dc25077b79849a31a2f67f93fdc01e62) ([#11777](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11777)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix `release_date` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d5e2a379f2adcb28bc48c7d9e90716d7278f89d2) ([#11759](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11759)) by [MutantPiggieGolem1](https://github.com/MutantPiggieGolem1)
+    - [Fix signature function extraction for `2f1832d2`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/5460cd91891bf613a2065e2fc278d9903c37a127) ([#11801](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11801)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Prioritize original language over auto-dubbed audio](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dc3c4fddcc653989dae71fc563d82a308fc898cc) ([#11803](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11803)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - search_url: [Fix playlist searches](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f6c73aad5f1a67544bea137ebd9d1e22e0e56567) ([#11782](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11782)) by [Crypto90](https://github.com/Crypto90)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**: [Make more playlist entries lazy](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/54216696261bc07cacd9a837c501d9e0b7fed09e) ([#11763](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11763)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+### 2024.12.06
+
+#### Core changes
+- **cookies**: [Add `--cookies-from-browser` support for MS Store Firefox](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/354cb4026cf2191e1a130ec2a627b95cabfbc60a) ([#11731](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11731)) by [wesson09](https://github.com/wesson09)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **bilibili**: [Fix HD formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fca3eb5f8be08d5fab2e18b45b7281a12e566725) ([#11734](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11734)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **soundcloud**: [Fix formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2feb28028ee48f2185d2d95076e62accb09b9e2e) ([#11742](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11742)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix `n` sig extraction for player `3bb1f723`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a95ee6d8803fca9157adecf63732ab58bf87fd88) ([#11750](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11750)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly) (With fixes in [4bd2655](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4bd2655398aed450456197a6767639114a24eac2))
+    - [Fix signature function extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4c85ccd1366c88cf93982f8350f58eed17355981) ([#11751](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11751)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Player client maintenance](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2e49c789d3eebc39af8910705d65a98bca0e4c4f) ([#11724](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11724)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
+### 2024.12.03
+
+#### Core changes
+- [Add `playlist_webpage_url` field](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7d6c259a03bc4707a319e5e8c6eff0278707874b) ([#11613](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11613)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- [Handle fragmented formats in `_remove_duplicate_formats`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0500cbf796323551bbabe5b8ed8c75a511ba47a) ([#11637](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11637)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **bilibili**
+    - [Always try to extract HD formats](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/dc1687648077c5bf64863b307ecc5ab7e029bd8d) ([#10559](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10559)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/239f5f36fe04603bec59c8b975f6a792f10246db) ([#11667](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11667)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz) (With fixes in [f05a1cd](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f05a1cd1492fc98dc8d80d2081d632a1879913d2) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [grqz](https://github.com/grqz))
+    - [Fix subtitles and chapters extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a13a336aa6f906812701abec8101b73b73db8ff7) ([#11708](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11708)) by [xiaomac](https://github.com/xiaomac)
+- **chaturbate**: [Fix support for non-public streams](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4b5eec0aaa7c02627f27a386591b735b90e681a8) ([#11624](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11624)) by [jkruse](https://github.com/jkruse)
+- **dacast**: [Fix HLS AES formats extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0a0d80800b9350d1a4c4b18d82cfb77ffbc3c507) ([#11644](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11644)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **dropbox**: [Fix password-protected video extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/00dcde728635633eee969ad4d498b9f233c4a94e) ([#11636](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11636)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **duoplay**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/62cba8a1bedbfc0ddde7267ae57b72bf5f7ea7b1) ([#11588](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11588)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [glensc](https://github.com/glensc)
+- **facebook**: [Support more groups URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e0f1ae813b36e783e2348ba2a1566e12f5cd8f6e) ([#11576](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11576)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **instagram**: [Support `share` URLs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/360aed810ad85db950df586282d256516c98cd2d) ([#11677](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11677)) by [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
+- **microsoftembed**: [Make format extraction non fatal](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2bea7936323ca4b6f3b9b1fdd892566223e30efa) ([#11654](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11654)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+- **mitele**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cd0f934604587ed793e9177f6a127e5dcf99a7dd) ([#11683](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11683)) by [DarkZeros](https://github.com/DarkZeros)
+- **stripchat**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/16336c51d0848a6868a4fa04e749fa03548b4913) ([#11596](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11596)) by [gitninja1234](https://github.com/gitninja1234)
+- **tiktok**: [Deprioritize animated thumbnails](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/910ecc422930bca14e2abe4986f5f92359e3cea8) ([#11645](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11645)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **vk**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c038a7b187ba24360f14134842a7a2cf897c33b1) ([#11715](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11715)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Adjust player clients for site changes](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0d146c1e36f467af30e87b7af651bdee67b73500) ([#11663](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11663)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - tab: [Fix playlists tab extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fe70f20aedf528fdee332131bc9b6710e54e6f10) ([#11615](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11615)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Networking changes
+- **Request Handler**: websockets: [Support websockets 14.0+](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/c7316373c0a886f65a07a51e50ee147bb3294c85) ([#11616](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11616)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**
+    - [Bump ruff to 0.8.x](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d8fb3490863653182864d2a53522f350d67a9ff8) ([#11608](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11608)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+    - Miscellaneous
+        - [ccf0a6b](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ccf0a6b86b7f68a75463804fe485ec240b8635f0) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
+        - [2b67ac3](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2b67ac300ac8b44368fb121637d1743cea8c5b6b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
 ### 2024.11.18
 
 #### Important changes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 062ea6608f..895be8fb4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -617,8 +617,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
     --no-restrict-filenames         Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in
                                     filenames (default)
     --windows-filenames             Force filenames to be Windows-compatible
-    --no-windows-filenames          Make filenames Windows-compatible only if
-                                    using Windows (default)
+    --no-windows-filenames          Sanitize filenames only minimally
     --trim-filenames LENGTH         Limit the filename length (excluding
                                     extension) to the specified number of
                                     characters
@@ -1780,7 +1779,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
 * `max_comments`: Limit the amount of comments to gather. Comma-separated list of integers representing `max-comments,max-parents,max-replies,max-replies-per-thread`. Default is `all,all,all,all`
     * E.g. `all,all,1000,10` will get a maximum of 1000 replies total, with up to 10 replies per thread. `1000,all,100` will get a maximum of 1000 comments, with a maximum of 100 replies total
-* `formats`: Change the types of formats to return. `dashy` (convert HTTP to DASH), `duplicate` (identical content but different URLs or protocol; includes `dashy`), `incomplete` (cannot be downloaded completely - live dash and post-live m3u8)
+* `formats`: Change the types of formats to return. `dashy` (convert HTTP to DASH), `duplicate` (identical content but different URLs or protocol; includes `dashy`), `incomplete` (cannot be downloaded completely - live dash and post-live m3u8), `missing_pot` (include formats that require a PO Token but are missing one)
 * `innertube_host`: Innertube API host to use for all API requests; e.g. `studio.youtube.com`, `youtubei.googleapis.com`. Note that cookies exported from one subdomain will not work on others
 * `innertube_key`: Innertube API key to use for all API requests. By default, no API key is used
 * `raise_incomplete_data`: `Incomplete Data Received` raises an error instead of reporting a warning
@@ -1864,7 +1863,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `cdn`: One or more CDN IDs to use with the API call for stream URLs, e.g. `gcp_cdn`, `gs_cdn_pc_app`, `gs_cdn_mobile_web`, `gs_cdn_pc_web`
 
 #### soundcloud
-* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{extension}` (omitting the bitrate), e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known extensions include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`
+* `formats`: Formats to request from the API. Requested values should be in the format of `{protocol}_{codec}`, e.g. `hls_opus,http_aac`. The `*` character functions as a wildcard, e.g. `*_mp3`, and can be passed by itself to request all formats. Known protocols include `http`, `hls` and `hls-aes`; known codecs include `aac`, `opus` and `mp3`. Original `download` formats are always extracted. Default is `http_aac,hls_aac,http_opus,hls_opus,http_mp3,hls_mp3`
 
 #### orfon (orf:on)
 * `prefer_segments_playlist`: Prefer a playlist of program segments instead of a single complete video when available. If individual segments are desired, use `--concat-playlist never --extractor-args "orfon:prefer_segments_playlist"`
diff --git a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
index 966d27a498..6b022a7eaa 100644
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -761,6 +761,13 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
         test('%(width)06d.%%(ext)s', 'NA.%(ext)s')
         test('%%(width)06d.%(ext)s', '%(width)06d.mp4')
 
+        # Sanitization options
+        test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo⧸bar⧹test'))
+        test('%(title5)s', (None, 'aei_A'), restrictfilenames=True)
+        test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo_bar_test'), windowsfilenames=False, restrictfilenames=True)
+        if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            test('%(title3)s', (None, 'foo⧸bar\\test'), windowsfilenames=False)
+
         # ID sanitization
         test('%(id)s', '_abcd', info={'id': '_abcd'})
         test('%(some_id)s', '_abcd', info={'some_id': '_abcd'})
diff --git a/test/test_youtube_signature.py b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
index 0f7ae34f44..13436f0884 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_signature.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ _SIG_TESTS = [
         '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
         'AOq0QJ8wRAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xx8j7v1pDL2QwbdV96sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOg51Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJoOySqa0',
     ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/3bb1f723/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        'MyOSJXtKI3m-uME_jv7-pT12gOFC02RFkGoqWpzE0Cs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/2f1832d2/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        '2aq0aqSyOoJXtK73m-uME_jv7-pT15gOFC02RFkGMqWpzEICs69VdbwQ0LDp1v7j8xx92efCJlYFYb1sUkkBSPOlPmXgIARw8JQ0qOAOAA',
+        '0QJ8wRAIgXmPlOPSBkkUs1bYFYlJCfe29xxAj7v1pDL0QwbdV96sCIEzpWqMGkFR20CFOg51Tp-7vj_EMu-m37KtXJ2OySqa0q',
+    ),
 ]
 
 _NSIG_TESTS = [
@@ -183,6 +193,14 @@ _NSIG_TESTS = [
         'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/b12cc44b/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
         'keLa5R2U00sR9SQK', 'N1OGyujjEwMnLw',
     ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/3bb1f723/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'gK15nzVyaXE9RsMP3z', 'ZFFWFLPWx9DEgQ',
+    ),
+    (
+        'https://www.youtube.com/s/player/2f1832d2/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js',
+        'YWt1qdbe8SAfkoPHW5d', 'RrRjWQOJmBiP',
+    ),
 ]
 
 
@@ -254,8 +272,11 @@ def signature(jscode, sig_input):
 
 
 def n_sig(jscode, sig_input):
-    funcname = YoutubeIE(FakeYDL())._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
-    return JSInterpreter(jscode).call_function(funcname, sig_input)
+    ie = YoutubeIE(FakeYDL())
+    funcname = ie._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
+    jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
+    func = jsi.extract_function_from_code(*ie._fixup_n_function_code(*jsi.extract_function_code(funcname)))
+    return func([sig_input])
 
 
 make_sig_test = t_factory(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index ab58c15014..ea14893acd 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     outtmpl_na_placeholder: Placeholder for unavailable meta fields.
     restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
     trim_file_name:    Limit length of filename (extension excluded)
-    windowsfilenames:  Force the filenames to be windows compatible
+    windowsfilenames:  True: Force filenames to be Windows compatible
+                       False: Sanitize filenames only minimally
+                       This option has no effect when running on Windows
     ignoreerrors:      Do not stop on download/postprocessing errors.
                        Can be 'only_download' to ignore only download errors.
                        Default is 'only_download' for CLI, but False for API
@@ -1193,8 +1195,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
 
     def prepare_outtmpl(self, outtmpl, info_dict, sanitize=False):
         """ Make the outtmpl and info_dict suitable for substitution: ydl.escape_outtmpl(outtmpl) % info_dict
-        @param sanitize    Whether to sanitize the output as a filename.
-                           For backward compatibility, a function can also be passed
+        @param sanitize    Whether to sanitize the output as a filename
         """
 
         info_dict.setdefault('epoch', int(time.time()))  # keep epoch consistent once set
@@ -1310,14 +1311,23 @@ class YoutubeDL:
 
         na = self.params.get('outtmpl_na_placeholder', 'NA')
 
-        def filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames')):
+        def filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted):
             return sanitize_filename(str(value), restricted=restricted, is_id=(
                 bool(re.search(r'(^|[_.])id(\.|$)', key))
                 if 'filename-sanitization' in self.params['compat_opts']
                 else NO_DEFAULT))
 
-        sanitizer = sanitize if callable(sanitize) else filename_sanitizer
-        sanitize = bool(sanitize)
+        if callable(sanitize):
+            self.deprecation_warning('Passing a callable "sanitize" to YoutubeDL.prepare_outtmpl is deprecated')
+        elif not sanitize:
+            pass
+        elif (sys.platform != 'win32' and not self.params.get('restrictfilenames')
+                and self.params.get('windowsfilenames') is False):
+            def sanitize(key, value):
+                return str(value).replace('/', '\u29F8').replace('\0', '')
+        else:
+            def sanitize(key, value):
+                return filename_sanitizer(key, value, restricted=self.params.get('restrictfilenames'))
 
         def _dumpjson_default(obj):
             if isinstance(obj, (set, LazyList)):
@@ -1400,13 +1410,13 @@ class YoutubeDL:
 
             if sanitize:
                 # If value is an object, sanitize might convert it to a string
-                # So we convert it to repr first
+                # So we manually convert it before sanitizing
                 if fmt[-1] == 'r':
                     value, fmt = repr(value), str_fmt
                 elif fmt[-1] == 'a':
                     value, fmt = ascii(value), str_fmt
                 if fmt[-1] in 'csra':
-                    value = sanitizer(last_field, value)
+                    value = sanitize(last_field, value)
 
             key = '{}\0{}'.format(key.replace('%', '%\0'), outer_mobj.group('format'))
             TMPL_DICT[key] = value
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 286f41f509..bbe95473c3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -231,9 +231,11 @@ def validate_options(opts):
         elif value in ('inf', 'infinite'):
             return float('inf')
         try:
-            return int(value)
+            int_value = int(value)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             validate(False, f'{name} retry count', value)
+        validate_positive(f'{name} retry count', int_value)
+        return int_value
 
     def parse_range_with_arg(name, arg_name, value,
                                   parse_limits=parse_duration, parse_arg=parse_retries):
@@ -253,7 +255,6 @@ def validate_options(opts):
     if opts.wait_for_video is not None:
         min_wait, max_wait, wait_retries = parse_range_with_arg(
                 'time range to wait for video', 'waiting', opts.wait_for_video)
-        validate_positive('waiting retry count', wait_retries)
         opts.wait_for_video = (min_wait, max_wait, wait_retries)
 
     # Format sort
diff --git a/yt_dlp/cookies.py b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
index 772433b0f2..fad323c901 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ def _extract_firefox_cookies(profile, container, logger):
 
 def _firefox_browser_dirs():
     if sys.platform in ('cygwin', 'win32'):
-        yield os.path.expandvars(R'%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles')
+        yield from map(os.path.expandvars, (
+            R'%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles',
+            R'%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Mozilla.Firefox_n80bbvh6b1yt2\LocalCache\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles',
+        ))
 
     elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
         yield os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index 967010826e..bbd6d21bd7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ from .pluralsight import (
     PluralsightIE,
 )
 from .plutotv import PlutoTVIE
+from .plvideo import PlVideoIE
 from .podbayfm import (
     PodbayFMChannelIE,
     PodbayFMIE,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py
index 919e1d6af5..7dff40556b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adn.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Format: Marked,Start,End,Style,Name,MarginL,MarginR,MarginV,Effect,Text'''
 
                 error = self._parse_json(e.cause.response.read(), video_id)
                 message = error.get('message')
-                if e.cause.code == 403 and error.get('code') == 'player-bad-geolocation-country':
+                if e.cause.status == 403 and error.get('code') == 'player-bad-geolocation-country':
                     self.raise_geo_restricted(msg=message)
                 raise ExtractorError(message)
         else:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/bilibili.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/bilibili.py
index 91619d9d5c..2db951a608 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bilibili.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bilibili.py
@@ -681,12 +681,6 @@ class BiliBiliIE(BilibiliBaseIE):
         old_video_id = format_field(aid, None, f'%s_part{part_id or 1}')
         cid = traverse_obj(video_data, ('pages', part_id - 1, 'cid')) if part_id else video_data.get('cid')
 
-        play_info = (
-            traverse_obj(
-                self._search_json(r'window\.__playinfo__\s*=', webpage, 'play info', video_id, default=None),
-                ('data', {dict}))
-            or self._download_playinfo(video_id, cid, headers=headers, query={'try_look': 1}))
-
         festival_info = {}
         if is_festival:
             festival_info = traverse_obj(initial_state, {
@@ -724,6 +718,13 @@ class BiliBiliIE(BilibiliBaseIE):
                 duration=traverse_obj(initial_state, ('videoData', 'duration', {int_or_none})),
                 __post_extractor=self.extract_comments(aid))
 
+        play_info = None
+        if self.is_logged_in:
+            play_info = traverse_obj(
+                self._search_json(r'window\.__playinfo__\s*=', webpage, 'play info', video_id, default=None),
+                ('data', {dict}))
+        if not play_info:
+            play_info = self._download_playinfo(video_id, cid, headers=headers, query={'try_look': 1})
         formats = self.extract_formats(play_info)
 
         if video_data.get('is_upower_exclusive'):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
index 2526f25dac..3ada1fd5de 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     update_url_query,
     url_or_none,
 )
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 
 
 class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -935,8 +936,8 @@ class BrightcoveNewIE(BrightcoveNewBaseIE):
 
         if content_type == 'playlist':
             return self.playlist_result(
-                [self._parse_brightcove_metadata(vid, vid.get('id'), headers)
-                 for vid in json_data.get('videos', []) if vid.get('id')],
+                (self._parse_brightcove_metadata(vid, vid['id'], headers)
+                 for vid in traverse_obj(json_data, ('videos', lambda _, v: v['id']))),
                 json_data.get('id'), json_data.get('name'),
                 json_data.get('description'))
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/cultureunplugged.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/cultureunplugged.py
index 8e6579c355..c7ccd27479 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/cultureunplugged.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/cultureunplugged.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import time
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..networking import HEADRequest
 from ..utils import int_or_none
 
 
@@ -31,9 +28,6 @@ class CultureUnpluggedIE(InfoExtractor):
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
         display_id = mobj.group('display_id') or video_id
 
-        # request setClientTimezone.php to get PHPSESSID cookie which is need to get valid json data in the next request
-        self._request_webpage(HEADRequest(
-            'http://www.cultureunplugged.com/setClientTimezone.php?timeOffset=%d' % -(time.timezone / 3600)), display_id)
         movie_data = self._download_json(
             f'http://www.cultureunplugged.com/movie-data/cu-{video_id}.json', display_id)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/dvtv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/dvtv.py
index 3e442b339b..52d67d2bd0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/dvtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/dvtv.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class DVTVIE(InfoExtractor):
         items = re.findall(r'(?s)playlist\.push\(({.+?})\);', webpage)
         if items:
             return self.playlist_result(
-                [self._parse_video_metadata(i, video_id, timestamp) for i in items],
+                (self._parse_video_metadata(i, video_id, timestamp) for i in items),
                 video_id, self._html_search_meta('twitter:title', webpage))
 
         item = self._search_regex(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/nytimes.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/nytimes.py
index 9ef57410ac..a97add71a4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/nytimes.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/nytimes.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class NYTimesCookingIE(NYTimesBaseIE):
         if media_ids:
             media_ids.append(lead_video_id)
             return self.playlist_result(
-                [self._extract_video(media_id) for media_id in media_ids], page_id, title, description)
+                map(self._extract_video, media_ids), page_id, title, description)
 
         return {
             **self._extract_video(lead_video_id),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
index 6bdeaf1571..a0e831a5ce 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
         https?://(?:www\.)?patreon\.com/(?:
             (?:m|api/campaigns)/(?P<campaign_id>\d+)|
-            (?P<vanity>(?!creation[?/]|posts/|rss[?/])[\w-]+)
+            (?:c/)?(?P<vanity>(?!creation[?/]|posts/|rss[?/])[\w-]+)
         )(?:/posts)?/?(?:$|[?#])'''
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/dissonancepod/',
@@ -509,6 +509,26 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
             'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*$',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 201,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/c/OgSog',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '8504388',
+            'title': 'OGSoG',
+            'description': r're:(?s)Hello and welcome to our Patreon page. We are Mari, Lasercorn, .+',
+            'channel': 'OGSoG',
+            'channel_id': '8504388',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/OgSog',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/OgSog',
+            'uploader_id': '72323575',
+            'uploader': 'David Moss',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+/.+',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'age_limit': 0,
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 331,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/c/OgSog/posts',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/dissonancepod/posts',
         'only_matching': True,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/pixivsketch.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/pixivsketch.py
index 344cdb3d05..50b7af5354 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/pixivsketch.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/pixivsketch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     traverse_obj,
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ class PixivSketchUserIE(PixivSketchBaseIE):
         if not traverse_obj(data, 'is_broadcasting'):
             try:
                 self._call_api(user_id, 'users/current.json', url, 'Investigating reason for request failure')
-            except ExtractorError as ex:
-                if ex.cause and ex.cause.code == 401:
+            except ExtractorError as e:
+                if isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError) and e.cause.status == 401:
                     self.raise_login_required(f'Please log in, or use direct link like https://sketch.pixiv.net/@{user_id}/1234567890', method='cookies')
             raise ExtractorError('This user is offline', expected=True)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/plvideo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/plvideo.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9351af10ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/plvideo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    float_or_none,
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
+    parse_resolution,
+    url_or_none,
+)
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
+
+
+class PlVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Платформа'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?plvideo\.ru/(?:watch\?(?:[^#]+&)?v=|shorts/)(?P<id>[\w-]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://plvideo.ru/watch?v=Y5JzUzkcQTMK',
+        'md5': 'fe8e18aca892b3b31f3bf492169f8a26',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'Y5JzUzkcQTMK',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://img.plvideo.ru/images/fp-2024-images/v/cover/37/dd/37dd00a4c96c77436ab737e85947abd7/original663a4a3bb713e5.33151959.jpg',
+            'title': 'Presidente de Cuba llega a Moscú en una visita de trabajo',
+            'channel': 'RT en Español',
+            'channel_id': 'ZH4EKqunVDvo',
+            'media_type': 'video',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'tags': ['rusia', 'cuba', 'russia', 'miguel díaz-canel'],
+            'description': 'md5:a1a395d900d77a86542a91ee0826c115',
+            'released_timestamp': 1715096124,
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'timestamp': 1715095911,
+            'duration': 44320,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'dislike_count': int,
+            'upload_date': '20240507',
+            'modified_date': '20240701',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'modified_timestamp': 1719824073,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://plvideo.ru/shorts/S3Uo9c-VLwFX',
+        'md5': '7d8fa2279406c69d2fd2a6fc548a9805',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'S3Uo9c-VLwFX',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'channel': 'Romaatom',
+            'tags': 'count:22',
+            'dislike_count': int,
+            'upload_date': '20241130',
+            'description': 'md5:452e6de219bf2f32bb95806c51c3b364',
+            'duration': 58433,
+            'modified_date': '20241130',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://img.plvideo.ru/images/fp-2024-11-cover/S3Uo9c-VLwFX/f9318999-a941-482b-b700-2102a7049366.jpg',
+            'media_type': 'shorts',
+            'like_count': int,
+            'modified_timestamp': 1732961458,
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+            'channel_id': 'erJyyTIbmUd1',
+            'timestamp': 1732961355,
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'title': 'Белоусов отменил приказы о кадровом резерве на гражданской службе',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'released_timestamp': 1732961458,
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            f'https://api.g1.plvideo.ru/v1/videos/{video_id}?Aud=18', video_id)
+
+        is_live = False
+        formats = []
+        subtitles = {}
+        automatic_captions = {}
+        for quality, data in traverse_obj(video_data, ('item', 'profiles', {dict.items}, lambda _, v: url_or_none(v[1]['hls']))):
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': quality,
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
+                **traverse_obj(data, {
+                    'url': 'hls',
+                    'fps': ('fps', {float_or_none}),
+                    'aspect_ratio': ('aspectRatio', {float_or_none}),
+                }),
+                **parse_resolution(quality),
+            })
+        if livestream_url := traverse_obj(video_data, ('item', 'livestream', 'url', {url_or_none})):
+            is_live = True
+            formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(livestream_url, video_id, 'mp4', live=True))
+        for lang, url in traverse_obj(video_data, ('item', 'subtitles', {dict.items}, lambda _, v: url_or_none(v[1]))):
+            if lang.endswith('-auto'):
+                automatic_captions.setdefault(lang[:-5], []).append({
+                    'url': url,
+                })
+            else:
+                subtitles.setdefault(lang, []).append({
+                    'url': url,
+                })
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'subtitles': subtitles,
+            'automatic_captions': automatic_captions,
+            'is_live': is_live,
+            **traverse_obj(video_data, ('item', {
+                'id': ('id', {str}),
+                'title': ('title', {str}),
+                'description': ('description', {str}),
+                'thumbnail': ('cover', 'paths', 'original', 'src', {url_or_none}),
+                'duration': ('uploadFile', 'videoDuration', {int_or_none}),
+                'channel': ('channel', 'name', {str}),
+                'channel_id': ('channel', 'id', {str}),
+                'channel_follower_count': ('channel', 'stats', 'subscribers', {int_or_none}),
+                'channel_is_verified': ('channel', 'verified', {bool}),
+                'tags': ('tags', ..., {str}),
+                'timestamp': ('createdAt', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'released_timestamp': ('publishedAt', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'modified_timestamp': ('updatedAt', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'view_count': ('stats', 'viewTotalCount', {int_or_none}),
+                'like_count': ('stats', 'likeCount', {int_or_none}),
+                'dislike_count': ('stats', 'dislikeCount', {int_or_none}),
+                'comment_count': ('stats', 'commentCount', {int_or_none}),
+                'media_type': ('type', {str}),
+            })),
+        }
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 03089e98ea..85779e91ab 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from ..networking import HEADRequest
 from ..networking.exceptions import HTTPError
 from ..utils import (
-    KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
@@ -211,6 +210,7 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         format_urls = set()
         formats = []
+        has_drm = False
         query = {'client_id': self._CLIENT_ID}
         if secret_token:
             query['secret_token'] = secret_token
@@ -246,55 +246,24 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                         'url': format_url,
                         'quality': 10,
                         'format_note': 'Original',
+                        'vcodec': 'none',
                     })
 
         def invalid_url(url):
             return not url or url in format_urls
 
-        def add_format(f, protocol, is_preview=False):
-            mobj = re.search(r'\.(?P<abr>\d+)\.(?P<ext>[0-9a-z]{3,4})(?=[/?])', stream_url)
-            if mobj:
-                for k, v in mobj.groupdict().items():
-                    if not f.get(k):
-                        f[k] = v
-            format_id_list = []
-            if protocol:
-                format_id_list.append(protocol)
-            ext = f.get('ext')
-            if ext == 'aac':
-                f.update({
-                    'abr': 256,
-                    'quality': 5,
-                    'format_note': 'Premium',
-                })
-            for k in ('ext', 'abr'):
-                v = str_or_none(f.get(k))
-                if v:
-                    format_id_list.append(v)
-            preview = is_preview or re.search(r'/(?:preview|playlist)/0/30/', f['url'])
-            if preview:
-                format_id_list.append('preview')
-            abr = f.get('abr')
-            if abr:
-                f['abr'] = int(abr)
-            if protocol in ('hls', 'hls-aes'):
-                protocol = 'm3u8' if ext == 'aac' else 'm3u8_native'
-            else:
-                protocol = 'http'
-            f.update({
-                'format_id': '_'.join(format_id_list),
-                'protocol': protocol,
-                'preference': -10 if preview else None,
-            })
-            formats.append(f)
-
         # New API
-        for t in traverse_obj(info, ('media', 'transcodings', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['url']))):
+        for t in traverse_obj(info, ('media', 'transcodings', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['url']) and v['preset'])):
             if extract_flat:
                 break
             format_url = t['url']
+            preset = t['preset']
+            preset_base = preset.partition('_')[0]
 
-            protocol = traverse_obj(t, ('format', 'protocol', {str}))
+            protocol = traverse_obj(t, ('format', 'protocol', {str})) or 'http'
+            if protocol.startswith(('ctr-', 'cbc-')):
+                has_drm = True
+                continue
             if protocol == 'progressive':
                 protocol = 'http'
             if protocol != 'hls' and '/hls' in format_url:
@@ -302,35 +271,60 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             if protocol == 'encrypted-hls' or '/encrypted-hls' in format_url:
                 protocol = 'hls-aes'
 
-            ext = None
-            if preset := traverse_obj(t, ('preset', {str_or_none})):
-                ext = preset.split('_')[0]
-            if ext not in KNOWN_EXTENSIONS:
-                ext = mimetype2ext(traverse_obj(t, ('format', 'mime_type', {str})))
-
-            identifier = join_nonempty(protocol, ext, delim='_')
-            if not self._is_requested(identifier):
-                self.write_debug(f'"{identifier}" is not a requested format, skipping')
+            short_identifier = f'{protocol}_{preset_base}'
+            if preset_base == 'abr':
+                self.write_debug(f'Skipping broken "{short_identifier}" format')
+                continue
+            if not self._is_requested(short_identifier):
+                self.write_debug(f'"{short_identifier}" is not a requested format, skipping')
                 continue
 
             # XXX: if not extract_flat, 429 error must be caught where _extract_info_dict is called
             stream_url = traverse_obj(self._call_api(
-                format_url, track_id, f'Downloading {identifier} format info JSON',
+                format_url, track_id, f'Downloading {short_identifier} format info JSON',
                 query=query, headers=self._HEADERS), ('url', {url_or_none}))
-
             if invalid_url(stream_url):
                 continue
             format_urls.add(stream_url)
-            add_format({
+
+            mime_type = traverse_obj(t, ('format', 'mime_type', {str}))
+            codec = self._search_regex(r'codecs="([^"]+)"', mime_type, 'codec', default=None)
+            ext = {
+                'mp4a': 'm4a',
+                'opus': 'opus',
+            }.get(codec[:4] if codec else None) or mimetype2ext(mime_type, default=None)
+            if not ext or ext == 'm3u8':
+                ext = preset_base
+
+            is_premium = t.get('quality') == 'hq'
+            abr = int_or_none(
+                self._search_regex(r'(\d+)k$', preset, 'abr', default=None)
+                or self._search_regex(r'\.(\d+)\.(?:opus|mp3)[/?]', stream_url, 'abr', default=None)
+                or (256 if (is_premium and 'aac' in preset) else None))
+
+            is_preview = (t.get('snipped')
+                          or '/preview/' in format_url
+                          or re.search(r'/(?:preview|playlist)/0/30/', stream_url))
+
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': join_nonempty(protocol, preset, is_preview and 'preview', delim='_'),
                 'url': stream_url,
                 'ext': ext,
-            }, protocol, t.get('snipped') or '/preview/' in format_url)
+                'acodec': codec,
+                'vcodec': 'none',
+                'abr': abr,
+                'protocol': 'm3u8_native' if protocol in ('hls', 'hls-aes') else 'http',
+                'container': 'm4a_dash' if ext == 'm4a' else None,
+                'quality': 5 if is_premium else 0 if (abr and abr >= 160) else -1,
+                'format_note': 'Premium' if is_premium else None,
+                'preference': -10 if is_preview else None,
+            })
 
-        for f in formats:
-            f['vcodec'] = 'none'
-
-        if not formats and info.get('policy') == 'BLOCK':
-            self.raise_geo_restricted(metadata_available=True)
+        if not formats:
+            if has_drm:
+                self.report_drm(track_id)
+            if info.get('policy') == 'BLOCK':
+                self.raise_geo_restricted(metadata_available=True)
 
         user = info.get('user') or {}
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
index 2f6d1f4c51..89a89b13f1 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vidyard.py
@@ -421,5 +421,5 @@ class VidyardIE(VidyardBaseIE):
             return self._process_video_json(video_json['chapters'][0], video_id)
 
         return self.playlist_result(
-            [self._process_video_json(chapter, video_id) for chapter in video_json['chapters']],
+            (self._process_video_json(chapter, video_id) for chapter in video_json['chapters']),
             str(video_json['playerUuid']), video_json.get('name'))
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
index 6ccc701a2b..4b36e41ffb 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ from ..utils import (
     get_element_html_by_id,
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
+    parse_qs,
     parse_resolution,
     str_or_none,
     str_to_int,
-    traverse_obj,
     try_call,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_timestamp,
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     urlencode_postdata,
     urljoin,
 )
+from ..utils.traversal import require, traverse_obj
 
 
 class VKBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -91,17 +92,17 @@ class VKBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'vk'
     IE_DESC = 'VK'
-    _EMBED_REGEX = [r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>https?://vk\.com/video_ext\.php.+?)\1']
+    _EMBED_REGEX = [r'<iframe[^>]+?src=(["\'])(?P<url>https?://vk(?:(?:video)?\.ru|\.com)/video_ext\.php.+?)\1']
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
                     https?://
                         (?:
                             (?:
-                                (?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk\.com/video_|
+                                (?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk(?:(?:video)?\.ru|\.com)/video_|
                                 (?:www\.)?daxab\.com/
                             )
                             ext\.php\?(?P<embed_query>.*?\boid=(?P<oid>-?\d+).*?\bid=(?P<id>\d+).*)|
                             (?:
-                                (?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk\.com/(?:.+?\?.*?z=)?(?:video|clip)|
+                                (?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk(?:(?:video)?\.ru|\.com)/(?:.+?\?.*?z=)?(?:video|clip)|
                                 (?:www\.)?daxab\.com/embed/
                             )
                             (?P<videoid>-?\d+_\d+)(?:.*\blist=(?P<list_id>([\da-f]+)|(ln-[\da-zA-Z]+)))?
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
 
     _TESTS = [
         {
-            'url': 'http://vk.com/videos-77521?z=video-77521_162222515%2Fclub77521',
+            'url': 'https://vk.com/videos-77521?z=video-77521_162222515%2Fclub77521',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '-77521_162222515',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
             'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
         },
         {
-            'url': 'http://vk.com/video205387401_165548505',
+            'url': 'https://vk.com/video205387401_165548505',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '205387401_165548505',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': "DSWD Awards 'Children's Joy Foundation, Inc.' Certificate of Registration and License to Operate",
                 'description': 'md5:bf9c26cfa4acdfb146362682edd3827a',
-                'duration': 178,
+                'duration': 179,
                 'upload_date': '20130117',
                 'uploader': "Children's Joy Foundation Inc.",
-                'uploader_id': 'thecjf',
+                'uploader_id': '@CJFIofficial',
                 'view_count': int,
                 'channel_id': 'UCgzCNQ11TmR9V97ECnhi3gw',
                 'availability': 'public',
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'live_status': 'not_live',
                 'playable_in_embed': True,
                 'channel': 'Children\'s Joy Foundation Inc.',
-                'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/user/thecjf',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@CJFIofficial',
                 'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+\.jpg$',
                 'tags': 'count:27',
                 'start_time': 0.0,
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzCNQ11TmR9V97ECnhi3gw',
                 'channel_follower_count': int,
                 'age_limit': 0,
+                'timestamp': 1358394935,
             },
         },
         {
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+x1080$',
                 'tags': list,
             },
+            'skip': 'This video has been deleted and is no longer available.',
         },
         {
             'url': 'https://vk.com/clips-74006511?z=clip-74006511_456247211',
@@ -235,13 +238,13 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'timestamp': 1664995597,
                 'title': 'Clip by @madempress',
                 'upload_date': '20221005',
-                'uploader': 'Шальная императрица',
+                'uploader': 'Шальная Императрица',
                 'uploader_id': '-74006511',
             },
         },
         {
             # video key is extra_data not url\d+
-            'url': 'http://vk.com/video-110305615_171782105',
+            'url': 'https://vk.com/video-110305615_171782105',
             'md5': 'e13fcda136f99764872e739d13fac1d1',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '-110305615_171782105',
@@ -273,6 +276,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
             'params': {
                 'skip_download': True,
             },
+            'skip': 'No formats found',
         },
         {
             # live stream, hls and rtmp links, most likely already finished live
@@ -312,7 +316,16 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
         {
             'url': 'https://vk.com/clip30014565_456240946',
             'only_matching': True,
-        }]
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://vkvideo.ru/video-127553155_456242961',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://vk.ru/video-220754053_456242564',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+    ]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = self._match_valid_url(url)
@@ -338,7 +351,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
             video_id = '{}_{}'.format(mobj.group('oid'), mobj.group('id'))
 
             info_page = self._download_webpage(
-                'http://vk.com/video_ext.php?' + mobj.group('embed_query'), video_id)
+                'https://vk.com/video_ext.php?' + mobj.group('embed_query'), video_id)
 
             error_message = self._html_search_regex(
                 [r'(?s)<!><div[^>]+class="video_layer_message"[^>]*>(.+?)</div>',
@@ -432,7 +445,7 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
             if m_opts_url:
                 opts_url = m_opts_url.group(1)
                 if opts_url.startswith('//'):
-                    opts_url = 'http:' + opts_url
+                    opts_url = 'https:' + opts_url
                 return self.url_result(opts_url)
 
         data = player['params'][0]
@@ -512,8 +525,11 @@ class VKIE(VKBaseIE):
 class VKUserVideosIE(VKBaseIE):
     IE_NAME = 'vk:uservideos'
     IE_DESC = "VK - User's Videos"
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk\.com/video/(?:playlist/)?(?P<id>[^?$#/&]+)(?!\?.*\bz=video)(?:[/?#&](?:.*?\bsection=(?P<section>\w+))?|$)'
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://vk.com/videos'
+    _BASE_URL_RE = r'https?://(?:(?:m|new)\.)?vk(?:video\.ru|\.com/video)'
+    _VALID_URL = [
+        rf'{_BASE_URL_RE}/playlist/(?P<id>-?\d+_\d+)',
+        rf'{_BASE_URL_RE}/(?P<id>@[^/?#]+)(?:/all)?/?(?!\?.*\bz=video)(?:[?#]|$)',
+    ]
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://vk.com/video/@mobidevices',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -527,12 +543,20 @@ class VKUserVideosIE(VKBaseIE):
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 182,
     }, {
-        'url': 'https://vk.com/video/playlist/-174476437_2',
+        'url': 'https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/-204353299_426',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': '-174476437_playlist_2',
-            'title': 'Анонсы',
+            'id': '-204353299_playlist_426',
         },
-        'playlist_mincount': 108,
+        'playlist_mincount': 33,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://vk.com/video/@gorkyfilmstudio/all',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://vkvideo.ru/@mobidevices',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://vk.com/video/playlist/-174476437_2',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
     _VIDEO = collections.namedtuple('Video', ['owner_id', 'id'])
 
@@ -552,7 +576,7 @@ class VKUserVideosIE(VKBaseIE):
                 v = self._VIDEO._make(video[:2])
                 video_id = '%d_%d' % (v.owner_id, v.id)
                 yield self.url_result(
-                    'http://vk.com/video' + video_id, VKIE.ie_key(), video_id)
+                    'https://vk.com/video' + video_id, VKIE.ie_key(), video_id)
             if count >= total:
                 break
             video_list_json = self._download_payload('al_video', page_id, {
@@ -561,23 +585,25 @@ class VKUserVideosIE(VKBaseIE):
                 'oid': page_id,
                 'section': section,
             })[0][section]
-            count += video_list_json['count']
+            new_count = video_list_json['count']
+            if not new_count:
+                self.to_screen(f'{page_id}: Skipping {total - count} unavailable videos')
+                break
+            count += new_count
             video_list = video_list_json['list']
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        u_id, section = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
+        u_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, u_id)
 
         if u_id.startswith('@'):
-            page_id = self._search_regex(r'data-owner-id\s?=\s?"([^"]+)"', webpage, 'page_id')
-        elif '_' in u_id:
-            page_id, section = u_id.split('_', 1)
-            section = f'playlist_{section}'
+            page_id = traverse_obj(
+                self._search_json(r'\bvar newCur\s*=', webpage, 'cursor data', u_id),
+                ('oid', {int}, {str_or_none}, {require('page id')}))
+            section = traverse_obj(parse_qs(url), ('section', 0)) or 'all'
         else:
-            raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL', expected=True)
-
-        if not section:
-            section = 'all'
+            page_id, _, section = u_id.partition('_')
+            section = f'playlist_{section}'
 
         playlist_title = clean_html(get_element_by_class('VideoInfoPanel__title', webpage))
         return self.playlist_result(self._entries(page_id, section), f'{page_id}_{section}', playlist_title)
@@ -717,7 +743,7 @@ class VKWallPostIE(VKBaseIE):
 
 
 class VKPlayBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _BASE_URL_RE = r'https?://(?:vkplay\.live|live\.vkplay\.ru)/'
+    _BASE_URL_RE = r'https?://(?:vkplay\.live|live\.vk(?:play|video)\.ru)/'
     _RESOLUTIONS = {
         'tiny': '256x144',
         'lowest': '426x240',
@@ -797,6 +823,9 @@ class VKPlayIE(VKPlayBaseIE):
     }, {
         'url': 'https://live.vkplay.ru/lebwa/record/33a4e4ce-e3ef-49db-bb14-f006cc6fabc9/records',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://live.vkvideo.ru/lebwa/record/33a4e4ce-e3ef-49db-bb14-f006cc6fabc9/records',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -839,6 +868,9 @@ class VKPlayLiveIE(VKPlayBaseIE):
     }, {
         'url': 'https://live.vkplay.ru/lebwa',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://live.vkvideo.ru/panterka',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/xiaohongshu.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/xiaohongshu.py
index 1280ca6a9c..46543b823e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/xiaohongshu.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/xiaohongshu.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 
 
 class XiaoHongShuIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.xiaohongshu\.com/explore/(?P<id>[\da-f]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.xiaohongshu\.com/(?:explore|discovery/item)/(?P<id>[\da-f]+)'
     IE_DESC = '小红书'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6411cf99000000001300b6d9',
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ class XiaoHongShuIE(InfoExtractor):
             'duration': 101.726,
             'thumbnail': r're:https?://sns-webpic-qc\.xhscdn\.com/\d+/[a-z0-9]+/[\w]+',
         },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/674051740000000007027a15?xsec_token=CBgeL8Dxd1ZWBhwqRd568gAZ_iwG-9JIf9tnApNmteU2E=',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '674051740000000007027a15',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '相互喜欢就可以了',
+            'uploader_id': '63439913000000001901f49a',
+            'duration': 28.073,
+            'description': '#广州[话题]# #深圳[话题]# #香港[话题]# #街头采访[话题]# #是你喜欢的类型[话题]#',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://sns-webpic-qc\.xhscdn\.com/\d+/[\da-f]+/[^/]+',
+            'tags': ['广州', '深圳', '香港', '街头采访', '是你喜欢的类型'],
+        },
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 41cd90db95..1e83e41b8f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20241126.01.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20241126.01.00',
                 'userAgent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Safari/605.1.15,gzip(gfe)',
             },
         },
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20240723.01.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20241201.00.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 56,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_REMIX',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20240724.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20241127.01.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 67,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_CREATOR',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20240723.03.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20241203.01.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 62,
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
         'REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN': True,
         'REQUIRE_AUTH': True,
-        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
     },
     # This client now requires sign-in for every video
     'android_creator': {
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 28,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
-        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
     },
     # iOS clients have HLS live streams. Setting device model to get 60fps formats.
     # See: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor/issues/680#issuecomment-1002724558
@@ -214,6 +212,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 5,
+        'REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN': True,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
     # This client now requires sign-in for every video
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 26,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
         'REQUIRE_AUTH': True,
-        'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
     },
     # This client now requires sign-in for every video
     'ios_creator': {
@@ -257,7 +255,9 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'MWEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.01.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20241202.07.00',
+                # mweb does not require PO Token with this UA
+                'userAgent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 16_7_10 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.6 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1,gzip(gfe)',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 2,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'TVHTML5',
-                'clientVersion': '7.20240724.13.00',
+                'clientVersion': '7.20241201.18.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 7,
@@ -517,11 +517,12 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         return self._search_regex(rf'^({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})$', ucid, 'UC-id', default=None)
 
     def handle_or_none(self, handle):
-        return self._search_regex(rf'^({self._YT_HANDLE_RE})$', handle, '@-handle', default=None)
+        return self._search_regex(rf'^({self._YT_HANDLE_RE})$', urllib.parse.unquote(handle or ''),
+                                  '@-handle', default=None)
 
     def handle_from_url(self, url):
         return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_HANDLE_RE})',
-                                  url, 'channel handle', default=None)
+                                  urllib.parse.unquote(url or ''), 'channel handle', default=None)
 
     def ucid_from_url(self, url):
         return self._search_regex(rf'^(?:https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?/({self._YT_CHANNEL_UCID_RE})',
@@ -1494,7 +1495,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         },
         # Age-gate videos. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/575#issuecomment-888837000
         {
-            'note': 'Embed allowed age-gate video',
+            'note': 'Embed allowed age-gate video; works with web_embedded',
             'url': 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=HtVdAasjOgU',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': 'HtVdAasjOgU',
@@ -1524,7 +1525,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'heatmap': 'count:100',
                 'timestamp': 1401991663,
             },
-            'skip': 'Age-restricted; requires authentication',
         },
         {
             'note': 'Age-gate video with embed allowed in public site',
@@ -2800,6 +2800,35 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'extractor_args': {'youtube': {'player_client': ['ios'], 'player_skip': ['webpage']}},
             },
         },
+        {
+            # uploader_id has non-ASCII characters that are percent-encoded in YT's JSON
+            'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/shorts/18NGQq7p3LY',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '18NGQq7p3LY',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': '아이브 이서 장원영 리즈 삐끼삐끼 챌린지',
+                'description': '',
+                'uploader': 'ㅇㅇ',
+                'uploader_id': '@으아-v1k',
+                'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@으아-v1k',
+                'channel': 'ㅇㅇ',
+                'channel_id': 'UCC25oTm2J7ZVoi5TngOHg9g',
+                'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC25oTm2J7ZVoi5TngOHg9g',
+                'thumbnail': r're:https?://.+/.+\.jpg',
+                'playable_in_embed': True,
+                'age_limit': 0,
+                'duration': 3,
+                'timestamp': 1724306170,
+                'upload_date': '20240822',
+                'availability': 'public',
+                'live_status': 'not_live',
+                'view_count': int,
+                'like_count': int,
+                'channel_follower_count': int,
+                'categories': ['People & Blogs'],
+                'tags': [],
+            },
+        },
     ]
 
     _WEBPAGE_TESTS = [
@@ -3118,19 +3147,26 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         self.to_screen('Extracted signature function:\n' + code)
 
     def _parse_sig_js(self, jscode):
+        # Examples where `sig` is funcname:
+        # sig=function(a){a=a.split(""); ... ;return a.join("")};
+        # ;c&&(c=sig(decodeURIComponent(c)),a.set(b,encodeURIComponent(c)));return a};
+        # {var l=f,m=h.sp,n=sig(decodeURIComponent(h.s));l.set(m,encodeURIComponent(n))}
+        # sig=function(J){J=J.split(""); ... ;return J.join("")};
+        # ;N&&(N=sig(decodeURIComponent(N)),J.set(R,encodeURIComponent(N)));return J};
+        # {var H=u,k=f.sp,v=sig(decodeURIComponent(f.s));H.set(k,encodeURIComponent(v))}
         funcname = self._search_regex(
-            (r'\b[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*encodeURIComponent\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
+            (r'\b(?P<var>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)&&\((?P=var)=(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]{2,})\(decodeURIComponent\((?P=var)\)\)',
+             r'(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)\s*=\s*function\(\s*(?P<arg>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)\s*\)\s*{\s*(?P=arg)\s*=\s*(?P=arg)\.split\(\s*""\s*\)\s*;\s*[^}]+;\s*return\s+(?P=arg)\.join\(\s*""\s*\)',
+             r'(?:\b|[^a-zA-Z0-9_$])(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]{2,})\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)(?:;[a-zA-Z0-9_$]{2}\.[a-zA-Z0-9_$]{2}\(a,\d+\))?',
+             # Old patterns
+             r'\b[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*encodeURIComponent\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\b[a-zA-Z0-9]+\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*encodeURIComponent\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\bm=(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\(decodeURIComponent\(h\.s\)\)',
-             r'\bc&&\(c=(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\(decodeURIComponent\(c\)\)',
-             r'(?:\b|[^a-zA-Z0-9$])(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2,})\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)(?:;[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\.[a-zA-Z0-9$]{2}\(a,\d+\))?',
-             r'(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\s*=\s*function\(\s*a\s*\)\s*{\s*a\s*=\s*a\.split\(\s*""\s*\)',
              # Obsolete patterns
              r'("|\')signature\1\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\.sig\|\|(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'yt\.akamaized\.net/\)\s*\|\|\s*.*?\s*[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?:encodeURIComponent\s*\()?\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\b[cs]\s*&&\s*[adf]\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
-             r'\b[a-zA-Z0-9]+\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\(',
              r'\bc\s*&&\s*[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.set\([^,]+\s*,\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\(\s*(?P<sig>[a-zA-Z0-9$]+)\('),
             jscode, 'Initial JS player signature function name', group='sig')
 
@@ -3204,6 +3240,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         # *  a.D&&(b="nn"[+a.D],c=a.get(b))&&(c=narray[idx](c),a.set(b,c),narray.length||nfunc("")
         # *  a.D&&(PL(a),b=a.j.n||null)&&(b=narray[0](b),a.set("n",b),narray.length||nfunc("")
         # *  a.D&&(b="nn"[+a.D],vL(a),c=a.j[b]||null)&&(c=narray[idx](c),a.set(b,c),narray.length||nfunc("")
+        # *  J.J="";J.url="";J.Z&&(R="nn"[+J.Z],mW(J),N=J.K[R]||null)&&(N=narray[idx](N),J.set(R,N))}};
         funcname, idx = self._search_regex(
             r'''(?x)
             (?:
@@ -3220,7 +3257,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     )\)&&\(c=|
                 \b(?P<var>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)=
             )(?P<nfunc>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)(?:\[(?P<idx>\d+)\])?\([a-zA-Z]\)
-            (?(var),[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\.set\("n"\,(?P=var)\),(?P=nfunc)\.length)''',
+            (?(var),[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\.set\((?:"n+"|[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)\,(?P=var)\))''',
             jscode, 'n function name', group=('nfunc', 'idx'), default=(None, None))
         if not funcname:
             self.report_warning(join_nonempty(
@@ -3229,7 +3266,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             return self._search_regex(
                 r'''(?xs)
                 ;\s*(?P<name>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)\s*=\s*function\([a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\)
-                \s*\{(?:(?!};).)+?["']enhanced_except_''',
+                \s*\{(?:(?!};).)+?return\s*(?P<q>["'])[\w-]+_w8_(?P=q)\s*\+\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+''',
                 jscode, 'Initial JS player n function name', group='name')
         elif not idx:
             return funcname
@@ -3238,6 +3275,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             rf'var {re.escape(funcname)}\s*=\s*(\[.+?\])\s*[,;]', jscode,
             f'Initial JS player n function list ({funcname}.{idx})')))[int(idx)]
 
+    def _fixup_n_function_code(self, argnames, code):
+        return argnames, re.sub(
+            rf';\s*if\s*\(\s*typeof\s+[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+\s*===?\s*(["\'])undefined\1\s*\)\s*return\s+{argnames[0]};',
+            ';', code)
+
     def _extract_n_function_code(self, video_id, player_url):
         player_id = self._extract_player_info(player_url)
         func_code = self.cache.load('youtube-nsig', player_id, min_ver='2024.07.09')
@@ -3249,7 +3291,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
         func_name = self._extract_n_function_name(jscode, player_url=player_url)
 
-        func_code = jsi.extract_function_code(func_name)
+        # XXX: Workaround for the `typeof` gotcha
+        func_code = self._fixup_n_function_code(*jsi.extract_function_code(func_name))
 
         self.cache.store('youtube-nsig', player_id, func_code)
         return jsi, player_id, func_code
@@ -3265,7 +3308,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             except Exception as e:
                 raise JSInterpreter.Exception(traceback.format_exc(), cause=e)
 
-            if ret.startswith('enhanced_except_'):
+            if ret.startswith('enhanced_except_') or ret.endswith(s):
                 raise JSInterpreter.Exception('Signature function returned an exception')
             return ret
 
@@ -3929,13 +3972,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             )
 
             require_po_token = self._get_default_ytcfg(client).get('REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN')
-            if not po_token and require_po_token:
+            if not po_token and require_po_token and 'missing_pot' in self._configuration_arg('formats'):
                 self.report_warning(
                     f'No PO Token provided for {client} client, '
-                    f'which is required for working {client} formats. '
-                    f'You can manually pass a PO Token for this client with '
-                    f'--extractor-args "youtube:po_token={client}+XXX"',
-                    only_once=True)
+                    f'which may be required for working {client} formats. This client will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
                 deprioritize_pr = True
 
             pr = initial_pr if client == 'web' else None
@@ -3968,15 +4008,24 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 else:
                     prs.append(pr)
 
+            # web_embedded can work around age-gate and age-verification for some embeddable videos
+            if self._is_agegated(pr) and variant != 'web_embedded':
+                append_client(f'web_embedded.{base_client}')
+            # Unauthenticated users will only get web_embedded client formats if age-gated
+            if self._is_agegated(pr) and not self.is_authenticated:
+                self.to_screen(
+                    f'{video_id}: This video is age-restricted; some formats may be missing '
+                    f'without authentication. {self._login_hint()}', only_once=True)
+
             ''' This code is pointless while web_creator is in _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS
             # EU countries require age-verification for accounts to access age-restricted videos
             # If account is not age-verified, _is_agegated() will be truthy for non-embedded clients
-            if self.is_authenticated and self._is_agegated(pr):
+            embedding_is_disabled = variant == 'web_embedded' and self._is_unplayable(pr)
+            if self.is_authenticated and (self._is_agegated(pr) or embedding_is_disabled):
                 self.to_screen(
                     f'{video_id}: This video is age-restricted and YouTube is requiring '
                     'account age-verification; some formats may be missing', only_once=True)
                 # web_creator can work around the age-verification requirement
-                # android_vr may also be able to work around age-verification
                 # tv_embedded may(?) still work around age-verification if the video is embeddable
                 append_client('web_creator')
             '''
@@ -3999,6 +4048,21 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 or (live_status == 'post_live' and (duration or 0) > 2 * 3600)):
             return live_status
 
+    def _report_pot_format_skipped(self, video_id, client_name, proto):
+        msg = (
+            f'{video_id}: {client_name} client {proto} formats require a PO Token which was not provided. '
+            'They will be skipped as they may yield HTTP Error 403. '
+            f'You can manually pass a PO Token for this client with --extractor-args "youtube:po_token={client_name}+XXX". '
+            'For more information, refer to  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#po-token-guide . '
+            'To enable these broken formats anyway, pass --extractor-args "youtube:formats=missing_pot"')
+
+        # Only raise a warning for non-default clients, to not confuse users.
+        # iOS HLS formats still work without PO Token, so we don't need to warn about them.
+        if client_name in (*self._DEFAULT_CLIENTS, *self._DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENTS):
+            self.write_debug(msg, only_once=True)
+        else:
+            self.report_warning(msg, only_once=True)
+
     def _extract_formats_and_subtitles(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, live_status, duration):
         CHUNK_SIZE = 10 << 20
         PREFERRED_LANG_VALUE = 10
@@ -4052,10 +4116,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 if height:
                     res_qualities[height] = quality
 
+            display_name = audio_track.get('displayName') or ''
+            is_original = 'original' in display_name.lower()
+            is_descriptive = 'descriptive' in display_name.lower()
             is_default = audio_track.get('audioIsDefault')
-            is_descriptive = 'descriptive' in (audio_track.get('displayName') or '').lower()
             language_code = audio_track.get('id', '').split('.')[0]
-            if language_code and is_default:
+            if language_code and (is_original or (is_default and not original_language)):
                 original_language = language_code
 
             # FORMAT_STREAM_TYPE_OTF(otf=1) requires downloading the init fragment
@@ -4123,11 +4189,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 fmt_url = update_url_query(fmt_url, {'pot': po_token})
 
             # Clients that require PO Token return videoplayback URLs that may return 403
-            is_broken = (not po_token and self._get_default_ytcfg(client_name).get('REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN'))
-            if is_broken:
-                self.report_warning(
-                    f'{video_id}: {client_name} client formats require a PO Token which was not provided. '
-                    'They will be deprioritized as they may yield HTTP Error 403', only_once=True)
+            require_po_token = (not po_token and self._get_default_ytcfg(client_name).get('REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN'))
+            if require_po_token and 'missing_pot' not in self._configuration_arg('formats'):
+                self._report_pot_format_skipped(video_id, client_name, 'https')
+                continue
 
             name = fmt.get('qualityLabel') or quality.replace('audio_quality_', '') or ''
             fps = int_or_none(fmt.get('fps')) or 0
@@ -4136,11 +4201,11 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'filesize': int_or_none(fmt.get('contentLength')),
                 'format_id': f'{itag}{"-drc" if fmt.get("isDrc") else ""}',
                 'format_note': join_nonempty(
-                    join_nonempty(audio_track.get('displayName'), is_default and ' (default)', delim=''),
+                    join_nonempty(display_name, is_default and ' (default)', delim=''),
                     name, fmt.get('isDrc') and 'DRC',
                     try_get(fmt, lambda x: x['projectionType'].replace('RECTANGULAR', '').lower()),
                     try_get(fmt, lambda x: x['spatialAudioType'].replace('SPATIAL_AUDIO_TYPE_', '').lower()),
-                    is_damaged and 'DAMAGED', is_broken and 'BROKEN',
+                    is_damaged and 'DAMAGED', require_po_token and 'MISSING POT',
                     (self.get_param('verbose') or all_formats) and short_client_name(client_name),
                     delim=', '),
                 # Format 22 is likely to be damaged. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3372
@@ -4155,9 +4220,9 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'url': fmt_url,
                 'width': int_or_none(fmt.get('width')),
                 'language': join_nonempty(language_code, 'desc' if is_descriptive else '') or None,
-                'language_preference': PREFERRED_LANG_VALUE if is_default else -10 if is_descriptive else -1,
+                'language_preference': PREFERRED_LANG_VALUE if is_original else 5 if is_default else -10 if is_descriptive else -1,
                 # Strictly de-prioritize broken, damaged and 3gp formats
-                'preference': -20 if is_broken else -10 if is_damaged else -2 if itag == '17' else None,
+                'preference': -20 if require_po_token else -10 if is_damaged else -2 if itag == '17' else None,
             }
             mime_mobj = re.match(
                 r'((?:[^/]+)/(?:[^;]+))(?:;\s*codecs="([^"]+)")?', fmt.get('mimeType') or '')
@@ -4207,7 +4272,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             key = (proto, f.get('language'))
             if not all_formats and key in itags[itag]:
                 return False
-            itags[itag].add(key)
 
             if f.get('source_preference') is None:
                 f['source_preference'] = -1
@@ -4215,12 +4279,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             # Clients that require PO Token return videoplayback URLs that may return 403
             # hls does not currently require PO Token
             if (not po_token and self._get_default_ytcfg(client_name).get('REQUIRE_PO_TOKEN')) and proto != 'hls':
-                self.report_warning(
-                    f'{video_id}: {client_name} client {proto} formats require a PO Token which was not provided. '
-                    'They will be deprioritized as they may yield HTTP Error 403', only_once=True)
-                f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), 'BROKEN', delim=' ')
+                if 'missing_pot' not in self._configuration_arg('formats'):
+                    self._report_pot_format_skipped(video_id, client_name, proto)
+                    return False
+                f['format_note'] = join_nonempty(f.get('format_note'), 'MISSING POT', delim=' ')
                 f['source_preference'] -= 20
 
+            itags[itag].add(key)
+
             if itag and all_formats:
                 f['format_id'] = f'{itag}-{proto}'
             elif any(p != proto for p, _ in itags[itag]):
@@ -4674,7 +4740,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     (?=(?P<artist>[^\n]+))(?P=artist)\n+
                     (?=(?P<album>[^\n]+))(?P=album)\n
                     (?:.+?℗\s*(?P<release_year>\d{4})(?!\d))?
-                    (?:.+?Released on\s*:\s*(?P<release_date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}))?
+                    (?:.+?Released\ on\s*:\s*(?P<release_date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}))?
                     (.+?\nArtist\s*:\s*
                         (?=(?P<clean_artist>[^\n]+))(?P=clean_artist)\n
                     )?.+\nAuto-generated\ by\ YouTube\.\s*$
@@ -5267,6 +5333,7 @@ class YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     'channelRenderer': lambda x: self._grid_entries({'items': [{'channelRenderer': x}]}),
                     'hashtagTileRenderer': lambda x: [self._hashtag_tile_entry(x)],
                     'richGridRenderer': lambda x: self._extract_entries(x, continuation_list),
+                    'lockupViewModel': lambda x: [self._extract_lockup_view_model(x)],
                 }
                 for key, renderer in isr_content.items():
                     if key not in known_renderers:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index c05910a586..093fc1b466 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1372,12 +1372,12 @@ def create_parser():
         help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--windows-filenames',
-        action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=False,
+        action='store_true', dest='windowsfilenames', default=None,
         help='Force filenames to be Windows-compatible')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--no-windows-filenames',
         action='store_false', dest='windowsfilenames',
-        help='Make filenames Windows-compatible only if using Windows (default)')
+        help='Sanitize filenames only minimally')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--trim-filenames', '--trim-file-names', metavar='LENGTH',
         dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index ca2ec5f376..360f5ad58c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -65,9 +65,14 @@ def _get_variant_and_executable_path():
             machine = '_legacy' if version_tuple(platform.mac_ver()[0]) < (10, 15) else ''
         else:
             machine = f'_{platform.machine().lower()}'
+            is_64bits = sys.maxsize > 2**32
             # Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples
             if machine[1:] in ('x86', 'x86_64', 'amd64', 'i386', 'i686'):
-                machine = '_x86' if platform.architecture()[0][:2] == '32' else ''
+                machine = '_x86' if not is_64bits else ''
+            # platform.machine() on 32-bit raspbian OS may return 'aarch64', so check "64-bitness"
+            # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11813
+            elif machine[1:] == 'aarch64' and not is_64bits:
+                machine = '_armv7l'
             # sys.executable returns a /tmp/ path for staticx builds (linux_static)
             # Ref: https://staticx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#run-time-information
             if static_exe_path := os.getenv('STATICX_PROG_PATH'):
@@ -525,11 +530,16 @@ class Updater:
     @functools.cached_property
     def cmd(self):
         """The command-line to run the executable, if known"""
+        argv = None
         # There is no sys.orig_argv in py < 3.10. Also, it can be [] when frozen
         if getattr(sys, 'orig_argv', None):
-            return sys.orig_argv
+            argv = sys.orig_argv
         elif getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-            return sys.argv
+            argv = sys.argv
+        # linux_static exe's argv[0] will be /tmp/staticx-NNNN/yt-dlp_linux if we don't fixup here
+        if argv and os.getenv('STATICX_PROG_PATH'):
+            argv = [self.filename, *argv[1:]]
+        return argv
 
     def restart(self):
         """Restart the executable"""
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index f4b9400bc5..1ff43c611f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2024.11.18'
+__version__ = '2024.12.23'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '7ea2787920cccc6b8ea30791993d114fbd564434'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '65cf46cddd873fd229dbb0fc0689bca4c201c6b6'
 
 VARIANT = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'
 
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
-_pkg_version = '2024.11.18'
+_pkg_version = '2024.12.23'