yt-dlp 2026.03.17

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A description of the various files is in the README

The zipimport Unix executable contains code licensed under ISC and MIT. The PyInstaller-bundled executables are subject to these and other licenses, all of which are compiled in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt

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Extractor changes

• youtube
  • Always respect webpage_client extractor-arg (#16250) by bashonly
  • Fix --live-from-start support (#16254) by bashonly
  • Update ejs to 0.8.0 (#16269) by bashonly, Grub4K

Misc. changes

• build: Use PyInstaller v6.19.0 for Windows (#16265) by bashonly
• ci: Bump actions pins (#16252) by bashonly
• docs: Fix player_client extractor-arg documentation (#16235) by bashonly
• test: networking: Mark all CurlCFFIRH tests as flaky for any OS (#16266) by bashonly