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@VistaLover I reversed this commit which got partial functionality but GCC 16 is still problematic for 32-bit builds. Here is a smaller build using GCC 15 for you to try. https://files.videohelp.com/u/69760/ffmpeg-8.2-2278-a09be9b91e-static-VISTAx86.7z

Fair enough, just know it was unintended to have any meaning on purpose & you are right about the last part

The crash on the audio file isn't to do with it being tagged, because the crash is still invoked even without a tag (text metadata+cover): Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41) File size : 39.6 MiB Duration : 57 min 0 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 97.1 kb/s ContentType : Movie Writing application : Lavf62.6.100 rati : (Binary) Audio ID : 1 Format : AAC LC SBR Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication Commercial name : HE-AAC Format settings : Implicit Codec ID : mp4a-40-2 Duration : 57 min 0 s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 39.1 MiB (99%) Language : English Default : Yes Alternate group : 1 PS: The same untagged audio file plays OK with the latest n8.2-dev-2237 SHARED FFplay binary for XP:

... Well, I think I spoke too soon ; while, indeed, MP4 media files with h264+aac now don't cause an FFplay crash, a tagged (metadata+cover) MP4 file with audio-only (HE-AACv1) still leads to a crash: The same tagged audio file plays fine with previous FFplay n8.2-dev-1568 (from early June): That file was downloaded from BBC Sounds with yt-dlp (it has now expired); if it's any help, below its MediaInfo log: Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41) File size : 39.6 MiB Duration : 57 min 0 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 97.1 kb/s Title : Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay, Party Classics With Ultra Naté In The Mix Description : Ultra Naté makes a mix for Vernon's Classic 90s Party. Writing application : Lavf62.6.100 Cover : Yes Cover type : Cover Comment : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yrds LongDescription : Ultra Naté makes a mix for Vernon's Classic 90s Party. Audio ID : 1 Format : AAC LC SBR Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication Commercial name : HE-AAC Format settings : Implicit Codec ID : mp4a-40-2 Duration : 57 min 0 s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 39.1 MiB (99%) Language : English Default : Yes Alternate group : 1 Image Type : Cover Format : JPEG Muxing mode : moov-meta-covr Width : 1 200 pixels Height : 675 pixels Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 104 KiB (0%) This is turning into a nightmare ; thanks in advance for any insight...

Thanks a lot for recompiling ; I've downloaded and tested the new n8.2-dev-2273 VISTA binaries and can confirm the new FFplay.exe files work as expected : If it's not too much to ask , can you share what the issue was with the previous FFplay offering?

This fixes the issue, now works, thank you.

Well, there "is" political meaning behind it whether intended or not, lol. I see "both sides" of that unintended political meaning. Very strange job market, kind of a "once in a lifetime" type of job market. But definitely depends on your locale and type of career.

ah dont worry it was a joke no political meaning behind it

Actually, I had to look it up. I don't watch "cartoons" (ie, "animated tv series") so your reference was completely foreign. Just seemed "best" to comment on that aspect of your post as opposed to the political nature of the "no job crisis" comment.

lol, someone who gets it haha

I wondered why it said "we", lol Congrats on finding a fix! I honestly was trying to find a hosts-file-only type of fix, but every time I fire up a UXP browser these days has me wanting to pinch my nipples with battery cables. Much LESS pain than the "experience" UXP provides. I really don't know how you guys (without Android backups) "survive" in this day and age.

Yes that is what we believe. I blocked fen.peryuck.com (yuck!), and it is not redirecting me to an error page at this time. So everything seems to work. I only need the mail to activate or log into some account, or refresh a sytes.net domain once a month. The adblocker would have to kill a script that goes inside the main page, which then errors out when ads are blocked, to stop it doing so. Maybe Yahoo didn't properly add it. The Ad-Shield guy talked about "billions" of lost revenue from ads, as if they were some kind of resource harvesting machine. Somehow knowing what my machine properties are through tracker scripts would generate them revenue. Most in capitalism only transfer fake money from one another. We may have saved billions of grams of greenhouse gases from being made by not watching ads.

OK. Patient number 12.0.0.6818 from 2019 has been resuscitated and is eating again. „Oops!... I Did It Again“ ...

There are new Vista builds linked in the previous post. If you can let me know if ffplay is working for you.

Release: WDMHDA Alpha-022 https://github.com/andrew-hoffman/WDMHDA/rele … s/tag/Alpha-022 Changes: Fix choppy playback/silence if stream is paused and resumed near the end of the audio buffer add Mute for the main output (doesn't work on all codecs yet) Fix CORB/RIRB on NForce chipsets Send a power-up command to all Power Widgets on the codec just in case that is needed. Reduced max audio buffer size to 128k again, too much buffer can cause significant lag I should also mention that sdz on VOGONS has released a standalone OPL3 emulator for Win9x which works well in combination with WDMHDA: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=111787

Nowadays there's also JHRobotics' SoftGPU project https://github.com/JHRobotics/softgpu/ which will convert DirectX and Glide API commands to OpenGL using Mesa and then either render it on the CPU or (if you're using VMWare or VirtualBox) it can pass the GL draw calls over to the host and render them there. The overhead is too high for it to be practical for anything past late-90s games but there is some potential it could be improved.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/there-is-no-war-in-ba-sing-se

"there is no job crisis in ba sing se america" ~ Executives probably

Good news, the Firefox release calendar says there comes a mega extension for 115 ESR until as late as Jan 2027! https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

Browsing without uBO: sitting in a damp medieval dungeon no food or drink for three days ankles chained to the legs of the chair wrists duct-taped to the arms of the chair battery cables attached to my nipples, 100-volt electroshocks overy 10 seconds Browsing with uBO: sitting in a hammock at the beach on a cool evening with a slight breeze while enjoying the sunset

On second thought... We will always have "naysayers" that will NEVER use uBO. They will *always* run their browser their way, without uBO, no matter how often we suggest to them that they need to "let go" of the old-school thinking. No skin off our backs, it is their computer, let them "suffer" by sticking to their not wanting to use uBO, be it modified or as-is, old or new.

I guess I agree and disagree both at the same time. I use uBO. Can't live without it! And that goes for XP or 10 or anything in between. And that goes for slow-as-sh#t UXP to fast-as-H#ll way better options available to those that "let go" of XP. BUT... I *hate* uBO in its current evolution. I prefer the older versions. But I *hate* them also. I **LOVE** the MODIFIED version that I can not live without. I see the side of anybody that doesn't want to use the current evolution !!! And I don't expect them to be able to MODIFY it into something that the DO like. We can't "force" them to use it if they have their own reasons, legit or not, to NOT use it. BUT... If they could at least tell us WHY, maybe we could "teach them" how to modify what they don't like 'out of it' and create something that they DO like.

As I already said, it is no longer time to be picky when it comes to real-time protection under Windows XP. And of course, I read such reports about IOBit Malware Fighter. I personally never liked the IOBit company. Their products have never really been any good. And in the case of IOBit Malware Fighter, I can see why. The positives: Easy to install. A clearly structured, very tidy and modern interface. Good usability. Lots of features not usually found in freeware. Excellent uninstallation speed. The negatives: No daily updates as advertised. Today, it’s still installing the version from 9 July. Not really integrated efficiently into Windows XP. When the protection is activated, performance plummets. Version 13 is constantly being promoted, and you’re told to download it, even though it’s not compatible with Windows XP. No self-protection. The scan speed is so poor that I’m lost for words... The scanning speed is the absolute worst I have ever experienced. Smart Scan was cancelled after 123,226 files!!! and 120 minutes!!! with only 5% progress!!! This is no Smart Scan. I then uninstalled it completely. The uninstallation was done in seconds. That just goes to show how poorly the programme was integrated into Windows XP. It was practically just a superficial add-on. And it can even be shut down completely with just two clicks. That’s a goldmine for malware. My conclusion: Looks great on the outside, but a flop on the inside. P.S.: And that’s the good thing about my ancient P4 computer. It mercilessly exposes the weaknesses of software.

The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9% Getting an offer from Bending Spoons, which owns AOL, has become harder than getting into Harvard https://archive.ph/kY6Th By Ben Cohen / July 10, 2026

New Moon, Serpent or Mypal are a nightmare without uBO. And the forum editor is a nightmare, anyways. I already again reported that some weeks ago. There have been many such reports in the past.