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Yep. But as I already mentioned, my new code does not use this command any longer but instead yt-dlp --version respectively youtube-dl --version as a basis. All further processing, you will see in my upcoming release ytBATCH for Windows XP 1.6.

I've confirmed that version 2025.03.28.070132 still gives the right message: Current version: local@2025.03.28 Latest version: stable@2025.03.31 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp ERROR: Do not update the XP build with -U. Instead download from GitHub Releases again when a new version is available. Version 2025.04.01.080324 doesn't give the error message, but instead upgrades to the official x86 build. I must have forgotten to edit `version.py`. UPDATE_HINT = 'Do not update this build with -U. Instead download from my GitHub Releases again when a new version is available.'

I can attest that my specific build of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is of top quality and is completely safe to use for virus-checking. I have used this build for 11 years, nearly every other day. I am not Russian and have no affiliation to Kaspersky or Russia whatsoever. I am an old member of msfn, since 2008, 1k+ postings and I have never given bad advice intentionally. One man's opinion, no more discussions about that, you're entitled to your opinion.

First of all, thanks! About that stuff, all has been said here. There is nothing to argue anymore. The facts are crystal clear. And common sense should not be disregarded. Yes, of course! Besides all the facts, zero trust in this programme! And it doesn't matter which version. BTW, I have tested it long, long time ago. But the way this programme lived its own life was unacceptable. I only allow programmes to do what I have authorised and set up. So after a short time, I deleted everything related to this programme and deep-cleaned my partition. And from today's perspective, that was a very wise decision.

The patcher included by e3kskoy7wqk, along with the diff files for each compilation (a total of 5 apply_patches.bat files), require a bit more correction than the author claims. At “REPO_PATH=E:\win7dep\chromium\src” change the path to yours, of course, but besides that, you also need to replace “!REPO_PATH!” with “%REPO_PATH%” in two places. In addition, it is required to add clang_use_chrome_plugins = false to args.gn.

Rowl https://www.definitions.net/definition/rowl

Reminds me of two expert witnesses in court, on opposing sides . I talk about a specific build, you talk about Kaspersky in general. But let's move on!

One attraction of msfn.org is that you can discover many little jewels here. I, for example, have recently discovered the usefulness for me of Paragon GPT Loader and OpenVPN, thanks to the helpful postings of fellow msfn members.

We'd need to see some actual evidence, statistics from independent sources, fact checked researches. Until then, it's just a guess. I've never even heard of this programme before, in Belgium we don't use it, and the first time I read about it was here, but no proof of its alleged "quality" was ever provided..

When checking for a yt-dlp update, the command yt-dlp -U always gave an error messsge but never performed an update under Windows XP. Recently, this message no longer appears, and yt-dlp is updated directly to a version that is not XP-compatible. Since this command wasn't a big hit under Windows XP anyway, I've now programmed the yt-dlp update check to be squeaky clean. In the upcoming release 1.6, a clean version check will be carried out as it is already performed by the youtube-dl update module. The direct updater has also been modified accordingly. No more youtube-dl -U or yt-dlp -U commands.

What did I change? I can't remember having done anything to the yt-dlp release.

That's why I wrote: Which means that it doesn't matter at all. The actual question is: What's the point of a report on an old version without a version number of a programme that does not stand for security anyways? Everyone can answer this question for themselves. And if a manufacturer wants to pull the plug, then a few posts in some thread won't change anything. One should evaluate things in life realistically.

For now i5 6500, I just had a Ryzen 1700 lying around for a long time, I bought a MSI B450 motherboard for it yesterday. On the i5 compilation takes 15-20 hours, depending on the number of objects. On your processor it will be at least about 36 hours. 16GB of RAM is also the absolute minimum. And no, unfortunately it can't be done on 8.1. Edit: 8 hours on Ryzen 1700, the rest of the hardware configuration except the motherboard the same. On the i5 6500 as I wrote earlier 15 hours. However, 32GB RAM is not necessary for me for now

Status reports on programmes without a version number, for whatever reason, are generally useless. It either doesn't help to call it an "ancient version". The lack of information and meaning remains in any case.

After 10 hours of compilation, I received errors. Then I would face another 10 hours, and in the meantime more errors would appear. Not for my patience, I pity the money for more powerful hardware, as long as I can't compile without errors, and I'm not able to do that at the moment at this compilation rate. I apologize to the users I disappointed, apparently I'm not smart enough after all and despite following the instructions I keep doing something wrong all the time

It's now a question for users whether ungoogled or Vista support is more of a priority. My computer can take more than 24 hours for one compilation. Unfortunately, in the previous system installation and previous software setup, I made such a mess of things with the trial-and-error method (and doing some things at my own discretion, not how the tutorials dictate) that something went wrong during compilation. This time I found much better tutorials and have experience from the previous tries. Compiling Chromium in theory is very simple, but very many things can go wrong. Now I downloading the entire repository with every possible version from the main branch. You can also fetch with the command -gclient sync --revision src@137.0.7116.0.

For all who don't want to use nircmd.exe from Nirsoft, I created alternative code using native PowerShell: -- YouTube Link Resolver for VLC with Separate Video and Audio URLs -- Place this script in VLC's lua/playlist directory function probe() -- Check if the input is a YouTube link return vlc.access == "http" or vlc.access == "https" and (string.match(vlc.path, "youtube%.com") or string.match(vlc.path, "youtu%.be")) end function parse() -- Construct the full YouTube URL local youtube_url = vlc.access .. "://" .. vlc.path -- Path to yt-dlp executable (modify as needed) local yt_dlp_path = 'yt-dlp.exe' -- Start cmd hidden and ... local cmd_hidden = 'PowerShell.exe -windowstyle hidden cmd /c &' -- Construct the command to get the direct video and audio URLs local cmd = string.format( '%s %s -g "%s"', cmd_hidden, yt_dlp_path, youtube_url ) -- Execute yt-dlp to get the direct video and audio URLs local handle = io.popen(cmd) -- Read video URL (first line) local video_url = handle:read("*l") -- Read audio URL (second line) local audio_url = handle:read("*l") handle:close() -- Trim any whitespace video_url = video_url and video_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or "" audio_url = audio_url and audio_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or "" -- Log the resolved URLs vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Original URL: " .. youtube_url) vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Video URL: " .. video_url) if audio_url and audio_url ~= "" then vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Audio URL: " .. audio_url) return { { path = video_url, name = vlc.path .. " (Video)", options = { -- Add audio URL as input option ":input-slave=" .. audio_url } } } else vlc.msg.warn("[YouTube Resolver] No separate audio URL found. Playing single URL with both video and audio.") return { { path = video_url, name = vlc.path .. " (Video + Audio)" } } end end If directly placing the yt-dlp.exe file into the VLC main programme folder where the vlc.exe file is located, you do not need to specify the complete path of yt-dlp. The advantage is that once compiled the lua file to a luac file, you can use it in any VLC programme directory without any customization.

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No, it needs to be C++ source code.

Yes, a good suggestion to block rumour spreaders.

It would be odd to simply publish all of the source code of something which has *subscription mode* and paid Patreon versions, yes, I'm aware about the free github versions, too.

Hello to all! Last year, @cmalex had not only made available the proxy tool ProxyMII, which I rebranded ProxHTTPSProxy 1.5.220717 and took as the basis for my package ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3, but also another proxy tool called 3Proxy. Does anyone here use this tool? Or at least, has anyone of you tried or tested 3proxy? Here is the link to the original post: And here is the GitHub website of 3proxy for additional information: https://github.com/3proxy/3proxy Cheers, AstroSkipper

Another great programme is still compatible with Windows XP in 2023 and receiving updates on regular base. It is Hardcopy from sw4you, a very good screenshot programme, originated in Germany. At the moment, it is available in the most recent version 2023.07.13 and, as always, free of charge. Homepage: https://www.hardcopy.de/hardcopy/english/index.php Download: https://www.hardcopy.de/hc.exe Cheers, AstroSkipper

IrfanView is still compatible with Windows XP in 2023, receiving updates on regular base, and is now of the version 4.62 from 2022-12-09. IrfanView is more than a simple image viewer, free of charge, originated in Germany/Austria, and a great piece of software. I use it since the 90's of last century, starting under Windows 95. It works fine on my Windows XP computer and can open many different image formats. Homepage: https://www.irfanview.com/ Downloads: https://www.fosshub.com/IrfanView.html You should download the installer and the plugins to enjoy full functionality. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Running the most recent, corrected version of Serpent 55 (2023-07-14) (rev 80e0e6c0d), basilisk.exe is starting and running fine again as it should. No further crashes observed. Big thanks to @roytam1 for the quick fix! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Sorry to necro this old thread. Does anyone know if the full source code of Walter's wdmstub.sys was ever released? If so, where can I find it? edit: found it archived on gitlab: https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780735618039/-/tree/master/9780735618039_files