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@nicolaasjan : https://3dyd.github.io/pyinstaller-builds/ Your prayers have been answered! https://github.com/3dyd/pyinstaller-builds https://github.com/3dyd/pyinstaller/tree/6.16.0-xp

Most sadly, this is only part of the story ; probing the v20.19.2 (32-bit) binary (a whooping 61.3 MiB in filesize) with DependencyWalker, I found a total of six (6) Vista-incompatible function calls: in advapi32.dll: EventSetInformation in kernel32.dll: K32GetModuleBaseNameW K32GetProcessMemoryInfo ResolveLocaleName TryAcquireSRWLockExclusive TryAcquireSRWLockShared The first one can also be a thing on a partially updated Win7 SP1 install (see this); thank you for already raising a Vista-support issue with Vladimir ...

I guess the extra features fulfills the plus part of Vista+. I understand the desire for targeted features and size reduction though. Now, with a known working configuration we can certainly remove features. That part will be easy. I can start with the items you listed for a future build. The libfdk-aac external functionality is included for parity with the XP version and of course the dll is not required to run the FFmpeg binaries. This functionality can also be removed if desired.

FFmpeg shared for Vista x86.

Yes, I've already tested it and everything is working. 🙂 However, now the question is ; how long will yt-dlp on XP keep working?... 🤔 Soon, an external JavaScript runtime will be needed. Deno is out of the question on older systems and yt-dlp-getpot-jsi gave me errors on both Windows XP and Windows7 (see Issue 9 ).

and you can change general.useragent.compatMode.version that reports to websites in about:config.

Thanks a lot for your reply ; as I wrote, Vista SP2 32-bit here; from 2016-2018 I used to use MABS (MSYS2/MinGW) to compile locally non-free ffmpeg builds; after that time, several MSYS2 components went Win7+ (e.g. "make") and by 2021, the compiler itself stopped being available for the 32-bit architecture; needless to say, latest MABS is meant for a recent version of Win10 64-bit; yes, you probably can still compile 32-bit binaries with it, but those won't run on Vista, possibly not on Win7, too ... The AnimMouse ffmpeg builds used to be Vista-compatible, but broke at some time (early 2022); as a Vista user too, you probably know those things already ... I'm not closely following current FFmpeg development ; at one time I was aware that the FFmpeg code itself continued to be NT 6.0 compatible (as opposed to NT 5.x), so that a "no-libs" compiled binary would launch normally under Vista; but a lot of the third party (external) libs built normally into FFmpeg are the main culprits for breaking Vista-support (x265 comes to mind, with its NUMA Win7+ functions ) ; it must be quite an enormous task today for you to restore NT 6.1/6.0 and even 5.x support on your custom FFmpeg builds; you are to be highly praised for this feat ... On a 32-bit, under-resourced (by today's standards ) machine, I practically have little use of most of those extra libs (especially video encoders); I rarely do video transcoding here, mostly audio transcoding is being performed; it's those many optional external libs that inflate static binaries' filesize and are the cause for broken NT 6.0 support, for all I know... Thanks for your intention! User Reino here (now on Win11) used to offer both static+shared 32-bit builds, targeting WinXP SP3 and an SSE-only CPU, ca. every 4 months ; it'd be very sweet from you if you managed to offer something similar, but for more recent CPUs (e.g. SSE2+) and on Vista+... FWIW, this thread started a long while ago and mentions "winxp" in its title, but is actually frequented now by members of various WinOSes ; so I hope you posting Vista+ FFmpeg builds will be OK ; of course, there's always that ... "Willing to test? " -> Simply throw "them" at me ... Best regards.

No idea. My homebrew Python 3.14 Linux standalone executable is even 51.7MB. 😮 Almost 100MB unpacked in the /tmp folder.

Don't the standalone Linux builds work (they have newer Python embedded)? yt-dlp_linux or (for 32bit) my yt-dlp_linux_x86.

Updated FFmpeg for Windows XP. Same libfdk-aac.

I think I am past point of missing old internet. Just trying cling to past and not saying I am missing old internet wont going to help. There were also evil things there like "Only viewable on internet exploder 4 or worse" I admit I used to also fall into that. What is typical problem there is that you keep doing things you totally disagree with and keep saying it. Then one day it hit me. What if instead of trying clinging to past memories I bring past to current. Nobody says you must use Spotispy, or any other things. What if instead of just using what everyone else is using to communicate (whatsapp) or do other stuff you use what you want to use and can be used on systems you have. If you really hate smartphones you don't have to have one, you can get still basic handsets even if live in country where GSM is killed, they are cheap ones usually sold for elderly people. If you hate modern Windows don't use it. Use something like linux mint to do "modern" stuff like filling out tax card, doing banking etc then outside that use whatever system and OS you feel good at. There are many projects that makes them usable. For example Windows 98 can totally be used for tasks with help of Pidgin, Retrozilla 2.3, proper codecs, putty win32 legacy etc. And if you think all your friends will stop talking to you if change way then ask are they really your friends if they will end friendship at that point. Sure there are some limits for what can be considered tolerable. If you would say now I will only communicate with smoke signals then it would be understandable that they are upset. You might think I just lack any friends and I got handful of them only but they are good friends I talk almost daily or hang with whenever just can. Most "friends" I had were just burden to me. If work requires them then you use during working hours as you should always keep work and personal life separate. I use whatever phone and computer employer tells me to during hours my wage is running and when hours are filled I leave them at the office or if home switch off power until next shift. I do not do any of personal work on company laptop or phone since security and not wanting mix up my personal and work life. If you are being your own employer you should still separate work and personal devices for security reasons as having one of them compromised compromises both. As for the web, you don't have to make site that forces SSL, bot protection, requires complex CSS and scripting etc. You can make one very basic. Just don't fall into wannabe 90s geocities site trend. You do not want but million animated gifs and annoying embedded midis into your site or write it with Microsoft RuntPage. I hated those site back then and hate whenever I see one of them today. You should prefer minimalism and avoid going over HTML4 strict. Something like Mozilla composer with css disabled is good starting point if you suck at coding or just want streamline doing site and then just do small fixes by hand with text editor. World is not going to change is nobody does nothing and just sit on their a** and complain. It starts change by making difference yourself.

Yes: Microsoft Windows XP [versie 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\WINDOWS\system32>qjs -h QuickJS version 2025-09-13 usage: qjs [options] [file [args]] -h --help list options -e --eval EXPR evaluate EXPR -i --interactive go to interactive mode -m --module load as ES6 module (default=autodetect) --script load as ES6 script (default=autodetect) -I --include file include an additional file --std make 'std' and 'os' available to the loaded script -T --trace trace memory allocation -d --dump dump the memory usage stats --memory-limit n limit the memory usage to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --stack-size n limit the stack size to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --no-unhandled-rejection ignore unhandled promise rejections -s strip all the debug info --strip-source strip the source code -q --quit just instantiate the interpreter and quit [debug] Command-line config: ['-v'] [debug] User config "C:\Documents and Settings\Nico\Application Data\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['--rm-cache-dir', '--console-title', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs', '--add-metadata', '--embed-thumbnail', '--convert-thumbnails', 'jpg', '--ppa', 'ffmpeg:-metadata synopsis=""', '-o', '~/Bureaublad/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--sponsorblock-remove', 'all', '-N', '6'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out cp1252 (No VT), error cp1252 (No VT), screen cp1252 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.11.4 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 (OpenSSL 3.5.2 5 Aug 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-121254-g635cb4543f (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-121254-g635cb4543f, phantomjs 1.9.8 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1839 extractors Removing cache dir C:\Documents and Settings\Nico/.cache\yt-dlp ...

I had just completed my initial testing of your latest build on this old and under-resourced Vista SP2 32-bit laptop and, thankfully , I couldn't possibly reproduce your initial miserable qjs execution times ; FTR, this machine has a (2007-era) Intel Core2Duo T5250@1.50GHz CPU and 3GiB of DDR2 RAM; I used my stopwatch to time below yt-dlp command: yt-dlp_x86 --ies youtube --js-runtimes quickjs -vF "yrcIdXBwVww" and it actually took just 43s from when I clicked ENTER to full completion: [debug] Command-line config: ['--ies', 'youtube', '-vF', 'yrcIdXBwVww', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [debug] [youtube] [jsc] JS Challenge Providers: bun (unavailable), deno (unavailable), node (unavailable), quickjs [youtube] Extracting URL: yrcIdXBwVww [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading webpage [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv client config [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading player 25f1a420-main [debug] Saving youtube-sts.25f1a420-main to cache [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading web safari player API JSON [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver lib script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver core script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Running quickjs: qjs --script 'C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_d3itxv.js' [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [info] Available formats for yrcIdXBwVww: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH | FILESIZE TBR PROTO | VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sb3 mhtml 48x27 0 | mhtml | images storyboard sb2 mhtml 80x45 1 | mhtml | images storyboard sb1 mhtml 160x90 1 | mhtml | images storyboard sb0 mhtml 320x180 1 | mhtml | images storyboard 140 m4a audio only 2 | 3.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k medium, TV, m4a_dash 251 webm audio only 2 | 103.22KiB 4k https | audio only opus 4k 48k medium, TV, webm_dash 91 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 3.43MiB 123k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 WEB-S 160 mp4 256x144 30 | 801.69KiB 28k https | avc1.4d400c 28k video only 144p, TV, mp4_dash 278 webm 256x144 30 | 806.96KiB 28k https | vp9 28k video only 144p, TV, webm_dash 92 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 5.41MiB 195k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 WEB-S 133 mp4 426x240 30 | 1.47MiB 53k https | avc1.4d4015 53k video only 240p, TV, mp4_dash 242 webm 426x240 30 | 1.22MiB 44k https | vp9 44k video only 240p, TV, webm_dash 93 mp4 640x360 30 | ~ 11.03MiB 397k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 134 mp4 640x360 30 | 2.83MiB 102k https | avc1.4d401e 102k video only 360p, TV, mp4_dash 18 mp4 640x360 30 2 | 4.15MiB 149k https | avc1.42001E mp4a.40.2 22k 360p, TV 243 webm 640x360 30 | 2.36MiB 85k https | vp9 85k video only 360p, TV, webm_dash 94 mp4 854x480 30 | ~ 20.21MiB 728k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 135 mp4 854x480 30 | 4.91MiB 177k https | avc1.4d401f 177k video only 480p, TV, mp4_dash 244 webm 854x480 30 | 4.22MiB 152k https | vp9 152k video only 480p, TV, webm_dash 95 mp4 1280x720 30 | ~ 41.07MiB 1479k m3u8 | avc1.64001F mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 136 mp4 1280x720 30 | 10.33MiB 372k https | avc1.64001f 372k video only 720p, TV, mp4_dash 247 webm 1280x720 30 | 9.39MiB 338k https | vp9 338k video only 720p, TV, webm_dash 96 mp4 1920x1080 30 | ~ 81.20MiB 2923k m3u8 | avc1.640028 mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 137 mp4 1920x1080 30 | 20.18MiB 727k https | avc1.640028 727k video only 1080p, TV, mp4_dash 248 webm 1920x1080 30 | 16.53MiB 596k https | vp9 596k video only 1080p, TV, webm_dash 271 webm 2560x1440 30 | 41.46MiB 1494k https | vp9 1494k video only 1440p, TV, webm_dash Those 43s include the time the PyInst binary took to extract its content inside the %TEMP% folder of my Windows User Account ; and this was for the FIRST yt-dlp invocation, next ones took even less ; TL:DR: QuickJS is totally workable here, thanks a lot to you, to the yt-dlp devs and to a certain GitHub member (barracuda156) who actually "fought" to have QJS included as a supported external JS runtime! Below, an actual successful DL log: yt-dlp_x86 --ies youtube --js-runtimes quickjs -vf 140 "yrcIdXBwVww" [debug] Command-line config: ['--ies', 'youtube', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs', '-vf', '140', 'yrcIdXBwVww'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.0 (fdk,setts) [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [debug] [youtube] [jsc] JS Challenge Providers: bun (unavailable), deno (unavailable), node (unavailable), quickjs [youtube] Extracting URL: yrcIdXBwVww [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading webpage [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv client config [debug] Loading youtube-sts.6e4dbefe-main from cache [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading web safari player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading player 6e4dbefe-main [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver lib script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver core script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Running quickjs: qjs --script 'C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8kc1jvmr.js' [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [info] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading 1 format(s): 140 [debug] Invoking http downloader on "https://rr1---sn-4vguioxu-n3bz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1761596706&ei=woD_aJTNJ_eG0u8Psu7R0AE&ip=<redacted>&id=o-ABLy9SDAL9azDltc64Qry1Wjfc2T-ukUkgAK7YIGNBjU&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1761575106%2C&mh=e1&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4vguioxu-n3bz%2Csn-nv47lnsk&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=22&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=1093750&bui=AdEuB5S9H_ZLOx4DhWandbVVoE2T23TniDsH9dzuJWA1A2BTXilW4PS4MvJfCH8rm5PYm_rkKk1bNbUl&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=audio%2Fmp4&ns=3j_zEDpH1UcvQ1PnFTnBiuoQ&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=3769997&dur=232.896&lmt=1758938329553945&mt=1761574619&fvip=3&keepalive=yes&lmw=1&fexp=51557447%2C51565115%2C51565682%2C51580970&c=TVHTML5&sefc=1&txp=6208224&n=Uyc5Xoc53RETOw&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cbui%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cns%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRAIgYqAE1n3WKMewWR3MOnwuPURtZm5QnMnZlMtNJQaTmV0CIDbOyrrvXFyR2m1kUheTy_ik6DIXA9UXoZzbOs1ffk3a&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRQIgGZIroMcG7xUvn-eLhnLxe3FP_A-zu5lRB5wrz3pjoEoCIQChTmzqkvfj8R_MXFuYDQ5u9h56fAQdFtIm902IyqUrCg%3D%3D" [debug] File locking is not supported. Proceeding without locking [download] Destination: Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a [download] 100% of 3.60MiB in 00:00:04 at 782.66KiB/s [FixupM4a] Correcting container of "Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a" [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i "file:Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a" -map 0 -dn -ignore_unknown -c copy -f mp4 -movflags +faststart "file:Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].temp.m4a" ... Which is where I pointed people to in my previous post : So, does the latest QJS (32-bit) launch on WinXP SP3? FWIW, I don't like adding stuff to PATH unless I can't do otherwise; placing the qjs.exe (with its DLL dependency) adjacent to the yt-dlp_x86.exe binary was all it took here ... And a slight word of caution: Of the four external JS runtimes supported by yt-dlp, QJS is the least secure one ; it has no sandbox, needs to write to the host machine's TEMP dir and is subject to some exploits related to Temp files: https://github.com/coletdjnz/yt-dlp-wiki-dev/blob/ejs/EJS.md#notes-3 Myself, I'd ONLY invoke it from the cmdline when I need to use YT, not permanently enable it via a config setting; call me paranoid ... Kind regards.

Here is a test binary of yt-dlp for Windows XP: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/nltccona7wcnn3otd2ek2/yt-dlp_XP_test.7z?rlkey=8t2m3esh9hy671bkp1wg0xq6a Install Quickjs in your PATH and add `--js-runtimes quickjs` to your config.

My bad. I took the wrong one. Go here. Now it took 9 seconds to calculate. 😀️

... Indeed ; I still keep an old (2018) version of MABS on an external disk, I used that to "strip" the DLL, $ cd ~ $ strip "libfdk-aac-2.dll" and filesize was reduced from 2.11 MiB to 1.73 MiB (but still larger than the 1.34 MiB of the "xpmod-P4" variety ) ...

Either libfdk-aac library should work fine on Vista. The Windows 7 version was compiled with GCC 15 but it looks like I neglected to strip the file so it is larger than it needs to be. I will link a corrected file next time. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Breaking news: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404#issue-3444474002 https://bellard.org/quickjs/binary_releases/?C=M;O=D For my Vista SP2 32-bit laptop: https://bellard.org/quickjs/binary_releases/quickjs-win-i686-2025-09-13.zip ... and: qjs -h QuickJS version 2025-09-13 usage: qjs [options] [file [args]] -h --help list options -e --eval EXPR evaluate EXPR -i --interactive go to interactive mode -m --module load as ES6 module (default=autodetect) --script load as ES6 script (default=autodetect) -I --include file include an additional file --std make 'std' and 'os' available to the loaded script -T --trace trace memory allocation -d --dump dump the memory usage stats --memory-limit n limit the memory usage to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --stack-size n limit the stack size to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --no-unhandled-rejection ignore unhandled promise rejections -s strip all the debug info --strip-source strip the source code -q --quit just instantiate the interpreter and quit Though, this might still mean nothing, as I haven't gotten around to actually trying https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/14157 on this machine... Wiki (WIP): https://github.com/coletdjnz/yt-dlp-wiki-dev/blob/ejs/EJS.md

I tested the soon to be merged PR #14157 and it is already working. On Windows 7 Deno can't be used, but there is a Node.js fork that can do the same job. I used node-v20.19.2-win-x86.zip and extracted it to `C:\Bin\node` (add this to the PATH). Then compiled yt-dlp_x86 for Windows 7 from: https://github.com/Grub4K/yt-dlp/tree/feat/jsc-deno Added to the config file: --remote-components ejs:github --js-runtimes node --remote-components ejs:npm yt-dlp -F URL now gives lots of formats: [debug] Command-line config: ['-v', '-F', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XofX6d-z-w'] [debug] User config "C:\Users\Nico\AppData\Roaming\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['--rm-cache-dir', '--console-title', '-o', '~/Desktop/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--remote-components', 'ejs:github', '--js-runtimes', 'node', '--remote-components', 'ejs:npm', '--embed-thumbnail', '--add-metadata', '--convert-thumbnails', 'jpg', '--ppa', 'ffmpeg:-metadata synopsis=""', '--force-ipv4', '--sponsorblock-remove', 'all'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out cp1252 (No ANSI), error cp1252 (No ANSI), screen cp1252 (No ANSI) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.26 [a36fa2e26] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2025-10-19-dc39a57-ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers (fdk,setts), ffprobe git-2025-10-19-dc39a57-ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] JS runtimes: node-20.19.2 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1839 extractors Removing cache dir C:\Users\Nico/.cache\yt-dlp ... [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [debug] [youtube] [jsc] JS Challenge Providers: bun (unavailable), deno (unavailable), node [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XofX6d-z-w [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading webpage [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading tv client config [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading player 6e4dbefe-main [debug] Saving youtube-sts.6e4dbefe-main to cache [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading web safari player API JSON [youtube] [jsc:node] Downloading challenge solver lib script from https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/releases/download/0.2.1/yt.solver.lib.min.js [debug] Saving challenge-solver.lib to cache [debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Using challenge solver lib script v0.2.1 (source: web, variant: minified) [youtube] [jsc:node] Downloading challenge solver core script from https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs/releases/download/0.2.1/yt.solver.core.min.js [debug] Saving challenge-solver.core to cache [debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Using challenge solver core script v0.2.1 (source: web, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Running node: node --experimental-permission --no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning - [youtube] 4XofX6d-z-w: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [SponsorBlock] Fetching SponsorBlock segments [debug] SponsorBlock query: https://sponsor.ajay.app/api/skipSegments/747b?service=YouTube&categories=%5B%22filler%22%2C+%22intro%22%2C+%22music_offtopic%22%2C+%22preview%22%2C+%22outro%22%2C+%22interaction%22%2C+%22selfpromo%22%2C+%22sponsor%22%5D&actionTypes=%5B%22skip%22%2C+%22poi%22%2C+%22chapter%22%5D [SponsorBlock] Found 1 segments in the SponsorBlock database [info] Available formats for 4XofX6d-z-w: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH | FILESIZE TBR PROTO | VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sb3 mhtml 48x27 0 | mhtml | images storyboard sb2 mhtml 80x45 0 | mhtml | images storyboard sb1 mhtml 160x90 0 | mhtml | images storyboard sb0 mhtml 320x180 0 | mhtml | images storyboard 249-0 webm audio only 2 | 9.37MiB 51k https | audio only opus 51k 48k [fr-FR] French (FR), low, TV, webm_dash 249-1 webm audio only 2 | 9.37MiB 51k https | audio only opus 51k 48k [iw] Hebrew, low, TV, webm_dash 249-2 webm audio only 2 | 9.44MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [de-DE] German (DE), low, TV, webm_dash 249-3 webm audio only 2 | 9.47MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [nl-NL] Dutch (NL), low, TV, webm_dash 249-4 webm audio only 2 | 9.52MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [hi] Hindi, low, TV, webm_dash 249-5 webm audio only 2 | 9.55MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [ko] Korean, low, TV, webm_dash 249-6 webm audio only 2 | 9.55MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [pl] Polish, low, TV, webm_dash 249-7 webm audio only 2 | 9.57MiB 52k https | audio only opus 52k 48k [ru] Russian, low, TV, webm_dash 249-8 webm audio only 2 | 9.57MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [pt-BR] Portuguese (BR), low, TV, webm_dash 249-9 webm audio only 2 | 9.59MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [es-US] Spanish (US), low, TV, webm_dash 249-10 webm audio only 2 | 9.61MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [ar] Arabic, low, TV, webm_dash 249-11 webm audio only 2 | 9.61MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [pa] Punjabi, low, TV, webm_dash 249-12 webm audio only 2 | 9.62MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [id] Indonesian, low, TV, webm_dash 249-13 webm audio only 2 | 9.63MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [it] Italian, low, TV, webm_dash 249-14 webm audio only 2 | 9.63MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [uk] Ukrainian, low, TV, webm_dash 249-15 webm audio only 2 | 9.66MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [ja] Japanese, low, TV, webm_dash 249-16 webm audio only 2 | 9.67MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [ml] Malayalam, low, TV, webm_dash 249-17 webm audio only 2 | 9.68MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [bn] Bangla, low, TV, webm_dash 249-18 webm audio only 2 | 9.71MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [te] Telugu, low, TV, webm_dash 249-19 webm audio only 2 | 9.73MiB 53k https | audio only opus 53k 48k [ta] Tamil, low, TV, webm_dash 250-0 webm audio only 2 | 12.21MiB 67k https | audio only opus 67k 48k [iw] Hebrew, low, TV, webm_dash 250-1 webm audio only 2 | 12.22MiB 67k https | audio only opus 67k 48k [fr-FR] French (FR), low, TV, webm_dash 250-2 webm audio only 2 | 12.31MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [de-DE] German (DE), low, TV, webm_dash 250-3 webm audio only 2 | 12.35MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [nl-NL] Dutch (NL), low, TV, webm_dash 250-4 webm audio only 2 | 12.40MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [hi] Hindi, low, TV, webm_dash 250-5 webm audio only 2 | 12.45MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [ko] Korean, low, TV, webm_dash 250-6 webm audio only 2 | 12.46MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [pl] Polish, low, TV, webm_dash 250-7 webm audio only 2 | 12.47MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [pt-BR] Portuguese (BR), low, TV, webm_dash 250-8 webm audio only 2 | 12.47MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [ru] Russian, low, TV, webm_dash 250-9 webm audio only 2 | 12.48MiB 68k https | audio only opus 68k 48k [es-US] Spanish (US), low, TV, webm_dash 250-10 webm audio only 2 | 12.51MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [ar] Arabic, low, TV, webm_dash 250-11 webm audio only 2 | 12.52MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [pa] Punjabi, low, TV, webm_dash 250-12 webm audio only 2 | 12.54MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [id] Indonesian, low, TV, webm_dash 250-13 webm audio only 2 | 12.55MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [it] Italian, low, TV, webm_dash 250-14 webm audio only 2 | 12.55MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [uk] Ukrainian, low, TV, webm_dash 250-15 webm audio only 2 | 12.58MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [ja] Japanese, low, TV, webm_dash 250-16 webm audio only 2 | 12.60MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [bn] Bangla, low, TV, webm_dash 250-17 webm audio only 2 | 12.60MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [ml] Malayalam, low, TV, webm_dash 250-18 webm audio only 2 | 12.65MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [ta] Tamil, low, TV, webm_dash 250-19 webm audio only 2 | 12.65MiB 69k https | audio only opus 69k 48k [te] Telugu, low, TV, webm_dash 249-20 webm audio only 2 | 8.70MiB 48k https | audio only opus 48k 48k [en-US] English (US) original (default), low, TV, webm_dash 250-20 webm audio only 2 | 10.94MiB 60k https | audio only opus 60k 48k [en-US] English (US) original (default), low, TV, webm_dash 140-0 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [es-US] Spanish (US), medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-1 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [it] Italian, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-2 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ja] Japanese, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-3 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [pt-BR] Portuguese (BR), medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-4 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [te] Telugu, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-5 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ar] Arabic, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-6 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [bn] Bangla, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-7 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [de-DE] German (DE), medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-8 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [hi] Hindi, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-9 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [fr-FR] French (FR), medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-10 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [iw] Hebrew, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-11 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ml] Malayalam, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-12 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [nl-NL] Dutch (NL), medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-13 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [pa] Punjabi, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-14 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [pl] Polish, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-15 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ru] Russian, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-16 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [id] Indonesian, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-17 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ta] Tamil, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-18 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [uk] Ukrainian, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-19 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [ko] Korean, medium, TV, m4a_dash 140-20 m4a audio only 2 | 23.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [en-US] English (US) original (default), medium, TV, m4a_dash 251-0 webm audio only 2 | 23.74MiB 130k https | audio only opus 130k 48k [iw] Hebrew, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-1 webm audio only 2 | 23.79MiB 131k https | audio only opus 131k 48k [fr-FR] French (FR), medium, TV, webm_dash 251-2 webm audio only 2 | 23.99MiB 132k https | audio only opus 132k 48k [nl-NL] Dutch (NL), medium, TV, webm_dash 251-3 webm audio only 2 | 24.01MiB 132k https | audio only opus 132k 48k [de-DE] German (DE), medium, TV, webm_dash 251-4 webm audio only 2 | 24.09MiB 132k https | audio only opus 132k 48k [hi] Hindi, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-5 webm audio only 2 | 24.19MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [ko] Korean, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-6 webm audio only 2 | 24.21MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [pt-BR] Portuguese (BR), medium, TV, webm_dash 251-7 webm audio only 2 | 24.25MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [ru] Russian, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-8 webm audio only 2 | 24.27MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [es-US] Spanish (US), medium, TV, webm_dash 251-9 webm audio only 2 | 24.28MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [pl] Polish, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-10 webm audio only 2 | 24.31MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [ar] Arabic, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-11 webm audio only 2 | 24.32MiB 133k https | audio only opus 133k 48k [pa] Punjabi, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-12 webm audio only 2 | 24.40MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [id] Indonesian, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-13 webm audio only 2 | 24.41MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [uk] Ukrainian, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-14 webm audio only 2 | 24.41MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [ja] Japanese, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-15 webm audio only 2 | 24.43MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [it] Italian, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-16 webm audio only 2 | 24.43MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [bn] Bangla, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-17 webm audio only 2 | 24.50MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [ml] Malayalam, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-18 webm audio only 2 | 24.51MiB 134k https | audio only opus 134k 48k [ta] Tamil, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-19 webm audio only 2 | 24.61MiB 135k https | audio only opus 135k 48k [te] Telugu, medium, TV, webm_dash 251-20 webm audio only 2 | 23.49MiB 129k https | audio only opus 129k 48k [en-US] English (US) original (default), medium, TV, webm_dash 91-0 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.25MiB 171k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [pa] WEB-S 91-1 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 171k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [nl-NL] WEB-S 91-2 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 171k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [es-US] WEB-S 91-3 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 171k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [iw] WEB-S 91-4 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 171k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [te] WEB-S 91-5 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ja] WEB-S 91-6 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ru] WEB-S 91-7 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ar] WEB-S 91-8 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ta] WEB-S 91-9 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [pt-BR] WEB-S 91-10 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.26MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [hi] WEB-S 91-11 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [bn] WEB-S 91-12 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [de-DE] WEB-S 91-13 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [fr-FR] WEB-S 91-14 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [uk] WEB-S 91-15 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ko] WEB-S 91-16 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [pl] WEB-S 91-17 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [ml] WEB-S 91-18 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [en] WEB-S 91-19 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [id] WEB-S 91-20 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.28MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [it] WEB-S 91-21 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 31.27MiB 172k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 160 mp4 256x144 30 | 13.70MiB 75k https | avc1.4d400c 75k video only 144p, TV, mp4_dash 278 webm 256x144 30 | 13.57MiB 74k https | vp9 74k video only 144p, TV, webm_dash 394 mp4 256x144 30 | 11.90MiB 65k https | av01.0.00M.08 65k video only 144p, TV, mp4_dash 92-0 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [pa] WEB-S 92-1 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [nl-NL] WEB-S 92-2 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [es-US] WEB-S 92-3 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [iw] WEB-S 92-4 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [te] WEB-S 92-5 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ja] WEB-S 92-6 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.87MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ru] WEB-S 92-7 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ar] WEB-S 92-8 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ta] WEB-S 92-9 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [pt-BR] WEB-S 92-10 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [hi] WEB-S 92-11 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [bn] WEB-S 92-12 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [de-DE] WEB-S 92-13 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [fr-FR] WEB-S 92-14 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [uk] WEB-S 92-15 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ko] WEB-S 92-16 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [pl] WEB-S 92-17 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [ml] WEB-S 92-18 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [en] WEB-S 92-19 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.89MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [id] WEB-S 92-20 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.89MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [it] WEB-S 92-21 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 56.88MiB 312k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 133 mp4 426x240 30 | 33.34MiB 183k https | avc1.4d4015 183k video only 240p, TV, mp4_dash 242 webm 426x240 30 | 25.69MiB 141k https | vp9 141k video only 240p, TV, webm_dash 395 mp4 426x240 30 | 22.56MiB 124k https | av01.0.00M.08 124k video only 240p, TV, mp4_dash 93-0 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.94MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [en] WEB-S 93-1 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.94MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [iw] WEB-S 93-2 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.94MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [id] WEB-S 93-3 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.94MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ko] WEB-S 93-4 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.95MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [pa] WEB-S 93-5 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.95MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ru] WEB-S 93-6 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.95MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ar] WEB-S 93-7 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.95MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [it] WEB-S 93-8 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.95MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [de-DE] WEB-S 93-9 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.96MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [nl-NL] WEB-S 93-10 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.96MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ta] WEB-S 93-11 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.96MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [hi] WEB-S 93-12 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.96MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [bn] WEB-S 93-13 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.97MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [te] WEB-S 93-14 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.97MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [uk] WEB-S 93-15 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.97MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [pl] WEB-S 93-16 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.97MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ja] WEB-S 93-17 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.97MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [fr-FR] WEB-S 93-18 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.98MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [pt-BR] WEB-S 93-19 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.98MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [ml] WEB-S 93-20 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.99MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [es-US] WEB-S 93-21 mp4 640x360 30 | ~146.94MiB 806k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 134 mp4 640x360 30 | 76.20MiB 418k https | avc1.4d401e 418k video only 360p, TV, mp4_dash 18 mp4 640x360 30 2 | 132.03MiB 724k https | avc1.42001E mp4a.40.2 44k [en] 360p, TV 243 webm 640x360 30 | 66.31MiB 364k https | vp9 364k video only 360p, TV, webm_dash 396 mp4 640x360 30 | 49.69MiB 273k https | av01.0.01M.08 273k video only 360p, TV, mp4_dash 94-0 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.55MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [en] WEB-S 94-1 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [iw] WEB-S 94-2 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [id] WEB-S 94-3 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ko] WEB-S 94-4 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [pa] WEB-S 94-5 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ru] WEB-S 94-6 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.56MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ar] WEB-S 94-7 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.57MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [it] WEB-S 94-8 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.57MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [de-DE] WEB-S 94-9 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.57MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [nl-NL] WEB-S 94-10 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.57MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ta] WEB-S 94-11 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.58MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [hi] WEB-S 94-12 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.58MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [bn] WEB-S 94-13 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.58MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [te] WEB-S 94-14 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.58MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [uk] WEB-S 94-15 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.59MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [pl] WEB-S 94-16 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.59MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ja] WEB-S 94-17 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.59MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [fr-FR] WEB-S 94-18 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.59MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [pt-BR] WEB-S 94-19 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.60MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [ml] WEB-S 94-20 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.61MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [es-US] WEB-S 94-21 mp4 854x480 30 | ~249.55MiB 1369k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 135 mp4 854x480 30 | 128.00MiB 702k https | avc1.4d401f 702k video only 480p, TV, mp4_dash 244 webm 854x480 30 | 95.51MiB 524k https | vp9 524k video only 480p, TV, webm_dash 397 mp4 854x480 30 | 94.65MiB 519k https | av01.0.04M.08 519k video only 480p, TV, mp4_dash 136 mp4 1280x720 30 | 382.94MiB 2101k https | avc1.4d401f 2101k video only 720p, TV, mp4_dash 247 webm 1280x720 30 | 214.42MiB 1177k https | vp9 1177k video only 720p, TV, webm_dash 300-0 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.28MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [en] WEB-S 300-1 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [iw] WEB-S 300-2 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [id] WEB-S 300-3 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ko] WEB-S 300-4 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [pa] WEB-S 300-5 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ru] WEB-S 300-6 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ar] WEB-S 300-7 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.29MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [it] WEB-S 300-8 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.30MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [de-DE] WEB-S 300-9 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.30MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [nl-NL] WEB-S 300-10 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.30MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ta] WEB-S 300-11 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.31MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [hi] WEB-S 300-12 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.31MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [bn] WEB-S 300-13 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.31MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [te] WEB-S 300-14 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.31MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [uk] WEB-S 300-15 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.32MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [pl] WEB-S 300-16 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.32MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ja] WEB-S 300-17 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.32MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [fr-FR] WEB-S 300-18 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.32MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [pt-BR] WEB-S 300-19 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.32MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [ml] WEB-S 300-20 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.34MiB 4737k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [es-US] WEB-S 300-21 mp4 1280x720 60 | ~863.28MiB 4736k m3u8 | avc1.4D4020 mp4a.40.2 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 298 mp4 1280x720 60 | 618.86MiB 3396k https | avc1.4d4020 3396k video only 720p60, TV, mp4_dash 302 webm 1280x720 60 | 445.23MiB 2443k https | vp9 2443k video only 720p60, TV, webm_dash 398 mp4 1280x720 60 | 339.82MiB 1865k https | av01.0.08M.08 1865k video only 720p60, TV, mp4_dash 301-0 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [en] WEB-S 301-1 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [iw] WEB-S 301-2 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [id] WEB-S 301-3 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ko] WEB-S 301-4 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [pa] WEB-S 301-5 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ru] WEB-S 301-6 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ar] WEB-S 301-7 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [it] WEB-S 301-8 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [de-DE] WEB-S 301-9 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [nl-NL] WEB-S 301-10 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ta] WEB-S 301-11 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [hi] WEB-S 301-12 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [bn] WEB-S 301-13 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [te] WEB-S 301-14 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [uk] WEB-S 301-15 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [pl] WEB-S 301-16 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ja] WEB-S 301-17 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [fr-FR] WEB-S 301-18 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [pt-BR] WEB-S 301-19 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [ml] WEB-S 301-20 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8024k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [es-US] WEB-S 301-21 mp4 1920x1080 60 | ~ 1.43GiB 8023k m3u8 | avc1.64002A mp4a.40.2 [en-US] (default), WEB-S 299 mp4 1920x1080 60 | 1.05GiB 5873k https | avc1.64002a 5873k video only 1080p60, TV, mp4_dash 303 webm 1920x1080 60 | 873.95MiB 4795k https | vp9 4795k video only 1080p60, TV, webm_dash 399 mp4 1920x1080 60 | 652.52MiB 3580k https | av01.0.09M.08 3580k video only 1080p60, TV, mp4_dash 308 webm 2560x1440 60 | 2.29GiB 12883k https | vp9 12883k video only 1440p60, TV, webm_dash 400 mp4 2560x1440 60 | 1.15GiB 6439k https | av01.0.12M.08 6439k video only 1440p60, TV, mp4_dash Test binary here.

Some additional details : --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec I only have an Intel iGPU which H/W decodes MPEG-2 only, no external NVIDIA gfx card either, so I couldn't possibly use those inside FFmpeg ... --enable-mediafoundation Despite Vista SP2+Platform Update Supplement (PUS) having a working form of WMF, backported from Win7 and installed as a MS Update, I've found, via using other FFmpeg builds with that flag enabled, that I can't use the WMF encoders (h264/aac) in FFmpeg for transcoding purposes; probably this specific flag requires a Win7+ OS, where the WMF feature is fully matured ... --enable-d3d12va --enable-vulkan AFAIK, these both are not compatible with/offered on Vista SP2... --enable-libvpx --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libxavs --enable-libdav1d --enable-libaom --enable-librav1e I don't see myself using the encoder part of those video codecs on this specific, under-resourced, "vintage" 32-bit machine ; however, if the decoder part of any of them can't be substituted with a native FFmpeg implementation, then, I guess, it should stay (?) ... --enable-libmysofa Well. in RL scenarios I haven't had the need myself to use SOFA files with HRTF content, however, since this is related to acoustics (audio) and assuming it doesn't add much to binary filesize, I guess it can stay enabled/included after all ... Please, keep it enabled ; the native AAC encoder isn't fully, yet, on par with the Fraunhofer one (and, correct me if wrong, doesn't allow for HE-AACv1/v2 transcoding profiles); BTW, below: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414767-ffmpeg-7-0-1-and-Windows-7/page2#post2771491 I'm seeing archive "libfdk-aac-v2.0.3-158-gd8e6b1a-x86.7z" intended for Win7SP1_x86; this one affords a DLL much larger (2.10 MiB) than the DLL extracted from archive "libfdk-aac-2.0.3-158-d8e6b1a-win32-xpmod-P4.7z" (1.33 MiB) ; I've probed the former with DepWalker and it appears to be Vista-compatible, though I haven't yet used it in an audio transcoding job... In closing, I'm not the sole Vista user around here and if your Vista-compat FFmpeg offerings are to benefit a broader Vista+ community, then you can still include any external lib you see fit - I initially only requested a shared_x86 compile, my wish has been granted and I'm extremely grateful to you ! Kindest regards .

There are at least two dozen reports of this web site not working in New Moon, dating back to at least a year and a half ago.

Takes ages for them to fix uncommon codecs like gapless playback in audio files, E-AC-3 glitch. If it was a project focused on one codec the maintainer would work on it or declare it abandoned. When you transcode you have to explicitly supply an output bit depth. And of course the sheer size that you don't need for audio transcoding (expected about 200-500K). Since they don't fix bugs (that I care about), and I don't need the new video codecs, old ffmpeg 7 works just fine for me.

Thanks! Launches OK here: ffmpeg version N-121515-gdefd5f3f64-WINVISTA Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 15.2.0 (Rev8, Built by MSYS2 project) configuration: --disable-autodetect --enable-amf --enable-bzlib --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d12va --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-iconv --enable-lzma --enable-nvenc --enable-zlib --enable-sdl2 --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-mediafoundation --enable-gmp --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libaom --disable-debug --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-fontconfig --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-libshine --enable-avisynth --enable-libxvid --enable-libopenmpt --enable-librav1e --enable-libsrt --enable-libzmq --enable-libgsm --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libilbc --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libmodplug --enable-librubberband --enable-libxavs --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-libcodec2 --enable-ladspa --enable-vulkan --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libjxl --enable-libxeve --enable-libxevd --enable-libvvenc --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblc3 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libcelt --enable-lcms2 --enable-libdvdread --enable-libdvdnav --enable-liboapv --enable-libqrencode --enable-libquirc --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-version3 libavutil 60. 14.100 / 60. 14.100 libavcodec 62. 16.100 / 62. 16.100 libavformat 62. 6.101 / 62. 6.101 libavdevice 62. 2.100 / 62. 2.100 libavfilter 11. 9.100 / 11. 9.100 libswscale 9. 3.100 / 9. 3.100 libswresample 6. 2.100 / 6. 2.100 Universal media converter usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}... Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg' Some remarks: 1. The extracted .7z archive yields a folder sized 125 MiB, i.e. ca. 100 MiB less compared to using both static FFmpeg.exe+FFprobe.exe binaries ... 2. --enable-libfdk-aac : I take it this means I can still use the "libfdk-aac-2.dll" file from inside the "libfdk-aac-2.0.3-158-d8e6b1a-win32-xpmod-P4.7z" archive to enable that (non-free) audio encoder? 3. This is just an observation, but this build configuration still contains a lot of flags/libs either not applicable to my platform (e.g. --enable-d3d12va) or ones I'd never use myself: --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d12va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libvpx --enable-libdav1d --enable-libaom --enable-libmysofa --enable-librav1e --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libxavs --enable-vulkan But I see what you did there ; this is not tailored specifically to an old Vista SP2 32-bit machine with iGPU (Intel), but is a full-fledged compile (full set of libs/filters/etc.), with minimum OS requirement lowered to NT 6.0; all those extra libs can still be used efficiently on a more recent WinOS, with more powerful H/W ... 4. N-121515-gdefd5f3f64 : For those who prefer a slightly different git-versioning scheme, this is equal to n8.1-dev-891-git-2025-10-25-gdefd5f3 i.e. built from a master branch code snapshot (commit defd5f3) authored today, which is the 891st commit after tag "n8.1-dev" was cut ... Really impressive, am much obliged! The retrocomputing communities are in high need of altruistic persons such as yourself! Take the best of care...

Yes WS addressed that and the court case being dismissed. I have searched the WS Reddit page but all that has been pushed further back with newer questions and replies. From memory it was the fault of the company supplying the server. They were in the process at the time of changing servers over to a 'no logs' policy. Then the court case was thrown out this year. They have been growing in the last ten years, people seem to like the company. They still do offer 10 GB free every month on the free plan. That's why I signed up 5 years ago ... at the time they had a nice Win XP app which went away about 1 1/2 years later but people already signed up could still use Win XP for the 'free' or 'pro' service. https://old.reddit.com/r/Windscribe/ For newer computers you might want to check them out. Then I just came across another company that also offers free 10 GBs every month also but they have nothing for Win XP that I can find, but it may be of value for newer computers or phones. https://privadovpn.com/ Download Free VPN App for Windows Get 10GB of data for free every 30 days No payment details required, no strings attached, and no hoops to jump through PrivadoVPN is committed to protecting your privacy for free Is PrivadoVPN a no log VPN? Yes, we ensure that we never log browsing history, traffic destination, data content, IP addresses, or DNS queries. We encrypt all data over our VPN connections, and we do not inspect or record the contents of what you are viewing, browsing, or doing through the PrivadoVPN connections. Free VPN (10GB/month) | Unlimited Devices - PrivadoVPN https://privadovpn.com/freevpn/ So that may be another option for some people. I still like the Japan VPN that I mentioned in my first post. It sets up everything very easy and Win XP works very good plus in 2025 support for people still using Windows 98 SE can be a plus. Most of the servers are located in Japan but there are others scattered around other locations ... but most seem to be in Asia. ...

That used to be case back in day before Valtion Rautatiet/VR (Goverment Railroads) was turned into VR Group company. Since then price been going and reliability down. If you happen to live outside big zones after retirement of express trains and most of regional trades aside from those horrible DM12 you wont get anywhere, you pay intercity premium for intercity train going at express train schedule. Main selling point of intercity was that it would stop only at major cities while express train did on others and regional train did stops express train did not. problem is not so much about trains it is more about buying trains that are not suitable for harsh Finnish climate then doing own modification trying make them not fail, in case of DM12 add casing to keep ice out, but never clean then so leaves would build up and well these pictures tells enough... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Dm12_4412_14.5.2020_Otkes.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Dm12_4414_5.6.2021_Otkes.png that train was not even made by Finnish, it was made by Skoda. We did solid trains like DV12, DR16 or for commute traffic DM6/DM7 "lättähattu" but that was back when we had our own engineering.

The Internet has always been bad. The intent, from the beginning, was never in our best interest. What made it good, was us. That is where the issues seem to be coming from. The Internet is less "us" as users and more as "us" as members. The playground has a lot more rules. What is making the Internet worse, is the very invested interest in turning it into an eventually "required" public utility. Once "Zero Trust" technology is more fully integrated, into peoples lives, there won't be much left that allows people a "casual" life, without Internet access. Captcha,2FV, browser scrutiny checks, and gaming services requiring root access to your device, are all parts of easing the world into accepting the idea of secured devices and "state level" digital I.D. authentication. 90% of the world's Governments and 90% of the major tech sector are very openly "PRO" - "Zero Trust" services. We are surrounded by simple examples of this everywhere. For example, apps that won't install on devices that you yourself have administrative access to (rooted), age verification laws, China's voluntary Digital I.D. (is voluntary really voluntary, if you live in China), fraudulent student loans, fraudulent employment, a good supply of data breaches, deep fakes, cyber attacks..... it almost seems like an endless list of real good reasons, for "Zero Trust". So a "secured" device will equate to, a device that has "secured" your personal and legal potential/liability to the Internet and the device you are using. I hope I'm not coming off as in support of this; I don't care for it at all. I'm just putting it out there, and trying to express that this is no personal theory of mine. I think most people kinda suspected this was the intent for the future. But, for anyone interested, the term "Zero Trust" isn't mine. I think even light research could turn up the relevant information, to confirm what I have here laid out; just dig into "Zero Trust". I think that there is probably a good portion, of many societies, that would find this information comforting. It will come with all kinds of changes, that many will find pleasant. I'm just a freak that views life and societal life as two distinct things. Anything that makes it harder to realize that all society is imagined (and functionally upheld by mob-rule (like lines between nations) kinda bothers me. I kinda feel like Internet as a dependency is one of those things. Sadly, for me, I don't think there are many people left, that can understand the difference between life and societal life. When most question what their life is, most probably cannot identify much, outside of a societal context. This kind of self identity, is one of the reasons we are where we are. It is also the cause of a lot of major human emotional distress. We are provided/grown with mental pattern structurings, like low/high self esteem. At the very root, self esteem establishes the your value is measurable (almost certainly at a social level). That alone is a core fracture in the truth of your reality. No matter how you look, smell, are treated, etc., you will always be the most important person to yourself; and with that realization there can be no self-esteem. You have to be good enough for yourself, it is your "only" option. The interesting thing here is that such capacity to realize yourself, puts you in line with definitions for psychopathic and sociopathic traits. It becomes clear why, when you realize that psychological health standards are set via sociology (social psychology). So, you are not a healthy member of society, if you see your self as a "singular" individual. You are psychologically healthy (for the whole) when you see yourself as an individual/member of the whole. To wax on this a little longer, there was a study about mice living in mazes, having observed two primary types of mouse reactions, to it. In one, the mice would establish habits of feeding, drinking, and grooming, well adapted to the construct of the maze. One note of interest, is that they began to groom quite constantly. The observing scientist nick-named the group "The Beautiful Ones". In the other, reaction, the mice were excessively focused with escaping the maze. Many were so concerned with escape, that they did not eat or drink; eventually perishing. This excessive grooming is masturbatory (psychological, not sexual). This masturbatory compulsion, for us, is the result of self identification within societal life. In other words, our natural patterns are replaced with ones provided to us. Any pride, opinion, psychological insecurity, and most identity traits, are completely masturbatory (pleasing/displeasing ourselves by the imagining of ourselves). I'm not saying I prefer chasing each other around with rocks, as we fight over the last fig. I just think it is a good and honest context, for understanding the aforementioned topic(s). Anyway, glad to see people resisting cellular payments. Maybe, with your help, it is something I don't have to try finding a way around from, for another handful of years.

Oh NICE, thank you, yes they do work! Tbh, i simply ignored them until now, as the plain yt-dlp executable always did the job. Edit: Now, as i wanted to copy/deploy Python-3.12.5 from my dev-disk to the main System i discovered, that i didn't only ,brew' the executable (of about 36MB) but also an additional Python-3.12 folder in /usr/local/lib - of about 287 MB! So i decide to utilize this (now even more appreciated) Py-integrated version in the nearer future. And i'm wondering a bit, how the new XP-Version can be so small in size!

For the latest version of yt-dlp (2025.10.23) i had to update even my oldstable Debian 11 system (from 3.9 to 3.12.5 - as described nicely here). A little bit complicated and CPU-intense, but it seems to work: yt videos now downloading again without the 403/permission error. Cordial thanks @nicolaasjan and all the other developers!

@VistaLover The Windows 7 builds are the only ones I had published until posting in this thread. I also have Vista specific builds locally as I still run Vista x64. If you are not looking for a shared build of the XP version, I may be able to put something together in a 32-bit shared configuration that targets Vista. If you are willing to test? This would be XP incompatible, so Vista and up.

You are no novice user, so I assume most common questions aren't needed. For the sake of any novice, reading this thread, if you type C:\EXIT nothing happens? What happens if you use ahciwrap.sys or GCDROM.SYS? That may help eliminate that the issue is specific to rloew's driver. I'm not a huge user of cd-roms "in any O.S." with that said, the error exposes that the driver's disc filesystem functionality is blocked/unavailable; or now unable to recognize the data it observes it. Maybe, it could be the use of an updated UDF filesystem or other updates/patches; perhaps to the bit access of the drives and their controllers. A change/patch, when Windows loads, may be keeping something persistent, at the hardware level, in so doing "maybe" preventing the media from being recognized; after returning to DOS. I do think my reply is a placeholder, until someone else comes along. But you never know, as you are a competent user, maybe something here will help trigger a thought of your own. Looking forward to seeing this pan out for you.

In the case of ffmpeg, as I use for more purposes, I use upx to reduce the disk size to around 50% on each file. In terms of run time, it doesn't make to work slower. Give it a try: https://upx.github.io/ (Don't worry to use old versions, I use an old 3.x)

It doesn't happen in my Win10's either! *ALL* (minus a garage laptop for tuning turbo engines) of my computers now run Win10. They *ALL* ran XP as recently as only two years ago. THEY ALL PERFORM LEAPS AND BOUNDS *BETTER* ON 10 THAN THEY DID ON XP !!! But a "debloated" 10, obviously. And I'm talking real quantifiable metrics, not some "gut feeling placebo effect". BUT they are *all* stuck at Win10 21H2. At least until the day I can "debloat" newer to also perform BETTER THAN XP. All (except one) of my computers are 15yrs old or older. Granted, that one exception is less than 2yrs old, but it too runs Win10 21H2 (and gets an ocassional Linux every once in a while, only to return to Win10).

Yes, this is a known issue (#14680)... They are working hard to implement some sort of a fix. It could be a challenge to get Deno working on Windows 7, however. On Windows 7 64bit, I have Deno 1.27.0 working. But there are no 32bit builds (as far as I know)...

Is this of any help? https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24434039/RECOVER-LANGUAGE-BAR-IN-VISTA-DELETED-FROM-TOOLBARS-LIST.html

@Monroe For simple things ,where a no logging policy does not be of any interest, free VPN services may be used. BTW, VPNBook is another one. However, I personally prefer paid VPN services. Luckily, I own several lifetime licenses which have been working for years. Even though not all their servers can be used under Windows XP due to modern protocols, my VPN providers still offer older connection protocols on some servers as I prefer the L2TP/IPSec or in second place the PPTP protocol under Windows XP. Unfortunately, OpenVPN puts too much strain on my system.

No, both yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe versions were built on Windows 10 64bit with 32bit Python. yt-dlp_win7.exe (and zipped) versions are built on Windows 7 64bit with 64bit Python. I think so. 🤔 Yes. And it was built with 3dyd's PyInstaller 6.15.0.

Hello, I have found a small issue in that the taskbar becomes transparent when performing an Nvidia graphics driver update. After the update I have to right click the taskbar > properties then switch it to another style and back again to make the taskbar theme apply again. Not a huge issue but would be nice if it didn't happen Thank you

Biggest problem I had with cash was with self service stations which unfortunately happens to be popular when you live in middle of nowhere. I prefer to fuel up when on more populated areas but I got thirsty SAAB B201 (8l/100km highway 12l/100km town due automatic) engine on my 900 and when doing very very long trips I do need refuel on self service. I keep debit card with me for that reason. Maybe I am not doing too much buying aside from groceries and other basic necessities and it is not problem to me. Car parts well aside from ignition parts, fresh oil yearly and every 5 year or so new ball joint/cv shaft/etc due roads being in wonderful condition I don't need. Stuff I ever done in car workshop I had one ex saab mechanic taking care of it and he accepts cash. Only thing I order online are spare parts for car, computers etc, since when living in middle of nowhere there are zero stores to get them but for reason I cant explain multiple fashion stores... Also you cant pay with cash on most of public transport but I rarely use them. Over the years I only had few train trips some of which I did not even pay myself. Trains are very expensive here and unreliable anyway they buy fancy locos then don't maintain them and then you are left stuck in middle of nowhere. Or even worse they catch fire like DM12 been doing quite lot due poor maintenance and design flaws. I think most are not in lucky situation as I do to avoid those options and it kinda sucks. Bigger the town is less choice you have for anything. How about embedded midis? Or even worse embedded wav file. Those freaked me out when some random midi began blast out out of silence. To add insult to injury some wannabe 90s website guys added those midis to their sites. Also don't get me started on animated GIFS Funny I never seen them either despite not having that script. Well my browser is hardened to max so that might be why. That is useful script though for those sites that embed them differently. Thanks for linking it.

@Dave-H What about the 5 missing certificates under Intermediate Certification Authorities? You didn't mention it. In the next days I'll post another very interesting solution to fix your problem. I still have to work it out a bit. Of course if turning back time doesn't help! Now I'll go to bed. Cheers!

Don't be afraid. I use Autoruns since 1995. It's from Sysinternals i.e. from Microsoft. It's totally safe. And there is nothing to install, it's portable. Make exclusions to Malwarebytes!

I didn't say you should uninstall Malwarebytes I suggested to deactivate all autostart components and services by using Sysinternals Autoruns (portable tool, lists all autostart entries) with the effect that after restarting no module of Malwarebytes is in RAM any longer. This can be reverted easily without harming your installation. Only a few clicks. Due to your Windows Firewall here another screenshot of my ICMP-Settings: https://imgur.com/9iqJdDP And your are right either your error code is caused by SSL problems reading certificates or unsuitable settings in your system. And you see we have already found a lot. Here I've uploaded for you the latest XP compatible version of Autoruns. More recent versions don't run under XP. https://www.mediafire.com/file/m4b2khdjjjfvlic/Autoruns_v13.98.zip/file

@Dave-H Maybe BTRST - The Braintrust Token? The Braintrust Token is an ERC-20 token issued on the Ethereum blockchain network by the Braintrust Technology Foundation, a nonprofit foundation. Perhaps you had got some adware in the past but anyway. Backup your user agent if needed in the future and set it back to original one just for testing purpose! Or use an addon to manage user agent strings! Here a link: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18450/change-the-user-agent-string-in-internet-explorer-8/ And what about item 7 of our list?

@Dave-H I totally agree to @maile3241. You have to uninstall Chrome Frame for testing purpose. I do not have Chrome Frame installed in my system. And restore your original user agent (maybe Chrome Frame is the causer). Maybe it is another version of IE or screenshot taken from Win 2000. So it doesn't matter. In Internet Explorer 8 it is labeled "Internet Options".

This thread is a little bit confusing especially for people looking for help. So I have made a complete guide with all tips and steps which have to be performed to restore access to Microsoft Update web site and are working for me. Of course at your own risk without any guarantee! And just to clarify: I am not the author or contributor of these patches and tools. I am a user and have examined my problems while restoring MU in Windows XP. This guide is the result of my examinations to help other users. Of course I did some modifications due to the fact that some patches don't work properly or something is missing. If you want improvements of these tools and patches, please contact the authors! Complete guide for restoring Microsoft Update in IE To be successful in restoring of access to MU web site, you have to keep the order of following steps. Please, do not change this order! 1. Check BIOS and Windows date and time incl. correct time zone. Perform a time sync! 2. If you have used "WSUS server" in combination with "WUMT" in the past remove it completely by "Remove_wsus.cmd". This batch file does not work properly, so you have to remove this registry key manually: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate. You can let "Remove_wsus.cmd" perform this by adding following line (without quotes): "reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f". Start Automatic Update service. In system panel Automatic Update may not be shown greyed out. 3. Go to Windows Services. Three system services are absolutely important for MU: bits, wuauserv and cryptsvc. These services should have been started and set to automatic. 4. Configure Internet Explorer. Internet Zone to standard, Trusted Zone to high with only these three urls related to MU: http://www.update.microsoft.com, https://www.update.microsoft.com and http://update.microsoft.com. Credits to @maile3241 and @AstroSkipper. Go to Internet Explorer Options, Advanced. Check if TLS 1.2 is enabled. Uncheck entry "Check for server certificate revocation". 5. Before installing updates apply "PosReady.reg" if not already done. 6. Install these four updates KB4467770, KB4019276, KB4493435, KB942288-V3. Credits to @maile3241. 7. Apply "Tls 1.2.reg". Credits to @maile3241 8. Execute "rootsupd.exe". 9. Install the latest Windows Update Agent 7.6. It's version 7.6.7600.256. Download link: http://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe 10. Install "ProxHTTPSProxy". Download link: https://i430vx.net/files/XP/ProxHTTPSProxyMII_REV3d_PY344.7z, credits to @heinoganda. Here you have to edit the config file "config.ini". Under section [SSL No-Verify] I added fe2.update.microsoft.com and deleted update.microsoft.com under sections [SSL Pass-Thru] and [BYPASS URL]. This is working for me. 11. Download and install one of these packages: an English all in one version, credits to @Windows7fan from MDL, @xpandvistafan, @maile3241 and @AstroSkipper from MSFN: https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1z5NGORov8OS7iBkoFVsvWOTOE1_LCjoQ&export=download or a German all in one version, based on version above, modified and updated by @AstroSkipper: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0y1zmwv8z4lch9s/Restore_WU_XP_DE.7z/file. Credits to @Windows7fan from MDL, of course. Here you have to check if "install.cmd" did its job properly i.e. all commands in "install.cmd" should have been performed completely. Additionally you have to verify the existence of patched "wuaueng.dll" in both folders system32 and system32\dllcache in form of a binary comparison.. Be aware of SFC which tries to restore an original old version of this file! After patching restart your computer and recheck! Verify if really all registry entries have been added.i All bold files mentioned here are in these all in one versions included. They can be installed manually (all registry entries of "install.cmd" have to be added manually too) or automatically by applying "install.cmd". 12. If you have problems in configuring ProxHTTPSProxy, or you get error code 0x80072f8f while trying to access MU web site, have a look in my thread: 13. Use "CAupdater" or "Certificate Updater 1.6" to update your root certificates. Download link of Certificate Updater 1.6 can be found here: 14. If the button "Check for updates" doesn't work on MU, close Internet Explorer, open MU from Start Menu again and in most cases it will load successfully. 15. If you have a fresh installation or a reinstallation of Windows XP, it seems to be necessary to install MU ActiveX Control manually because it won't be downloaded automatically any longer. Without any confirmation by me (no opportunity to check it), here is a guide how you can do that. Credits to @maile3241: 16. If on MU web page error code 0x80072F78 appears, turn off your firewall temporarily. If MU is working now, add the program "wuauClt.exe" into the exception list of your firewall and turn your firewall back on. In any case ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy must not be blocked by your firewall. Same for Internet Explorer, of course. If on MU web page other error codes appear, rename the windows folder "SoftwareDistribution" to "SoftwareDistribution.old" and let MU generate a fresh one. Maybe you have to disable a "HTTPS scanning" feature of your security software temporarily or make exclusions for MU related sites. 17. Do not use the same "DataStore.edb" in "SoftwareDistribution" for WSUS server/WUMT and MU web version. I have two DataStore.edb files, one for WSUS server and one for MU. One for all doesn't work in my system. 18. Use only http-links to open MU in IE. Direct link is http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en or http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en&g_sconsumersite=1 19. MU is only working if ProxHTTPSProxy is enabled. 20. For testing I add a link of my working ProxHTTPSProxy's config.ini: https://www.mediafire.com/file/vr1klatuzjh6v5c/ProxHTTPSProxy_-_config.ini/file 21. If completing all of these steps didn't help you at all, even after repeated execution, you may have a rather general problem relating to MU in your Windows XP installation. In this case you can try to manually reset Windows Update components. Here is my post how you can do that: After that kind of reset I recommend to perform all steps once again (from step 1 to 20 inclusive). Of course, some steps won't be necessary any more but checking which to perform or not will cost a lot of time, therefore senseless. Although I am not a friend of automatisms, I also offer a tool here to perform this reset of Microsoft or Windows Update automatically. Anyway, I recommend to backup your system partition completely at first. This tool called Reset Windows Update Tool (Script) is said to be working properly, but it has not been tested by me, so no guarantee of success and use at your own risk. The last XP compatible version is 10.5.3.7: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k48ll6e41eypogy/ResetWUEng10.5.3.7.zip/file and a less recent version 10.5.3.4 with a help file included: https://www.mediafire.com/file/wl0yrq98me8dfkj/ResetWUEng10.5.3.4.zip/file 22. If unfortunately none of all these 21 steps helped you, then you should presumably think about a complete reinstallation of Windows XP. I did all these steps (except steps 21 and 22) and for me MU is working flawlessly in my Windows XP Professional system. For further detailed instructions and missing files perform a search in this thread and enjoy the screenshots we all have uploaded! If you enjoyed this guide or maybe you found it interesting and helpful, I would be pleased about any reaction by liking or upvoting. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper PS: This guide will no longer be maintained. It will stay here just for historical purpose. The new, maintained and up-to-date version can be found here:

I know but in my system it didn't work. Either I have to disable sfc or I have to cut off sfc fetching an old wuaueng.dll file from \i386. I have an imaging system for backing up partitions so I am glad to disable sfc. No old system files anymore without my permission!

@maile3241 The cmd file is a batch file. You can add in first line a path command for example "path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\" or "set path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\", If you add more than one path you have to separate by semicolon e. g. "path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\; c:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\". In Windows XP you can set global paths. Look here: https://cs.calvin.edu/courses/cs/112/resources/installingEclipse/path/

@maile3241 Once more, thanks for your great help! Glad it works for you too and I could help a bit. It wasn't easy to find the cause of my error codes (I had a lot of them) but my guess to edit config.ini of HTTPSProxy was correct. I have checked a lot of registry entries and files. Now I have tested Microsoft Update site several times and it works flawlessly. It found one update missing and I could install it from there. See my screenshot https://imgur.com/oAO72vT

Hello to all. First thanks all for your help! I've examined what was going wrong in my system. I found out that the patch in Restore_WU_XP_2003.7z didn't work in my system due to system file protection. The file wuaueng.dll was replaced by sfc. So I patched my sfc_os.dll in folder system32 to disable sfc. Here is a working instruction: After that patching I put the patched sfc_os.dll in both folder system32 and system32\dllcache. Now I was able to copy manually wuaueng.dll in both folders. But that was not enough. To get Microsoft Update working you have to edit config.ini in ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy shown in my screenshot. Now it works and I can use Microsoft Update in my Internet Explorer. See my screenshot! https://imgur.com/CmN76Au https://imgur.com/re8X4cH

Well, I did all steps without any success. I tried ProxHTTPSProxy instead of HTTPSProxy, imported ca.cert and so on. I get different error codes dependent on entries in ProxHTTPSProxy's config.ini. @xpandvistafan Did you change these settings? What am I missing?

@Raupinator I am german and interested in a german installer of Microsoft Security Essentials 4.4.304 you offered some posts above. Can you provide a download link? Thanks in advance