AstroSkipper

Pre-release of ytBATCH for Windows XP - A fork of ytBATCH by AstroSkipper ytBATCH is a YouTube video and music downloader script (actually rather a batch script ensemble) developed by eppic on GitHub: https://github.com/eppic/ytBATCH. Therefore, credits to eppic for his great work! Unfortunately, the original ytBATCH is not compatible with Windows XP as it uses more recent versions of youtube-dl and yt-dlp, and even failed to download any of these releases under Windows XP due to commands which do not work under this OS. Additionally, it needs ffmpeg which can't be downloaded any longer by this script, either. I changed and added a lot of code inside the batch files of this script ensemble to get it working under Windows XP. For this purpose, I implemented the use of youtube-dl and yt-dlp releases created by @nicolaasjan which will now automatically be downloaded by ytBATCH and updated when needed. At this point, logically credits to @nicolaasjan for his great releases! Furthermore, I implemented the last ffmpeg release in version 7.1-2362 created by @Reino which will now also automatically be downloaded by my ytBATCH fork. And therefore, credits to @Reino for his great releases! An updating of this version by ytBATCH is not needed as @Reino unfortunately abandoned creating XP-compatible ffmpeg releases. To make the download of these files by ytBATCH working again under Windows XP, I added the last XP-compatible version of wget to this package. Additionally, I inserted the 7-Zip command line tool in my package for unpacking the downloaded files. When starting the original ytBATCH script, another issue happens under Windows XP. The script needs the DOS command CHOICE which is not part of ytBATCH and doesn't exist under Windows XP by default. At least, it is the case on my Windows XP installation. Therefore, I added the choice.com file to this package. All in all, I changed many different things but now, ytBATCH is working fine under Windows XP. The advantages of ytBATCH are the low consumption of resources, the high download speed, the custom settings such as preselecting the video and audio formats, their quality, the download of subtitles, the embedding of metadata and thumbnails and so on, and most notably the possibility of adding command line options to youtube-dl or yt-dlp which all can be saved inside ytBATCH. I personally love this script ensemble which can be modified to the needs of the users at any time since batch scripts are fully editable. I rebranded my fork of ytBATCH and called it ytBATCH for Windows XP. Most probably, it will also run under other OSes like Windows Vista or Windows 7 but I didn't test it. The current version of my fork is based on the latest ytBATCH version 2.9.2. Here are some screenshots: And here is the download link for the pre-release of ytBATCH for Windows XP 1.0 (aka 2.9.2): https://www.mediafire.com/file/6c9hfkfpiwextf0/ytBATCH_for_Windows_XP_2.9.2.7z/file The use of ytBATCH for Windows XP is actually self-explanatory and well documented on ytBATCH's homepage: https://github.com/eppic/ytBATCH. Extract the downloaded archive file to a location of your choice and start the ytBATCH.bat file located in the main folder. A prompt appears asking to install ytBATCH. You can now either install ytBATCH to AppData and generate a shortcut or keep ytBATCH as a portable programme. I personally prefer the latter. The download of all necessary files will then automatically start. All files will be unpacked and saved in a freshly created exe subfolder. I have to mention at this point that the user of such scripts should not only be able to click with the mouse. This script is mainly controlled by the keyboard. Solely the YouTube link to be downloaded can also be inserted using the mouse. My recommendation is to check all options inside this script by pressing corresponding keys to set it optimally. I did that, and it works simply great, especially on my old, weak computer. To make even better use of it, you should be a bit familiar with youtube-dl and yt-dlp. The latter is documented in detail on its homepage https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp. Any opinions, questions or experiences on my fork are of course welcome here in my thread. If you encounter any issues with my fork, please post it only here and not on GitHub! This fork is unofficial and not supported on GitHub. In any case, I hope ytBATCH for Windows XP can be useful for YouTube users under Windows XP. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper P.S.1: If ytBATCH should be updated on GitHub at some point (the last update was in June of 2022), you are well advised not to perform such an update, as otherwise all my changes would be overwritten, and ytBATCH for Windows XP would become non-functional under Windows XP. To be honest, there is no reason for such an update under Windows XP. Maybe, I will deactivate this function in ytBATCH for Windows XP in general in a further release. P.S.2: I have changed the version number assignment. Consider my pre-release ytBATCH for Windows XP 2.9.2 as version 1.0! This means: ytBATCH for Windows XP 2.9.2 = ytBATCH for Windows XP 1.0.

That's why I do not get any security warnings when opening the Add-ons Manager :

You are absolutely right. If any security patches can be applied by @feodor2, then this should be done in any case. Of course, one should also be aware that activating user scripts or using certain hacks has unfortunately a negative impact on the security of Mypal 68. I, for example, use both. But I also know what I'm doing.

Updating the embedded root certificates of Mypal 68 is of course a very good idea and important for using this browser in the future.

Very strange. Never had any crashes with this release. All Python related modules were ported by me from @cmalex's ProxyMII (20220717) release. Check my main article under the sections 8.3.1 and 9.3! As I said, no problems here with these releases on my Windows XP computer. And you are the very first who reported such issues Did you install it by following my instructions? Maybe, you should completely remove it and perform a reinstallation. Is there anything else in your system which might interfere with the Python modules?

Very interesting investigation! It's about time we took a closer look at these social media platforms. And especially those like X/Twitter, whose misuse urgently needs to be exposed. I hope that European law and national law will be sufficient to put a stop to such platforms.

Alright! I must have mixed it up. Sorry for that! BTW, my other Windows XP computer is equipped exactly with this CPU on an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard. And it's still alive.

Why do I report here in terms of my ytBatch for Windows XP mod? I have decided to make my mod available for all users. Since YouTube Downloaders compatible with Windows XP are rather rare and ytBatch is simply great, everyone should be able to download YouTube video or audio files in Windows XP. Especially when such great releases are made available by @nicolaasjan. Everything can be set in ytBatch for a very individualised media download. And ytBatch is very light in consuming resources and very fast. When my test phase is finished, I will publish ytBatch for Windows XP here in this thread. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper

FYI, an update check of @Reino's ffmpeg SSE release is not necessary in ytBatch since his ffmpeg 7.1-2362 SSE release is the very last one. Unfortunately, his old Pentium 3 SSE AMD Athlon XP 3200+ computer has died which prompted him to stop creating new releases. This can be read here: https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=2014523#post2014523 Therefore, my ytBatch for Windows XP mod downloads this last ffmpeg 7.1-2362 SSE release if it does not exist, and that was it. All that means ytBatch for Windows XP only looks for updates in terms of itself and @nicolaasjan's yt-dlp/youtube-dl releases if triggered by the user. However, an update of ytBatch for Windows XP itself should only be done manually otherwise my modifications will be overwritten mercilessly.

I removed in all batch files the PowerShell commands for downloading and extracting the yt-dlp, youtube-dl and ffmpeg archive files. As a replacement, I added wget.exe for downloading your releases respectively @Reino's release and 7z.exe for extracting the downloaded archive files. Then, I rewrote the corresponding code in different batch files. Now, all batch files for updating work again under Windows XP. The yt-dlp, youtube-dl and ffmpeg archive files are downloaded, extracted and then removed including all unwanted files. So, your yt-dlp can be checked by the -U option at any time. After checking for updates, I added an option to decide whether an update of the yt-dlp file or the youtube-dl file should be carried out or not. Now, everything is running the way I wanted it to. Project finished.

I removed in all batch files the PowerShell commands for downloading and extracting the yt-dlp, youtube-dl and ffmpeg archive files. As a replacement, I added wget.exe for downloading your releases respectively @Reino's release and 7z.exe for extracting the downloaded archive files. Then, I rewrote the corresponding code in different batch files. Now, all batch files for updating work again under Windows XP. The yt-dlp, youtube-dl and ffmpeg archive files are downloaded, extracted and then removed including all unwanted files. So, your yt-dlp or youtube-dl can be checked by the -U option at any time.

I also used the Open With extension in the past. It is indeed a nice extension. ytBATCH is not only one batch file but a couple of batch files. I changed the code of some batch files to avoid PowerShell commands which do not work under Windows XP. Now, ytBATCH is able to download the most recent versions of @nicolaasjan's yt-dlp and youtube-dl releases, and @Reino's last ffmpeg release, by itself. And here ytBatch's Preferences: And this is the main window where a command or the YouTube link has to be entered: This script collection is cool.

On GitHub, I found a nice Batch Script for downloading Audio and Video using yt-dlp or youtube-dl and ffmpeg. It is called ytBATCH. I have already configured it to my needs, and it works great under Windows XP. Whatever yt-dlp option is needed can be easily added to a config file. All preferences which have been set inside ytBatch are stored in config files. Once, all has been adjusted, you only need to insert the YT-link and to select V for Video or A for Audio. Then the file will be immediately downloaded. I use the script with @nicolaasjan's yt-dlp/youtube-dl releases and @Reino's last ffmpeg release. Now, my downloaded video and audio files also contain a thumbnail and metadata.

If you can't click it, then it's broken ... That's the problem when total convenience has taken hold, knowledge does no longer exist and thinking is far too strenuous. And modern operating systems, which do everything for the user, including AI, are also responsible for users' ignorance.

If you try the option --config-locations "c:\\Portable\\3D Youtube Downloader\\yt-dlp\\config.txt" then there is no error about "unknown escape sequence" but I didn't get a thumbnail, either. You may report to the developer that the extra arguments do not have any effects.

DreamMail Pro - Update information! DreamMail Pro has been updated again and is now available in version 6.7.1.8. It is still XP-compatible, and the development is ongoing! I have not been able to find a version history on their homepage. Therefore, I generated an official version history translated to English and provide it here: And here is the download link of DreamMail Pro 6.7.1.8: https://download.cy-email.cn/dmpro_setup6.7.1.8.exe To force the updated installer of DreamMail Pro 6.7.1.8 to use English instead of Chinese as the installer language, I updated again my small loader that does this when it calls up the setup program. It must be executed in the same directory in which the setup file is located with its original file name dmpro_setup6.7.1.8.exe. Here is the download link of my loader Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6718.exe: https://www.mediafire.com/file/7qb6k0l2lohhse1/Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6718.7z/file Although some virus scanners detect this file as malicious, it is just a false-positive as always. Use my loader to force an English install, only if you trust me, of course! Cheers, AstroSkipper

You're welcome. What I like about DreamMail Pro is that they still seem to maintain compatibility with Windows XP. This is rarely the case these days.

And what about that? Did you already try to insert your custom argument there? You can get there by clicking on Options in the main window.

The last Thorium update for Windows XP was in June 2024. That was almost 9 months ago. Has the Thorium Legacy project been cancelled?

Additionally, I filled my second post in this thread with some recommendations for YouTube Downloaders still working under Windows XP (and presumably under Windows Vista, too) and updated the content. Originally, I posted it in @roytam1's browser thread and created this thread short time later. Now, it is in the right place to find it quickly if necessary. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Great news about 3D Youtube Downloader 3D Youtube Downloader has been updated to the version 1.22.2. Starting with this version or one before, this downloader now uses the awesome yt-dlp provided by @nicolaasjan. Unfortunately, they forgot to add some credits to him and a link to his GitHub page. That is a no-go and has of course to be corrected as soon as possible. Because the same applies as always: Honor to whom honor is due. At this point, I say once again thanks to @nicolaasjan! Cheers, AstroSkipper

My comment is not off-topic but yours is as usual. I was talking about over-protected websites which do not work in Mypal 68 and which I consider as pure harassments for their potential users. And if you have no idea about Europe and Germany, then you should rather keep silent. That means do not spread such nonsense! BTW, extremly high crime rates are the hallmark of America where everyone owns firearms. In your country, even the teachers are supposed to be armed instead of doing something about the mental impoverishment of the youth in your country. The others can no longer be helped anyway. But long off-topic short. You should not pollute a thread which is about a browser you do not even use.

And they should sit on their property until they grow mould. My recommendation is to avoid such websites in general. You don't have to put up with such filth. And I would never visit your "Homeowner B" either.

The owner of the website determines what level of "protection" is used, not Cloudflare. Cloudflare simply gives the tools to the owner. Ok. Thanks to the owners of such websites, their used tools and Cloudflare! In any case, those pseudo challenges and harassments are superfluous.

@tinman2000 If you had read the last posts of this thread carefully, you would have noticed that Cloudflare does not work in Mypal 68 at the moment. No solutions, no suggestions. Maybe, one of the next Mypal 68 releases will successfully run these superfluous challenges. But I wouldn't count on that. Thanks to Cloudflare!