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The latest version of smplayer works well with xp, not needing anymore modification of its mplayer component. MPV is stil out of the question (have to use a 2016 or so version).

Finally got the time to try this latest build. I like it very much, in particular thanks to the neat jetaudio video decoder suggested by @IXOYE (besides, jeataudio makes a very nice addition to music players). For output, I'm using the old madVR v0.92.17 (is there a new ported version out there?), and am playing between the old reclock audio renderer 1.9.0.7 beta (new build?) and SANE AR, which I guess comes from mpc-hc2 (or is it also from jetaudio? mpc-hc 1.7 doesn't pick it up), the old vsfilter for subtitles. I disable all internal filters (and have played with lavfilters, but it tears the rendering apart), and have add haali media splitter and ffdsho vieo and audio decoders (all blocked) below the jetaudio video decoder (just in case). With those settings MPC-HC2 play large files flawlessly, no glitches so far (including not overheating the GPU, which happens a lot with lav filters). However, no luck playing ripped or otherwise DVDs. Gotta try with BR, yet. So I'm now using MPC-HC2 to play mp4 and similar large files, and MC-HC1.7 for DVD/BR. I'm still struggling playing youtube and such. More likely my firewall/security settings. I will find a way, I hope. Thanks @nicolaasjan for the clear instructions. Movie time now. Cheers!

However, NS gets stuff no other addon gets. For example, dropbox has a cross connectino to google that only NS catches up. IA related stuff, I reckon. EVery now and then (once every tree months or so, to say something) it does so with other sites too. Worth it for the minimal footprint (as you do, I don;t use it globally, just for cross stuff and ABE.

You are good at reading dictionaries, but slow at using them properly. Your knowledge of mpc-hc lacks as much as your knowledge of security. MPC-HC was closed down in 2017. During the last 3-4 years, a number of mods have been developed, all targetting W7 (most V8) and up. Some even tried to make them work in XP and Vista. To make them backward compatible though, a few developers have made the necessary changes, including the one presented in this thread (not by you, btw). Self-sufficiency has nothing to do with it, but, maybe, coding expertise and proficiency. Go check the Collins.

You gave an answer. I asked you.

Why ask a question when you already have (or so you think) the answer? Please explain how MPC-HC is self sufficient enough (whatever that means).

Hi @nicolaasjan, could you giver more details on how you set it up? I reckon you are not using the external lav filters?

Besides, if you have a good gpu, you can get mpc-hc to decode on the gpu. My problem with these last versions of mpc-hc and lav filters is that they are too heavy for my gpus. I use a 1.7.13 mod of mpc-hc and lav filters 0.74 that work as I want them in my set up,after years of progressive tweaking. These new versions exceed my gpu capabilities. I may need to upgrade said gpus, and increase my RAM before truly trying to tweak these versions.

I can only install ublock and umatrix. Not worth it. Will wait unitl supernium is up for xp

Hi there. Provided you have (at least) python 3.4.4 installed (including adding it to the path), you can run https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/, much lie the old xul addon in sp52. @cmalex, I wonder if you can clarify a bit how to set python38 to use it instead of 3.4.4 - see my note in Cheers!

Hi there, @cmalex. I've been trying to set up pyton 3.8 in xp, but the instructions in PythonXP\README are not enough for me, poor illiterate folk, to make it work. Could you explain in more detail (as in spoonfed) how to set it up, and what items to include in path to run it? Thank you very much.

Yup. It seems to work well on vanilla. But it doesn't have the Bookmark search plus 2 (that i use in mypal68) which allows the fetching of boolmarks favicons. In sp52, I manage to prevent it, and cant figure out how to get it back, at least until I get all my favicons into places sqlite.

Thanks. It installs, but doesn't work at all. A pity.

I'm just wondering if anyone can figure where to find http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/55977. It is the predecessor of bookmark search plus 2, which runs very well in mypal. I want its predecessor to test it in sp52. Cheers!

I was surprised and happy to get a 0%, repeatedly, even though my IP was constant. Surprising it runs in NM28. I can;t run it in sp52. But that may be a function of the many tweaks in the profile (pointless to run these kinds of tests in a fresh profile). Interesting it did not recognize you by your IP, though. I take all these tests with a grain of salt, lemon and shot of tequila, anyway. To run them, I have to give them access I don't give any webpage, except my accounts in the e-oligopoly. I suspect they are giving me leeway to feel safe and go visit ok-ru more often, to learn my tastes and send my way their smartest bots to figure out my deepest desires and confess all me crimes, matey. Obviously they don't know the effects that poor distilled rum, and other stuff, can have on memory.

Thank you very much, @AstroSkipper. It works like a charm in sp52, in my case, provided I manually erase profile/extension-data/ublock0. I still have no luck with mailnews. It installs, but can't access the dashboard or the logger. Later next year I will try with a fresh profile. Thanks again.

For MSFN, as in the comments, you need to download FontAwesome 4.7 and install it (drop it, really) into cindows/fonts. see https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/?do=findComment&comment=1256779 As per other pages (if you don't care toidentify and download the font, you can relax the no donwload fonts rules user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false); // set *-* -change back to true user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false); // set *-* -change back to true

Believe it or not, there are people who work for free for FOSS. Utility is not all (for many, not at all) about money.

For those willing to try Arkenfox, check https://arkenfox.github.io/gui/ . Make sure to click "expand" on the top row, and use reading lenses. It displays options available for ff119, but most of them work in FF68. To make sure what the differences are, find and check (in arkenfox github's page) the user.js corresponding to ff68. Most of the tweaks in the later do work, in fact, in sp52 too.

Note that visits went from 5 to 11. I didn't visit with mypal68 since last time (my first five where all within minutes). I did try a number of times with sp52, differrerent browser, different profile, but it doesn't load there (but maybe the ip, which I hadn't changed, is registered. @XPerceniol: I reckon your 38% means the probability that they have profiled you correctly. A 0% is that they have no confidence whatsoever.

A few hours later, same browser, same profile. I will have to tip to see if they notice me :P

As already answered, but gone: that is not true in the other test sites mentioned here. I have tested in them a number of times, always different results, with (in 1 case, 7 similar canvas hashes in a test site I hadn;t visited in a year or so). In any case, to test in those sites you need to allow javascript, redirections and what have you. Much like when signing into the e-oligopoly. That those sites can see some information when using their sites doesn't mean they can see said info in other sites' logs, sites where most of us wouldn't relax our set up to satisfy our curiosity. Now, if Maxwell Smart is going after you, that's a different kind of song.

Best scenario: In an hour or so, my profile would have changed enough to enter and probably be taken as a new entry. Worst: I enter and they recognize the browser anyway, but keep not knowing my real specs, In any case, looking at their results beyond the 0% trust, it's clear their fingerprinting is uncertain, preventing them from tracking me elsewhere. I'll report back.

I'm quite happy with it. They know I enter 5 times (I'd prefer they had seen 5 different browsers, but hey, I don't use a vpn -will try wih TOR), but they have 0% trust on their results.

value 0 leaves you downloading every font, when available, or staring at a broken page. TOR, I think, uses value 0, since it has an inbrowser cache of fonts.