YouTube under Windows XP - Downloaders, players and browser support

[AstroSkipper]

On 6/19/2026 at 12:36 PM, panda_zzz said:

@AstroSkipper I think I'll spend the weekend doing a thorough debugging session on Windows XP because I initially tested the extension on Windows 7. Unfortunately, I can't completely avoid using BAT files, but I'll try to optimize the process.

And what’s the situation on the Windows XP front? 

[AstroSkipper]

Insights into progress of development: youtube.lua

I have completely reworked my youtube.lua script. Now, the title of the video stream and an English subtitle is shown in VLC if available. Settings of both are done in the VLC settings which is then read by my script. The complete script has been optimised for best performance under Windows XP on my old, weak P4 machine. And no JavaScript challenges, of course. Here is a short GIF file:

Edited 55 minutes ago by AstroSkipper