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]

Development progress insights: The youtube.lua script by AstroSkipper

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 and selected by the user. 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:



On a computer with multi-processor technology and modern RAM, this runs at lightning starting speed, of course, compared to my single-processor computer with SD-RAM from 2000 and a stream starting time of 30 seconds. You probably won’t even see the flashing CMD window anymore or at most one nano-flash. In the process of developing, I’ve managed to reduce the number of flashing CMD windows from four to one..  In any case, VLC and YouTube are working perfectly together again, even on Windows XP. 

Edited 7 hours ago by AstroSkipper

[panda_zzz]

On 6/24/2026 at 9:39 PM, AstroSkipper said:

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

I rewrote part of the functionality and replaced the automatic recommendations with manual ones that can be activated by clicking a button

youtube_search.lua

 

Edited 1 hour ago by panda_zzz