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  • youtube-dl replacement for XP

    From Mayayana@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 2 09:28:30 2021
    Any ideas? Youtube-dl is apparently not being
    updated anymore. I found a fork named yt-dlp but I
    get an error from it. A function not found in msvcrt.dll.
    That's odd, because msvcrt.dll is the VC++ 6 runtime.
    But I suspect the problem is the included Python. The
    trouble is that the Win32 version of yt-dlp for
    Windows is precompiled with Python. Maybe there's
    a way to get the EXE and install a separate Python.
    I don't know. I'm hoping someone else knows more than I do.

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  • From Shadow@21:1/5 to mayayana@invalid.nospam on Sat Oct 2 11:41:35 2021
    On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 09:28:30 -0400, "Mayayana"
    <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:

    Any ideas? Youtube-dl is apparently not being
    updated anymore. I found a fork named yt-dlp but I
    get an error from it. A function not found in msvcrt.dll.
    That's odd, because msvcrt.dll is the VC++ 6 runtime.
    But I suspect the problem is the included Python. The
    trouble is that the Win32 version of yt-dlp for
    Windows is precompiled with Python. Maybe there's
    a way to get the EXE and install a separate Python.
    I don't know. I'm hoping someone else knows more than I do.

    I noticed it hasn't been updated in almost 4 months, but it
    still works on all the sites I've used it on in that time.
    The author is still present, but busy with something else.

    yt-dlp is deliberately compiled to NOT work on XP. A trend
    with almost all Github projects.

    Mine errors out with a _wputenv_s error in msvcrt.dll.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/putenv-s-wputenv-s?view=msvc-160

    Wonder why? (sarcasm)
    It'll probably be Win 11-only very soon.
    Well, there's always the Linux versions.

    And someone might compile it so it continues to work. I'm
    still using the latest FFmpeg on this PC thanks to people that care.
    []'s
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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to Shadow on Sat Oct 2 11:09:31 2021
    "Shadow" <Sh@dow.br> wrote

    | I noticed it hasn't been updated in almost 4 months, but it
    | still works on all the sites I've used it on in that time.
    | The author is still present, but busy with something else.
    |
    I may have found false info, but from what I'm finding
    people see to be saying that the youtube-dl author is
    dropping the project. I also read that Python no longer
    supports XP. If I remember correctly the last version to
    support XP was 3.4. So it makes sense that it wouldn't
    work with XP unless the author specifically targets XP.

    I don't understand how Python gets compiled in. This
    is one of the problems with making high-level programs
    that try to be "cross-platform" but are really just bloated
    wrappers around cross-platform runtimes and frameworks.

    I might be willing to put together an XP version myself
    if I can figure out the details. But it's a steep learning
    curve. I don't know anything of Python and I'm guessing
    the source code offered is probably 64-bit.

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  • From G.F.@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 23 22:21:32 2021
    "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> ha scritto nel messaggio news:sj9sr9$2m3$1@dont-email.me...
    "Shadow" <Sh@dow.br> wrote

    the youtube-dl author is dropping the project

    It's strange as, if I remember correctly, I read instead that the VLC player
    is going to use Youtube-dl.

    GF

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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to G.F. on Sat Oct 23 21:44:36 2021
    "G.F." <nospam@grazie.it> wrote

    | > the youtube-dl author is dropping the project
    |
    | It's strange as, if I remember correctly, I read instead that the VLC
    player
    | is going to use Youtube-dl.
    |
    Even more strange: There's been no change to the
    youtbute-dl.org website. No notification that it's going
    out of support. So I'm not assuming anything at this
    point.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Sat Oct 23 22:33:35 2021
    Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
    "G.F." <nospam@grazie.it> wrote

    | > the youtube-dl author is dropping the project
    |
    | It's strange as, if I remember correctly, I read instead that the VLC player
    | is going to use Youtube-dl.
    |
    Even more strange: There's been no change to the
    youtbute-dl.org website. No notification that it's going
    out of support. So I'm not assuming anything at this
    point.

    Try youtube-dl that is a fork and being updated?
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