Re: yt-dlp fork for Windows 7 and XP
Shadow <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:19:01 -0300
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-xp |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Shadow |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 06:36:14 +0700, JJ <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:51:53 -0800, David E. Ross wrote: >> >> YouTube keeps changing in order to defeat yt-dlp. Will these forks be >> updated accordingly? > >That's a problem for the forked/original yt-dlp. The fork is mainly for >making the application usable in Win7/WinXP. It heavily based on the >forked/original yt-dlp. > >YouTube support is a problem. Yes. And it's getting worse and worse. But >AFAIK, so far, yt-dlp is the most reliable one. Even if YouTube support is >just no longer applicable, it's still reliable for other video hosting >sites. The guy responsible for the fork has been active in forums for years now.... it's unlikely he'll suddenly lose interest. Though yt-dlp (the original) is getting overly complicated and bloated. Might be too much work to keep updating it. My advice is KISS. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 Google Fuchsia - 2021