Re: yt-dlp fork for Windows 7 and XP

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:23:22 +0700
JJ <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:35:41 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> > 
> > OK, I looked more closely - no I don't see it on github, despite the text:
> 
> It's on the project's "Releases" page. The link to it is at the right
> sidebar of the project home page.
> 
> https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases
> 
> > "
> > About
> > 
> > yt-dlp fork with in-between releases and a custom Windows XP build. Also
> > Python 3.14 builds for Windows 7. 
> > "
> > 
> > https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14427
> > says "closed,unplanned" (to release newer XP versions?)
> 
> `yt-dlp_x86_winXP.exe` works on XP.
> 
> https://i.imgur.com/cCpbDvm.png

As has been suspected, I hadn't looked hard wnough - it was under "Show
all 29 assets"

https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2026.01.19.143412/yt-dlp_x86_winXP.zip
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