XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:51:53 -0800, David E. Ross wrote:   
      
   > On 1/23/2026 12:54 PM, JJ wrote:   
   >> yt-dlp fork with in-between releases and a custom Windows XP build. Also   
   >> Python 3.14 builds for Windows 7.   
   >>   
   >> yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support   
   >> for thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now   
   >> inactive youtube-dlc.   
   >>   
   >> Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video   
   >> sites.   
   >>   
   >> https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp   
   >>   
   >> FYI, make sure to get the file whose name ends with "_win7" or "_winXP". The   
   >> ones without any, are for Windows 8+ only.   
   >>   
   >   
   > 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   just no longer applicable, it's still reliable for other video hosting   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.   
      
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