yt-dlp --load-info-json file.info.json --prefer-insecure --no-check-certificates (This rarely works because URLs inside JSON are HTTPS.)
yt-dlp --write-info-json --skip-download "YOUR_URL" Copy .info.json to XP, then:
yt-dlp --proxy "http://your-proxy:8080" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=... But yewtu.be uses modern TLS – will fail. You’d need a local proxy that downgrades TLS (e.g., run Squid on a modern machine). yt-dlp windows xp
On a modern PC:
Contents for Windows XP:
While technically possible to run yt-dlp on Windows XP, it is not practical for modern video sites. The TLS stack is too outdated. Follow the proxy method or dual-PC workflow for real results.
# Windows XP optimized config --no-check-certificates --legacy-server-connect --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0" --add-header "Accept:text/html,application/xhtml+xml" --no-download-archive --socket-timeout 30 --retries 5 --fragment-retries 5 --no-mtime --no-cache-dir --prefer-insecure # forces HTTP if HTTPS fails yt-dlp http://www.sample-videos.com/video123/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4 Test YouTube (will likely fail): yt-dlp -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ If you see urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10054] , TLS handshake failed. You can try --no-check-certificates but mostly hopeless. Step 4: Workarounds for YouTube on XP Option A – Use Invidious/Piped instances (HTTP fallback): Find an Invidious instance that still supports HTTP (rare) or runs old TLS. Example: yt-dlp --load-info-json file
%APPDATA%\yt-dlp\config.txt (create folders if missing)