Subj : virtual box install on win7
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 05 2025 11:41:00

Hello Shawn!

** On Thursday 02.01.25 - 16:09, you wrote:

 AA>> yt-dlp is my driving force for all this.  Apprently, Win7
 AA>> is nolonger supported primarily because the newest yt-dlp
 AA>> needs Python 3.9, but Win7 cannot use Python 3.9  :(

 SH> Could you dual boot?  While I personally don't like
 SH> opensuse I run it on my mediacentre (long story I don't
 SH> feel like going into right now) and it installed great and
 SH> even partitioned my HDD so I can boot windows again if I
 SH> want / need to.

I really liked the sound of a concurrent OS such as what a VB  
install would provide.  I think dual boot is overkill for my  
occassional linux use right now - I may as well just LIVE-CD  
boot to linux, and install yt-dlp, after tagging a pile of vids  
to download and get them all done during one session.

Or.. I am now considering a separate refurbished W10 laptop  
that I might like to try WSL with.

But before I go that route, the andlinux and colinux route  
looks appealing, especially for my XP machine.


 AA>> I just wanted a simple convenient way to pull vid material when
 AA>> needed..

 SH> I've been using "4k Video Downloader" for many many years
 SH> and while it required a license, it was cheap and I have
 SH> not had to update said license in years while always
 SH> getting the new version.


I have use 4k VD in the past. For some reason I stopped using  
it - when the ads on the pages seemed to be more aggressive  
before allowing the actual download.  I was/am not interested  
it paying for it.


 SH> Works great with Youtube anyway as I download crap for
 SH> viewing offline when I'm in the woods.

Yep.. that's the idea.  But generally I avoid "crap" and prefer  
quality stuff.  ;)

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