yt-dlp --proxy "http://your-proxy:8080" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=...
Windows XP does not support TLS 1.2 natively, but you can force it using third-party backports: yt-dlp windows xp
Running yt-dlp on Windows XP is a badge of honor in the retro computing community. While it requires patching your OS, hunting for legacy binaries, and accepting the occasional SSL error, it is absolutely possible. Use the yt-dlp_xp.exe community builds, embrace --no-check-certificate with caution, and keep a modern fallback PC on the same network. yt-dlp --proxy "http://your-proxy:8080" https://yewtu
(This rarely works because URLs inside JSON are HTTPS.) hunting for legacy binaries