Make the new version of "Native Client" compatible again with windows 7 os 32 bits please to make possible the use of vital "external-application-button" and "open in vlc" extensions" please

[trimechee]

Hi, when i playback YouTube videos in the web browser, even in worst quality, 144p, lags and stutters on my little old eee pc, Windows 7 OS 32-bit. The same thing for streaming videos from warez sites, even in SD quality=many lags.

The solution, since I watch a lot of YouTube and anime warez streaming videos, is to use the great extensions:

External-application-button
https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button

where I add the HERF parameter for PotPlayer or VLC,

and

Open in VLC
https://github.com/andy-portmen/open-in-vlc

capable of detecting the link of HLS video embeds and sending the stream to VLC or PotPlayer and other media players:

To use these two wonderful, vital extensions, we need to install Native Client: I installed it and everything works perfectly!

https://github.com/andy-portmen/native-client

But sadly, the new version of Native Client no longer works with Windows 7 OS 32 bits :
I get an error message:

I contacted the very generous Mr. @andy-portmen, who added new commits and gave me advices on how to fix this problem..... I sent him the logs of this problem :

In my Windows 7 32-bit OS, I click the Windows key + R / cmd, then I put the "install.bat" file in cmd windows, and I get this result: I try to manually copy the message because I can't select it: (Note: I renamed the windows.zip folder to nativeclient.zip because there is already a windows.zip folder in C:):

"C:/users/asus-pcadministrator/ >c:/nativeclient/install.bat

"Downloading https://nodejs.org/download/release/v 18.20.5/node v 18.20.5 win -x86.zip

Using PowerShell

Failed to download node v 18.20.5 win -x86.zip"

Downloading https://nodejs.org/download/release/v 18.20.5/node v 18.20.5 win -x86.zip.....

'curl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, an executable program, or a command file.
Failed to download node v 18.20.5 win-x86.zip"

andy-portmen/open-in-vlc#94 (comment)

andy-portmen/open-in-vlc#94 (comment)

But sadly, the problem remains and persists, and Mr. Andy tells me he doesn't have Windows 7 OS, so it's difficult to debug this problem.....

So we hope please great generous Mr. @e3kskoy7wqk and great generous Mr @ZepopaOwleMukasa can find a solution to this problem and will help Mr. Andy to fix this poblem, Thank you!

[trimechee]

UPDATE :

so I manually downloaded the nodejs 18.20.5 win-x86.zip exe from:

https://nodejs.org/download/release/v18.20.5/

I run nodejs.exe but nothing happens. I put node.exe in cmd and I get this message:

"nodejs is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher.

Setting the node skip platform check environment variable to 1 skips this check, but node.js might not execute correctly. Any issues encountered on unsupported platforms will not be fixed."

[trimechee]

So,

Mr. XakerTwo help me by sending this link to fix this Node.js installation problem= I'm discovering that Node.js only supports Windows 7 up to v13.6 : Is it possible please to make a special version of Native Client for Windows 7 32-bit OS with embed Node.js v13.6 x86?

Will using an older version of Node.js v13.6 affect the functionality of the Open in Vlc extension?

Or should I download the latest Node.js version in my windows 7 os 32 bits and set the NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1 to skip the version check?

here the link sended by Mr XakerTwo :

How to set the NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK environment variable to 1 which skips the version check

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67738844/how-to-set-the-node-skip-platform-check-environment-variable-to-1-which-skips-th

Mr XakerTwo gives me these important advises

:

"yep, my bad, cuz your OS is 32-bit you need x86 version

does PowerShell depent on OS edition ?? O_o (idk)
anyway as for me it's fat and overshooting tool for such thing like download, especially fat for your eee PC

node itself not require any magic installation, just dump it where it should be

thus, you can manually download NodeJS, extract it to app\node directory next to the install.bat script
full path to node.exe must looks like <dir_with_install.bat>\app\node\node-v18.20.5-win-x86\node.exe
then follow the instruction for skipping platform check but SKIP STEP 2
now just open install.bat with text editor(like Notepad++ ) and replace ALL its content with following

short version (untested, may fails)
i just cut download and expand stages, firefox integration and add supermium specific reg values

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

pushd "%~dp0" || (
echo Failed to change to script directory
pause
exit /b 1
)

CD app || (
echo Failed to enter app directory
pause
exit /b 1
)

SET PATH=C:\Windows\System32;%PATH%

:: Set Node.js version and URL base
set NODE_VERSION=v18.20.5
set BASE_URL=https://nodejs.org/download/release/%NODE_VERSION%/
set ARCHIVE_NAME=
set ARCHIVE_DIR=
set DEST_DIR=node
set TEMP_DIR=node

IF EXIST "%~dp0\app\install.js" (GOTO :EXISTING) ELSE GOTO :MISSING

:EXISTING

:: Determine architecture and set download file
IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" (
set ARCHIVE_NAME=node-%NODE_VERSION%-win-x64.zip
set ARCHIVE_DIR=node-%NODE_VERSION%-win-x64
) ELSE (
set ARCHIVE_NAME=node-%NODE_VERSION%-win-x86.zip
set ARCHIVE_DIR=node-%NODE_VERSION%-win-x86
)

:: Run install.js
ECHO .. Running install.js...
"%DEST_DIR%%ARCHIVE_DIR%\node.exe" install.js "%LocalAPPData%"
if errorlevel 1 (
ECHO Failed to run install.js
pause
exit /b 1
)

ECHO.
ECHO .. Writing to Supermium Registry
ECHO .. Key: HKCU\Software\Supermium\NativeMessagingHosts\com.add0n.node
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Supermium\NativeMessagingHosts\com.add0n.node" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "%LocalAPPData%\com.add0n.node\manifest-chrome.json" /f
if errorlevel 1 echo Warning: Failed to write Supermium registry entry

ECHO .. Writing to Chromium Registry
ECHO .. Key: HKCU\Software\Chromium\NativeMessagingHosts\com.add0n.node
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Chromium\NativeMessagingHosts\com.add0n.node" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "%LocalAPPData%\com.add0n.node\manifest-chrome.json" /f
if errorlevel 1 echo Warning: Failed to write Chromium registry entry

ECHO.
ECHO .. Native client is ready!
GOTO :COMMON

:MISSING
ECHO [ERROR] To run the installer, please first unzip the archive
pause
exit /b 1

:COMMON
PAUSE
finally save changes and run modified install.bat

if all ok, you can delete installation files (all required files should be copied to %LocalAppData%)

if node of specific version fails, try version between last works and last failed, if node success try rise version up (but not newer than required)
e.g. v18 fails, v13 works(known), next to try something like v15, and so on
it's just binary search of last working version"

[trimechee]

Sorry but i think using "native client" is very useful for web browser, because sometimes playback videos lag jerky: so my plan:

since "cat-catch" extension and "live-stream-downloader" extension can't use yt-dlp and can't download videos from for example the famous Russian streaming site my.mail.ru which contains a lot of anime:

https://my.mail.ru/mail/lesley.dermody.82/video/_myvideo/2765.html

but

with this great extension: external-application-button:

https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button

and with this great download manager Gui for yt-dlp and many other download engines:

https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader

in the arguments text field, we should add -a -u [HREF] = a link to be added to Media Downloader and Media Downloader to automatically start downloading it.

To make this possible, we need the new version of Native Client to be compatible with Windows 7 32-bit OS, please, hence my request, thank you!

https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#7-how-do-i-create-a-context-menu-on-chrome-or-firefox-to-open-links-in-media-downloader