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@eVersor-HN eVersor-HN released this 05 Jul 12:10
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FAFI v1.5.2

Rock-solid streaming under YouTube's tightened bot checks — and a player you can
always close.

Always closable

  • The close button now works in every state: while buffering, while resolving a
    stream, and on the error screen (an invisible confirm dialog used to block it there —
    Task Manager time). Quitting no longer waits for in-flight yt-dlp work either; the
    player exits within moments, whatever it was doing.
  • The quit confirmation only appears when it protects something: a running video.
    Idle, loading and error screens close immediately.

Streaming that survives YouTube's bot check

YouTube has begun 403ing direct stream-URL fetches, audio-only formats and bursty
downloads for IPs it distrusts. FAFI now routes around all of it:

  • All media transfers go through yt-dlp with your browser cookies and the most
    tolerated player client; blocked audio falls back to a muxed track automatically.
  • Downloads killed mid-file resume at the exact byte offset with fresh URLs (up to
    20 attempts), rate-limited to stay under the burst radar — still ~25x realtime.
  • Downloader logs land in %TEMP%\FAFI-prog-*.log for easy diagnosis.

Sane seeking while the download runs

  • Jumps into not-yet-downloaded regions used to derail playback (frozen frames, A/V
    chaos). They now bounce back seamlessly — playback continues uninterrupted with
    a short notice. The buffered region grows ~25x realtime; once the download finishes
    (typically well under a minute), every jump is local and instant.
  • Quality switching re-buffers cleanly mid-video.

Small things

  • The URL field (U) remembers the last entered URL across restarts.
  • FAFI's README now says clearly what FAFI is: a local-first, offline player —
    no ads, no account, no telemetry. Streaming is the convenience extra on top.

SHA-256 of the assets (also in SHA256SUMS.txt):

bc86e48e4657bcae1b1e929069a350d9cbb1f1e1b13b194e9b8dc1ae80beb7e6  FAFI-Setup.exe
d8e4d772d26cd8006ef0ad0bc82eb191b53c68677d1ae2f42506d74cbbbea606  rife-ncnn-vulkan-20221029-windows.zip

Verify on Windows: Get-FileHash .\FAFI-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

💛 FAFI is free — if it makes your videos smoother, you can support development:
PayPal paypal.me/FAMarco

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