WebOne 0.18.0

[atauenis]

New stable release of WebOne, released on 1 Nov 2025 after 10 commits.

• Now using .NET 8.0 Runtime instead of .NET 6.0.
• Windows 8+ (Server 2012+), Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 10+, Fedora 37+, macOS 12+ are now minimum supported versions to run WebOne. Windows 7 (2008 R2) is no longer supported, however WebOne still may be run on it with some issues.
• Added Windows 11 ARM64 support. Also added Ubuntu 25.04, 25.10, Debian 13 support (amd64, armhf, arm64, armv6).
• Added HTTPS pass-through mode for particular domains, fixing Nintendo 3DS browser startup (bug Cannot be used with Nintendo 3DS #183). Use [ConnectPassThrough] section in configuration file to specify domains where the mode should be used.
• Added ability to decrypt TLS-based protocols like secure-IRC to plain-text versions of them, say, plain-IRC. Use [NonHttpSslDecrypt] section in configuration file to specify domains where the mode should be used. Now you can use old clients like mIRC 6.x to connect to such servers when they're listed in configuration. By default Libera.Chat (which is an secure-IRC-only server) is added to the list.
• (Windows builds) Updated bundled Yt-Dlp version.

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This discussion was created from the release WebOne 0.18.0.

[emulationator]

Thanks again for your work on WebOne — it’s impressive how it enables older browsers to handle more modern content. I have a couple of suggestions specifically regarding the !player for videos:

DynImg Audio:
It would be great if DynImg could include MPEG Layer 2 (MP2) in the audio dropdown. I’m assuming this would allow audio playback with DynImg for embedded videos.

AVI Export with MS Video 1:
Currently, attempts to export videos using MS Video 1 with the default PCM audio (e.g., pcm_dvd) fail, producing FFmpeg errors and preventing the AVI file from being created. I tested manually running an FFmpeg conversion using pcm_s16le (16-bit, raw PCM, mono, 22050 Hz), and this combination worked successfully on Windows 95 with Windows Media Player 6.4, without installing any additional codecs. I also tried several MP3 codecs, but none worked. Adding this as an option for audio encoding should resolve the FFmpeg issue that currently prevents downloads from starting.

Edit:
After further testing (I guess I never chose it during the 95 osr2 install), I did see the built in ima adpcm audio and cinepak video codecs which further optimize the video. This would probably help optimization if it could be included

But I got these results:
best fidelity least smooth playback

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "scale=160:120,fps=10,format=pal8" -c:v msrle -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "test_160x120_RLE_WORKING.avi"

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "scale=160:120,fps=10" -c:v msvideo1 -b:v 100k -g 10 -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "test_160x120_msvideo1_WORKING.avi"

runs on small screen with slightly worse fidelity

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "scale=160:120:flags=neighbor+accurate_rnd,fps=10" -c:v msvideo1 -b:v 75k -g 6 -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "test_160x120_MSV1_ULTIMATE.avi"

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "fps=10,scale=160:120:flags=neighbor+accurate_rnd,split[a][b];[a]palettegen=max_colors=64:stats_mode=full:reserve_transparent=0[p];[b][p]paletteuse=dither=none" -c:v msrle -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "OUTPUT_160x120_RLE_BEST.avi"

worst fidelity best playback (can't veify cause its close):

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "scale=160:120:flags=neighbor+accurate_rnd,fps=10" -c:v msvideo1 -b:v 58k -g 3 -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "test_160x120_MSV1_FULLSCREEN_FINAL.avi"

ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf "fps=10,scale=160:120:flags=neighbor+accurate_rnd,unsharp=5:5:-1.5,format=pal8,split[a][b];[a]palettegen=max_colors=64:stats_mode=full[p];[b][p]paletteuse=dither=none" -c:v msrle -c:a adpcm_ima_wav -ar 11025 -ac 1 "test_160x120_RLE_FULLSCREEN_FINAL.avi"

On the matter of compatility, even though it pretty much but not greatly loads on IE3 and OffByOne, I can only get a couple sites to load at all with Opera 3.62 win 95. I tried messing with security settings and typing out full urls even some internal page like the player wont load when they will on IE3

edit2:
I also find that it tries to load the png for google on ie 3, what's up with that. I thought it was suppose to automatically convert them?