▲ 450 ▼ VLC crosses 7 billion downloads (techcrunch.com) submitted 2 months ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/opensource@programming.dev 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] warm@kbin.earth 24 points 2 months ago* (6 children) VLC good, but mpv peak. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (1 child) oh, there's plenty of better alternatives, but VLC's been certifiably "good enough" for 25+ years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flameleaf@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago If I have issues with VLC, my go-to alternative is ffplay permalink fedilink source parent [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 2 months ago (3 children) Depends™ I have seen plenty of videos that had problems on mpv but ran perfectly fine on VLC and vice versa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) VLC is slow and clunky. It's pretty outdated. mpv is fast and extensible, it's a good replacement. Of course, good to have both around for situations like you described. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) mpv's default UI isn't particularly intuitive, VLC 's is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago There's many mpv frontends to choose from. It's a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it's default form. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (1 child) oh, there's plenty of better alternatives, but VLC's been certifiably "good enough" for 25+ years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flameleaf@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago If I have issues with VLC, my go-to alternative is ffplay permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flameleaf@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago If I have issues with VLC, my go-to alternative is ffplay permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 2 months ago (3 children) Depends™ I have seen plenty of videos that had problems on mpv but ran perfectly fine on VLC and vice versa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) VLC is slow and clunky. It's pretty outdated. mpv is fast and extensible, it's a good replacement. Of course, good to have both around for situations like you described. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) mpv's default UI isn't particularly intuitive, VLC 's is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago There's many mpv frontends to choose from. It's a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it's default form. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) VLC is slow and clunky. It's pretty outdated. mpv is fast and extensible, it's a good replacement. Of course, good to have both around for situations like you described. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) mpv's default UI isn't particularly intuitive, VLC 's is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago There's many mpv frontends to choose from. It's a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it's default form. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 child) mpv's default UI isn't particularly intuitive, VLC 's is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago There's many mpv frontends to choose from. It's a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it's default form. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] warm@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago There's many mpv frontends to choose from. It's a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it's default form. permalink fedilink source parent