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minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoDepends™ I have seen plenty of videos that had problems on mpv but ran perfectly fine on VLC and vice versa.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoVLC 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 It’s pretty outdated.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.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agompv’s default UI isn’t particularly intuitive, VLC 's is
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThere’s many mpv frontends to choose from. It’s a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it’s default form.
Depends™ I have seen plenty of videos that had problems on mpv but ran perfectly fine on VLC and vice versa.
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 It’s pretty outdated.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.
mpv’s default UI isn’t particularly intuitive, VLC 's is
There’s many mpv frontends to choose from. It’s a command line tool by default, certainly poweruser focused in it’s default form.