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VLC crosses 7 billion downloads (techcrunch.com)

submitted 4 days ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

VLC good, but mpv peak.

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

oh, there's plenty of better alternatives, but VLC's been certifiably "good enough" for 25+ years.

[–] flameleaf@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

If I have issues with VLC, my go-to alternative is ffplay

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Depends™ I have seen plenty of videos that had problems on mpv but ran perfectly fine on VLC and vice versa.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 3 days ago (1 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 It's pretty outdated.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.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

mpv's default UI isn't particularly intuitive, VLC 's is

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days 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.