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[–] 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 It's pretty outdated.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.