I was very pleased to learn I could delay or advance the audio track on videos where the audio and video were out of sync, but I never did figure out how to save a video with the tracks properly synced and gave up.
15 years of VLC and VideoLAN
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#33never realized VLC has been around for so long!
Yeah amazing isnt it Its a great player
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#34I used to promote VLC at every corner, until they dropped the ball on 4K support big time. Even with a good mid-price graphics card, they're unable to utilize the GPU hardware effectively, and if you don't have a good amount of CPU power, the app chokes when it's asked to play 4K video. Ridiculous, since even the integrated Intel graphics on CPUs are now capable of playing 4K without any trouble.
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#35A client once gave me a lecture about how FOSS couldn't possibly produce software with the quality of commercial and was really just a parasitic element on software development.
He pulled up a video talk by some "expert" on the topic.
Oh yes, he used VLC.
Thanks for the classic "umm.. you know..." moment VLC project.
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#36I used to promote VLC at every corner, until they dropped the ball on 4K support big time. Even with a good mid-price graphics card, they're unable to utilize the GPU hardware effectively, and if you don't have a good amount of CPU power, the app chokes when it's asked to play 4K video. Ridiculous, since even the integrated Intel graphics on CPUs are now capable of playing 4K without any trouble.
Out of interest, which media player do you use now? Are they cross-platform like VLC?
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#37I love VLC's engine, but have never been a fan of its UI, especially the configuration interface. How well separated are the UI and engine? Building a new UI for VLC seems like a fun project.
You might want to check out VLC for Windows Store. We're trying new UI and user experiences and will release soon an update on Windows 10 with an improved design (cleaner and faster).
Been sporting it for a while. I wasn't sure if it was official, but nice execution!
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#38A client once gave me a lecture about how FOSS couldn't possibly produce software with the quality of commercial and was really just a parasitic element on software development. He pulled up a video talk by some "expert" on the topic. Oh yes, he used VLC. Thanks for the classic "umm.. you know..." moment VLC project.
the entire linux operating system wasn't enough for him, huh?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It plays literally everything In the ten or so years I've used it, I've only come across one file that VLC wouldn't play (excluded DRMed files) - a (possibly malformed) 24hr long MP4 I recorded a few years ago. Pretty much everything chokes on it (VLC crashes straight away), though oddly enough Windows Media Player handles it fine until you try to seek to a different time. I've dabbled with other media players/code…
I recently used this amazing little utility: http://slydiman.me/eng/mmedia/recover_mp4.htm It helped me recover some GoPro footage that went corrupt. You feed it a known good video from the same camera/same settings and then it basically uses the structure of the good footage to rebuild the bad footage. It worked a treat after I found a good file for it. Have a look at it, you may find it helps you out.
I don't currently have access to the drives it is stored on, but I'll give it a go next time I do. Thanks for the suggestion.
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#40I briefly operated an audiovisual services company (that lost a tremendous amount of money, but that had nothing to do with VLC), and after trying loads of players, came back to VLC. It allowed all of the stuff I needed and that many other players (including expensive commercial ones) failed at. It plays literally everything . We regularly had sponsors show up the day of the show and hand me a USB drive with their ad…
> It plays literally everything In the ten or so years I've used it, I've only come across one file that VLC wouldn't play (excluded DRMed files) - a (possibly malformed) 24hr long MP4 I recorded a few years ago. Pretty much everything chokes on it (VLC crashes straight away), though oddly enough Windows Media Player handles it fine until you try to seek to a different time. I've dabbled with other media players/code…
I have quite a few files VLC doesn't play that MPlayer does. I use VLC as my main viewer but I get a file that doesn't work I try MPlayer.