The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by feross » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 7:07 PM UTC

The team that powers VLC (2019)
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Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by btheshoe » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:17 PM UTC

VLC is by far the best media player in existence, and I'm extremely thankful for the team behind it. Gives me hope that this whole Foss thing is actually very good for the world.

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by kdjfjf7d7 » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:34 PM UTC

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better.

I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by kingcharles » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:41 PM UTC

kdjfjf7d7 wrote: post #3

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better. I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

Can you tell me why MPC + K-Lite is better?

I've been gone from the Internet for 8 years. Before I left I used VLC for everything. When I just got a laptop I was convinced to install PotPlayer as "being better". Having been gone for such a long time I assumed there was a tectonic shift in the media player space. Perhaps I was wrong?

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by wjakob » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:42 PM UTC

There is also IINA that somehow seems more snappy/better-integrated on macOS.

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by jjulius » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:45 PM UTC

kdjfjf7d7 wrote: post #3

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better. I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

You're arguing that MPC is better than VLC because of an issue you encountered 13 - almost 14 - years ago?

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by grokx » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:48 PM UTC

A funny story (among many other) related to the traffic cone chosen as the VLC icon.

When some student was spotted consuming most of the bandwidth by downloading 'Linux distros' on P2P networks, such traffic cone would be placed in front of his room door, to designate the culprit. It might be one of the reason of the VLC icon choice.

Told by my brother in law, who was president of the VIA[0] student association of the Ecole Centrale de Paris.

[0]: https://viarezo.fr/en/a_propos

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by Cyph0n » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

kingcharles wrote: post #4

kdjfjf7d7 wrote: post #3

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better. I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

Can you tell me why MPC + K-Lite is better? I've been gone from the Internet for 8 years. Before I left I used VLC for everything. When I just got a laptop I was convinced to install PotPlayer as "being better". Having been gone for such a long time I assumed there was a tectonic shift in the media player space. Perhaps I was wrong?

VLC is an excellent media player. It is actively developed and runs on many platforms.

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by datenarsch » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

kingcharles wrote: post #4

kdjfjf7d7 wrote: post #3

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better. I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

Can you tell me why MPC + K-Lite is better? I've been gone from the Internet for 8 years. Before I left I used VLC for everything. When I just got a laptop I was convinced to install PotPlayer as "being better". Having been gone for such a long time I assumed there was a tectonic shift in the media player space. Perhaps I was wrong?

MPC-HC is just as good as VLC and maybe a little less cluttered. It's Windows only of course, but if that isn't a limiting factor, then it's a very good alternative to VLC in my opinion.

Re: The team that powers VLC (2019)

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Post by boomboomsubban » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

kdjfjf7d7 wrote: post #3

I always wonder why people go gaga googoo over VLC, when there's Media Player Classic with K-lite which does a lot of the same things better. I remember watching 1080p blurry rips in MPC without any problems in 2008 while VLC would spend 1 year doing some sort of buffering upon opening then struggling to play the video correctly.

VLC works on other operating systems for a start.