RIP. Is VLC the best alternative at the moment?
In my practice VLC had troubles with many HEVC files.
MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
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Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#42MPC-HC was always my go-to. Starts up instantly and the performance was always superb, much better than VLC in seeking. I don't know what it is, but more often than not, VLC pauses for a moment when seeking to a random part of the file, while MPC-HC has always been instant.
I suppose I'll try out MPV.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#43Damn. I remember all the debates on /a/ (4chan anime board) on what are the best options and presets... for watching anime. Looking back it was kind of silly but we were able to do that because the player was so well built. On Linux/macOS I use mpv - I recommend it!
I really liked the interpolation stuff you could get in MPC-HC. Panning and such in anime was so much nicer.
Edit: Turns out this isn't unique to MPC-HC: https://www.svp-team.com/
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#44A more verbose title would've been useful. I shouldn't have to click through to the linked site to find out what the acronym MPC-HC means.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the looks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Player_Classic#Black_Edi...
Not just the looks. It says right there in the source you provided that MPC-BE "not only looks better than MPC, but also performs faster"
MPC-HC is already so fast, I doubt that claim is even true. I just double-clocked on a video file after a cold boot, the UI shows up almost instantly, and the playback starts after around a second.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#46Farewell old friend. For those looking for an alternative: you should try MPV. It's a video player for the geeks/hackers https://mpv.io/manual/stable/
I second MPV. All you need for watching video, with none of the bloat of VLC. The default keybinds are absolutely nonsensical, though.
Agreed, though unfortunately, every attempt to change them has resulted in bikeshedding and no real progress. See: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/973
Now, the general consensus is that they should be changed gradually, rather than all at once. Some obviously bad keybindings have been removed this way (eg. Esc->quit.) If you create an issue for your most hated keybind, it can probably be changed.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#47Those looking for a great alternative try using MPV. https://mpv.io/ $ brew install mpv $ mpv ~/Media/my-movie.mp4 And you're off!
Isn't MPC-HC for Windows, and Brew for macOS?
MPV is indeed a good alternative, though.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Making front-ends to existing back-ends makes a lot of sense to me. I don't really see the advantage of writing a monolithic media player from scratch as opposed to leveraging existing back-ends.
I knew I should have clarified that I don't think it is a bad thing they are "just" front ends to mpv :) I agree with you that there isn't much (if any) advantage to doing it all again with a new media player core. I would rather all the expertise is put into mpv to be honest and then let others build front ends that do all the extra bits.
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Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#49MPC-HC was always my go-to. Starts up instantly and the performance was always superb, much better than VLC in seeking. I don't know what it is, but more often than not, VLC pauses for a moment when seeking to a random part of the file, while MPC-HC has always been instant. I suppose I'll try out MPV.
VLC in a nutshell: Rebuilding fonts...
Fortunately, I believe MPC-HC will still likely be updated if necessary, or forked and updated if need be. I know I haven't updated mine in years and haven't had any problems.
Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell
#50MPC-HC is a superb media player but it is not surprising to see this happen. Interest in maintaining open source Windows applications written in C/Win32/C++/MFC is going to keep dropping as there are not as many people with the skills or motivation to do it. Especially for something as complex as a media player. Even on the Linux side I have seen a drop in the number of full blown media players being developed, they…
It's definitely bittersweet. I have a soft spot for raw Win32 programming. On Windows, I'd rather see a program written in Win32 than in something like WPF or XAML, so it's sad that there isn't much interest in developing Win32 programs these days. This news about MPC-HC came as a shock, because I thought it was popular enough to stay around. Still, I'd rather see a cross-platform program than one that only works on Windows, and unfortunately, MPC-HC falls into the latter category.