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MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

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Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

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Post by StavrosK »

cbhl wrote: post #62
_l4jh wrote: post #33

MPC-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…

Plus, legal streaming video/audio has become ubiquitous in the US, and Chromecast/Fire TV/Roku are far cheaper than building a Home Theater PC (or even converting an old video game console or Linux box into one).

As an aside, I got a $60 Xiaomi Mi box and love it. It has Netflix, runs Android and is a Chromecast client (you can send videos to it). It's about the same price as a Chromecast for a ton more functionality, I highly recommend it.

I haven't tried the Roku/Fire etc though, so they may be good too.

Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

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Post by pritambaral »

StavrosK wrote: post #81
cbhl wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plus, legal streaming video/audio has become ubiquitous in the US, and Chromecast/Fire TV/Roku are far cheaper than building a Home Theater PC (or even converting an old video game console or Linux box into one).

As an aside, I got a $60 Xiaomi Mi box and love it. It has Netflix, runs Android and is a Chromecast client (you can send videos to it). It's about the same price as a Chromecast for a ton more functionality, I highly recommend it. I haven't tried the Roku/Fire etc though, so they may be good too.

I wonder if its software will still be supported two years from now.

Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

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Post by StavrosK »

pritambaral wrote: post #82
StavrosK wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an aside, I got a $60 Xiaomi Mi box and love it. It has Netflix, runs Android and is a Chromecast client (you can send videos to it). It's about the same price as a Chromecast for a ton more functionality, I highly recommend it. I haven't tried the Roku/Fire etc though, so they may be good too.

I wonder if its software will still be supported two years from now.

Eh, it's Android, presumably it'll still run Kodi, and, hell, if I can't get my $800 phone to be supported for two years, I'm not going to mind my $60 TV watcher.

Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

#86

Post by puzzlingcaptcha »

NuDinNou wrote: post #26

Farewell 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/

You can't use madVR with mpv.io which is a deal breaker for many (better scaling algorithms, better dithering, display calibration with 3DLUT, HDR conversion/processing and so on).

Re: MPC-HC v1.7.13 is released and farewell

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Post by mattfrommars »

striking wrote: post #40
NuDinNou wrote: post #26

Farewell 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.

I find MPC key binding a lot better than VLC. I use skip ahead by 10 seconds a lot and using simple arrow key on MPC is very convenient compared to VLC where you need to hit a combo every time.
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