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Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

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1113 points Bluestein | 3 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.629s | source
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w4rh4wk5 ◴[17 Aug 24 19:58 UTC] No.41277455[source]▶
Is this worth a look when you are pretty happy with VLC already?
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baal80spam ◴[17 Aug 24 20:00 UTC] No.41277475[source]▶
Yes, it is. I don't understand the cult of VLC to be honest. There are better media players, at least on Windows.
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1. djbusby ◴[17 Aug 24 20:37 UTC] No.41277768[source]▶
We love VLC because it plays anything, everytime.

And has done this, for a long time, since times when other players struggled.

Maybe it's not the "Best" - it is still the goodest.

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2. literallycancer ◴[18 Aug 24 14:17 UTC] No.41282536[source]▶
VLC doesn't play everything though. mpv plays stuff that VLC can't play. I never have to worry about codecs or installing anything.
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3. djbusby ◴[18 Aug 24 22:07 UTC] No.41285930[source]▶
Sure. My point is that VLC gets a special place. It "just works" for a decade before MPV, still does and across 3+ platforms!

MPV is great too! I think it's important to also recognize how rad VLC was and continues to be.