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

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1113 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jwells89 ◴[17 Aug 24 19:58 UTC] No.41277461[source]▶
This has always worked well for me, handling anything that’s thrown at it with ease.

Things may have changed since then, but when I first encountered the project several years ago it seemed like the thing that made this project stand out compared to other player projects was a big emphasis on correctness and accurate playback. There have files I’ve encountered that for example VLC will play with quirks (color reproduction is not quite right, etc) that mpv plays perfectly.

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Bluestein ◴[17 Aug 24 20:15 UTC] No.41277592[source]▶
> There have files I’ve encountered that for example VLC will play with quirks (color reproduction is not quite right, etc) that mpv plays perfectly.

Given how VLC is basically bulletproof and will play absolutely anything thrown at it - it's great to hear that mpv is up there ...

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mixmastamyk ◴[17 Aug 24 20:48 UTC] No.41277834[source]▶
While great in general, vlc has many small seek/sync issues, and also seems to be in maintenance mode.
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Bluestein ◴[17 Aug 24 21:53 UTC] No.41278306{3}[source]▶
> to be in maintenance mode.

Sad to hear.-

PS. On a tangent, rethorically - baring bugs and security - at one point is (if ever) software "finished"?

"We built this search engine. It works. The infrastructure has team enough to run it. But we have this huge payroll of people."

So "improvements" and "features" (and constant UI and UX changes) ...

... "enshittification" ensues.-

When is "good enough" ... good enough?

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1. nine_k ◴[18 Aug 24 04:58 UTC] No.41280210{4}[source]▶
A web search engine is never done because spammers never cease attempts to.game it in new ways, and because new phenomena keep appearing on the web, from presidents posting official news on twitter to the proliferation of AI-generated texts with subtly incorrect information.

A media player, though, has fewer challenges.

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2. hollerith ◴[18 Aug 24 10:41 UTC] No.41281517[source]▶
Media player projects are in an arms race with exploit devs, though, especially since Google keeps introducing and popularizing new media formats.

Speaking of which: which project tkaes security more seriously, vlc or mpv?