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

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1113 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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lairv ◴[17 Aug 24 21:38 UTC] No.41278203[source]▶
I use it to inspect video frames by frames, particularly being able to go back one frame. VLC doesn't support it, this thread about the feature is hilarious https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=120627
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anigbrowl ◴[18 Aug 24 01:56 UTC] No.41279561[source]▶
I'll be happy to switch over to MPV for this alone. VLC is great in general, but lacking some basic features. This sort of 'not possible' nonsense from developers is always a sign of a project's long-term decline.
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mnsc ◴[18 Aug 24 06:47 UTC] No.41280619[source]▶
"not possible" is as much nonsense as "everything is possible". Is it possible for vlc to implement support for rendering and editing common 3d object models? Yes! But is it possible given what vlc was set out to do? No!

I think another sign of a projects long term decline is developers that are all too happy to expand the scope of the project. If that happens I just know that down the line the feature I started using the software because of is down prioritized due to the "need of supporting markdown in the email editor" when the software started as a MSN chat archiver.

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1. anigbrowl ◴[18 Aug 24 18:15 UTC] No.41284117[source]▶
I see your point, but frame advance/rewind is very very basic stuff, a feature that has been around since VCRs went on sale to consumers in the 1980s. Doing it on digital videos with intraframe compression obviously requires some memory tradeoffs, but it's inarguably core functionality for a video playback application.