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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: 0.234s | 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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blooalien ◴[17 Aug 24 20:39 UTC] No.41277775[source]▶
VLC plays pretty much any media file from pretty much anywhere it can be stored, and it's got a pretty standard interface, so folks find it easy to understand how to operate it. That's it. No real "cult" situation there. Just an app that does it's job well. Same is true of mpv, but some people will prefer it (as I do) because it's lightweight and clean and quick (and all the stuff people also like about VLC).
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1. lxgr ◴[20 Aug 24 22:53 UTC] No.41304920[source]▶
Maybe I'm an outlier, but I've always found the VLC GUI quite cluttered and confusing.

99% of the time I use it, I just want to play a local video file or watch a web radio stream. I don't want to create a playlist or browse my computer using a built-in media library, yet both are front and center in VLC.