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Is vlc still popular and widely used or is there a new 'kid' in town?

by megamike 3mo ago

functionmouse 3mo ago
mpv is really good but a little light on the GUI; I recommend VLC for most people
- whatevaa 3mo ago
  SMPplayer is a frontend for mpv which I use and like.
  - notpushkin 3mo ago
    It also has MPC GUI mode for nostalgia :) On macOS, IINA is my go-to mpv wrapper nowadays, and last time I tried, Haruna is pretty good on KDE.
  - rasz 3mo ago
    Yep, highly recommend https://www.smplayer.info https://www.smplayer.info with dark skin :)
- BoingBoomTschak 3mo ago
  There's https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net for Windows lusers.
- hebelehubele 3mo ago
  mpv is great for scripting, though.
- thenthenthen 3mo ago
  mpv is super for lower spec hardware!
magicalhippo 3mo ago
Well there's an old kid in town, MPC-HC is still being maintained[1] to the great joy for us who dislike the VLC UX. [1]: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/ https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/
- ReptileMan 3mo ago
  Ugh... for the life of me I still can't understand why you can't click to play pause in VLC. Probably once upon a time it was about dvd, but the number of played dvds compared to pirated mk4 is probably one to a billion.
- jesuslop 3mo ago
  Agreed, Media player classic is the Winamp of video.
- tredre3 3mo ago
  It's nice to see that someone revived MPC-HC (again). For a while MPC-BE[1] was the alternative. I don't know how they compare today, but the latter is still great. [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/
- foresto 3mo ago
  If mpv on Linux and MPC-HC on Windows, what is recommended on macOS?
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  - redsocksfan45 3mo ago
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  - neop1x 3mo ago
    I have been using mpv on MacOS too. I just had to create an app bundle for it a very simple swift wrapper which just runs mpv command...
applfanboysbgon 3mo ago
MPC is better if you're on Windows.
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AlienRobot 3mo ago
PotPlayer is the new kid, I guess? Personally I don't like VLC because of the UI, so I've always used MPC.
snvzz 3mo ago
Still vastly prefer mpv[0]. 0. https://mpv.io https://mpv.io
bl4kers 3mo ago
IINA is much better on Mac https://iina.io https://iina.io

Is vlc still popular and widely used or is there a new 'kid' in town?

functionmouse 3mo ago

mpv is really good but a little light on the GUI; I recommend VLC for most people

whatevaa 3mo ago
SMPplayer is a frontend for mpv which I use and like.
- notpushkin 3mo ago
  It also has MPC GUI mode for nostalgia :) On macOS, IINA is my go-to mpv wrapper nowadays, and last time I tried, Haruna is pretty good on KDE.
- rasz 3mo ago
  Yep, highly recommend https://www.smplayer.info https://www.smplayer.info with dark skin :)
BoingBoomTschak 3mo ago
There's https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net for Windows lusers.
hebelehubele 3mo ago
mpv is great for scripting, though.
thenthenthen 3mo ago
mpv is super for lower spec hardware!

magicalhippo 3mo ago

Well there's an old kid in town, MPC-HC is still being maintained[1] to the great joy for us who dislike the VLC UX. [1]: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/ https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/

ReptileMan 3mo ago
Ugh... for the life of me I still can't understand why you can't click to play pause in VLC. Probably once upon a time it was about dvd, but the number of played dvds compared to pirated mk4 is probably one to a billion.
jesuslop 3mo ago
Agreed, Media player classic is the Winamp of video.
tredre3 3mo ago
It's nice to see that someone revived MPC-HC (again). For a while MPC-BE[1] was the alternative. I don't know how they compare today, but the latter is still great. [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/
foresto 3mo ago
If mpv on Linux and MPC-HC on Windows, what is recommended on macOS?
- deleted 3mo ago
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- redsocksfan45 3mo ago
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- neop1x 3mo ago
  I have been using mpv on MacOS too. I just had to create an app bundle for it a very simple swift wrapper which just runs mpv command...

applfanboysbgon 3mo ago

MPC is better if you're on Windows.

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AlienRobot 3mo ago

PotPlayer is the new kid, I guess? Personally I don't like VLC because of the UI, so I've always used MPC.

snvzz 3mo ago

Still vastly prefer mpv[0]. 0. https://mpv.io https://mpv.io

bl4kers 3mo ago

IINA is much better on Mac https://iina.io https://iina.io