I remember the days where mplayer was the only one that could get through semi corrupt 800MB DivX’es with only minor audio sync problems.
VLC is the one and only.
i use mpv btw
mpv is cool because it can run shaders, which at some point I found someone made a shader & script to run FSR over the videos played on mpv lol.
Interesting, how did that turn out?
So do all of them
Only one out of four. Showtime, Totem and Light Video all use GStreamer.
I don’t really use my software. I just gawk and marvel at its beauty, its slick form factor, its beautiful rounded curves. /s
What are you, an Apple fan?!
They just said they only use GNU awk. 🙄 /j
In all seriousness though, Cine is pretty nice.
vlc for the win
I guess these exist because GTK makes it easy to build sleek apps that do the basic function well, but the road to a more serious app with all the features people generally expect takes a thousand more issues.
Then they switch to Qt and realize that VLC and Haruna (a mpv frontend) already cover the bases.
When I switched from Windows the biggest problem by far was finding a good replacement for MPC-HC. VLC just feels clunky and mpv itself is just a cli app, not what a fresh Linux user is looking for. I did end up settling on Haruna since it has options that get me closer to MPC-HC than any other player.
Now that I am more familiar with Wine I am curious if MPC-HC would hold up.
VLC Criticism
have you tried mpc-qt? i heard it’s pretty good. mpc-hc (the windows program) hasn’t been developed for 9 years now, i don’t think it’s a good idea…
You linked a fork.
*fewer
