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ljs@fosstodon.org

Lorenzo Stoakes

I really really hate to say it, but vlc is pretty terrible these days.

I understand and appreciate open source software (until turning pro recently I put 100's of hours of unpaid time into contributing to open source), but we also have to be honest.

It fails to play a bunch of videos, rips I've made from blurays etc. are washed out, nobody's sure how to _definitely_ fix it, it stutters, full screen flickers, etc. etc.

Install mpv, play a vid, everything perfect.

What's going on with vlc?

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vbabka@mastodon.social

Vlastimil Babka 🇨🇿🇪🇺🇺🇦

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@ljs must be a packaging issue btw

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ljs@fosstodon.org

Lorenzo Stoakes

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@vbabka you sound like Kent!

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oleksandr@natalenko.name

Oleksandr Natalenko, MSE verified

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@ljs @vbabka bvlcfs, the wow player for linux that won't eat your movies

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

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@ljs I use it mainly because it has best working ChromeCast support from all open source players I've tried, not by a choice ;-) If I watch "locally at desk" I always use mpv.
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