can somebody seriously explain what's objectively wrong with vlc?
Won't let you show off your leet haxxor skills changing simple settings using the command line.
It's not bad. But MPC starts faster so I use that
>>54355827
Rebuilding font cache
Buggy as shit deblocking that's better off disabled
>>54355827
Nothing usually. Maybe the interface.
It's when it comes across a file it has difficulty playing the seek bar stops working and it artifacts like shit. Other codecs either play the file or they don't. VLC just shits up your experience and makes those who don't know better assume it's just a problem with the file. It's only really a problem if you download movies and anime, or anything with esoteric configurations.
>>54355827
Even if it is still free I no longer feel special while using it, because it is too mainstream. Fuck everyone for using this le meme player.
>>54355827
>Piss-poor interface that, while basic and easy to navigate, is very boring and too minimalistic, leaving too much buried in submenus and dialog boxes.
>"Rebuilding font cache" meme
>Absolutely shit-tier library management
>Pretty much no add-on support
>Zero customization
>Can't handle random codecs, broken scrubbing in random codecs.
>can somebody seriously explain what's objectively wrong with vlc?
muh bleeding edge ricing streamlined bezels and secret squirrel hipster street cred
>>54355827
There are better alternatives.
>>54355827
I think it's great when watching movies with my gf. Then again I don't watch illgeal hentai rape porn like all these other guys complaining.
So it depends on what you are watching, if you dont like vlc you might aswell call yourself a pedofile.
>>54355827
I use it to watch lectures at 2x speed without the lecturers pitch increasing like a tape recording.
>>54355964
Lol too bad it's absolutely shit as a streaming client. There are better alternatives for that too. It makes a much better desktop player than a network client, fuck that. I'd rather use Windows Media Center.
It was my choice until I apt-got mpv
>>54355859
This. People hate to admit it, but it's true. If you want a customizable music player without autism - get Deadbeef.
>>54355987
pitch correction is pretty much a standard feature
on any player that isn't absolute shit
I use VLC in place of quicktime on Mac only because I hate the UI of quicktime, I hate how you have to manually start and maximize quicktime. But I dont like how fragile the video is on VLC, like if I click somewhere on the scrubline on VLC it will skip like a CD player skipping, quicktime never misses a beat. So if I want to skip around on a video I will use quicktime
>>54355827
>Unfriendly and forgetful keyboard shortcuts
>U.i from the 90's
>waiting for the day KMP arrives on Linux
It's not GOM
>>54355827
Nothing. It's the best video player.
>>54355912
why do you need to feel special, you fucking fairy?
Don't listen to the whining anime faggots. For normal use it's absolutely fine.
>open source
>portable
>plays a shitload of formats
>stable codebase for years
>>54355827
OS X here, not sure about windows.
Seeking too quickly on VLC would always cause artefacts all over the screen, often cause audio/video desynchronisation and other times straight out force you to stop and reload the video because it got stuck.
mpv does none of that and is also a lot easier on the battery.
seems like the obvious choice
>>54355827
It's a fucking cone.
>>54355827
The interface looks like ass.
>>54355827
Nothing. MPV starts slightly faster and can controlled over SSH though.
>>54356400
>not using the superior skinned version it comes with
>>54356454
just tried MPV, it plays videos worse than VLC, very little control of the video on the scrubline
>>54356466
no you didn't.
>>54356479
yes I did, its a quick and easy install on homebrew
>>54356076
What are you, gook?
>>54355827
uses outdated version of ffmpeg lib and hasn't fixed a security flaw in months also the main dev is in my opinion retarded
>>54355827
They said mouse click to pause is impossible to implement despite how literally every other video player (even Flash and HTML5 based) supports that option.
They even killed an extension that allowed this functionality.
>>54356466
>it plays videos worse than VLC, very little control of the video on the scrubline
Care to elaborate? How did it play videos worse than VLC?
>>54356268
That's what this entire board is about
>>54355983
>>54355859
I'm with you guys.
>>54355888
>Rebuilding font cache
can be turned off
>>54356076
i used gom back in 2000~ it was pretty good, vlc is better tho
>>54356319
I thought mpv is shit on os x
yify and VLC
A match made in codec hell.
>>54357280
I mean when I was scrubbing the video head around the timeline the video wouldnt play where the video pointer was but would jump around to random places on its own
>>54357378
what have you heard? haven't had any problems with it, maybe it has issues for specific tasks I've never used
>>54357437
Sounds like something wrong with MPV in the hombrew repos then or some missing dependencies/codecs. I've never heard of this occurring on linux MPV. MPV is generally faster than VLC.
>>54356076
Liteeally botnet
>>54355827
it's logo. it's awful and completely disgusting.
Because it's not approved by /g/, you shit head.
One of the reasons why I hate it is IT FUCKING USES ITS UGLY ASS ICON AS A THUMBNAIL FOR EVERY MEDIA FILES.
>>54355827
some people don't like things that just work and that can be easily configured.
If you're just using a player for 'normal use' why not just use WMP instead?
>>54355827
It's not made for regular video playback, even says it in its name ffs
>>54355827
nothing.
vlc for non anime
mpc-hc + svp for anime on windows
mpv for anime anywhere else
>>54355938
>"rebuilding font cache" meme
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+fix+vlc+rebuilding+font+cache+
>Absolutely shit-tier library management
its a video player, not Kodi
>Pretty much no add-on support
http://addons.videolan.org/
>zero customization
you're joking right?
http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?section=&global=1&q=vlc+skin
VLC is perfect
>>54355827
It's made by Frenchfags.
And because they're Frenchfags, they won't fix bugs because they're stubborn.
>WONTFIX
>>54359578
can someone unironically explain this mpv anime meme?
why is mpv better suited for anime than for other videos? how are anime anime different?
>>54355827
>seriously
>objectively
You're on /g/ m8, what are you expecting?
because it actually works and is pretty popular therefore not good enough for /g/ virgins.
>>54355827
it works like shit compared to default Videos program on Linux, or MPC on Windows
VLC tards actually prefer this
>>54355827
It's fuckin' broke on loonix somehow
Only displays DVD video at the video's native resolution, but scales the menu interface accordingly so you can't tell what the fuck is happening. Makes it p much useless.
cuz they are fucking blind
VLC beta for Android is currently the best video player, even better than MX Player Pro.
one is vlc and other is high preset from mpv thread.
>>54361453
>>54361503
>>54361527
>>54361536
autism general
i wish i could remove vlc from my system
but mpv doesn't even support dvd menus
>>54361565
idiot general
>>54361515
How so?
>>54361536
Which one is supposed to look better?
>>54361536
Are they supposed to look identical?
>>54361663
>>54361668
yeah, this is not how comparison should be done.
>>54355827
MUH ANIMES
It's slow and more bloated compared to MPV. It chokes on 10 bit videos on my chink tab while MPV plays them flawlessly.
>>54361608
hardware accel support is the same as MX Player Pro
VLC supports DTS audio while MX doesn't
VLC now has local network support, whereas with MX, you had to use a file explorer and browse for the network storage first.
>>54361663
>>54361668
>>54361682
I'm not the mpv shill. If high preset for mpv doesn't add much even with still frame pixel peeping, then I'd say that VLC is good enough.
>>54361717
Because how a still screencap looks is the only deciding factor in what software to use, right?
>>54361663
>>54361668
The subtitle size is different :^)
>>54361717
>codecs
That's nice. You can get custom codecs for MX player for VLC on XDA.
What about usability?
>>54361682
>>54361716
>>54361734
The only difference I see is in the colors.
>>54361717
>I'm not the mpv shill.
>So I'll do a comparison in a completely wrong way.
>>54357284
i disagree with your assessment
>>54361757
The colors are the same. They only look different to you because they're displaying on different parts of the screen.
It's funny that weebs care about this placebo crap the most when differences are least perceivable on their chinese girl cartoons.
>>54361751
>for MX player for VLC
god I fucked up
>>54361803
i disagree with your assessment of his assessment
>>54361811
Enjoy your blur and worst quality ever. Why even bother you could just use WMP or Totem.
>>54361874
>Enjoy your blur and worst quality ever.
I actually use mpv, bitch.
I've overlaid and compared the screenshots in my image editor. The artifacts are different but there aren't significant differences in the amount of them. In fact, I'd say the one with the sharpening filter (guessing mpv) has slightly more artifacts.
Weebs, when will they learn?
>>54356061
>>54355888
I've never encountered these two problems and everyone on /g/ mentions these two whenever vlc is brought up. Am I just lucky or is /g/ memeing too much?
>>54359578
Why not just use mpc/mpv for animu and everything else
There is no reason to use vlc if you have any of those
>>54361957
Because traffic cone has shiny buttons that prevent noob confusion.
>>54361949
>someone uses mpv
>weeb
when you will buy a brain already?
>>54356390
yeh i dont like the logo, its fucking stupid.
>>54361992
Oh look, damage control.
I don't get your point though. I'm a weeb because I use mpv?
>>54355827
I've seen some pretty nasty artifacts on it, particularly when watching webms I've downloaded here, but sometimes it happens on videos I rip from YouTube too.
>>54361949
>sharpening filter
mpv doesn't use any sharpening filters. you can add sharpening with external shaders
>>54362015
>I don't get your point though. I'm a weeb because I use mpv?
>>54361949
>Weebs, when will they learn?
>>54362058
...yeah, you aren't making any sense.
>>54362040
It looked like a sharpening filter to me when I zoomed in on the bottom right corners of both screenshots but I admit I'm not the best when it comes to autist filters. What do you think they are?
>>54359850
The Japanese, and translators, like MPV for some reason.
There is literally no other explanation, it's just one of those things that Japan does.
>>54362177
Sources? The japs are hardcore windows fans, why would they use memepv?
>>54362310
Because they are not retards like you
>can somebody seriously explain what's objectively wrong with vlc?
superior alternatives exist
that's it
it's an extremely common situation for something to be wrong, and you encounter it in your real life all the time
you don't use an ice box when you have a freezer
>>54362331
Where does this asspain come from? Did you get BTFO by someone on the chans earlier?
>>54362427
It's not an asspain, just stating a fact
>>54362472
weak
>>54362521
maybe, no one is perfect
>using DAUM PotPlayer
>made by chinks
>mfw
Only reason I switched is because Bomi started shitting itself for some reason
Works great though
>>54362538
>switching from chinkware to abandonware
Are you a masochist?
>>54362538
>Bomi
Why didn't that autist simply make a GUI for mpv instead of forking it?
MPV starts way faster than VLC on OS X so I use MPV. Also MPV's interface is more minimalist so that's nice
literally nothing
>>54361992
Oh okay I think I get your post now. They took an anime screenshot, that is why I referred to them as a weeb. Try to follow post numbers next time.
>>54355827
Rebuilding font cache
Colors look washed out
Fucks up subtitles
Doesn't support different renderers
Looks shit like most FOSS
>>54355827
It isn't Potplayer
>>54361515
Ayy lmao, good one. VLC for Android is a pile of shit.
>>54362868
This anon >>54361717 gave reasons as to why it's better. What are you reasons for it being a pile of shit?
>>54355827
It just works and normies use it so /g/ hates it
I heard that VLC might be getting mpv's vo_opengl renderer. Would be p. cool for them because they use xv or something by default
>>54355827
Nothing much nowadays, but it used to regularly corrupt key frames, causing the absurd artifacting that it is still known for to this day.
Plus its video scaling is worse than any of the alternatives.
Tearing
>>54362538
Have you tried Baka MPlayer? It's pretty nice.
VLC da best
I watch all my YIFY rips with it
>>54355827
It's very good but MPC-HC have better results, lower memory print, and some useful features + it's easier to use so I use MPC-HC instead.
>>54355964
>There are better alternatives
Can you name them, and tell us why they're better?
>>54363257
I did but I couldn't get into it, misses some customization I really like such as mouse button keybinds
>>54363264
just increase the cache instead of making up shit.
>>54363343
Did you try adding your own?
because people who use it are dumb fuckers
>>54361955
I've had multiple videos turn into garbled mess that fixes itself when I disable deblocking.
>>54363386
Tried once, couldn't get it to work. Maybe I'm just retarded though
I'll stick to Pot for now, my passwords haven't changed so far and things still run butter smooth
>>54355827
color reproduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLnKG5wu6U
>>54361955
This was a common problem for me in the early vlc versions
>>54363560
>color reproduction
loooool, it's called "Dynamic range", you can configure it.
>>54363642
but why when MPC-HC is better right out of the box?
>>54361955
Ive seen them both plenty.
>>54362787
k, sry
>>54363264
TAAAAAKE
OOOOON
MEEEE
TAKE ON ME
>>54363264
is that matthew mcconaughey?
>>54361955
Only happens on dogshit c2d's that /g/ loves so much
I used to use it but my HD movies would become grey pixelated messes every other scene so I switched to MPC-HC through the CCC package. Works for me.
>>54364166
expert showed up
Having a name with 3 letters made it cooler than mplayer, but then mplayer changed it's name to mpv.
>>54355827
/g/ is always wrong. everyone itt is fucking retarded as shit. Enjoy your goofy ass media players.
How's your wife's son doing, OP?
>>54366325
mpv isn't mplayer
>>54355827
it isnt winamp2
>>54355827
Its name in't a recursive acronym.
>>54355827
it's not llamha tested
>>54366801
this
>>54363328
He is trolling. MPC-BE is the better alternative, but not a better player. You only need to use it if your system is bitching about VLC.
>>54366950
>MPC-BE is the better alternative, but not a better player
who's trolling who? MPC is hands down a better player than VLC.
>>54367114
>MPC is hands down a better player than VLC.
except MPC cannot do a quarter of what VLC does
...render formats without plugins/libraries (you need CCCP/etc)
...adjust audio/subtitle sync while running with keys
...render styled subtitles without plugins
...run accelerated on many iGPUs, especially those in HTPCs
...seamlessly connect to network share
...stream video to DNLA/etc
also there's no android client
>>54355827
i can't use anything else, mpv sucks ballsacks and everything else sucks multiple ballsacks
>>54367313
>mpv sucks ballsacks
Do you have any specific complaints or are you one of those idiots who hates it just because it's cool to be contrarian?
it doesn't play the videos i like to watch well enough to actually watch them
>>54367941
well put
>>54367153
>...render formats without plugins/libraries (you need CCCP/etc)
It can, it has always shipped with it's internal codecs, they changed them to use LAVfilters around 2013 iirc
>...adjust audio/subtitle sync while running with keys
You can
>...render styled subtitles without plugins
It can, it has always been able to, people used external subtitle renderers because they were much faster than the internal one based on libass, it also had some defects with some typesetting
Nowadays libass is fast enough and doesn't have does defects, but xy-vsfilter is still a little bit faster
>...run accelerated on many iGPUs, especially those in HTPCs
It can, LAVfilters manage hardware decoding, hardware rendering is done through EVR or VMR depending on how old is your Windows
>...seamlessly connect to network share
It can
>...stream video to DNLA/etc
It isn't designed to do this, it's a video player, not a streaming server
Though, it is a DirectShow video player, it's supposed to work through external programs, though it ships with everything needed nowadays
>also there's no android client
Literally impossible since it is a DirectShow video player
>>54355827
not much nowadays
it's just that MPC-HC with madVR is infinitely better
>>54355888
This. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
>>54367153
>...render formats without plugins/libraries (you need CCCP/etc)
Both MPC and VLC use ffmpeg as a library you retard
>>54355827
VLC is fine. The reason I stopped using it was the rabid and vocal fans of VLC. Annoying.
vlc was better years ago.
although i will say that with all the different types of devices and device architecture.
i blame handhelds.
what sthe best player for anime exactly?
>use vlc, people dont like it
>use mpv, literally basic control buttons for video and thats it, no playlists, or a menu to open files
>use mpc-hc, looks like trash, have to download and install 4 programs from various sketchy websites to watch anime
>potplayer, works out of the box like vlc, doesnt look as bad as vlc, but its still disliked.
im starting to think the vlc/potplayer is bad meme, is just a meme. i see no reason to use mpc, or mpv when those two programs either do the bare minimal, or look like ass and require 4 russian hack.exe to work properly.
if i would have never started downloading anime this would not be a problem, i could stream all day instead of waiting 9 hours for a series to download, then delete 30gb of anime
>>54369208
>not knowing how to configure mpv
>using vanilla mpc
From what I can see you're a lazy piece of shit so you should just stick to windows media player kid, you'll get a shitty player but at least you'll save a little time/space.
>>54369208
PotPlayer has never been hated and VLC is legitimately terrible.
Just use Baka MPlayer if you're not smart enough to use the advanced features of mpv. mpv can do literally whatever you're smart enough to tell it to do; it's a powerful tool, not a pretty one.
Also, just get CCCP if you want MPC-HC without having to get the extra software yourself.
>>54369409
not everyone has the time of day to rice every damn thing they use faggot. i shouldnt have to mod something for it to be good.
>>54369432
saw baka Mplayer while reading the thread, it looks good. i get a bit of screen tearing when watching 1080 anime with it, though its not a bad drawback its annoying
>>54369464
>i shouldnt have to mod something for it to be good
Honestly every media player is shit if you don't configure it.
>>54369464
What GPU do you have and are your drivers up to date?
>>54369464
>watching anime
>shotposting on /g/
Yeah you must be a really busy guy.
>>54369491
running with integrated graphics, as far as i know, driver updated. Using a i3-2350m
>>54369507
>end work day
>decide to relax and watch anime and browse
not everyone is jobless anon. anime is a hobby i picked up in my young days
>>54369541
Sure thing bro, I can belive your lies if it makes you happy.
>>54369513
I assume you're using Windows? Try running Driver Booster 3 to see if the drivers are out of date.
Beyond that, I don't know. I don't have an issue with it. You could try asking the devs about it on GitHub.
>>54369598
ill try that, thanks anon. like i said it isnt a big issue, just very annoying.
nothing wrong with vlc. I prefer smp though. I use both.
>>54355888
>Rebuilding font cache
Problem with Windows, not VLC.
>>54357109
>outdated version of ffmpeg lib
FFmpeg is packaged separately from VLC in most Linux distros, so this is not a problem.
>hasn't fixed a security flaw in months
Care to provide details?
>>54355912
>Even if it is still free I no longer feel special while using it, because it is too mainstream.
Macfag.
>>54363560
>>54363642
>>54363671
This is actually an issue with Windows Nvidia drivers.
>>54368151
I guess the no reply means he lost so hard he can't come with any memes, retorts or other insults to hide his butthurt faults.
Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8o9G5DeLQc
Exaggerated bonus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hirq60Ago0Y
>>54364057
looks like interstellar
>>54370008
Not an issue, they just follow Microsoft's recommendation.
>>54355827
Perfect example of Bloatware. Additional features of VLC
-Convert Media Files
-Stream Media Over the Network or Internet
-Record Your Desktop
-an integrated HTTP server for remotely control playback from a browse
-Watch youTube videos
-Subscribe to podcasts
-Apply video and audio effects
-video wallpaper and ASCII mode
There are dedicaded apps for all those features, we dont like ""swiss army knife" software
>>54370538
So it does a lot of things in a half assed way. Got it.
>>54355983
you're an idiot
>>54370538
Features you don't use are only bad if they make the program run poorly or cause a freakish amount of clutter. In my experience VLC runs as well as MPC, even on a pretty old computer. (Also, I've actually used the media streaming function. It's nice.)
>>54371060
Small, sharp tools. mpv+youtube-dl (or Baka MPlayer if you're lazy) is much better and more efficient than VLC having a half-assed implementation of all of those built in.
>>54370538
could be worse, everytime i use audacity i have to restart and download another fucking plugin
you're not wrong, but the alternative is annoying too.
MPC-HC + madVR masterrace
>>54372223
i tried using mpc + madvr and i was getting a insane amounts of dropped frames.
>>54372223
this
>>54356076
fuck i remember using that back in the day
>>54372476
I don't have any problems with it even on my laptop which isn't really that good. I didn't change much in madVR however. I only changed the image upscaling and image downscaling algorithms.
>>54355827
it is slower than MPV. the only reason i switched from Media Player to MPC was because it was slower, the only reason I switcde from MPC to VLC was because MPC was slower, the only reason i switched from VLC to MPV was because VLC was slower
>>54355827
It's not bad there is just better software for that.
Why use inferior version when both are free?
>using a Video Lan Codec Player for Local Media Files
>>54355827
You're asking why a 20 plus virgin hatea a piece of software?
Proly because it doesnt have an anine skin or because they like counting the pixels on their screen and vlc misses sone.
>>54373458
but it is useless to ask retards like you
>>54364166
Can confirm
Happened on my turionx2 a couple of hours ago for h265 videos.
Will twiddle with settings to try and fix it soon. My own fault for using such outdated hardware, VLC is still good.
>>54372223
>>54372521
>placebo crap
>doesn't understand how display drivers work
Back to /a/ tech illiterates.
>>54355827
It's the best
>>54355888
Never saw that in v2.0.0
>>54374707
I did, a lot.
>use MPC
>video shits up
>use VLC
>video works
Basically just keep it as backup player to play the most broken-ass files.
>>54355827
perfect in any way
>>54374707
>pleb player
>pleb pornstar
Figures
>>54377264
Best player.
Qt-est pornstar.
Autism Tier
>MPV
Slightly autistic but in a good way tier
>MPC-HC
Just werks tier
>VLC
>vlc
>>54378213
thinks no one except idiots
>>54378324
meanwhile at mpv
both OOB
>>54355827
It's fine on desktop but on Android it's absolutely a piece of shit compared to MX Player
>>54378324
>>54378402
>>54355827
>people saying mpv is "A-AH-AUTIS-SM!!!! AUTISM!!!!"
sorry that you can't accept that mpv is THE best lightweight video player
>>54355827
>2016
>not using realplayer
>>54371078
>>54370538
Do you also deem browsers as bloatware?
>not using kodi with super repo addons to stream all your pirated movies
>>54355882
This
And rendering is usually a joke.
>>54355827
Decent now but in its past, it had absolutely shit subtitle support. Since many people here use it for anime, this limitation made it unusable.
The issue is fixed now but it still has the stigma associated with it.
>>54363779
underrated
>>54361716
>10 bit videos
lol
Nothing?
>>54380331
everything
>>54380726
Subs don't lie.
>>54381037
*Dubs
>>54355827
Shitty default skin. :D
>>54378503
Triggered
>>54355827
After trying /g/'s favorite mvp, I can objectively say there is absolutely nothing wrong with vlc.
>>54382266
*mpv
>>54381052
>:D
but getting a good skin is easy. i still main a riced out mpv but VLC works well for the normie.
