Why does /g/ hate VLC? >coded in C >not a botnet >FOSS

>>57925525
mpv+cmus

/g/ likes everything until it becomes mainstream.

It's shit compared to MPC-HC.

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I dunno. Maybe because there are better media players like mpv and mpc-hc that don't fuck up simple shit like seeking.

>>57925525
Because they are hipster NEETS.

VLC is that kind of program that you should always have in your PC, like a notepad.

>>57925647
vlc dev detected

Your program is objectively shit. Kill yourself

Because it's made for watching streams

WAIT! Is some video player run by SJWs?

>>57925525
/g/ hates anything that's good.
Look at how they reacted to Solus.

I don't know why /g/ hates it but I don't like it because its seeking sucks on big files.
See
>>57925612

>>57925525
History lesson.

/g/, and 4chan for that matter, is populated with weeaboos.

VLC for a long period of time was absolutely garbage when it came to subtitles, having only the very basic crappy support for them. This had made it impossible to use it for translated anime.

>>57925525
because
>shit tier code, heck even pull requests they make for other projects like FFmpeg end up buggy and broken
>can't render anything properly, algorithms are the laughing stock of the video tech community
>designed for streaming first and video playback second; and it shows
>their own custom demuxers are absolute dogshit, still can't seek quickly in 2016
>tied to a garbage GUI, not lightweight

>>57925667
>objectively

not an argument

MPC-HC is windows only, and nobody uses windows, so it's shit

>cant watch poorly coding Malaysian pedo halal moving pictures

>>57925525
this board is filled with niggerfaggots

>>57925525
I don't know how well vlc works today, but back in the days it really did suck. You could not watch 1080p video without it glitching out the picture, from time to time. It would load sub cache for a long time, and video seeking was slow. The interpolation was nowhere to be found, and the colors were a bit off.

This is why people hated it, and still treats it like a joke. But like I said, I don't have any clue on how well it works today.

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>>57925867
>there are faggots out here who don't realize where MPC comes from

>>57925867
>this is what retards actually believe

>>57925525
It had trouble playing their chink cartoons encoded in autist tier formats.

>>57925525
I've never had a problem with vlc in my entire life. all the faggots that don't like it are autistic basement dwellers that use off brand software because they think they're cool

>>57925938
>me watching 1080p movies on a core duo in 2009

what kind of shit computer did you have?

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>>57925992
Without any problems at all? Not any of these problems that were well known among users and developers alike?

1. Video quality issues, especially at the beginnings of files
2. Takes several seconds to start up, whereas MPV starts instantaneously no matter what file I throw at it
3. MPV just has better video quality out of the box, and can be configured for even better quality if you want

I do still keep it around for when I want to play DVDs, though.

>>57925978
>t. someone who has never played a remux

>>57926091
t. someone who isn't a bitch and could care less about perfect image quality

>>57925739
>subtitles for animu
Come on, if you can learn Haskell and C you can learn japanese.

>>57926160
>and could care less about perfect image quality

I think you mean you couldn't care less. And if you don't care about image quality than vlc is for you friend :)

>>57925525
because there is potplayer

>use VLC
>has a fuckton of supported formats, plays broken videos, can use dank skins and much more
>use mpv
>runs like donkeyshit and has even more tearing than old VLC versions
Am i getting memed here?

>>57926329
sounds like you're the one memeing

>>57926329
Nice bait Pajeet. Here's a (You) to help feed your family.

>>57926177
I'm trying, anon.

>>57925525
Because it cant play 4k video without constant stuttering

>>57926050
not him, but I also had a c2d and watched 1080p bluray rips with vlc. never a single problem. guess you guys are not good with pcs if you have problems?

/g/ hates EVERYTHING which becomes popular. as in, when it's so good even normies start to use it. vlc, qbitorrent, windows 10... you name it. it hurts their hipster feelings. so yeah, keep using it bro, don't mind these cucks.

>>57927833
>normies
I agree, but god fucking DAMN it, stop using this damn word.

>>57927845
>bro
>cucks
Oh, nevermind. This is just a newfag /pol/tard that discovered that 4chan is not just /pol/.

>>57925525
I use VLC

>>57925687
Agreed

>>57927852
>>57927845
damn you triggered... autism?

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>>57925525

shit performance on .mkv and .mp4 files compared to MPC-HC

also no built in screenshot contact template (pic related)

MPC-HC hasn't been updated in over a year though so I will probably replace it with VLC in the near future

>>57926088
>I do still keep it around for when I want to play DVDs, though.
it has absolute dogshit-tier deinterlacing though

>>57927983
>planet earth 2 on bluray

OH SHIT, ITS OUT ISNT IT

>>57925677
>>57925525
>Caring more about anoying sjw than murderous botnet

>>57927997

entire season leaked to rarbg.com a week before bluray release in UK, I think.

i downloaded this torrent

https://rarbg.to/torrent/yi41aos

>>57925525
Because mpv is cleaner and faster. Also better hotkeys.

>>57925525
I though only /a/ hated VLC

And that's only a vocal minority of /a/ that uses Windows and MPC

Most of /a/ are freedom loving GNU/Linux users

VLC is great

>>57925525
Not as good as mpv.

if you don't use VLC you're a faggot

that is all

>>57927983

alright I just installed the 64bit VLC

>no hardware acceleration (MPC-HC has this by default)
>extremely confusing and bloated settings menu (MPC-HC is neat and tidy, can even backup keybindings)
>consumes 10% CPU power when viewing a video (MPC-HC uses 0,8%)
>seeking is slow as fuck, takes 1-2 seconds (MPC-Hc is instant)
>default download button on their website links to the 32-bit version
>default keybindings are shitty and you can accidentally change the filters and sharpness, resulting in all videos viewed in the future will not be correct color and sharpness
>opening a 1080P movie on a 1080P monitor causes a big proportion of the movie to disappear from the monitor
>and when the video is bigger than the monitor, only the thin window border is dragable
>can't use the video's name when taking a screenshot, so you will never know where a screenshot came from

is this the best the french can do? Jesus christ

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>>57927983
> 0x7E0
> Not writing your own thumbnailer

Because there are just better media players out there. MPC-HC on Windows and mpv on Mac/Linux

>>57925739
Also this, but it also had trouble with playback occasionally, leaving artifacts everywhere.

>>57925562
/board

>>57925612
They haven't fixed this after over a decade? Fuck this.

>>57925565
mpc-hc lacks a ton of functionality that vlc provides

>>57925525
That cone is the stupidest und ugliest logo of all computing history.

>inb4 function>form

yeah, do not want my computer to look like a chest of duplos

>>57925525
It is made for faggots by faggots, if you don't see what is wrong with it, then you probably one of those faggots and thus VLC suits you perfectly.

>>57927983
>MPC-HC hasn't been updated in over a year though so I will probably replace it with VLC in the near future
Wrong, prefix nightly. to their Website or look closer at the downloads page, it's still actively developed.
Their "releases" are just the rock solid versions. You may also look at the dev branch at github to see what they improved.

>>57928825
such as?
I feel the exact opposite.
For me VLC lacks a ton of functionality that mpc provides.

>>57925687
>Look at how they reacted to Solus.
>>57927868

How's your day, Kevin?

>>57927826
Is this bait?

best media player for old thinkpads? (T420)

mpc-hc with madvr wont play 60 fps video

>>57925667
>Using the word 'objectively' in your subjective argument ever
>>>/out/

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>>57925525

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>>57925525
It tries to do too much. Using ffmpeg is the easiest and best solution, but they use their own solutions.

>>57927983
>MPC-HC hasn't been updated in over a year though

Changelog 12.6.0 to 12.6.5 ~ 2016-12-01

>Updated LAV Filters to version 0.68.1-45-g5ef30
>Updated MadVR to version 0.91.3
>Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.91
>Minor changes and improvements

Changelog 12.5.5 to 12.6.0 ~ 2016-11-22

>Updated Icaros to version 3.0.1 RC1
>CUVID now also supports 10-bit HEVC and 8-bit VP9. Latest NVIDIA driver (375.95) is required.
>Minor changes and improvements

Changelog 12.4.4 to 12.5.0 ~ 2016-10-31

>Updated MPC-HC to version 1.7.10.264
>Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 6.1.1
>Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.90

Changelog 12.3.5 to 12.4.2 ~ 2016-10-04

>Updated LAV Filters to version 0.68.1-33-g4fde98
>Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.89
>Updated Icaros to version 3.0.1 b3
>Hardware acceleration is now enabled by default on systems where the primary GPU supports HEVC video. Currently activated on Intel and Nvidia systems. AMD systems will be activated in a future version when their drivers are more reliable. This functionality requires a recent GPU. It will not be enabled by default on systems that provide only hybrid acceleration.
>Please report if your GPU or its capabilities are not detected correctly

Changelog 11.9.0 to 11.9.6 ~ 2016-02-19

>Updated MPC-HC to version 1.7.10.101
>Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 6.0.5
>Added VP9 hardware acceleration option (DXVA2-CB only). Currently only the NVIDIA GTX 950/960/750v2 are capable of doing full accelerated decoding VP9 video.
>madVR is now capable of outputting 3D video. It uses 3D frame packed output on compatible systems (Windows 8.1 or newer / HDMI 1.4+) and Side-By-Side (SBS) output on older systems.
>LAV Video decoder is capable of decoding H.264 MVC 3D video after installing Intel media SDK plugin (separate download)
>LAV Splitter supports reading H.264 MVC video from Matroska (.MKV) and (decrypted) Bluray discs (.M2TS/.SSIF)

>>57925525
Have you ever tried using VLC on a low spec PC?

Playing a 720p video on my netbook using VLC means that the video is constantly stuttering and dissolving into a pixelated mess.
Using mpv it is perfectly smooth.

>>57925525
they hate it because it just works. it doesn't take several hours to get running thus not providing them with a sense of accomplishment.

>>57925525
>coded

You forgot
>programmed by frenchfags
>who won't listen to people reporting bugs

>>57928778

how

>>57925525
There's way better alternatives.

>>57925525
I use vlc to watch videos at 2x speed without voices getting chipmunked or muted. Any better alternatives?

>>57925525
They're idiots. VLC and MPV are best players out there.

>>57929329
>saying the phrase "not an argument"
heh, i remember when i was like you... brainded.
>>57929329
>>57925780
see >>57925612
If this isn't ob-fucking-jective proof that VLC is niggershit, then I don't know what is.

>>57930109
mpv

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MPC-HC + MadVR is the best...

>>57925525
/g/ doesn't, /a/ does

>>57930232
madVR is unstable as fuck at least on my PC.

>>57930719
Can you elaborate? Radeon? Try the default options

>>57925525
It looks terrible.

>>57930792
Yeah, radeon. Is more about it does weird thing on full screen and it gave me a couple of BSOTD the last months. It usually hangs out if you press alt, or if you press windows key and if that happens easily can take the 99% of my CPU.

>>57930814
>AMD

I can't help you. Next time you know what to do.

>>57930835
But I had an ati before this radeon and it didn't do this kind of things.

>>57929029
Kek

>>57925612
>mkv
found your problem.

>>57925525
>Because /g/

It's funny how all the people defending vlc are just calling people with legitimate issues names.
vlc definitely has issues that other players don't >>57925612 so why /g/ use it when they don't have to put up with it it?

>>57931032
lol, its true. vlc cant handle large mkvs properly. of course retards will defend this.

>>57931158
Because they get a settings menu with much more detail. Doesn't matter that 80% of it is irrelevant shit, it appears to be the more advanced player because of it, so these edgy faggots use it to appear more pr0, no matter if the most important part, playing movies has more issues.

The only thing it can do and MPC-HC not is network streaming, so that's the ONLY thing I use VLC for. I watch TV streaming channels from the tuner in my other PC.

Not usable on little 4k monitors, doesn't scale properly.

>>57931211
and that's what vlc was created for streaming, not local file playback. Even still, I prefer mpv for streaming

>>57931264
Is it easier to use for network streaming? It's a fucking hassle switching channels with VLC on a remote tuner.

>>57925525

edgy, contrarianism

VLC screen tears like a motherfuck with lower-bitrate anime for me.

Using MPV however there are no issues and the screen tearing is 90% reduced, there are still small sections here or there with a bit of tearing, but in VLC half the damn frame was tearing.

>>57931296
probably not, I use it because it has better picture.

>>57925739
>muh weeb shit

Who the fuck cares

>>57925525
The only thing I like about VLC is the ability to increase the volume over 100%. It's sometimes really useful..

>>57931339
You know where you are, right? There are more weebs here than on /a/

>>57931315
I get no screen tearing with mpv, your problem is most likely because of your drivers or display.

>>57931211
>The only thing it can do and MPC-HC not is network streaming
There is a very basic python script that allows MPC-HC to stream things, just saying.

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>>57925525
I don't hate VLC.

The program is good at what it was designed to do: stream videos over LAN.

People who use it as a catch-all media player run into the issues already being bitched about in this thread.

It only got popular in the first place because it was the only media player around that could play partial downloads coherently during the early file sharing network days.

>>57931355
Well it's anime, so at 60hz there will always be some screen tearing, but with VLC it's horrendously bad. With MPV it's barely noticeable unless you're looking for it.

>>57931346
Yea, and it distorts sound like a motherfucker above 125%, while you can boost audio in MPC-HC just as much, if not more, without the distortion.

>>57931359
I bet that "very basic" script won't be able to connect with my tuner properly.

also anything minimalistic for webms?

>>57925525

The Linux version is decent enough especially in comparison to the Windows version. Tho I do prefer others

>>57931379

mpv

>>57931374
>I bet that "very basic" script won't be able to connect with my tuner properly.
well from some basic online searching it seems fairly plug and play in regards to most tuners.

It has had support since at least 2013 for TV tuners.

>>57931414
Riight, all I got is "very basic" python script and basic online searching, but no name, no nothing.

You're full of shit.

>>57931456
MPC-HC has fucking support TV tuners by ITSELF since 2013, if you just want to do web streaming from a URL it does that with a basic python script

fuck do you need someone to hold your hand while you piss too?

>>57931473
Are you really this retarded? The tuner is in another fucking computer. "Open Device" doesn't do jack shit with hardware in a different computer! The network script will have to do everything.

Still no names mentioned, so fuck off.

>>57931502
What the fuck is so hard about setting up the computer with the tuner to stream whatever content you want?

There is no reason you couldn't use literally ANY video player to watch a locally streamed video.

https://angrytechnician.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/how-to-stream-every-channel-from-freeview-onto-your-network/


Literally just need to setup your tuner to always be accessible using a direct IP. Then just leave it running 24/7, connect to it using whatever computer and whatever video player you want as long as it supports streaming from an IP address, you just type in the local address and port, and boom you're streaming TV.


I have been doing this since ~2006

>>57931595
How do you switch channels, oh internet wizard since 2006...

>>57931614
I use two quad tuners. 8 channels.

>>57931649
>8 channels
Cute. Where do you live? North Korea? I have 119.

>>57931672
And how many do you watch?

I have 8 channels at a single time. I can literally watch all 8 at once If I felt like it.

I set it up for my favorite channels, and if I want to change it out for something else I either remote into the desktop from work and change it, or I wait until I go home and change it.

>>57931690
So we're still at MPC-HC can't use a remote tuner properly, and you're just beating around the bush. I can watch all 119 if I want with VLC out of the box, no python wizardry or remote desktop, or any of that shit needed.

This is what you do. If you can't win on features, you attack the concept why that feature is necessary, and still claim your software is superior, by declaring the feature it doesn't have unnecessary.

>>57931735
kek, i'll take the "hassle" of being able to record and watch 8 channels at once instead of being stuck using an antiquated shit media player.


You even admit VLC is pretty garbage you only use it because nothing else lets you do the network tuner control which I doubt you even need.

But hey, it's your life buddy. I'm enjoying mine, I hope you enjoy yours.

>>57931755
>lets you do the network tuner control which I doubt you even need
You just proved my point. Questioning the usefulness of the feature I need, but your shit doesn't have, so you can claim that your shit is still superior without that feature. Thanks!

Have fun with your handicapped network player.

>>57931786
>I need
kek

>>57931690
>who the fuck would ever need to switch channels
>better watch all of them at once
Just stop. You're giving me a migraine.

>>57931813
You don't HAVE to watch all 8 at once, and how do you faggots even find more than 8 channels to watch with something decent?

I have BBC, CSPAN, NBC, FOX, Comedy central, Sci-Fi, HBO, and Food network.

If it's not on one of those channels I generally can't care enough to watch it anyway.

Sometimes if I know something specifically is coming on that I want I will make sure to change one of my less used channels for the channel that has what I want, but that's temporary.