• xmunk
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      11 months ago

      Absolutely VLC, VLC was excellent at what it does before codec issues were even that widespread.

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      11 months ago

      Words cannot convey how sketchy the MP4 codec scene was, pirating media in the Windows XP era. Every month you’d have to find some DivX CCCP K-Lite [cracked].7zip.exe and roll the fuckin’ dice.

      We were very proficient at reinstalling our operating systems.

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          11 months ago

          Media Player Classic still rules. Feature-rich with zero bullshit.

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            11 months ago

            I’ve been using PotPlayer for a few years now, didn’t even know MPC was still around

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        11 months ago

        VLC does use ffmpeg (or more specifically, libavcodec) for some of its codecs, but it uses a bunch of other libraries as well, including VLC specific ones.