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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 68 points 9 months ago

If I try to play 3 random videos in VLC, they all three will play perfectly. If I try those same three on anything else, at least one of them will be buggy in some way.

Yes you can argue there could be encoding problems in the video file of that buggy one, but somehow VLC just always works. Shit's unbelievably good, so I won't be switching.

[-] DrMango@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

I remember the first time I encountered the Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) media type which ultimately lead me to downloading VLC as it was the only player that could handle it at the time

[-] PopShark@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Same story. I even remember where the files came from - ripped from Daft Punk’s Homework album (I had and have the physical CD)

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I used to use media player classic. it seemed good until I used VLC which was already way ahead of it

[-] racemaniac@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

Sadly i recently learned VLC doesn't just always work.

About a year ago i had an issue with playing FLAC files on VLC, where there would be short periods of no audio. I had recently made some upgrades to my audio hardware, so i was looking at my new hardware/cables/config.... but in the end i realized it always happened at the same point in the same files, so a software issue was more likely:

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/27696

Nice quote from this issue: VLC is broken since months Use their nightly version, it has a nice new interface too, and no bugs. I don't get how they can keep a huge breaking bug like this in vlc from MONTHS.

And neither can i... until a year ago VLC was for me the pinnacle of "it just works". Now after them leaving a bug causing audio playback issues into their stable version for months, they broke my trust in them... they're probably still the best option out there, but now i'll just say probably, not for sure, and there is room for improvement...

And if it were some obscure format, sure, but FLAC? ....

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Damn, that sucks. I've rarely used VLC for anything but video. I wonder if it's not super high priority because it's not a video bug? Sucks either way because yeah it has always seemed very solid

[-] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Well... I'd point you to this very nice blog post to help rationalize why it can take a long time.

https://snarky.ca/the-social-contract-of-open-source/

[-] racemaniac@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

It was already fixed in their nightly builds, and it's an extremely mature video & audio player, i get most open source projects can't pounce on any tiny issue. But like the most mature open source player should be able to resolve a serious playback issue in their stable build in less than a month. Either by applying the fix that fixed it in their nightly builds, or by reverting to a previous version of whatever is causing it that had it working well in earlier versions. I get the open source mantra of "you're not the client", but VLC is good & big enough to manage this kind of stuff a lot better.

[-] ignism@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

but in the end i realized it always happened at the same point in the same files, so a software issue was more likely

Isn’t the logical conclusion here there’s an issue with the FLAC files instead of the player?

[-] racemaniac@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

It would be if those weren't flac files i had for a long time and i knew didn't have any issues.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not a 4K movie.

edit: the only reason I switched from VLC to potplayer was because VLC couldn't play my 2160p videos

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Hmm I've definitely played many 4k videos in VLC. Don't remember having any issues.

[-] sysadmin420@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Weird I never had issues playing 2160 porn in VLC, on occasion

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

All the 4K movies I tried skipped frames on VLC

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

How many porn videos do you need to watch simultaneously?

spoiler(for me it's 4 but I might have to go up to 9)

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

All of them. Duh.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I mean, I didn't say porn nor did I say simultaneously

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The only answer is 4, unless you are running alternative audio tracks on a second monitor in the background. Borderless, of course.

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