Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoOne media player to rule them alllemmy.worldimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1982
arrow-up1982imageOne media player to rule them alllemmy.worldMog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIf I want a program that calls a video player seemlessly for the end user mpv is great. If I want an actual app that is human useable and doesn’t require arcane bullshit. I’ll use VLC. Different use cases really.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’m continually impressed that mpv can run from a tty. It does not need X11 or Wayland, it can render directly to the framebuffer itself!
If I want a program that calls a video player seemlessly for the end user mpv is great.
If I want an actual app that is human useable and doesn’t require arcane bullshit. I’ll use VLC.
Different use cases really.
I’m continually impressed that mpv can run from a tty. It does not need X11 or Wayland, it can render directly to the framebuffer itself!