Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOne media player to rule them alllemmy.worldimagemessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down112
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minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-up1·1 day 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!