Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOne media player to rule them alllemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageOne media player to rule them alllemmy.worldMog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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.ukcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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!