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I don't for an audio quality reason. VLC is designed to play back video first and foremost, which means it has an actually quite excellent feature: it time stre
by zeta0134 10y ago
I don't for an audio quality reason. VLC is designed to play back video first and foremost, which means it has an actually quite excellent feature: it time stretches the audio to synchronize with whatever's playing.
I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.)
On Windows, I still run Media Player out of pure habit. It works, requires no installation, and generally sounds fine. I remember the good old days of Winamp though, that was my go-to player back in the day. Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music.
- scholia 10y agoI use MPC-HC for that, and haven't noticed that effect... though I haven't been listening for it. Yet.
- davidgerard 10y ago> I'm a musician, so I can hear this happening; music played through VLC sounds like it's going in and out of tune, like an old cassette deck but more subtle. (This is worse on Windows for whatever reason, Linux is much less audible.) I occasionally hear this on MP3s or Oggs (never FLACs) on the Android version (my phone media player of choice), but never on the Desktop version. It's pretty obviously a bug, though I can't get it to happen with any reproducibility.
- thirdsun 10y ago> Great media players seem harder to find now that the focus in the market is on internet streaming and less on local music. If you're serious about audio and managing your music library: Have you tried Roon? Yes, it's expensive, but I have tried them all and Roon ist the most complete package and a joy to use.