It loads much faster than VLC and it also seems faster in general. The GUI is very minimalistic and you can leave only the video itself (with the 'no-border' se

It loads much faster than VLC and it also seems faster in general. The GUI is very minimalistic and you can leave only the video itself (with the 'no-border' setting). It has a bunch of nice little features/settings, but it requires some exploration and changing config files... I switched from VLC to mpv some years ago and never looked back. It's just better for opening random video/audio files, IMO.