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VLC doesn't have perfect compatibility. I think it worked correctly on random video files less frequently than mpv the last time I tried it. And mpv can actuall
by tumult 2y ago
VLC doesn't have perfect compatibility. I think it worked correctly on random video files less frequently than mpv the last time I tried it. And mpv can actually step forward and back frame by frame.
- 77pt77 2y agoSo can mplayer and did that way before mpv could.
- dikei 2y agomplayer was forked into mplayer2, which in turn was forked into mpv Though AFAIK, most of the rendering code behind mpv has been entirely rewritten.
- throwaway2037 2y agoWhat was the cause of the fork? An unresolvable internal debate? I am curious to know more about the history.
- dikei 2y agoI'll refer you to the MPV FAQ for historical context. https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#how-is-mpv-related-to-mplayer https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#how-is-mpv-relate... There were lots of drama in the media player scene. Even "wm4" the original maintainer, who forked mplayer2 into mpv, is no longer with the project: he deleted his Github account and disappeared.
- ruszki 2y agoI found MPV because VLC was unreliable. Seeking was especially crazy sometimes, and not that I couldn’t seek to the exact moment, but I couldn’t seek at all. Even displaying was broken sometimes regardless of file types. I had none of these issues with MPV for the same files.
- neckro23 2y agoVLC is sometimes so unreliable for me, especially when seeking or frame-stepping, that it stops responding to playback commands entirely (although it pretends to still work) and I have to kill the zombie process before I can even re-open the file and try again.