> many use alternatives as mpv, IINA when I used macOS, SMplayer, etc. Those are all basically the same alternative in terms of backend. They're all based on f

> many use alternatives as mpv, IINA when I used macOS, SMplayer, etc. Those are all basically the same alternative in terms of backend. They're all based on ffmpeg and of mplayer lineage. I don't think there are many (any??k others comparable to VLC in terms of covering so many formats that are independent of FFMPEG. Maybe GStreamer?