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This is a really refreshing link in the HN feed, which is often dominated by the latest bloatware fashion trends (which includes most (almost all) chatbot appli

by johnea 1y ago

This is a really refreshing link in the HN feed, which is often dominated by the latest bloatware fashion trends (which includes most (almost all) chatbot applications). One different preference of mine is to mount a remote directory via SSHFS instead of playing media via an sftp:// link. I also prefer a clicky-clicky media player over MPV and have used VLC for many years. Another feature of OpenSSH that facilitates this philosophy is port forwarding, both forward and reverse. This feature prevents having to open pretty much any other port in the firewall. Its sad to see so many technically literate people still working under the feature poor yoke of windoze 8-( So many methods become instantly available when using a free unix system. Which also typically never require downloading binary executables from sketchy third party websites. +1 for "all you need is SSH"

Gualdrapo 1y ago
> I also prefer a clicky-clicky media player over MPV Not sure what do you mean by that; if you compile mpv with lua support (in case your distro/whatever doesn't ship it that way, that is) you get a clicky-clicky little osd thing within the mpv window that suffices (back, forward, playback control, volume...)
- johnea 1y ago
  Thanks for the reply! (I upvoted you) I have used that UI in MPV, but it just wasn't satisfying. VLC is a native GUI application and I just find the interface more easily usable. Not just play/stop, etc, but all of the preferences, etc are via a GUI interface. Totally personal preference, I just prefer VLC over MPV. Somewhat counter to all of that, I do often use the hotkeys to control various features during playback (audio delay, that sort of thing). I just feel that VLC is a more GUI oriented application, and in spite of being a mostly command line linux user, I do enjoy a floating window manager desktop (fluxbox is my long time preference). Thanks again for the reply!

by johnea 1y ago

Gualdrapo 1y ago

> I also prefer a clicky-clicky media player over MPV Not sure what do you mean by that; if you compile mpv with lua support (in case your distro/whatever doesn't ship it that way, that is) you get a clicky-clicky little osd thing within the mpv window that suffices (back, forward, playback control, volume...)

johnea 1y ago
Thanks for the reply! (I upvoted you) I have used that UI in MPV, but it just wasn't satisfying. VLC is a native GUI application and I just find the interface more easily usable. Not just play/stop, etc, but all of the preferences, etc are via a GUI interface. Totally personal preference, I just prefer VLC over MPV. Somewhat counter to all of that, I do often use the hotkeys to control various features during playback (audio delay, that sort of thing). I just feel that VLC is a more GUI oriented application, and in spite of being a mostly command line linux user, I do enjoy a floating window manager desktop (fluxbox is my long time preference). Thanks again for the reply!