The Soviet ReporterM to FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open-Source Software) · 4 months agoIn my opinion the best FOSS Media Player is VLCimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageIn my opinion the best FOSS Media Player is VLCThe Soviet ReporterM to FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open-Source Software) · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareloathsome dongeaterAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoMy personal preference is mpv but mostly because of jellyfin-mpv-shim
minus-squarecomrade-bearlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoMpv is quite nice too but vlc has the reliability factor, it’s been around for a while and probably is gonna be around for quite some time
minus-squarePrologue7642linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoNot really sure if that applies here. Mpv is more than 10 years old at this point. I really wouldn’t worry about it going away any time soon.
minus-squarecomrade-bearlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoVLC is still older I think it’s more reliable, but you are right in the sense that after some time the difference gets smaller
My personal preference is mpv but mostly because of jellyfin-mpv-shim
Mpv is quite nice too but vlc has the reliability factor, it’s been around for a while and probably is gonna be around for quite some time
Not really sure if that applies here. Mpv is more than 10 years old at this point. I really wouldn’t worry about it going away any time soon.
VLC is still older I think it’s more reliable, but you are right in the sense that after some time the difference gets smaller