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MPV or VLC? Which one you prefer? Why? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 months ago* by thakur0@lemmy.zip to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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For me MPV is the best.

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[–] JadeEast@quokk.au 12 points 2 months ago

Switched to mpv a decade ago. Love the minimal UI and how snappy it is. Used VLC or MPC-HC on Windows. Moved to linux and used SMplayer or VLC until mpv came around.