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Re:Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself by atonse on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:10AM (#23221834)
VLC is one of those rare pieces of software that seems to play every single thing you throw at it, and just do it smoothly.

I know whenever something fails, "VLC will play it" – and that's the advice I give if someone asks me how to open a file that isn't mp4, etc.

Thanks for an awesome project and I am actually happy to hear that you have 25 people and what seems to be a sustainable business.

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Re:Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself by alpaca128 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:13AM (#23232158)
VLC will sometimes even play damaged files that other players may not recognise as videos anymore. It definitely saved me a ton of troubleshooting within my family. Install VLC and the number of problems decreases noticably.
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