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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by namdnay on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:16AM (#41280726)
> No, it hasn't. The only reason I use mpv instead of VLC is because of the frame step feature

You realise your requirement is important for less than 0.01% of users? For every requirement you have to balance future maintainability and the impact it has on the code base against potential revenue

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by topato on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:39AM (#41281263)
Not sure VLC is balancing anything against "potential revenue"...
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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by Sophira on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:46PM (#41283431)
I assure you the figure is much, much greater than 0.01%.

Even outside of specialist uses (and not just in the field of video, either), most people like being able to pause a video on a specific frame to be able to study it more closely. Often that requires (or at least the task is made much simpler by) being able to step forwards and back frame-by-frame.

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by namdnay on Monday August 19, 2024 @05:11AM (#41289279)
> most people like being able to pause a video on a specific frame to be able to study it more closely

I think the vast majority of people just want to be able to watch the film they downloaded.

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