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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by eviks on Sunday August 18, 2024 @09:44AM (#41282351)
> without having to install external codec separately with weird licence.

What's up with this artificial limitation? I'd take frame back function over not having to install some codec pack once any time

And 99.99% of the time you don't play "everything, with scratches", so UX issues are much more consequential than that

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by hiptobecubic on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:00AM (#41282776)
It's not artificial at all. It's a real limitation that was so outrageously annoying for the reasons mentioned above that VLC was able to "win" by tackling this one issue alone.

The success of vlc is all the proof you need. As you say, why else would it be so popular?

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by sangnoir on Sunday August 18, 2024 @08:15PM (#41286641)
> What's up with this artificial limitation? I'd take frame back function over not having to install some codec pack once any time

Then VLC is not for you - and there's nothing wrong with it or you - you just happen to have differing priorities.

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