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Re:YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard W... by lelanthran on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @08:49AM (#45746157)
> Outdated ffmpeg, good for dated formats, not good for new stuff

Just how new does the new stuff have to be? I use VLC daily (because even though we have 4x streaming services, when I want to watch 3rd Rock from the Sun, it's not on any of them.

Some of the very new movies are also not on any of the streaming services, so I am left wondering, if I downloaded a movie that was only torrented a few days ago, just how new does the movie have to be to be unsupported by VLC?

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Re:YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard W... by lousken on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @09:38AM (#45746682)
Uninstalled vlc ~two years ago, but from what I remember it was missing tons of optimizations with h265 and newer codecs, almost lacking proper av1 and prores support, HDR is terrible. I think it's dated by like 3-4 years.
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