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by justaj 2733 days ago
Is mpv [0] better in this regard?

0: https://mpv.io/
2 comments
kilotaras 2733 days ago
GP isn't saying that VLC is unsafe, but rather that C (which VLC is written in) tends to be unsafe. Seeing as MPV is also written in C, it's absolutely the same in that regard.
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Nullabillity 2732 days ago
AFAIK both VLC and mpv use FFmpeg's codecs, so their attack surfaces should be similar.
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