[yarinr]

I used to be a huge MPC-HC[0] (Media Player Classic) fan. It's funny, but I liked it mostly because of the way subtitles were displayed. MPC-HC always seemed to get the job done perfectly, and when I had to use VLC at the time, I've always run into some problems.

I kept using MPC-HC for about two years after the development was halted. When it was time to look for an alternative, I gave VLC another try and was pleasantly surprised. The problems I remembered running into were no more, and the project seemed more mature overall. I'm enjoying it ever since.

Thanks to everyone involved with the project!

[0]https://mpc-hc.org/

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I'm personally fond of mpv, mostly because it's "light" - it starts faster than VLC, and it (by default) pops up a single window per file (so I can easily have multiple things open, rather than VLC's default of opening everything in one instance), and I personally favor the minimal UI (okay, complete lack of UI).

However.

VLC always works. Sometimes mpv randomly stops working on a machine, or gets undermined by codec support (OpenSUSE, I'm looking at you). So when that happens... I just open my media in VLC. Because VLC works everywhere, on every system (oh, that reminds me that it's the best Android media player), on every format.

[aspaceman]

mpv also is opengl ain't it? I remember it always lit up the fans on my Mac, and I figured that was the reason. Since Mac OGL compatibility can be shaky.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Looks like OpenGL and Vulkan, yeah

[encom]

MPC-HC is continued here: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc

I'd be very sad if it were to be abandoned.

[mariusmg]

There is a MPC-HD fork which is getting updated https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc