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by sagamusix 1670 days ago
Caution: VLC uses libmodplug on Windows (and probably macOS), which is barely maintained these days and plays many modules incorrectly. Many Linux distributions replace libmodplug with an emulation layer that lets libopenmpt do the actual decoding and playback, though, so module playback through VLC is much more accurate on those platforms.

Disclaimer: I'm developing OpenMPT and libopenmpt.

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Thanks so much for the info! OpenMPT/libopenmpt has hands down the best rendering of these classic formats that I'm aware of. It's helped me recover "lost" songs many times.

Thank you so much for the great work!