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by pengaru 677 days ago
I see no reason to cling to mplayer/mplayer2, mpv has pushed things forward from there.

mplayer is what I used to use ages ago, can't think of a single thing I miss that it did which mpv doesn't. Like you, I was introduced to mpv through the debian disappearance, and it's been fine. Forks can be necessary to keep development active; it's one of the core features of FOSS.

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mplayer has DVD menu support, mpv doesn't. I use Kodi if I need to navigate DVD menus these days, which is rare but it happens...