Shitting on Windows built-in media player if you didn't know

[ours@lemmy.world]

It's because Jean-Baptiste Kempf is a GOAT and said "non" to fuck-you amounts of money to sell out VLC.

I don't know if I've had the strength to say no to that much money and obviously, that kind of cash has corrupted all but a few bastions of what makes the Internet an awesome place.

Shoutout to Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin fame and all those supporting the lists it depends on. Some many adblockers sold out (including the original uBlock) but he champions on making the Internet a remarkably better place when used. Dude even refuses donations (says list maintainers deserve it more).

[baku@aussie.zone]

Why are you so angry lol? Most of your post history is just you yelling at random people on the internet. It's weird.

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

Typescript?

[crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz]

Or mpv, the real chad.

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

I cant remember the command now, but there was one on linux which let you play anything, I remember /usr/bin/ls sounded nice.

[jamyang@lemmy.world]

Transport Stream

[mwa@lemm.ee]

For me i tried playing Bad apple in 4K it struggled

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

mpv: those files have some exotic image format, they're not videos. Here is your dia show with your custom upscaling shaders.

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

4k gif? Oh please, be serious.

[ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca]

That’s what the meme is praising VLC for

[ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca]

VLC bypasses this by being based in a country that doesn’t recognize the software patent

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

No, that's because it's free.

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

And couldn't crack/play DVD without them.

[tonytonychopper@mander.xyz]

Windows media asks you to pay Microsoft for a decoding license if you try to play an HDR video.

[tin@lemmy.world]

I have the album I made with them! Some of the tracks are solely composed of Sound Recorder playing non-audio files, but every track contains samples created that way.

The Machinal - Disturbance

Listen to The Machinal - Disturbance, a playlist curated by The Machinal on desktop and mobile.

SoundCloud (soundcloud.com)

[mwa@lemm.ee]

Nah video but thanks for reminding me to edit my comment

[mwa@lemm.ee]

One of the reasons ig

[lud@lemm.ee]

VLC is fairly common but the people who use Kodi, jellyfin, or Plex are in a very small minority compared to everyone else.

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

I hadn't thought of it in these terms. Sometimes, someone says something profoundly true and you just have to stop and reckon with it. Fuck RealPlayer and all the other crap (RealPlayer may have been the first (popular) app to deliberately trick people into enabling stuff (hidden checkboxes)). What if capitalism hadn't happened to the internet.

[jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world]

What the fuck did you just say about me, you little shit? I'll have you know that I...