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

[shneancy@lemmy.world]

sometimes i forget the "new and improved" version exists, i switched my default to the old media player years ago

[cosmonova@lemmy.world]

Blu-Ray is kind of a pain to deal with, but that's more of a Blu-Ray problem than a VLC problem I guess.

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

wmp still exists, but microsoft has neglected it for years--pushing the 'app' shit instead.

on win11, you should find 'windows media player legacy' hiding in 'windows tools'.

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

why is that valuable though

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

VLC is so much better than the solution I was using before it. Windows Media Player Classic with the Mega Codec Pack downloaded from a super shady warez website.

[seekpie@lemm.ee]

Because you can listen to the sound the Linux kernel makes when you push it through the sound card?

[pivot_root@lemmy.world]

that's more of a Blu-Ray DRM problem

Fixed that for you, and fuck DRM.

[fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I just use the photos app. It does everything I've tried just as well as the movie app, and it actually works. I find it funny that the photo app is better than the video app at playing videos.

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

Who are you?

[a_random_idiot@lemmy.world]

I miss the windows XP media player that had the visualizers for music and skins and shit.

VLC is okay..but it doesnt autopopulate my CD names and tracks.

[seekpie@lemm.ee]

I am someone who likes to listen to the sound the Linux kernel makes when you push it through the sound card.

[blackjam_alex@lemmy.world]

From Wikipedia:

The VideoLAN software originated as a French academic project in 1996. VLC used to stand for "VideoLAN Chad" when VLC was a chad from the VideoLAN project. Since VLC is no longer merely a chad, that initialism no longer applies.

[retrograde@lemmy.world]

If something doesn't open in VLC, you can usually safely assume the file is corrupt lol

[maltasoron@sopuli.xyz]

Yeah, I remember everyone recommending K-Lite codec pack. But it didn't work for me, so I used the Combined Community Codec Pack.

[saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org]

MPV for movies, VLC for anything else.

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

why is it not

[aliasvortex@lemmy.world]

Correct, plus the fact that you can inject libraries for dealing with Blu-ray DRM into VLC is yet another reason why VLC is awesome.

[plainsimplegarak@lemmings.world]

You just unlocked a memory. My grandparents bought us a computer that had ME installed in 2001. It was a nightmare.

[webghost0101@sopuli.xyz]

To watch this new type of hvec media you need this free codec.

Wait did we say free i mean

There is a paid version next to the free one.

You can pay here, that other one is for retail and industry please dont use it, only use the paid one.

Your hardware doesn't support the free codec according to the error message we gave it. Hand over your money to install this identical but sanctioned one please.

[jetpackjackson@feddit.org]

I have a script for this! I took the commands from somewhere, I just put them into a script.
https://codeberg.org/JetpackJackson/arch-dotfiles/src/branch/main/shared/scripts/kernel-songs