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Me: Presses play Movie unsupported file" A person is shown with eyes on her laptop punching the wall beside her, causing it to crack.
Uninstall that shit and use VLC
And if you want to play on a TV that doesn’t support the format, convert it with FFMpeg.
VLC could play a polaroid image of the Voyager records.
MPC-HC also a very good choice
this is the correct answer
What troglodyte doesn’t use VLC nowadays?
mpv enjoyers
Am I in the wrong for using mpc-hc?
It’s bad at mpeg-ts/HLS but it you don’t use that then it’s good
People with automated Sonarr/Plex setups probably. Haven’t had to use VLC since like 2009
Exactly, but better use jellyfin.
mpv my beloved
Average Windows user.
BTW, IEC units are superior and accepted unlike the SI units, so the correct usage is “2.5 GiB”.
I spent $20 on this video player but it doesn’t support my format! Does anyone know if the $50 pro version works? /s
Yeah, its called vlc. You can download it only if you pay 50$ in “Donate” section
-s
When user says “Linux is too complicated”
where the fuck are u getting ur movies??? I’ve only ever seen mp4 and mkv, all of which even windows media player handles I think
It’s an “.avi.exe”.
yeah idk if vlc does .exe
Windows would be greatly improved if it would let you bind VLC as the default handler of exe files
I’m sure there’s a way
Hold my beer
i actually accidentally made all exe files open in Windows Media Center on a family pc as a kid.
basically the system had to be reinstalled.
Mp4 and mkv are container formats. Your comment is somewhat equivalent to “where are you guys getting text files that can’t be displayed, I’ve only ever seen zip files”.
The codec in the container is what needs to be played, and can fail to render correctly.
me: opens vlc. play it anyway, idc
No big deal, just download the codices.
Me: cycling through every media players I have installed until I get one that plays the video properly.
VLC, MPV, MPlayer, Parole, etc
VLC to the rescue!
If vlc cant open it you have found something truly odd
I honestly can’t remember the last time I couldn’t open a video file.
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All my homies use mpv
Why is it a big deal? 2.5Gb takes like 20-30 seconds to download
Bold of you to assume internet access is great everywhere
2.5 GB in 30 seconds is 83 MB/s.
Or about 660 Mb/s, which is how we typically see download speeds written.
I forget that some people have crazy fast internet. Mine downloads 2.5gb in like 20 minutes.
