Bzzzz wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:22:53 -1000 > Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > That's interesting to me to hear you say this. Dealing > > with a variety of video formats, I find mpv (based on > > mplayer) to be much more tolerant of video formats. > > > > Most recently, I observed the VLC won't handle MTS format > > videos copied from a video camera, which mplayer/mpv > > plays back just fine. > > You can't judge a SW from one problem. > > From the beginning, code was taken from vlc, and from > what I understood at this time, vlc devs were mad > because there was no reference to they're work (except > at the terms of GPL: copyleft retained in source code); > there was also rants from player when code was flaky > which did help to pace minds. > > Vlc (AFA the original way was preserved) is also strict > on RFCs and standards (which are usually badly respected, > even by their creators). > > From what I saw, vlc is also faster to troubleshoot. > > About MTS trouble, vlc doesn't claim to support it: > http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=video > a common troubleshooter is to convert it to AVI (or MOV, > or whatever container supported by vlc) with avidemux > (use 'copy', don't transcode).
Thanks for explaining this. I had a few other experiences where VLC couldn't play media or media files (sorry to lack specifics here). What I want is a player that handles everything, and for now, mpv is working well for this. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140709202105.GA28238@sprite
