Hello,
Is there any alternative to VLC Player? I would love to get rid of it now and move to something else.
Is there any alternative to VLC Player? I would love to get rid of it now and move to something else.
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Alternative to VLC Player?
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Never heard of anyone wanting to move from VLC to something else. It plays practically anything and everything. What is it that you don't like?
I personally am not satisfied with VLC’s default configuration and overall complexity, and insistence on showing a library window. I just want something simple as QuickTime Player, but just with added support for more formats. mpv delivers on that.
It is a shame that nothing like Perian exists anymore, since Apple ditched the classic QuickTime frameworks.
It is a shame that nothing like Perian exists anymore, since Apple ditched the classic QuickTime frameworks.
Well. Something weird is happening with my VLC on my new macbook. Screenshot attached.
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I don't like the UI of VLC. Really wish the Mac version supported skins.
I prefer MplayerX
I wouldn't touch MPlayerX with a fifty foot pole.
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/09/pup-friday-mplayerx/
So what? Just don't let it install it, if you're posting on macrumors then you're savvy enough to not let installers install that junk. MPlayerX is the only decent alternative to Quicktime. Everything else is ugly and not Mac-like.
Personally I just convert everything to mp4 or mov or whatever and play it in Quicktime. Makes it compatible with my Apple TV and makes things easier for me.
I wouldn't consider all posters on Macrumors.com as necessarily savvy eg some people are willing to provide support to a developer who goes out of their way to obfuscate the adware bundled with their app.
Members should be greatfull that he took the time to post this info and not slam him.
MPlayerX should be avoided. Nobody can be that desperate for a shiny UI. Developers that bundle rubbish like this have clearly no standards and cannot be trusted to do the right thing if more-malicious people start paying them money for dangerous software. The Malwarebytes blog post outlines that the bundled adware has been getting sneaker since it was first bundled by trying to make it more difficult for security researchers to spot and analyse it. We should not allow the lines to become ever more blurred.
I have been using Iina for some time now, and is a very good player.
https://lifehacker.com/iina-is-mac-focused-video-player-with-modern-design-1791034517
https://lifehacker.com/iina-is-mac-focused-video-player-with-modern-design-1791034517
