Looking for a universal player. I have heard a lot about VLC and mplayer. Which of these is better or is there another you would recommend?
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Thanks. I downloaded it and am checking it out. Looks clean but powerful. Mostly wanted a player that could stream my ripped DVDs over AirPlay to my Apple TVs. The built in DVD player won’t do this due to copyright issues.
Why not just drop the ripped DVD's into iTunes and turn on home sharing? That's what I did, with total of about 1200 of them on a Mini that I use as a server. You need to rip them into a format supported by iTunes of course, which can easily be done with Handbrake (free open source software).
Aside from that, I also like VLC. But depending on the format of your DVD's, you might get some dropped frames. I have seen this when using airplay with VLC.
Aside from that, I also like VLC. But depending on the format of your DVD's, you might get some dropped frames. I have seen this when using airplay with VLC.
Yeah I could do that. These are all old DVDs I ripped in my windows days. I used to use handbrake to concert to iTunes formats. I just don’t want that many DVDs uploaded to iCloud which is where I store my library. I also don’t want them on my internal hard drive. My iTunes library is on my SSD.