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VLC 3.0 Update Adds Cross-Platform 4K and 8K Hardware Decoding, HDR10, Chromecast Support, and More
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Chromecast functionality is dodgy; hitting play and not doing anything else runs fine. But as soon as you seek through the video, skip a scene or something, the audio is out of sync. Subtitles also do not show on screen.
Tested with a 2011 MacBook Pro running 10.10.5 and an Nvidia Shield TV.
Tested with a 2011 MacBook Pro running 10.10.5 and an Nvidia Shield TV.
Mostly, I use it on a Mac to play files QuickTime won't. Other than that, not much. It's very capable, but the UI feels a bit dated (if functional) and it has about a million features I don't personally use. I think for power users of video, it's a good tool to have around.
Wow, IINA is nice. Not sure what features each has that overlap each other or not, but it can't hurt to have an extra (free) tool around. I could definitely see IINA as a better QuickTime replacement since the UI is so much closer to QT.
If you are on macOS you should be using IINA. It has the most streamline "mac/quicktime look" out of any player in respect to the power it packs. It's got everything and possibly the most power out of any Mac video player. It's still in development (alpha currently), but runs like it's polished. It is based on the MPV player.
If you are on Windows you should be using MPC-HC with customization guides out there to get the best for your needs. When I need to bitstream Dolby Atmos to my theater set-up, and make sure the projector is also getting the best frames through 'madVR' and filters, MPC-HC covers everything I need.
Respect to VLC for making an effort here, but most people stopped using VLC years ago because it's so resource heavy.
If you are on Windows you should be using MPC-HC with customization guides out there to get the best for your needs. When I need to bitstream Dolby Atmos to my theater set-up, and make sure the projector is also getting the best frames through 'madVR' and filters, MPC-HC covers everything I need.
Respect to VLC for making an effort here, but most people stopped using VLC years ago because it's so resource heavy.
Viewing the package contents via right-click and replacing the VLC icon file (in the Resources folder I think) works.
colors oversaturated with IINA and sound flat
for me , Movist is better actually
Great makeover for the greatest MultiMedia player.
As it has done so for years VLC continues to stand Head and Shoulders above all other Media players.
As it has done so for years VLC continues to stand Head and Shoulders above all other Media players.
Ok...used IINA for awhile but couldn't get my Mira infrared remote to work with it (had to use my mouse). VLC does. And to be honest VLC seems actually better than IINA.....so i'll wait until IINA comes of age before trying it again.
That's what I did. It gave me: "Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSImageCacheException', reason: 'Cannot lock focus on image <NSImage 0x608000271fc0 Size={0, 0} Reps=()>, because it is size zero.'"
Probably to best leave alone. Appearances change but if the fundamental performance remains stable then best to live with it.
I had similar issues to get OS X Yosemite Disk Utility running on OS X El Capitan.
I’m still using VLC and love it. But I just looked at IINA and it looks incredible.
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Quicktime was originally designed as The Swiss Army Knife of media players, to be better than WMP.
Now Apple just doesn't care anymore. Sad.
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Now Apple just doesn't care anymore. Sad.
Meanwhile in the Bat Cave, Timmy has invented new ANIMOJI genetics! YAY!
(balloons fall, bells, whistles, & clowns for 13 year girls everywhere)
I tried on my 2017 iMac and VLC doesn't seem to use HW acceleration for 4K HEVC.
IINA does it.
IINA does it.
surprised to read so much vlc hate.
must be near 20 years and over many different os from mac to win to bsd and back again and countless machines from the shiniest new box to the alley salvage find. vlc is always one of the first few softwares i put on a machine
it’s never failed me and always does what i need it to do
for me, it always has and still does play any video file, in any format, from any source (networked or locally) at the best possible quality given the machine it is running on
and it can do so much more than that
for free software to have that kind of quality and longevity is amazing
to me anyway
if it doesn’t work for you than yr prob doing it wrong
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what do you mean by “resource heavy” exactly?
i’ve always found vlc to be quite capable on machines with slow old cpu’s and meagre amounts of ram
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what real world use case does this difference affect
must be near 20 years and over many different os from mac to win to bsd and back again and countless machines from the shiniest new box to the alley salvage find. vlc is always one of the first few softwares i put on a machine
it’s never failed me and always does what i need it to do
for me, it always has and still does play any video file, in any format, from any source (networked or locally) at the best possible quality given the machine it is running on
and it can do so much more than that
for free software to have that kind of quality and longevity is amazing
to me anyway
if it doesn’t work for you than yr prob doing it wrong
[doublepost=1518337792][/doublepost]
what do you mean by “resource heavy” exactly?
i’ve always found vlc to be quite capable on machines with slow old cpu’s and meagre amounts of ram
[doublepost=1518338575][/doublepost]
what real world use case does this difference affect
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