VLC... my choice since 2007.
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VLC sucks ass when you want to do any type of live transcoding or remuxing without setting up a video stream. Especially with multichannel audio:
This has been an issue ever since feature added, the maximum bitrate you can set is 512 kb/s on every codec, despite codecs that support more.
The bug thread for this was basically "stop complaining about our shit UI and use the CLI"
Much prefer Kodi for this purpose, and an ffmpeg based player for lightweight stuff.
My experience with VLC in Linux is subpar. In Windows it was always a good tool to have. Granted for me it was just, does this shit have working codecs, phew, it plays
Cisco coming up with ARF and WRF to make that false.
Only on windows (or mac?), but not on linux. Which was a unexpected realisation.
Yeah, this was a surprise to me as well. Although, its the only video player I can get to play Blu-ray discs. I can even play 4K discs to a certain extent (my processor and video card just aren't up to that particular task).
Shame it's shit on Android tv
Is it? What's wrong with it? What do you use instead?
It seems to fail with some files. I think 4k and/or .mkv ones. I've had to use Kodi during those times instead. I've not going a great simple media player to use on Android tv yet. They all have their caveats. Unless there's a better one I've not found yet.