VLC or Media Player Classic

[chuckywang]

Which is better?

 

[rh71]

I live and die by MPC. No bloat and it plays absolutely everything.

 

[santaliqueur]

another vote for mpc.

CJ

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: rh71
I live and die by MPC. No bloat and it plays absolutely everything.

:thumbsup:

 

[Darien]

I've had mpc crash on me. So I vote for vlc

 

[HN]

MPC

 

[archcommus]

MPC = RA?

Yep, MPC all the way.

 

[VicodiN]

MPC has played everything Ive thrown at it... VLC has not.

 

[xtknight]

VLC is ugly and it crashes for me. No comparison here. Media Player Classic hands down. MPC can even do video effects with pixel shaders.

 

[chuckywang]

But MPC doesn't install. It's just an executable.

 

[Lonyo]

Never had an issue with VLC, it's my weapon of choice.

 

[DarkTXKnight]

VLC has been crashing on me lately, might have to give MPC a try... where can I get it from and are there codecs that need to be loaded?>

 

[n7]

I dunno...i prefer VLC, but both work fine for me.

 

[Continuity27]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
VLC has been crashing on me lately, might have to give MPC a try... where can I get it from and are there codecs that need to be loaded?>

That depends what you want to watch. Of course you'll need codecs, VLC is not the way I prefer because they install a million codecs for you, and I'd rather control what codecs get installed.

MPC is bloat free, but in return you must install your own codecs (better IMO).

Name what you watch and I'll link you to all the codecs you need.

 

[rh71]

Does VLC do screen captures ? Cause that's built-into MPC (save image as)... I love that feature.

 

[n0cmonkey]

VLC works on multiple platforms. MPC is just ass.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

MPC is great for every day use, but i miss some Xvid-Codecs. Plus VLC plays videos in slowmotion. Shift+F6 if i remember correct.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: BlingBlingArsch
MPC is great for every day use, but i miss some Xvid-Codecs. Plus VLC plays videos in slowmotion. Shift+F6 if i remember correct.

mpc can do that as well ... 2x slower.. 4x slower.. and so on

 

[SleepWalkerX]

vlc can play a part rar file of a vcd/svcd image. i love that.

although i normally use mpc. its so easy to resize and only one window (i think vlc is two).

 

[notfred]

VLC

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: rh71
Does VLC do screen captures ? Cause that's built-into MPC (save image as)... I love that feature.

Use the --nooverlay command line option.

 

[madthumbs]

MPC is probably crashing because of codecs. It's nice when you have all the right codecs and filters installed. VLC is nice when you don't. I'm not fond of VLC's UI, or default hotkeys. Both have thier own place on my PC though.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: rh71
Does VLC do screen captures ? Cause that's built-into MPC (save image as)... I love that feature.

Use the --nooverlay command line option.

oooh, nice. I didn't know about this.