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Nah nigga we coneCHADS in this bitch. We beat the MPCfags to death a few years ago.

>>285794255
I'm still using mpv. It's getting shittier. No idea why hardware decoding suddenly stopped working.

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>>285794255
I use MPC-BE because my fucking traffic cone decided to use two windows (and as such, two extra steps) to play and control videos. Also it wouldn't resize easily for some reason. I don't know if it was some kind of theme extension, user error, or an update but I don't care to figure it out, MPC BE just fucking werks man

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it werks

Anons still running Windows in YOTLD+1 and the outdated sketchy software they run are so weird

>>285795373
You don't get it... it's not outdated, it's trustworthy.

>>285795373

What is the player of choice on linux?

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>>285794281

>VLC

>>285794371
>I use MPC-BE
This

>>285795674
probably mpv if you're a nerd but vlc works even better on the penguin

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>watching anime as a teenager
>"I need MPC-HC and madvr and lav filters and kawaii codec packs and blah blah blah"
>watching anime in my 30s
>*opens mpv portable*(doesn't even know how to edit the options because there's no gui)

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>>285795908
VGH

>>285794255
I use realplayer
I convert all my videos to realmovie format to save CPU power and hard disk space.
then i emulate a clean install of windows95 OSR2 in virtualbox for peak performance, install realplayer in that, and feed the video files in from a server on another emulated win95 instance on a different core with an emulated 16550 UART interlink so I can get the authentic buffering effect.

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>>285795674
Almost everything in my collection runs better in VLC than MPV

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Gentlemen, I like VLC.

Gentlemen, I like VLC.

Gentlemen, I love VLC!

I like AVI, I like RMVB,

I like 120fps, I like interlacing,

I like rainbowing, I like the dot crawl, I like blocking.

I like the ringing, and I like tinny audio.

On a computer, a DVD player, a PS3, on a Mac, on an Archos.
I truly love each and every kind of artifact man can encode to a file.

I like the broken ASS support when even the simplest of lines fails to render correctly.
When the translator's notes overlaps the main dialogue, it makes my heart dance!

I like when an encode displays like it is corrupted!
It always left a warm feeling in my chest when they would check the CRC, only to find it is correct.

I like it when #darkhold encoders post on AnimeSuki and RAGE about the topic at hand.
I recall how much it moved me, seeing how epic longposts were made, how they would
shun the subject again and again, even though it wouldn't die. And it's painfully exciting
when a leecher posts about how great it is in the same thread.
And how wonderful it is to have 120fps for a show that is a constant 23.976!

And that pitiful resistance, encoding to h264, despite it being harder on the CPU.
I even remember when XviD had a 10:1 leecher ratio!

I like it when the MKV fanboys are thrown into chaos. And when the VFR feature they
are supposed to be promoting is violated repeatedly... oh how very sad it is.

I like it when the detail and sharpness in HD encodes are crushed and obliterated!
And them being filtered, smearing and ghosting and looking worse than a standard DVD.
Gentlemen, what I want is a low bitrate hell.

Gentlemen, my compatriots, leechers, you who abuse my XDCC bots... gentlemen, what
o you desire? Do you also want eyecancer? Is a return to the age of VCDs what you want?

Do you yearn for a VHS encode that stretches the very limits of poor quality, the artifacts
so intense that it makes Stevie Wonder cringe?

Very well then, we shall have VLC.

>>285796207
thank you for reminding me why internet people are so cringe and I end up watching everything on dアニメストア

>>285794255
>>285794281
MPC has better hotkeys by default and they're customizable
VLC doesn't let you change hotkeys, even simple things like load subtitle takes MOUSE CLICKS, absolutely haram

>>285797481
were you just trying to make me look as a troll or does the windows build actually not have a hotkey settings menu? lmao based

>>285796207
>#darkhold
I don't think there's a single person on /a/ these days that even knows the name, why bother posting this

>>285794255
It just werks after all

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>>285797712
It does let you customize hotkeys but all the defaults suck
I'll just go back to MPC unless I need to work with external .mks subtitles, in which case I'll use mkv tools and make my own mkv file and keep using MPC

>>285797813
I happen to have a sick gaming mouse and don't have to struggle with the crusty nipple of a 20 year old chinkpad so I can't relate to this issue

VLC when it works, MPC-HC when it doesn't.

>Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4 - 02v2 (BDRip 1920x1080p x265 HEVC FLAC 2.0)
Doesn't work with VLC on my machine.

What would you recommend for macos?

>>285798444
Getting a new OS.

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>>285794255
MPC gang

>>285794289
HEVC? Did a firmware update recently?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/

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>>285794255
I keep mpc around to make thumbnail grids but admittedly, I haven't done that in a while. Stock mpv plays all my shows

>>285794255
Is there any other custom MPC homescreens like OP's picture?

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>>285797481
VLC lets me increase play rate without changing audio pitch.

>>285795908
Soul

>CCCP still exists
I bet it installs spyware now.

>>285803246
MPV does that too

>>285796141
Damn, remembering 30mb episodes takes me back

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>>285794255
VLC doesn't have neither:
>button for loading the next episode in folder
>ability to remember the playlist after closing the program
which makes it clunky
best thing is, this is by design, the nerd responsible told everyone to get fucked
and don't even get me started on the chore that is using VLC android version

>>285794255
I literally just watch it in animepahe lol

>>285794255
I had that Cowboy Bebop movie that couldn't run on VLC, so I tried MPC-HC. There were also some LoGH episodes that run fine on latter but not on former so I permanently switched.

>>285802153
No. Old it affects even ass h264. They simply broke the most basic use case.

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>>285794255
MPC-HC + codecs is what we call "feature complete" in the industry.

>>285803759
>and don't even get me started on the chore that is using VLC android version
VLC is the only thing that still works on my shitty Android TV. All the MPV ports freezes when they try to load .ass subtitles.

>>285794255
>>285794281
I used to want to get into the codec-using players myself in the past. But when I tried that, the codec broke several of my /v/idya until I got rid of it. I have only been using VLC since.

>>285803343
It couldn't years ago when I tried. It always changed the pitch and you could only change it by 0.5 (no slider).
I am no longer on windows, so I am not gonna go back

mpv 0.41.0

>>285794255
I use VLC. I installed and deleted music/vid apps as I looked for some feature. Never found it, gave up, VLC was the last install.
It's sort of shitty. But I don't use it much so.

>>285794255
>>285794281
>>285795373
>Not using Hayase torrent streaming in the big 26
ngmi

>>285803246
You can do that in MPC-HC if you change Audio Renderer from System Default to Internal Audio Renderer. However I prefer the raw speed change for listening to music in different pitches without quality degradation. Pitch correction algorithms create imperfections, though it would still be preferable for speech.

https://github.com/the-database/mpv-upscale-2x_animejanai
fixes the '720p upscaled' look that anime has in the digital era, looks great on 4k OLED

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>>285794281

Personally I use Firefox

I use MPC-BE as I am used to the interface. MPV is too different and VLC had minor problems most of the times I tried it.

mpv. plugins take it from competent alternative to essential software.

>>285794255
MPV and it works fine, but I've hung onto my hardware setup for too long I think. It can't play 4k video and I'm running it playback problems more often if I torrent too high quality of video.

I play everything from the jellyfin server I built.

>>285794255
MPC + RTX Video super resolution + RTX Video HDR
Stop being poor

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>>285794255
yep

mpv, just werks

>>285808201
>(no slider)
well duh, you have to write in the config how much you want it to change by

>>285814643
I play everything from my computer that I invented

clsid's MPC HC is literally everything I need.
It is one of my major issues with switching to linux right now since I dislike MPV or whateve other shitty players are there (especially VLC).
I am sure I could get it working with wine but I don't know how well that would work.

>>285816863
Does one not build a computer?
I purchased all the required parts and used them to build the computer inside an old H440 I had lying around.
Did you know you can fit 11 3.5 inch drives inside one of those?

>>285814643
Really? I have a jellyfin server as well but I only really use it on my phone when I'm not at home since the player is a bit shit compared to my desktop one.

>>285819114
I like that it keeps track of where I am in each show.

I barely even watch anime since I'm almost exclusively a manga/LNfag. If something I like gets an adaptation and I wanna check it out, I just use pirate streaming sites.

> Use a gorillion custom settings to watch video files
> Windows media player did a perfect job by 2022

You guys are so weird

>>285819329
The elitism on this board is definitely of a uniquely strange variety.

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>>285794255
I use Memento which is based on MPV for the sole reason it lets me use a pop up dictionary for Jap subs and I can enable a secondary sub.

The UI is a nightmare and there's no way to customize shortcuts.

You can't even copy shit from the subtitle because Ctrl+C is, for whatever retarded reason, MPV's shutdown shortcut, so it forces me to type the kanji on some other dictionary/Anki, which is a nice practice.

Been using mpv since it was mplayer2

>>285796206
Good luck scaling standard definition anime to arbitrary resolutions in vlc.

>>285817140
https://github.com/mpc-qt/mpc-qt
It's also on AUR if you plan on switching to an Arch flavored distro. I think you should give mpv another try though, they have changed a lot of stuff.

I watch my shows on DVD.