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minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 minutes agoQuestion: how does VLC get away with playing these proprietary codecs without compensating the owners of them?
minus-squareLiana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoMaybe it’s because they’re not selling their product? I don’t know though, just guessing.
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·6 hours agoThere are other video players?
minus-squareblackbeans@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 hours agoMpc-hc is a good alternative. It’s a matter of preference
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 hours agoNothing else exists besides VLC imo.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoIn my case this is literally true, because the IoT editions of Windows don’t even come with a bundled media player (nor a bundled photo viewer other than classic Paint, for what it’s worth).
VLC FTW
Question: how does VLC get away with playing these proprietary codecs without compensating the owners of them?
Maybe it’s because they’re not selling their product? I don’t know though, just guessing.
There are other video players?
mpv is good too
Mpc-hc is a good alternative. It’s a matter of preference
Nothing else exists besides VLC imo.
In my case this is literally true, because the IoT editions of Windows don’t even come with a bundled media player (nor a bundled photo viewer other than classic Paint, for what it’s worth).