Good thing RAM is cheap and abundant, right?
Why wouldn’t you just use VLC?
VLC FTW
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).
I do continually find it baffling that companies repeatedly replace existing products with something worse
I literally can’t think of one time some service or software was retired in lieu of a like for like* replacement and it wasn’t actually worse for a very long time.
I’m actually struggling to think of any example actually
You could maybe make an argument for Counter Strike or Team Fortress or something like that… maybe.
Windows Media Player CodecPass Ultimate Series X 360 Enshittified™ Edition with Copilot AI
And knuckles
With new Funky Kong mode!
It now uses under 400mb memory.
Licensed codecs aren’t free, which isn’t new.
This isn’t significant.
malware infested ‘codec packs’ about to make a comeback.
Laughs in Linux
