Image Alt Text: "After downloading a 2.5GB movie
Me: Presses play Movie unsupported file" A person is shown with eyes on her laptop punching the wall beside her, causing it to crack.
Me: cycling through every media players I have installed until I get one that plays the video properly.
VLC, MPV, MPlayer, Parole, etc
Why is it a big deal? 2.5Gb takes like 20-30 seconds to download
With speeds like that why haven’t you downloaded a functioning brain yet?
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I forget that some people have crazy fast internet. Mine downloads 2.5gb in like 20 minutes.
2.5 GB in 30 seconds is 83 MB/s.
Bold of you to assume internet access is great everywhere
Average Windows user.
BTW, IEC units are superior and accepted unlike the SI units, so the correct usage is “2.5 GiB”.
I spent $20 on this video player but it doesn’t support my format! Does anyone know if the $50 pro version works? /s
Yeah, its called vlc. You can download it only if you pay 50$ in “Donate” section
-s
The FOSS to the rescue.
When user says “Linux is too complicated”
I have probably triggered all the Windows users.
They hated him, because he was telling the truth.
mpv my beloved
VLC to the rescue!
Uninstall that shit and use VLC
And if you want to play on a TV that doesn’t support the format, convert it with FFMpeg.
MPC-HC also a very good choice
VLC could play a polaroid image of the Voyager records.
this is the correct answer
What troglodyte doesn’t use VLC nowadays?
mpv enjoyers
Am I in the wrong for using mpc-hc?
It’s bad at mpeg-ts/HLS but it you don’t use that then it’s good
People with automated Sonarr/Plex setups probably. Haven’t had to use VLC since like 2009
Exactly, but better use jellyfin.
mpv is more effective. Worse user interface though
I use the SMplayer, it plays and streams almost everything (Mplayer engine, apart also works with mpv).
No big deal, just download the codices.
Console
medianfo your.file
please.Torrenting in a nutshell! It can give out same error sometimes for incomplete file depending on the player used.
where the fuck are u getting ur movies??? I’ve only ever seen mp4 and mkv, all of which even windows media player handles I think
It’s an “.avi.exe”.
yeah idk if vlc does .exe
Windows would be greatly improved if it would let you bind VLC as the default handler of exe files
i actually accidentally made all exe files open in Windows Media Center on a family pc as a kid.
basically the system had to be reinstalled.I’m sure there’s a way
Hold my beer
Mp4 and mkv are container formats. Your comment is somewhat equivalent to “where are you guys getting text files that can’t be displayed, I’ve only ever seen zip files”.
The codec in the container is what needs to be played, and can fail to render correctly.
Sounds a bit small for a movie
me: opens vlc. play it anyway, idc
VLC, MPV