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Me: Presses play Movie unsupported file" A person is shown with eyes on her laptop punching the wall beside her, causing it to crack.
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.
I’ve had good experience using mkvtoolnix to mux video into an mkv with subtitles included. Not sure if mkv support is widespread, but as janky as the TV was with other formats, mkv worked great every time.
MPC-HC also a very good choice
Installing MPC-HC during K-Lite Code pack as my primary media player has taken place of VLC for me this last year. I have been using VLC as with some Winamp-like no-viewport UI lately.
Been using both MPC-HC and VLC for years now. Between the two of them there is no file that you cannot play.
Been using k-lite codec pack since the Kazaa days, very good stuff. MPC-HC with madVR looks excellent.
this is the correct answer
VLC could play a polaroid image of the Voyager records.
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
not-troglodites, vlc does weird stuff.
mpv my beloved
VLC-heads in this thread are a decade behind
We’re streets ahead.
VLC
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’m sure there’s a way
Hold my beer
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.
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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.
me: opens vlc. play it anyway, idc
lmfao who has this problem, your great grandma?
tf is wrong witchoo boi
This reminded me of having to install a codec pack like klite or cccp as one of the first things on a fresh install. I’m glad that isn’t a thing anymore.
Comments like this reminded me of how dark of a world it used to be.
I still install klite out of habit.
VLC, MPV
VLC to the rescue!
I use the SMplayer, it plays and streams almost everything (Mplayer engine, apart also works with mpv).
Sounds a bit small for a movie
Me: cycling through every media players I have installed until I get one that plays the video properly.
VLC, MPV, MPlayer, Parole, etc
Torrenting in a nutshell! It can give out same error sometimes for incomplete file depending on the player used.
No big deal, just download the codices.