Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 27 June 2021 19:33:46 BST Dale wrote: > >> I thought mplayer was supposed to be the big dog in video players. I >> recall slightly there being a debate about it but I thought mplayer won >> the day. Am I wrong or has things changed since then?? > Random linky says mpv is better: > > https://www.slant.co/versus/13972/13973/~mplayer_vs_mpv > > From what I recall mplayer doesn’t support VAAPI for hardware acceleration, > but I moved from mplayer to mpv quite a few years now and have not kept up > with mplayer's development. As a matter of fact I had to check mplayer was > still in portage! :-) > > Anyway, better informed chattering users express their views here: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/43ky44/ > mplayer_mplayer2_mpv_which_one_is_your_choice_and/
When gnome-player finally stops working, I'll switch. I'm afraid to switch right now because it may break gnome-player. It may not even compile anymore basically. I'm testing other players but all of them have their cons, which annoys me. I'm a creature of habit. Thanks for the info. At least now I know. Dale :-) :-)
