And jeez what happened to it anyways? It actually used to be pretty decent back in the 98/XP/7 days :(
aplay: “Hey kid… wanna listen to the sound the Linux kernel makes when you push it through the sound card?”“Oh no, I can’t play this modern video file using a codec that’s literally been around for more than 10 years unless you pay me $0.99 for a codec pack…”
Every single time I forget to change it and I want to play an h265 file from my phone.
VLC bypasses this by being based in a country that doesn’t recognize the software patent
VLC represents what the internet could have been and what it should have been.
Wish we could start again with a new internet.
It’s because Jean-Baptiste Kempf is a GOAT and said “non” to fuck-you amounts of money to sell out VLC.
I don’t know if I’ve had the strength to say no to that much money and obviously, that kind of cash has corrupted all but a few bastions of what makes the Internet an awesome place.
Shoutout to Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin fame and all those supporting the lists it depends on. Some many adblockers sold out (including the original uBlock) but he champions on making the Internet a remarkably better place when used. Dude even refuses donations (says list maintainers deserve it more).
Best way to reward them would be to be like them. I’m sure they too long for world where people act with integrity
So serious question, why not take the money, become ultra rich, then immediately start a nonprofit to recreate VLC Origin
He gets to be rightfully rich, and he funds and protects a free project.
In those times there had been more than one popular free app that suddenly started installing crap on user’s machines.
I guess he just didn’t want to become attached to junkware being installed on people’s machines.
I don’t have the details but may they wanted to buy the source code from him and close it?
Because people would immediately call him a sell out. And because it then would be the property of whatever company, and he could be tied legally from recreating it.
If something doesn’t open in VLC, you can usually safely assume the file is corrupt lol
If something doesn’t open in VLC…then you should probably try it in Media Player Classic, and if that doesn’t work then the file is totally fucked.
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Seriously wtf 😭
- Who bots Lemmy wtf
- About Brazilian politics? On an English community?
Who and why?
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Nao tems nada que ver com windows media player
I, too, would like to know when will you Brazilians stop letting Bolsonaro get away with using Windows Media Player?
What would this sound like played in aplay?
What the fuck did you just say about me, you little shit? I’ll have you know that I…
sir this is a Wendy’s drive thru
Windows Sound Recorder used to open literally anything - text documents, pdfs, images, executables, DLLs, and attempt to play them as audio. Photoshop files make especially interesting noises through it. I used to use it for samples. Got some great noisy stuff that way.
Got any fun clips to share?
I have the album I made with them! Some of the tracks are solely composed of Sound Recorder playing non-audio files, but every track contains samples created that way. The quality isn’t the best, this is a CD rip because I’ve long since lost the original files, but since it’s experimental industrial noise, the audio quality doesn’t hurt much I guess.
https://soundcloud.com/themachinal/sets/the-machinal-disturbance
I used to do this with audacity. It’s fun to open an image, and apply some audio filters to it, then export it. Makes for some interesting photo fuckery results.
Oh, I didn’t know audacity would do it. Well I know how I’m wasting time at work the rest of this week…
I cant remember the command now, but there was one on linux which let you play anything, I remember /usr/bin/ls sounded nice.
aplay is pretty decent
I definitely have pointed it at /dev/random
I used to write dark ambient and noise records as a hobby. I got some of my best samples from that method.
Windows media asks you to pay Microsoft for a decoding license if you try to play an HDR video.
I think it does it for hvec too
Looks like your right, included by default:
MPEG-4, H.264, H.263, VC-1, Windows Media Video (WMV), DV, VP8, Motion JPEG
Then they have add-ons in the store, the HEVC I believe said was a dollar to use on 10 devices with that account. that’s terrible
I still find it strange that windows media player classic consistently works better than every new media player they’ve introduced since. It seems like if you make OS’s you cannot simultaneously make a good media player, eg. Quicktime/itunes/wmp/groove
It works better because everything else is geared towards maximum monetization to the direct detriment of the user and the UX. Those alternatives suck simply because “working better” on its own is financially worthless to those selling this shit.
To watch this new type of hvec media you need this free codec.
Wait did we say free i mean
There is a paid version next to the free one.You can pay here, that other one is for retail and industry please dont use it, only use the paid one.Your hardware doesn’t support the free codec according to the error message we gave it. Hand over your money to install this identical approved one please.
I forgot that VLC wasn’t standard. 😂 I looked at the other icon and thought “wait what’s that?”
I absolutely love VLC
Thanks for mentioning the name because I honestly didn’t know what software the second icon was supposed to be.
I thought it was mpv first
Really? The classic hombre sunset graphic didn’t clearly say this is a Microsoft Windows product? /s
Usually MPV first then VLC if I have some specific need, but that’s me I guess.
I don’t know about windows, but on linux if you don’t need and of VLC’s advanced features, MPV is significantly faster, takes nearly half the cpu on my setup for the same quality.
For real though. I have yet to find a file VLC can’t play. I have some old 8-bit .au files that play perfect. It even supports really obscure proprietary codecs from 20 years ago.
VLC is the only android app I’ve found that still supports tracker MODs, absolutely required for my music listening.
I find VLC has a hard time playing .GIF files
And it stutters when playing .ts files.
Typescript?
DVD
Forget React, all my homies use VLC+TS.
For me i tried playing a Bad apple video in 4K it struggled
4k gif? Oh please, be serious.
Nah video but thanks for reminding me to edit my comment
mpv: those files have some exotic image format, they’re not videos. Here is your dia show with your custom upscaling shaders.
