โฒ 417 โผ Whats your favorite free open source software that everyone should try? (midwest.social) submitted 2 years ago by Sigmatank@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 340 comments fedilink hide all child comments Lemmy seems like the right place to ask this. Personally I've really enjoyed Gurgle, which is a FOSS Wordle clone app.
[โ] puppy@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) mpv has superior playback quality to VLC in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [โ] dave@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iโve also find mpv about a thousand times faster to start up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] puppy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And to seek to position! permalink fedilink source parent [โ] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aren't they both based on ffmpeg? Surely any quality difference is just a configuration issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] puppy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yes. If I remember correctly VLC was originally configured (maybe still is) to network streams and prioritize no lag. That's why you get weird artifacts in VLC sometimes that's not present in mpv. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Turun@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I use celluloid, because I absolutely hate the mpv interface. Seriously, how unexplorable and unintuitive can you make it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's driven by keyboard shortcuts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, that is deeply connected with being unexplorable. Celluloid is also keyboard driven. But in celluloid there are clearly marked buttons for the most used functions and I can open the menu to check the keyboard shortcuts. Not so in mpv. For what it's worth, I think celluloid is a thin wrapper around mpv with the only purpose to provide a better UI. And I'm very thankful for and happy with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I really like the idea of Celluloid. However, last time I tried, it somehow felt less performant than pure mpv. Colors a bit washed out and not perfectly smooth playback. Should try it again soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] WillyWonksters@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I used to feel the same way, but the interface is actually super customizable if you are ok with editing config files! Here is the manual. There is also a huge variety of third party scripts, like this one shows thumbnail previews when hovering over the seek bar. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] dave@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iโve also find mpv about a thousand times faster to start up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] puppy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And to seek to position! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] puppy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And to seek to position! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aren't they both based on ffmpeg? Surely any quality difference is just a configuration issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] puppy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yes. If I remember correctly VLC was originally configured (maybe still is) to network streams and prioritize no lag. That's why you get weird artifacts in VLC sometimes that's not present in mpv. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] puppy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yes. If I remember correctly VLC was originally configured (maybe still is) to network streams and prioritize no lag. That's why you get weird artifacts in VLC sometimes that's not present in mpv. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Turun@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I use celluloid, because I absolutely hate the mpv interface. Seriously, how unexplorable and unintuitive can you make it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's driven by keyboard shortcuts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, that is deeply connected with being unexplorable. Celluloid is also keyboard driven. But in celluloid there are clearly marked buttons for the most used functions and I can open the menu to check the keyboard shortcuts. Not so in mpv. For what it's worth, I think celluloid is a thin wrapper around mpv with the only purpose to provide a better UI. And I'm very thankful for and happy with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I really like the idea of Celluloid. However, last time I tried, it somehow felt less performant than pure mpv. Colors a bit washed out and not perfectly smooth playback. Should try it again soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] WillyWonksters@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I used to feel the same way, but the interface is actually super customizable if you are ok with editing config files! Here is the manual. There is also a huge variety of third party scripts, like this one shows thumbnail previews when hovering over the seek bar. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] jack@monero.town 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's driven by keyboard shortcuts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, that is deeply connected with being unexplorable. Celluloid is also keyboard driven. But in celluloid there are clearly marked buttons for the most used functions and I can open the menu to check the keyboard shortcuts. Not so in mpv. For what it's worth, I think celluloid is a thin wrapper around mpv with the only purpose to provide a better UI. And I'm very thankful for and happy with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I really like the idea of Celluloid. However, last time I tried, it somehow felt less performant than pure mpv. Colors a bit washed out and not perfectly smooth playback. Should try it again soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Turun@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, that is deeply connected with being unexplorable. Celluloid is also keyboard driven. But in celluloid there are clearly marked buttons for the most used functions and I can open the menu to check the keyboard shortcuts. Not so in mpv. For what it's worth, I think celluloid is a thin wrapper around mpv with the only purpose to provide a better UI. And I'm very thankful for and happy with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jack@monero.town 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I really like the idea of Celluloid. However, last time I tried, it somehow felt less performant than pure mpv. Colors a bit washed out and not perfectly smooth playback. Should try it again soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] jack@monero.town 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I really like the idea of Celluloid. However, last time I tried, it somehow felt less performant than pure mpv. Colors a bit washed out and not perfectly smooth playback. Should try it again soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Turun@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago* Yeah, it does have some hickups when playing a movie from my HDD. I think it doesn't prefetch enough data, because I didn't have any issues after copying the movie to a tmpfs. I still use it over mpv, because I truly cannot stand mpvs UX. But a valid point. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] WillyWonksters@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I used to feel the same way, but the interface is actually super customizable if you are ok with editing config files! Here is the manual. There is also a huge variety of third party scripts, like this one shows thumbnail previews when hovering over the seek bar. permalink fedilink source parent
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