when my htpc ran windows, this was the only player I would ever consider. years ahead of anything else, even vlc.
but the problem is, nobody who is a suitable contributor run windows nowadays.
every open source project must support Linux now.
but the problem is, nobody who is a suitable contributor run windows nowadays.
every open source project must support Linux now.
I think the reason VLC it's the moster it's right now it's their approach to multi platform and "out of the box" experience, with the user not having to worry about codecs and things like that.
The whole application can pass off as professional video playing software. So many ways to play and so many places to play from that it surprises me everytime I open it (which is very rarely).
MPC-HC was basically the Windows Media Player from WinXP era, except maintained to a modern audience. That's partly why its so slim and efficient: its directly written in the Win32 GUI.
I do video editing with Vegas, which is DirectShow based as well. So an entire workflow working with DirectShow is important for codec reasons: Vegas, MPC-HC, and VirtualDub / AviSynth all are tools built on top of Microsoft's DirectShow platform.