08-11-2025, 02:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-11-2025, 02:57 PM by grindstone.)
Well, you know mpv is already there, right? It's worth exploring in some depth if you haven't as the resource demands are more modest (John chose these all with care).
One of the good and bad things about running less-demanding applications on less-capable hardware is that we have the Opportunity to learn in more depth -- not all of us have time/inclination for that. I too like vlc's ability to basically play anything, but, but for less-capable machines, mpv is welcome. For quality and performance optimization, there's a point at which your specific graphics hardware matters and you have some control over things. There's quite a lot of discussion about various corner cases and minutia upstream at the antixforum.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/mpv-hwdecauto/
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-hwdec
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/...rivatives/
There's nothing that says you can't do both -- install vlc and use that while investigating mpv or other options.
One of the good and bad things about running less-demanding applications on less-capable hardware is that we have the Opportunity to learn in more depth -- not all of us have time/inclination for that. I too like vlc's ability to basically play anything, but, but for less-capable machines, mpv is welcome. For quality and performance optimization, there's a point at which your specific graphics hardware matters and you have some control over things. There's quite a lot of discussion about various corner cases and minutia upstream at the antixforum.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/mpv-hwdecauto/
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-hwdec
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/...rivatives/
There's nothing that says you can't do both -- install vlc and use that while investigating mpv or other options.