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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I used VLC before and ill continue using VLC

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

VLC UX kinda sucks, but it does everything I need it to.

[–] emil_98@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What sucks about it? I just use it because it seems to play literally any video format

The UX.

The functionality is great, and like you said, it can play pretty much anything. But the UX feels like it's stuck in the late 90s, and the following are more ugly and painful than they need to be:

  • playlists
  • streaming
  • converting file types

It can do a ton of stuff, but none of it is particularly intuitive, because the UX sucks. But it works great at the basic functionality I need, which is playing pretty much any video format.

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