VLC vs Media Player Classic

[matthewk]

There seem to be many fans of VLC and many of MPC. I was wondering how the two compare to the knowledge of the people here? I am really interested on this input. Both seem to be very good programs; is there a get away with just one?

vlc

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

mpc

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=84358

Edited August 27, 2005 by matthewk

[DigeratiPrime]

I use MPC with a DirectShow Filter Pack so it can play everything. I like the simple GUI and standalone exe that is mpc.

[SiMoNsAyS]

MPC for me

winamp and bsplayer are there too

[mrnxdmx]

MPC for me, if you have codecs in ur system, it plays everything perfectly.even swf files

[ripken204]

i use vlc because i dont have to worry about codecs, never tried mpc tho

[bmn]

the best thing in MPC is,it will tell u what codec u need to play that particular file.

and it looks liter.but works awesome.

[sherpya]

what about mplayer ? is standalone and it doesn't needs any codec like vlc

[ripken204]

isnt that for linux tho?

[Wesmosis]

MPC for sure

[Jeremy]

MPC

[Egon's Dragon]

I would use VLC only for playing DVDs outside of my DVD-ROM's region; i.e., non-Region 1 DVDs. So, as a DVD player, VLC is buggy as hell, so I don't use it any more. Can MPC do this?

[bmn]

do u mean region manipulation?

i dono abt it.but is it legal?

[techniquefreak]

First and foremost - MPC ...

Nice and unobtrusive

[Egon's Dragon]

do u mean region manipulation?

i dono abt it.but is it legal?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

As far as I know, yes, it is legal. There are many legitimate programs you can buy to do that, without having to flash your firmware. It isn't really manipulation; more like fooling your DVD-ROM into thinking it's the same region as the DVD you put in. Anyway, VLC is a clumsy DVD player.

[Jeremy]

i use vlc because i dont have to worry about codecs

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Codecs aren't much of a bother, very simple to deal with. And anyway, it's nice to keep a look out for any new codecs/filters that playback formats more efficiently without increase or possibly decrease in CPU usage. Codecs/filters integrated into the EXE aren't always the best thing, I know this is the case with MPC, but you have the option to use alternate codecs I think.