Have You Tried the VLC Media Player? - Comments Page 2

Sorry, Folks, but I loathe The VLC Media Player - Here's why: It's intrusive and grabs on to your computer's "innards" and never lets go. I have found that when Comcast's internet service offers you Norton's Virus Shield, Norton does the exact same thing. Both have tentacles that go so deep, there are always remnants in the computer that not even some of the best big-city computer techs (including Comcast's) can get rid of. I've had VLC hijack three separate laptops of mine (2 HP's and an ASUS) that ran Windows 7 to 10 when I tried to view something via Windows Media Player or another media player. No thank you, VLC, I will not download you ever again. Just my opinion, Folks.

VLC doesn't seem to like .mkv files. Video play back is "jerky". (Audio is ok.)

I have used it for years - and now rarely use any other player. I have used it on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems.
As other have noted, it seems to handle almost all types of video and audio files that I encounter.
I use it as my default for playing almost any video file.

Yes, I too have been using VLC for many years. As a matter of fact many years age I was having trouble finding a player that played a specific file type well. I don't recall the file type at this time. Bottom line I mentioned it to my son who told of a program still in beta that he had great success with. It was VLC. It worked great, played the file I was having trouble with and I've been using it ever since. It's one of those programs that I initially put on any new computer I buy/build right after the operating system. It handles it all.

I am using VLC for many years at all my devices, don't and didn't had any problems with it. Now where iTunes is ending its even more important to have a decent media player when you don't like to put everything to knowledge of Microsoft.

Keyboard commands are very useful. I often speed up podcasts in steps of 10% when a speaker is rather slow. There are probably many hotkeys of which I am not aware. Very long time user.

No mention of either "Pot Player" or "MPC - Home cinema".
I stopped using VLC due to a poorer video play back than either of the others.
Even MS Player often plays video back just as well or better, admittedly recognising fewer formats.

Great article, Bob! We ran the whole gambit of players through the years. By the time Microsoft was pulling back support from theirs, we had narrowed it to VLC and the free Pot Player from Daum Communications, on all our machines. After 3 years of comparing similar impressive features of both, we settled on the Pot Player for best suiting our needs. Truthfully, it was hard to choose, as they tied in quality and performance, in so many respects.

Tried it, did not like it, period, end of quote. I found that it was not that flexible or easy to use. As one other posted, the Help is useless, since it is almost in a foreign language. Why not simply have Help in everyday language so "dummies" like me, can understand??? I can say the same thing for many other computer programs.

Just because someone is a developer, doesn't mean that they are that "smart", when they write the Help files in either "geek" speak or "code" speak. I can usually figure out most things, but then there are those that completely frustrate me and make me want to simply stop using the "whatever", and try something that is easier to use.

VLC was one of those programs where the Help did not help. Sorry, but that what I felt at the time I used it and still do today. It wasn't that long ago that I tried out VLC, about 18 months or so.

Thank you for the nostalgia.
Back in the day, Windows' provided media player was referred to as "WiMP". Then, came VideoLAN Client (VLC) at around the same time as the porting of WiMP to a stand-alone FREEware called MediaPlayerClassic (MPC). Over the ensuing years, while our appetite grew for more digital content as entertainment; I first gravitated to BSPlayer (w/recent sketchy support/upgrades). In the last few years, I have been relying on ZoomPlayerMAX for watching NAS-streamed digital content, via a home theater PC (HTPC) feeding a large-screen TV (via HDMI).
-TMI- The slow death of the old trusted WinAmp for digital audio (mp3s, etc.) has allowed me to discover stand-alone FREEware application called AIMP3 music player, as a capable replacement.

Hey Bob (Or someone else) can you please give a walkthrough on how to play Netflix through VLC, I have a netflix account but the sound doesn't go as high as VLC and I'm a bit hard of hearing. The to methods I've found for Youtube don't seem to work, it says it is streaming but nothing happens. Someone talked about on the fly decryption using your authentication being an obstacle to streaming Netflix through this method. I'm not highly technical, I know jsut enough to follow directions just fyi lol

Please tone it down about the VLC recording feature, or else were going to lose it.

Thank You

Your article says you can use VLC to stream Netflix, but all other sources say that is not true because of the DRM. Did you actually make it work, or did you assume that it was true because most streaming content works? Some very tech savvy sites have said it is not possible, so I’m really curious if you have actually seen it working.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It appears you are right. I've updated the text, thanks.