mFat to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?message-square204fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?mFat to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square204fedilink
minus-square@hottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•10 months agoMore annoyed when the distro doesn’t even bother to document how to properly install the “missing” codecs.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoDon’t mistake this as condescension, but doesn’t VLC solve all of that?
minus-square@hottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•10 months agoNope. VLC uses system libraries, unless you install through something that ships its own dependencies like flatpak.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI’ve heard it’s great for opening any file. Is it good with a bunch of file formats as opposed to media codecs?
minus-square@hottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•10 months agoVLC is good everywhere even though it cannot compare to MPV in number of features available. It will work for most people just fine.
More annoyed when the distro doesn’t even bother to document how to properly install the “missing” codecs.
Don’t mistake this as condescension, but doesn’t VLC solve all of that?
Nope. VLC uses system libraries, unless you install through something that ships its own dependencies like flatpak.
I’ve heard it’s great for opening any file. Is it good with a bunch of file formats as opposed to media codecs?
VLC is good everywhere even though it cannot compare to MPV in number of features available. It will work for most people just fine.