Both programs played VCDs and DVDs (even commercial ones), nicely handling the menus and other elements, and both played non-protected Blu-ray movies, too. On the other hand, MPC-HC did play another older MPEG-1 that choked VLC. Both also had a hard time seeking in certain WMV files, though VLC was quicker on long jumps. There was one exception: an old MPEG-1 file that VLC won’t handle either. What’s more, MPC-HC played nearly everything else I threw at it. Using the LAV filter pack, the program is more stable with bad files than VLC. The list of internal video and audio codecs employed by MPC-HC is vast. This won’t affect many users now, but it may soon. VLC skipped frames like they were going out of style. I’d expected this from VLC, whose authors are almost fetish-like in supporting everything, but VLC didn’t play the 4K files as smoothly. I’m not sure why it surprised me, but MPC-HC played HEVC (x.265) files flawlessly, including 4K with decently high bit rates. After pitting the two players against each other on eight criteria, I’m back to using MPC-HC as my everyday video player. In fact, the only reason this article exists was a tenuous plan I formulated for my VLC 2.2 review to temper any unkind comments by calling out MPC-HC’s numerous flaws. MPC-HC’s pronounced and long-time tendency to crash pushed nearly everyone, including myself, to the somewhat geeky, but very capable VLC. Over the years, I’ve used Media Player Classic – Home Cinema (MPC-HC), it’s predecessor Media Player Classic, and VLC extensively. But please feel free to inform me and the others about codecs.I had a firm belief that this head-to-head was going to be a rout for VideoLAN Player aka, VLC. I have heard lots of bad story's about codecs and even though some people have no problems with them it still seems that some people do have problems. Main reason I don't think MPC is for me is because of codec's. Media Player Classic is a great player, I don't think its the option I want to use but that's why I'm posting for you guys to inform me and the others. GOM seems to be more of a hidden gem most people don't know about it but most people that try it turn seem to love it. I already use VLC on my Mac laptop well because it's the only one of the three that run on OS X, so I already know it decently well. Found lots of posts even saying there should be polls about this so here one is!įor this I think it should mostly be judged by how they play video files, audio playback dose count and free free to reply with all your input but this is for me and all the other people who are looking for what video player to use. I've done some searching and have three good ones that are all talked about on Neowin a lot. I'm currently trying to figure out what media player to use for video because seriously I can't decided.

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