VLC vs Media Player Classic

I was wondering what the community's opinion is on VLC vs MPC. Pros and cons of each and person prefrence, but why. All are welcome :)

asked Jan 12 '11 at 13:49

Omen_6
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Well VLC wins cause I never heard of the words Media Player Classic

(Jan 14 '11 at 22:26) ryebread761

VLC are for those who does not know anything about setting up a good video setting.

(Dec 02 '11 at 21:10) xedric14

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Who uses Media Player Classic any more? IT'S THE 21st century not nineteen hundreds. o_0

VLC beats MPC by far.

answered Jan 12 '11 at 14:20

Jackster1337
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I use MPC, it's 2011, and I use K-Lite's Mega Pack and it works like a dream.

(Dec 02 '11 at 17:45) DJ Scooby Doo

I use VLC, it's 2012 and I don't need to use any packs. ;)

(Feb 08 at 19:08) kmark937

3	VLC wins by far. Its cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS) and supports far more video and audio formats then MPC. Plus it had a better interface and it much more widely known. There's not really any comparison. answered Jan 12 '11 at 14:29 Mattophobia ♦ 5.7k●55●96●165

1	I use VLC for all of my music and video needs and I also like the fact that I can change the skins on it to look like what ever I want I currently have it set to the lcars from startrek answered Jan 14 '11 at 10:52 snack pack88 1.8k●24●35●53

VLC is the most bloated, memory hogging player I've ever used. I used to swear by it. But then I tried MPC Home cinema...there's simply no comparison: MPC does not have the frame rate issues with high-def that VLC seems to. MPC Does not use every resource your computer has to run the way VLC does. MPC does not have the glitches with ogg/mkv and dual audios that VLC does. MPC is better for anything subtitled. MPC supports all the types VLC does, PLUS realplayer and quick-time. MPC gives the user more control over the settings.

Basically, if you don't know what codecs/filters/shaders etc. are, then, you probably won't notice a major difference between the two. (Unless trying to watch one of the above mentioned types) If you do, however, definitely go with MPC.

answered Dec 01 '11 at 19:53

Vcordes
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You could probably uninstall some of the VLC codecs and it wouldn't be a memory hog. It's only going to be as efficient as the codecs you install.

(Dec 02 '11 at 23:06) Duodave

MPC Home cinema Version IS THE BEST!!!!! It has something called Shaders that if you enable some of them you get superior quality. Shaders : Sharpen Complex 2 + [SD] [HD]. I swear it's Amazing. I used to use VLC. But after seeing the Sharper and much more vivid quality that you. Get with MPC. it is far Supirior. TRY IT!

answered Jan 14 '11 at 08:31

omaraty009
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0	I use Media Player Classic. And with the k-lite codec pack, not come across any media filetype it will not play. Never attempted to use VLC. Why bother if what you got works? answered Jan 15 '11 at 02:13 Eeveevolve 516●1●4●14

0	VLC will play more file types, but only has the ability to use one core, so MPC is better for 720p + (especially on a netbook (hyper-threading is included in the dual core rule)) answered Jan 15 '11 at 09:19 Venom Bottle 106●13●18●25

0	Media Player Classic Supports all the File Types that VLC Supports ! answered Jan 15 '11 at 15:16 omaraty009 16●2

0	VLC Media Player every single damn time. answered Jan 15 '11 at 20:17 daaaveeeee 526●28●35●44

0	VLC Looks better and Media Player Classic is from the 20th Century!! Lol answered Jan 16 '11 at 05:47 Louis Jenvey 561●5●9●19

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