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* Re: Linux on old laptopunixl0rd
+* Re: Linux on old laptopBoraxman
|`* Re: Linux on old laptopDumas Walker
| `- Re: Linux on old laptopanthk
`- Re: Linux on old laptopArelor

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Re: Linux on old laptop

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From: unixl0rd@VERT/BEERS20 (unixl0rd)
To: anthk
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop
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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 13:22:00 +0000
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 by: unixl0rd - Wed, 3 Aug 2022 13:22 UTC

Is mpv better than vlc when it comes to video playback? vlc struggles to play videos on my twelve-year-old laptop.

.... He who laughs first probably got the joke

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From: boraxman@VERT/MINDS3 (Boraxman)
To: unixl0rd
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop
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 by: Boraxman - Thu, 4 Aug 2022 15:27 UTC

Re: Re: Linux on old laptop
By: unixl0rd to anthk on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:22 pm

> Is mpv better than vlc when it comes to video playback? vlc struggles to
> play videos on my twelve-year-old laptop.
>

In my experience, there isn't much difference, but maybe. MPV seems to work the best on my laptop, and it is more than 12 years old (Its still 32 bit).

But hi-resolution videos are going to struggle from the computational demands.

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From: dumas.walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 (Dumas Walker)
To: UNIXL0RD
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop
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 by: Dumas Walker - Fri, 5 Aug 2022 06:45 UTC

> Is mpv better than vlc when it comes to video playback? vlc struggles to
> play videos on my twelve-year-old laptop.

Last evening, I was watching HD videos using vlc on my atomic pi (running
debian 11) without issue. I tried watching them on mpv and the video and
sound "stuck" a lot.

The atomic pi uses a more modern CPU than a 12 y/o laptop, but I think it is
only single-core and it does not have much memory, so it might be a fair
observation. Your mileage may vary, though.

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Re: Linux on old laptop

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From: anthk@VERT (anthk)
To: Dumas Walker
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop
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 by: anthk - Sat, 6 Aug 2022 00:56 UTC

Re: Re: Linux on old laptop
By: Dumas Walker to UNIXL0RD on Fri Aug 05 2022 09:45 am

In my case, I have this ~/.config/mpv/config file for an Atom netbook

ytdl-format=bestvideo[height<=?420][fps<=?30][vcodec!=?vp9]+bestaudio/best
vo=xv
audio-pitch-correction=no
quiet=yes
pause=no
vd-lavc-skiploopfilter=all

For youtube, I use these little tools:

git://codemadness.org/frontends

once compiled, I puta a yts func in ~/.profile such as:

yts()="/src/frontends/youtube/cli "$@" | less ; }

yts "whatever"

then I select the link, I paste it to mpv in a terminal, and
the video plays fast on this potato.

-- Unix junkie --

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Re: Linux on old laptop

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From: arelor@VERT/PALANT (Arelor)
To: unixl0rd
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop
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 by: Arelor - Tue, 9 Aug 2022 15:29 UTC

Re: Re: Linux on old laptop
By: unixl0rd to anthk on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:22 pm

> Is mpv better than vlc when it comes to video playback? vlc struggles to pla
>

I would not know if it is "better", but I rarely find any issues playing video
files with mpv or mplayer.

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