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On the same system, at the same time, VLC plays back the file without issues.

I just tried opening one in MPC-HC, and ended up with a 'cannot render pins in graph because some codec or filter not installed'. VLC has had the capability to play such a file since the last 5 or 10 releases. Consider a RMVB file with RMVB video and Cook audio. It is a framework, with support for scripting in order to further functionality (using Lua). One also has to remember that VLC has support for more file formats and containers than any other player considered standalone. This could have resulted in more efficient code. It is probably too late for VLC to shift to the approach used by MPC-HC / mplayer-VDPAU of having separate development for Windows and Linux platforms. I hope (and believe) VLC's development is at that stage now. At some point or the other, the developers realize this, and rewrite parts of the application / implement acceleration of some sort. Software application development goes through these stages, and past a particular point, it becomes bloatware (Adobe Acrobat Reader is a case in point). As more and more functionality is added, and people request more and more features, there is no guarantee that MPC-HC will continue to remain so.

VLC used to be light and fast in its early days too. MPC-HC is trying to be one, but it is not so convincing in its current state.Ī reader in a private communication accuses VLC of being bloatware, and praises MPC-HC for being light and fast. VLC used to be one, but with the advent of HD media, it ceased to be.

There is no 'one-size-fits-all' media player. This is not to say that VLC doesn't have its utility for power users. We are talking about users for whom the average Anandtech reader actually sets up a newly purchased PC or does tech support for. VLC is targeted at the lowest common denominator of computer users. However, I do feel it is now pertinent to add a few notes. This is the sort of comparison I really didn't want to make in the article. Some people have come out in support of VLC, while others are proponents of MPC-HC or Windows Media Player, with a preference for some codec packs. The first version of this article has elicited passionate responses from many readers.