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TaKYoN · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:39 pm **Post subject:** VLC

Hey guys, what are your opinions of VLC as a main media player?

I only ask cos it starts up faster than anything else I have, uses a little more RAM but this is not a problem. The main thing is that playing an AVI will use around 15% cpy in WMP, about 20% in BSPlayer and 2%!!!!!!!!! in VLC.

ANyone care to enlighten me as to why it uses so little CPU compared to everything else?

fierysky · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:23 am **Post subject:**

It's pretty much all I use as a media player. It has played everything I have thrown at it (including a file Gspot didn't recognize), and I only don't use it when I'm watching a movie with separate subtitles.

I'm also curious as to why it uses so little CPU space.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:03 am **Post subject:**

It anoys the hell out of me that you can't stretch the picture though. Essential for me.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:07 pm **Post subject:**

it just doesn't do stuff as well as media player classic, by that I mean it glitches sometimes, and the UI is a bit sluggish and backwards.

I have it on my system, but media player calssic just seems to play better and is easier to use, so I tend to keep using that.

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