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You can't run vlc? What kind of devices do you have?
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A VCR and 26" CRT, why?
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This is the way.
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Lol ikr.
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Try mpv then ;-)
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mpv can render video everywhere, even inside a fucking text terminal! Use
--vo=tctargument to render the video into text art. Heck, if you're using Xorg it can even render into another app window!https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/man/vo.rst
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MPV deserves its own community. It's the only player on windows that can handle DV content. Though the default offering is very minimal and difficult to use. There are some awesome gui projects though
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I love this player, wish it was more popular. They should make the installation a bit simpler on Windows, it's a bit weird compared to most programs people download
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(which is far superior to vlc in graphical fidelity out-of-the-box)
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Is it because it's a work device ? Because except if you're not the admin of your machine, VLC will run on any potato.
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And even if you can't install it on a locked-down device, there's a portable version, too. Install on any removable media (from another machine, to be fair) and it will run from USB without installation.
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Codec inconsistency? Try resolution inconsistency. I keep finding some that have a weird mixture of 720p and 1080p resolutions. Drives me insane.
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Selfhosting an *arr stack with Plex/Jellyfin is the way.
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I hope this is sarcasm.
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Did you try to install ffmpeg and run: „ffmpeg -i someFile.fileextension -c:a libmp3lame -c:v libx264 -f mp4 outFile.mp4“ to repair the file. Then you should be able to play it on every device. On windows you can install ffmpeg with winget and on linux for example with apt or on macos with brew.
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I trying to think which devices can't run VLC and all I've come up with are a pager and a Blackberry. Does anyone have any idea what he's talking about?
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presumably a toaster from the potato age
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I'd look into buying a cheap Firesticks you can jailbreak if nothing else.
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Codec inconsistency is annoying yeah. You need a better tracker
