Comments on: VLC Media Player http://www.zeropaid.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: giz http://www.zeropaid.com/videolanclient/#comment-342404 giz Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:55:57 +0000 http://www.zrpd.com/videolanclient/#comment-342404 VLC *USED* to be the de-facto media player because of it's robust codec support and input/output plugins but has fallen in to my rubbish bin due to it's poor architectural support for GPU Decoding. For whatever reason, it was decided that "VLC, in its modular approach and its transcoding/streaming capabilities, does decoding in GPU at the decoding stage only and then gets the data back to go to the other stages (streaming, filtering or plug any video output after that)." - http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_GPU_Decoding This results in severe bus contention on lower powered GPU accelerated systems (ie Zotac A's). Data must traverse the thin 128 bit bus' in those systems three times if it is to be accelerated, resulting in relatively low cpu utilization, and poor video playback. The solution is to use VLC on 256bit wide bus's, however your results will still vary as GPU acceleration is utilized, but your video stream is ping-ponged from CPU to GPU to CPU to GPU... The ONLY time I use vlc is when RSTP or other protocol streaming in absolutely essential. When playing back local content, Media Player Classic Home Cinema is the player of choice. All formats supported along with one trip (CPU -> GPU) acceleration http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/ VLC USED to get my 5 stars - when it was the only player in town that would support TS streams.. but it's antiquated now... better solutions are available (unless you need streaming udp) VLC *USED* to be the de-facto media player because of it’s robust codec support and input/output plugins but has fallen in to my rubbish bin due to it’s poor architectural support for GPU Decoding. For whatever reason, it was decided that “VLC, in its modular approach and its transcoding/streaming capabilities, does decoding in GPU at the decoding stage only and then gets the data back to go to the other stages (streaming, filtering or plug any video output after that).” – http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_GPU_Decoding

This results in severe bus contention on lower powered GPU accelerated systems (ie Zotac A’s). Data must traverse the thin 128 bit bus’ in those systems three times if it is to be accelerated, resulting in relatively low cpu utilization, and poor video playback.

The solution is to use VLC on 256bit wide bus’s, however your results will still vary as GPU acceleration is utilized, but your video stream is ping-ponged from CPU to GPU to CPU to GPU… The ONLY time I use vlc is when RSTP or other protocol streaming in absolutely essential.

When playing back local content, Media Player Classic Home Cinema is the player of choice. All formats supported along with one trip (CPU -> GPU) acceleration http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

VLC USED to get my 5 stars – when it was the only player in town that would support TS streams.. but it’s antiquated now… better solutions are available (unless you need streaming udp)

]]> By: Chris http://www.zeropaid.com/videolanclient/#comment-342389 Chris Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:46:50 +0000 http://www.zrpd.com/videolanclient/#comment-342389 You need VLC. You need VLC.

]]> By: Unofficial VLC Player for Android "Pre-Apha" Released http://www.zeropaid.com/videolanclient/#comment-332971 Unofficial VLC Player for Android "Pre-Apha" Released Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:16:06 +0000 http://www.zrpd.com/videolanclient/#comment-332971 [...] VLC Media Player has long been one of the most popular and widely used media players around. Referred to as the “swiss army knife of media players,” it plays virtually every type of media imaginable, including disc images, .rars, and even web streams, all without the need for any codec packs (unlike Windows Media Player I might point out). [...] [...] VLC Media Player has long been one of the most popular and widely used media players around. Referred to as the “swiss army knife of media players,” it plays virtually every type of media imaginable, including disc images, .rars, and even web streams, all without the need for any codec packs (unlike Windows Media Player I might point out). [...]

]]> By: mountain_rage http://www.zeropaid.com/videolanclient/#comment-187151 mountain_rage Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:34:09 +0000 http://www.zrpd.com/videolanclient/#comment-187151 VLC should be on everyones computer. If you ever have a video that does not run in other players use VLC and I guarantee it will work. VLC should be on everyones computer. If you ever have a video that does not run in other players use VLC and I guarantee it will work.

]]> By: soulxtc http://www.zeropaid.com/videolanclient/#comment-187085 soulxtc Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:04:43 +0000 http://www.zrpd.com/videolanclient/#comment-187085 Love VLC media player, the swiss army knife of media players...even plays blu-ray rips! Love VLC media player, the swiss army knife of media players…even plays blu-ray rips!

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