mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago Multimedia/ h264 codecs ?? KDE/GSconnect Something like Arch's downgrade package + an archive of package versions Hardware video acceleration support is sorely lacking Picture-in-picture in Gnome's Wayland (bug that a gnome-shell extension fixes!)
minus-squarebjorney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMultimedia codecs have a different license agreement than the OS so they aren't bundled by default for a reason
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI don't care about the licenses. If I click on my media and it refuses to play because some codec is omitted by default, am annoyed nonetheless.
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMore annoyed when the distro doesn't even bother to document how to properly install the "missing" codecs.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDon't mistake this as condescension, but doesn't VLC solve all of that?
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNope. VLC uses system libraries, unless you install through something that ships its own dependencies like flatpak.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI've heard it's great for opening any file. Is it good with a bunch of file formats as opposed to media codecs?
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoVLC is good everywhere even though it cannot compare to MPV in number of features available. It will work for most people just fine.
Multimedia codecs have a different license agreement than the OS so they aren't bundled by default for a reason
I don't care about the licenses. If I click on my media and it refuses to play because some codec is omitted by default, am annoyed nonetheless.
More annoyed when the distro doesn't even bother to document how to properly install the "missing" codecs.
Don't mistake this as condescension, but doesn't VLC solve all of that?
Nope. VLC uses system libraries, unless you install through something that ships its own dependencies like flatpak.
I've heard it's great for opening any file. Is it good with a bunch of file formats as opposed to media codecs?
VLC is good everywhere even though it cannot compare to MPV in number of features available. It will work for most people just fine.