In GOM Player however, these options are readily available on right click context menu during video playback. One has to enter Tools and Preferences to do it if you do not remember the Hotkey. Though subtitles are supported, but you cannot edit them in anyway in VLC.Īlso, if you like to customize the speed or the size of subtitles, option isn’t available right away. This might be the reason GOM installer size is 30% lesser than VLC. If you do not understand, it finds the one compatible and best for playback on web and downloads it. GOM Player on other side lets you choose codec of your choice. This is because, though the codec has capability to decode but it is not the best choice. VLC lags or do not properly positions in case of forwarding or moving backward. Also, problem can be noticed while seek positioning HD videos. There are some audio streams like AC3 which can be decoded by some codec to give better sound quality than the one inbuilt in VLC. That’s a rare possibility but what about performance? If something cannot be decoded by its own codec library, it cannot be played on VLC. VLC has inbuilt codec support and doesn’t support any codec or filters outside their library. Take a look at GOM Player or Daum PotPlayer‘s interface to know the difference. VLC has recently did some work on appearance and brought Skin feature but lacks modernity. This is the reason why many users do not prefer Media Player Classic which takes you back to the era of Windows 98. Though they are customizable but it why it isn’t default? 2. VLC is totally different in this case, you need to press combination of keys. I prefer jumping forward by pressing “Right Arrow” which is obvious to many of you. Out of the box, hot keys for VLC are very confusing or uncomfortable I will say. User expects more than just playback compatibility and that’s where VLC lacks. Even the default Windows media player can do so if there are required codecs available.

Most media players available can play all popular formats. They say that VLC can play almost any video format available on the Earth, which is true but there is more to it. VLC Media Player is widely used and recommended by everyone on web and even some of your friends too but I do not. 37 VLC is NOT Best Video Player, Here’s Why it Sucks

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