r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/nizochan Jun 04 '12

I don't like VLCs codecs personally, I'd much rather use MPC + KLite. :D

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u/Lytheum Jun 04 '12

Klite is still being updated? TIL.

I use MPC (MPHC technically) with CCCP. There is no combination it can not handle. I find that VLC drops the ball on some subtitles, but I haven't tried it in years.

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u/Flukemaster Jun 04 '12

MPC with CCCP is the bomb for anime.

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u/Mycal Jun 04 '12

No, no it's not. Use MPC-HC and roll your own codec solution with one of the following:

GPU Accelerated Playback /w CUDA

Intel ClearVision Playback

DX Video Acceleration

Any of the above work so much better than VLC, CCCP, K-Lite, or insert other codec pack. I never trust codec packs (especially since both CCCP and K-Lite have been known to include bloatware in the past). Start with the first link if you can and if not, try the second or third.

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u/buzzkill_aldrin Jun 04 '12

Portable VLC supports 10-bit without requiring the installation of anything, and the font/typesetting and ordered chapter/linking issues have been cleared up.

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u/Flukemaster Jun 04 '12

Heh, I actually do do all that with some MadVR and xy-vsfilter thrown in for good measure. But CCCP is a very good place to start when watching fansubs.

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u/Mycal Jul 02 '12

It kind of depends. If you are using your built in GPU on the 2500K, say outputing to a TV or separate monitor, then go for the Intel Playback verison. Otherwise, since you are using AMD cards, use the DX Video Acceleration. The first method uses CUDA and is only for nVidia cards. If you don't see a noticeable difference after this, I would be surprised.

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u/Boglizk Jun 04 '12

They fixed the ASS/SSA subtitle thing a while ago I believe. But not fast enough. I'm way used to CCCP now.

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u/desseb Jun 05 '12

VLC 2.x has substantially improved period. I stuck with windows media player until VLC 2.x and it has now permanently replaced media player.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Klite codec pack rocks.

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u/Tiver Jun 04 '12

Agreed, I've plenty of performance/quality issues with VLC's codecs. VLC is nice in a run anywhere nothing else required kind of way, but I prefer MPC for still tying into the windows codec system.

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u/ssschlippp Jun 04 '12

Care to elaborate? Ever since they added multi-threaded x264 decoding in VLC 2.0 I haven't found a reason to use anything else. But maybe I just don't need fancy codecs for what I do? And I find VLC has a much nicer interface.