VLC Media Player

Flint · 11-08-2010, 08:31 PM

Installed it specifically to capture some screenshots of a specific movie I have on DVD, unfortuately the one thing it refuses to do is play THAT particular DVD.

I also thought it might be used to capture YouTube videos, but I couldn't make it work within 10-15 minutes of trying that, and that's about all the time I was willing to spend.

So far, zero for zero success with this program. Before I summarily uninstall it, can anybody tell me why VLC is supposed to be so great?

I don't have hours of free time to scour message boards for obscure tips on patches I need to install or way/the/hell/far/down/vaguely/titled/parameters to get a thing to do what it is supposed to do. I want something that somebody MADE SURE works before I waste my time. Yeah, open source is cool and everything IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

11-08-2010, 08:31 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	VLC Media Player Installed it specifically to capture some screenshots of a specific movie I have on DVD, unfortuately the one thing it refuses to do is play THAT particular DVD. I also thought it might be used to capture YouTube videos, but I couldn't make it work within 10-15 minutes of trying that, and that's about all the time I was willing to spend. So far, zero for zero success with this program. Before I summarily uninstall it, can anybody tell me why VLC is supposed to be so great? I don't have hours of free time to scour message boards for obscure tips on patches I need to install or way/the/hell/far/down/vaguely/titled/parameters to get a thing to do what it is supposed to do. I want something that somebody MADE SURE works before I waste my time. Yeah, open source is cool and everything IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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