To do this, one only needs to create a few configuration files (as they do not exist by default).

However, if you have a computer with a more modern video card, mpv allows you to do a great deal of configuration to achieve better video quality (limited only by the power of your video card). Mpv comes with good all-around defaults that should work well on computers with weaker/older video cards. See List of applications/Multimedia#mpv-based. Install the mpv package or mpv-git AUR for the development version. 6.8 Error message about missing CUDA libraries on AMD GPUs.6.7 Cursor theme not respected under GNOME Wayland.6.4 No volume bar, cannot change volume.5.9.2 Opening video links from the KDE clipboard.5.2.6 Improving mpv as a music player with Lua scripts.5.2.4 Better audio with sped up content.5.1.5 Always show the application window.5.1.2 Quickly cycle between aspect ratios.And I personally turned off several logs and playlists to save drive space - but you may want the custom ini files that can save playback settings per video - another powerful feature if needed! It works better than any other video player I've tried, I prefer the interface and find it's controls and menus very easy to use, it is faster, and so far it plays everything with ease. I do recommend choosing to custom install and checking off the additional codecs - can never have enough of those. It can instantly play in full screen, which many media players including VLC have problems with in Win 7. It can sync audio - a vital feature of VLC. SMPlayer not only fit the bill, it surpassed VLC in every way.

However there have been several bugs in it recently that made me (and many others) look for something else. I was a big supporter of VLC since it had so many more features than Windows Media Player.

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