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> Or I can spend 30 seconds installing VLC and be 100% confident that it'll handle anything I throw at it.

I have a bunch of video files that VLC used to play with no problems. But it can't anymore.

I use mpv now.

Really? What format were they in?

Awful story without that detail.

Why? What would knowing the format contribute?

Well, for one there may be VLC people on this thread who'd know whether this was an unintentional regression.

Knowing whether it's the format or your setup.

And the slew of obvious reasons.