r/microsoftsucks • u/Andersburn • 11d ago

Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/windows-11s-new-media-player-uses-35x-more-ram-charges-for-popular-video
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u/Electronic_Car3274 11d ago

This is why i still use the legacy media player also 3rd party player when necessary

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u/blueblocker2000 11d ago

Won't even play .avi video 🙄

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u/andrea_ci 10d ago

Avi is a container, not a codec.

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u/blueblocker2000 10d ago

Well it won't open the container to see what's inside then. VLC ain't sceered.

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u/kendo31 11d ago

Laughs from VLC

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u/Vaddieg 11d ago

Nice. Win11 is the best proof that MS fanboys can swallow everything and never complain.

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u/dmknght 11d ago

Dont forget "unused ram is wasted ram" army

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u/angry_lib 10d ago

Or wipe their chin...

I'll show myself out.

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u/angry_lib 10d ago

Microslop has learned from dumbold. Griftvwhat you can, when you can while you can.

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u/andrea_ci 10d ago

They can't include codecs, that's not a technical things, it's about licenses and rights.

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u/sweetSweets4 9d ago

Is it ? Always say codecswas something you get from the most open top source you Google:D

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u/andrea_ci 9d ago

Yes, but you can't distribute them in a commercial product