VLC is great and I had been using it for years. However, MPV is simple, yet powerful and is naturally part of my Linux distribution due to being a dependency of other stuff I use. That said, MPV has been my go-to mediaplayer for years now.

Fun fact: VLC still supports Android 4.2 (Nov, 2012) which i use to play local media on my old tablet(4.4) through f-droid. Works well with old formats.

On PC, I use MPV because I’ve gotten used to its command line and shortcuts.

I like the simplicity of MPV and use it whenever I can. However, it does not work as a DLNA client, at least not natively. I keep VLC nearby for such cases.

I use the SMPlayer, it does the same as the VLC, but it’s way faster and easier to handle.

vlc for watching.
mpv for listening.

While VLC is great, I have had cases where it failed me regarding hardware accelerated decoding. mpv has never let me down with this.

mpv, very easy to configure and use

i use mpc-be on m$win because of occasional glitch with mpv though, might be my system’s issue

Mpv cause you can use keyboard shortcuts from the terminal.

Thanks to this I can ssh from the phone, connect to my tmux mpv session, and use that as remote control.

Yeah vlc has been so good for so long!

SMP (SM Player) seems better than MPV, and even VLC in various ways.

mpv on linux, vlc whenever i’m on windows.

no particular reason, just habit.

Count me in on the minimalist interface preference gang. I’ve been using it for probably more than a decade. Less nowadays that I watch content on my TV through my media center server, but on the off occurrence that I need to watch a file on my computer, mpv is my boo.

VLC has been disintegrating on Wayland, mpv became the default

In the 15 years I have used vlc there has only been one file it couldn’t play and so I have had no need to try another player.