VLC is (normally) an excellent player. I don't use it much, but I know many people do (and prefer it over others). The situation on amd64 might be different, but I guess you normally use more powerful hardware and therefor don't notice it's (now) using the CPU for playing? It could also be that it's actually using HW-accell on amd64 as that uses different APIs.
Hmm, it could be that I only tested it on Trixie (on my PineTab2 which has the same SoC), but I tried various Desktop Environments and while mpv worked fine*, VLC and gnome player couldn't play x264 videos I tried it with.
*) Max 1080p and full CPU usage, but it worked
Hmm, it could be that I only tested it on Trixie (on my PineTab2 which has the same SoC), but I tried various Desktop Environments and while mpv worked fine*, VLC and gnome player couldn't play x264 videos I tried it with.
*) Max 1080p and full CPU usage, but it worked