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I don't understand the question?
you commented :
I have not seen anything that indicates KDE requires a specific video player. So I was asking does it NEED a specific player or just have a default that it is installed with?
'Need' as in why do they need to stretch their development resources to cover a video player when they're already stretched thin and perfectly serviceable alternatives exist.
I have no actual idea, but that's what was meant. My guess is they want everything written in Qt6 so it can all be portable to windows etc.
it ships with one, if that answer your question.