MPC-BE

I don't think there is a better media player than this. I used to use the MPC-HC but because I didn't like the appearance, (yes, it's super ugly), MPC-BE was a perfect solution.

As a video player, it's 10/10 perfect.

Notes for better experience (copied from my other comment):

• Open options menu ("O" key), go to the bottom setting (Miscellaneous) and disable "Fast seek" to be able to freely scroll through the video bar
• ... go to Player > History > enable "remember last window size"
• ... go to Playback > Control > change Volume Step to 1 or 2 (I prefer 2 to use the scroll wheel for volume)

As a music player, it's seriously lacking 2/5:

• Can't loop a playlist
• Can't disable auto-playing through a playlist [minor issue]
• it can shuffle to the same song... [solution: use the randomize option instead]
• if it shuffles to the end of the playlist, it stops because there no playlist looping option [solution: use the randomize option instead, but still have to manually loop]

If it had easily accessible loop/shuffle buttons like VLC has it would be perfect

definitely the best player out there yet :) i really love this!

Local usage really great. Yet if i use it network (lan) videos from raspbarry. It lagged every 30second. So probabby its cache system not good. Btw I dont have any problem using htc hc.

Quick, nice appearance and comfortable. Unlike PotPlayer, this player did not blink the skin when the window was resized.

best media player on windows, a few added fun features compared to the standard mpc.

Works great, and keeps the magic of the old MPC-HC.