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MPC-HC

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. Created by clsid2

Free Open Source
Windows
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MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.

The tool was developed by mpc-hc.org until July 2017, when it announced its last release due to lack of active developers. The project has been forked by one of the former co-devs, clsid2, that continued the development with new releases since early 2018. More Info »

Lightweight
Watch movies on any SSE2 CPU, even on your old computer back from 2000.

Customizable
With its wide array of options, MPC-HC can be customized to fit almost any needs. Among other things, we added custom toolbars.

All around player
MPC-HC can also be used as DVB player.

MPC-HC is listed in

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Links to official MPC-HC sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Support for 4K Audio Recording Apps with Chromecast Support Codec Tweak Tool Customizable Lightweight Minimalistic Media Streaming Support for subtitles Supports H265 Codec Add a feature

Categories

Audio & Music CD/DVD Tools Video & Movies

Tags

audio-cd dvb dvb-player dvb-viewer dvd-player dxva media-player supports-hardware-tv-tuners svcd-player vcd-player

MPC-HC (sometimes referred to as Media Player Classic Home Cinema, MPCHC, Media Player Classic) was added by wiak in Jul 2009 and the latest update was made in Jul 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on MPC-HC or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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- It has the right codecs to play files that are used in mpc-hc to play video files. That's why it can deliver the same output. Guest • Aug 2018 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It's all about the functionality while playing, the capability in adjusting the control keys and the skip times configuration. Yeah, it can be personalized and the wide of the compatible video and audio formats is almost equal, yet VLC is still no capable of being personalized in the important thing to me. Guest • Mar 2017 • 18 agrees and 7 disagrees
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- Can't save last file position. Can't keep playlists between sessions. Custom hotkeys don't work. Guest • Feb 2017 • 15 agrees and 12 disagrees
- MPC-HC shows a preview on the thumbnail for all video formats including WebM Guest • Jul 2015 • 11 agrees and 5 disagrees
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- Anyone looking for a replacement of MPC-HC is looking for a good video player not a music player. Guest • Mar 2019 • 10 agrees and 2 disagrees
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MPC-HC Comments

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Comment by aseixas

about MPC-HC · Apr 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

Very lightweight without compromising features. I especially like the inbuilt subtitle search.

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Comment by tvsea

about MPC-HC · Aug 2019 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Second best compared to VLC.

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Comment by ATx

about MPC-HC and Zoom Player · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -11 Helpful Report as spam

Doesn't compare to Zoom Player's UI and lacks customization options, but it has the best DirectShow filters, it plays about anything. It even offers DirectX Video Acceleration.

You can use MPC-HC's DirectShow filters with Zoom Player for the ultimate multimedia experience.

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alexprange · Mar 2019

Just so everyone is clear the above comment is an advert for zoom player... lol. In reality zoom player sucks and is not free by any means.