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Media Player Classic
Original authorGabest
DeveloperMPC Community Forum
Initial releaseMay 30, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-05-30)
Final release
Original: 6.4.9.0[1] / March 20, 2006; 20 years ago (2006-03-20)
Preview release
Fork by clsid - Last release:
6.4.9.1 Revision 107[2][3] / February 14, 2010; 16 years ago (2010-02-14)
RepositoryOriginal:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
Fork by clsid:
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc
Written inC++
Engine
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    Operating systemWindows, ReactOS
    SizeOrig. 6.4.9.0: 2.2 MB (Zip)
    Fork 6.4.9.1: 2.1 MB (Zip)
    Available in11 languages[4]
    List of languages
    English, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Ukrainian
    LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
    WebsiteOriginal MPC on Doom9
    MPC 6.4.9.1 on Doom9
    MPC 2.0.0 on Doom9

    Media Player Classic (MPC) and its derivatives are a family of free and open-source media players for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Focusing on compactness and customizability, Media Player Classic mimics the simplistic look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4, but provide most options and features available in modern media players. The original MPC stopped development in 2006 after which it was forked into two new projects: Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) and Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE), which are now principally maintained by the community at the Doom9 forum.

    The active fork Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is maintaned by "clsid2" (same developer known as clsid responsible for MPC 6.4.9.1), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) by "aleksoid". Variations of the original MPC and its forks are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack.

    Development

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    The original Media Player Classic was created and maintained by a programmer named "Gabest"[5] who also created PCSX2 graphics plugin GSDX. It was developed as a closed-source application, but later relicensed as free software under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license. MPC is hosted under the guliverkli project at SourceForge platform. The project itself is something of an umbrella organization for works by Gabest.

    Media Player Classic development stalled in May 2006. Gabest, the main developer of the original version, stated in March 2007 that development of Media Player Classic is not dead but that he was unable to work on it.[6] MPC 6.4.9.0, released March 20, 2006, is the final official version.

    Forks

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    Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1

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    In August 2007, an unofficially patched and updated build became available from Doom9 member "clsid", hosted under the guliverkli2 project at SourceForge platform. Known as Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1, it was meant for fixing bugs and updating outdated libraries, but its development has been inactive since 2011. MPC 6.4.9.1 Revision 107, released February 14, 2010, is the final release version.[7][8] The community at the Doom9 forum has since further continued the project with MPC-HC.

    MPC Home Cinema

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    Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
    DeveloperMPC-HC Community Forum
    Initial releaseSeptember 2007; 18 years ago (2007-09)
    Stable release
    2.5.6 / December 4, 2025; 6 months ago (2025-12-04)
    Preview release
    2.5.5.30 / November 27, 2025; 6 months ago (2025-11-27)
    RepositoryOriginal:
    https://github.com/mpc-hc/mpc-hc
    Fork by clsid2:
    https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/
    Engine
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      SizeFork x64: 21.9 MB (Exe)
      Fork x86: 20.3 MB (Exe)
      Available in42 languages[9]
      List of languages
      Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English (British), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Spanish, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
      LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
      WebsiteMPC-HC official website (inactive)
      MPC-HC on Doom9 (active fork by clsid)

      A fork, called Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC), adds new features, as well as fixes bugs and updates libraries.[10] It also updated the license to GPL-3.0-or-later.

      MPC-HC updates the original player and adds many useful functionalities including the option to remove tearing, additional video decoders (in particular H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 with DirectX Video Acceleration support), Enhanced Video Renderer support, and multiple bug fixes. There is also a 64 bit-version of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema for the various Windows x64 platforms. MPC-HC requires at least Windows XP Service Pack 3.

      As of version 1.4.2499.0, MPC-HC implemented color management support, an uncommon feature that nearly all video players on Microsoft Windows lack.[11] Windows 8 support was introduced in version 1.6.5.[12] Beginning with version 1.6.6 the stable releases are signed.[13]

      Apart from stable releases as published, nightly builds are also publicly available.[14][15] MPC-HC is also distributed in the PortableApps format.[16] MPC-HC 1.7.1 adds support for H.265/HEVC codec. MPC-HC 1.7.8 released in 2015 was built with the MediaInfoLib 0.7.71.

      MPC-HC 1.7.13 is the final version of the program that was officially discontinued as of July 16, 2017 due to a shortage of active developers with C/C++ experience.[17] Its source code on GitHub was last updated on August 27, 2017, a month and a half after the official final version.[18] It requires CPUs with SSE2 support and no longer runs on Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP.

      MPC-HC fork by clsid2

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      Updated builds of MPC-HC, a fork from the same developer (known as clsid2 on GitHub/SourceForge) responsible for MPC 6.4.9.1, started appearing in January 2018. This fork contains updated internal codecs (LAV Filters[19]), AV1 support, youtube-dl integration, a new dark theme, video preview on seekbar, support for MPC Video Renderer, A-B Repeat, subtitle performance improvements;[20][21] support for Windows XP was dropped in these builds.[20] Binary releases are available,[22] as well as source code.[23]

      MPC Black Edition

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      Media Player Classic - Black Edition
      DeveloperAlexander Vodiannikov
      Initial releaseSeptember 12, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-09-12)
      Stable release
      1.8.7[24] / September 17, 2025; 9 months ago (2025-09-17)
      Preview release
      1.5.6.5943[25] / January 10, 2021; 5 years ago (2021-01-10)
      Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/
      https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/MPC-BE
      Engine
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        Sizex86: 16.6 MB (Zip)
        x86-64: 18.1 MB (Zip)
        Available in25 languages
        List of languages
        Russian, Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
        LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
        Websitempcbe.sourceforge.io

        Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when hovering the mouse cursor over the seek bar, as known from video platforms such as YouTube and Dailymotion, though many of these features, including the video preview on seekbar, were added to MPC-HC at a later date.[26][27]

        MPC-BE, however, doesn't include LAV filters by default, making it less efficient than MPC-HC for decoding. This is most noticeable with higher resolution files, newer codecs, or on lower end hardware.[28]

        Player development began in February 2011. Developers used a modification of MPC-HC made by a programmer nicknamed "bobdynlan". The first version (1.0.1.0) was released on September 12, 2012.[29]

        Starting with version 1.5.0, released in December 2016, MPC-BE no longer supports Windows XP.[30] Support for Windows Vista ended at version 1.6.7, released May 2023.[31][32] MPC-BE version 1.5.1 and newer require SSE2 supporting CPU and no longer run on Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP.[32]

        Nightly builds are also available.[25][26]

        MPC-BE on SourceForge links to MPC-BE on GitHub.[33]

        Media formats and features

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        In this section Media Player Classic and MPC refer to both the original MPC and its forks, unless otherwise specified.

        Media Player Classic is capable of VCD, SVCD, and DVD playback without installation of additional software or codecs. MPC has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, 3GP, AC3, and DTS audio; along with native playback of the Matroska container format. MPC also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports playback of VCDs and SVCDs using its VCD/SVCD/XCD Reader. On October 30, 2005, Gabest added MP4 and MPEG-4 Timed Text support.[34] Adobe Flash movies (SWF) can be played and frames jumped to.[35]

        Supported media formats within the latest builds of MPC-HC and MPC-BE have been considerably expanded compared to the original MPC, as these builds are bundled with iterations of libavcodec and libavformat. MPC-HC version 1.7.0 and newer utilize LAV filters,[36] while MPC-BE uses FFmpeg directly.[37] Consequently, they support all formats from those libraries. MPC-HC is also one of the first media players to support Dolby Atmos audio natively.

        MPC can use an INI file in its application folder,[38] making it a portable application.

        DirectShow

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        Media Player Classic is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture and therefore automatically uses installed DirectShow decoding filters. For instance, after the open source DirectShow decoding filter ffdshow has been installed, fast and high quality decoding and postprocessing of the MPEG-4 ASP, H.264, and Flash Video formats is available in the original MPC. MPC-HC and MPC-BE, however, can play videos in these formats directly without ffdshow.

        MPC-HC and MPC-BE also provide DXVA support for compatible Intel, Nvidia, and ATI/AMD video cards when using a compatible codec. This provides hardware-acceleration for playback.

        In addition to DirectShow, MPC can also use the QuickTime, RealPlayer, and SHOUTcast codecs and filters (if installed on the computer) to play their native files.[39] Though some of these files may play without the external codecs or filters installed. Alternatively, QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative can be used in place of their player installations for expanded support of their respective file formats.

        TV tuners

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        MPC supports playback and recording of television if a supported TV tuner is installed.

        See also

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