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Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows, that is based on “Media Player Classic” (original Guliverkli project) and designed for home cinema usage. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. The program is written in C++.

Supported File Formats: WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, SND, AU, AIF, AIFC, AIFF, MIDI, MPEG, MPG, MP2, VOB, AC3, DTS, ASX, M3U, PLS, WAX, ASF, WM, WMA, WMV, AVI, CDA, JPEG, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, D2V, MP4, SWF, MOV, QT, FLV.

The project was dead on July 16, 2017. clsid2 GitHub member decided to bring it back to life on May 21, 2020, and added additional features and bug fixes over the original build (by Guliverkli). The new unofficial build is based on the orginal source code of v1.7.13 and includes the latest LAV Filters.

Key Features:

  • Simple to use
  • Light-weight
  • All around player
  • Built-in codecs
  • Supports most subtitles
  • Support for EVR/EVR CP (Enhanced Video Renderer)
  • Supports GPU assisted decoding
  • An SSE2-capable CPU
  • Customizable

Download MPC-HC v2.3.8 (Unofficial Build)

Download Installer 64-Bit

Download Portable 64-Bit

Download MPC-HC v1.7.13 (Official Build)

Download 32-Bit

Download 64-Bit

Last Update: December 10, 2024

Current Version: 2.3.8 (Unofficial Build) / 1.7.13 (Official Build)

License: Open Source

Languages: Multiple Languages

Supported Operating Systems:
Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (32-Bit, 64-Bit)

Developer: MPC-HC Team

Homepage: MPC-HC.org

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