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.

The original Media Player Classic was created and maintained by a programmer named 'Gabest' who also created PCSX2 graphics plugin GSDX. Japanese MPC 6.4.8.3 audio playback on Wine The active forks are Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) by clsid2 (same developer known as clsid responsible for MPC 6.4.9.1), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) by aleksoid. This project is now principally maintained by the community at the Doom9 forum. Variations of the original MPC and its forks are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack. The original MPC, along with the MPC-HC fork, mimic the simplistic look and feel of Windows Media Player 6.4, but provide most options and features available in modern media players. Media Player Classic ( MPC), Media Player Classic - Home Cinema ( MPC-HC), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition ( MPC-BE) are a family of free and open-source, compact, lightweight, and customizable media players for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows. And if you're not, it's about time you start using this great program.English, Russian, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Ukrainian If you're a Media Player Classic user, you're going to love this revamped version of your favorite player. Oh, and best of all, it doesn't require installation.īesides the original features, Media Player Classic Homecinema also lets you enjoy new interesting functionality such as additional video codecs (particularly H.264 and VC-1), better integration with Windows Vista (including a special 64-bit version), several bug and vulnerability fixes and option to remove tearing from your video files, though sadly I didn't figure out how to use this last feature. It also maintains the same great features the original player offered, that is, ability to play DVD, support for subtitles and more.

As a result of this, Media Player Classic Homecinema keeps exactly the same appearance as its predecessor, which makes it really easy to use – even if you have never used Media Player Classic before.

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