#MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 5 MOVIE#

The only thing this player has going for it now is the subtitle download capabilities, of which MPC-BE sorely lacks, so I keep MPC-HC on hand just in case I need to download a subtitle file for a movie if needed, although I could just do that directly online to Subscene, Subscene has never failed to provide a subtitle file for a movie, especially for foreign language parts only. I have now switched to MPC-BE instead, which works well with Shark007 codecs. The player now crashes on DVD movie play right off the bat and the AC3 audio on any video file has a funny noise that pops up in the background off and on, and may or not be related to the Shark007 codecs package install. This new version player also no longer plays well with Shark007's codecs, which I use on my home theater system PC. I like to get the standalone filters to go with the player but all that's available now is for version 1.7.9 along with its accompanying older version player. It remains a top choice for a better media player for Windows.This hasn't been updated on SourceForge for a couple versions now. But, as it always has, MPC-HC handled everything we threw at it. MPC-HC is capable of playing Video CD, Super Video CD, and other digital optical disc storage formats automatically all necessary codecs have been installed in the program. Having just tested an MKV converter, we had several files on hand to play in MPC-HC, which handled them well. Media Player Classic is an open-source media player for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems. MPC-HC's filters menu includes the open-source Matroska file type (MKV). A Quick Open File option let us quickly browse to and launch files. Of course, Media Player Classic-Home Cinema is designed to play DVDs and Blu-Ray discs as well as your media files, but it can also directly access files from video-capture devices and other sources.

#MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 5 MANUAL#

One change we'd like to see is a direct link to the manual from the Help menu. The program's Web page has lots of information, including FAQs, a Changelog, and a Development Wiki with links to documentation, including a manual. You can also download optional Toolbar images to change the player's buttons. A built-in Shader Editor is one of the View menu's many options others include Playlists, Presets, and Statistics. MPC can be customized in many ways, from common settings to advanced options like Tweaks, Renderer Settings and Command Line Switches.

One thing that hasn't changed is the movie clapboard icon (with the classic '321' logo) another is MPC's huge range of options. As the 'Classic' choice, MPC has never been flashy, and the program's new look is essentially an up-to-date version of the tried-and-true layout.

#MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 5 WINDOWS 7#

We tried the 64-bit version in Windows 7 Home Premium.Īfter choosing some setup options, we opened MPC's updated user interface. MPC-HC is available in separate downloads for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. The latest version is Media Player Classic-Home Cinema. Actually, several others might be MPC too since this open-source freeware serves as the basis of more than one media player for Windows. If you'd like an alternative to Windows Media Player that plays just about every kind of audio and video file and is widely customizable and flexible enough to serve many roles, including DVD and Blu-Ray player, you really only have a few choices, and one of them is Media Player Classic, aka MPC.

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