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Media Player Classic - BE (aka MPC-BE) is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666), contains additional features and bug fixes. Playing various video and audio files. Support for hardware decoding and deinterlacing. Automatically mount ISO images.
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File size: 17MB
Portable version
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Download MPC-BE 1.8.3 64-bit 18MB Win64
Download MPC-BE 1.8.3 17MB Win
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Portable 
Download MPC-BE 1.8.3 Portable 13MB Win
Portable Download latest MPC-BE Nightly Builds here
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Supported operating systems
More information and other downloads
Download MPC Video Renderer - it is a video renderer for DirectShow. The renderer can potentially work with any DirectShow player, but full support is available only in the MPC-BE. Recommended MPC-BE v1.5.4.4699 or newer.
Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New
1.8.3 - 2025-02-07
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StreamReader
Fixed freezing in some situations.
MatroskaSplitter
Fixed duration detection for some files.
MP4Splitter
Improved ignoring of corrupted video tracks.
MPCVideoDec
Removed RGB to YUV conversion.
Added "Convert to RGB" setting.
YouTube
Improved YouTube support in the built-in parser.
Improved yt-dlp support.
Added "Preferred audio format" setting for the built-in YouTube parser.
Improved language track selection for region-specific languages ​​that do not have a separate setting.
If the audio track language is not found, the default track for this video will be used.
Subtitles
Fixed crash on some PGS subtitles.
Player
Added the ability to receive the displayed video frame on a 10-bit display in RGB48 format when using MPC Video Renderer 0.9.0.2326 or later.
Fixed playlist operation with clipboard.
MPC Video Renderer will be used by default if it is installed and available.
Fixed the "Enable dark title" setting.
Accelerated cancellation of opening online links.
Fixed enabling/disabling shaders on pause in the "Shader Combiner" dialog.
Installer
MPC Video Renderer will be installed by default.
Added MPC Script Source 0.2.5.
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.9.3.
Compiling the installer requires InnoSetup 6.4.0 or later.
Updated German translation (by Klaus1189).
Updated Hungarian translation (by mickey).
Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (by wushantao and nothingshiru).
Updated Turkish translation (by cmhrky).
Updated Italian translation (by mapi68).
Updated Spanish translation (by IPeluchito).
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Updated Dutch and Chinese (Traditional) translation (by beter).
Updated Japanese translation (by tsubasanouta).
Updated Korean translation (by midist).
Updated Slovenian translation.
Updated libraries:
dav1d 1.5.1;
ffmpeg n7.2-dev-1227-gc6194b50b1;
libdivide 5.1.0;
libflac 1.4.3;
libogg 1.3.5;
MediaInfo git-v24.12-12-geb2364e11;
nanosvg git-ea6a6ac;
rapidjson v1.1.0-761-gd621dc9e.
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StreamReader
Fixed freezing in some situations.
MatroskaSplitter
Fixed duration detection for some files.
MP4Splitter
Improved ignoring of corrupted video tracks.
MPCVideoDec
Removed RGB to YUV conversion.
Added "Convert to RGB" setting.
YouTube
Improved YouTube support in the built-in parser.
Improved yt-dlp support.
Added "Preferred audio format" setting for the built-in YouTube parser.
Improved language track selection for region-specific languages ​​that do not have a separate setting.
If the audio track language is not found, the default track for this video will be used.
Subtitles
Fixed crash on some PGS subtitles.
Player
Added the ability to receive the displayed video frame on a 10-bit display in RGB48 format when using MPC Video Renderer 0.9.0.2326 or later.
Fixed playlist operation with clipboard.
MPC Video Renderer will be used by default if it is installed and available.
Fixed the "Enable dark title" setting.
Accelerated cancellation of opening online links.
Fixed enabling/disabling shaders on pause in the "Shader Combiner" dialog.
Installer
MPC Video Renderer will be installed by default.
Added MPC Script Source 0.2.5.
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.9.3.
Compiling the installer requires InnoSetup 6.4.0 or later.
Updated German translation (by Klaus1189).
Updated Hungarian translation (by mickey).
Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (by wushantao and nothingshiru).
Updated Turkish translation (by cmhrky).
Updated Italian translation (by mapi68).
Updated Spanish translation (by IPeluchito).
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Updated Dutch and Chinese (Traditional) translation (by beter).
Updated Japanese translation (by tsubasanouta).
Updated Korean translation (by midist).
Updated Slovenian translation.
Updated libraries:
dav1d 1.5.1;
ffmpeg n7.2-dev-1227-gc6194b50b1;
libdivide 5.1.0;
libflac 1.4.3;
libogg 1.3.5;
MediaInfo git-v24.12-12-geb2364e11;
nanosvg git-ea6a6ac;
rapidjson v1.1.0-761-gd621dc9e.
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Guides and How to's
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It's beyond great, it's a great video player, it's super.
terrifyingly perfect
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terrifyingly perfect
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Review by bilek on
Jan 17, 2025 Version: 1.8.2
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Excellent. I was getting audio dropouts using MPC HC. MPC BE is solid rock @
Review by PanosP on
Oct 25, 2024 Version: 1.8.0
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Works great right out gate! Just what I was looking for to replace SMPLAYER, which started behaving very buggy after upgrade from win10 to win11. Appreciate You.
Review by roosevelt on
Aug 1, 2024 Version: 1.7.2
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Still the best.
Review by sledding felicity on
Sep 10, 2023 Version: 1.6.9
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angangang on
Aug 26, 2023 Version: 1.6.9
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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