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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: 16MB
Portable version
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File size: 16MB
Portable version
Other versions
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Version history
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Download MPC-BE 1.8.2 64-bit 18MB Win64
Download MPC-BE 1.8.2 16MB Win
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Download MPC-BE 1.8.2 Portable 13MB Win Portable
Download latest MPC-BE Nightly Builds here
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Supported operating systems
Windows 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
1.8.2 - 2024-12-07
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MpaDecFilter
Added support for "On2 Audio for Video Codec" (0x0500, 0x0501).
MpcDvdVideoDecoder
Optimized I420 to NV12 conversion.
Fixed playback of static DVD-Video menu on old ATI/AMD video cards.
RoQSplitter
Optimized I420 to NV12 conversion.
MPCVideoDec
Added the ability to work with incorrect YUV frames (4:2:0/4:2:2 with odd dimensions).
AudioSwitcher
Fixed connection to MPC Audio Renderer when there is no decoder and high audio sampling rate.
YouTube
Improved YouTube support in the built-in parser.
Improved youtube-dl support.
Player
Added playback of a history entry when pressing the "Enter" key.
Fixed opening paths written as URLs (file://).
Fixed reading of the "Speed ​​Step" setting.
Fixed potential issues when saving screenshots to PNG.
Installer
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.8.9.
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Added Slovenian translation (by MatjazP72).
Updated Spanish translation (by IPeluchito).
Updated libraries:
dav1d git-1.5.0-16-g93f12c1;
ffmpeg n7.2-dev-827-gcb27e478f7;
Little-CMS git-lcms2.16-77-g91abcce;
MediaInfo git-v24.11-25-g6a54edfce;
vvdec v3.0.0-7-g87f7640.
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MpaDecFilter
Added support for "On2 Audio for Video Codec" (0x0500, 0x0501).
MpcDvdVideoDecoder
Optimized I420 to NV12 conversion.
Fixed playback of static DVD-Video menu on old ATI/AMD video cards.
RoQSplitter
Optimized I420 to NV12 conversion.
MPCVideoDec
Added the ability to work with incorrect YUV frames (4:2:0/4:2:2 with odd dimensions).
AudioSwitcher
Fixed connection to MPC Audio Renderer when there is no decoder and high audio sampling rate.
YouTube
Improved YouTube support in the built-in parser.
Improved youtube-dl support.
Player
Added playback of a history entry when pressing the "Enter" key.
Fixed opening paths written as URLs (file://).
Fixed reading of the "Speed ​​Step" setting.
Fixed potential issues when saving screenshots to PNG.
Installer
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.8.9.
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Added Slovenian translation (by MatjazP72).
Updated Spanish translation (by IPeluchito).
Updated libraries:
dav1d git-1.5.0-16-g93f12c1;
ffmpeg n7.2-dev-827-gcb27e478f7;
Little-CMS git-lcms2.16-77-g91abcce;
MediaInfo git-v24.11-25-g6a54edfce;
vvdec v3.0.0-7-g87f7640.
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Guides and How to's
MPC-BE configuration tutorial
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It's beyond great, it's a great video player, it's super.
terrifyingly perfect
Star ************************
terrifyingly perfect
Star ************************
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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