MPC-HC 2.8.4
MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.
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About MPC-HC
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open-source video and audio player for Windows. It is famous and loved for its simple and effective user interface, providing an excellent user experience. It offers a huge amount of functionality. Being a DirectShow player, it also allows flexibility and extensibility through third party filters.
License: GPL-3.0
License: GPL-3.0
| Release info | Update on Oct 18, 2026 |
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| Release notes | Donations are appreciated. There is now a PayPal option. Changes from 2.8.3 to 2.8.4: Updates: - Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.10.2618 - Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 26.10 Changes/additions: - MPCVR now has an improved HDR to SDR tonemapping algorithm - Replaced statusbar audio icon. It now also shows channel count. Fixes: - Fixed a regression in 2.8.3 that could cause a hang when first showing seek preview - Fixed an issue that could shrink window size when exiting fullscreen from another monitor with different DPI - Fixed some issues with capture graph building - Several small fixes and improvements Full changelog Full list of all changes since start of this project. Overview of features A lot of people seem to be unaware of some of the awesome features that have been added to MPC-HC in the past years. Here is a list of useful options and features that everyone should know about: Click to expand - Play HDR video This requires using either MPC Video Renderer (MPCVR) or madVR. These renderers can be selected here: Options > Playback > Output With other video renderers, the colors will be wrong! MPCVR is included and is the recommended and default renderer for modern systems. MadVR needs to be installed separately. MPCVR also supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not. For optimal performance you should change the hardware decoder to D3D11 in LAV Video Decoder settings when using MPCVR on Windows 10/11, because this renderer uses DirectX11. - The installer of MPC-HC is very basic (and that will not change). I therefore recommend using K-Lite Codec Pack. That includes MPC-HC and other essential components. It has a very advanced installation that can automatically create file associations, and helps you with easy configuration of important MPC-HC settings, such as preferred subtitle language(s). It also does automatic configuration of renderer and hardware decoding, for best performance and HDR support. The Standard version should be sufficient for… |
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