MPC-HC v1.7.14 (unofficial build)

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I've heard many people say that the MPC-HC is dead. Some of the former developers have forked the source code of MPC-HC. So, this is the current state of the project, according to one of its contributors:

This is an unofficial build. It is based on the latest source code of the official project, plus a few small fixes and improvements. And most importantly, it includes the very latest version of LAV Filters.

It is unclear if there will ever be an new official release. The current project manager has said he lost interest in the project and I haven't got any further responses in the past weeks.

Changelog:
+ Removed DrDump crash reporter
+ Added support for newly added settings of LAV Filters
+ Now uses external MediaInfo DLL
+ Different resource FileDescription for x64 build. This name is used in the Open With list of Windows Explorer. This helps distinguish x64 from x86 build in that list.
+ Render subtitles relative to the window by default. ASS/SSA are still rendered relative to video by default, because those sometimes need accurate positioning. This behavior can be adjusted in the options. This patch just changes the default value of that setting.
+ Added command line switches for accessing settings of internal LAV Filters: /configlavsplitter /configlavaudio /configlavvideo

* Updated LAV Filters to v0.70.2-88
* Updated MediaInfoLib to v17.12

! Fix /open and /close command line handling
! Simplify code for setting renderer merits
! Fix explorer context menu option state display

* Windows XP is no longer supported

Get it here: MPC-HC v1.7.14 - Doom9's Forum
 

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MPC-HC does not really have any active developers right now. So don't expect any new functionality or other big changes. MPC-HC is open source, so anyone who is interested can contribute fixes and improvements. You can submit patches to me, and if it is good, I will gladly include it in a future build.

MPC-HC v1.7.14 - Doom9's Forum

What happened to the new devs who came in?
All of those new devs so far have not contributed anything, most immediately left again because they expected to get micromanaged instead of working independently.

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) - v1.7.13 - Page 165 - Doom9's Forum

K-Lite Codec Pack team is developing MPC-HC now.

Nope, K-Lite developers are mostly keeping MPC-HC updated with the latest version of the internal filters.
As they said:
K-Lite contains a custom build of MPC-HC that contains additional fixes and improvements compared to the officials builds. This will continue in the future. The internal codecs that MPC-HC uses are also still actively maintained.
The differences in the custom build are small, but nonetheless useful.

MPC-HC is dead
 
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Latest version (1.8.5) is out

Updates:
  • Updated LAV Filters to v0.74

Changes/additions/improvements
:
  • Option to specify command line parameters to use when downloading with youtube-dl (File > Save a Copy). Does not apply to streaming.
  • CoverArt improvements. Prefer image with same filename. Reduced chance of false positive matches.
  • Increased max Pan&Scan zoom factor to 5x.
Fixes:
  • Crash in null renderer. Also support more mediatypes.
  • Ellipsis character was trimmed off from beginning or end of subtitles.
  • Ignore auto-zoom setting when remember window size is enabled.
  • Remember correct playlist position on a non-primary screen from extended Desktop.
  • Don't use YDL when an URL points to a file.

Source: clsid2/mpc-hc
 

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MPC-HC v1.8.6 is out.

Changes from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6:

Updates:

  • Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1
Fixes:
  • Potential crash when removing shader cache files

Download MPC-HC v.1.8.6: clsid2/mpc-hc

About

This is an unofficial build. It is based on the latest source code of the official project, plus several additional fixes and improvements. And most importantly, it includes the very latest version of LAV Filters!

It is unclear if there will ever be an new 'official' release. The other developers that were involved in the project have all lost interest.

I have been involved in MPC development (with small contributions) for almost 15 years, so consider these builds as semi-official releases.

Development state

MPC-HC does not have any active developers right now. So don't expect any new functionality or other big changes. The player already is mature and provides all functionality that most people need. MPC-HC is open source, so anyone who is interested can contribute fixes and improvements. You can submit patches to me, and when I think your change is useful, I will gladly include it in a future build.

What I will be doing is keep the internal codecs (LAV Filters) up-to-date. This means that you can continue to play everything with MPC-HC in the future, just as you can now. For example, support for decoding the new AOMedia AV1 video format has recently been added, making MPC-HC one of the first players to support it. I will also try to keep some other (externally developed) components like MediaInfo up-to-date. And maybe do some small bugfixes.
 

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MPC-HC v1.8.8 is out.

Changes from 1.8.6 to 1.8.8:

Updates:
  • Updated LAV Filters to v0.74.1-24-g50b3a
  • Updated MediaInfo DLL to v19.09
Fixes:
  • Security fixes in PGS subtitle parser
  • Fix: DVD region code bypass didn't always work
  • Added option for looping folder when playing next/previous file
  • Added option for specifying the preferred video format when selecting a stream from Youtube-DL results
  • A few other minor changes
  • Global Media Keys option is now disabled by default on Windows 10, because Windows sends a Play/Pause event in certain cases (e.g. when notifications appear).

Download MPC-HC v.1.8.8: clsid2/mpc-hc
 

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Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 1.9.3 release notes:
Updates

  • Updated MediaInfo DLL to v20.03
Changes/additions/improvements
  • When changing the video playback rate, external subtitles will now appear at correct time with matching rate. With embedded subtitles that already worked before.
  • Improved responsiveness in seeking when dragging seekbar thumb
  • Skip to next/previous file now also works after closing a file or when current file fails to play
  • Screenshots are now taken at display aspect ratio
  • Added option to include subtitles in screenshots
  • Added workaround for AMD driver bug to make VP9 hardware acceleration work on compatible AMD GPUs
  • Added support for AAC-ADTS audio format in DVB streams
Fixes
  • Fixed regression that broke parsing of .pls playlist files
  • Fixed regression with auto-zoom dropdown box value
  • Fixed regression with RAR source filter on archives with a single file inside
  • Fixed bug that caused artist and title text to be displayed incorrectly on audio CDs
  • Fixed a few other small bugs
Notes
  • Subtitle search/download using OpenSubtitles now requires a login. You can create a free account on opensubtitles.org website. After that, you can configure it here: MPC-HC options > Subtitles > Misc > Right-click on OpenSubtitles > Setup

Home MPC - HC

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Changelog 1.9.4

Changes/additions/improvements:
  • Added support for shaders, rotation, and statistics overlay for MPC Video Renderer
  • Round down displayed time instead of rounding to nearest second
  • Some changes to the player menu so that certain items are only enabled when relevant
  • Enabled use of DrDump crash reporter
Fixes:
  • Fixed regression in previous version that could break jump to next/previous file
  • Fixed handling of 8-bit PCM in internal audio renderer
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Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 1.9.9 release notes:

Updates

  • Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-92-g88da5

Changes/additions/improvements
  • Added video preview functionality to the seekbar. You can enable this in: Options > Tweaks. For performance reasons, preview is only shown in case of local file playback. It is disabled for online streams and spinning discs. To avoid interference with the main video playback, preview does not use hardware accelerated decoding. Don't enable preview if you have a slow computer that already struggles with normal video playback.
  • Added menu entries and hotkeys for toggling shaders on/off
  • Added support for CUE sheets
  • Increased default value for number of recent files that is remembered from 20 to 40
  • Reduced minimum allow playback rate from 0.125x to 0.05x
  • Some seeking improvements. Unprocessed seeks can no longer queue up when seeking is slow.
  • The internal audio renderer can now fallback to default audio device if it fails to initialize the output device that is selected in the options

Fixes
  • Fixed some issues with parsing M3U playlists
  • Fixed issue with opening online .asx playlist
  • Fixed GDI resource leak in dark theme
  • Fixed hang with MPC Video Renderer if max subpic texture size was set to VIDEO
  • Fixed automatic metadata based rotation with MPC Video Renderer
  • Several crash fixes
  • Several other small fixes and improvements

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Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 1.9.11 release notes:

Updates

  • LAV Filters version 0.75-2-gddef5
  • MediaInfo DLL version 21.03
Changes/additions/improvements
  • Added basic support for embedded WebVTT subtitles
  • Seek preview window now uses same aspect ratio as the video
  • After long pause (> 10 min) or hibernation, the player now performs a seek to current position before resuming. This re-initializes the video decoder, and hopefully solves a hang/crash on certain systems (with buggy graphics driver).
  • Some improvements for the youtube-dl functionality. It now also supports DASH manifest URLs.
Fixes
  • Fixed subtitle regression that could cause subtitles to be skipped in certain situations when multiple lines were visible
  • Fixed issue with seeking to nearest keyframe
  • Fixed issue where the seek preview window broke the "always on top" functionality
  • A few other small fixes
 

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Changes in Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 1.9.12:
  • Changed default setting for subtitle texture resolution. This change only affects playback on screens with 4K resolution. In that case subtitles are now rendered at 1080p resolution (and then scaled to final size). This improves performance on such systems. You can of course change the setting to 4k if you prefer slightly sharper subtitles.
  • Some improvements related to the youtube-dl support.
  • Added support for downloading subtitles for streams extracted by youtube-dl. You can specify desired subtitle language(s) here: Options > Advanced
  • Strips html tags when found in SRT subtitles.
  • Added prompt when enabling OpenSubtitle option, mentioning than an account is required on their website.
  • Removed SubDB subtitle provider. Their site has been offline for a long time.
  • Removed obsolete RealMedia and QuickTime frameworks. These were only available in 32-bit builds, and were already not used by default anymore for a long time. Now such files are always played using the internal DirectShow codecs.

Fixes:
  • Fixed issue where recent file list could get cleared when opening a file with a very long path.
  • Several other small fixes and improvements.
 

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