Versions:

2.7.0
2.6.4
2.6.3
2.6.2
2.6.1
2.6.0
2.5.6
2.5.5
2.5.4
2.5.3
2.5.2
2.5.1
2.5.0
2.4.3
2.4.2
2.4.1
2.4.0
2.3.9
2.3.8
2.3.7
2.3.6
2.3.5
2.3.4
2.3.3
2.3.2
2.3.1
2.3.0
2.2.1
2.2.0
2.1.7.2
2.1.6
2.1.5
2.1.4
2.1.3
2.1.2
2.0.0
1.9.24
1.9.23
1.9.22
1.9.21.2
1.9.20
1.9.19
1.9.18
1.9.17
1.9.16
1.9.15
1.9.14
1.9.13
1.9.12
1.9.11
1.9.10
1.9.9
1.9.6
1.9.5

Media Player Classic – Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free, open-source DirectShow media player created by the MPC-HC Team that has evolved through 54 public releases to its current stable version 2.7.0. Designed exclusively for Windows, the software occupies the Video Players category and is engineered for extremely light-weight operation while still supporting every mainstream video and audio container or codec encountered in everyday use, from legacy AVI and MP3 to modern H.265, VP9, FLAC and lossless Blu-ray streams. Its deliberately minimal, toolbar-based interface replicates the familiar look of the original Media Player Classic yet hides an extensive feature set: frame-by-frame stepping, subtitle timing, colour correction, remote-control API, extensive keyboard shortcuts, automatic aspect-ratio correction, and full DVR-MS/BD playback with menu support. Because the program is built on the DirectShow architecture, power users can extend it with third-party filters for additional decoders, post-processing effects, or capture-card integration, making MPC-HC equally suitable for casual viewing, home-cinema projection, classroom presentations, archival digitisation workflows, and broadcast monitoring stations that demand frame-accurate control without background bloat. The entire package consumes only a few megabytes of disk space, runs on everything from Windows XP onward, and leaves no background services behind, so it can be deployed as a portable executable on USB drives or rolled out across school, library, or corporate labs that need a consistent, licence-free playback solution. MPC-HC version 2.7.0 is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are supplied through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, guaranteeing the latest build every time and enabling batch installation alongside other applications.

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audio 208

cinema 1

fork 4

foss 91

media 82

media-player 18

music 153

open-source 134

player 72

video 206

video-player 11