 Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic (MPC) is a
compact media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics
the look and feel of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player
6.4 but integrates most options and features found in modern media
players. It and its heirs are standard media players in K-Lite Codec
Pack.
Media Player Classic Overview
 Media Player Classic was originally created and
maintained by a programmer named "Gabest". It was developed
as a closed-source application, but later relicensed as free software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License. MPC is hosted
under the guliverkli project at SourceForge.net. The project itself
is something of an umbrella organization for works by Gabest.
Media Player Classic is capable of VCD, SVCD
and DVD playback, without the need to install any additional software
or codecs. It has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support
for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio, and also
contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports playback of VCDs
and SVCDs using its VCD/SVCD/XCD Reader. On October 30, 2005 Gabest
added *.mp4 and MPEG-4 Timed Text support. An AAC decoding filter
has been present in MPC for a while, which makes MPC suitable for
AAC playback in MP4, and an alternative to Winamp and iTunes.
Media Player Classic is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture,
and therefore automatically uses installed DirectShow decoding filters.
For instance, after the open source DirectShow decoding filter ffdshow
has been installed, fast and high quality decoding and postprocessing
of the DivX, Xvid, H.264 and Flash Video formats is available in
MPC.
MPC provides DXVA beta support, for newer nVidia and ATI video cards
when using an H.264 or VC-1. This provides hardware-acceleration
for playback.
In addition to DirectShow, MPC can also use the QuickTime and the
RealPlayer architectures (if installed on the computer) to play
their native files.
Media Player Classic supports native playback
of OGM and Matroska container formats. However, OGM audio playback
is limited by a lack of support for the CoreVorbis DirectShow filter,
which mainly affects newer OGM files (c. 2006). The crux of this
problem is that MPC is hard-coded to use an older Vorbis filter,
so even if one installs newer filters, MPC is unable to use them.
License: Freeware
| Size: 2.1 MB
Platform:Windows
XP/2000/98/ME
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