Media Player Classic (MPC)

Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bitMicrosoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, lightweight Windows Media Player 6.4 but integrates most options and features found in modern media players. It and its forks are standard media players in the K-Lite Codec Pack and the Combined Community Codec Pack.

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.

This project is now principally maintained by the community at the Doom9forum. The currently active fork is called "Media Player Classic Home Cinema".

Media Player Classic
Developer(s)	Gabest
Initial release	May 29, 2003; 9 years ago
Discontinued	6.4.9.0 / March 20, 2006; 6 years ago
Development status	Stalled
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	IA-32
Size	6.7 MB
Available in	English, Portuguese, Czech, Italian, Ukrainian, French, Russian, Hungarian and German
Type	Media player
License	GNU General Public License
Website	sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli

  

Features

Format support

Media Player Classic is capable of VCD, SVCD, and DVD playback without installation of additional software or codecs. MPC has built-in codecs forMPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, 3GP, AC3, and DTS audio. MPC 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.^[1] An AACdecoding filter had once been present in MPC.

Download Media Player Classic