Releases: clsid2/mpc-hc
Releases · clsid2/mpc-hc
Development Builds
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.3.10 (December 18th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.3
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.3
2.1.3
Donations are appreciated.
Changes from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1:
Updates:
- Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-1-ga1fd7
- Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.11
Changes/additions/improvements:
- The selected audio and subtitle track is now stored in file history.
- Added option to additionally show percentage behind the timer in the statusbar and OSD. Right-click on the statusbar timer for options.
- Improved performance of libass
- Added support for drag&drop of files or urls in plain text format
- Added advanced option PreventDisplaySleep. Disable this if you don't want the player to block screen saver and display sleep mode during video playback.
- Added support for some extra formats to internal filters (ProRes/DNxHD/G726/G729/IMC/VP4/Some MJPEG variants/MagicYUV/Hap/UtVideo/etc)
Fixes:
- Fixed issue with MediaInfo tab not loading in properties
- Fixed subtitle issue when maximum texture size was smaller than video
- Fixed a few small issues with light theme
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:
- Play HDR video
This requires using either MPC Video Renderer (MPCVR) or madVR.
After installation these HDR capable renderers can be selected here:
Options > Playback > Output
With other video renderers, the colors will be wrong!
I recommend installing K-Lite Codec Pack. That includes MPC-HC and the renderers all in one easy to use package.
MPCVR is also available as a separate download below. MPCVR supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not. - Modern GUI Theme (Dark or Light)
Options > Player > Theme
It is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
Options > Advanced >DefaultToolbarSize - Video preview on the seekbar
Options > Tweaks > Show preview on seek bar - Ability to search for subtitles
Press D for manual search.
Or enable automatic search in: Options > Subtitles > Misc - Adjust playback speed
Menu > Play > Playback rate
The buttons in the player that control playback rate take a 2x step by default. This can be customized to smaller values (like 10%):
Options > Playback > Speed step
Adjusting playback speed works best with the internal audio renderer. This also has automatic pitch correction.
Options > Playback > Output > Audio Renderer - MPC-HC can remember playback position, so you can resume from that point later
Options > Player > History - You can quickly seek through a video with Ctrl + Mouse Scrollwheel.
- You can jump to next/previous file in a folder by pressing PageUp/PageDown.
- You can perform automatic actions at end of file. For example to go to next file or close player.
Options > Playback > After Playback (permanent setting)
Menu > Play > After Playback (for current file only) - A-B repeat
You can loop a segment of a video. Press [ and ] to set start and stop markers. - You can rotate/flip/mirror/stretch/zoom the video
Menu > View > Pan&Scan
This is also easily done with hotkeys (see below). - There are lots of keyboard hotkeys and mouse actions to control the player. They can be customized as well.
Options > Player > Keys
Tip: there is a search box above the table. - You can stream videos directly from Youtube and many other video websites
Put yt-dlp.exe in the MPC-HC installation folder.
Then you can open website URLs in the player: Menu > File > Open File/URL
You can even download those videos: Menu > File > Save a copy
Tip: to be able to download in best quality with yt-dlp, it is recommended to also put ffmpeg.exe in the MPC-HC folder.
Several YDL configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced
This includes an option to specify the location of yt-dlp.exe in case you don't want to put it in MPC-HC folder.
Note 1: You also need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Note 2: yt-dlp nightly build (very latest version made daily) - Besides all these (new) features, there have also been many bugfixes and internal improvements in the player in the past years that give better performance and stability. It also has updated internal codecs. Support was added for CUE sheets, WebVTT subtitles, etc.
Development Builds
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.2.59 (December 10th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.2
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.2
2.1.2
Donations are appreciated. Big thanks to those who donated previously.
Changes from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2:
Changes/additions/improvements:
- Added light version of the modern theme. Modern theme is now enabled by default. (Options > Player > Theme)
- Added advanced option to use MediaInfo to gather file durations when adding files to playlist
- Added support for multi-select in subtitle download dialog
- The "Add containing folder" action for playlist now inserts directly after the selected item
- Added a settings button on output settings page to open video renderer settings for MPCVR and MadVR.
Fixes:
- Fixed issue with libass and adjusting playback rate
- Fixed issue where libass did not work for SRT if file did not use UTF8
- Fixed mimetype related issue that prevented embedded fonts to be loaded for libass with certain files
- Fixed issue where window position/size was not remembered correctly if window had small size
2.1.1
Version 2.1.2 is now available with a small bugfix.
Development Builds
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.0.28 (November 7th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.0
2.1.0
Donations are appreciated. Big thanks to those who donated previously.
Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0:
Updates:
- Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78
- Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.10
- Updated MPC Audio Renderer
- Updated all other third party libraries
Changes/additions/improvements:
- Added OpenSubtitles.com subtitle search provider. The existing OpenSubtitles.org provider is scheduled to stop working at the end of 2023. Note: you need a new login for OpenSubtitles.com
- Video preview can now also be placed below the seekbar. See: Options > Tweaks
- The internal subtitle renderer now has an option to use libass for rendering
- Some improvements related to the advanced option for separate fullscreen
- Added right-click actions to some of the toolbar buttons:
Play = Open File, Stop = Close File, Skip Back = Previous File, Skip Forward = Next File, Frame Step = Frame Step Backwards (seek), Mute = Toggle Next Audio Track - Support scanning of ATSC channels
- Playlist is now docked to the right side by default. You can drag it to bottom/left/top if you prefer those locations. Or even outside player window.
- Drag&drop/LoadSubtitle/ToggleSubtitle now also work with DirectVobSub and XySubFilter
- HEVC hardware decoding is now disabled by default (on fresh install or settings reset) for Intel Haswell/Broadwell GPUs. These older GPUs have slow partially accelerated decoding and software decoding may be preferred for stability. You can of course still enable it if desired.
Fixes:
- A few DPI scaling fixes for problems that occurred when moving between two screens with different DPI
- Fixed an issue with DVB subtitles not working during live playback
- Fixed an issue changing subtitle default style through styles dialog
- Fixed Pan&Scan movement being wrong for rotated video with MadVR
- Several other small fixes
Development Builds
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.0.0.167 (October 27th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.0.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.0.0
2.0.0
Last week it was exactly 2000 days (5.5 years) since I have taken over MPC-HC development, so a good time to finally make the bump to version 2.0.0.0.
Donations are appreciated.
Changes from 1.9.24 to 2.0.0:
Updates:
- Updated LAV Filters to version 0.77.1-1-g6f78a
- Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.12
Changes/additions/improvements:
- When A-B repeat is active, HOME button now seeks to A position instead of beginning.
- Add support for new LayoutResX/Y ASS subtitle header.
- Correctly apply scaling to blur tag in ASS subtitles.
- Some improvements to the FreeType fallback path for font rendering. Fixes rare issue of missing text with certain complex fonts that fail with GDI.
- Added new advanced option MouseLeftUpDelay. This delays the left click action on the video area in anticipation of a double-click. Can be used to prevent unwanted pausing when toggling fullscreen. Suggested value is 250ms. Disabled by default.
Fixes:
- Fixed a decoding issue with certain TrueHD audio streams
- Filename was wrong when saving downloaded subtitle when moving to next file in folder/playlist
- Fixed style issue with embedded WebVTT
- Fixed hang in SaveThumbnails on seek failure with an incomplete file
- Fixed issue with seekbar safezone in the case that video area is hidden
- Several other small fixes
Development Builds
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.24.51 (December 30th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.24
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.24