Quote:Media Player Classic Black Edition is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - BE is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project, contains additional features and bug fixes. The BE mod (Black Edition Mod) is a skinned version of Media Player Classic Home Cinema, much better looking than the plain old MPC. MPC-HC BE Mod is usually newer because they use the latest SVN the most up-to-date version of the code.
You can use this efficient open source media player to watch your favorite movies or listen to music, as it supports numerous formats. MPC-BE is a user-friendly media player that supports numerous video and audio formats, allowing you to render almost any file you want without any problems. Following an uneventful installation, the application enables you to open local files in its main window. It also provides you with the possibility of streaming online videos or music on your computer, on condition that you have an Internet connection, simply by entering the URL address of the source file. MPC-BE can even play files from DVDs, Blu-ray discs, or other devices.
The program features a series of basic functions, namely 'Play', 'Pause', 'Stop', 'Jump To', 'Full Screen', 'Zoom', 'Filters', 'Shaders', increase, decrease or mute 'Volume'. You can navigate between the various media files in a folder, rendering the ones you like and skipping the ones that do not appeal to you. Items can be added to 'Favorites' so you can access them more easily.
Moreover, MPC-BE offers support for opening subtitles, while also allowing you to search for them online, using opensubtitles.org as a default website. After playing a file, the utility can 'Play Next in the Folder', 'Exit', 'Shutdown' or 'Restart' your computer.
MPC-BE lets you choose the preferred 'Rendered Settings', such as 'Output Range' (either 0-255 or 16-235), 'Presentation', 'Color Management' ('Input Type', 'Ambient Light' or 'Rendering Intent', 'Vsync' ('Accurate', 'Alternative') or 'GPU Control'.
Almost all functions have a hotkey assigned, thus if you feel more comfortable working with your keyboard, you can very well do that. Additionally, you can modify them, to make it easier for you to remember and use them. Similarly, it is responsive to scrolling, meaning you can decrease or increase the volume for instance, just by using your mouse.
To summarize, MPC-BE is an intuitive piece of software that enables you to play your favorite media files with ease, providing you with a wide array of adjustable options, to enhance your viewing or listening experience.
Whats New
MpaSplitter
Fixed working with online streams.
Improved support for embedded images.
AudioSplitter
Improved FLAC playback via HTTP.
Fixed APE Tag reading in some situations.
MP4Splitter
Fixed playing files with tracks with negative delay.
Improved work with PCM audio.
Fixed opening of some corrupted files.
MatroskaSplitter
Fixed aspect ratio setting for VFW codecs.
MpaDecFilter
Added support for AAC 22.2 audio decoding with automatic mixing in 7.1.
Added support for ATRAC9.
Fixed "stereodownmix" setting.
MPCVideoDec
Fixed D3D11 decoder in some situations.
Added support for Intel D3D11 hardware acceleration for HEVC 4:2:0 12bit, 4:2:2 10/12bit, 4:4:4 8/10/12bit decoding.
Fixed support for AV1 hardware decoding in D3D11 Copy-Back and NVDEC modes.
VideoRenderers
Fixed frame rotating for SyncVR.
Removed PS 2.x shader support for EVR-CP and SyncVR.
Subtitles
Added support for outputting subtitles in DirectX 11 mode. Used together with MPC Video Renderer 0.6.0.1896 or later.
Various subtitle output optimizations in DirectX 9 mode.
Fixed positioning of subtitles in MicroDVD format.
Youtube
Added support for links "youtube.com/clip/", "youtube.com/c/.../live" and "youtube.com/channel/.../live".
Player
Added option "Use Window Media Controls". It is disabled by default.
Added shaders to convert stereo 3D to red-cyan anaglyph for Direct3D9.
Added the ability to set the color of the program window title on Windows 11.
Fixed EVR-CP bug with "Failed to RegisterClass" error for the case when playback is forced to end after the first frame.
Fixed remembering the starting window size for some situations.
Moving a window outside the video area now also works for a maximized window.
Deleting from history also removes entries from the list of recent files in the taskbar.
Added the ability to open local files with a long path (more than 260 characters).
Fixed saving position in history when shutting down Windows.
Improved blocking the computer from going to sleep.
Added the ability to use DVD bookmarks with a position on another computer.
Added extension .ec3 in group of formats AC-3.
Miscellaneous fixes.
Updated Turkish translation (by cmhrky).
Updated German translation (by Klaus1189).
Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (by wushantao).
Updated Ukrainian translation (by arestarh).
Updated Japanese translation.
Updated Dutch and Chinese (Traditional) translation (by beter).
Updated Hungarian translation (by mickey).
Updated Spanish translation (by IPeluchito).
Updated libraries
dav1d git-1.0.0;
Detours git-v4.0.1-97-g66d6f2d;
ffmpeg git-n5.1-dev-1440-gaa0829d834;
libflac git-1.3.3-93-ga2fe43f6;
Little-CMS git-lcms2.13.1-23-gab22640;
MediaInfo git-v22.03-g6d3271df;
openjpeg git-v2.4.0-89-g6a29f5a9;
rapidjson git-v1.1.0-685-ge4bde977;
zlib 1.2.12;
nanosvg git-3bcdf2f;