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2.1.7.2

11 Mar 20:11
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Changes from 2.1.6 to 2.1.7:

Changes/additions/improvements:

  • Some improvements for hotkey and global media key handling. This for example fixes a problem caused by a Windows/Chrome/Edge bug where clicking on notifications could send a keypress with value 0 to wrong window, which could trigger hotkey actions in MPC-HC.
  • This adds a new option to display audio track details in the statusbar. Note: Statusbar info does not (yet) update when changing audio track through splitter tray icon, only when doing it using player functionality.

Fixes:

  • Fixed a crash when using libass and subtitles were (partially) located outside of visible video area.
  • A few other small fixes and improvements.

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 available as a separate download below. MPCVR supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not.
    You should change hardware decoder to D3D11 in LAV Video Decoder settings when using MPCVR on Windows 10/11, because renderer will use DirectX11.
  • Modern GUI Theme (Dark or Light)
    Options > Player > User Interface
    It is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
  • Video preview on the seekbar
    Options > Player > User Interface
  • 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

06 Mar 21:43
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Latest development build: 2.1.6.42 (March 7th 2024)

Latest stable release build: 2.1.6.8
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.6

Changelog:

  • Some improvements for hotkey and global media key handling. This fixes a problem caused by a Chrome/Edge bug where clicking on notifications could trigger hotkey actions in MPC-HC.
  • Fixed crash when using libass and subtitles were (partially) located outside of visible video area.
  • This adds a new option to display audio track details in the statusbar
  • Note 1: WMA may show up as PCM. (known bug)
  • Note 2: Details in statusbar only get updated when changing track through player itself. It does not (yet) update when doing it through splitter tray icon.
  • Some code regarding track changing has been rewritten. Report if you encounter any issues.

2.1.6

28 Feb 18:37
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Changes from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6:

Changes/additions/improvements:

  • Increased max OSD font size to 50.
  • Added FPS column to subtitle search results.
  • Better sorting in subtitle search results.
  • Opensubtitles login is now verified directly after inputting.
  • Copy to clipboard text in About dialog now also includes details about monitors and DPI scaling.
  • FullscreenSeparateControls option is now enabled by default.

Fixes:

  • Fixed regression in v2.1.5 with parsing SSA subs with start timestamps larger than 1 hour.
  • Fixed issue where remember DVD position did not work correctly on some discs.
  • Several other small fixes and improvements.

Development Builds

22 Feb 22:06
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Latest development build: 2.1.5.22 (February 25th 2024)

Latest stable release build: 2.1.5
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.5

2.1.5

15 Feb 15:16
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Changes from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5:

Updates:

  • Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-3-g58474
  • Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.01
  • Updated all other third party libraries

Changes/additions/improvements:

  • Optimized reading of file history.
  • Auto-fit zoom option now has a minimum and maximum value.
  • External filters now prevent you from adding filters that should not be added there. Such as video renderers, for which the preferred one must be selected elsewhere (Output settings).
  • Added and advanced option for remembering audio and subtitle track selection.
  • Added and advanced option for remembering external playlist position.
  • Subpic buffer size is now automatically set to 0 when using libass. It could give bad performance. Default and recommended setting is 0 even when not using libass.

Fixes:

  • Several small GUI theme related fixes.
  • Several other small fixes and improvements.

2.1.4

15 Jan 18:32
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Changes from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4:

Changes/additions/improvements:

  • There is a new "User Interface" options page where several options have been moved to.
  • Removed opensubtitle.org subtitle provider. Its API has been shut down and replaced by opensubtitles.com. Please note that although these two websites have same owners, they use separate login accounts.
  • Added advanced option for insertion of deinterlace blend filter when capturing. Previously the filter was always used.
  • Reduced minimum default logo/video area size to 16x16 when using the blank logo.
  • Some improvements for parsing M3U playlists.
  • Automatic skipping to next playlist entry will pause after 5 invalid entries in a row (such as missing files or broken URLs).
  • When viewing an image file, it is now possible to jump to next/previous image file in same folder.

Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where wrong subtitle track index was saved into history when both embedded and external subs were present.
  • Fixed manual subtitle search (from results window) for opensubtitles.com provider.
  • Several other small fixes and improvements.

Development Builds

18 Dec 15:25
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Latest development build: 2.1.3.37 (January 5th 2024)

Latest stable release build: 2.1.3
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.3

2.1.3

13 Dec 19:25
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Changes from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3:

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

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15 Nov 19:53
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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

09 Nov 15:02
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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