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Media Player Classic - BE (aka MPC-BE) is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666), contains additional features and bug fixes. Playing various video and audio files. Support for hardware decoding and deinterlacing. Automatically mount ISO images.
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File size: 17MB
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Download MPC-BE 1.8.9 64-bit 19MB Win64
Download MPC-BE 1.8.9 17MB Win
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Download MPC-BE 1.8.9 Portable 13MB Win
Portable Download latest MPC-BE Nightly Builds here
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Supported operating systems
More information and other downloads
Download MPC Video Renderer - it is a video renderer for DirectShow. The renderer can potentially work with any DirectShow player, but full support is available only in the MPC-BE. Recommended MPC-BE v1.5.4.4699 or newer.
Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New
1.8.9 - 2025-12-30
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AudioSplitter
Added support for multiple embedded images in FLAC files.
Added "Description" reading for binary data in APE tag.
MP4Splitter
Fixed crashes and freezes on some MP4 files.
MPCVideoDec
Minor optimizations.
AudioSwitcher
The distribution of side and rear channels in 7.1 output has been improved.
MpcAudioRenderer
Fixed audio-video desynchronization when changing playback speed in some situations.
YouTube
Correction of audio track language selection for yt-dlp.
Player
Added the IDS_ADDITIONAL_AUDIO_PATHS parameter, which allows translators to specify additional paths for external audio tracks.
Standard frequencies for display auto-switching have been expanded to 120 fps.
Fixed launching the player with the "/play /fullscreen" keys without specifying a video file on the command line (the file from the current playlist will be opened).
Added preview of embedded images in Properties > Resources.
Minor change to hotkeys.
Support for embedded images in audio files has been expanded. This requires support in Windows Imaging Component (WIC).
Added retrieval of metadata from the "WM ASF Reader" filter.
Installer
Compiling the installer requires InnoSetup 6.5.2 or later.
Added support for system themes (dark or light). Inno Setup 6.6.0 or later is required for build.
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.9.19.
Updated MPC Script Source 0.2.15.
Updated Bulgarian translation (by jekovcar).
Updated Chinese (Traditional) and Dutch translation (by beter).
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Updated German translation (by Klaus1189).
Updated Hungarian translation (by mickey).
Updated Turkish translation (by cmhrky).
Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (by wushantao).
Updated libraries:
ffmpeg n8.1-dev-1644-g0dfaed77a6;
Little-CMS git-lcms2.18rc_1-6-g23994d7;
MediaInfo git-v25.10-15-g4590c320d;
nanosvg git-5cefd98;
vvdec v3.1.0.
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AudioSplitter
Added support for multiple embedded images in FLAC files.
Added "Description" reading for binary data in APE tag.
MP4Splitter
Fixed crashes and freezes on some MP4 files.
MPCVideoDec
Minor optimizations.
AudioSwitcher
The distribution of side and rear channels in 7.1 output has been improved.
MpcAudioRenderer
Fixed audio-video desynchronization when changing playback speed in some situations.
YouTube
Correction of audio track language selection for yt-dlp.
Player
Added the IDS_ADDITIONAL_AUDIO_PATHS parameter, which allows translators to specify additional paths for external audio tracks.
Standard frequencies for display auto-switching have been expanded to 120 fps.
Fixed launching the player with the "/play /fullscreen" keys without specifying a video file on the command line (the file from the current playlist will be opened).
Added preview of embedded images in Properties > Resources.
Minor change to hotkeys.
Support for embedded images in audio files has been expanded. This requires support in Windows Imaging Component (WIC).
Added retrieval of metadata from the "WM ASF Reader" filter.
Installer
Compiling the installer requires InnoSetup 6.5.2 or later.
Added support for system themes (dark or light). Inno Setup 6.6.0 or later is required for build.
Updated MPC Video Renderer 0.9.19.
Updated MPC Script Source 0.2.15.
Updated Bulgarian translation (by jekovcar).
Updated Chinese (Traditional) and Dutch translation (by beter).
Updated Romanian translation (by Andrei Miloiu).
Updated German translation (by Klaus1189).
Updated Hungarian translation (by mickey).
Updated Turkish translation (by cmhrky).
Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (by wushantao).
Updated libraries:
ffmpeg n8.1-dev-1644-g0dfaed77a6;
Little-CMS git-lcms2.18rc_1-6-g23994d7;
MediaInfo git-v25.10-15-g4590c320d;
nanosvg git-5cefd98;
vvdec v3.1.0.
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Rating by zzh on
Jan 23, 2026 Version: 1.8.8
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Video playback is slow
Review by on
Oct 18, 2025 Version: MPC-BE 1.8.7
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 5/10
Still the best, the absolute winner.
Review by sledding felicity on
Jun 17, 2025 Version: 1.8.5
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Works well on my Laptop.
Minor issue is getting the MpcVideoRenderer working. I would like to work without having to install this render, like other players do.
Minor issue is getting the MpcVideoRenderer working. I would like to work without having to install this render, like other players do.
Review by Anthony on
Jun 17, 2025 Version: MPC-BE 1.8.5
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Version 1.8.4, Windows 11 is complaning abour Tojan/Virus Win32/Wacatac.B!ml?
All previous versions no such problem.
All previous versions no such problem.
Review by Matt on
Apr 20, 2025 Version: 1.8.4
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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