Media Player Classic

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Media Player Classic
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Media Player Classic running on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Developer Gabest
Latest release 6.4.9.0 / March 20, 2006
OS Windows
Natural language(s) Multilingual
Genre Media player
License GPL
Website sf.net/projects/guliverkli

Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact free software media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4 but uses a completely different codebase, integrating most options and features found in modern media players.

Media Player Classic was created and is currently maintained by a programmer named "Gabest". Gabest originally developed Media Player Classic as a closed-source application, but later decided to make it open source. Media Player Classic is licensed under the GPL and has its own SourceForge.net project called Guliverkli.

A large number of the codecs, readers, and splitters are also available separately from the Guliverkli project page.

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This player is capable of VCD, SVCD and DVD playback, without the need to install any additional software or codecs. Media Player Classic has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio. It also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports subtitles on SVCDs and supports direct 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 AAC decoding filter has been present in MPC for a while, which makes MPC suitable for AAC playback in mp4, and an alternative to Winamp and iTunes.

Media Player Classic is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture, and therefore automatically uses installed DirectShow decoding filters. For instance, after the open source DirectShow decoding filter ffdshow has been installed, fast and high quality decoding and postprocessing of the DivX, Xvid and H.264 formats is available in MPC.

In addition to DirectShow, MPC can also use the QuickTime and the RealPlayer architectures (if installed on the computer) to play their native files.

Media Player Classic supports native playback of OGM and Matroska container formats. However, OGM audio playback is limited by a lack of support for the CoreVorbis DirectShow filter, which mainly affects newer OGM files (c. 2006). The crux of this problem is that MPC is hard-coded to use an older Vorbis filter, so even if one installs newer filters, MPC is unable to use them.[1]

MPC supports playback and recording of television if a supported TV tuner is installed.

Due to a stall in development of Media Player Classic in May 2006 many bugs were left unfixed. The community at the Doom9 forum has since maintained their own builds; one build is meant for fixing bugs and updating outdated libraries with the release labeled as 6.4.9.1;[2] while the other one, Media Player Classic Home Cinema, is for adding new features while fixing bugs and updating libraries.[3] Gabest, the main developer, stated that development of Media Player Classic is not dead in March 2007, but has made no progress in updating the source code.[4]

In April 2005, Gabest posted on his news page about a GPL violation stating that, though discouraged, he does not know how to take action against the infringing parties. Interestingly, one of the infringing applications, vx30, is a product of Maui X-Stream, which was accused of previously violating the GPL with CherryOS, a PowerPC emulator.

 Free software Portal

  1. ^ http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/
  2. ^ Doom9's topic on Media Player Classic patched build. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
  3. ^ Doom9's topic on Media Player Classic Home Cinema patched build. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
  4. ^ SourceForge's discussion about project status. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.

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