Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) 1.4.2499.0

Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) 1.4.2499.0

Changes in Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.4.2499.0 - 7 September 2010:

NEW : Seamless playback support for multi files BRD
NEW : Support for Windows 7 taskbar and thumbnails features
NEW : Added Catalan, Dutch and Japanese translations
NEW : VSFilter x64 is available
NEW : Added internal VP8 Decoder
NEW : MPC-HC can be compiled with MSVC2010 and Intel C++ Compiler
NEW : Support for MCE remote control (values added in AppCommand column in "Options/Player/Keys")
NEW : Support of Broadcom Video decoder for VC1, H.264 and MPEG-2 (hardware acceleration)
NEW : Support for DVB subtitles
NEW : Open files to Recent Documents
NEW : AUTO HDMI MODE 1080p/24 support for fullscreen mode
NEW : Ticket #46, add number to AudioDevice list
NEW : Sync Renderer dialogs
NEW : Real Video decoder in MPCVideoDecoder
NEW : Support interlaced mode in fullscreen resolution list
NEW : Auto change fullscreen resolution for different video content
NEW : Fullscreen Options page
NEW : Video decoder, options for DXVA Compatibility check
NEW : Support for MPEG-2 bitstreaming in the DXVA decoder
NEW : Full screen resolution - support for native 23.976 and 29.97 mode (Vista and above only)
NEW : Auto resolution change for DVD
NEW : Always Exit after playback option
NEW : Support for SRM7500 remote control
NEW : New panel for switching DVB channels, audio and tuner scan accessible through View-->Navigation menu when in Capture mode
NEW : Automatically play next files in a folder
NEW : Implemented 'Quick add favorite' shortcut (default: Shift + Q) will use current settings from 'Add Favorite' dialog
NEW : Select D3D device for render, including DXVA if two or more video adapters are in the system (EVR Custom & VMR9-Renderless only)
NEW : Statistics - added render device
NEW : Ability to select OSD font & size
NEW : Option "Don't use 'search in folder' on commands 'Skip back/forward' when only one item in playlist"
NEW : H.264 L5.1 DXVA support for ATI cards with drivers > v8.14.1.6105 (Catalyst 10.4)
NEW : MPCVideoDecoder, disable DXVA (H.264) for SD video (width < 1280)
NEW : Improved DXVA compatibility check
NEW : Implemented drag and drop folders with sub-folders
NEW : Support for MPEG-1/Layer1 audio stream in the Matroska splitter
NEW : Command to switch video frame mode (key 'P')
NEW : Video frame options like in TV: Zoom 1 and Zoom 2
NEW : Auto saving position every 30 seconds
NEW : Added internal filters context menu (disable/enable)
NEW : Command to reopen file (Ctrl+E)
NEW : Support for PGS in Matroska
NEW : Open root BD movie from command line & shell context menu
NEW : OSD messages added when switching audio stream or subtitles
NEW : OSD on Jump Forward/Backward (keyframe)
NEW : OSD when open DVD/BD
NEW : OSD for jump to chapter in file
NEW : Detect system UI language and set interface language at first run
NEW : Full ICC color management (Little CMS v2.1a library added)
NEW : Full floating point processing (FP16 temporary textures)
NEW : High-quality dithering (color management, full floating point processing, 10-bit -> 8-bit)
NEW : Option to force 10-bit EVR mixer input (probably hackish, but in many cases it seems to work)
NEW : Added MediaInfoLib (v0.7.35) (no need for MediaInfo.dll anymore)
NEW : Added support for MPEG-2_VLD DXVA for Intel G31/33 (and maybe other Intel) chipset
CHANGED: Updated UnrarDll. It is now possible to use the 64bit UnrarDll with the 64bit MPC-HC
CHANGED: Updated Detours to v2.1 build 216
CHANGED: Updated Bento4 to v1.2.3.0
CHANGED: Updated libpng to v1.4.3
CHANGED: Updated SoundTouch to v1.5.0
CHANGED: Updated zlib to v1.2.5
CHANGED: Updated LibOgg to v1.2.0
CHANGED: Updated LibVorbis to v1.3.1
CHANGED: Updated PNGDIB to v3.1.0
CHANGED: Updated sizecbar to v2.45
CHANGED: Better support for madVR
CHANGED: Updated Hungarian, Russian, Polish, Slovak, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Traditional Chinese, German, Italian, Turkish and Hungarian translations
CHANGED: Updated FFmpeg
CHANGED: Updated installer script
CHANGED: "DirectShow Audio" label on playback->output now says "Audio Renderer"
CHANGED: Ticket #27: Allow screensaver to activate when audio only (sleep is still stopped)
CHANGED: Add open file to Recent Document only if "Keep history of recently opened files" is checked
CHANGED: Select and change resolution for selected fullscreen monitor
CHANGED: Improve options for fullscreen monitor and resolution
CHANGED: Open DVD root folder (include VIDEO_TS) from explorer context menu
CHANGED: Many internal code improvements for more stability
CHANGED: Improved playlist
CHANGED: Improved subtitle handling
CHANGED: Rewritten DVXA check for better readability
CHANGED: Disabled internal H.264 (AVC) decoder for interlaced files (bad supported by FFmpeg)
CHANGED: Show filename in OSD at open, instead "Pause/Play"
CHANGED: Add 'x64' suffix in Title and in the About dialog for the x64 build
CHANGED: OSD file name at open show delay up to 3 sec.
CHANGED: Core rendering code in the DX9AllocatorPresenter class is moved to a new class: DX9RenderingEngine
CHANGED: "10 bit RGB" option changed to "10-bit RGB Output", does not affect internal processing anymore
CHANGED: Removed unnecessary temporary texture allocations
CHANGED: Removed old player logos and added a new one
FIXED : Name of MPC-HC in title bar (Bug #2826963)
FIXED : Web interface status.html not showing status/media state when Status bar is turned off (Bug #2025675)
FIXED : Ticket #12, crash/hang after standby, hibernate, UAC or CTRL+ALT+DEL
FIXED : Ticket #74, [MP4] AAC sound stops playing
FIXED : Ticket #116, issue with some MPEG (mono) audio playback
FIXED : Ticket #120, Inner PCM inside QT .mov is supported now
FIXED : Ticket #150, issue with playback AMR sound
FIXED : Ticket #161 and #414, "no audio capture device"
FIXED : Ticket #163, Crash with RealMedia
FIXED : Ticket #237, DVB channels are all saved as number 0 when tuning
FIXED : Ticket #242, No PCM sowt audio in MOV
FIXED : Ticket #258, speaker configuration in Audio Switcher isn't stored
FIXED : Ticket #281, [CAPTURE] No video decoding when capturing from DVB-T card with internal MPEG2 DVXA Decoder enabled
FIXED : Ticket #282, Auto-zoom function problem
FIXED : Ticket #295, SSA/ASS and other save subtitle formats problem
FIXED : Ticket #300, Regression when hiding Caption and Menubar
FIXED : Ticket #333, Missing tracks when playing a TS file
FIXED : Ticket #363, #563, Can't open some mp3
FIXED : Ticket #385, no chapters with MP4Splitter
FIXED : Ticket #455, Bug with PGS subtitles
FIXED : Ticket #456, Problem with auto-loading subtitles fixed
FIXED : Ticket #465, MPEG/TS splitter can't recognize some video track
FIXED : Ticket #477, Internal audio switcher
FIXED : Ticket #489, MPC-HC API improvements
FIXED : Ticket #502, Problem with D3D9Ex
FIXED : Ticket #513, .rmvb interlaced decoding
FIXED : Ticket #511, Subtitle renderer crash fixed
FIXED : Ticket #528, Unable to scan for dvb-t
FIXED : Ticket #536, [MKV] Default values of the specification should be strictly followed
FIXED : Ticket #576, Next AR Preset Issue
FIXED : Ticket #578, VSFilter crash fix with certain malformed drawing lines
FIXED : Ticket #599, ignores /audiorender option
FIXED : Ticket #601, BD movie length detect wrong
FIXED : Ticket #660, Pressing left arrow under Options->Logo causes right arrow to disappear
FIXED : Ticket #661, Ctrl+C / File->Close form size discrepancy
FIXED : Ticket #672, DVB-T - image problems after changing from tv channel to radio & back
FIXED : Ticket #677, Wrong colors using Color Management
FIXED : Ticket #679, add color management status in EVR CP graph settings
FIXED : Ticket #680, "Don't hide controls in full screen" does not work unless you move the mouse
FIXED : Ticket #694, DLL preloading vulnerability
FIXED : Ticket #696, [GUI] use options dialog causes main window elements to disappear
FIXED : Ticket #714, MPEG2 detected as H264
FIXED : Opening multiple files via Explorer context menu
FIXED : Memory leak in libavcodec
FIXED : Memory leak in DXVA decoder
FIXED : Playback of some broken avi files
FIXED : Fix VCD playback
FIXED : Better detection of "Used For Reference Flags" (fixes some broken DXVA samples)
FIXED : Screensaver activating during video playback on XP
FIXED : Audio language detection for HDMV (broken by seamless playback feature)
FIXED : Bug with prevent sleep mode
FIXED : Bug in "Open File" dialog & "Add to Playlist" checked
FIXED : Default (center) window position after file close
FIXED : Issue with a switch to fullscreen mode
FIXED : FavoriteAdd dialog
FIXED : Possible buffer overflows
FIXED : Bug with launch in fullscreen
FIXED : Incorrect decoding with MPEG-2 bitstream decoder on video with alternative scan
FIXED : Seeking problem with MPEG files
FIXED : Don't show OSD message when auto play is disabled
FIXED : Checking for duplicates in display modes
FIXED : Correct state when done playback (rewind fix)
FIXED : Incorrect minimal window height calculation when caption is on
FIXED : Search in dir function
FIXED : Play video from network share
FIXED : Incorrect position (desktop) after fullscreen when playing multiple files on multi-monitor systems
FIXED : Playback issue for some H.264 media files captured from digital cameras
FIXED : Various DVB-T fixes
FIXED : DXVA regression: black video with some files
FIXED : Crash in Matroska splitter with unknown streams
FIXED : OSD shown wrong (previous) audio stream on change
FIXED : Improved DVD resume
FIXED : Crash with some VOB subtitles
FIXED : Undetected H.264 video streams in MPEG splitter
FIXED : Incorrect identification of the video stream in MPEG splitter (H.264 instead of MPEG-2)
FIXED : Logical/numeric sorting in Playlist, "Play next in the folder"
FIXED : OSD on open BD
FIXED : MPEGSplitter - could not read some MPEG files
FIXED : Crashes with MSVC2010 builds
FIXED : The EVR mixer output media subtype matches the surface format (as a consequence, it's always RGB)
FIXED : Incorrect lenght detection of MPEG, DVD (.ifo)

Homepage - http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net

 

Thanks for the update AvinashR.
This is my favourite movie player.

 

I use it also, all codex are included, though I wish they would update more often.

 

They have SVN builds at xvidvideo.ru too if you like giving those a try.

 

Thanks AvinashR for update. It is one of the best media players. I recomend everyone to try it. You can configure MPC (HC) according to these guides:
Watching H.264 videos using CUDA
Watching H.264 videos using DXVA