Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Version Updates

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Portable 1.9.7 (lightweight media player) Released (August 20, 2020) (PortableApps.com)

 

Yep. Right on cue just as expected. Always thanks @mood in alerting us to new rollouts!

 

I've been using it for some time and noted that the video image lagged behind the audio when I loaded sample TS files downloaded from this site:

https://www.hdpvrcapture.com/wordpress/?page_id=97

played the video, and then clicked on different parts of the video timeline to skip back and forth.

I experienced the same with the K-Lite pack with MPC-HC (but not with Windows Media Player) and the Shark007 pack with MPC-BE, but no problems with GOM and PotPlayer with OpenCodec.

Does anyone experience similar, and if so, is there a way to tweak the player to stop the lag?

 

The .m2ts files downloaded from the link you posted worked fine for me with MPC-HC.
However, I have experienced the lag like you mentioned with .TS files downloaded from dailymotion with IDM when I skip back and forth in the video. I don't know any way to fix it, I use SMPlayer for .TS files.

 

MPC-HC v1.9.8 Released (October 24, 2020)
Announcement
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Spoiler: Changes v1.9.8

Changes from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8:
Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-75-gb1db4
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to 20.09

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Duplicate hotkeys are now highlighted
• Added support for using Ctrl/Alt/Shift modifiers for mouse actions
• Added new default mouse action for seeking through video: Ctrl + Mouse wheel
• You can customize hotkeys and mouse actions here: Options > Player > Keys
• Improved parsing of (local) M3U playlist files
• Streaming HLS M3U playlists are handled directly by LAV Splitter
• Added new menu entry for changing playback speed: Menu > Play > Playback rate
• Subtitle search on OpenSubtitles now also searches by file name if no match was found for file hash
• Improved DVD region code bypass
• "Launch files in fullscreen" option now only engages fullscreen for video files
• Improved display of URLs in titlebar
• Very long entries in recent file list are now shortened for better menu display
• Added advanced options for displaying the current audio and subtitle language in statusbar
• Improved support for external WebVTT subtitles

Fixes:

• Fixed DVD playback speed and menu issues with internal audio renderer
• Fixed issue where file could still be in use after closing it
• Fixed subtitle search on Podnapisi for Portuguese Brazil language (language code "pob")
• Fixed rare issue with subtitle queue that could cause flickering/blinking subtitles
• Fixed potential crash when taking screenshots with subtitles included
• Fixed issue where clicking on seekbar could trigger two identical seek actions
• A few other small fixes and improvements

 

MPC-HC 1.9.9 Released (February 9, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes v1.9.9

Changes from 1.9.8 to 1.9.9:
Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to 0.74.1-92-g88da5

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added video preview functionality to the seekbar
  You can enable this in: Options > Tweaks
  For performance reasons, preview is only shown in case of local file playback. It is disabled for online streams and spinning discs.
  To avoid interference with the main video playback, preview does not use hardware accelerated decoding.
  Don't enable preview if you have a slow computer that already struggles with normal video playback.
• Added menu entries and hotkeys for toggling shaders on/off
• Added support for CUE sheets
• Increased default value for number of recent files that is remembered from 20 to 40
• Reduced minimum allow playback rate from 0.125x to 0.05x
• Some seeking improvements. Unprocessed seeks can no longer queue up when seeking is slow.
• The internal audio renderer can now fallback to default audio device if it fails to initialize the output device that is selected in the options

Fixes:

• Fixed some issues with parsing M3U playlists
• Fixed issue with opening online .asx playlist
• Fixed GDI resource leak in dark theme
• Fixed hang with MPC Video Renderer if max subpic texture size was set to VIDEO
• Fixed automatic metadata based rotation with MPC Video Renderer
• Several crash fixes
• Several other small fixes and improvements

 

MPC-HC 1.9.10 Released (February 25, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes v1.9.10

Changes from 1.9.9 to 1.9.10:
Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some optimizations for the seek preview functionality
• Seek preview now gets hidden when dragging the seekbar
• Renamed "System Default" video renderer to "Video Mixing Renderer 7". This to prevent people from thinking this ancient renderer is the preferred one. Also changed order of the available renderers to put the recommended ones at the top.
• The player now tries to parse JSON output from youtube-dl even when that has encountered an error. This fixes loading of youtube playlists that contain deleted videos.
• Added a timeout in LAV Splitter code to prevent the player from freezing in case of certain network connection errors during playback of online streams
• Added support for text color tags in WebVTT subtitles
• Subtitle render buffer is now disabled by default. It doesn't provide any noticeable performance benefit for most users.
• A few other small changes

Fixes:

• Fixed subtitle text encoding bug that caused wrong characters to be displayed (regression in 1.9.9)
• Fixed issue that caused wrong keyframe to be show in seek preview window. Now a seek will go to the same frame as shown in the preview.
• Fixed issue in sub picture buffer implementation that could result in reduced rendering performance for animated subtitles in certain cases
• A few other small fixes

 

MPC-HC 1.9.11 Released (April 22, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes 1.9.11

Changes from 1.9.10 to 1.9.11:
Updates:

• LAV Filters version 0.75-2-gddef5
• MediaInfo DLL version 21.03

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added basic support for embedded WebVTT subtitles
• Seek preview window now uses same aspect ratio as the video
• After long pause (> 10 min) or hibernation, the player now performs a seek to current position before resuming. This re-initializes the video decoder, and hopefully solves a hang/crash on certain systems (with buggy graphics driver).
• Some improvements for the youtube-dl functionality. It now also supports DASH manifest URLs.

Fixes:

• Fixed subtitle regression that could cause subtitles to be skipped in certain situations when multiple lines were visible
• Fixed issue with seeking to nearest keyframe
• Fixed issue where the seek preview window broke the "always on top" functionality
• A few other small fixes

 

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Portable 1.9.11 (lightweight media player) Released (April 28, 2021) (PortableApps.com)

 

Thanks @JRViejo. This is still a decent player.

 

MPC-HC 1.9.14 Released (July 2, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes 1.9.14

Changes from 1.9.13 to 1.9.14:
Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Some optimizations in the filter graph builder. Should give a small reduction in file loading time in some situations.
• Added a small safezone above and below the seekbar where (accidental) mouse clicks/drags are ignored.
• Improved backwards framestep for DVDs. It now seeks back ~500ms to ensure it shows a different frame. The DVD Navigator unfortunately does not offer better accuracy.
• Improved region code handling for DVDs
• Added support for loading external fonts for SSA/ASS subtitles. The player check for "fonts" subfolder in location of video file.

Fixes:

• Fixed regression that broke loading of audio dub through command line parameter

 

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Portable 1.9.14 (lightweight media player) Released (July 11, 2021) (PortableApps.com)

 

HC is the da bomb! Entirely snap removal or add of playlist. Unintrusive

BC version should duplicate the same convenience in it's version. A chief reason HC is the preferred choice. They both play vids efficiently on same par. Handy features are key.

 

MPC-HC 1.9.15 Released (August 10, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes 1.9.15

Changes from 1.9.14 to 1.9.15:
Changes/additions/improvements:

• Seekbar video preview now supports video rotation.
• Manual subtitle search now also works for online streams.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause a long delay when opening the File menu with certain optical drives.
• Fixed an issue in the audio stream switcher that could result in a player hang on seek or track change. This happened only when an external audio track was loaded, in combination with the internal audio renderer and madVR.
• Fixed parsing of subtitle files that contain a duplicate UTF BOM in their file header.
• A few other small fixes.

Spoiler: Overview of Features

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:

• Dark interface
  Menu > View > Dark Theme
  When using dark theme it is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
  Options > Advanced
• Video preview on the seekbar
  Options > Tweaks > Show preview on seek bar
• 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 youtube-dl.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 youtube-dl, it is recommended to also put ffmpeg.exe in the MPC-HC folder.
  Several configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced
• Play HDR video
  This requires using madVR or MPC Video Renderer.
  After installation these renderers can be selected here:
  Options > Playback > Output
• Ability to search for and download subtitles, either automatically or manually (press D):
  Options > Subtitles > Misc
• 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.

 

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Portable 1.9.15 (lightweight media player) Released (August 21, 2021) (PortableApps.com)

 

Any news beyond Development Releases yet?

 

Working like a Charm!!!

Someone chimed in on rotate feature and now it does 'that' and plenty more.

Huge hats off to the developer for continuously refining this valuable player.

 

MPC-HC 1.9.16 Released (September 22, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes 1.9.16

Changes from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16:
Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.75.1-4-gfaff6
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to v21.09

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to specify location of Youtube-DL executable.
• Added support for yt-dlp.exe (fork of Youtube-DL).
• Added advanced option to display video fourcc and resolution in status bar.
• Added advanced option to display A-B repeat marker values in status bar.
• When saving a favorite you can now also store the AB-repeat markers
• Adjusting subtitle delay now also works with the external VSFilter/XySubFilter subtitle renderers.
• Enabled processing of play/pause command when no media is loaded, but playlist is not empty. This now also allows resuming playback by pressing spacebar or clicking on the video area.
• Clicking mouse middle button on the systray icon now toggles play/pause.
• When the global after playback event is set to "play next file in folder", the player will now close the current file when no next file is available. This allow the screensaver to activate.
• Added a second WASAPI based internal audio renderer. The existing internal renderer has been renamed to SaneAR (its original name). Don't ask what the difference is between the two. There is little difference in behavior and functionality.

Fixes:

• Fix for running DVB scan not working in stopped state.
• Several other small fixes.

 

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) Portable 1.9.16 (lightweight media player) Released (September 23, 2021) (PortableApps.com)

 

Where are the mouse button settings... cant seem to find them anywhere.

 

That's ok I guess. Its already as was simple as a Left Click inside the player screen for Pause/Resume just fine.

What makes this player most convenient for me, and of personal choice (besides the cool playlist) is the middle roller button easily raises/lowers volume smoothly and efficiently. Also a firm press Left Click allows user to easily move the player screen at will all about the screen.