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MPC-BE Reviews

MPC-BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows.

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about MPC-BE and what they use it for.
  • What matters most in the PC's speed?
    You can try with an other video player like MPC-BE. - Source: Reddit / 9 days ago
  • Are these still the best general apps?
    MPC-BE (portable) - video player (H/W acceleration, codecs included, border-less, customizable keyboard shortcuts...). - Source: Reddit / 6 days ago
  • searching for a video player
    MPC-BE (Media Player Classic - Black Edition) lets you zoom in with the Numpad 9 key (and out with the Numpad 3 key), and while zoomed in you can pan directions with Ctrl+Numpad 8/4/6/2. - Source: Reddit / 6 days ago
  • Everytime when I ask someone what they watch movies on
    Or you can use MPC-BE: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/. - Source: Reddit / 13 days ago
  • Trojan viruses detected with virus total
    You'll have no issues with Sourceforge (link). - Source: Reddit / 25 days ago
  • 4k short throw Projector
    I use a PC as Source to play 4k Content (via MPC-be https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/) and MadVR (www.madvr.com) for Tone mapping and Image enhancement at >150 inch Screen (4 meter diagonal). Seating distance is 10 feet (3 meter) away (it's awesome - I have a lot of fun and I really like it). The Image looks really sharp, detailed and after some (a lot ^^) of Calibration work it looks really ... - Source: Reddit / 25 days ago
  • TX-NR7100 switching to multch mode when audio starts playing, no surround or atmos options available
    MPC-BE https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ fork of it that still gets updates. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • UltraWide HDR Video Player Setup Guide 21:9 without blackbars
    The first option is MPC-BE coupled with "MPC Video Renderer" (The renderer can be installed during MPC-BE install, no extra download needed). Click the green download button, open or extract the zip and run the installer (Unfortunately you will have to tell Windows it is okay). - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • 1993 -> 2023
    The original one yes but there are a couple forks: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/. VLC works great too. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • Update? Is there a video player that shows thumbnails of the frame in the video when hovering over the scrolllbar (like in youtube)
    MPC-BE (Media Player Classic - Black Edition) has done it for as long as I remember. It's the player I use. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago
  • is MPC-BE safe?
    MPC-BE (portable) - video player (H/W acceleration, codecs included, border-less, customizable keyboard shortcuts...). - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • is MPC-BE safe?
    Where https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/? - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • Panasonic S5 Glitch: All videos randomly "punch in" zooming twice, then punching out once in the first few seconds of every clip.
    Define "pretty powerful PC" :) What graphics card? Is hardware acceleration in VLC enabled? Maybe try another player with included ffmpeg- e.g. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ for Windows.. - Source: Reddit / 6 months ago
  • is it true if I use the Kodi windows app instead of mpc be I'll be able to see hdr on my pc? I don't have a PC powerful enough to use mad VR
    Your best bet to view HDR on a display that doesn't support HDR (with a computer too slow for madVR) is with mpv Or if that doesn't work, then MPC-BE with MPCVR. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • What apps are you using on win 11?
    MPC-BE is the current active project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • LPT: Open VLC and drag a youtube link to it. It'll play in VLC (with all the capabilities of VLC), and it'll skip ads.
    MPC-BE is a better alternative than VLC. It uses hardware acceleration so less CPU overhead, and it has a nice little preview window in the seek bar so you can easily seek to just after the intro or just before the credits or whatever. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • My receiver does not recognize DTS X and DTS-HD MA signals
    MPC-HC is no longer being actively developed, I use MPC-BE, it's a fork that is still being actively updated and adds some new features and QOL improvements. I would give that a shot and see if it fixes your problem. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • I made it into the top 134 with my own tune for the Ferrari Enzo with the stock engine and RWD with no aero, I am a tuner since FH4 and shared a lot of tunes there, but this is my first tune shared in FH5 bc i was lazy (and i really never got a good number of downloads so i wasn't motivated)
    Oohh, wondered why it looked so weird. Pro tip if you're using mpc just hit F5 to save a screenshot or ctrl +s on vlc I think. If you're not using either of those you should be. - Source: Reddit / 8 months ago
  • Mpv – a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player
    My favorite is the Media Player Classic Black Edition (MPC-BE) https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ & https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/MPC-BE I love the (optionally) minimal UI it has. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
  • MPC-HC are safe for Windows 10? Its out of date, but its good.
    Https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/ Https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/. - Source: Reddit / 9 months ago
  • Getting no sound from atmos speakers - Denon setup did
    I don’t use a pc myself, but many are using media player classic - BE. - Source: Reddit / 9 months ago

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