Why was MPC-HC discontinued?

Why was MPC-HC discontinued?

MPC-HC 1.7.13 is the final version and the program has been officially discontinued as of July 16, 2017, due to a shortage of active developers with C/C++ experience.

Which is better MPC or MPC-HC?

MPC-BE is still actively developed and MPC-HC is just updated. MPC-BE has more options because it is actively developed. Outside of that, the experience to the user is basically the same.

What replaced MPC-HC?

The best alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MPC-HC are MPV (Free, Open Source), MPC-BE (Free, Open Source), PotPlayer (Free) and SMPlayer (Free, Open Source).

What is MPC-HC used for?

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. We are 100% spyware free, there are no advertisements or toolbars.

How play YouTube in MPC-HC?

MPC-BE can play YouTube videos by default, with no user required settings whatsoever. Copy the URL of the video you wish to play, and select the Open File/URL option in the program. Hit ok and the video should play. You can set the default resolution and format of the videos from Options > Online Media Services.

Is VLC media player safe?

VLC Media Player is a legitimate piece of software that facilitates all the tools necessary for playing media content. Although it has triggered some malware alerts, it doesn’t contain any malware, making it perfectly safe for download and installation.

How do I ReClock with MPC HC?

Setup

1. Install MPC-HC by running the .exe and following the instructions.
2. Extract madVR.
3. Install xy-SubFilter by running the .exe.
4. Install ReClock by running the .exe.
5. Now open MPC-HC and open the option window by pressing O.
6. Then, go to “Output”, select madVR as “DirectShow Video” and ReClock as “Audio Renderer”.

Why is MPC better than VLC?

The Audio aspects of VLC Media are much better than the Media Player Classic. While MPC is just for Windows, this holds great advantages for VLC Media. The direct comparison gets diluted if you are not windows users. But for Windows users, Media Player Classic and VLC Media, both are the winners.

Does VLC drain battery?

VLC’s wiki lists the video codecs it can accelerate. On Windows, H. 264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV3, and VC-1 are all hardware accelerated. Videos that aren’t hardware accelerated will play normally; VLC will just use your CPU and you won’t get any battery life improvement.

What kind of splitter does MPC-HC use?

MPC-HC also uses the internal LAV splitter just fine for stereo audio tracks from the same files. i honestly think there’s some configuration or setting in MPC-HC that i’m missing, but i can’t figure it out…

How to set up MPC-HC for stereo sound?

To access the mixing options of MPC-HC, go to options, internal filters, click Audio Decoder at the bottom, then go to the mixing tab. Select your speaker configuration and check the option in the upper right called “Don’t mix stereo sources” to leave mono and stereo audio untouched by the mixer. Don’t touch any of the sliders.

Why does my MPC-HC have low volume?

For a receiver connected by HDMI, you usually can check all the options for bitstreaming. This is mostly for people having volume issues with multichannel audio. The low volume occurs when Windows downmixes your audio, and to avoid this, you can do a downmix within MPC-HC instead.

Which is the default video decoder for MPC-HC?

Make sure the LAV Video is selected as default decoder. If in doubt, go to external filters, choose “Add Filter”, select LAV Video Decoder and switch it to “Prefer”: After making the above changes, restart MPC-HC and play back any file. You should notice the madVR icon in the system tray.