[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Added hotkey to toggle playlist shuffle option
* Added option to always show time in OSD
* The /fixedsize command line parameter now optionally supports specifying window position
Fixes:
* A few bug fixes and small improvements
### 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:
* Play HDR video
This requires using either MPC Video Renderer (MPCVR) or [madVR](http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146228).
After installation these HDR capable renderers can be selected here:
Options > Playback > Output
With other video renderers, the colors will be wrong!
I recommend installing [K-Lite Codec Pack](http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm). That includes MPC-HC and the renderers all in one easy to use package.
MPCVR is available as a separate download below. MPCVR supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not.
You should change hardware decoder to D3D11 in LAV Video Decoder settings when using MPCVR on Windows 10/11, because renderer will use DirectX11.
* Modern GUI Theme (Dark or Light)
Options > Player > User Interface
It is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
* Video preview on the seekbar
Options > Player > User Interface
* Ability to search for subtitles
Press D for manual search.
Or enable automatic search in: Options > Subtitles > Misc
* 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 [yt-dlp.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases) 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 yt-dlp, it is recommended to also put [ffmpeg.exe](https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/) in the MPC-HC folder.
Several YDL configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced
This includes an option to specify the location of yt-dlp.exe in case you don't want to put it in MPC-HC folder.
Note 1: You also need to install [Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x86.exe)
Note 2: [yt-dlp nightly build](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/) (very latest version made daily)
* 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.
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.7 to 2.2.0:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.1
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.03
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Now supports decoding H.266/VVC video
Fixes:
* A few bug fixes and small improvements
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.7.18 (March 30th 2024)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.7.2
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.7
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a new PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.6 to 2.1.7:
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Some improvements for hotkey and global media key handling. This for example fixes a problem caused by a Windows/Chrome/Edge bug where clicking on notifications could send a keypress with value 0 to wrong window, which could trigger hotkey actions in MPC-HC.
* This adds a new option to display audio track details in the statusbar. Note: Statusbar info does not (yet) update when changing audio track through splitter tray icon, only when doing it using player functionality.
Fixes:
* Fixed a crash when using libass and subtitles were (partially) located outside of visible video area.
* A few other small fixes and improvements.
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.6.42 (March 7th 2024)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.6.8
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.6
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a new PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6:
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Increased max OSD font size to 50.
* Added FPS column to subtitle search results.
* Better sorting in subtitle search results.
* Opensubtitles login is now verified directly after inputting.
* Copy to clipboard text in About dialog now also includes details about monitors and DPI scaling.
* FullscreenSeparateControls option is now enabled by default.
Fixes:
* Fixed regression in v2.1.5 with parsing SSA subs with start timestamps larger than 1 hour.
* Fixed issue where remember DVD position did not work correctly on some discs.
* Several other small fixes and improvements.
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.5.22 (February 25th 2024)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.5
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.5
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a new PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-3-g58474
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.01
* Updated all other third party libraries
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Optimized reading of file history.
* Auto-fit zoom option now has a minimum and maximum value.
* External filters now prevent you from adding filters that should not be added there. Such as video renderers, for which the preferred one must be selected elsewhere (Output settings).
* Added and advanced option for remembering audio and subtitle track selection.
* Added and advanced option for remembering external playlist position.
* Subpic buffer size is now automatically set to 0 when using libass. It could give bad performance. Default and recommended setting is 0 even when not using libass.
Fixes:
* Several small GUI theme related fixes.
* Several other small fixes and improvements.
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a new PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4:
Changes/additions/improvements:
* There is a new "User Interface" options page where several options have been moved to.
* Removed opensubtitle.org subtitle provider. Its API has been shut down and replaced by opensubtitles.com. Please note that although these two websites have same owners, they use separate login accounts.
* Added advanced option for insertion of deinterlace blend filter when capturing. Previously the filter was always used.
* Reduced minimum default logo/video area size to 16x16 when using the blank logo.
* Some improvements for parsing M3U playlists.
* Automatic skipping to next playlist entry will pause after 5 invalid entries in a row (such as missing files or broken URLs).
* When viewing an image file, it is now possible to jump to next/previous image file in same folder.
Fixes:
* Fixed a bug where wrong subtitle track index was saved into history when both embedded and external subs were present.
* Fixed manual subtitle search (from results window) for opensubtitles.com provider.
* Several other small fixes and improvements.
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.3.37 (January 5th 2024)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.3
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.3
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. There is now a new PayPal option.
### Changes from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78-1-ga1fd7
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.11
Changes/additions/improvements:
* The selected audio and subtitle track is now stored in file history.
* Added option to additionally show percentage behind the timer in the statusbar and OSD. Right-click on the statusbar timer for options.
* Improved performance of libass
* Added support for drag&drop of files or urls in plain text format
* Added advanced option PreventDisplaySleep. Disable this if you don't want the player to block screen saver and display sleep mode during video playback.
* Added support for some extra formats to internal filters (ProRes/DNxHD/G726/G729/IMC/VP4/Some MJPEG variants/MagicYUV/Hap/UtVideo/etc)
Fixes:
* Fixed issue with MediaInfo tab not loading in properties
* Fixed subtitle issue when maximum texture size was smaller than video
* Fixed a few small issues with light theme
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.2.59 (December 10th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.2
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.2
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated. Big thanks to those who donated previously.
### Changes from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2:
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Added light version of the modern theme. Modern theme is now enabled by default. (Options > Player > Theme)
* Added advanced option to use MediaInfo to gather file durations when adding files to playlist
* Added support for multi-select in subtitle download dialog
* The "Add containing folder" action for playlist now inserts directly after the selected item
* Added a settings button on output settings page to open video renderer settings for MPCVR and MadVR.
Fixes:
* Fixed issue with libass and adjusting playback rate
* Fixed issue where libass did not work for SRT if file did not use UTF8
* Fixed mimetype related issue that prevented embedded fonts to be loaded for libass with certain files
* Fixed issue where window position/size was not remembered correctly if window had small size
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.1.0.28 (November 7th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.1.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.1.0
### Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.78
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 23.10
* Updated MPC Audio Renderer
* Updated all other third party libraries
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Added OpenSubtitles.com subtitle search provider. The existing OpenSubtitles.org provider is scheduled to stop working at the end of 2023. Note: you need a new login for OpenSubtitles.com
* Video preview can now also be placed below the seekbar. See: Options > Tweaks
* The internal subtitle renderer now has an option to use libass for rendering
* Some improvements related to the advanced option for separate fullscreen
* Added right-click actions to some of the toolbar buttons:
Play = Open File, Stop = Close File, Skip Back = Previous File, Skip Forward = Next File, Frame Step = Frame Step Backwards (seek), Mute = Toggle Next Audio Track
* Support scanning of ATSC channels
* Playlist is now docked to the right side by default. You can drag it to bottom/left/top if you prefer those locations. Or even outside player window.
* Drag&drop/LoadSubtitle/ToggleSubtitle now also work with DirectVobSub and XySubFilter
* HEVC hardware decoding is now disabled by default (on fresh install or settings reset) for Intel Haswell/Broadwell GPUs. These older GPUs have slow partially accelerated decoding and software decoding may be preferred for stability. You can of course still enable it if desired.
Fixes:
* A few DPI scaling fixes for problems that occurred when moving between two screens with different DPI
* Fixed an issue with DVB subtitles not working during live playback
* Fixed an issue changing subtitle default style through styles dialog
* Fixed Pan&Scan movement being wrong for rotated video with MadVR
* Several other small fixes
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 2.0.0.167 (October 27th 2023)
Latest stable release build: 2.0.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.0.0
Last week it was exactly 2000 days (5.5 years) since I have taken over MPC-HC development, so a good time to finally make the bump to version 2.0.0.0.
[Donations](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/issues/383) are appreciated.
### Changes from 1.9.24 to 2.0.0:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.77.1-1-g6f78a
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.12
Changes/additions/improvements:
* When A-B repeat is active, HOME button now seeks to A position instead of beginning.
* Add support for new LayoutResX/Y ASS subtitle header.
* Correctly apply scaling to blur tag in ASS subtitles.
* Some improvements to the FreeType fallback path for font rendering. Fixes rare issue of missing text with certain complex fonts that fail with GDI.
* Added new advanced option MouseLeftUpDelay. This delays the left click action on the video area in anticipation of a double-click. Can be used to prevent unwanted pausing when toggling fullscreen. Suggested value is 250ms. Disabled by default.
Fixes:
* Fixed a decoding issue with certain TrueHD audio streams
* Filename was wrong when saving downloaded subtitle when moving to next file in folder/playlist
* Fixed style issue with embedded WebVTT
* Fixed hang in SaveThumbnails on seek failure with an incomplete file
* Fixed issue with seekbar safezone in the case that video area is hidden
* Several other small fixes
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.24.51 (December 30th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.24
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.24
### Changes from 1.9.23 to 1.9.24:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.77-1-gfd3c1
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.09
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Re-added support for nested M3U/PLS inside M3U playlist
* Store device name of selected fullscreen monitor in addition to the display name. This allows selecting the correct monitor in the situation where Windows shuffles display names around.
* Properly handle NONE as value for YCbCr Matrix subtitle header
* Added freetype font rendering path as fallback for characters that fail to render with GDI.
* Support loading subtitles from subfolder "\subs\FILENAME"
Fixes:
* Fixed some issues with AB repeat
* Several other small fixes
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.23.28 (November 11th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.23
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.23
### Changes from 1.9.22 to 1.9.23:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76.1-25-g24efe
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Some font related efficiency improvements for rendering the player menu
* Thumbnail sheet now uses a dark background color if dark theme is enabled
Fixes:
* Fixed an issue with manual rotation with EVR-CP for videos that already had automatic rotation
* Fixed an issue with parsing background color tags in WebVTT subtitles
* Fixed a regression with YDL preferred video format setting
* Several other small fixes
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.22.38 (August 24th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.22
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.22
### Changes from 1.9.21.2 to 1.9.22:
Updates:
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.06
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Added support for rendering subtitles on DX11 surface. This is utilized by MPC Video Renderer (version 0.6.0 and above) in DX11 mode.
* Added option to automatically save a downloaded subtitle file. When enabled it saves the active subtitle when closing the video file.
* Added advanced option to specify preferred audio format (AAC/Opus) when streaming from Youtube.
* The command line parameter /play without further parameters will now resume last opened file.
* The command line parameter /pns now also supports explicit position and zoom values.
* Added support for rendering WebP image with internal filters.
* Added advanced option to specify image display duration. This setting is only supported by "Generate Still Video" and "MPC Image Source" filters. Generate Still Video seems to use a minimum of 10 seconds, so be aware of that. Image formats rendered by the internal LAV Filters will now have infinite duration (at 1 fps) so they are no longer quickly skipped over in a playlist. Custom duration is not supported by that filter.
* The "Playlist" context menu option on the Formats options page now controls whether the "Add to Playlist" context menu entry is created.
* AB repeat values are now remembered when file is reloaded after resuming from sleep.
* When saving MPCPL playlist file, it now always uses relative paths when logical.
Fixes:
* Fixed regression with moving subs up/down.
* Fixed an issue with WebVTT subtitles when changing playback rate.
* Fixed an issue with FullscreenSeparateControls option when moving to next file.
* A few small bug fixes.
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.21.59 (June 24th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.21
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.21
### Changes from 1.9.20 to 1.9.21.2:
Updates:
* Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 22.03
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Added option to keep player controls visible on current monitor when showing fullscreen video on another monitor
Options > Advanced > FullscreenSeparateControls
Options > Playback > Fullscreen > Fullscreen Monitor
* AB Repeat markers are now saved in file history (when remember position is enabled)
* Improved positioning of PGS subtitles
* Setting volume through command line now also unmutes
* Reverted change in previous version that would reset remembered file position after reaching 95% of duration
Fixes:
* Fixed issue that could give low resolution subtitle when using fullscreen exclusive mode in MPCVR
* Fixed issue that could give low resolution subtitle when switching from PGS to a text-based subtitle type
* Fixed issue with VMR9 renderer where external subtitles would not adjust to playback rate changes
* A few other minor fixes
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.20.56 (April 12th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.20
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.20
### Changes from 1.9.19 to 1.9.20:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76.1
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Rewritten code that deals with file history. It works better with multiple instances now.
* Remembered file position now resets to 0 when playback has reached 95% of file duration when closing the player. We assume that end credits have been reached in that case.
* Remembered file position also resets to 0 when pressing stop button. So close player directly or open other file without pressing stop if you wish to resume later.
* The uninstaller now unregisters file associations
* The last used QuickOpen and SaveImage paths are now remembered individually
* Added support for extended locale names in subtitles menu
* Decimal values are now possible for subtitle font spacing and border width/shadow settings
* Now supports loading chapter metadata from .xchp file. Use text file (UTF-8 encoding). Each line is a chapter defined as HH:MM:SS,ddd timecode, optionally followed by a space and chapter name.
Fixes:
* Fixed issue where PGS subtitles could be partially rendered outside of visible area
* Fixed regression with reading CDText metadata
* Fixed regression regarding auto-hide of toolbar in case of two monitors with vertical placement
* Workaround for Windows 11 bug where the options dialog was not rendered properly for RTL languages
* Workaround for Windows 10/11 bug where subtitle download dialog could become visible when using taskbar window peek
* Several other small bugs
Below are development builds for testing purposes.
Latest development build: 1.9.19.63 (March 14th 2022)
Latest stable release build: 1.9.19
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/1.9.19
### Changes from 1.9.18 to 1.9.19:
Updates:
* Updated LAV Filters to version 0.76-2-g642bf
Changes/additions/improvements:
* Windows Vista is no longer supported.
* Added hotkeys to adjust font scale of text based subtitles. Defaults are set to: Ctrl+Add/Substract
* Added hotkeys to move subtitles vertically. Defaults are set to: Ctrl+Shift+Add/Substract
* Added hotkeys to zoom in/out the player window in 32px increments. Unset by default.
* Added BT.2020 support to the RGB color correction of subtitles. This is used if signaled by the subtitle script or video renderer.
* Added advanced option to not open the recording panel automatically when opening a capture device.
* The internal splitter now supports a few more audio and video formats.
* Increased web interface video preview update frequency
Fixes:
* Fixed issue with framestepping that could give lagging behavior with madvr.
* Fixed subtitle issue where opaque border style could be draw even when both border and shadow were zero.
* Fixed subtitle issue with handling of no-break space character.
* Fixed issue with saving the playlist if it contained certain Unicode characters
* A few other small fixes and internal optimizations