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This project is now principally maintained by the community at the Doom9 forum. The active forks are Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) by clsid2 (same developer known as clsid responsible for MPC 6.4.9.1), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) by aleksoid.

The original Media Player Classic was created and maintained by a programmer named "Gabest" who also created PCSX2 graphics plugin GSDX. It was developed as a closed-source application, but later relicensed as free software under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license. MPC is hosted under the guliverkli project at SourceForge.net. The project itself is something of an umbrella organization for works by Gabest.

Media Player Classic development stalled in May 2006. Gabest, the main developer of the original version, stated in March 2007 that development of Media Player Classic is not dead but that he was unable to work on it.[5] MPC 6.4.9.0, released March 20, 2006, is the final official version.

In August 2007, an unofficially patched and updated build became available, from Doom9 member clsid, hosted under the guliverkli2 project at SourceForge.net. Known as Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1, it was meant for fixing bugs and updating outdated libraries; its branch's development has been inactive since 2011. MPC 6.4.9.1 Revision 107, released February 14, 2010, is the final release version.[6][7] The community at the Doom9 forum has since further continued the project with MPC-HC.

MPC-HC updates the original player and adds many useful functionalities including the option to remove tearing, additional video decoders (in particular H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 with DirectX Video Acceleration support), Enhanced Video Renderer support, and multiple bug fixes. There is also a 64 bit-version of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema for the various Windows x64 platforms. MPC-HC requires at least Windows XP Service Pack 3.

As of version 1.4.2499.0, MPC-HC implemented color management support, an uncommon feature that nearly all video players on Microsoft Windows lack.[11] Windows 8 support was introduced in version 1.6.5.[12] Beginning with version 1.6.6 the stable releases are signed.[13]

Apart from stable releases as published, nightly builds are also publicly available.[14][15] MPC-HC is also distributed in the PortableApps format.[16] MPC-HC 1.7.8 released in 2015 was built with the MediaInfoLib 0.7.71.

MPC-HC 1.7.13 is the final version of the program that was officially discontinued as of July 16, 2017 due to a shortage of active developers with C/C++ experience.[17] Its source code on GitHub was last updated on August 27, 2017, a month and a half after the official final version.[18]

Updated builds of MPC-HC, a fork from the same developer (known as clsid2 on GitHub/SourceForge) responsible for MPC 6.4.9.1, started appearing in January 2018. This fork contains updated internal codecs (LAV Filters), AV1 support, youtube-dl integration, a new dark theme, video preview on seekbar, support for MPC Video Renderer, A-B Repeat, subtitle performance improvements;[19][20] support for Windows XP was dropped in these builds.[19] Binary releases are available,[8] as well as source code.[21]

Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when hovering the mouse cursor over the seek bar, as known from video platforms such as YouTube and Dailymotion, though many of these features, including the video preview on seekbar, were added to MPC-HC at a later date.[24][25]

MPC-BE, however, doesn't include LAV filters by default, making it less efficient than MPC-HC for decoding. This is most noticeable with higher resolution files, newer codecs, or on lower end hardware.[26]

Media Player Classic is capable of VCD, SVCD, and DVD playback without installation of additional software or codecs. MPC has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, 3GP, AC3, and DTS audio; along with native playback of the Matroska container format. MPC also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports playback of VCDs and SVCDs using its VCD/SVCD/XCD Reader. On October 30, 2005, Gabest added MP4 and MPEG-4 Timed Text support.[30] Adobe Flash movies (SWF) can be played and frames jumped to.[31]

Supported media formats within the latest builds of MPC-HC and MPC-BE have been considerably expanded compared to the original MPC, as these builds are bundled with iterations of libavcodec and libavformat. MPC-HC version 1.7.0 and newer utilize LAV filters,[32] while MPC-BE uses FFmpeg directly.[33] Consequently, they support all formats from those libraries.

Media Player Classic is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture and therefore automatically uses installed DirectShow decoding filters. For instance, after the open source DirectShow decoding filter ffdshow has been installed, fast and high quality decoding and postprocessing of the MPEG-4 ASP, H.264, and Flash Video formats is available in the original MPC. MPC-HC and MPC-BE, however, can play videos in these formats directly without ffdshow.

In addition to DirectShow, MPC can also use the QuickTime, RealPlayer, and SHOUTcast codecs and filters (if installed on the computer) to play their native files.[35] Though some of these files may play without the external codecs or filters installed. Alternatively, QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative can be used in place of their player installations for expanded support of their respective file formats.

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (64-bit) is a light-weight media player for Windows. It looks just like Windows Media Player v6.4, but has many additional features. You can use the player as a Media Player Classic Home Theater.

It has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video and codecs for LPCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio, and also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports playback of VCDs and SVCDs using its VCD, SVCD, or XCD Reader.An AAC decoding filter makes MPC suitable for AAC playback in MP4.

MPC-BE (Media Player Classic - Black Edition) is a free and well thought-out video player which has taken a lot from other open source projects, especially that of the original Media Player Classic.Since the program uses the code of the ever-so-successful MPC, it is fully capable of playing almost any known video file format currently available and it is also highly capable of playing back audio files without any hitches. MPC-BE can play Blu-ray dics, DVD discs and other optical or solid state media.The user interface of MPC-BE is very easy to use and includes all of the main basic controls of other media players (such as play, stop, pause, etc.) along with a ton of other tools for viewing media such as options for controlling aspect ratio, zoom, filters, shaders and volume output. Almost everything can be controlled with hotkeys and many adjustments can be assigned to mouse operation include the mouse wheel.MPC-BE can also select different "Rendering Settings", control color management (Input Type, Ambient Light, VSync, etc.) and can also tweak your GPU for enhanced video playback.Since MPC-BE is a highly customizable and powerful media player, it can take a little while to get used to so many options but after getting accustomed to its features, MPC-BE is certainly a valuable program to have installed.Overall, MPC-BE is an excellent media player that most power users would enjoy.Features of MPC-BEAudio: Support for many audio codecs, including DTS and TrueHD.Audio Effects: Ability to add audio effects such as reverb, echo and flanger.Audio Equalizer: Built-in 10-band equalizer for audio.Bookmarks: Ability to create and manage bookmarks.Capture: Ability to capture frames from videos.Customization: Ability to customize playback settings and user interface.Filters: Ability to use custom filters to adjust video and audio.Interface: Easy-to-use, modern interface with dark theme.Playback: Smooth, high-quality playback of many video and audio formats.Playlist: Ability to create and manage playlists.Screenshots: Take screenshots of videos while playing.Subtitles: Ability to load external subtitles.Video: Support for many video codecs, including HEVC and 10-bit.Video Effects: Ability to add video effects such as brightness, contrast and deinterlacing.Compatibility and LicenseMPC-BE is a free application released under the GPLv3 license on Windows from video players. With software released under the open source GPLv3 license, anybody can download, install, run and distribute the software with little in terms of restrictions. The latest version we have is 1.7.2 and is available to download here.

I have been editing my GH5 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 V-Log L videos and noticed that when I export the videos to DNxHR 4K 10-bit 4:2:2, they end up looking washed out compared to how they look in After Effects. Here is what I mean

As you can see, the exported clip looks like it has less contrast and a bit washed out which isn't what I want, I want the video to look how it did in AE. Media Player Classic and Quicktime display the exported video the same way when I play it back.

I could be wrong, but what I think is happening is that the video on import is being set to video levels and exported to full data levels. When I import a clip into Davinci Resolve it has the option to let me choose whether it is in video or data levels and when I choose data levels it displays the blacks and white levels correctly but video levels seem to look more like what After Effects is showing.

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