Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic is a compact media player. The application has the same look and feel as the old light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4. Underneath, however, it is a completely different application which has all the options and features one might expect from a modern media player.

Media Player Classic was created and is currently maintained by a programmer named Gabest . Gabest originally developed Media Player Classic as a closed source application, but later on he made it open source. Media Player Classic is licensed under the GNU General Public License and has its own SourceForge project called Guliverkli .

A large number of the codecs, readers, and splitters are also available separately from the Guliverkli project page.

=Features=

==VCD, SVCD and DVD playback==

This player is capable of VCD, SVCD and DVD playback, without the need to install any additional software or codecs. Media Player Classic has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for PCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio. It also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports subtitles on SVCDs and supports direct playback of VCDs and SVCDs using its VCD/SVCD/XCD Reader.

==QuickTime and RealPlayer architectures==

Although this player is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture, if installed on your computer, it can also use the QuickTime and the RealPlayer architectures to play their native files.

==Matroska and Ogg containers==

Media Player Classic supports native playback of OGM and Matroska container formats.

==TV Tuners==

MPC supports playback and recording of Television if a supported TV tuner is installed.

=See also=

*Real Alternative *QuickTime Alternative *List of media players *Comparison of media players

=External links=

*[http://gabest.org Homepage of Gabest] - the author of Media Player Classic *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ Guliverkli] - The SourceForge.net project page of Media Player Classic