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Type Rating Reviews MPC-HCNEW VERSION 2.5.6Media Player Classic Home Cinema(MPC-HC) is a free audio and video player for Windows. The new Media Player Classic Home Cinema has Anti tearing option, Subtitle synchronisation, Support Vista 64bits and more, Additional video decoders and in particular H.264 and VC-1 with DXVA support (see specific section for details), Better support for Windows 10, including a release for 64 bits platform, Support for EVR renderer, Bugs and vulnerability fixes. Requires Windows Vista or newer. Free softwareOS: File size: 21MBPortable versionOther versionsOld versionsVersion historyAlternative software 9.2/10 170 votes Rate it 172 reviews 25 712 488 views Post review Notify me Report it Screenshots Latest version 2.5.6 (December 4, 2025)
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Visit developer's siteDownload MPC-HC 2.5.6 64-bit 22MBWin64 Download Portable and other versions Download MPC-HC 2.5.6 Portable 64-bit 29MBWin64 Portable
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Download MPC-HC old versions Archive Software License Free software / FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Supported operating systems Windows More information and other downloads Download the old official MPC-HC 1.7.13 here (for Windows XP) or more old versions here
Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New
2.5.6 Changes from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6: Updates: Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.18.2480 Changes/improvements: Added an option to adjust alignment of the toolbar buttons. It is now possible to align to middle of window. When playing a rar archive that contains multiple media files, it is now possible to skip to next/previous file within the archive. Fixes: Several small fixes and improvements. View full changelog
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View all guides with guide description here Acronyms / Also Known AsMPC-HC, MPC HC, MPCHC, MPC Home Cinema, Media Player Classic HomeCinema, MPC HomeCinema Download MPC-HC Portable download from the Download links under Download and Download other versions! Notify me when software updated or report software Email me when it has been updated Report this software (dead link/new version)
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Report! I changed from Windows 10 to Windows 11. PC with 2 displays (PC monitor + TV; NVidia Geforce 4060, latest driver; Windows 11 25H2 with latest updates). My workfloww ist the same since many many years: Open MPC-HC on PC monitor in window mode (save window size and window position checked in MPC-HC options) > double-click into running video > full screen video on TV > double-click into running video > window mode on PC monitor. So far so good. BUT: Since Windows 11 double-click into video on TV causes the window to collapse to half its size on PC monitor. If you double-click again for full screen on TV an again for window mode on PC monitor, the window collapses again in half of the half size you had before. You can do so again an again, every double-click in full screen mode causes a new reduction by half of the window on PC monitor. In the end, you only have a tiny window on your PC monitor where you can no longer see the video. If you want to have your prefered size of MPC-HC window on PC you have to fix the size manually after every full screen mode on TV. I tried several earlier versions of MPC-HC it's all the same bug. I also tried a lot of different settings together or without the "zoom" option in MPC-HC - always the same bug. Also the same if you install MPC-HC on a new clear Windows 11. It seems that the options "save window size and save window position" in MPC-HC don't work on windows 11 with 2 monitors and full screen video on the second monitor. Review by on Oct 24, 2025 Version: 2.5.4 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10 Report! Rating by on Jun 6, 2025 Version: 2.4.3 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10 Report! It's beyond great, it's a great video player, it's super. Review by bilek on Jan 17, 2025 Version: 2.3.9 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10 Report! Rating by Guillaume on Nov 29, 2024 Version: 2.3.8 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10 Report! Rating by keenyoness on Oct 29, 2024 Version: 2.3.7 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10
File size: 21MBPortable versionOther versionsOld versionsVersion historyAlternative software 9.2/10 170 votes Rate it 172 reviews 25 712 488 views Post review Notify me Report it Screenshots 
Latest version 2.5.6 (December 4, 2025) 
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