Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open source audio
and video player for Windows. MPC-HC is based on the original Guliverkli project
and contains additional features and bug fixes.


Main Features:
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* Option to remove tearing
* Better support for Windows Vista/7, including a 64-bit build
* Support for EVR/EVR CP (Enhanced Video Renderer)
* Supports most types of subtitles including BD .sup files
* Playback and recording of television if a supported TV tuner is installed
* OSD info (On Screen Display)
* Supports Multi-Monitor configuration
* Various pixel shaders
* Color management
* 22 translations available


Supported operating systems:
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* Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7 32bit/64bit


System Requirements:
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* An SSE capable CPU
* The latest DirectX 9.0c runtime (June 2010) (install it regardless of the operating system, they all need it)
  Web installer:  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35
  Full:           http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8109


Links:
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Website:          http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net
Project Page:     http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/
Mirror (faster):  http://code.google.com/p/mpc-hc/source/list
Help and Support: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/
IRC Channel:      #mpc-hc / #mpc-hc-dev at Freenode
Donations:        http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=170561


For the people involved in the development, see Authors.txt.
MPC-HC's code is licensed under GPL v3 (see COPYING.txt).

Translations are done by various translators (see Authors.txt).


MPC-HC makes use of the following 3rd party code:

Project             License                    Website
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATL Server          Ms-LPL                     http://atlserver.codeplex.com/
Bento4              GPLv2                      http://zebulon.bok.net/trac/Bento4
CFileVersionInfo    -                          -
CLineNumberEdit     -                          -
CSizingControlBar   GPLv2                      http://www.datamekanix.com/sizecbar/
Detours             MSR-SSLA                   http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/detours/
FAAD2               GPLv2                      http://www.audiocoding.com/
ffmpeg              GPLv2                      http://www.ffmpeg.org/
liba52              GPLv2                      http://liba52.sourceforge.net/
libav               GPLv2                      http://libav.org/
libdca              GPLv2                      http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html
libflac             GPLv2 / New BSD License    http://flac.sourceforge.net/
libogg              New BSD License            http://www.xiph.org/
libpng              libpng License             http://libpng.sourceforge.net/
libvorbis           New BSD License            http://www.xiph.org/
Little CMS          MIT License                http://www.littlecms.com/
Logitech SDK        -                          -
MediaInfoLib        LGPLv3                     http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/
MultiMon            CPOL                       http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/multimon.aspx
mpeg2dec            GPLv2                      http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
pngdib              -                          http://entropymine.com/jason/pngdib/
QuickTime SDK       -                          -
RealMedia SDK       -                          -
ResizableLib        Artistic License           http://sourceforge.net/projects/resizablelib/
SoundTouch          LGPLv2.1                   http://www.surina.net/soundtouch/
TreePropSheet       -                          -
VirtualDub          GPLv2                      http://www.virtualdub.org/
ZenLib              Simplified BSD License     http://sourceforge.net/projects/zenlib/
zlib                zlib License               http://zlib.net/
