MPC FFmpeg

A simplified player based on MPC-HC 2.8.3, focused on dependable local-file playback and recovery of damaged media.

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The 64-bit (x64) build of MPC FFmpeg is included in Media Player Codec Pack Plus.

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Features

• FFmpeg software video and audio decoding.
• Stereo PCM output, with multichannel audio downmixed to stereo.
• Fixed video rendering with an explicit Windows Color Space Converter.
• Simplified menus and preferences.
• Per-user settings in %APPDATA%\MPC-FFmpeg.
• Automatic runtime detection in CWFilters beside the executable, then the executable directory.
• No LAV runtime or hardware video decoding in the playback path.

Status

Early development version. The x64 build has played our damaged-file test set successfully.

Manual audio/video track selection and embedded subtitles are not implemented. Seeking and external subtitles require further verification. UHD and HDR playback are outside the design target.

Building

See docs/Compilation.md for the inherited MPC-HC prerequisites. Build with Build-MPC-FFmpeg.ps1, supplying a matching FFmpeg shared development SDK.

.\Build-MPC-FFmpeg.ps1 -Architecture x64 -FFmpegRoot E:\ffmpeg-dev-x64 -RuntimeDependencyRoot E:\ffmpeg-portable

FFmpeg headers, import libraries and matching runtime DLLs are required. Some inherited support libraries also require the nested FFmpeg source submodule.

git submodule update --init
git -C src/thirdparty/LAVFilters/src submodule update --init --recursive -- ffmpeg

Credits and licence

Based on MPC-HC by the MPC-HC contributors: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc

The dedicated FFmpeg source module derives from CW-PlayBridge. Uses FFmpeg and the other dependencies credited in the source tree.

Distributed under the GNU GPL, version 3 or later. See COPYING.txt. Retain the applicable dependency licences and notices when distributing binaries.