download the new version Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) 2.1.2

For watching a video, you can simply drag and drop it to the player or choose to open from the File menu option as well. It has a very intuitive, clean and simple look and like mentioned earlier, the graphical interface of this software apes the look of old-days Window Media Player, so one gets quickly familiar with its working. It is compatible with: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (32-bit and 64-bit for all).

Installer also shows option to add components like Icon library and Translations, which you can choose according to your wish. Anyhow, first of all you need to choose the installer language, later select the location for program folder, choose whether to create a Start Menu folder or not, and to add additional icons like desktop icon. For instance, it asks for desktop and Start menu shortcuts in separate steps, which could have been asked in the same step. Installation of this software involves quite basic steps without showing any signs of spyware or other annoying adware, but the steps could have been minimized. This mod of MPC-HC was actually designed for home cinema usage and offers many useful features such as additional video recorders (H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2), option to remove tearing, support for playlists using UTF-8 encoding without BOM, built-in MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec, and more. Although its UI resembles the old Windows Media Player’s look but this software provides support for all common audio and video formats that are offered by other present-day media players. Media Player Classic is a compact and light-weight video player for Windows, which was initially developed as closed-source software but was later relicensed as a freeware. ' A Media Player Classic but for home cinema.'

Download the new version Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) 2.1.2