A multimedia player with a similar interface to Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4, but has many more features specific for DivX playback.
A "HomeCinema" edition of MPC is also available with some additional features:
Anti tearing option
Jitter tests - In VMR9 renderless and EVR custom pres. mode it's possible to display a jitter curve using "Ctrl+J" shortcut. This curve show difference between the moment one frame was expected to be displayed, and the moment it was really displayed.
Subtiles synchronisation
Shuttle PN31 remote control support
OSD (On Screen Display) - When video output is VMR9 or EVR, MPC can displays some informations on screen (remaining time, volume, audio track, subtitle, …).
Playing back .MP4 H.264 encoded movies:
Use VideoLAN which has a built in .MP4 reader and H.264 decoder
For more information on how to play back, encode and convert MP4 files, please refer to our MP4 Usage Guide
The official change log for version Version 6.4.9.1 (20080104) is as follows:
MPC: The INITIAL value of the setting "Auto-load subtitles" will now default to OFF when DirectVobSub is detected as installed and to ON when DirectVobSub is not found.
MPC: Restored the subtitle database functionality and updated it with a working URL.