Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Antichrist reviewed v1.5.0 on Dec 6, 2016

I prefer this to the standard Media Player Classic (I prefer MPC to all other media players) because I can turn off subtitles from the main bar, amongst other tweaks. The 64-bit version finally seems stable and is what I use now. I like Shark007's packages because he keeps them up-to-date AND has an installer for it that includes MadVR if your computer has a bit more power to run that:

http://shark007.net/tools.html

I used to use K-Lite and quit that, then Kawaii Codec Pack with MPC-BE because they had an installer with MadVR, but they haven't updated in a long time.

jr5280 reviewed v1.5.0.1783 Beta on Aug 11, 2016

FYI: With version 1.5.0, MPC-BE will no longer support Windows XP -- this according to the latest beta changelog.

ikzelf reviewed v1.5.0.1783 Beta on Aug 11, 2016

I never wanted to use it because of it's BLACK interface.

humbleuser reviewed v1.4.6.1478 Beta on May 7, 2016

I've always liked MPC but I agree that this is not as smooth as it could be. I'll stick with VLC.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v1.4.6.1034 Beta on Jan 7, 2016

this 32 bit version plays smoother... most codec's are optimized for 32 bit

I would give this 10 stars

CyberDoc999 reviewed v1.4.5.428 Beta on May 28, 2015

the 32 bit version of BE plays smoother on my computer

Zoroaster reviewed v1.4.4.265 Beta on Mar 26, 2015

It would be nice if Betanews Fileforum added the download link for Media Player Classic - BE' 64-bit build as well... odd to have to move from here to the download site just to download the 64-bit application.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v1.4.3.5151 Beta on Jul 26, 2014

this is the king of media players
there is NO PUP in this

OmAleY reviewed v1.4.3.5091 Beta on Jul 10, 2014

Why not just use VLC Media Player???

It seems to be soooo much better.

smokingbeagle reviewed v1.4.3.5091 Beta on Jul 10, 2014

Contains PUP Open Candy. Thanks MBAM

jamesmeyer reviewed v1.4.3.5081 Beta on Jul 9, 2014

The Classic Media Player is one of the oldest media player and in my opinion works better than new ones. Thank you for the update!

Mirage_Etoile reviewed v1.4.3.5001 Beta on Jun 22, 2014

It works smooth since years , thanks for the incoming updates and keep up the good job guys !!!

smaragdus reviewed v1.4.3.4778 Beta on Apr 7, 2014

@Zoroaster
You are welcome. In fact I encountered the same problem, contacted one of the developers and he kindly informed me that MPC-BE required DirectX Redistributable June 2010 to run flawlessly (another player that requires DirectX Redistributable 9 is one of the tiniest ones- 1337player- only 210 KB).

By the way MPC-BE is playing YouTube videos quite well.

Zoroaster reviewed v1.4.2 on Apr 3, 2014

@smaragdus, thank you very much :)
I downloaded/installed as you mention the DirectX Redistributable June 2010 9.29.1974 (DirectX End-User Runtimes), and MPC-BE x64 runs, I mean it runs very nicely & fast.
I believed that DirectX 11 installed would handle everything before it... obviously this is not my domain. It wouldn't have been for your remark I'd still be ignorant about this procedure.
All is well that starts well! -- Thanks again.
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Media Player Classic BE 1.4.2 is really a very nice product, and I weigh every one of these words.

smaragdus reviewed v1.4.2 on Apr 2, 2014

@Zoroaster
MPC-BE requires DirectX Redistributable June 2010 9.29.1974 (DirectX End-User Runtimes) - http://www.microsoft.com...ad/details.aspx?id=8109

Zoroaster reviewed v1.4.1 on Mar 28, 2014

This new version continues to display "The installed DirectX End-User Runtime is outdated", when the system has latest DirectX 11. I wonder if the player is not searching for DirectX 10, instead of >9 ...
MPC BE 64-bit on Win7 64-bit
Other users encounter the same issue. Boring. A pity because the player would be just fine without this problem.

reddy.shyam reviewed v1.4.1 on Mar 26, 2014

Apart from not seeing anything new visually (may be the reason its called black edition), it just keeps getting better and better. Just plays everything flawlessly. Thanks to the developers.

some guy reviewed v1.3.1.1 Dev Build 4517 on Feb 26, 2014

fantastic light weight simple player great for lower end computers fires right up !

FileDevil reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 22, 2012

Great MPC fork. I don't now how they did it but now I can finally watch 1080p videos on my wife crappy netbook. Btw , 70 background images for MPC-BE are here: http://dev.mpc-next.ru/index.php/topic,774.0.html

reddy.shyam reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 22, 2012

Terrific player! Truely light on resources and quick on startup. Used to use potplayer, no issues with it but MPC BE is lighter and quicker. Hence my switch over.

Kudos to the author!

RitoSwan reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 22, 2012

BE stands for Black Edition, and yes it is by far, together with MPC-HC the most versatile lightwight player. Great stuff !

Remax reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 21, 2012

This is the best light weight and most universal Video Player.

Qlib reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 21, 2012

Finally MPC-BE is on Betanews.. about time.. and yea.. great player.. got some improvements over MPC-HC as well (beyond not looking like it was made in 1995)... will be interesting to see these two battle it out..

Zoroaster reviewed v1.0.3.1 on Oct 19, 2012

The quiz is: what does BE mean? In fact it's related to the GUI which, compared to the traditional MPC is ... a great improvement. But there's more than a pretty face in this application. As a non-techie what I can objectively say nevertheless is that it handles more extensions that its model (webm for instance, even if MPC runs it, not included as a default), and it is definitely snappier. From what I've read there are several improvements as a whole, even bug fixes, but that's above my skills to confirm/explain.