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MPC-BE vs Light Alloy: catalog facts
MPC-BE	Light Alloy
Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3.	Free Completely free to download and use.
Windows	Windows
Plays almost any audio or video format without hunting for codec packs Very small and starts instantly compared with modern players	Portable version available Highly customisable with skins
Windows only Requires an SSE2 CPU and a DirectX 9.0c card with Pixel Shader 3.0	Windows only Official site and help are in Russian
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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