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MPC-QTMPC-BE
Free

Free, with source code on GitHub.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL version 3.

Windows, Linux Windows
  • Familiar MPC-HC interface and behaviour
  • libmpv playback engine
  • Plays almost any audio or video format without hunting for codec packs
  • Very small and starts instantly compared with modern players
  • Aims to reproduce most, not all, MPC-HC functionality
  • Repository page gives little detail on platform builds
  • Windows only
  • Requires an SSE2 CPU and a DirectX 9.0c card with Pixel Shader 3.0
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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