MPC-HC for Windows

MPC-HC Team · Open source

MPC-HC (Media Player Classic Home Cinema) is a lightweight, open-source media player for Windows. It provides native playback support for all common audio and video file formats without requiring extra codec packs.

Download for Windows

github.com · Official website

✓ Official source (winget)
✓ SHA256 taken from the official repository
✓ Last checked: Nov. 4, 2026
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Version: 2.8.4
Release date: Oct. 18, 2026
License: GPL-3.0
Installer type: inno

Install from the command line

How do I use this?

Type Terminal in the Start menu and open it, paste the command (Ctrl+V or right-click) and press Enter. It uses winget, Windows' own package manager, to install the program from its official source.

winget install --id clsid2.mpc-hc -e

SHA256 (file verification)

8340eb8847006ee1efe154e3172e324565f05659439e31579ce9dff9bb6816b8

How to install

Click the official download button on this page or run 'winget install --id clsid2.mpc-hc -e' in your terminal.
Open the downloaded setup executable and select your language.
Follow the on-screen installation wizard steps.
Launch MPC-HC and select your default file associations.

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