Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open source audio
and video player for Windows. MPC-HC is based on the original Guliverkli project
and contains a lot of additional features and bug fixes.

MPC-HC is passing through very hard times. We never had many developers and a couple weeks ago
the main developer who was responsible of maintaining our internal filters code base decided
to stop contributing to MPC-HC and to create a new fork of the project based on a different,
more closed, style of development.

Now we are in dire need of new developers of any kind. If you can code a little, or you can create
logos for the player and images for the file associations, or you can create/maintain the main
website, please join our IRC channel and talk to us. If you think your skills are lacking,
let us be the judge; any help is always appreciated.
Find some easy ticket on our trac page, fix the problem, post the patch on trac or come on IRC
and we'll review it for you.

We care about keeping an open project open and free for contributions wherever they may come from.


Main Features:
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* Option to remove tearing
* Better support for Windows Vista/7, including a 64-bit build
* Support for EVR/EVR CP (Enhanced Video Renderer)
* Supports most types of subtitles including BD .sup files
* Playback and recording of television, if a supported TV tuner is installed
* OSD info (On Screen Display)
* Multi-Monitor support
* Various pixel shaders
* Color management
* 23 translations available


Supported Operating Systems:
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* Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7 32-bit/64-bit


System Requirements:
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* An SSE capable CPU
* The latest DirectX 9.0c runtime (June 2010). Install it regardless of
  the operating system, they all need it.
  Web installer:  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35
  Full:           http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8109


Links:
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Website:           http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net
Project Page:      http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/
GoogleCode mirror: http://code.google.com/p/mpc-hc/source/list
GitHub mirror:     https://github.com/mpc-hc
IRC Channel:       #mpc-hc / #mpc-hc-dev at Freenode (http://webchat.freenode.net/)
Help and Support:  http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mpc-hc/
Donations:         http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=170561


For the people involved in the development, see Authors.txt.
MPC-HC's code is licensed under GPL v3 (see COPYING.txt).

Translations are done by various translators (see Authors.txt).


MPC-HC makes use of the following third-party code:

Project             License                    Version                  Website
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATL Server          Ms-LPL                     -                        http://atlserver.codeplex.com/
Bento4              GPLv2                      1.2.3-387 (modified)     http://zebulon.bok.net/trac/Bento4
CFileVersionInfo    -                          19 Jun '02 (modified)    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1502/CFileVersionInfo-Retrieving-a-File-s-full-Version
CLineNumberEdit     -                          12 May '04 (modified)    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6385/Controls-in-controls-A-line-numbering-edit-box
CSizingControlBar   GPLv2                      2.45                     http://www.datamekanix.com/sizecbar/
Detours             MSR-SSLA                   3.0 build 316            http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/detours/
FFmpeg              GPLv2                      72261fa git              http://www.ffmpeg.org/
liba52              GPLv2                      0.7.4 cvs                http://liba52.sourceforge.net/
libdca              GPLv2                      0.0.5 r90                http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html
libflac             GPLv2 / New BSD License    1.2.1                    http://flac.sourceforge.net/
libmpeg2            GPLv2                      0.3.2 (modified)         http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
libogg              New BSD License            1.3.0                    http://www.xiph.org/
libpng              libpng License             1.5.10                   http://libpng.sourceforge.net/
Little CMS          MIT License                v2.4 git 9e246ec         http://www.littlecms.com/
Logitech SDK        -                          2.02.101                 -
MediaInfoLib        LGPLv3                     0.7.57                   http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/
MultiMon            CPOL                       28 Aug '03 (modified)    http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/multimon.aspx
pngdib              -                          3.1.0                    http://entropymine.com/jason/pngdib/
QuickTime SDK       -                          7.3                      http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/download/
RealMedia SDK       -                          -                        -
ResizableLib        Artistic License           1.3                      http://sourceforge.net/projects/resizablelib/
SoundTouch          LGPLv2.1                   1.7.0pre r142            http://www.surina.net/soundtouch/
TreePropSheet       -                          7 Mar '03 (modified)     http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3709/CTreePropSheet-A-Netscape-Visual-Studio-NET-like-P
VirtualDub          GPLv2                      1.10.2-test9             http://www.virtualdub.org/
ZenLib              Simplified BSD License     0.4.26                   http://sourceforge.net/projects/zenlib/
zlib                zlib License               1.2.7                    http://zlib.net/
