MPC-QT
A cross-platform multimedia player built with Qt and libmpv that reproduces the classic Media Player Classic Home Cinema interface
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| + | Multiple Playlists | Keeps every show or album in its own separate playlist that remembers its last-played file, allowing users to track progress across many series without a spreadsheet. |
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| + | Seekbar Video Preview | Displays a thumbnail preview of the frame under the cursor when hovering over the seek bar, letting users jump to the right moment without repeated scrubbing. |
| + | Online Video Playback | Streams video from online platforms through an integrated yt-dlp backend, enabling playback of web videos without a separate download step. |
| + | Quick Queuing | Lets users pull selected tracks out for out-of-order playback within a playlist, enabling on-the-fly listening changes without rearranging or breaking the original list. |
| + | Multi-threaded Playlist Search | Searches playlist entries across multiple threads at once, so users can filter large playlists down to the desired track almost instantly. |
| + | Custom Screenshot Templates | Builds screenshot filenames from a configurable template of metadata fields, allowing users to keep captures consistently organized and labeled. |
| + | Custom Metadata Display | Shows configurable metadata such as artist or encoder alongside the title in the playlist window, helping users identify tracks without opening a separate properties dialog. |
| + | MPRIS Media Key Support | Integrates with the Linux MPRIS protocol to receive multimedia key signals, allowing playback control from external keyboards, remotes, or desktop widgets. |
| + | Built-in Web Interface | Exposes an MPC-HC-compatible web server restricted to localhost by default, enabling browser-based remote control of the player from other apps or scripts on the same machine. |
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Platform
Desktop
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System Requirements
| # | Minimum |
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| 1 | Windows 10 |
| # | Minimum |
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| 1 | Ubuntu 22.04 or newer (AppImage baseline) |
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Notes
- MPC-QT is a reimplementation of Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) that uses libmpv instead of the DirectShow backend.
- Compatible with the SmoothVideo Project (SVP) frame-interpolation tool via mpv’s JSON IPC — see the project’s README Q&A for setup.