MPC-BE released (video media player)

bledd · 12 Sep 2012 at 10:23

It's a mod of the MPC-HC player.

A bit more polished, and they've added Aud/Sub buttons to the main screen.

Looks great imo

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/files/MPC-BE/

Pick either 32bit or 64bit, then download the 'installer' version.

You'll also need to update your DX9 files to use it.

Web Installer / Full installer

To get it looking like this, press 2, then Ctrl + 5, then Ctrl + 1.
[*]Press 3 to revert to default view, 1 to have super compact
To set as default video player, press o, Formats, Modify/Video, Ok

Simian · 12 Sep 2012 at 12:42

Gonna have a play when I get home!!

does it upgrade my old MPC-HC or will I have to uninstall that first???

yashiro · 12 Sep 2012 at 13:14

Looks like yet another re-skin of MPC.

bledd · 12 Sep 2012 at 14:01

yashiro said:
Looks like yet another re-skin of MPC.

Well, first there was MPC, then MPC-HC, which added a load of features.

Now this is fork from MPC-HC. The Sub button is a great addition!

Doesn't replace MPC-HC if you install it, it will sit in it's own folder.

AbsenceJam · 12 Sep 2012 at 14:27

yashiro said:
Looks like yet another re-skin of MPC.

MPC builds stopped about 6-7 years ago and then MPC-HC took over from there, there haven't been any reskins...

sadbuttrue · 12 Sep 2012 at 15:40

If I've learned anything with regards to video playback over the years - if it ain't broke, don't fix it

yashiro · 12 Sep 2012 at 16:27

I meant the -HC version.

mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 20:14

Got round to trying it and it's nicer than previous MPC-HC BE mod where the UI is swisher, you can't drag the video window by dragging the video section itself any more though, you have to drag either title bar or the grey areas of the navbar UI.

I like the new media filetype icons for mkv/avi etc though!

I've copied my pch hc ini file and enabled it on the new BE then uninstalled the old HC version.

Edit*

Liking the preview on seek bar mouseover!

Pho · 12 Sep 2012 at 22:34

I can drag around using the video pane still.

How do you enable the seek hover preview?

mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 22:36

The actual video dragging or the pane the video is in? I'm on about the video itself.

Settings > Misc for the latter.

anything I don't mind · 12 Sep 2012 at 22:45

Only problem is that you can't drag the player when in window mode without pausing it and when you do disable pause/play on leftdown then it disables move.

mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 22:49

Minor bug the drag thing though as even WMP can't be dragged from the video section itself. Oh well!

Pho · 12 Sep 2012 at 23:06

mrk said:
The actual video dragging or the pane the video is in? I'm on about the video itself.

Settings > Misc for the latter.

Ah, I was thinking pane.

Am I being stupid?

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mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 23:08

Oh no, NO!

Interface, not Misc

bledd · 12 Sep 2012 at 23:23

The old behaviour you could drag it by the video, I'm sure you can tweak the controls to add this feature (without it pausing).

I'll check tomorrow

Pho · 12 Sep 2012 at 23:45

Aha, cheers

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I had to restart MPC for it to work also.

anything I don't mind · 13 Sep 2012 at 00:12

I made a post on the forum of the software about the window drag problem, that is realy big deal for me :| lol

mrk · 13 Sep 2012 at 01:09

If you just open MPC BE so the logo is showing you can drag then but if you play a video you can't drag using the video area.

Must be a bug

dillingerdan · 13 Sep 2012 at 03:49

That MIGHT be a consequence of you using the ini from the old player. I couldnt move the player by touching the video itself on old version of mpc hc and the old be before it was abandoned. I prefer that way TBH, this version doesnt seem to have that ability. Might have to check out the ini and compare it to my hc install.

CaptainCrash · 13 Sep 2012 at 08:11

groen said:
Only problem is that you can't drag the player when in window mode without pausing it and when you do disable pause/play on leftdown then it disables move.

If you click twice (not double-click, which in its default setting will toggle fullscreen mode), and hold the left button down on the second click, you can drag the window after the video has resumed playing - not a solution exactly, but perhaps a usable workaround if you need that capability.