MPC-QT is a Qt media player that recreates much of the interface and workflow of Media Player Classic Home Cinema while using libmpv as its playback backend. The result is a familiar desktop player for people who like the compact, menu-driven MPC style but want it on Linux and other supported platforms.
It is not intended to be a pixel-for-pixel clone. MPC-QT keeps the recognisable layout while adding its own playback and playlist features where they make sense with libmpv and a modern Qt application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Maintains multiple playlists and remembers the last played item separately for each one.
- Shows video-preview thumbnails when hovering over the seek bar for faster navigation through long files.
- Plays supported online video through yt-dlp, including available subtitle and audio tracks.
- Provides quick queuing for temporary out-of-order playback without destroying the underlying playlist order.
- Searches large playlists using multi-threaded filtering to locate tracks quickly.
- Supports custom playlist formatting so selected metadata fields can be displayed alongside each entry.
- Creates screenshots using configurable filename templates built from media information.
- Provides looped playback for repeatedly playing a selected section of audio or video.
- Lets users copy displayed subtitle text to the clipboard.
- Offers in-application styling together with light and dark desktop theme integration.
- Includes MPRIS support for Linux multimedia keys and compatible desktop media controllers.
Website: mpc-qt.github.io
Support:
Developer: The MPC-QT developers
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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