Media Player Classic might look like the old Microsoft Windows Media Player 6, but is in fact one of the most used media players around.
At around a megabyte in size, the player is much more compact than VLC or any of the others.
Lets look at some of the most important and useful features that also make Media Player Classic the player of choice for many.
Make it a default player:
View > Options. Click on Formats and then chose the formats you want the MPC to be the default player.
Fixing Audio Delay:
View > Options Click on Internal Filters > Audio Switchers. Enter a value Audio Shift in milliseconds.
Boosting Audio:
View > Options Click on Internal Filters > Audio Switchers. Now drag the slider to desired position. This may cause drastic audio if you slide it way too high.
Saving Screenshots:
Pause at your desired frame and then File > Save Image. If you want thumbnails from entire video clip, click on File > Save Thumbnails. Enter a file name and the number of rows and columns you want, click Save. An Image Sheet with the thumbnails and information on the video file will be saved.
Subtitles:
Media Player Classic has supported subtitles for quite a while now. However, there are a few changes to the renderer that need to be done before you can actually view them. Click on View > Options. Choose DirectShow VMR7 or VMR9 (renderless). Click OK and restart Media Player Classic. Now open the movie you want to watch, click on File > Load Subtitle and point to the subtitle file you have. You can customize the way of subtitles are rendered. Go to View > Options > Subtitles > Default Style. Here you can set the subtitles settings such as position, font, color, transparency etc.
Quick Shortcuts:
Play/Pause : Space Bar
Stop : .
Volume Up : Up Arrow
Volume Down : Down Arrow
Full Screen : Alt + Enter
Mute : Ctrl + M
Boss Key : B
Zoom In : Numpad 9 (Page UP)
Zoom Out : Numpad 1 (End)
Increase Width : Numpad 6
Decrease Width : Numpad 4
Increase Height : Numpad 8
Decrease Height : Numpad 2
Center View : Ctrl + Numpad 5
