Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.5.2.37 (September 15th 2025)

This version has new options to customize the toolbar buttons.
If you want to create your own toolbar design read this.

Latest stable release build: 2.5.2.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.5.2

Changes from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.12.2443
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.07

Fixes:

• A few small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.5.1.19 (August 5th 2025)

Please report if you notice any freezing issues with the latest development build.

Latest stable release build: 2.5.1.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.5.1

Changes from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-2-g30060
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.10.2418

Changes/additions/improvements:

• The internal audio decoder now supports decoding AC-4 audio. It should work ok with most streams, but certain streams (with high channel count) are not properly supported yet.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.5.0.39 (July 17th 2025)

Please report if you notice any freezing issues with this development build.

Latest stable release build: 2.5.0.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.5.0

Changes from 2.4.3 to 2.5.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.80-1-gb9116
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.9.2400

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.3.22 (June 25th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.3.6
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.3

Changes from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-29-gadffe
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.8.2392
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.04

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.2.22 (May 15th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.2
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.2

Changes from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-28-gd35a3
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.7.2387

Changes/improvements:

• Some tweaks to volume normalization algorithm.
• Adjusted clipping behavior for floating point audio when using volume boost. Should fix quality issues in some cases.
• Added warning prompt to boost that informs users about a better solution for the common issue of "voices are too quiet", which is to enable mixing in the audio decoder (and adjust center mix level).
• Improved support of .cue files that contain links to multiple audio files.

Fixes:

• Fixed a dragging issue with the exclusive mode seekbar.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.1.29 (April 18th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.1
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.1

Changes from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.4.2373
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.03
• Updated internal MPC Audio Renderer

Fixes:

• Fixed subs in SaveImage when video renderer gives topdown RGB
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.0.19 (March 18th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.0

Changes from 2.3.9 to 2.4.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-27-gd98fc
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.3.2363

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Merged play/pause into a single visible button.

Fixes:

• Fixed rare crash on certain PGS subtitles with negative position value.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.3.9.40 (February 7th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.3.9
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.3.9

Changes from 2.3.8 to 2.3.9:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.9.2318
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to hide the percentage on the volume silder.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.7 to 2.3.8:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2314
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.11

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.3.7.26 (November 26th 2024)

Latest stable release build: 2.3.7
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.3.7

Changes from 2.3.6 to 2.3.7:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2303

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Improved font scaling for text on thumbnail sheet
• Manual subtitle style edits now also work with libass

Fixes:

• Fixed OSD bug in fullscreen that occurred in 2.3.6
• Several small fixes and improvements.