Media Player Classic: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Media Player Classic is a compact media player. The application has the same feel and look as the old light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4. Underneath, however, it is a completely different application which has all the options and features one might expect from a modern media player.

Media Player Classic was created by and is currently maintained by a programmer named "Gabest." Gabest originally developed Media Player Classic as a closed source application, but later on he made it open source. Media Player Classic is licensed under the GPL and has its own SourceForge.net project called Guliverkli.

A large number of the built-in codecs, readers and splitters are also available seperately from the Guliverkli project page.

Features

VCD, SVCD and DVD playback

This player is capable of VCD, SVCD and DVD playback, without the need to install any additional software or codecs. Media Player Classic has build-in codecs for MPEG-2 video with support for subtitles and codecs for LPCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio. It also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports subtitles on SVCD's and supports direct playback of VCD's and SVCD's using its VCD/SVCD/XCD Reader.

QuickTime and RealPlayer architectures

Although this player is primarily based on the DirectShow architecture, if installed on your computer, it can also use the QuickTime and the RealPlayer architectures to play their native files.

Matroska and Ogg containers

Media Player Classic supports native playback of OGM and MKV files.