The Media Player Classic project started in 2003 with the release of the initial version and was initially published as a closed-source, which was later converted into open source.

M Edia P layer C Lassic – H ome C Inema or abbreviated MPC-HC, a version optimized with a lot more complete than the base version Media_Player Classic is one of the best player available is. There is also another version called MPC-BE (Media_Player Classic – Black Edition) released by Russian developers that is more up-to-date in appearance and layout. Low volume, high stability and full compatibility with the latest 64-bit versions of Windows are the features of these softwares.