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MPEG files damaged over time. How to fix?

I have a strange problem with a few MPEG files (.mp4 and .mpg). These files have been living on my hard disk for quite a long time. I also have recently copied them into a new disk, not having the ...
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Video playback lags when skipping forward/backwards with TS files for Media Player Classic

I often download video files in the TS format and watch them with Media Player classic. I often skip forward a few seconds with shortkeys. My issue is that after skipping forward, I immediately can ...
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How to turn off details being displayed in Media Player Classic?

I accidentality pressed some shortcut key and currently not able to turn this details off. How can this be turned off..? This is Media Player Classic software running in windows 10
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How to copy current timestamp to clipboard in MPC BE?

I have visited every link on the internet but cannot seem to find a solution. What I want to do is that copy the current timestamp of the video I am watching and then paste it into the Word Document ...
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Windows 7 slow at opening media files

A few days ago I encountered a strange problem that since then consistently persists, I noticed that Windows 7 all of a sudden became exceptionally slow at opening video files. I haven't got the ...
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Media Player Classic plays everything stretched/zoomed

The program sudenly started playing all videos very stretched or zoomed, not even changing the pan/scan, zoom and the like works. I re-installed my video drivers, CCCP and MPC-HC. But it persists. The ...
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navigate using arrow keys in Media Player Classic-HC

Today, I installed Media Player Classic-HC and noticed it doesn't use arrow keys for moving forward or backward. I went to View => Options => keys and made the proper changes to my need. But now, ...
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ffdshow filter cannot be selected in Media Player Classic-HC

I installed ffdshow on my Windows 8.1 x64, as you can see: My MPC-HC can't see it as an external filter: Where should I look for it?
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How do I make MPC show forced subtitles?

There is Home Cinema video player, installed directly from its site. And it can show any other subtitles in a MKV video file, but it not showing the forced ones. I can select them, but there is just ...
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What do Channel positions mean in Media Info?

I see in MPC-HC Media Info the following information: Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE What can it mean? By sense, "channel ...
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Media player classic starts at boot up CPU 100% not listed in msconfig. What is going on?

Every time I boot windows, media player classic starts running in the background (no actual MPC window opens) and hogs the CPU at 100% until I kill it. In process explorer the parent is explorer. I ...
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How can I remove a voice over translation from a movie in Media Player Classic?

On Windows XP Professional, SP3, how can I remove a voice over translation from a movie in Media Player Classic? The movie is in .avi format.
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How to restore the original MPC-BE user interface?

I must have accidentally switched to an alternate UI, presumably with a hotkey. How can I restore the original interface without clearing configuration settings?
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How to make video on media player classic more vivid? [closed]

Is there way to make video played on media player classic more vivid, like PowerDVD or Sony LCD TV ?
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Is there a 'global media cache' in Windows 7 that may be used by third party media players?

Here's the background. I don't use Windows Media Player or Media Centre, in fact both components have been 'turned off' via the 'Programs and Features' option. My media player of choice is a nightly ...
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Media Player Classic rmvb compatibility issue in Windows 7 x64 [closed]

I get this error whenever i try to run an rmvb (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) file. alt text http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3045472/image.png I've installed K-Lite Codec Pack, DirectX, and Shark codec. Is ...
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Set different subtitles colors/brightness for sdr/hdr content respectively with mpc-be?

I use mpc-be to play videos. One annoying issue is that the subtitle's colors/brightness I set for SDR content become too bright when I change to play HDR content. So I have to change subtitle's ...
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MPC Playlist not loading last played media

I have this problem in which I created a playlist with some video files and saved the mpcpl file. Now when I open this mpcpl file, instead of playing from the last position of the last running video, ...
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MPC-BE fails to render files that MPC-HC renders

I am switching to a new computer. I have MPC-HC on my old computer, but I understand that version is deprecated, so I installed MPC-BE on my new computer instead. However, I find that MPC-BE cannot ...
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Media Player Classic often fails to keep always on top

I use the latest Media Player Classic Home Cinema version (v1.7.13), and I like its Always on top feature (the player remains on top, no matter what other windows I open). Unfortunately, this (...
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Increase MPC-HC cache

I use Media Player Classic Home Cinema to watch all sorts of videos. I have a NAS where I store my files. Usually my NAS gets overloaded with requets from my server and other operations on my Main PC,...
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The Windows 7 volume slider (sndvol.exe) accesses files on my hard drive whenever I change the system volume

I'm running Windows 7 x64. Whenever I change the volume using the default taskbar volume slider (sndvol.exe), the program accesses files on my storage hard drive. This is extremely annoying because ...
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How to change the "record external input" in Fraps?

I'm using a TV to USB capture thingy called Hauppauge USB-Live2 (http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_usblive2.html) and I'm using Media Player Classic Home Cinema to view my device's output, ...
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Change video aspect ratio metadata

I have a video file whose resolution is 720x480, so the correct aspect ratio is 4:3, but when I play it, it is displayed in 16:9 ratio. I use MediaInfo to check the file and see that the Aspect Ratio ...
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Media Player Classic on Debian

I know that there are many great video players for Linux but I need MPC-HC for the specific reason that I can hide the seek bar by pressing Ctrl+1. Could MPC-HC be compiled and used under Debian ...
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Can't see subtitles with DXVA FFdshow

First of all, let me explain the layout. I've been using a CoreAVC for dual core playback. It's not that bad and if I bought it, I should use it, but I don't really like it. Why? I've got an ATI and ...
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Media Player Classic creating folder

Whenever I open a file in Media Player Classic it creates a new folder "Media Player Classic" under the folder of the file I opened. Originally it was putting a playlist in that folder, "default....
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Sometimes no sound when playing some videos

Some .mkv videos I try to play using Media Player Classic won't play audio. Those same files will play audio when played with VLC. DVD's also play without audio. This leads me to believe there ...
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Sound lags by several seconds in some movies

I'm using the K-Lite Codec Pack and Media Player Classic. In some movies (not all, so I guess it depends on codec) I've got sound lagging by several seconds, and this lags increases while movie is ...
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Media Player Classic Homecinema display problem

Recently I started having problems with Media Player Classic Homecinema. As far as I know, I didn't install any updates (or any new software actually). Also, I'm using default Windows 7 RC codecs; I ...
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