/MPC-BE-with-madVR

Better upscaling quality than VLC and quicker on old hardware.

MPC-BE with madVR - Better than VLC

DOWNLOAD & INSTALL

  • MPC-BE [Nightly] [Screenshot] - Media Player with Seekbar preview
  • LAV Filters - Codecs that support most formats and can use your graphics card to decode the video
  • madVR [Mirror] - Video upscaler
    • Extract to a folder you won't delete (perhaps madVR folder inside MPC-BE install directory) and run install.bat
  • Run the registry files to import optimized settings, this prioritizes which codecs to use etc.

Start MPC-BE, press the O button on your keyboard to enter Options. Select Formats from the Tree Menu to the left, then press the Video button under Association to associate video files with MPC-BE and click the Apply button to save settings. (Screenshot)

HARDWARE ACCELERATION

If you wish to playback video using the graphics card instead of the processor, see this guide.

  • AMD: DXVA2 (copy-back)
  • INTEL: Intel® QuickSync
  • NVIDIA: NVIDIA CUVID

TIPS

  • Turn off NVIDIA Share by following this guide to avoid stuttering issues.

HOTKEYS

  • Fullscreen: F (or Left Mouse Button Double Click)
  • Open File: Q
  • Go To: G
  • Cycle Audio / Subtitle: A / S
  • Display Subtitle: D
  • Options: O
  • File Properties: P
  • Zoom 50% / 100% / 200% / Auto Fit: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Exit: ESC

UNINSTALL

APPS:

  • Run uninstall.bat in the folder you unpacked madVR.zip and remove its contents
  • Uninstall LAV Filters and MPC-BE

REGISTRY:

  • Press WIN + R on your keyboard
  • Type regedit and press OK
  • Navigate to the following folders, right-click on them, and select Remove:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MPC-BE
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LAV
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\madshi