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Media players are a dime a dozen, which makes it hard for them to stand out from the crowd. Media Player Classic Home Cinema is another contender in the category, but its glitchy performance failed to impress us enough to make the switch from our current player.
The program's user interface is as basic as it gets, which isn't a bad thing. A menu runs across the top of the window, offering navigational options: File, View, Play, Navigate, Favorites, and Help. A bar with buttons for playing, pausing, stopping, and skipping forward and backward resides at the bottom of the window. We started by inserting a DVD. Since it wasn't our default player, we had to find and open it in the player. The DVD started playing without any issues, but when we clicked the Stop button and then the Play button to resume, rather than start where it left off, the DVD started from the beginning. We tried it again several times only to have the same outcome. Help is available through a link that takes you to the Support page on the program's Web site. From there, a link takes you to a Web site to obtain documentation in various languages, but the idea of downloading a file from an unknown site doesn't exactly spell "security."
Media Player Classic Home Cinema installs and uninstalls cleanly. Overall, there were just too many issues with the program to warrant a recommendation from us.
Publisher's Description
From Media Player Classic - Homecinema:
Media Player Classic Home Cinema is a light-weight media player for Windows. It looks just like Windows Media Player v6.4, but has many additional features. You can use the player as a Media Player Classic Home Theater.
It has built-in codecs for MPEG-2 video and codecs for LPCM, MP2, AC3 and DTS audio, and also contains an improved MPEG splitter that supports playback of VCDs and SVCDs using its VCD, SVCD, or XCD Reader. An AAC decoding filter makes MPC suitable for AAC playback in MP4.
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All versions:
3.8 starsout of 66 votes
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Current version:
4.0 starsout of 13 votes
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My rating:
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"great.. plays anything have !"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
interface options and plays anything I throw at it
Cons
none.... its a great player better than the new version.
Summary
if you like windows players this is the one.... and its free !!!
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"Best player"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
My favorite player for windows, I use them about 5 years. With FF-codecs plays everything.
Cons
No problems
Summary
Never with no problems, review cnet nonsense. 3/5 you seriously? VLC much worse it ... and has a lot of problems with the 264 codec and security buffer. And vlc has 5/5 ... Burn in hell cnet.
Also, the fastest player, uses minimum system resources, has a 64-bit version.
Updated on Jul 29, 2011
Also there is a shutdown automation after watching the video... -
"You'll be surprised."
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
It's very decent.
Cons
It needs constant updating.
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"My preferred media player"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
This software plays media other players don't... Easy to use.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
I'm a simple guy - this software is easy to operate and works when other programs I've use don't work (or well!)! My media player of choice now.
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"Quite a pleasant player"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
Sometimes I use this interchangeably with GOM player;
Classic Home Cinema's downloaded video looks as good
as that of GOM.Cons
But it does not have as fine an audio replay as GOM.
Upper and lower registers are not as well defined.Summary
It's tidy--can jump from a small screen to a large one as well as with GOM player.
As I mentioned before, this is a nice player, just not as clear or full-volume as GOM player.
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"Good player"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
Play a lot of formats and it's free. Subtitles!
Cons
I have nothing to say against this program
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"works great"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
easy ,smooth operation
Cons
none, no problem
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"Works better than the new version"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
easy to navigate
Cons
kinda clunky in the overall looks department
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"it is very good"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
it is very good
Cons
it is very good
Summary
it is very good
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"Fast and free - a great combo!!"
Version: Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.5.1.2903
Pros
Fast, free, full of options, simple interface.
Cons
No problems at all
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