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MPC-HC

by MPC-HC Team · GPL-3.0

100/100how this is calculated

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.

Record

Latest version
2.8.0
Release date
10 Aug 2026
Official page
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc
Package identifier
clsid2.mpc-hc

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones MPC-HC Team declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what MPC-HC Team published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "MPC-HC.2.8.0.x64.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "MPC-HC.2.8.0.x64.exe"

Expected output

ef6b884916b63b314b0a5a1b9f52ffddabdc0084d861999eb23b1ffc6ead66ad

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Uninstall MPC-HC cleanly

Every guide on this tells you to hunt for the product code with Get-WmiObject or in the registry. You do not need to: it is published in the installer manifest, and it is printed below.

Product code · 32-bit

{2624B969-7135-4EB1-B0F6-2D8C397B45F7}_is1

Uninstall, with the usual prompts

msiexec /x {2624B969-7135-4EB1-B0F6-2D8C397B45F7}_is1

Silent, for deployment

msiexec /x {2624B969-7135-4EB1-B0F6-2D8C397B45F7}_is1 /qn /norestart

Product code · 64-bit

{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1

Uninstall, with the usual prompts

msiexec /x {2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1

Silent, for deployment

msiexec /x {2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1 /qn /norestart

The product code changes with every version

The codes above belong to MPC-HC 2.8.0, the version in our index. If you have an older release installed, its code is different and this command will report that the product is not installed. In that case run Get-Package -Name "MPC-HC*" in PowerShell to read the code of what you actually have.

This removes the program as the publisher packaged it. Settings and files created after installation, typically under AppData, are deliberately left behind by the uninstaller and have to be deleted by hand if you want them gone.

Reinstalling and hitting error 1638? That is this same product code, and the command above is the fix.

Product codes for every program we index, with the msiexec switches and how to read the code off your own machine.

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance2 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 0 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredGPL-3.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Opens 126 file types

Extensions MPC-HC registers itself to handle.

Is MPC-HC safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from github.com, which is a domain we have tied to MPC-HC Team.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 MPC-HC Team declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install MPC-HC with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id clsid2.mpc-hc --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id clsid2.mpc-hc

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of MPC-HC20 with hashes

The version history of MPC-HC, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

2.7.4

released 20 Jul 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.7.4.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    B6ECC79004E4071A92B3EE7F98F38E331D27F66ED503F3B67765391CF9CAFB1B

  • MPC-HC.2.7.4.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    1B8626375BCD886FB2B53107DA8DA6F61BF9BC7DDF1E30DA9A307C3AC7E1E2AD

2.7.3

released 16 Jun 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.7.3.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    AC55E9D05824F8191FBC2A6AFFBBD4B8A32498284281A18A6EC5ECC3AB709197

  • MPC-HC.2.7.3.2.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    A2F07D689FCBEF391EABA6994251CA05D3143E0260AB024052C0BD3D0E330B4A

2.7.2

released 04 Jun 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.7.2.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    DA6AE64B4758C933E3955977ED514D78C902F174D5FD0866845CD84FC30EE04A

  • MPC-HC.2.7.2.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    A9D4110A9A6F8217828CF0BE2F8D7994157C93B5F46D670DC69345AC4E6CB902

2.7.1

released 20 Apr 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.7.1.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    3C41D72027899F7BD198D88DC510AEBC1E1594920C14569582A9EC03809833B0

  • MPC-HC.2.7.1.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    DE43946A7440E01B618A8FA7B3947DF9A48A978665AFAB5494424D460890CD3E

2.7.0

released 04 Apr 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.7.0.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    0CAED8F957A41C2D8C9BBFEF9250C3287B09A292578B05781F37316589EE8672

  • MPC-HC.2.7.0.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    F308060E94405AA605E233F13934550D9D16303FA86224CD0AA59EBDD49A74FE

2.6.4

released 19 Mar 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.6.4.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    15A0BC3C6B5D64F17E9E04F82A61E8530B7A782249DEB8E32E68CA3B3A79BEAB

  • MPC-HC.2.6.4.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    C62D84827C62981C0B4231F72B9B0E8F5F6E46F28A29D98F5F590970A05A5481

2.6.3

released 03 Mar 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.6.3.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    DBE6D0F5BE0010F76AFFC0AC31D1317764FE77AE72FA442A0AC55A24AFF66C4C

  • MPC-HC.2.6.3.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    E087BBF92EA257A887BC9420A070EBE55879B7AF026BE6E01933161BE5E2DEA4

2.6.2

released 16 Feb 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.6.2.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    359D065086BD63E50C093A38C369771A1C24EA9192E5397B9C3F991605D85A5F

  • MPC-HC.2.6.2.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    2DD4B501356E8E06EE9689CF0061FD2A491F498145002ED27AE017A1C709EB88

2.6.1

released 27 Jan 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.6.1.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    FECFFC289AA63B51329D3035DA4FEC794B619729521B76549A40E29ED1539E5F

  • MPC-HC.2.6.1.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    A19F1EDFB850B3A4C3942E7DC54CB7C99EBDAFFCFD37851D1FBDB01B30F2402E

2.6.0

released 07 Jan 2026
  • MPC-HC.2.6.0.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    AB1148815E78B9FA7AFD088247B0EF2201A6430D529A4389CFCAC448EC87C5B4

  • MPC-HC.2.6.0.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    1EDEECDE192EC49D565B2F52721C975C1CAE9A270E37C4F3A9FF78B4A5FE5A58

2.5.6

released 04 Dec 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.6.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    A2F51C32F5FDDDCA717E10D61898D9B3FEBABD1BD64DD171E001E9CE2D44C54A

  • MPC-HC.2.5.6.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    EB07395404D346AB8CD56D9C5326798D919CF5D0829A0FBD5299DE75B2A9AF37

2.5.5

released 03 Nov 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.5.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    878DF787AA6BDB6911F18AAE33B741EB5E36C72B4BC3CEF490C1B1415DFB8F0B

  • MPC-HC.2.5.5.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    815B219476FE183E10CEA587231E674D387D4934DD4F721C35A4D0DDC1C5B090

2.5.4

released 01 Oct 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.4.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    C4519BC26826B5587AB227FB76ACAA0A171E470CB72D4EC04F80E791842E44F4

  • MPC-HC.2.5.4.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    EFE911C7B60427DC6CE7AC02230CA4F56EC211BF9EE5A96ED04CF2D7E1FE3872

2.5.3

released 16 Sept 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.3.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    77C26E8B6A009004C9C2C79454E5A7A9DD644DD513436147BD12D015DC546C81

  • MPC-HC.2.5.3.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    E0C9E8310B8AB44B68632569E6CCE9E0294403EFA7D3104C99F86622E054F1CD

2.5.2

released 12 Aug 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.2.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    230ED941FA454767FFD2142CC30ED59461AC436929D9679993644DB2400D1E2C

  • MPC-HC.2.5.2.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    35FDE83B5E9B469A9A4AFBDEEE0792278E151ADDCAA089219D877C03324B46FC

2.5.1

released 19 Jul 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.1.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    B6470CE518D3C739DB0589175E9D5726A38B9CF4EFC8BB360AE58F459E5D8805

  • MPC-HC.2.5.1.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    899CC5E51532C6D8E2A57309D95C10013FF8BAED5CB375A6EBF070C4FB76E56F

2.5.0

released 27 Jun 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.5.0.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    C39E9A831B6E09611A7FA157037180D92F851D89DA663E53FA8D4AD244CA2A8F

  • MPC-HC.2.5.0.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    BBE3A5E0BE0CE67925414E864875D18186ED1B1B09187DC08B933085036F5225

2.4.3

released 21 May 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.4.3.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    800AEFC9F5E482202DA441C9902D3B16EAC78AA01E8F71187EF7A7C7899FA10A

  • MPC-HC.2.4.3.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    134ED6AF35222355722331931B004FF3DDC1603A51273E824ED13CE6F00EA931

2.4.2

released 19 Apr 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.4.2.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    B763E1CFAD8DF46089904C91E6AFB75BFF38FF9CF28B192BB86AE7FEB4E10F87

  • MPC-HC.2.4.2.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    9B42A80513516D4C8F30C1C0E84DBCCDF80FFEEB1C73FA4B65B10416B817C2F4

2.4.1

released 22 Mar 2025
  • MPC-HC.2.4.1.x86.exe32-bitofficial URL

    B94F3CC4F797A1B22A2886B2242F71A1282C876C87B0002EA0540E8AC12F15C1

  • MPC-HC.2.4.1.x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    59BEF2015DF6ECAB254A97EA869A6C5DF4195E02E90E96D37C7A1199D4E6FAC6

Earlier releases20 more

The file names, so you can tell what you have. Their hashes are in the hash checker and in the downloadable archive.

  • 2.4.0MPC-HC.2.4.0.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.4.0.x64.exe
  • 2.3.9MPC-HC.2.3.9.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.9.x64.exe
  • 2.3.8MPC-HC.2.3.8.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.8.x64.exe
  • 2.3.7MPC-HC.2.3.7.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.7.x64.exe
  • 2.3.6MPC-HC.2.3.6.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.6.x64.exe
  • 2.3.5MPC-HC.2.3.5.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.5.x64.exe
  • 2.3.4MPC-HC.2.3.4.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.4.x64.exe
  • 2.3.3MPC-HC.2.3.3.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.3.x64.exe
  • 2.3.2MPC-HC.2.3.2.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.2.1.x64.exe
  • 2.3.1MPC-HC.2.3.1.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.1.x64.exe
  • 2.3.0MPC-HC.2.3.0.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.3.0.x64.exe
  • 2.2.1MPC-HC.2.2.1.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.2.1.x64.exe
  • 2.2.0MPC-HC.2.2.0.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.2.0.x64.exe
  • 2.1.7.2MPC-HC.2.1.7.2.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.7.2.x64.exe
  • 2.1.6MPC-HC.2.1.6.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.6.x64.exe
  • 2.1.5MPC-HC.2.1.5.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.5.x64.exe
  • 2.1.4MPC-HC.2.1.4.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.4.x64.exe
  • 2.1.3MPC-HC.2.1.3.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.3.x64.exe
  • 2.1.2MPC-HC.2.1.2.x86.exe · MPC-HC.2.1.2.x64.exe
  • 2.0.0MPC-HC.2.0.0.x64.exe · MPC-HC.2.0.0.x86.exe

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record59

Every MPC-HC version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 2.8.0
  • 2.7.4
  • 2.7.3
  • 2.7.2
  • 2.7.1
  • 2.7.0
  • 2.6.4
  • 2.6.3
  • 2.6.2
  • 2.6.1
  • 2.6.0
  • 2.5.6
  • 2.5.5
  • 2.5.4
  • 2.5.3
  • 2.5.2
  • 2.5.1
  • 2.5.0
  • 2.4.3
  • 2.4.2
  • 2.4.1
  • 2.4.0
  • 2.3.9
  • 2.3.8
  • 2.3.7
  • 2.3.6
  • 2.3.5
  • 2.3.4
  • 2.3.3
  • 2.3.2
  • 2.3.1
  • 2.3.0
  • 2.2.1
  • 2.2.0
  • 2.1.7.2
  • 2.1.6
  • 2.1.5
  • 2.1.4
  • 2.1.3
  • 2.1.2
  • 2.0.0
  • 1.9.24
  • 1.9.23
  • 1.9.22
  • 1.9.21.2
  • 1.9.20
  • 1.9.19
  • 1.9.18
  • 1.9.17
  • 1.9.16
  • 1.9.15
  • 1.9.14
  • 1.9.13
  • 1.9.12
  • 1.9.11
  • 1.9.10
  • 1.9.9
  • 1.9.6
  • 1.9.5

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Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/c/clsid2/mpc-hc/2.8.0