# MPC-HC

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpc-hc/

10 people recommended MPC-HC in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free video player that plays most files by default, with strong HDR support and an interface fans prefer over VLC.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over VLC (1 comment in the sample): "it is still suggested over VLC in Anime circles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46469317))
- Still actively maintained (1 comment in the sample): "the currently maintained fork of MPC-HC which similarly has this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45853659))

## Other music players people recommend

- [VLC media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vlc-media-player/): 139 recommend, 31 mixed, 79 criticize
- [mpv media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpv/): 68 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Winamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winamp/): 53 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MPC-HC", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpc-hc/ (10 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.