# mpc-qt/mpc-qt

Media Player Classic Qute Theater

Repository: https://github.com/mpc-qt/mpc-qt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mpc-qt
Homepage: https://mpc-qt.github.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: mpv, player, media-player, cross-platform, media-player-classic, clone, qt, audio-player, video-player
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:56:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1884, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 55, "gap_med": 156.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1072, forks 59 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:15.292524+00:00)

## What it is
Media Player Classic Qute Theater (MPC-QT) is a cross-platform desktop media player that reimplements the Media Player Classic Home Cinema interface using Qt and plays media through libmpv. It adds improvements over MPC-HC such as multiple playlists, seekbar video previews, online video playback via yt-dlp, and playlist searching.

## Use cases
- play local video and audio files with an MPC-HC-style interface
- watch online videos with yt-dlp support
- manage multiple playlists and track playback progress per playlist
- preview video thumbnails on the seekbar
- take screenshots with custom filename templates
- queue tracks out of order without editing the playlist

## When to choose
- you want the MPC-HC experience on Linux or cross-platform
- you prefer mpv's playback engine with a full GUI
- you need multiple playlists with per-playlist resume tracking

## When to avoid
- you need a minimal or scriptable-only player like plain mpv
- you require every MPC-HC feature, as some are still unimplemented
- you need built-in video encoding or editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: media-player, mpv, qt, mpc-hc-clone, video-player, audio-player, yt-dlp, linux

## Member repositories
- mpc-qt/mpc-qt (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.292524+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:44.339417+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mpc-qt/mpc-qt (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.292524+00:00, sha 0dc8acff118e)
  - homepage: https://mpc-qt.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:49.943749+00:00, sha 0aafc316d692)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.