1.6.3 - 14 August 2012

New:

New webpage (http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net)
Source code moved to GitHub (https://github.com/mpc-hc)
The DirectX runtime dlls are included in the distribution packages so it’s no longer needed to install the DirectX runtime
MpegSplitter: support for DVD-Audio LPCM and MLP in .aob files
Use FFmpeg for AC3 and DTS decoding
If the icon library is modified in a way that can break the icons associated to the extensions handled by MPC-HC, MPC-HC will automatically try to fix the registry so that each extension is associated to the correct icon

Changed:

Unrar is statically linked and so MPC-HC and VSFilter no longer need the unrar dll
The Icon Library was rewritten leading to smaller size
The Output Options page was redesigned for better usability
Ticket #625, The translation dll’s size was decreased by 2/3 (uncompressed)
Ticket #2227, Hide the seek bar in capture mode
Ticket #2276, Use the new user interface on Vista and later for the Save dialogs
Ticket #2342, MPC-HC will now use the Windows theme font for the Statusbar, OSD messages and a few other places on Windows Vista and newer
Ticket #2378, Move the “Remember last playlist” option into the Options dialog

Updated:

Unrar to v4.20
MediaInfoLib to v0.7.59
ZenLib to v0.4.28
FFmpeg (git 603221e)
Little CMS to v2.4 (git eb67549)
SoundTouch to v1.7.0pre r143
Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Czech, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian translations

Fixed:

The hand cursor wasn’t shown in the web links in Keys and WebServer options page
Toolbar code cleanup and background fix for Windows XP
The last textbox used in the Goto dialog was not remembered since r3964 and r3965
Always show an error message instead of crashing when the argument of a command line switch is missing
OggSplitter: Fix crash with some files
Logitech Keyboard support updated and made optional (Options -> Tweaks)
WebServer: various bugfixes and improvements
Ticket #504, Fixed rounding errors that prevented a properly centered image and caused unneeded resizing because the video size was off by one
Ticket #2330, Fix the radio buttons in the Logo options page
Ticket #2349, Recent Files: “Clear List” did not remove all files from the list
Ticket #2356, The “With icons” and “File(s)” options in the Formats options page were not applied if no association was previously modified
Ticket #2362, [DVB] Fix the Electronic Program Guide (EPG):

Fix the parsing of the event’s information
Fix the parsing of the characters’ encoding
Fix the display of the start and end time when DST is observed

Ticket #2365, The volume slider wasn’t properly redrawn in some cases
Ticket #2427, The command line was not parsed when using slave mode
Ticket #2470, API: Ensure that a 32-bit application can control MPC-HC 64-bit
Ticket #2493, Fix a crash when saving subtitles using the sub format
Numerous other bugfixes and improvements