This requires using madVR or MPC Video Renderer.exe in case you don't want to put it in MPC-HC folder. This includes an option to specify the location of the.

Several YDL configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced.

Tip: to be able to download in best quality with yt-dlp/youtube-dl, it is recommended to also put ffmpeg.exe in the MPC-HC folder.

You can even download those videos: Menu > File > Save a copy.

Then you can open website URLs in the player: Menu > File > Open File/URL.

Put yt-dlp.exe or youtube-dl.exe in the MPC-HC installation folder.

You can stream videos directly from Youtube and many other video websites

Tip: there is a search box above the table.

There are lots of keyboard hotkeys and mouse actions to control the player.

This is also easily done with hotkeys (see below).

You can rotate/flip/mirror/stretch/zoom the video

A-B repeat - You can loop a segment of a video.

Menu > Play > After Playback (for current file only).

Options > Playback > After Playback (permanent setting).

For example to go to next file or close player.

You can perform automatic actions at end of file.

You can jump to next/previous file in a folder by pressing PageUp/PageDown.

You can quickly seek through a video with Ctrl + Mouse Scrollwheel.

MPC-HC can remember playback position, so you can resume from that point later

Options > Playback > Output > Audio Renderer.

This also has automatic pitch correction.

Adjusting playback speed works best with the internal audio renderer.

This can be customized to smaller values (like 10%):

The buttons in the player that control playback rate take a 2x step by default.

Options > Tweaks > Show preview on seek bar.

When using dark theme it is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.

Window media player classic