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Media Player Classic Qute Theater
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Media Player Classic Qute Theater

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# Development has MOVED!



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## Media Player Classic Qute Theater



A clone of Media Player Classic reimplemented in Qt.



![screenshot]



[Media Player Classic Home Cinema][mpc-hc] (mpc-hc) is considered by many to

be the quintessential media player for the Windows desktop.  Media Player

Classic Qute Theater (mpc-qt) aims to reproduce most of the interface and

functionality of mpc-hc while using [libmpv] to play video instead of

DirectShow.



## Releases



There may be builds for Windows users on the release page.  These use time-

based versioning (e.g. 17.07 corresponds to a 2017 July).



The best version is git master, and everyone are encouraged to increase their

computer-fu by compiling from source. (see sections below.)  Compiling from

source gives you several advantages over the usual user, such the ability to

use latest and pre-release software regardless of where it comes from.  Unix

users, there could even be packages in your distro that help with this. (e.g.

[aur], [ports].)



The program is not yet feature-complete and some controls may have greyed-out

placeholder areas, such as in the options dialog.



## Features and improvements over mpc-hc



**Clone:** Nearly everything that mpc-hc does for the casual user.



**Multiple playlists:**  When you're watching shows on your backlog, load

every show into separate playlists and still keep track of the last played

file *for each playlist*.  Finally you can eliminate the need to keep track of

your progress in a spreadsheet, all while never leaving the comfort of your

favorite media player.



**Quick queuing:**  Out-of-order playback in the same style of xmms/qmmp.

Got some compilation albums in a playlist, but want to hear only some rock

tracks for a while?  Now you can, without obliterating your playlist.



**Playlist searching:**  Multi-threaded playlist searching, in the same style

as other media players.  Find the tracks you want, when you want them.



**Screenshot templates:**  Take screenshots with a custom, sleek and stylized

filename.  Only include the information that you want.



**Looped playback:** Selectively show part of video/music tracks.  Amazing,

isn't it?



**Custom metadata:**  Display custom metadata in the playlist window.  Want to

show the artist as well as the title, down to even the encoder used?  Nothing

is stopping you.



### Possible upcoming features



These features are wishlist items and are subject to the developer's time.



**Native filter-chain support:**  Comprehensive integration of mpv/ffmpeg's

filter interface/library, right inside your media player.  This feature may

entail a lot of code.



**Encoding support like VirtualDub:**  Churn out memes faster.  No need to

open a video editor when your media player can do your job for you.  Requires

writing an encoder-orientated backend.



**Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements:**  In-app custom styling support.

Requires a few dropdowns/tabs and a multi-line text editor in the settings.



Suggestions welcome.



## Compiling



### Prerequisites



You need the Qt5 SDK installed and a recent edition of libmpv.  On Ubuntu you

can usually install the required libraries with the ``qtcreator``,

``qt5-default``, ``libqt5x11extras5-dev``, ``qttools5-dev-tools``, 

``qtbase5-private-dev`` and ``libmpv-dev`` packages.  You may also need to install

``git``, ``build-essential`` and ``pkg-config``.  A recent edition of [libmpv]

means either from git head or at least version 0.29.0.  The mpv options for this

are ``--enable-libmpv-shared`` for shared library support, and

``--enable-libarchive`` if you want to use mpc-qt as a comic book viewer.



### I don't know git, how do I do this?



First ensure you have the prerequisites as mentioned above, then open a terminal

and `cd` into your general source-code directory. If one does not exist,

`mkdir` one.



>mkdir src



>cd ~/src



Then clone this git repository using the following command:



>git clone https://github.com/cmdrkotori/mpc-qt-origin.git



Finally, `cd` into the checked-out repository.



>cd mpc-qt-origin



Then build with qmake+make.



>qmake



>make -j *threads*



>sudo make install



You're done!  Later on, performing a git pull from inside the source code

directory will get the latest changes.



>git pull origin master



Rebuild by following the qmake+make steps as described above.



### I have compiler/linker errors



Some distros have an ancient version of mpv in their repos.  You can install

libmpv in the following method:



Uninstall any libmpv package you may have.



>sudo apt purge libmpv-dev



Fetch the mpv-build repo.



>cd ~/src



>git clone https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build.git



>cd mpv-build



Select the master versions to compile.



>./use-ffmpeg-master



>./use-libass-master



>./use-mpv-master



Follow the instructions for debian and ubuntu about making a build-deps

package. (or whatever method for your distro.)



>sudo apt-get install git devscripts equivs



>rm -f mpv-build-deps\_\*\_\*.deb



>mk-build-deps -s sudo -i



Build libmpv.



>echo --enable-libmpv-shared > mpv_options



>./update



>./build -j4



>sudo ./install



>sudo ldconfig



libmpv should now be installed to `/usr/local/*`.



## Compiling on Windows



While this program is meant for Unix, it is possible to compile it on Windows

with the [MSYS2 edition of Qt Creator] due to the largely cross-platform Qt

toolkit.  MSVC is not supported.  In addition, the build process needs the

imagemagick, librsvg and inkscape packages to create the windows ico file.

Use `pacman -Ss ` to find them.



Mpc-Qt can be compiled with a libmpv linked to MSYS2's ffmpeg libraries, or by

using the prebuilt library released on sourceforge.  To use the prebuilt

library after cloning this repository, download libmpv from [shinchiro's

release page], and extract it somewhere.  Place the files in the root folder

of mpv-dev-x86_64-*.7z into `mpv-dev/lib`. Then place the files in its include

folder into `mpv-dev/include/mpv`.  Compile with the 64bit Qt framework.



[screenshot]:https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cmdrkotori/f419febc57df9610b922eb06de7c0c1d/raw/189394a9454c34f9384a3deb83a1c29277057766/Screenshot_20180427_202825.png

[mpc-hc]:https://mpc-hc.org/

[libmpv]:https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

[mwe]:https://github.com/cmdrkotori/mpc-qt/commit/9400f595

[aur]:https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mpc-qt-git/

[ports]:https://www.freshports.org/multimedia/mpc-qt

[mpv-build]:https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build

[bomi]:https://github.com/xylosper/bomi

[baka]:https://github.com/u8sand/Baka-MPlayer

[shinchiro's release page]:https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv-player-windows/files/libmpv/

[MSYS2 edition of Qt Creator]:https://wiki.qt.io/MSYS2