I have been a long time user of MPC-HC which was recently abandoned by its developers. It’s a shame, because the media player was not only versatile and minimal. It was blazing fast, very user friendly, and supported all media formats I could think of.
So I started to use MPC-BC instead, as recommended by many. Its a great alternative, though it honestly looks like a cheap and tacky version of MPC-HC.
For me though, some of the default settings are a bit odd.
![](https://scribbleghost.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MPC-HC-and-MPC-BE-visual-compare-1024x302.png)
Player window does not adjust to resolution
First of all, the player window does not adjust to the video resolution. This means that if you open a video in UHD resolution, for example, the video player might be super small.
Here is how you can fix it:
![](https://scribbleghost.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MPC-BE-window-size-auto-zoom.png)
Just turn on “Auto-zoom” to 100% in Options -> Playback.
Blurry subtitles
Another strange default setting in MPC-BC is that subtitles look very blurry.
Almost as if they are burned in the video, even if they are external subtitles. You can fix this by going to Options -> Subtitles -> Rendering and set the “maximum texture resolution” to “Desktop”.
![](https://scribbleghost.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MPC-BE-Subtitles-Rendering-Maximum-texture-resolution-1.png)
Turn off dark theme
You can also turn off the “dark theme”. Not sure why everyone is so obsessed with that these days. Options -> Player -> Interface -> Uncheck “Use dark theme”.
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Remove the logo
The startup MPC-BC logo is not really too good looking either. Why not just remove it? Options -> Player -> Logo -> Skip with right arrow until the picture is gone.
![](https://scribbleghost.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MPC-BE-Remove-logo.png)