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A "HomeCinema" edition of MPC is also available with some additional features:

• Anti tearing option
• Jitter tests - In VMR9 renderless and EVR custom pres. mode it's possible to display a jitter curve using "Ctrl+J" shortcut. This curve show difference between the moment one frame was expected to be displayed, and the moment it was really displayed.
• Subtiles synchronisation
• Shuttle PN31 remote control support
• OSD (On Screen Display) - When video output is VMR9 or EVR, MPC can displays some informations on screen (remaining time, volume, audio track, subtitle, …).

Playing back .MP4 H.264 encoded movies:

• Use VideoLAN which has a built in .MP4 reader and H.264 decoder
• Use Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player and ffdshow
• For more information on how to play back, encode and convert MP4 files, please refer to our MP4 Usage Guide

The official change log for Version HomeCinema Edition v1.0.10.0 is as follows:

• CHANGED: Latest Clsid Patches (Bento4 0.9.3, faad2 2.6b, dtsdec 0.0.2, libmad 0.15.1b, zlib 1.2.3, mpeg decoder: progressive frames fix, mpeg decoder: dsutil interlaced fix v2)
• CHANGED: libpng 1.2.20
• NEW : Command Line Option "/d3dfs" to start MPC in D3D fullscreen mode
• NEW : Logitech LCD support (e.g., G15 keyboard)
• CHANGED: Remember File and DVD position works only when "Keep history" is active (preserve privacy issue)
• CHANGED: Kick off Screen Saver from Power Options only while video is playing (Vista)
• NEW : Build for x64 platforms
• NEW : Multilanguage support: english, french and german.
• CHANGED: DirectX SDK updated to August 2007 (v35)
• FIXED : Wrong Aspect Ratio with EVR-Custom (definitely i hope :-)
• FIXED : Internal Mpeg2 Decoder was not working with ECR and ECR-Custom
• FIXED : Audio async problems with Blu-Ray/HD DVD DTS files [wrong AvgTimePerFrame calculation for DTS and AC3 (madshi)]
• FIXED : OSD was not working when D3DX9_... dll was not present (random pixels shown in top of video)
• FIXED : Mouse now working in DVD menu with EVR-Custom (Vista)
• FIXED : FLV Splitter when video does not start with keyframe
• FIXED : Vulnerability CAL-20070912-1 in AVI Source Filter (arbitrary code execute with users privileges)
• FIXED : Vulnerability in FLI internal source filter

You may download this new version here.