Media Player Classic Qute Theater

The interface of Media Player Classic Qute Theater might seem familiar to you, and for good reason. The application is a fork of the ever-popular Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) that offers the same functionality as the latter, allowing multimedia playback in a user-friendly and intuitive environment.

The difference between the two lies in the development platform used for creating them (Qute Theater is based on Qt, which is a mandatory prerequisite for it to run) and in the multimedia framework they rely on. While Microsoft's DirectShow is the choice of MPC-HC developers, the Qute Theater team opted for libmpv.

Since it is a multimedia player, it is predictable that the main window encloses the playback control options and a large preview area.

Unlike Home Cinema, Media Player Classic Qute Theater also displays a tab-based playlists section within the main window. In other words, media files can be neatly organized in themed playlists, each opened in a new tab. And speaking of quick access to media files, Qute Theater also provides favorites sections for the multimedia files you enjoy most.

The playlist queue and other playlist management options can be toggled using hotkeys, for easier control. Tabs can be duplicated, and playlists can be exported for later use.

Just like Home Cinema, Qute Theater provides support for various types of multimedia files, but it can also handle DVDs and Blu-ray discs or network streams. You can use it to attach subtitles to a video.

The player is simple and features the traditional controls found in any other application of its kind, including options to alter the playback frame rate and jump throughout the video. One option that will particularly come in handy to those of you who like watching a movie before bedtime is the integrated shutdown scheduler.

Another feature worth mentioning is the snapshot taker. Qute Theater enables you to capture frames during a video playback and save them to your computer as screenshots.

As you can see, Media Player Classic Qute Theater comes with various interesting features meant to provide the best user experience. However, there is much more under the hood, as the Options area allows player configuration to a great extent. But that is left for you to discover as you take Qute Theater for a spin.