Is MPC Free to deploy in a university library?

[simonhowson]

I'm wondering if Media Player Classic would be free to deploy in a university library, or would this count as commercial use?

Secondly, does Media Player Classic come with its own DVD decoder filter? Or does it rely on a DVD decoder already installed on the computer?

[foxyshadis]

The only requirement is that you supply the source to anyone who asks, and make it reasonably easy to get it. (MPC includes a link to its sourceforge project; that may be enough, since the whole history is there.) There is no prohibition against commercial use in the GPL! Only against binary distribution without sources.

[simonhowson]

Thanks for your info. Does MPC include its own DVD MPEG2 decoder? Or would the computers still need some other DVD playback software? They currently have PowerDVD 2, 3 or 4. But it is often terribly unreliable.

[foxyshadis]

It has an MPEG2 decoder, but not a deinterlacer nor a css decoder. So you'd either need AnyDVD+ffdshow or dscaler installed. You'll probably want to make a batch file to autoinstall and upload registry configurations for each in that case.

[celtic_druid]

It can handle CSS.

[simonhowson]

So just MPC installed on a computer that has FFDShow is enough to play a DVD? However, this configuration will only play DVDs that the DVD drive region is set to?

[Seb.26]

So just MPC installed on a computer that has FFDShow is enough to play a DVD? However, this configuration will only play DVDs that the DVD drive region is set to?
IMO : You don't "need" FFDShow ... MPC can play DVD alone ...
( FFDShow can increase picture quality, but not "needed" )

[Blue_MiSfit]

Yeah that's all you need. Gotta love MPC.

Still, if you're playing interlaced stuff, VLC is a bit easier as it has a bunch of deinterlacers integrated that you can choose from a simple menu.