MPCSTAR is a package of video player and many codecs. It contains a user-friendly player and carefully selected codecs to support various video formats. With MPCSTAR, you would be able to play all your movies downloaded from the internet.

Features
MPCSTAR has a couple of major advantages compared to other packages:

- It’s very user-friendly and easy-to-use, especially suitable for novice users.
- It always blocks pop-ups and ads in the movie files.
- It’s a complete package and has been very well tested.
- It’s always up-to-date with the newest or best versions of the components.
- It’s completely free and does not contain any spyware or adware.
- Uninstall will removes all files and registry entries created by the package.

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Performance
To ensure smooth playback and not slowing down down with too many codecs, MPCStar contains only the major codecs including Media Player Classic, FFDshow Codec Pack, RealPlayer Codecs, ActiveX controls, QuickTime Codecs and DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter).

Reliability
Some video players come loaded with too many features and too many codecs, not MPCStar. MPCStar is a universal video player that can play most formats of movies downloaded from the internet. It is designed for basic users and is doing a great job.

Interface
Very intuitive and easy to use.

User Friendly
It has a user-friendly player frontend and carefully selected codecs that all a normal user may ever need. With MPCSTAR, you should be able to play all your movies

Misc

MPCSTAR also has a convertorr for iphone and psp that can transform any file to mp4 format for use in your iphone or/and psp.

Support
You can get support from http://www.tocomet.com/topic/mpcstar/

Pros
+ Simple to use
+ Contains only essential codecs
+ Contains popup blocker
+ Converts any file to mp4 for use it in your iphone and psp.
+ Support formats: avi, mkv, ogm, mpg, mpeg, mpv, wmv, asf, rmvb, rm, mov, mp4, m4v, 3gp, 3gpp, 3g2, 3gp2, flv, swf, vob and ifo

Cons
- Not many advanced playing features

Conclusion

I recommend this software to basic users for playing their favorite movies.