I am a huge fan of MPC, but 6.4.8.8 and 6.4.8.8v2 are not good versions. They crash with some files that play fine with 6.4.8.7.
You might want to stick to 6.4.8.7, especially if you are not going to use Haali's Video Renderer (one of the most...
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Honestly, though, if you are a novice user who only needs to play MPEG-4 Part2 (DivX, XviD, etc.), that older "official" version should be enough. (But still you must use the official "alpha," otherwise XviD 1.0+ doesn't play properly.)
This is not an official release, but one of many CVS builds, compiled unofficially by celtic_druid.
Basically only for testing. It's alpha or pre-alpha. Maybe it works fine for your purpose, but there might be terrible bugs too. If you prefer...
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