The difference between the two is that they both have the same foundation (original mpc-hc) which means they both have similar interface navigation and have the same dependencies on directshow, etc.
The mpc-be team wrote their own audio & video renderer and they also wrote their own decoder. The great thing about the open nature of the original foundation is that even with BE you can continue using other video renderers, decoders, etc. if you want to. This matters because renderers like madvr, etc. are no longer actively developed so diversity of choice is important. Not every renderer does everything the same way or as well, so there are edge cases where one will work better than another at a specific task. They cross-pollinate each other too, mpc-hc bundled in the mpc audio renderer from be which gave people more choice out of the box.
mpc-hc is an odd one. It is maintained, mostly bug fixes. Once in a long while something will creep in. clsid is not receptive to suggestions or requests that are not bug fixes. In practice, this isn't really an issue since the program is already mature.
The difference between the two is that they both have the same foundation (original mpc-hc) which means they both have similar interface navigation and have the same dependencies on directshow, etc.
The mpc-be team wrote their own audio & video renderer and they also wrote their own decoder. The great thing about the open nature of the original foundation is that even with BE you can continue using other video renderers, decoders, etc. if you want to. This matters because renderers like madvr, etc. are no longer actively developed so diversity of choice is important. Not every renderer does everything the same way or as well, so there are edge cases where one will work better than another at a specific task. They cross-pollinate each other too, mpc-hc bundled in the mpc audio renderer from be which gave people more choice out of the box.
mpc-hc is an odd one. It is maintained, mostly bug fixes. Once in a long while something will creep in. clsid is not receptive to suggestions or requests that are not bug fixes. In practice, this isn't really an issue since the program is already mature.