# MPC files...what the heck are they, and what plays them?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-files-what-the-heck-are-they-and-what-plays-them/176779 "2003-05-22T10:48:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-files-what-the-heck-are-they-and-what-plays-them/176779/1 "2003-05-22T10:48:34Z")

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pretty much what the thread title asks…how do i open and use mpc files?

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-files-what-the-heck-are-they-and-what-plays-them/176779/2 "2003-05-22T10:52:37Z")

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According to [here,](http://www.freelists.org/archives/mpc-users/05-2003/fullthread1.html) you play them with Winamp.

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**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-files-what-the-heck-are-they-and-what-plays-them/176779/3 "2003-05-22T11:04:30Z")

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Thanks, got it working now…was just confused by seeing a new file type I’d never seen before.

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-files-what-the-heck-are-they-and-what-plays-them/176779/4 "2003-05-22T15:27:14Z")

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So, what exactly _is_ an MPC file, anyway? Is it a variant of MP3?