[KenV99]

I guess to be clear, I wasn't suggesting you use MPC-HC as an external player, but as a test bed if you prefer not to install the dsplayer build. With the exception of using madVR, whatever picture you get out of MPC-HC is going to be the same you get out of DSPlayer as long as you load the same filters. Controls - that's another matter.

But I'm with you. I routinely install different builds with no issues, but others seem concerned about breaking something. As long as you do all of your xml editing in the appdata/XBMC directory, reinstalls go just fine.