Developed by Microsoft Corporation, mfpmp.exe is the process file for Media Foundation, a COM-based multimedia framework infrastructure and pipeline for digital media in Windows-based platforms. It is intended to replace Microsoft DirectShow, DirectX Media Objects, Windows Media SDK, and other known "legacy" multimedia APIs like Video for Windows and Audio Compression Manager. The current DirectShow technology would be gradually replaced by Media Foundation, starting with several few features. DirectShow and Media Foundation will co-exist. Media Foundation will eventually not be available for earlier Windows versions, starting with Windows XP. The Media Foundation is divided into a Control layer, a Core Layer and a Platform layer. Initially, the core layer encloses the main functionality of Media Foundation, consisting of pipeline, with three components: the Media Source, the Media Sink and the Media Foundation Transforms. The media source is the source of all multimedia data and encapsulates various data sources, files, network server, and a camcorder, with the functionality of a common interface.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. mfpmp.exe. is used by Media Foundation Protected Pipeline, If you shut down mfpmp.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop mfpmp.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Media Foundation Protected Pipeline, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed mfpmp.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Media Foundation Protected Pipeline, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if mfpmp.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that mfpmp.exe, belongs to, in this case Media Foundation Protected Pipeline