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VLC For Windows 8 Reaches $65,000 Funding Goal On Kickstarter

Posted by timothy on from the consume-your-delicious-media dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Metro version of VLC, the popular free and open-source media player, is coming to Windows 8. On Sunday, the VideoLAN organization reached its funding goal on Kickstarter for its Windows 8-specific app. There are also plans to port it afterwards to Windows Phone 8. The project has now been funded by over 2,500 backers, who have pledged more than the £40,000 ($65,000) goal."

2 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. Re:VLC by Threni · · Score: 5, Funny

    Presumably it's quicker and easier to fund a complete new version of VLC that it is to work out how the fuck you're supposed to launch and run a program under Windows 8?

  2. Re:Wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And people say Linux is complicated :P