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VLC Finally Launches App For Windows 8
SmartAboutThings writes "After a long journey of more than one year, which included even a successfully ended Kickstarter campaign, the VLC app for Windows 8 is officially here. VLC for Windows 8 is currently in beta, and it lacks some important features, such as the ability to open music files or support for Windows RT devices. On the good side, VLC for Windows 8 supports the same codecs as the VLC application for desktop, from MPEG-1 to H.265, through WMV3 and VC-1; it also supports multiple-audio tracks selection, embedded subtitles, background audio playback, Live Tiles, removable storage and DLNA servers."
> There's nothing wrong with Win8 for the casual and hobbyist.
Except not having a sane UI for a desktop or laptop, right.
> It runs. It runs fine.
Yes, like every single OS out there, unless you're doing it wrong.
> I get a 12-15 second boot time minus bios post and password entry. The OS is a good piece of work.
You know you're a shill when the best thing you can say about an OS is that it boots quickly. I mean, I'm sure it's great for people like you who spend their days rebooting. For the rest of us who reboot on patch Tuesday, this represents a 10 second gain or so once a month, or 2 whole minutes per year! Just too bad the counter-productive fisher-price UI kills more than that per day...