VLC Finally Launches App For Windows 8

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 13, 2014 @10:52AM from the happy-ending-forever dept.

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."

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Re:Costs money by ljw1004 · 2014-03-13 12:51 · Score: 4, Informative

??? VLC on win8 is free! At least, it was free when I downloaded it an hour ago.
There were a load of FALSE vlc apps on the store for $3.49 and $3.99, with similar branding, trying to scam money. Did you get suckered by one of these?
Re:Costs money by Neo-Rio-101 · 2014-03-13 15:32 · Score: 3, Informative

...or rather how Windows Store gave the greenlight to a scam app, and put it first on the list of apps above the real one.

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