At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

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 ...

Users will now be able to get their hands-on the first public release of VLC media player for Windows 8 via the Windows store on March 10th, coming this Monday. The announcement was made by VideoLAN ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. A Windows 8-style version of VLC is finally here. After months of delays, the ...

One of the big downsides on the modern side of Windows 8 is that, well, the built-in video player is terrible. Finally, a worthy replacement has appeared on the horizon for modern UI fans: The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The VLC team has announced on its Kicstarter project page that it has accumulated over £40,000.

Looking for a reason to watch films on Windows 8? VLC’s the answer. Today, the VLC beta finally launches and is available right now for download from the Microsoft Store. If you can believe it, VLC ...

In late November, the volunteer team at VideoLAN that develops and supports the free video player VLC announced a Kickstarter fund raising campaign to help speed up development of VLC made to run on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We’re inching closer and closer to seeing VLC on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. The project started ...

If you are a Windows 8.1 user, the VLC team has a little gift for you this Friday: An app. As Neowin notes, if you have the former edition installed, you will want to yank that one, and then install ...

The developers of VLC had earlier confirmed that they would soon release a dedicated version of VLC for Windows 8. However, details of the same have been made available only now. Even though VideoLAN ...