VLC for the new Windows 8 User Experience ("Metro")

A project in Paris, France by VideoLAN
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VLC for Windows 8. A native app, fully featured and fully open source. Play all your files, streams and optical media.
Backers: 3080
Average Pledge Per Backer: £15

Funded: £47,056 of £40,000
Dates: Nov 29th -> Dec 29th (30 days)
Project By: VideoLAN
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Latest News

Passing the WACK

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

News about our WinRT port

August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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Follow-up report about the WinRT port

June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Like for the last update, I've spent too much time working on VLC than writing updates and communicating, and I'm sorry again. We are still working a lot of time, with almost a couple of persons spending most of their time on the WinRT port of... (Read More)

New report about the WinRT port

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
News and Excuses I must start this post by sharing some excuses of not doing enough updates lately.The main reason is that we've been mostly under-water with the current development, that took most of our time. News and report The good news is that... (Read More)

Technical update on the WinRT port

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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Thank you!

December 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, This is the end of our Kickstarter campaign. Just one thing: thank you! We'll keep you posted about our developments very quickly! Jean-Baptiste & Felix for the VLC for Windows 8 team.  (Read More)

24 hours to go!

December 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We have come a long way and we are finally there. It's 24 hours to go for our Kickstarter campaign. So far, more than £45,000 were pledged by almost 3000 backers. This is a tremendous success and we are very pleased about it. Thanks so... (Read More)

VLC KickStarter for WP8/W8 in last 24 hours, contribute now!

December 28th - via: wmpoweruser.com
The VideoLan team is close to concluding their KickStarter round of funding, with only 17 hours left. (Read More)

PSA: Final day for VLC Windows 8 Kickstarter campaign

December 28th - via: neowin.net
There is less than 24 hours before the Kickstarter fund raising campaign to help support a Windows 8 "Modern" UI app for the VLC media player closes, but you can still contribute. (Read More)

VLC Kickstarter for Windows 8 Gets Funded

December 26th - via: tomshardware.com
VLC, the well-known and open source freeware video player, took its campaign to bring its app to Windows 8 to Kickstarter and managed to get funded with time to spare.Though the current version of VLC is perfectly functional on the desktop version... (Read More)

Windows 8 modern UI gets VLC player thanks to Kickstarter

December 24th - via: hexus.net
The popular multi-platform VLC media player is now definitely going to be made available for Windows 8 modern UI users. (Read More)

Additional goals and ideas

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, This evening, we crossed our goal of £40,000. Thanks again for your generous support and for allowing us to realize our project! Any further money coming in will greatly speed up the availability of our port of VLC to Windows Phone 8,... (Read More)

Goal reached!

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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VLC for Windows 8 Reaches Kickstarter Funding Goal

December 23rd - via: thenextweb.com
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. (Read More)

VLC for Windows 8 funding exceeds Kickstarter goal

December 23rd - via: neowin.net
The Kickstarter fund raising campaign to bring the VLC media player to the "Modern" UI of Windows 8 has now exceeded its financial goal with five days to spare. (Read More)

VLC For Win8: building the new compatibility layer

December 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Today, I would like to share an article by Geoffroy with you, covering some technical aspects of the port to Windows 8, RT and Phone. Additionally, I would like to mention that we crossed the threshold of 90 % of our goal today and it's... (Read More)

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