{"id":5239,"date":"2012-12-31T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2012-12-31T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T00:31:39","slug":"vlc-gains-funding-for-winrt-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/vlc-gains-funding-for-winrt-version\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC Gains Funding for WinRT Version"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Windows itself supports a number of mainstream audio and video formats you may still want the peace of mind of a “Swiss Army knife” solution – an app that will pretty much play anything you can throw at it. VLC on the desktop is a fine example of such a solution.<\/p>\n

The good news is that VLC reached its funding goal and hopefully we’ll see an app for Windows RT and Windows 8 but time frames are currently known. The video on the Kickstarter project page\u00a0<\/a>also mentions a version for Windows Phone 8 but any other mention for a version for the latest Microsoft smartphone operating system is rather scant at this stage.<\/p>\n

Anyway, keep your eyes peeled as if the developers can get this right it could be a silver bullet for media playback on devices like the Microsoft Surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Windows itself supports a number of mainstream audio and video formats you may still want the peace of mind of a “Swiss Army knife” solution – an app that will pretty much play anything you can throw at it. VLC on the desktop is a fine example of such a solution. The good news … <\/p>\n

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