"VLC, the popular Swiss Army knife of media players, took one step nearer to a Windows 8 Metro release after the beta was released on the Kickstarter project page. The version currently available is for x86 processors but an ARM compiled version is expected soon for Windows Phone compatibility. It seems to be merely a matter of time before VLC provides a common user interface, media sync route and (almost) universal file and codec support to (almost) every phone and tablet currently available.
From Update #19:
Today, the first Beta of VLC for WinRT is getting deployed on the store. As many of you know, the road to come to this point has been long... Very long... I've been driving or helping some ports of VLC on mobile, but this port has been the hardest, by an order of magnitude. [...] This application [...] is compiled for Intel x86 CPUs: Windows RT version will follow as soon as we are able to compile it. The ARM version will also apply to Windows Phone."
(Score: 2) by dotdotdot on Friday March 14 2014, @11:46AM
Exactly. The official VLC for Windows 8 is here [microsoft.com] and it's free, but it is not compatible with Windows RT. This new Beta version will work on RT and will also probably be ported to Windows Phone (also ARM).
(Score: 2) by everdred on Friday March 14 2014, @12:34PM
> but it is not compatible with Windows RT
Are you sure? The page reads "VLC for Windows 8 is an experimental port of VLC media player for the WinRT platform."
We don't take no shit from a machine.
(Score: 2) by dotdotdot on Friday March 14 2014, @01:05PM
Yes. More information is here [jbkempf.com] on the developer's blog: