An update by VLC on their twitter account revealed they are re-submitting their app to the Window 8/8.1 Store “soon.” _It seems they are close to squashing whatever bugs that caused their app to be rejected last week. Now I believe the original plan was to get VLC first working on full Windows 8 first and then WinRT due to some minor api differences. _Hopefully if the team is able to submit the app tomorrow we may be able to download the app within a week’s time. Just a quick refresher on the timeline: VLC asks for funding via Kickstarter in late November of 2012 By late December 2012 VLC has raised nearly $75,000 Update on 90% completion in early April 2012 Update on unforeseen challenges in early June 2012 Further updates in Oct & Dec 2013 of Audio Bug Audio stack re-written in January 2014, UI revamped Failed submission in Windows Store early February 2014 It is quite typical for software to be off-schedule. _But as we now over...

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