After so many delays, VLC for Windows 8 has now passed Windows Store certification and available for download. Download it here from Windows Store for free. This application: works on Windows 8.0 and 8.1: too many people are still on 8.0, so we had to use that. This decreases the stability of the application, though… is compiled for Intel x86 CPUs: Windows RT version will follow as soon as we are able to compile it. ARM version will also apply to Windows Phone. plays all video and audio formats of VLC, including MKV, Ogg and Mov files or FLAC and MPC; supports the same codecs as the VLC application for desktop, from MPEG-1 to H.265, through WMV3 and VC-1; supports multiple-audio tracks selection; supports embedded subtitles; supports Background Audio playback; features a easy-to-navigate but complete UI, notably for audio browsing; supports Live Tiles! supports removable storage and DLNA servers. However, there are a few limitations: This app is currently slow, and is slower than VLC for desktop for video decoding...

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