VLC for Windows 8 Beta Now Available in the Windows Store

The beta version of VLC for Windows 8 is available for download in the Windows Store. VLC for Windows 8 Beta lets you manage and play your video files and your music files. This app supports all the same file types as the desktop version of VLC for Windows, including Ogg, MKV and FLAC.

Description
VLC for Windows 8 is an experimental port of VLC media player for the WinRT platform.

VLC media player is an open source application that plays all multimedia file formats, from files, streams and discs on all platform.

This application will play most video file formats, including Ogg, FLAC and MKV.

Features

• Play every kind of video.
• Music playback.
• Ogg support.
• MKV support.
• FLAC support.

VLC for Windows 8 Beta is absolutely free and supports Windows 8.1 versions x86 and x64.

You can download the VLC for Windows 8 Beta from the Windows Store.

Credit: Windows Store

Note: Please do NOT use this VLC for Windows 8 Beta release on production machines. A VLC for Windows 8 Beta release should be considered for evaluation and testing purposes.

Supported Operating System:

• Windows 8.1

Supported processors:

• x86, x64

Languages:

• English (United States).

References
VLC for Windows 8 Beta
Windows Experience Blog