The VideoLan team is close to concluding their KickStarter round of funding, with only 17 hours left. After reaching their £40,000 goal 5 days ago, any additional money raised is targeted at speeding the release of VLC for Windows Phone 8, which means if you have not contributed already and want VLC on your Windows
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Its official! The VLC team just a short time ago, was successful in its pursuit of raising 40,241 with a total of 2,538 backers at the moment with 5 days to go on KickStarter! The goal was 40,000 but we now know that goal will be obliterated in the next few days as production for
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The VLC team has published two more mockups in a Kickstarter update post so those who are planning to back the project can see exactly which direction they’re heading down. The project is to bring VLC to Windows RT and Windows Phone, which would prove to be a massive bonus for those on either platform who rely on the media player. Tag:VLCkickstarterWindows RTwindowsSurface RTNews
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In case you haven't heard, there is currently a Kickstarter campaign which is trying to fund a Windows 8 VLC Player app to be published in the Windows Store. VLC Player is one of the best video players for the Windows desktop thanks to its wide-ranging codec support and its optimized performance, so naturally bringing it into the world of Metro is going to be a wet dream for video buffs. Today, VideoLAN has published an update to their Kickstarter page and commemorates passing the 70% mark of their goal by sharing the first look at what VLC Player for Windows 8 will look like. Granted the team is simply calling these a “first draft” design, but we like what we see.
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VLC for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 is under development, but it needs £40,000 in funding to produce the high quality product we all crave. Since we last wrote about it 2 days ago around £7000 was added, but given the size of the Windows and Windows Phone community I am sure we can
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VideoLan is looking to raise £40,000 to port their popular VLC Media Player to Windows 8 Metro. The money is to help deliver a polished product that will work both on Windows 8 and the ARM-based Windows RT. As expected the team are aiming for wide codec support, DVD playback where applicable and the ability
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It was inevitable, and now a Kickstarter fund has begun to accept donations towards development of VLC Player for Windows 8. For those unacquainted, VLC Player is a popular open source video player which supports a bevvy of video codecs inside a minimalist program. In other words, it’s an extremely efficient program that can handlealmost any video type you throw at it. Currently VLC Player is available onOS X, Android, and the Windows desktop, but this Windows8app will be published to the Windows Store in all of its Modern UI-style glory.
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VLC Player, one of the most popular Windows desktop software may be coming to Windows Store soon as a Metro app. The developers behind this app is now planning to raise money through Kickstarter program to aid rapid development. From their blog, We want to allow users to get access to VLC from the Start
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The popular media player VLC is setting its sights on Windows 8 and beyond. The developers are calling for donations to be sent forward to fund further development into hiring third-party aid. This will help create a top quality experience on Microsoft’s latest platforms. At the time of writing the project has a backing of £4,532 pledged so far with 252 donators. Tag:VLCwindows 8kickstartermedia playermediadvdNews
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The team behind popular media player VLC have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for creating new Windows 8 and Windows RT versions of the program. Currently VLC runs in the desktop mode of Windows 8 without any issues, but several members behind the project are hoping to create a new version that will use the Metro-style (or whatever Microsoft is calling it these days) of the new operating system. According to the team, the Kickstarter funds will allow current members of the VLC team to work on the Windows 8 version full-time while hiring professional designers to rework the user interface for Metro. Once the VLC team hits the 40,000 (around $64,100) goal, they expect to finish the port within three months.
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VLC Media Player is by far one of the best video players I have ever …The post VLC Media Player for Window Phone [ Concept ] appeared first on Windows Phone 8 News and Reviews.
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Because of the limited way in which videos can be loaded onto Windows Phone devices, many users are looking for a way to watch their favourite files without having to use Zune transcoding and USB transfer. One option for wirelessly browsing a home media library is thePlexapp, but an older way of piping video around a home network is the Video LAN Client (VLC). VLC Mirror is a new app for Windows Phone 7 that takes advantage of VLC’s streaming prowess.
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How many times we all have faced this issue that we have our videos on the PC or laptop and we would like to watch them on our Windows Phone. But to do so we have to go through the lengthy and painful process of converting those videos through Zune..!!(arrrrgggghhhh…..). No more waiting now. yeaahhh..!!!!
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A version of the open source XBMC media player has been announced for Android, and you don’t need to jailbreak or root your device to get it to work. Even better news is that this is a straight port of the desktop version of XBMC, with the developers saying that all of the features found …
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Many people like the idea of streaming content from their home pc to the smart phone. This can be a live stream from the cable box or video files on a local storage. Usually the phone does not recognize the format. A transcoder can solve this issue on the fly.
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If you have ever downloaded a movie from the web and realised you don’t have the codecs to play it or simply wanted a media player that simply played everything then you will be in no doubt just how big this news is for Android. VLC Mobile Team have now released their VLC Beta App
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There have been rumors circulating suggesting that VLC, the popular media player, was coming to Android. Finally, the app has gone into beta testing, but the problem is that the installations are locked to regions outside of the US. The developers warn however that this is for power users and hackers only and warn that it
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Ah yes, the VLC Media Player, if you’ve ever had to play a file you “found” on the internet that didn’t work in QuickTime – really, why would it? – or Windows Media Player then you’ll have no doubt stumbled across this great gem of a media player. It truly is the king of media
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VLC has made itself one of those I want it available but I’m not sure I’ll need it kind of apps but now it’s finally available for everyone to install and try. VLC Beta (NEON version) is the complete name, and like it desktop version, it should play almost anything you can throw at it,
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It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for an official build of VLC to land in the Play Store, and that day has finally come… for some people, anyway. First off, the build that just landed in the Store is for devices with ARMv7 NEON CPUs only. This includes most modern processors, like Tegra 3, Exynos, OMAP4, and Snapdragon S2, S3, and S4. If you have an older processor, like Tegra 2 or one that uses ARMv6 architecture, then a build for your device should be available “in a few days.”While this version is beta, it still supports all the features that users of VLC’s desktop software have come to expect, like playback of nearly any video or audio file, media library, support for multi-track audio and subtitles; as well as some mobile-specific goodies like auto-rotation, aspect ratio adjustments, and gestures to control volume
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