Οι τύποι στην VLC έχουν ξεκινήσει ένα Kickstarter project για να έρθει το media player στα Windows 8 με native support.
Το software δεν έχει φτάσει τον στόχο στο Kickstarter αλλά ΦΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ πως και η Microsoft θα βοηθήσει σε hardware, τεχνικά και σχεδιασμό, ενώ το roadmap των Windows 8 για την Intel δείχνει και μια έκδοση Windows RT:
Therefore, this fundraiser will help developping a version of VLC for Windows Phone 8. Interestingly, while WP8 offers the same programming interfaces available to Windows 8 & RT apps, it is less restrictive in some regards. Notably our existing networking code is going to run as is.
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Then, we’ve been in touch with Microsoft representatives, who are thrilled about our endeavor and ready to collaborate with us. They are looking into ways of supporting us directly through non-financial matters, notably hardware, technical and design help. This is great news. Moreover, we’ve been in touch with several designers and some hardware chip vendors about this project.
Για περισσότερα στην Kickstarter page.