A new version of the application is now available for Windows users

Feb 5, 2014 07:49 GMT  ·  By

While everybody’s still waiting for the official Windows 8 port of VLC Media Player, VideoLAN announced a new version of its famous application for the desktop side of Windows, implementing a fairly significant number of bug fixes to improve the overall experience on Microsoft’s OS.

VLC Media Player 2.1.3 pack bug fixes for issues affecting video output, decoders, stream output, HTTP interface, demuxers, and the core engine, so you should expect improved performance after deploying the new build.

Among the most important changes that are part of this release, it’s worth mentioning a bug fix for a problem affecting DirectDraw output on Windows XP, multimedia keys and DVD and BD folders handling on all versions of Windows.

Overall, this is clearly an important update for all those running the app right now, so download VLC Media Player 2.1.3 for Windows right now to see what’s new.