At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

It took a little longer than expected, but Videolan has finally released a beta of the VLC media player app for Windows 10. VLC 2.0 for Windows 10 is based on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), ...

Thanks for the further replies. BTW, it turned out that the metadata checkbox had nothing to do with the subtitles. @Da Xiang I'm looking forward to a new version as long as it Just Works (tm) without ...