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How to Install VLC 2.2.4 on Ubuntu

To Install VLC 2.2.4 on Ubuntu

VLC 2.2.4 Media Player is a portable open source player. Its features and installation process will be discussed in this article.

Features

  • Fast, Easy and most powerful media player on the web.
  • It can Plays all kind of files which includes, Streams, Discs, Devices and Webcams.
  • It run on Multi-Platforms like Linux/Unix, Windows, and MAC OS X.
  • It Plays almost all types of codecs without any codec packs like MPEG-2, DivX, MKV, WMV, MP3, H.264, WebM, etc.
  • Able to stream media files from online networks like YouTube.
  • Free to use without any spywares.

Highlights of VLC 2.2.4

  • Fixed a memory exhaustion vulnerability, that takes place when playing specifically crafted playlist files.
  • Fixed aac audio and mp3 encoding for large number of codecs.
  • Updated various translations.
  • It will correct a memory leak, while creating AVI files.
  • Fixed playback issue for MPEG 4 ALS, MLP, APE, WMA Pro and ADPCM-IMA4.

To Install VLC 2.2.4

Open a terminal and add the VLC PPA to your system, by executing the below command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
[sudo] password for user1: 
 This PPA contains daily builds from the latest VLC maintenance branch.

This PPA is used for test building new and upcoming point releases of VLC that can get into Ubuntu through stable release updates (SRU) or security updates. You don' t find major version updates in this PPA (e.g. no update from 2.1.x to 2.2.x).
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

To update the system local repository index

Run the following command to update the system local repository index.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease                                      
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15.5 kB]                                     
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                               
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                 
Fetched 26.1 kB in 9s (2,746 B/s)                                                                       
Reading package lists... Done

To install VLC package

Now install the VLC package by executing the following command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 python-ntdb
Use ' apt-get autoremove'  to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  i965-va-driver liba52-0.7.4 libaacs0 libass5 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56
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Processing triggers for vlc-nox (2.2.1+git20160512+r58761+49~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
VLC 2.2.4 Screen Grabs

To launch VLC

user1@linuxhelp:~$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.1+git20160512+r58761+49~ubuntu15.10.1)


About VLC

Tag : VLC media player
FAQ
Q
Videos are too dark in VLC How to FIx it ?
A
If it is only one video then use the “Settings” menu, option “Extended GUI” and try to increase the Gamma value in the “Video” tab.
Q
Where are the VLC screenshots gets saved ?
A
If you haven't changed the snapshot directory in your preferences, your screenshots should go to

Linux/Unix: $(HOME)/.vlc/
Q
How can I take screenshots in VLC ?
A
To take a snapshot of the video displayed by VLC, you just need to press the pre-defined snapshot hotkey:

Windows/Linux/Unix: Ctrl + Alt + S
Q
How do I synchronize subtitle in VLC?
A
In VLC Go to "Tools" -> "Track Synchronization", and you can adjust the subtitle setting by changing the value under "Subtitle track synchronization".
Q
How can I convert AVI to MP4 format using VLC?
A
In VLC, Click on the Media menu in VLC, and then click on Convert / Save-> Select the file name ->Select video format and convert.