VLC 2.0.0 released (From IT News Daily)

[Ric Moore]

On 02/23/2012 01:50 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2012/2/23 Bill Stanley<bstanle at wowway.com>:
>> <  snip>
>>
>>
>>> Just a small "heads up" about v2 for "your" information.
>>>
>>> I have been running v2 for over a week or so. I use 6
>>> Desktops/workspaces and vlc is always used on Desktop #6 to watch
>>> (digital) TV. What was occurring was that when I switched to another
>>> Desktop vlc would lose sound until I returned to Desktop #6.
>>>
>>> Now, this may not affect "you", and in any case there was an update a
>>> couple of days ago and this problem disappeared. Simply bear this mind
>>> should you also strike the same loss of sound situation.
>>
>>
>> It's good to see that you already have VLC 2.0 running on Unbuntu.  I have
>> been looking around and I can't seem to find 2.0 for Linux except in source
>> code form.  I looked in the Unbuntu repositories and all I found was the old
>> version.  I looked at the VLC website and I didn't find a compiled version
>> for Ubuntu.  Where can I find it and what must I do to install it if 2.0
>> isn't the Ubuntu repository.
>>
>> Bill Stanley
>
> Ubuntu 11.10:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install vlc
>
> http://www.unixmen.com/vlc-2-0-twoflower-has-been-released-ppa-ubuntu-and-linuxmint/

Wow! It certainly seems to improve video playback, I'm impressed. Ric