Note: Ubuntu 8.04 does not officially support Vlc 9x however since vlc no longer supports 8x I think this may be useful/necessary for some of you. Furthermore this build is somewhat experimentel, you may run into stability issues. As of now I have not run into any however that does not mean you will not
How To Update Vlc from 8x to 9X in Ubuntu 8.04 (32bit)(special Thanks To "mc4man")
If you want to try a 0.9.x version you can add the korn ppa sources to your sources list and install 0.9.3.
Before trying to install go into synaptic, search vlc and remove vlc, vlc-nox, libvlc0, and any vlc plugins.
copy and paste the 2 lines below one at a time into System -> Administration -> Software sources -> Third-party Sources -> add. (these are the korn ppa sources)
Code:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu hardy main
Now Go to Terminal and enter the following.
Code:
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc
Congrats. You now have VLC 9.3
If you try 0.9.3 from (korn ppa) and want 0.9.5 with 'embedded' video enabled and for the bug fixes follow the directions below.
Note: embedded video is considered broken by Vlc. If you would still like 9.5 without embedded it can be done.
(this line disables the embedded video)
#if 0 /* this is totally broken */
add_submodule ()
set_capability( "vout window", 50 )
set_callbacks( WindowOpen, WindowClose )
Note: This Is Only For Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy
You must still have the korn ppa sources (listed above) enabled as a software source for this to work.
All the needed .debs are in a .7z file, archive manager can extract as long as p7zip is installed. If you don't already have p7zip you can install it by entering the following code in terminal.
Code:
sudo apt-get install p7zip
From here download the install.7z file
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mwymzmzgvyj
Note: this download was provided to us from "mc4man" himself (thanks again "mc4man")
Extract it to your "Home" folder (It will create a file called "install"). Once you have done this we can install it by entering the following code in Terminal
Code:
cd install && sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Thats it You are done. Again, many thanks to "mc4man" without his help this would not have been possible!!!!!!!!!!!
A Side Note From "mc4man"
Originally Posted by
mc4man
Hardy uses libdvdnav4-0.1.10 which is perfectly fine. There are though some titles that won't playback due to a udf structure protection. In
many but not
all cases using a patched libdvdnav4 would resolve.
There are now some newer versions of libdvdnav4 available which have already been patched.
Version 4.1.2-3 is fully compatible with hardy and vlc.
I'd be careful of Version 4.1.3-1 which is only needed for the dvdnav enabled mplayer.
Can be gotten here
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/libdvdnav4
Do not uninstall current version of libdvdnav4, just download and let GDebi handle the install if the need to use this version arises (in region 1 limited to some New line releases, more widespread in regions 2, 4
Some Known Issues from "mc4man":
Originally Posted by
mc4man
there are some things that don't work or work right in vlc 0.9.x
I'm continuing to have no issues though with the 'embedded'.
As far as 'other' issues, I think that comes down to one's use.
For me it's accessing a video_ts dir. from vlc is broken, though opening vlc from the video_ts dir. works.
The other minor issue for me is the equalizer only stays enabled for one track.
side note: just built the latest 1.0 unstable with 'embedded' enabled, again no issues.
Whether it's ubuntu, my hardware or combo of the two don't know, post back if vlc shows problems or crashes at random.
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