Install Brand New VLC 1.0.3 Media Player in Ubuntu in 2 Easy Steps

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 2, 2010

[ Thanks to kiterunner for this link.
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“VLC is among the most sought after media player
application in Ubuntu and we had already featured VLC Media Player
in our post describing Top 5 must have multimedia applications for
Ubuntu. Recently VLC Media Player version 1.0.5 has been released.
Following is what you need to do to get the latest updates of VLC
in Ubuntu, whenever it happens.

“Feature List

Independent of systems codecs to support most video types.
Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support.
Finer speed controls.
New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear
PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, …)
New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, …) and major improvements in many
formats.
Full set of changes here.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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