{"id":12662,"date":"2019-03-28T06:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2019-03-28T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:41:36","slug":"how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-debian-ubuntu-and-linux-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-debian-ubuntu-and-linux-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install VLC 3.0 in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>VideoLAN Client<\/strong>) is an open source highly portable\u00a0<strong>Media Player<\/strong>\u00a0that designed to run various video and audio media files, including\u00a0<strong>mpeg<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>mpeg-2<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>mpeg-4<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>wmv<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>mp3<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>dvds<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>vcds<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>podcasts<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>ogg\/vorbis<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>mov<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>divx<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>quicktime<\/strong>\u00a0and streaming of multimedia files from various online networks like\u00a0<strong>Youtube<\/strong>\u00a0and other network sources.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<h4>VLC 3.0 Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>VLC 3.0 \u201cVetinari\u201d is a new major update of VLC<\/li>\n<li>Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!<\/li>\n<li>It supports 10bits and HDR<\/li>\n<li>Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order<\/li>\n<li>Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs<\/li>\n<li>Stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively<\/li>\n<li>Supports browsing of local network drives and NAS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out all the changes in\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/releases\/3.0.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">release announcement<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p><b>Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-vlc-media-player-in-rhel-centos-fedora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Install VLC Media Player in RHEL\/CentOS 7\/6 and Fedora 27-22<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Installing VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint<\/h3>\n<p>The recommended way of installing latest\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0version on\u00a0<strong>Debian<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Linux Mint<\/strong>\u00a0using official\u00a0<strong>VLC PPA<\/strong>\u00a0repository.<\/p>\n<p>Launch terminal by doing \u201c<strong>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/strong>\u201d from the desktop and add a\u00a0<strong>VLC PPA<\/strong>\u00a0to your system, by running following command.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan\/stable-daily<\/pre>\n<p>Next, do an update of system local repository index.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n<p>Once, you\u2019ve done index update, let\u2019s install\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0package.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt-get install vlc<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Important<\/strong>: User\u2019s who are using older versions of\u00a0<strong>Debian<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Linux Mint<\/strong>, can also use above\u00a0<strong>PPA<\/strong>\u00a0to install\/upgrade to latest\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0version, but the PPA only installs or upgrades to whichever latest VLC version available (latest VLC version offered by this PPA is\u00a0<strong>2.2.7<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re looking for more latest version, then consider upgrading your distribution to latest version or use\u00a0<strong>Snap<\/strong>\u00a0package of VLC, which provides VLC 3.0 stable in snap packaging system as shown.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt install snapd\r\n$ sudo snap install vlc\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><b>Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/10-best-open-source-video-players-for-linux-in-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>VLC Screenshots<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_22248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-1.png 898w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-1-768x392.png 768w\" alt=\"VLC Player Running on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"898\" height=\"458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22248\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-22248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VLC Player Running on Ubuntu 16.04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-2.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-2.png 900w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/VLC-Player-2-768x390.png 768w\" alt=\"VLC Player Running on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"900\" height=\"457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22249\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-22249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VLC Player Running on Ubuntu 16.04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0also offers packages for\u00a0<strong>RPM<\/strong>\u00a0based and other Linux distributions, including source tarballs, that you can download and install them from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">THIS PAGE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-vlc-player-in-ubuntu-debian-linux-mint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VLC\u00a0(VideoLAN Client) is an open source highly portable\u00a0Media Player\u00a0that designed to run various video and audio media files, including\u00a0mpeg,\u00a0mpeg-2,\u00a0mpeg-4,\u00a0wmv,\u00a0mp3,\u00a0dvds,\u00a0vcds,\u00a0podcasts,\u00a0ogg\/vorbis,\u00a0mov,\u00a0divx,\u00a0quicktime\u00a0and streaming of multimedia files from various online networks like\u00a0Youtube\u00a0and other network sources. Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of\u00a0VLC 3.0\u00a0with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes. VLC 3.0 Features VLC 3.0 \u201cVetinari\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-debian-ubuntu-and-linux-mint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Install VLC 3.0 in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12663,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions\/12663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}