Deadbeef audio player 1.8.1 was released a few days ago with various bug-fixes and performance improvements for the 1.8 series.

Deadbeef 1.8.1 release highlights:

• Fixed audio freeze while sorting
• Fixed error messages when loading PLS playlist with relative paths
• Removed the unmaintained sndio plugin
• Added experimental subgrouping support in playlist
• Added new title formatting functions $stripprefix and $swapprefix
• Updated Repeat and Shuffle hotkey names to match the menus
• Fixed rounding bug of total playtime in statusbar
• Added FLAC plugin option to ignore corrupted stream errors
• Fixed reloading replaygain info
• Fixed writing replaygain info to APEv2 tags
• And many other bug-fixes, see the release note for details.

How to Install DeaDBeeF 1.8.1 in Ubuntu:

The new release package is available to install in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04 via PPA repository.

1. Open terminal either from app launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then refresh system package cache and install deadbeef via following 2 commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install deadbeef

Once installed, open the player from your system application menu and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To remove the music player, open terminal and run command:

sudo apt remove --auto-remove deadbeef

And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.