News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released new 3.0.23 version few days ago for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
This is a small release that fixed some bugs, updated the dark palette, and improved the compatibility for recent dependency libraries.
After almost a year and a half of development, VLC 3.0.22 is finally available to download! PPA updated for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10.
After two RC releases, VLC 3.0.22 is finally made available with some new features, UI changes, bug-fixes, and many security fixes.
VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released version 3.0.21 after more than half a year of development.
The release introduced AMD HQ Scaler support for Super Resolution scaling with AMD GPUs. Meaning, user can now use this AI-assisted feature to improve the quality and sharpness of playback with NVIDIA RTX series (and more listed in this page), AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics and newer, and Intel Arc, Xe-LP GPUs.
If you have a compatible GPU, then you can enable this feature in Preferences dialog, under Video -> Output modules section.
The VideoLAN team announced the release of VLC 3.0.12 as the thirteenth version of the “Vetinari” branch.
The new release features native support for Apple Silicon hardware, the M1 processor in new versions of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.
Other changes in VLC 3.0.12 include:
VLC offers official Ubuntu binary via Snap package, which can be installed directly through Ubuntu Software.
Just install the package which will update automatically to the latest though it’s still 3.0.11 at the moment of writing.
VLC media player 3.0.11 was released a day ago as the twelfth update of “Vetinari” branch.
Changes in VLC 3.0.11 according to the release note:
The official Snap package (runs in sandbox) has been updated. You can install it from Ubuntu Software.
Already installed the Snap package? It will be updated to the latest automatically.
VLC is also available as flatpak in Flathub repository, which is not updated at the moment.
VLC media player 3.0.7 was released a day ago. The new release features numerous security fixes and many improvements.
VLC 3.0.7 release highlights:
The official VLC 3.0.7 snap package (containerised software package) is available in Ubuntu Software for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and higher.
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and make sure snapd daemon is installed.
sudo apt-get install snapd
Then install VLC 3.0.7 snap package via command:
sudo snap install vlc --classic
Once installed, open VLC from your system application launcher and enjoy!
(Optional) To remove the snap package, either use Ubuntu Software or run command in terminal:
sudo snap remove vlc
For those who are looking for traditional VLC .deb package, the unofficial PPA contains the latest VLC 3.0.7 packages for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04.
VLC media player released version 3.0.5 a few days ago with performance improvements and numerous fixes. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.
VLC 3.0.5 release highlights:
Linux Snap package:
The official VLC snap package (containerized software package) has been updated to v3.0.5. For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply install it from Ubuntu Software.
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap package:
sudo apt install snapd && sudo snap install vlc
VLC package for Ubuntu:
Ubuntu comes with VLC package (see previous picture), and offers software updates through updates repository.
NOTE VLC 3.0.5 is not available at the moment of writing. As usual, the new release package will be published in a few days.
For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply install VLC .deb package from Ubuntu Software, and VLC 3.0.5 package will be available via Software Updater once published.
VLC media player 3.0.4 was released with support for decoding AV1 streams and various bug-fixes.
According to the changelog file, VLC 3.0.4 contains following changes:
For Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, Ubuntu as usual will publish VLC 3.0.4 packages via security & updates repository.
At that time you can upgrade VLC via Software Updater (check the building page, The Bionic Beaver section).
For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, the VideoLan team offers the official Snap package, containerised software package designed to work securely within most Linux desktop.
You can simply install the snap (3.0.3 at the moment) via Ubuntu Software, and it will auto-updates to the latest VLC 3.0.4 once it’s published.
Note for Ubuntu 16.04 users who never installed a snap package, make sure if snapd daemon is installed via command:
sudo apt install snapd snapd-xdg-open
VLC media player got a new maintenance release for VLC 3.0 series a few days with numerous bug-fixes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04.
According to the changelog, VLC 3.0.3 contains following changes:
The official snap package of VLC 3.0.3 is available in Ubuntu Software:
or you can run command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install the snap:
snap install vlc --classic
It automatically upgrade to VLC 3.0.3 if an old version of the snap package was installed.
NOTE for Ubuntu 16.04 uses who never installed a snap package, first run command in terminal to install snapd daemon via command:
sudo apt-get install snapd snapd-xdg-open
The latest VLC 3.0.2 will soon be available in Ubuntu 18.04 repository (published as proposed at the moment). For Ubuntu 16.04 users who prefer traditional VLC packages to the snap, here’s how to install VLC 3.0.2 via a PPA repository.
NOTE: The PPA build does not support Chromecast, upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 if that’s important to you.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher.
2. When terminal opens, run command to add the third-party VLC PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vlc-3
Type your password (no visual feedback while typing due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
3. Run following 2 commands to add the PPAs for updated FFmpeg and Meson libraries:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/meson
4. Finally upgrade VLC media player using Software Updater.
Or run command in terminal to install VLC 3.0.2 in Ubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc
You can revert back to stock version of VLC (2.2.2) in Ubuntu 16.04 by purging the PPA via command:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf/vlc-3
Also downgrade the FFmpeg libraries by purging the dependency PPA if you want:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4
