{"id":6819,"date":"2017-05-24T14:21:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2017-05-24T14:21:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:21:27","slug":"lives-video-editor-2-8-6-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/lives-video-editor-2-8-6-released\/","title":{"rendered":"LiVES Video Editor 2.8.6 Released! How to Install it via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lives-video-editor-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6748\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lives-video.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LiVES<\/a> video editing system and VJ tool has reached the 2.8.6 release earlier today with performance improvements and various bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p>LiVES 2.8.6 changelog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove dependency on (deprecated) GLee.<\/li>\n<li>Show audio as volume levels in Clip Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Performance improvements for multitrack playback.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that timeline track backgrounds are painted in multitrack (regression).<\/li>\n<li>Properly expand text width in the message info window.<\/li>\n<li>Improve zoom in multitrack (zooms around cursor rather than screen center).<\/li>\n<li>Prevent annyoing focus stealing when mt is backed up in the background.<\/li>\n<li>Fix broken audio fade in\/out (regression).<\/li>\n<li>Fix external window capture (regression).<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash in palette conversions.<\/li>\n<li>Fix compilation issues with liblives scripting engine.<\/li>\n<li>Fix for keys being in multitrack fullscreen preview.<\/li>\n<li>Code reformatting and tidying (W.I.P)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286-450x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286-450x288.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-286.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install LiVES 2.8.6 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>An unofficial PPA has made the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/lives<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-600x88.jpg\" alt=\"LiVES PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"88\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-450x66.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade LiVES via Software Updater if you have a previous release installed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-450x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"285\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-450x285.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-600x380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or run commands to do update and install LiVES video editor:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update \r\n\r\nsudo apt install lives lives-plugins<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To restore LiVES to the stock version in your Ubuntu main repository, run command to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/lives<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LiVES video editing system and VJ tool has reached the 2.8.6 release earlier today with performance improvements and various bug-fixes. 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