{"id":6824,"date":"2017-05-25T14:51:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6824"},"modified":"2017-05-25T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:51:04","slug":"vlc-2-2-6-released-with-3-bugs-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/vlc-2-2-6-released-with-3-bugs-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC 2.2.6 Released with 3 Bugs Fixed [How to Install]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vlc_logo_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5635\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The VideoLAN team rolled out the new VLC media player 2.2.6 release, less than two weeks after the last VLC 2.2.5 (&#038; 2.2.5.1), with only 3 bugs fixed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videohelp.com\/software\/VLC-media-player\" target=\"_blank\">VLC 2.2.6<\/a> fixed following bugs in the previous release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed the systematic green line video output on NVIDIA devices.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed direct3d SPU texture offsets handling<\/li>\n<li>Demuxer: Fixed heap buffer overflows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226-600x326.jpg\" alt=\"VLC 2.2.6\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226-600x326.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226-450x245.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-226.jpg 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install VLC 2.2.6 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>While there&#8217;s now official Linux packages, you can install VLC 2.2.6 via the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~jonathonf\/+archive\/ubuntu\/vlc\" target=\"_blank\">third-party PPA<\/a>, available for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf\/vlc<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-225-ppa-600x94.jpg\" alt=\"VLC 2.2.5 PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"94\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-225-ppa-600x94.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-225-ppa-450x71.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vlc-225-ppa.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade VLC via <b>Software Updater<\/b> after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/upgrade-vlc225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/upgrade-vlc225-450x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/upgrade-vlc225-450x328.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/upgrade-vlc225-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/upgrade-vlc225.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: if you&#8217;re trying to upgrade from VLC version older than 2.2.4, REMOVE VLC first to avoid unmet dependencies issue:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove vlc vlc-nox && sudo apt-get autoremove<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To restore VLC media player to the stock version in your Ubuntu main repository, purge the PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf\/vlc<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VideoLAN team rolled out the new VLC media player 2.2.6 release, less than two weeks after the last VLC 2.2.5 (&#038; 2.2.5.1), with only 3 bugs fixed. VLC 2.2.6 fixed following bugs in the previous release: Fixed the systematic green line video output on NVIDIA devices. 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