{"id":7318,"date":"2017-11-22T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:15:52","slug":"install-vlc-2-2-7-2-2-8-in-ubuntu-16-04-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/install-vlc-2-2-7-2-2-8-in-ubuntu-16-04-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install VLC 2.2.7 (2.2.8) in Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04"},"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>Although they are not officially announced, VLC media player 2.2.7 (and 2.2.8 with single fix) now are available for download. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in VLC 2.2.7 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix flac heap write overflow on format change<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash in libavcodec module (heap write out-of band) (CVE-2017-10699)<\/li>\n<li>Fix infinite loop in sami subtitle<\/li>\n<li>Fix AAC 7.1 channels detection<\/li>\n<li>Fix potential crash in ASX parser<\/li>\n<li>Fix AVI read\/write overflow<\/li>\n<li>Fix compatibility with Mac OS High Sierra<\/li>\n<li>Fix regression in ASS subtitle decoding for Mac OS<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash during automatic update in Mac OS X. Some users might need to manually update to the newest version.<\/li>\n<li>Fix Direct3D9 output with odd offsets<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash in MTP<\/li>\n<li>Support libupnp 1.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And VLC 2.2.8 fixed AVI invalid pointer dereferences for demuxers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vlc227-600x386.jpg\" alt=\"VLC 2.2.7\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vlc227-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vlc227-450x290.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vlc227-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vlc227.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Install VLC 2.2.7 in Ubuntu 16.04\/14.04:<\/h4>\n<p>There are quite a few PPAs with VLC packages for Ubuntu. At the moment, you can install VLC 2.2.7 in Ubuntu easily via <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~jonathonf\/+archive\/ubuntu\/vlc\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathon F&#8217;s PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from start menu. When it opens, run command to add PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf\/vlc<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\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>Remove old VLC version, if you installed it from Ubuntu Software, to avoid a package conflict:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove vlc vlc-nox<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally run commands in terminal to check updates and install VLC 2.2.7:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt install vlc<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Restore:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To restore VLC media player to the stock version in your main Ubuntu repository, run command to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf\/vlc<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although they are not officially announced, VLC media player 2.2.7 (and 2.2.8 with single fix) now are available for download. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and derivatives. Changes in VLC 2.2.7 include: Fix flac heap write overflow on format change Fix crash in libavcodec module (heap write out-of band) (CVE-2017-10699) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[639],"class_list":["post-7318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-vlc-media-player"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}