How to Fix the detached Video Bug in Vlc on Ubuntu 9.04

After upgrading to Jaunty when I played a video using vlc, surprisingly the video was being displayed in a separate window from the main interface of vlc. Also the controls were not being shown in it. It is really uncool as the bug had been there in intrepid for a while but was fixed soon. But the good thing is that the patch has been out quickly. You can use medigeek's repository and install/upgrade vlc from there :

Add this to your sources.list :

For Ubuntu Jaunty :

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

For Ubuntu Intrepid :

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

Then update your system via this command :

$sudo apt-get update

If you are getting a keyserver/signature error at launchpad, please follow the instructions given after the next step which is the final one in case you don't encounter the error.

Now you can update your vlc (via $sudo apt-get upgrade) or using synaptic manager or using upgrade gui tool or you can install vlc if you removed it or never installed (via $sudo apt-get install vlc).

If you add a launchpad repository to your sources.list and see this kind of error :
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220

Stop worrying and just follow the steps....

Download change.pl from here.

And download the required packages :

$sudo apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl

Now make it executable by going to the directory in which the script has been saved and then

$chmod +x change.pl

Then run the script using:

$perl change.pl

Enter your root password when it is asked.That is all.

VLC media player 0.9.2 is out !!!!

VLC media player today is one of the most widely used media players...few of the main reasons for it being so popular are d facts that it is a free cross-platform media player which can play almost all formats for u without the need of downloading and installing additional codecs from here and there and can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...) .... other features can b chkd out on its site...

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one of the areas where vlc was behind other media players was definitely its UI... it has improved it a lot in this release... some of the most notable changes in this release are: metadata support, new media library, album art support , fullscreen controller, better playlist management, last.fm support, new filters, decoders, etc...etc... for a comprehensive list of new features click here ...

Installation Guidelines for hardy users :

add the following in your software sources: "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu hardy main"

then start the synaptic packet manager and update your apt cache by reloading...

then first remove the old version by searching for vlc and select completely remove option for vlc and vlc-nox

and then install the new version by selecting vlc and vlc-nox and apply the changes...
You should also install vlc-plugin-esd, mozilla-plugin-vlc and libdvdcss2.

for people using other OSes --> first uninstall the previous version of vlc installed on your comp and nly den install the newer version...