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Problem VLC shows the following error when opening H.265/HEVC files: VLC could not decode the format "hevc" Solution We need to install the package vlc-plugin-libde265 . Open a terminal window and run: sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265 -y References How to install H.265 / HEVC codec on Ubuntu Linux?

VLC has received an important update. Here's the main changes of version 2.0.6 'Twoflower': Regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC fixed. Support for Matroska v4 files. Fixes for MKV, Ogg, AVI, WMV, HTTPS and subtitles support. Improvements of the D-Bus and MPRIS2 interfaces. Upgrade Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y References VideoLan.org

Updated: 08/09/13 Symptom There's no sound coming out of the speakers after pausing and resuming in VLC. Fix There are two alternative ways of solving this problem. Fix #1 Open a terminal window and run: sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-pulse -y Fix #2 Open VLC preferences. Select "Show All Settings". Open Audio > Output Modules > ALSA Select your audio output device. You may have to try different values. Hit save, close and reopen VLC to test if the current value is the right one. References VLC - No sound after a pause is resumed

By default VLC ignores keyboard multimedia keys (Play, Next/Prev, Stop). In this article we'll be fixing that by configuring VLC's global hotkeys. Configure Hotkeys Open a terminal window and run: vlcrc="$HOME/.config/vlc/vlcrc" sed -i 's/#global-key-play-pause=/global-key-play-pause=Media Play Pause/' $vlcrc sed -i 's/#global-key-next=/global-key-next=Media Next Track/' $vlcrc sed -i 's/#global-key-prev=/global-key-prev=Media Prev Track/' $vlcrc sed -i 's/#global-key-stop=/global-key-stop=Media Stop/' $vlcrc VLC must be restarted for settings take effect. Alternative method The same can be accomplished configuring the hotkeys by hand. Open hotkeys preferences: Tools > Preferences > Hotkeys. Then select each action (Play, Next, Prev, Stop) double-clicking the "Global" column and hit the corresponding multimedia key.

To set VLC as the default video player for your linux desktop, open a terminal window or press Alt+F2 and enter: exo-open $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Your default text editor should be opened and showing the mimeapps.list file. Look for "[Default Applications]" section (or create it if doesn't exist) and append the following list after the section title: video/msvideo=vlc.desktop video/x-msvideo=vlc.desktop video/x-dv=vlc.desktop video/vnd.mpegurl=vlc.desktop video/x-m4v=vlc.desktop video/quicktime=vlc.desktop video/x-sgi-movie=vlc.desktop video/mp4=vlc.desktop video/mpeg=vlc.desktop video/vnd.mpegurl=vlc.desktop video/quicktime=vlc.desktop video/x-flv=vlc.desktop video/x-ogm+ogg=vlc.desktop video/3gpp=vlc.desktop video/x-mpeg=vlc.desktop video/x-ms-wmv=vlc.desktop video/x-ms-asf=vlc.desktop video/x-matroska=vlc.desktop video/ogg=vlc.desktop Note If some video file type isn't associating with VLC, please tell me so...

VLC 2.0 has been released. Faster decoding, support for more video formats, a reworked web interface, experimental BluRay Discs support are some the its highlights (click here to see a complete list of changes). Install Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc References WEB UPD8 VLC 2.0 Twoflower Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0

By default, when the computer is inactive for 120 seconds the screen brightness is automatically reduced. This is a great idea, except that the brightness is also reduced when playing a video file with VLC,  suddenly everything gets darker and is annoying to move the mouse every 2 minutes to restore the brightness level. So to fix this all we have to do is get rid of this option. Open the Power Manager Settings and then on the " On AC " and " On Battery " sections select the Monitor tab. Adjust the third slider all the way to the left, as shown in the picture bellow. Related posts: Edit Xfce Settings with graphical interface