VLC 2.1.5 Release, Install On Linux Ubuntu And Mint

VLC 2.1.5 Release, Install On Linux Ubuntu And Mint

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.




2.1.5 Highlights
With the capabilities of "RinceWind", 2.1.5 fixes a few bugs, and important security issues
2.1.5 fixes a few decoding bugs, on MP3, MKV, and hardware decoding on Windows.
It also fixes QTsound capture and audio channel orders for OS X.
2.1.5 also ships with updated GnuTLS and libpng libraries, because of security issues.

Want in? VLC 2.1.5 is a free download available from the VideoLAN website or through the official daily stable VLC PPA.  The more patient amongst you can get ahold of this (or a subsequent stable release) in a future Stable Release Update to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.