As of we know VLC is the most widely used media player on Linux and Windows Desktop. VideoLan project has recently released its latest & stable version of VLC 3. Some of the new features of VLC 3 are listed below:
- It supports 3D audio and 360 Video
- VLC 3 supports hardware decoding by default and can play 4K and 8K videos
- It can stream local media to Chromecast devices.
- It supports HDMI pass through for Audio HD codecs (E-AC3 & TrueHD)
- It supports network browsing for network file systems like SMB, NFS, FTP & SFTP etc.
To read more on new features on VLC 3, you can refer its official site:
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/3.0.0.html
In this article we will discuss how we can install VLC 3 on Debian 9 and Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10
Installation of VLC 3 on Debian 9
VLC 3 package is not available in the default Debian 9 package repositories, so first we have to configure additional debian repositories. Add the following lines in “/etc/apt/sources.list”
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
Update the repositories and install vlc package using below commands,
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt update linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt install vlc -y
Note: It is recommended to disable above repositories once you have installed VLC 3 because the packages from these repositories can make your system unstable.
Installation of VLC 3 via snap
Alternate Way to Install VLC 3 on Debian 9 is via snap. Run the below command,
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo apt install snapd
To view the VLC version available via snap
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo snap find vlc Name Version Developer Notes Summary vlc 3.0.0 videolan - The ultimate media player mjpg-streamer 2.0 ogra - UVC webcam streaming tool simplescreenrecorder-mardy 0.3.8-3 mardy - Simple Screen Recorder linuxtechi@nixhome:~$
Run below snap command to install VLC 3
linuxtechi@nixhome:~$ sudo snap install vlc vlc 3.0.0 from 'videolan' installed linuxtechi@nixhome:~$
Once VLC has been installed via snap, reboot your system once and then you can start accessing the latest version of VLC.
Access and Start VLC 3,
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Click on VLC media player,
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Installation of VLC 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10
VLC 2.2 is available in the default Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 repositories but we can install VLC 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 & 17.10 using snap package.
Refer the below commands to Install VLC 3 using snap
pkumar@linuxbox:~$ sudo apt install snap -y pkumar@linuxbox:~$ sudo snap install vlc
Reboot your machine once vlc has been installed successfully.
Access VLC 3 media player,
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Click on VLC Media player
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If you don’t like snap VLC 3 and wants to remove from your system , then use the below command
$ sudo snap remove vlc
That’s all from this article. Please do share your valuable feedback and comments in the comments section below.