Public bug reported: Recently VLC for Precise has been updated to 2.0.5, which is the latest version available. One of the big draws of VLC 2.0.4 and above was the inclusion of Opus audio support, yet the libraries to play them are not available in the Precise repositories. Opening any Opus file gives an error that there is no suitable decoder. Currently the Opus package (libopus0) is only in Quantal and above.
The 2.0.5 version of VLC seems to be based off of the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc which includes libopus0 backported for Precise. I have used 2.0.4 from this PPA in the past and Opus files and audio streams worked perfectly. Another issue I have is when I updated to 2.0.5 from the Precise repositories with libopus0 installed from the n-muenich PPA, Opus playback no longer worked. I am guessing the 2.0.5 version built for Ubuntu doesn't take Opus into consideration when the 2.0.4 version from the n-muenich PPA did. Since this is a big issue with this version of VLC, it is VERY important to include libopus0 in the main Precise repositories so VLC is no longer broken. ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: libopus0 opus vlc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1099003 Title: VLC 2.0.5 won't work with Opus. Please include libopus0 from n-muench PPA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1099003/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
