To upgrade your VLC to the 1.2 experimental version to test if this bug is fixed follow these:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade I only watched something with VLC 1.2 for 45 minutes yesterday and it did not freeze, however the video and the audio were not in sync. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743323 Title: vlc memory leak -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs