
That said, you might not be on Ubuntu and/or prefer to use the VLC Snap maintained by Videolan themselves. What’s great about this update is that most of us won’t need to do anything to get it as Ubuntu 18.04 will automatically receive this update via Software Updater - provided VLC is installed from the archive and not a PPA, or a Snap etc. You can view the full change-log on the Videolan website. Various Direct3D11 and DirectSound fixes.Fixes for playback of incomplete RAR files, MKV, AVI, MP4, etc.Fix colorspace of JPEG, PNG and screen inputs.Fix for ‘seeking’ on streams containing WebVTT subtitles.Chromecast now compatible with VLC web interface.Tooltip display under Wayland corrected.

Improved DVD subtitles rendering on OpenGL.Low-fps files should now playback without issue.The release solves a number of minor issues, improves usability under the Wayland display server, and adds support for decoding AV1 streams:

VLC media player 3.0.4 is the latest bug-fix update. The VLC video player needs little introduction, what with it being the most popular media player across all major desktop operating systems. This week’s highlights include a perennially popular video player, a perfectly-pitched podcast client for the Linux desktop, and plenty more besides. In our Linux Release Roundup series we try to collate the notable new app, software and distro releases and other key software updates released during the past 7 days. The Linux landscape exists in a state of constant flux, with new distro releases, kernels, apps and other updates appearing all the time.
