Install VLC Media Player 2.0.1 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04

VLC media player is a multimedia player that a lot of support from a variety of audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX / Xvid, Ogg, MKV,WMV and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and variousstreaming protocols.

VLC 2.0.1 is an update from previous versions, with some updatesas follows:

· Support for MxPEG files and streams

· New features in the Mac OS X interface for more customization

· Numerous fixes in the Qt, the Mac OS and the skins interfaces.

· Fixes for HTTP Live Streaming, CDDB, UDP / RTP support.

· Security issues and the SA-1201 SA-1202.

· Limited support for Bluray discs menus.

· Numerous fixes for MKV support.

· Fix for splitted RAR files playback.

· Numerous fixes for more than 120 bugs.

· Codec libraries and 3rd party security updates.

To install VLC on Ubuntu, open Terminal and run the following command:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily 
• sudo apt-get update 
• sudo apt-get install vlc