VLC Won't Play AV1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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vlc (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
VLC cannot yet play the new AV1 format (an open and royalty-free video coding format):
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Sample videos can be download from here for testing:
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: vlc 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Aug 29 13:54:19 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
This bug was fixed in the package vlc - 3.0.4-1
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vlc (3.0.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream release.
- Fix OpenGL output for single plane devices. (LP: #1774119)
- Decode AV1 streams. (LP: #1789715)
* debian/patches: Drop patches merged upstream.
-- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:35:02 +0200