Stability problems with media files on 14.04

[Doug Penner]

Is there a particular reason you have installed the ffmpg and vlc 
repositories? Both libraries and applications are available in the 
standard repositories and should be adequate for almost all users.

PPA's have always been risky, particularly right after a major version 
upgrade, so their use is usually discouraged unless necessary.

~Doug


On Wed, 7 May 2014, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions regarding problems I've been having since going from Kubuntu 13.10 to 14.04.
> Most notably, I've been unable to play WMV files. This causes VLC to crash when trying to open WMV files that it used to handle with ease, and sometimes Handbrake
> freezes on video files and that's NEVER happened to be in more than a decade of use.
> 
> I've also encountered crashes on Chroumium, but suspect that is also related to the media codec problem.
> 
> I see that Medibuntu has gone away, so I've replaced it with the ffmprg and VLC repositories. But I have no idea what's missing or misconfigured. Any assistance is
> appreciated.
> 
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