Hello,
Since the last update, many menu items are missing, like file -> open file advanced..
I use
# dpkg -l | grep vlc
ii gnome-vlc 0.8.1-3 GNOME frontend for VLC (dummy legacy package
ii vlc 0.8.1-3 multimedia player for all audio and video fo
ii vlc-plugin-esd 0.8.1-3 Esound audio output plugin for VLC
ii wxvlc 0.8.1-3 wxWindows frontend for VLC
Part of my /etc/sourcelist is :
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
This bug has been reported by someone else on the debian-user-french mailing list.
Fabrice