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Found out how to install it! Add 'ppa:mc3man/trusty-media' then install 'vlc vlc-plugin-*'.

great! do I need to compile it or is there a simpler way to get it? Also.... if I need to compile it does that mean apt will no longer keep it updated?

I download a file using youtube-dl and vlc doesn't run the file. Rather a window appears saying: No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "VP90". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this. No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio ...

dropbox got around too me. Here is the file if you want to help.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eg4ekk5pdlsgag4/VTLJ7b4Aa7

I was just requested to upload a video so I did (to flickr). The uploaded file played normally in flickr but when I tried to play it with vlc sound was normal but the video froze on the first frame, moved a tiny bit and then froze again. here is the flickr link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57070982...

Then it must be a driver because I have 5 input files and they all fail the same way.

okay..... here is what's happening. I upgraded from mint 13 to 14 in the hopes that would fix the problem but that didn't help any. I also increased the cache for vlc but that was not a help as well. So I have to choose between vlc, totem, and mplayer; vlc freezes at the first frame while audio cont...

Thanks for the response. I guess that solution wasn't the right one for me. Nothing changed.

2.0.5 freezes on the first frame while the sound continues. I found this site while researching a solution and the solution for an earlier version was to increase the cache but Can't figure out how to do that. Is that still the solution and if so how do you increase the cache?