Restore VLC 1.x functionality after installing VLC 2.x

Question

For several users, installing VLC 2.0 from it's PPA will result in multiple problems with the system, including but not limited to:

• Openshot not working
• DeVeDe not working
• Pitivi not working
• Sound problems
• Similar video tools having problems

How to fix this?

Answer 1

The answer is to go back to 1.x since several libraries/tools are shared between other programs that VLC uses.

To solve this first:

1. Remove the PPA from VLC 2.X from your Software Sources

2. Run this in the terminal so it removes any trace of VLC 2.X:

   sudo apt-get purge vlc libvlc5 libvlccore5 vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse

3. Update Repositories: sudo apt-get update

4. Install VLC 1.x: sudo apt-get install vlc

I'm sorry that I had to Ask and Answer this but do to some help about this with several friends and users here I thought it would be better to put it right now than wait. Hope it helps anybody that updates to VLC 2.x and finds problems after.