Comment 3 for bug 1974089

A bit more info on my self compiled version 3.0.17.4. Performing make install installs it under the default /usr/local, leaving the original deb installed under /usr untouched but changing the system default to run /usr/local/bin/vlc. Running that, however, results in the prior audio issue. I uninstalled it and edited the Application Menu to run the version I compiled, renamed the original (non-working) /usr/bin/vlc to vlc-bak and sym linked the one I compiled to /usr/bin/vlc. This seems to be working.

My next step later today or tomorrow will be to uninstall the PPA version entirely and try installing my compiled version again.