Comment 8 for bug 1364186

If you all are going to use a pre-release version then it really should be one that's not broken (or broken significantly like this one.
So please, as mentioned, pick a newer version, you've had 5+ weeks to do so.
In lieu of being fixed then any affected users can use the vlc stable ppa version -

https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/ubuntu/stable-daily