XnView MP 0.83 fix Video playback hangs - Install on Ubuntu 16.04

   XnView MP is the enhanced version of XnView Classic. It is a powerful cross-platform media browser, viewer and converter. Compatible with more than 500 formats.

XnView 0.83 changelog

• [Requests] Naming of sidecar
• [Bugs] Can't open PDF files on network drive
• [Bugs] Linux: Moving create bad modified date
• [Bugs] Some shortcuts don't work on MacOSX
• [Bugs] OpenEXR on Linux
• [Bugs] Video playback hangs
• [Bugs] MacOSX Quits after displaying warning dialog  

Installation instructions:

In order to successfully install XnView MP on Ubuntu, you have to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the XnView MP  package:

$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list' $ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install xnviewmp

Install XnView MP 0.83 DEB package if PPA is yet to be updated

32Bit OS

$ sudo apt-get install gdebi $ wget http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux.deb $ sudo gdebi XnViewMP-linux.deb

64Bit OS

$ sudo apt-get install gdebi $ wget http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb $ sudo gdebi XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb

 Optional, to remove XnView MP, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove xnviewmp