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I want to use Clementine but it needs ffmpeg to be installed if I want to play .ape files from it.

On the other way, I still want to have VLC up and running, and I understand that VLC does no longer use ffmpeg, but libav. (by the way, VLC plays all audio formats I have, including .ape files).

So, my question is: if I install ffmpeg, will libav still be operational (thus allowing me to use VLC), or will it override libav functionality, thus causing VLC to fail?

The reason I'm asking this here instead of simply trying to install ffmpeg is because the last time I installed it VLC stoped working and I only could get it working again reinstalling Ubuntu 14.04

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On 14.04, clementine is still using the gstreamer0.10 plugins and since ape support is provided by the ffmpeg plugin you need to set up the following PPA to play ape files:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

I tested both vlc and clementine at the same time using this sample file (sh3.ape) and it works flawlessly:

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