Install Banshee 2.4 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Install Banshee 2.4 on Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal/Linux Mint

Banshee 2.4 is the culmination of six months' work by 35 developers, 38 translators and dozens of bug reporters and testers. It is a stable release, the successor to Banshee 2.0.
Play your audios and videos. Keep up with your podcasts and Internet radio. Discover new music and podcasts. Keep your portable device loaded with good stuff.

To install/upgrade open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install banshee
or
sudo apt-get upgrade

Here is the Homepage of Banshee.

Install VLC 2.0 TwoFlower on Ubuntu/Linux Mint (New Released)

Install VLC 2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Linux Mint

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

To install VLC on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install vlc

Here is the site of VLC. That's it