The latest git version of the MLT framework can be downloaded and compiled as decribed here: www.mltframework.org/…dScripts
wget http://github.com/mltframework/mlt-scripts/raw/master/build/build-melted.sh sudo apt-get install nasm libmp3lame0 libgavl1 libsox2 libqt4-gui libexif12 libvdpau1 sudo apt-get install libsamplerate0-dev libsdl1.2-dev qtdeclarative5-dev libogg-dev sudo apt-get install git automake autoconf libtool intltool g++ yasm nasm swig libmp3lame-dev libgavl-dev libsamplerate-dev libxml2-dev ladspa-sdk libjack-dev libsox-dev libsdl-dev libgtk2.0-de