Comment # 1 on bug 977364 from Wolfgang Bauer

That would surprise me.

The update contained absolutely no change, we just added a conflict with newer
vlc versions to prevent problems.

Where does your VLC come from?
If you use VLC from Packman, it's advisable to switch the phonon backend to
Packman's version too, as it is built against that VLC package.
openSUSE's version might not be compatible.

Or use the gstreamer backend as "workaround".