I installed VLC player on macOS using Homebrew, then when running it from command-line, I got many messages/warnings:
% which vlc /usr/local/bin/vlc % vlc VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.16-0-g5e70837d8d) [00007f8476012eb0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. 2021-12-25 19:05:48.211 VLC[10273:272753] Can't find app with identifier com.apple.iTunes 2021-12-25 19:05:48.439 VLC[10273:272753] Can't find app with identifier com.spotify.client [00007f847621e240] auhal audio output error: AudioObjectAddPropertyListener failed, device id 251, prop: [atfp], OSStatus: 1852797029 [00007f847621e240] auhal audio output error: AudioObjectAddPropertyListener failed, device id 239, prop: [atfp], OSStatus: 1852797029 [00007f847621e240] auhal audio output error: AudioObjectAddPropertyListener failed, device id 55, prop: [atfp], OSStatus: 1852797029 [00007f847621e240] auhal audio output error: AudioObjectAddPropertyListener failed, device id 66, prop: [atfp], OSStatus: 1852797029 ... And this:
% which cvlc cvlc not found Any idea how to fix them?
01 Answer
It turns out the syntax to run VLC play from command-line with an interface specification is to use the --intf (or -I) option:
vlc --intf <name_of_interface>
where the name of the interface can be chosen from the list given by
vlc -l | grep -iF interface VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.16-0-g5e70837d8d) 18: macosx Mac OS X interface 21: ncurses Ncurses interface 127: oldrc Remote control interface 140: lua Command-line interface 144: lua Lua Playlist Parser Interface 160: dummy Dummy interface 202: motion motion control interface 353: hotkeys Hotkeys management interface 370: gestures Mouse gestures control interface For example, to use no interface:
vlc -I dummy my_audio.mp3 To use textual interface is:
vlc -I lua my_audio.mp3 The fact
vlc my_audio.mp3 gives a warning that suggests 'cvlc' seems to be an obsolete command name.
