I'm having this same issue. Was it ever resolved? Or reported as a bug? As a workaround I'm doing the following: $ vlc -q --fullscreen file:///home/pi/Desktop/blank_1080p.mp4 vlc://pause:300 file:///home/pi/Desktop/video.mp4 --no-audio -I oldrc --rc-unix /home/pi/vlcsocket which brings up a blank sc...