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OK, I found a fix:

sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf <<<'options snd-hda-intel power_save=0'

Now I just get a single click on system startup and VLC does not click any more.

I note it is not vlc on taskbar, it is audio control with an entry saying "vlc stopped"

I am on Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria. I have a small script that I use for Korean vocab practice, which uses cvlc, but there is always a loud click when I start the script and it plays the first file, which is a real pain if I have headphones on. After that, other files played by the script continue wit...