Having Problems Opening VLC in Mac OSx

[guest1]

I am running OSX (10.1), I was able to install the program (twice now) and when I try opeing it, I get an icon bouncing in the dock and then closes. What am I doing wrong????

[simon]

what you are doing wrong? using 10.1 i guess

i guess you already have removed the old preferences files, but if you havent try doing that.

[Guest]

Please treat me as stupid! Humor me and explain step by step how to remove the old preferences!

[simon]

it's in the FAQ http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id2514397

it says: remove the folder HOME/Library/Preferences/VLC


btw. why are you using 10.1?

[fkuehne]

I suppose that you try to use VLC 0.8.1 on Mac OS X 10.1. That's not possible and won't be made possible by anything. The last couple of versions of VLC simply require 10.2 or higher. The last release for 10.1 is 0.7.0 as stated on the download page for the OSX-port.

Btw. I highly recommend you to update to 10.2 or even 10.3 because they are much faster (even on slower hardware), easier to use and support much more software on the contrary to 10.1. Additionally, at least 10.2 can be bought on ebay for very little money.

[simon]

or you could download 10.3 it's pretty easy to find.
but only if it is legal in your country of course.