No video playback window on RTSP stream

[gherlein]

OK, hours spent search and trying combinations to no avail.

Version 3.0.11.1 Vetinari (Intel 64bit)

Situation: playing RTSP stream (from Unifi cameras). I can hear audio, no video window. Can't find it. It's not off screen. I am using multiple monitors but disconnecting them all and just using the notebook screen has same effect. Happens on TWO different Mac notebooks. Bot are running Catalina.

Cannot find a combination of preferences that will let it play. NOTE: it was working last week. Something changed.

All I have is the playlist window. No error messages.

main debug: VLC media player - 3.0.11.1 Vetinari
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2020 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 3.0.11.1-0-g52483f3ca2
main debug: configured with /Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/build/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-osx-notifications' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-vnc' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.7' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk' '--with-breakpad=https://mac.crashes.videolan.org' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'CFLAGS=-g' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g' 'OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'OBJCFLAGS=-g'
main warning: playback way too early (-152340): playing silence
main debug: inserting 3359 zeroes
main warning: playback too late (112545): up-sampling
live555 debug: tk->rtpSource->hasBeenSynchronizedUsingRTCP()
main warning: playback way too late (948384): flushing buffers

Any ideas of things I can try to find my lost video window?

[NoVideoWindow]

I have run into this problem for YEARS! I can see the main playlist window, I can see that the media is playing but the video window is nowhere to be found. It is infuriating! I've searched forums. I've posted the question to reddit somewhere a while back. Nothing. In fact - I think you're the only other person I've seen ask the same question.

The only solution I've found is to uninstall and re-install. Maddening