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Posted: **12 May 2020 00:28**

Just setup a new mac mini with 10.15.4 and vlc pops up the window for about a half second then dies. Oddly enough, if I start it from the command line, it works. I did allow it the accessibility security crap, and tried installing the latest 3.0.10 version (even removed the previous installation and reinstalled), but no change. I'd swear it was working, then quit, but I could be mistaken there.

Posted: **13 May 2020 06:47**

Hi, this should be fixed in the next update. Feel free to try the nightly in the meantime available at https://artifacts.videolan.org/vlc-3.0/nightly-macos/20200512-0628/vlc-3.0.10-f39c6bc4.dmg

Posted: **13 May 2020 19:54**

That did not fix it...

Posted: **13 May 2020 19:57**

Uh thats weird… Can you obtain the crash log for me and paste it here please? (In case there is no Window with it popping up, you should be able to find it in Console.app)

Posted: **16 May 2020 01:52**

Well, I see the crash log from the 12th and the old version of vlc ( 2.2.8 ), but the new one ( 3.0.10-15-gf39c6bc495 ) is not generating one. The window just disappears immediately and it shuts down.

Posted: **16 May 2020 01:55**

Thats weird and quite unfortunate as without a crashlog its nearly impossible to know whats going wrong… It's especially weird that it starts fine from the command line…

Posted: **16 May 2020 01:59**

Yeah, I agree; I also wish Apple wouldn't make dtruss useless as that would probably provide a lot of insight as well, except for the part where it works from the command line

Posted: **21 May 2020 18:55**

Hi, did you eventually manage to obtain a crash log now? Sometimes it helps to reboot the Mac or in general just to wait a bit before trying again as it seems the crash reporting tool does not always kicks in an generates a crashlog…

Posted: **22 May 2020 23:30**

No, it still isn't generating one. What exactly happens to invoke an app when you double click it? Maybe I can figure out a way to get a trace out of the thing...

Posted: **23 May 2020 20:42**

Could you try starting VLC like so from Terminal:

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open -W /Applications/VLC.app

Does it work or crash in the same way?

Posted: **23 May 2020 20:59**

It does indeed crash that way, though dtruss refuses to do anything useful. I don't know why they even bothered including it.

Posted: **23 May 2020 21:30**

Can you try adding -F to the open command and see if it still crashes?

Posted: **23 May 2020 22:39**

Additionally please try to search for VLC in the Console.app system log (make sure to add the search query before trying to launch VLC, so relevant messages get collected, if any)

Posted: **23 May 2020 23:25**

OK, -F doesn't change anything, I wasn't getting logs and dtruss didn't work even when I copied VLC.app to my home directory because to get it to fail, I still had to run open, so I disabled SIP with crsutil disable in recovery mode. dtruss still didn't work, but now I got log messages (too many to post all in one, so here's the first part):

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default	14:15:40.049910-0700	Finder	LAUNCHING:0x0-0x57057 VLC foreground=1 bringForward=1 seed=128 userActivityCount=0
default	14:15:40.055027-0700	loginwindow	-[PersistentAppsSupport applicationReady:] | App: VLC, ready, updating active tracking timer
default	14:15:40.055078-0700	loginwindow	-[ApplicationManager checkInAppContext:eventData:] | ApplicationManager: Checked in app : VLC
default	14:15:40.066420-0700	distnoted	register name: com.apple.sharedfilelist.change object: com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/org.videolan.vlc token: f42e5 pid: 544
default	14:15:40.070522-0700	runningboardd	Resolved pid 2070 to [executable<VLC(501)>:2070]
default	14:15:40.073026-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] This process will not be managed.
default	14:15:40.073066-0700	runningboardd	Now tracking process: [executable<VLC(501)>:2070]
default	14:15:40.073515-0700	runningboardd	Acquiring assertion targeting executable<VLC(501)> from originator [daemon<com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd>:178] with description <RBSAssertionDescriptor; foregroundApp:2070; ID: 389-178-215; target: 2070> attributes = {
    <RBSDomainAttribute: 0x7ff922e047b0; domain: com.apple.launchservicesd; name: RoleUserInteractiveNonFocal; sourceEnvironment: 0x0>;
}
default	14:15:40.073652-0700	runningboardd	Assertion 389-178-215 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) will be created as active
default	14:15:40.074081-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Ignoring jetsam update because this process is not memory-managed
default	14:15:40.074100-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Ignoring resume because this process is not lifecycle managed
default	14:15:40.074099-0700	runningboardd	Acquiring assertion targeting executable<VLC(501)> from originator [daemon<com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd>:178] with description <RBSAssertionDescriptor; foregroundApp:2070; ID: 389-178-216; target: 2070> attributes = {
    <RBSDomainAttribute: 0x7ff922c2b660; domain: com.apple.launchservicesd; name: RoleUserInteractiveNonFocal; sourceEnvironment: 0x0>;
}
default	14:15:40.074124-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Set darwin role to: UserInteractiveNonFocal
default	14:15:40.074141-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Ignoring GPU update because this process is not GPU managed
default	14:15:40.074217-0700	runningboardd	Assertion 389-178-216 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) will be created as active
default	14:15:40.074284-0700	runningboardd	Finished acquiring assertion 389-178-215 (target:executable<VLC(501)>)
default	14:15:40.074652-0700	runningboardd	Finished acquiring assertion 389-178-216 (target:executable<VLC(501)>)
default	14:15:40.074659-0700	runningboardd	Invalidating assertion 389-178-215 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) from originator 178
default	14:15:40.100577-0700	VLC	 HALPlugInManagement::RegisterPlugIns: skipping in-process plug-ins
error	14:15:40.100598-0700	VLC	AddInstanceForFactory: No factory registered for id <CFUUID 0x600003ece660> F8BB1C28-BAE8-11D6-9C31-00039315CD46
error	14:15:40.116445-0700	VLC	 HALC_ShellDriverPlugIn::Open: Can't get a pointer to the Open routine
default	14:15:40.124404-0700	VLC	FRONTLOGGING: version 1
default	14:15:40.124422-0700	VLC	Registering, pid=2070
default	14:15:40.126899-0700	VLC	CHECKIN: pid=2070
default	14:15:40.138212-0700	launchservicesd	CHECKIN:0x0-0x57057 2070 org.videolan.vlc
default	14:15:40.138480-0700	loginwindow	-[ApplicationManager checkInAppContext:eventData:] | ApplicationManager: Checked in app : VLC
default	14:15:40.138928-0700	VLC	CHECKEDIN: pid=2070 asn=0x0-0x57057 foreground=1
default	14:15:40.144733-0700	tccd	-[TCCDAccessIdentity staticCode]: static code for: identifier org.videolan.vlc, type: 0: 0x7faa23604ee0 at /Applications/VLC.app
default	14:15:40.152317-0700	tccd	-[TCCDAccessIdentity staticCode]: static code for: identifier org.videolan.vlc, type: 0: 0x7faa234372e0 at /Applications/VLC.app
default	14:15:40.162203-0700	VLC	Registered, pid=2070 ASN=0x0,0x57057
default	14:15:40.162313-0700	VLC	Registered, pid=2070 cgConnectionID=bb21f
default	14:15:40.164797-0700	VLC	BringForward: pid=2070 asn=0x0-0x57057 bringForward=1 foreground=1 uiElement=0 launchedByLS=1 modifiersCount=1 allDisabled=0
default	14:15:40.164941-0700	VLC	BringFrontModifier: pid=2070 asn=0x0-0x57057 Modifier 0 hideAfter=0 hideOthers=0 dontMakeFrontmost=0 mouseDown=0/0 seed=0/0
default	14:15:40.165039-0700	VLC	BringForward: pid=2070 asn=0x0-0x57057
default	14:15:40.165102-0700	VLC	SetFrontProcess: asn=0x0-0x57057 options=0
default	14:15:40.166205-0700	runningboardd	Acquiring assertion targeting executable<VLC(501)> from originator [daemon<com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd>:178] with description <RBSAssertionDescriptor; frontmost:2070; ID: 389-178-217; target: 2070> attributes = {
    <RBSDomainAttribute: 0x7ff922c0af30; domain: com.apple.launchservicesd; name: RoleUserInteractiveFocal; sourceEnvironment: 0x0>;
}

Posted: **23 May 2020 23:26**

Here's the second part:

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default	14:15:40.166342-0700	runningboardd	Assertion 389-178-217 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) will be created as active
default	14:15:40.167779-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Ignoring jetsam update because this process is not memory-managed
default	14:15:40.167922-0700	runningboardd	Finished acquiring assertion 389-178-217 (target:executable<VLC(501)>)
default	14:15:40.168056-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Set darwin role to: UserInteractiveFocal
default	14:15:40.168442-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Ignoring GPU update because this process is not GPU managed
default	14:15:40.170409-0700	VLC	Current system appearance, (HLTB: 1), (SLS: 0)
default	14:15:40.174000-0700	VLC	Post-registration system appearance: (HLTB: 1)
default	14:15:40.183931-0700	distnoted	register name: com.apple.xctest.FakeForceTouchDevice object: org.videolan.vlc token: f426a pid: 2070
default	14:15:40.191596-0700	VLC	NSApp cache appearance:
-NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance: 1
-appearance: (null)
-effectiveAppearance: <NSCompositeAppearance: 0x600001098180
 (
    "<NSAquaAppearance: 0x6000010e5c00>",
    "<NSSystemAppearance: 0x6000010e5c80>"
)>
default	14:15:40.205058-0700	distnoted	register name: com.apple.nsquiet_safe_quit_give_reason object: org.videolan.vlc token: f427f pid: 2070
default	14:15:40.372517-0700	VLC	Registering for test daemon availability notify post.
default	14:15:40.372642-0700	VLC	notify_get_state check indicated test daemon not ready.
default	14:15:40.417951-0700	VLC	SignalReady: pid=2070 asn=0x0-0x57057
error	14:15:40.420614-0700	tccd	Failed to copy signing info for 2070, responsible for file:///Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC: #-67062: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-67062 "(null)"
default	14:15:40.423994-0700	VLC	SIGNAL: pid=2070 asn=0x0x-0x356439
default	14:15:40.424422-0700	loginwindow	-[PersistentAppsSupport applicationReady:] | App: VLC, ready, updating active tracking timer
default	14:15:40.430023-0700	tccd	-[TCCDAccessIdentity staticCode]: static code for: identifier org.videolan.vlc, type: 0: 0x7faa0340d730 at /Applications/VLC.app
default	14:15:40.558104-0700	hidd	Connection added: IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:80F17B9B-AC39-4557-8436-5B789EF7C5E6 pid:2070 process:VLC type:Passive entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox: ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null) state:0x0 events:0 mask:0x0
default	14:15:40.608228-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve item 3D18F160-1392-4EA5-B9AE-D69DF6C47825 for list com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.608323-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve bookmark 0x7f9c0c0fe000 for item 3D18F160-1392-4EA5-B9AE-D69DF6C47825 with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.608774-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve item D04F1924-EDC9-4C97-ADB6-CE1C50397329 for list com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.608828-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve bookmark 0x7f9c0c0e5000 for item D04F1924-EDC9-4C97-ADB6-CE1C50397329 with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.609148-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve item 698696CB-8FB9-462B-A579-F6C897B1F4DA for list com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.609453-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve bookmark 0x7f9c0c0fe600 for item 698696CB-8FB9-462B-A579-F6C897B1F4DA with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.609663-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve item E60D1AA7-D504-436E-BBEB-E237D29347EC for list com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.609848-0700	VLC	Failed to resolve bookmark 0x7f9c0c0a4800 for item E60D1AA7-D504-436E-BBEB-E237D29347EC with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=<private>}
default	14:15:40.621419-0700	hidd	Connection removed: IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:80F17B9B-AC39-4557-8436-5B789EF7C5E6 pid:2070 process:VLC type:Passive entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox: ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null) state:0x1 events:0 mask:0x0
default	14:15:40.625713-0700	runningboardd	[executable<VLC(501)>:2070] Death sentinel fired!
default	14:15:40.627013-0700	runningboardd	Invalidating assertion 389-178-217 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) from originator 178
default	14:15:40.639332-0700	runningboardd	Invalidating assertion 389-178-216 (target:executable<VLC(501)>) from originator 178
default	14:15:40.644129-0700	loginwindow	-[PersistentAppsSupport applicationQuit:] | for app:VLC, _appTrackingState = 2
default	14:15:40.644165-0700	loginwindow	-[PersistentAppsSupport applicationQuit:] | App: VLC, quit, updating active tracking timer
default	14:15:40.735110-0700	runningboardd	Removing process: [executable<VLC(501)>:2070]
default	14:15:40.742554-0700	runningboardd	Removing assertions for terminated process: [executable<VLC(501)>:2070]

Posted: **24 May 2020 00:34**

Can you try removing all preferences and then start it again using open -F, please? (Ideally backup them, in case they did cause the crash, so I we can check them in more detail)

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rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/org.videolan.vlc
rm ~/Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc/vlcrc
rm ~/Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc.plist
open -F VLC.app

Eventually it is some UI state restoration issue…

Posted: **24 May 2020 01:54**

OK, we're getting somewhere - removing the vlcrc file allows it to start, and when it ends, it writes a new one that allows it to continue working; here's the diff from the saved one to the good one:

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$ diff -c save.prefs vlcrc
*** save.prefs	2020-05-23 14:15:40.000000000 -0700
--- vlcrc	2020-05-23 16:48:57.000000000 -0700
***************
*** 169,175 ****
  #macosx-nativefullscreenmode=0
  
  # Display VLC status menu icon (boolean)
! macosx-statusicon=0
  
  # Allow automatic icon changes (boolean)
  #macosx-icon-change=1
--- 169,175 ----
  #macosx-nativefullscreenmode=0
  
  # Display VLC status menu icon (boolean)
! #macosx-statusicon=1
  
  # Allow automatic icon changes (boolean)
  #macosx-icon-change=1
***************
*** 214,223 ****
  #macosx-control-itunes=1
  
  # Continue playback where you left off (integer)
! macosx-continue-playback=1
  
  # Control playback with the Apple Remote (boolean)
! macosx-appleremote=0
  
  # Control system volume with the Apple Remote (boolean)
  #macosx-appleremote-sysvol=0
--- 214,223 ----
  #macosx-control-itunes=1
  
  # Continue playback where you left off (integer)
! #macosx-continue-playback=0
  
  # Control playback with the Apple Remote (boolean)
! #macosx-appleremote=1
  
  # Control system volume with the Apple Remote (boolean)
  #macosx-appleremote-sysvol=0
***************
*** 226,232 ****
  #macosx-appleremote-prevnext=0
  
  # Control playback with media keys (boolean)
! macosx-mediakeys=0
  
  # Video device (integer)
  #macosx-vdev=0
--- 226,232 ----
  #macosx-appleremote-prevnext=0
  
  # Control playback with media keys (boolean)
! #macosx-mediakeys=1
  
  # Video device (integer)
  #macosx-vdev=0
***************
*** 1163,1169 ****
  #lua-config=
  
  # Password (string)
! http-password=<pw>
  
  # Source directory (string)
  #http-src=
--- 1163,1169 ----
  #lua-config=
  
  # Password (string)
! #http-password=
  
  # Source directory (string)
  #http-src=
***************
*** 1239,1248 ****
  [adjust] # Image properties filter
  
  # Image contrast (0-2) (float)
! contrast=2.000000
  
  # Image brightness (0-2) (float)
! brightness=1.666166
  
  # Image hue (-180..180) (float)
  #hue=0.000000
--- 1239,1248 ----
  [adjust] # Image properties filter
  
  # Image contrast (0-2) (float)
! #contrast=1.000000
  
  # Image brightness (0-2) (float)
! #brightness=1.000000
  
  # Image hue (-180..180) (float)
  #hue=0.000000
***************
*** 1783,1789 ****
  [auhal] # HAL AudioUnit output
  
  # Audio volume (integer)
! auhal-volume=320
  
  # Last audio device (string)
  auhal-audio-device=0
--- 1783,1789 ----
  [auhal] # HAL AudioUnit output
  
  # Audio volume (integer)
! #auhal-volume=256
  
  # Last audio device (string)
  auhal-audio-device=0
***************
*** 3522,3528 ****
  #mouse-hide-timeout=1000
  
  # Video snapshot directory (or filename) (string)
! snapshot-path=/Users/alan/Desktop
  
  # Video snapshot file prefix (string)
  #snapshot-prefix=vlcsnap-
--- 3522,3528 ----
  #mouse-hide-timeout=1000
  
  # Video snapshot directory (or filename) (string)
! #snapshot-path=
  
  # Video snapshot file prefix (string)
  #snapshot-prefix=vlcsnap-
***************
*** 3783,3789 ****
  #network-synchronisation=0
  
  # Record directory (string)
! input-record-path=/nfs/nas04/media/vlc
  
  # Prefer native stream recording (boolean)
  #input-record-native=1
--- 3783,3789 ----
  #network-synchronisation=0
  
  # Record directory (string)
! #input-record-path=
  
  # Prefer native stream recording (boolean)
  #input-record-native=1
***************
*** 3921,3927 ****
  #preparse-timeout=5000
  
  # Allow metadata network access (boolean)
! metadata-network-access=1
  
  # Subdirectory behavior (string)
  #recursive=collapse
--- 3921,3927 ----
  #preparse-timeout=5000
  
  # Allow metadata network access (boolean)
! #metadata-network-access=0
  
  # Subdirectory behavior (string)
  #recursive=collapse
***************
*** 3954,3963 ****
  #intf=
  
  # Extra interface modules (string)
! extraintf=lua
  
  # Control interfaces (string)
! control=(null)
  
  # Mouse wheel vertical axis control (integer)
  #hotkeys-y-wheel-mode=0
--- 3954,3963 ----
  #intf=
  
  # Extra interface modules (string)
! #extraintf=
  
  # Control interfaces (string)
! #control=
  
  # Mouse wheel vertical axis control (integer)
  #hotkeys-y-wheel-mode=0

Posted: **24 May 2020 01:58**

Thanks, do you have a backup of the org.videolan.vlc.plist too? (Feel free to send it to me as private message if you dont want to share it publicly, it should not contain any passwords or such but possibly some file paths of last played file and configuration of UI stuff like the EQ presets)

Posted: **24 May 2020 02:00**

I will try going thru the vlcrc file and see if anything could cause the crash on start but on first glance I see nothing suspicious/unexpected there.

Posted: **24 May 2020 02:08**

Nevermind, I managed to reproduce using the exact config you posted!
Thanks a lot for the help and investigating this issue!

Posted: **24 May 2020 02:09**

No problem, glad to help!

Posted: **24 May 2020 02:26**

So the issue turns out to be the "lua" extraintf setting, as it causes the lua rc interface to be used. This is an interactive terminal interface, it works fine when used from Terminal but when starting the actual app, there is no stdin (or rather, it is immediately closed when trying to read from it) which causes the lua interface to cause VLC to terminate as it thinks there is no more input.

As workaround if you want to keep a console interface as extraintf you can use the "oldrc" interface, which is quite similar to the lua rc one.

Posted: **24 May 2020 03:56**

Thanks, I don't normally use it either way, so the new config it generated is fine.

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