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There's one issue I've had with VLC over the years and have never found a fix. I will finally give up on it if no one here has an answer. I would like to find a way to permanently enable VLC's "advanced" Options or Preferences as default. I continually have to click the ALL (as opposed to leaving the Basic radio button on for the default simple interface). I'm looking for a way to open Preferences and see all the advanced features automatically.

I've tried the following so far with no change with versions 0.86i through 1.1.12

1) deleted VLC Preferences using the script provided by VideoLAN in Goodies folder.
2) clicked the checkbox to enable "Show advanced options" under Preferences>show ALL>Interface
3) saved Preferences
4) restarted VLC

The Basic Preferences are still default. The Show advanced options doesn't appear to be doing anything.

I'm on a PPC G4 mac running OS X 10.5.8. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

That's a bug.

Open your File C:\Users\{{YOU USERNAME}}\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc
uncomment to

Open your File C:\Users\{{YOU USERNAME}}\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc

Sorry but I don't find any files this name. Can you help ? (VLC 3.0.4) Or another way to fix this ?

Open your File C:\Users\{{YOU USERNAME}}\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc

Sorry but I don't find any files this name. Can you help ? (VLC 3.0.4) Or another way to fix this ?

It is a hidden directory. You can reach it by pressing <ctrl+R> and typing "%APPDATA%\Roaming\vlc"

Thanks for such a quick answer. But it doesn't work. Pressing ctrl+R doesn't open anything (whatever the position of my mouse pointer: on VLC app or a directory, it just makes the pointer moving to another file of which the first letter is "R" ; I also tried to type "%APPDATA%\Roaming\vlc" in spotlight but that's a stalemate as well)…

Ooops, I meant <windows logo key + R>, sorry.

Very well but how do you get <windows logo key + R> on a Mac keyboard? is <windows logo key> the <CMD "square'> on the left?

I definitively didn't have enough coffee. I followed message above which are for Windows.

qt-advanced-pref=1 won't work for macosx as macosx is not using the Qt interface but a native one, and I don't see an option like that for the native one. The --advanced exists but is not used by macosx interface.

You should open a bug on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc

OK thanks I'm gonna try it… unless someone else gives me some tip!
(the title of the post is "Mac OSX trouble shooting" so I didn't think the former posts were Windows-oriented )

Sorry, this is currently not supported on the mac.

Thanks. By the way, I have been told that the different options of the advanced preferences were dispatched in various places of the menu. So… don't worry ?

how do you get <windows logo key + R> on a Mac keyboard?

Sorry, don't mean to spam (!); but, that's just GOLD!! :DD

P.S.

I continually have to click the ALL (as opposed to leaving the Basic radio button on for the default simple interface).

So, Tools > Preferences > Show settings, All > Interface (Main interfaces settings) > Show advanced options should set the flag (right!?) and if it doesn't, then it's (really :)) not supported.

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Reviving old threads, not ideal, but I noticed upon trying to update my current install settings for VLC that the Show advanced option is not there anymore under Interface? Using 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek

… and Advanced Options still not available on Mac (Version 3.0.11.1 Vetinari (Intel 64bit))

Please do not revive threads.

And this advanced option you show in the screenshot has been removed as it was not really used. It had nothing to do with the advance preferences panel anyhow you might believe it referred to.