daemon mode

[sygi]

I would like to start VLC in background: I want to start it at boot time and use the http interface to wake it up, while still having access to the regular gui interface.

I believe:

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vlc -d --http-password=pass --control=http --qt-start-minimized

would do what I wanted, however it doesn't work on my (fairly standard) raspberry pi (debian 12/bookworm): it still opens the "playlist" view at the start. I checked the same command works on Ubuntu 22.04. Any ideas what might be missing in my system that would prevent VLC from starting minimized?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Daemon mode is only about starting VLC and not waiting for it to exit. You can do the same with nohup or start-stop-daemon.

If you want a headless VLC, then you rather need to use the -I switch to select a different interface.

[sygi]

Yeah, I know. I don't want to change the main interface: I like the qt gui, but want it to start in the background, what -d + qt-start-minimized does on my other machine.