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Hello everyone,

As I understand it, the "--qt-auto-raise=0" parameter should prevent the VLC window from popping up once a video loads.

However, this doesn't seem to be working when opening a network stream on windows.

For example, the following command should start playing Big Buck Bunny (Blender studios free movie) from network stream,
It initially _does_ start minimized as intended, but as soon as it loads, VLC opens the player window in the foreground.
I would like the player window to remain closed or playing in the background.

I have also tried "--qt-auto-raise={0}".

My version of VLC is 3.0.20

Does it work if you set it from the menu Tools -> Preferences -> Interface and then in the Look and Feel section set the Auto Raising the Interface option to Never ?
Don't forget to save the change, then exit and restart VLC for the change to take effect.

@Lotesdelere, thanks for checking. I also tried the setting in the UI, with the same results.

Would you be able to help me confirm if you can reproduce the issue with the CLI command I pasted?
Would this be a bug? Or did I misinterpret the intended workings of the --qt-auto-raise arg?
If it's a bug, would you happen to know where I could report it?

Yes, I can reproduce the issue whether I specify a network stream or a local file.
You should create a new report ticket on the VLC issues tracker with your above report, the link to your sample file and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

If possible, because of this:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 27#p538427