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In past versions of VLC, I've been able to find the setting in Preferences to set VLC to always show the Goom visualization. I just installed 1.1.0 and I can't find that setting.

Agreed, this appears to be a bug. Either that or it is intentional as Goom can crash. One should be able to set a default visualization by going to e.g. (using the simple preferences):
Tools >> Preferences... >> Audio

And selecting e.g. "Goom" from the "Visualization" drop-down box, however only "Default" is an option in the drop-down box.

Assuming it is a bug, if Goom works for you (test it out by playing an audio file and going to "Audio >> Visualizations >> Goom") and you want to set it as default you can manually edit the vlcrc file.

To do this, close all instances of VLC, and go to (enter into the Windows Explorer address bar and press Enter):
%appdata%

Open the "vlc" folder. In there there should be a vlcrc text file. Open that in you favourite text editor, and do a search for "audio-visual".

You should find something like this: Remove the comment flag (#) and, for Goom, write goom such that it reads: Save the file, and open an audio file in VLC. It should start with the Goom visualization.

Cheers, Arite.

Thanks. Could you give me some more specific directions to find the file I need to modify? I am crosseyed from staring at umteen dozen txt files in umpteen locations in the VLC program folder. Also, where is the Windows Explorer address bar?

Uh, never mind; I finally figured it out (although I have a whammer of a headache now ). That was some list. I finally got smart (it happens occasionally) and used the search and replace to find the entry for visualizations. I now have goom opening up when vlc opens. Thanks again.

Agreed, this appears to be a bug. Either that or it is intentional as Goom can crash. One should be able to set a default visualization by going to e.g. (using the simple preferences):

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3826

^ Thanks for making the ticket .

Uh, never mind; I finally figured it out (although I have a whammer of a headache now ). That was some list. I finally got smart (it happens occasionally) and used the search and replace to find the entry for visualizations. I now have goom opening up when vlc opens. Thanks again.

Glad it worked.

Arite.

Should be fixed in 1.1.1