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Hey there
i was wondering what the command line parameter to have vlc launch always on top was (with the skin 2 interface). Tried a couple but i dont seem to be a good guesser. Thanks for the support.
And is it possible to specify window coordinates while i'm at it?

There is no option to have vlc always on top at the moment. I will probably add it before 0.8.6 is out.

The window coordinates are usually remembered when the skin is closed, so there is no need to change them manually. If you really want to do so, you can play with the --skins2-last option, which indicates the position and visibility of all the windows (see an example in the vlcrc file). Note that in the development version the format of the option has changed, to include the layout name and size of the windows.

ok, maybe i wasn't precise enough. I don't really need the skinned interface to stay always on top (i can see that its impossible now), i just want the video output window to do that (the one that says, in my case, VLC (hardware YUV overlay DirectX output)). For some skins (like blissta) this window is embedded in the skin, for others however (like solar.vlt) its separate. When its seperate i can click rmb on it and tick the "always on top" function and it works. But since its separate, it doesn't "remember" its position like the rest of the skinned interface does, it just appears in a random place each time.

For a separate video output, you can use the --video-x and --video-y options to set the initial position. There is also --video-on-top which should do what you want.

It's weird Ipkiss, because I remember you (or Asmax) making a build that supported AOT (always on top), long time ago..

The skins can be always on top (using the Ctrl-T shortcut), but this cannot be activated from the commandline.