Playing MP3 totally invisibly

[JonF]

I'm trying to run VLC from a terminal window with nothing showing on-screen. (Actually from AutoIT but this seems to be the best way.) Start it, play an MP3, and exit. This almost works:

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vlc --qt-start-minimized --no-play-and-pause --play-and-exit --no-qt-system-tray "F:\03.mp3"

But a small window slides in at the lower right and disappears shortly after VLC exits. Can I prevent this? I can't find anything relevant in VLC command-line help on the Wiki.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

vlc -I dummy

[JonF]

Perfect. Thank you.