VLC Player 1.1.5, Windows 7 64-bit.
[Posting in general forum since I have no evidence this issue is OS specific.]
When I configure for a docked playlist, then select playlist, I see the playlist ... ONLY,
even if move the playlist over to the right of the VLC window. I can hear the audio,
but where the video should be is just the VLC cone and lifesaver and empty space.
I can get the video by using view->playlist to toggle, but then the playlist is gone.
In fact, VLC auto toggles to the video (away from the playlist) each time it
transitions to the next playlist element.
In short, docked playlist doesn't work at all, I guess except for audio clips.