Interface is hidden when opening .mp3 files

[Gary King]

I have a .mp3 file on my Mac. I right-click -> Open With -> VLC.

The VLC interface is hidden until I click on another app, like the Finder, then back to VLC. The interface should instead be visible immediately.

This started happening since upgrading to 2.2.0.

[dfuhrmann]

Is VLC already open or not, when you try that.

Works fine here. Audio might be start playing shortly before the main window comes up, but otherwise I see no issue.

[Gary King]

VLC is NOT open when I try this.

I waited a little longer. Turns out when I "Open With -> VLC", the audio starts playing immediately (as expected). The VLC interface appears about 3 seconds later.

Is there any reason for this delay? It wasn't like this before. Videos, for instance, still appear immediately.

[cchen23]

I have the same issue. The audio starts playing immediately, but the interface doesn't appear at all on mine, only the icon is on the dock at the bottom.

[dfuhrmann]

So its not the same issue. The interface should appear in any case.

[cchen23]

You are right. It's not the same issue. So what may be the problem here if the interface does not appear at all?

[dfuhrmann]

I'm not sure yet what the problem might be. Try resetting preferences (with VLC 2.2).

[cchen23]

You were right. I reset the preferences and the interface is showing right away now. Thanks!

[Gary King]

Any reason as to why VLC takes a few seconds for the interface to appear, when only viewing audio files, but not when viewing video files? Seems like a strange issue. I could understand, like the person above, if the problem was that the interface was not appearing at all, because that would simply be a bug. But the fact that the interface is merely delayed, doesn't seem to make sense, especially when playing an audio file should be less demanding than playing a video file.

[dfuhrmann]

Video playback is probably delayed until the interface is fully shown, because... well, you need a window to show a video. For audio playback you do not need to show anything.

But I agree this is somehow ugly, and we will try to find a solution.

[Gary King]

Video playback is probably delayed until the interface is fully shown, because... well, you need a window to show a video. For audio playback you do not need to show anything.

But I agree this is somehow ugly, and we will try to find a solution.

Yes but... my problem is the opposite. Video playback has no delay, but audio playback is delayed. It's the opposite of what you described.

[cchen23]

Have you tried resetting all preferences? I tried that and I don't experience any delay anymore.

[Gary King]

Have you tried resetting all preferences? I tried that and I don't experience any delay anymore.

I reset all prefs within the VLC interface, and still experience a delay when playing audio files. The interface appears a second or two later. Can be annoying when I'm checking multiple mp3s for something.