"core generic error" failures opening media in C++ LibVLC app

[opensoar]

Have some code to playback media into a memory buffer and works as expected on Windows. Trying to port to OSX and the same code is not working. Output looks like this:

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[00007fde98c15cd8] core generic error: option vmem-chroma does not exist [00007fde98c15cd8] core generic error: option vmem-width does not exist [00007fde98c15cd8] core generic error: option vmem-height does not exist ... [00007fde98f063d8] core generic error: option amem-channels does not exist [00007fde98f18f58] core audio output error: no suitable audio output module [00007fde98f17c78] core input error: open of `https://localhost/test/test.mp4' failed [00007fde98f17c78] core input error: Your input can't be opened [00007fde98f17c78] core input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://localhost/test/test.mp4'. Check the log for details.

I've tried copying include, libs and plugins folders from an installed and working VLC instance as well as a fresh download.

I point to the "plugins" folder in the C++ code and I think it's working because if I remove it, I get a "No plugins found! Check your VLC installation."

Is there a way to get more information about what's failing?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Looks like some necessary plugins are missing.

[opensoar]

The log output suggests it's finding and loading (I think from memory) 324 plugins so it's partially finding them at least.

My guess is that's it's something to do with @loader_path but copying folder to where I think it's looking for them doesn't help either.

I'll keep digging.

[opensoar]

my executable loads a dynamic library that is located in the main .app file here: /Contents/Resources/flassm/foo.dylib.

Along side foo.dylib in that folder is the plugins and lib folders directly from VLC.app Contents/MacOS folder.

I know almost nothing about macOS so I'm struggling to make sense of the @... paths - if I'm reading the docs correctly, they appear to be right.