how to get vlc logs?

Question

I am trying to run rtsp url from the VLC player. But an error appears, and "see logs for details" comes up in a dialog box.

How can I enable logs in VLC?

score 86 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 22:21

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Or you can use the more obvious solution, right in the GUI: Tools -> Messages (set verbosity to 2)...

answered Feb 23 '12 at 22:21

logain

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I cannot see any such option in Mac using VLC 2.2.1 – Pravesh Jain Nov 26 '15 at 17:27
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@PraveshJain It's there. Or just press ⌘+Shift+m (http://www.cheatography.com/shaunumb/cheat-sheets/vlc-windows-and-os-x/) – Jason C Jan 29 '16 at 18:30
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It seems to be under Window->Messages on a current macOS build. I couldn't see how to change the verbosity though. – JosephH Oct 11 '16 at 14:20
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Not very helpful when the error is telling you to check the log for details.... – Douglas Gaskell May 05 '18 at 06:27
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just a caveat - you might need to try the failing procedure again when the messages window is already visible. At least for me, otherwise it was empty, regardless of the verbosity – Antek Sep 19 '18 at 10:03

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 02 '14 at 12:47

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I found the following command to run from command line:

vlc.exe --extraintf=http:logger --verbose=2 --file-logging --logfile=vlc-log.txt

edited Jan 02 '14 at 12:47

jmb

answered Nov 29 '10 at 10:53

garima

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IMHO is better to increase the verbosity level than change the command for execute the program – MiPnamic Nov 14 '12 at 16:37
It depends. I needed to save logs to a file so I can post on pastebin.com and then link that on a forum topic regarding my problem. Different needs and all. – ipruthi Nov 18 '12 at 06:03
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For me (windows) this worked better than the GUI Messages window because it opens up a console, which displays helpful stdout messages from sublibraries that don't show up in the Messages window, even with verbosity set to 2... – rogerdpack Sep 19 '13 at 06:02
this log file is saved in c://Users/ – Confused Vorlon Mar 31 '14 at 16:21
when i run this command in cmd it says vlc.exe is not recognized as a command – sukhvir Sep 01 '14 at 10:34
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@sukhvir, you need to run the command from where VLC is installed down to the folder where the vlc.exe file is located, eg `C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC>` – jxramos May 02 '16 at 03:01

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