On 2018-11-22, Gary Dale <gary...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2018-11-22 10:26 a.m., Curt wrote: >> On 2018-11-22, Gary Dale <gary...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I looked for a keep running option (and VLC does have a lot of options) >>> but couldn't find one. >>> >> If in 'Simple Preferences' under 'Playlists and instances' 'use only one >> instance when started from file manager' isn't checked the phenomenon >> has been known to occur (if you're starting VLC from a file >> manager). >> >> If not and on the other hand this appears to be a known bug. How you are >> closing the app might be pertinent. 'Ctrl Q' after stopping the video? >> Or some other way? Have you experimented in this regard? >> > Interesting - if I press the stop button on the player, vlc terminates > properly. >
We live in an imperfect world, though this isn't exactly what you'd call counter-intuitive, either. Maybe the VLC people would argue this isn't a bug, as you might be streaming to your Aunt Tilly in the other bedroom and only want to free up screen real estate by closing the video's window on the source machine. -- He used sentences differently from any other prose writer. He always sounded like a slightly drunk man who is very melancholy, who has no illusions about life, who is very strong but whose strength is entirely unnecessary. --Krasznahorkai on Krúdy
