VLC media player won't stay on

I have the newest version of VLC (3.0.6) and I'm running on Mojave, but when I try to open the app it flashes the main window and the app closes.

It seems to work fine on my Macbook (2009, funny enough), but not on my Macbook pro (2015) so I don't think it's the app, I've also reinstalled it 4 times.

Any tips?

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 4, 2019 5:27 PM

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3 replies

ckuan

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May 4, 2019 5:35 PM in response to stimul8er

VLC is not an Apple product, check the support forum on videolan.org

May 4, 2019 6:19 PM in response to stimul8er

There may be some issue with VLC on Mojave.

For Mac I recommend Cisdem VideoPlayer

dialabrain

Level 10

134,231 points

May 4, 2019 6:32 PM in response to stimul8er

FWIW, VLC 3.0.6 runs fine on Mojave. So does IINA and neither have the annoying nag screen Cisdem's player does in free mode.

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