Still present in 20.04 (Focal) with vlc 3.0.9.2-1, though here at least it seems to only affect some URLs, not all. When I view a stream from my local webcam, vlc -vvv in the terminal shows
main playlist debug: incoming request - stopping current input
as the final message, and does not exit (after closing the window; Ctrl-Q still works). But when streaming from Wowza's RTSP test stream [1], vlc exits just fine after closing the window.
Debian bug 916595 [2] and related VLC ticket [3] mention disabling hardware acceleration as a workaround, but even so I was unable to make it work (i.e. exit properly).
Possibly related: Ubuntu bug #1847162. There's also been discussion about the issue over on Manjaro forums [4].
Still present in 20.04 (Focal) with vlc 3.0.9.2-1, though here at least it seems to only affect some URLs, not all. When I view a stream from my local webcam, vlc -vvv in the terminal shows
main playlist debug: incoming request - stopping current input
as the final message, and does not exit (after closing the window; Ctrl-Q still works). But when streaming from Wowza's RTSP test stream [1], vlc exits just fine after closing the window.
Debian bug 916595 [2] and related VLC ticket [3] mention disabling hardware acceleration as a workaround, but even so I was unable to make it work (i.e. exit properly).
Possibly related: Ubuntu bug #1847162. There's also been discussion about the issue over on Manjaro forums [4].
* [1] rtsp:// wowzaec2demo. streamlock. net/vod/ mp4:BigBuckBunn y_115k. mov /bugs.debian. org/cgi- bin/bugreport. cgi?bug= 916595 /trac.videolan. org/vlc/ ticket/ 20627 /forum. manjaro. org/t/vlc- not-closing/ 69965/2
* [2] https:/
* [3] https:/
* [4] https:/