How do I silence vlc output from bash script completely?

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I have a script I wrote for myself and it uses vlc somewhere towards to end and I need it to stop outputting anything it wants but keep my own outputs (so no "clear").

i have used the parameters: "-q" and "--no-sout-x264-quiet" but to no avail, it still outputs ugly msgs, ie: "Warning: call to rand()" and "Blocked: ..." and "Gtk-WARNING ** ..."

i tried redirecting 'vlc ... > err.log', it dont help...

(edit[forgot to add]: the redirect '>' doesnt work, file is empty)

i searched in vlc -H but its massive and there are >20 "quiet" keyword, non of which seem like they would help

Please help me :'(

It looks like it's outputting to STDERR. You need to redirect STDERR to /dev/null to make it really quiet. But how will you know if something's wrong? — pavium
– pavium, Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 6:48
its a personal script, and if it dont work i'll know, because the scripts purpose is to play a file with vlc, and besides I cant make use of the errors... — krack krackerz
– krack krackerz, Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 6:52
Exactly, so redirect the errors to /dev/null if you're not going to use them. — pavium
– pavium, Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 6:53

lunixbochs · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-14 06:57:20Z

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Normal redirection via ">" will just redirect "standard output". You must use "2>" to redirect the "standard error" stream.

vlc .. > out.log 2> err.log

answered Jun 14, 2011 at 6:57

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pavium · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-14 07:06:58Z

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A "great" guide to redirection in bash (both STDOUT and STDERR) can be found here

edited Jun 14, 2011 at 7:06

answered Jun 14, 2011 at 6:57

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pavium Over a year ago

so, don't you think I deserve a little upvote? I can edit my answer to say "A great guide to redirection..."

krack krackerz Over a year ago

i'm new, by upvote do u mean you answer, the ^ arrow? if yes, i cant, i have less than 15 points :(

lunixbochs Over a year ago

you have my upvote :) and I upvoted the question so krack has 15 points now.

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