File logging facility is meant to be activated by the "--logfile <log_file>". Actually logging will only work with the option "--file-logging" add to the previous one. This option is *not mention anywhere* in the documentation I came across, ie. manual, command line help (either "vlc --help" or "vlc -longhelp" ) and website (mention in the manual http://www.videolan.org/doc/). Please complete help file provided with vlc. cheers, Geoff # vim: spell spelllang=en