WIN
VLC Media Player - Windows
VideoLANLog file
%APPDATA%\vlc\vlc-log.txt- Enable in Preferences > Advanced > check Enable file loggingVLC Media Player
4 log locations · Windows, macOS, Linux
Where VLC Media Player keeps its logs
VLC Media Player logs to %APPDATA%\vlc\vlc-log.txt on Windows.
VLC Media Player logs to ~/Library/Logs/vlc-log.txt on macOS. 1 other macOS log location is recorded below.
VLC Media Player logs to ~/.local/share/vlc/ on Linux.
Paths are printed exactly as VLC Media Player writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.
MAC
VLC Media Player - macOS
VideoLANLog file (when enabled)
~/Library/Logs/vlc-log.txtCrash reports
~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_*.crashLNX
VLC Media Player - Linux
VideoLANData directory
~/.local/share/vlc/- Or launch with --file-logging --logfile=$HOME/vlc.log to redirect stdout/stderr to a file