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I am trying to run rtsp url from the VLC player. But an error appears, and "see logs for details" comes up in a dialog box.

How can I enable logs in VLC?

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Reset to default
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Or you can use the more obvious solution, right in the GUI: Tools -> Messages (set verbosity to 2)...

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I cannot see any such option in Mac using VLC 2.2.1
@PraveshJain It's there. Or just press ⌘+Shift+m (cheatography.com/shaunumb/cheat-sheets/vlc-windows-and-os-x)
It seems to be under Window->Messages on a current macOS build. I couldn't see how to change the verbosity though.
Not very helpful when the error is telling you to check the log for details....
just a caveat - you might need to try the failing procedure again when the messages window is already visible. At least for me, otherwise it was empty, regardless of the verbosity
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I found the following command to run from command line:

vlc.exe --extraintf=http:logger --verbose=2 --file-logging --logfile=vlc-log.txt
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IMHO is better to increase the verbosity level than change the command for execute the program
It depends. I needed to save logs to a file so I can post on pastebin.com and then link that on a forum topic regarding my problem. Different needs and all.
For me (windows) this worked better than the GUI Messages window because it opens up a console, which displays helpful stdout messages from sublibraries that don't show up in the Messages window, even with verbosity set to 2...
this log file is saved in c://Users/<yourUser>
@sukhvir, you need to run the command from where VLC is installed down to the folder where the vlc.exe file is located, eg C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC>
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