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--player-args "--fullscreen" with VLC breaks playback #2947

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Description

VLC has a built in --fullscreen argument for auto opening in fullscreen mode. But when using --player-args "--fullscreen", vlc will open, but it does not play the stream. Just goes to default playlist window.

Expected / Actual behavior

VLC should open streams in fullscreen mode when '--fullscreen' is set as an argument.

Setting '--fullscreen' as an argument causes the stream to not open at all. Just VLC to the default window.

Reproduction steps / Explicit stream URLs to test

  1. run streamlink --player-args "--fullscreen" <streamurl> best

Log output

>streamlink --player-args "--fullscreen" <streamurl> best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin okru for URL <streamurl>
[cli][info] Available streams: 240p (worst), 360p, 488p, 720p (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 720p (hls)
[cli][info] Starting player: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

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