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is there a way to let awesome set vlc in full screen without displaying the menu and progress-bar? I already tried to do this using dbus, but this won´t work for vlc.

P.S.: the code I used for dbus is:

qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.banshee \
      /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2        \
      org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Fullscreen True

But it seams to be a problem with mpris, I tested it with other players and it does not work. (CanSetFullscreen gives True)

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  • Thanks. Are you talking about VLC's menu bar and progess bar? Why not set the default "minimal view mode" in VLC? – ryanpattison Jul 28 '15 at 16:59
  • never used that modus, it is a good work around as long as I do not find a permanent solution, thanks @rpattiso – switch87 Jul 28 '15 at 17:05

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1. Add a rule in your rc.lua file by adding to the awful.rules.rules table: 

awful.rules.rules = {
    { rule={ class='Vlc' }, properties={ fullscreen=true } },
    -- more rules ....
}

2. In VLC go to Tools > Preferences, check "Start in minimal view mode", and click "Save".

3. Reload awesome

Now when you startup VLC, it will start in full screen with no interface showing.

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