diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index 3aaa2485..7597228a 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -2775,6 +2775,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 	Properties::setApplicationPath(executable_path(argv[0]));
 	Properties::setGameVersion(glestVersionString);
 
+/*	
 #if defined(WIN32)
 	printf("Path [%s]\n",executable_path(argv[0]).c_str());
 	if(GlobalStaticFlags::getIsNonGraphicalModeEnabled() == false &&
@@ -2848,19 +2849,18 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 				fclose(stdout);
 				fclose(stderr);
 
-/*
-				int myin = _dup(_fileno(stdin));
-				int myout = _dup(_fileno(stdout));
-				int myerr = _dup(_fileno(stderr));
+				// int myin = _dup(_fileno(stdin));
+				// int myout = _dup(_fileno(stdout));
+				// int myerr = _dup(_fileno(stderr));
 
-				fclose(stdin);
-				fclose(stdout);
-				fclose(stderr);
+				// fclose(stdin);
+				// fclose(stdout);
+				// fclose(stderr);
+
+				// _dup2(myin,0);
+				// _dup2(myout,1);
+				// _dup2(myerr,2);
 
-				_dup2(myin,0);
-				_dup2(myout,1);
-				_dup2(myerr,2);
-*/
 				//fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 				//fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(fd, F_GETFD) | FD_CLOEXEC));
 
@@ -2879,6 +2879,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 		if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("*** VLC E [%s]\n",getenv("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH"));
 	}
 #endif
+*/
 
     ServerSocket::setMaxPlayerCount(GameConstants::maxPlayers);
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/video_player.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/video_player.cpp
index d7dc7c65..b01a6c0e 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/video_player.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/video_player.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ bool VideoPlayer::hasBackEndVideoPlayer() {
 	return false;
 }
 void VideoPlayer::PlayVideo() {
+    //verboseEnabled = true;
 	struct ctx ctx;
 	ctx.width = width;
 	ctx.height = height;
@@ -206,8 +207,7 @@ void VideoPlayer::PlayVideo() {
 //	}
 
 	std::vector<const char *> vlc_argv;
-	vlc_argv.push_back("-I");
-	vlc_argv.push_back("dummy"); /* Don't use any interface */
+	vlc_argv.push_back("--intf=dummy");
 	vlc_argv.push_back("--no-media-library");
 	vlc_argv.push_back("--ignore-config"); /* Don't use VLC's config */
 	vlc_argv.push_back("--no-xlib"); /* tell VLC to not use Xlib */
@@ -391,15 +391,17 @@ void VideoPlayer::PlayVideo() {
 		}
 #endif
 		
+		ctx.isPlaying = true;
 #if defined(LIBVLC_VERSION_PRE_2) && defined(LIBVLC_VERSION_PRE_1_1_13)
 		int play_result = libvlc_media_player_play(mp,&ex);
 #else
 		int play_result = libvlc_media_player_play(mp);
 #endif
 
+		//SDL_Delay(5);
 		if(verboseEnabled) printf("In [%s] Line: %d, play_result [%d]\n",__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,play_result);
 
-		successLoadingVLC = true;
+		successLoadingVLC = (play_result == 0);
 	}
 #endif