title: How to prevent console from being displayed when using VLC's dummy interface
body: <p>I'm trying to launch VLC in "dummy" mode from a Node.js server script, however using <code>child_process.spawn('vlc',['-I dummy'])</code> produces a new console window for VLC's output when using Windows. Is there a way to prevent this happening and force all stdout though the stdout ReadableStream so no "popup windows" occur?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: This problem had nothing to do with node.js, it was simply the way I was calling it and VLC's behaviour. The solution is below.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>