From 37670c3912a160ae9eb42907fdae1aa7f12cc2f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diplix <dipl.ix@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:25:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions for macOS vlc configuration (#1810)

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/audio-media-player-to-local-audio-out/9714/4?u=diplix
---
 source/_components/media_player.vlc.markdown | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_components/media_player.vlc.markdown b/source/_components/media_player.vlc.markdown
index 78d2971daee..8a9b6b48522 100644
--- a/source/_components/media_player.vlc.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/media_player.vlc.markdown
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ media_player:
     name: speaker_1
     arguments: '--alsa-audio-device=hw:1,0'
 ```
+
+##### {% linkable_title Additional configuration on macOS %}
+
+On macOS phython-vlc won’t find the VLC plugin directory unless you add this to the user’s `.bash_profile` that is running Home Assistant:
+
+```bash
+export VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=$VLC_PLUGIN_PATH:/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins
+```