1) Ubuntu 14.04 and VLC v2.16 (default version Ubuntu 14.04)
2) Ubuntu 14.04 and VLC v2.2.1 (from trusty-media PPA)
After some experimentation I found out that VLC's newer versions do not stop the track after playing it (the tracks are restarted) unless the flag --play-and-stop is passed, as such the flag --play-and-exit does have any effect. Adding --play-and-stop to bongo-vlc-extra-arguments fixes the issue, but I guess it would be better if this is added to bongo itself.
This happens on the following configurations
1) Ubuntu 14.04 and VLC v2.16 (default version Ubuntu 14.04) 2) Ubuntu 14.04 and VLC v2.2.1 (from trusty-media PPA)
After some experimentation I found out that VLC's newer versions do not stop the track after playing it (the tracks are restarted) unless the flag
--play-and-stopis passed, as such the flag--play-and-exitdoes have any effect. Adding--play-and-stoptobongo-vlc-extra-argumentsfixes the issue, but I guess it would be better if this is added to bongo itself.