Newly released phonon-vlc 0.9.1 fixes some issues on OS X as well as build time compatibility with both older Phonon and newer VLC versions. Also the tarball is now GPG signed. Grab it while it's hot! Signed by same GPG key as phonon tarballs (see phonon 4.9.1 mail) https://community.kde.org/Phonon/Releases/VLC HS