Starting VLC from command line always puts the window behind other windows
If you wish to use command-line to:


open a media file with VLC player


or


simply launch VLC player


simply execute the following in the terminal emulator of your choice, respectively for above cases:


open file.mp4 -a VLC
open -a VLC


where file.mp4 is the media file that you wish to open.

This will always cause the VLC media player window to show on top.