Is the version of VLC the only thing that changed when this started happening? What troubleshooting steps have you already taken, like downgrading back to the earlier working version and verifying it still works as expected to eliminate the possibility of any other issues?
Apparently there is a command line option that will do this "--play-and-exit" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10249261/play-video-file-with-vlc-then-quit-vlc If you're using a shortcut under a graphical desktop like Windows or Ubuntu or Mac, you may have to modify your shortcut to pass ...
Using the VLC GUI, I have turned off (unchecked) the following: Allow only one instance Use only one instance when started from file manager I open one instance of VLC, then open an RTSP stream. Then I open another instance of VLC and open a different stream from a different host. It kills the first...