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To prevent album art cache (and prevent it altogether) I posted a workaround on this thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127077 and I will quote it below: A workaround is to change the permissions of the art folder. I did this in Windows 10. It might apply to other versions as...

A workaround is to change the permissions of the art folder. I did this in Windows 10. It might apply to other versions as well. Go to the "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\vlc" folder. On the " art " folder only: right click -> properties -> security tab -> Edit -> check every ...

I found a workaround which I posted in this thread:

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 34#p481734

VLC.exe --config="P:ath\to\vlcrc" This command was useful afterall. After Googling around I found a third party program called "Default Programs Editor" that can do advanced file associations. Windows used to have this feature built in but they removed it around Windows 8 or so....

Thanks for the suggestion but that only works for the current window/instance. There's two visualization settings. The one in preferences>all>audio>visualizations>set to anything but disabled, controls it permanently. The one on the right click menu only controls it for that window/instance until yo...

That's for a shortcut isn't it? Shortcuts won't be adequate for this usage.

Is there a way to apply that parameter to the actual .EXE and not a shortcut? Perhaps that's what you meant but I just don't know how. If so, how can I apply it to the .EXE and not a shortcut?

I installed 32-bit and 64-bit VLC to try to have two configs but apparently they both share the same config file in %AppData%vlc. That is unfortunate. Is there a way I could "hack" one of the VLC installations, say, the 32-bit version, to specify a different location/path for the config fi...

I have audio visualizations set to always be on (preferences>all>audio>visualizations> audio visualizations set to "Gloom". This is exactly what I want to automatically happen when I start an audio track. However, when I launch a video file, unfortunately, the audio visualization still app...