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Hello all,

I'm new to VLC and am not particularly tech savvy so I apologize if this a ridiculous question. I have the application set to play a video as my screen saver and it works perfectly, and I have it set such that when i log in to my computer the VLC application opens. I was wondering is there was any way to configure VLC such that whenever the application is opened it immediately begins playing a certain video or playlist? I have looked through all the settings to try and find something but I haven't quite found out how or if I can.

Thanks in advance!

I've been looking for this feature too, but I don't think it is a built in feature yet. You might need to request it. I did find a way around it though. Just save the video you want to play as an m3u playlist. Then set the m3u file to open with VLC. You can then launch the playlist by whatever means you wish, such as Login Items or with Automator or Scheduler.

HEy Guys,

you can do that by adding "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "<path to file>" --qt-start-minimized to the target option in the properties menu of the VLC Shortcut.
replace <path to file> and leave all " in the command.
If you want the player to start minimized leave --qt-start-minimized in, other wise delete it.