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Hi friends!

I need to run VLC from the command prompt and start [laying a certain file.
i.e.

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc --start-time=22.4 C:\test1.mp3

My question is that if VLC is already open, it opens another instance of the application using the file I designated to play.

How can I have VLC sswitch to the mp3 file I designate without starting a new instance?

TIA

Susan

Tools -> Preferences (Show settings = All) -> Advanced

There are two options:

Allow only one running instance
One instance when started from file

Make sure both options are ticked, save the preferences then exit and restart VLC.

Works perfectly. Thank you