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Hi,

I'm trying to get VLC to work with applications such as Stream Tuner. By default, VLC running as a single instance adds any URL passed on the command line to the playlist, but does not begin playing the new item. After searching through all of the command line options and many forums, I can find no option that says, in effect, "stop playing what you're playing now and play THIS." Something like

vlc --now <some URL>

or a combination of commands

vlc --clearplaylist
vlc <new url>

or

vlc <new url>
vlc --next

The goal is to click on a stream in an application such as Stream Tuner and have VLC start playing that stream immediately.

Thanks for your help!

No. The command line executable is not meant to control an existing instance of its own self.

The ability to append items to the playlist is the exception to confirm the general rule.