more than one player on desktop

[buckiebucky]

I've been using vlc for some time. I can't function without it. My question is how do i get multible players on my desktop. At one time I had this and now that it's gone, I don't know how to get it back.Sorry all you experts wasted time reading this. Maybe some kind soul will pity me.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Look at multiple instance.

[buckiebucky]

sorry. Know this is painful for you but what/where is multiple instance?

[thannoy]

(For next topics, think about giving your OS -can be done by posting in dedicated forum category- and VLC version)
I'm sure a simpler graphical method exists to archieve this (through preferences), but you can try this way:

1 - find the vlc config file ("vlcrc")
On Linux:
either ~/.vlc/vlcrc (up to 0.8.6) or ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc (0.9.0)

On Windows (for what I remember):
%APPDATA%\vlc maybe (or C:\Document and Settings\yourname\Application Data\VLC or ...VideoLan)

On MacOS X:
I don't know where is the preference file on MacOS X, maybe like Linux

2 - edit the file to locate this config (here is mine, maybe yours is set to 1)

# boolean (Allow only one running instance)
#one-instance=0

3 - of course, edit save and close :-)


If the config file does not set one-instance parameter to 1, then maybe the parameter "--one-instance" is given to VLC at launch time.

[buckiebucky]

shirley there must be a whey that vlc player can make this happen? ( have a vista system )

[thannoy]

Hi,

Having crossed a windows yesterday, I do not think your problem is related to the "one-instance" config file parameter anymore. Maybe related to the use of "--started-from-file" VLC parameter when you open a file from Windows Explorer.
But I have no advice about modifying "--started-from-file" behavior. You can try to find config-file entries about "started-from-file" or "instance", or wait for a windows user.