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VLC reaches 2.0.5 2.0.5 is an important update that fixes some regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC. 2.0.5 introduces an important number of fixes for MKV, SWF, AIFF, RTSP, subtitles and encoding. 2.0.5 also improves the Mac OS interface, some video filters and Pulseaudio synchronization. Mac OS 10.1 (VLC Player 0.7.0), 10.2 (VLC Player 0.8.4a), 10.3 (VLC Player 0.8.6i), 10.4 (VLC Player 0.9.10), 10.5, 10.6 (Current).

In version 0.8.5 it was easy to have multiple instances of VLC playing each with its unique stream of data.

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  • VLC Media Player is an Open Source Multimedia Player licensed with GPL that allows you to view videos and listen to audios in practically any format. VLC Media Player can play any video or audio format, including MPEG, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MKV, H.264/AVC, FLV, MP3 and OGG, along with many others.
  • VideoLAN's VLC is the premier video and audio player. It is the most widely used video player on Windows and has made many a Mac user's life easier since it arrived on the Mac. The first thing that you will notice is that VLC is made up of two windows when you are playing video: the video player and the control window.

Windows

In versions 2.1.x and 3.x.x playing multiple VLC instances and different streams in each is as easy as clickingTools → Preferences... (or just pressCtrl+P):

after unticking the two checkboxes it should look like this,then click on save
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  • in the Interface tab scroll down to playlist and instances
  • untick checkboxAllow only one instance
  • untick checkboxuse only one instance when started from file manager
  • PressSave.
This allows users to use more than one VLC player at a time. Once you've done the above you should be able to play as many VLC instances and video or audio files as you like.

macOS

On the Mac, running multiple instances of VLC is not supported out of the box.

As a workaround, you can create a Droplet/App that does the following:

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  • launch the VLC droplet/app to get a separate instance of VLC,
  • drop one or more files onto VLC droplet/app, or
  • associate your .mov, .avi, and other files directly with the VLC droplet/app, allowing you to simply click on the files to launch the files in a new standalone VLC session.

Paste the code below into a new AppleScript Editor script and save it as an application.

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File Association with the Droplet/App can be done as follows:

  1. OpenFinder and find the video file of interest
  2. Right click on the file (assumes you have right click enabled)
  3. Choose Get Info
  4. Under Open with:, click dropdown and select the VLC droplet/app
  5. ClickChange All button
  6. If prompted 'are you sure', select 'Yes'.

Command-line

Use the option --no-one-instance.

On *nix systems you can create background jobs:

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