That's it! Hopefully, now you'll never lose a currently playing/paused video, when you want to open a new one without quitting the current one. Next, click Change all to enable all files of this extension open in the same way.Ĥ) Save a shortcut to the newly created VLC - new instance.app in a convenient location (like the desktop, or any other location on the Finder sidebar), so that you can drag and drop files to it, even if you don't want their default 'open with' action changed.

Go to Open With, and select the VLC - new instance.app (or whatever you called it) file there. Select a file of the desired file type, say video.avi. mkv, etc) you wish to be opened in a new VLC instance by default: Voila, your app wrapper now has the VLC icon!ģ) Now repeat this step for all file types (e.g. Press cmd-v to paste the previously copied icon. Click the icon on the Info window that opens up.

Now browse to /Applications/VLC - new instance.app (or wherever you created it). Click on the icon in the Info window which opens up. Press cmd+I (or right click -> Get Info). It would be better if the copies of all properties are created in multiple desktops rather than only at the initial Desktop. > I would suggest calling the file VLC - new instance (or VLC - new instance.app if you have set the '.app' extension to be shown after application names) and saving it in the standard Applications folder located at /ApplicationsĢ) Browse to /Applications/VLC (or /Applications/VLC.app) and select it. I had my VLC media player paused in Desktop1 and I created another new Desktop and ran another video in that desktop but surprisingly it opened in Desktop1. > As mentioned in the steps, make sure to save the file as '.app' or application. Thats it Now open multiple video files from file explorer, and you will have multiple instances of VLC running alongside. On the preferences window, go to the Video tab. (This might be useful if don't want to change the default 'open with' action). Open VLC player and go to Tools>Preferences, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P. when you double click a file in Finder, or play it using a launcher app like Spotlight/Alfred)ī) Still show the VLC icon on these file types, like you are used to seeing.Ĭ) Allow the drag-n-drop to open the selected file in a new VLC instance. It supports most audio/video formats, DVDs and CDs, and various streaming protocols.

This will:Ī) Open the desired media files/file types in a new VLC instance by default. VLC is a powerful all-in-one, open-source, cross-platform media player. Compared to the other solutions mentioned here (which might work for you as well, depending on your needs), I explain below a more 'complete' solution to this problem.

Opening multiple vlc