VLC Player is one of the most widely used multimedia players. As an advanced user, you probably know many of its features and tricks. But this time we want to show you a method you might not know: it lets you play multiple videos at the same time in VLC Player.

How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player
Open several windows at the same time

Sometimes we need to open two or more video players to compare clips, examine CCTV images, or create a video tutorial. To solve this annoyance, we used to open VLC for one video and Windows Media Player for another. To fix this, all we need to do are a few basic changes that we'll list in this article.

How to Play Multiple Videos at Once in VLC Player?

The feature to open multiple windows at once is built into VLC Player. However, it is disabled by default.

We'll enable the feature in three steps:

  1. First, you'll need to open VLC Player. Then go to the top menu, click on “Tools” and select “Preferences” to open a pop-up window. You can also use the keyboard shortcut: “Ctrl + P”.
How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player
Preferences
  1. Second, in the window you have to find the section “Playlist and instances”. There, you only need to leave enabled the center function: “Use only one instance when started from file manager”.
How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player
You have to do the same
  1. Third, go to the bottom of the window and click on “Save”. And that's it! Now you can open multiple windows at the same time in VLC Player.
How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player
Multiple windows

To open multiple VLC Player windows, you'll need to go to the program's icon and open as many windows as you need. Then drag the videos to the different windows and they'll play automatically. If you double-click on a video, it will always open in the active window.

How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player
VLC icon

Another point to consider is that the playback preview in the taskbar runs in hidden mode (when you enable multiple windows). The playback bar only appears when you hover the mouse over the VLC Player icon.

How to Play Multiple Videos at Once with VLC Player

Each window is independent, and you can pause, play, manipulate sound, and perform other functions in each of them. For these and other reasons, VLC Player is the best video player today. It offers a huge number of features, all for free. Long live VLC!

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