VLC shows two windows for one video

Question

I've updated my VLC Player on the Mac and now I have two windows for one video. How can I disable this, so it works the old way?

Solution 1

In Preferences -> Interface, check Allow only one Instance

Solution 2

In the VLC preferences under the Interface section check the box for Integrate video in interface (In older versions this option was labeled Embed video in interface)

Solution 3

For me, setting "Number of clones" = 1 fixed this exact issue

Tools > Preferences > All > Video Splitters > Clone > Number of clones = 1

Solution 4

In the VLC preferences under the audio tab make sure visualization is set to default. This solved my problem of the visualizer window appearing on top of the video window.

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Comments

[Toto]

exact copy/paste of previous answer

[Admin]

For me it was already checked, but unchecking it and checking it again fixed the issue. Must be some preferences bug.

[Admin]

I can't find this checkbox in the latest version of VLC.

[Admin]

@AaronFranke looks like the option has changed to "Integrate video in interface"