VLC shows two windows for one video

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?

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8 Answers

In Preferences -> Interface, check Allow only one Instance

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In the VLC preferences under the Interface section check the box for Embed video in interface

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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.

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

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

Great answers but none of these worked for me. Must be a bug. Doesnt behave rationally.

1. View -> Docked playlist [x]
2. View -> Playlist (playlist is now visible) -> Press Stop, to stop the video -> Double click the item in your playlist, so the video will start
3. View -> Playlist (playlist is now hidden and video is inside VLC main interface.

When you upgrade, under the Preferences > Interface tab, you should see an option Show video within the main window. It should be checked.

If you still have multiple windows, the VLC download package has a separate app under the Goodies folder called Delete VLC Preferences.app. Run that and try again.

To get rid of split video windows, under preferences, (show all), video, splitters, deselect split modes! (OSX High Sierra)

open VLC and press on "Ctrl + P" > Interface, check the box Allow only one Instance

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