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Opne multiple vlc instances1/6/2024 I hope you will consider adding the Finder open file capability. And, even in its current form where it can be configured to launch another instance based on a file type (but not load it) from the Finder, I do it because it's the only way I can get more than one instance to run at the same time. However, without the ability to open files right from the Finder, my workflow is pretty badly impacted. Now that I'm working on a Mac instead of Windows, I was thrilled to see that there is a version of Avidemux for it. I don't think I was ever surprised by any unexpected or corrupt saved settings suddenly popping up. I believe Windows also had the last closed instance "win" regarding the overwriting of configuration settings however, that seemed to be consistent, expected, and even desirable behavior. Sometimes it would be to compare two files, or to look for the right file to append to the video I was editing in another instance of Avidemux, or to verify the recently saved file turned out correctly before closing the instance with all the editing cuts. It was also quite common for me to have more than one file open at the same time in their own instances of Avidemux. I could double-clicked any video file in an Explorer window, and it would open right up in a new instance of Avidemux. I've used Avidemux under Windows for many years, during which time I had it associated with the video file types I used. I think it's just a few lines of code to implement the handler for the message. That's how every other MacOS app gets the file to open when invoked by the Finder. I understand that the Finder doesn't pass the file to open as an argument to the app via the old argv interface, but the MacOS framework does provide a mechanism for the Finder to send a message to an app it launches with the reference to the selected file that caused the launch. Well, at least I can't figure out how to! Also, it probably would be cool to add something like "Open in New Window." to the file menu, since you can't get the the Dock or Launcher to open a second instance of Avidemux. My situation would be vastly improved if double-clicking an associated file type would just open and load the requesting file into a new instance of Avidemux. While I have your attention, is there a recommended way to run more than one instance of Avidemux under MacOS? At the moment, since I can't get double-clicking a file to open the app AND load the file, I associate Avidemux with a desired file type, double-click such a file (which does open a new instance of Avidemux, but doesn't load the file), and then drag&drop the desired file into the new instance. to then actually load the file-which loads the file perfectly, as expected. I can drag&drop the file, or use File->Open. Although Avidemux opens, it does so without loading the file requesting to be opened. I've attempted to "Open With" and associate (that is, always open with) MP4 and MKV files using Avidemux_2.7.6 under MacOS Catalina.
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