This is caused by patch introduced in bug #275043. Vanilla VLC .desktop file has "Exec=vlc %U" which passes URLs as parameters, patched version "Exec=vlc %f" which passes only one file. The 'Allow only one instance' option doesn't help much because all of them are started at the same time.
-- multiple instances of VLC when "allow only one instance" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
