windows 10 - How to start a program (VLC player) without it stealing focus on launch

I have gone through the program start parameters of VLC media player. While it is possible to run it minimized this is not what I am looking for.

I have a multi-display setup and a program that launches VLC media player to view a video stream. However, it takes a few seconds to launch VLC. I start the stream, go back to screen #1 to use other applications but VLC will launch on screen #2 and steal window focus. For example when I'm writing something, I will start activating VLC hotkeys once VLC has launched.

Is it possible to some how start a program, or VLC specifically, without it taking away focus, but also not starting minimized/system tray'd? I'm on Win 10 btw.