Sorry for bringing an old thread up, but i noticed some weird behavior with split/locked views.
If i set my my views to lets say split views=2 with the second view being locked to Playing Now and then restart the client, both views will reset to whatever i have set in Options -> startup -> Startup Interface. I know the existence of "last location" option in there, but that's not a solution.
I thought I was the only person who notice this. MC doesn't keep the "View" lock after all. Once the program restart, it goes back to default. I though it was a set and forget it until I decide to change the views myself. So, currently as is, it is what I'd call Temporary Lock. It's a pain to reset, unlock then lock again every time the program starts.
I'm hoping some fix will come for this in upcoming updates.
