VLC
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Feb 14, 2005
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NAME
vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the VLC multimedia player and server.
OPTIONS
VLC follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). For a precise description of options, please use "vlc --help".
The complete list of VLC options depends on what plugins are installed because they automatically add their own options. Please use "vlc --longhelp --advanced" for a complete list of available options.
ITEMS
VLC recognizes several URL-style items:
- *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus
- Various multimedia file formats:
- <device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][
- [<chapter>][:<angle>]]]:DVD device (for instance The raw device is optional and must have been prepared beforehand.:
- <device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
- VCD device (for instance
- <multicast address>][
- <local port>]]:UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC. Usually "udp://" is enough.:
- http://<server address>[
- <server port>]/[<file>]:HTTP stream:
- rtsp
- //<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>:RTSP Video On Demand stream:
- vlc
- //<command>:Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution of other items), and quit (close VLC).:
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables may affect VLC:
- DISPLAY
- The X11 display server address.:
- http_proxy
- The HTTP proxy server URL.:
- OSSAUDIO_DEV
- The default audio output device, used by the OSSv4 output plugin.:
- VLC_DATA_PATH
- The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g. /usr/share/vlc).:
- VLC_PLUGIN_PATH
- An extra directory to load VLC plugins from.:
- VLC_VERBOSE
- The level of verbosity for log messages (0: silent, 1: error/info, 2: warning, 3: debug).:
- XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR
- The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files and user data files respectively.:
- XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR XDG_MUSIC_DIR XDG_PICTURES_DIR XDG_VIDEO_DIR
- The directories to fetch or store user text files, downloads, music, pictures (i.e. snapshots), and video respectively.:
- XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
- The unique identifier of the desktop session, used by the PulseAudio output plugin.:
SEE ALSO
Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
