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VLC(1) General Commands Manual VLC(1) NAME vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player SYNOPSIS vlc [OPTIONS] [ITEMS]... 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 be- cause 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 dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]] DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and must have been prepared beforehand. vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]] VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom). udp://[@[<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 <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Feb 14, 2005 VLC(1)
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