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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	start-
       ing 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

       dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]]
	      DVD  device (for instance	dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device	is op-
	      tional 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 plu-
	      gin.

       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: er-
	      ror/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 De-
       bian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

				 Feb 14, 2005				VLC(1)

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