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.SH NAME
vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc \- the VLC media player
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vlc
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.RI [ ITEMS ]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B VLC
multimedia player and server.

.SH OPTIONS
.B 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
.B 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.

.SH ITEMS
.B VLC
recognizes several URL-style items:
.TP
.B *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus
Various multimedia file formats
.TP
.B 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.
.TP
.B vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).
.TP
.B udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC.
Usually "udp://" is enough.
.TP
.B http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>]
HTTP stream
.TP
.B rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>
RTSP Video On Demand stream
.TP
.B vlc://<command>
Execute a playlist command. Commands are:
.B pause
(pause execution of other items), and
.B quit
(close VLC).

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables may affect VLC:

.TP
.B DISPLAY
The X11 display server address.

.TP
.B http_proxy
The HTTP proxy server URL.

.TP
.B OSSAUDIO_DEV
The default audio output device,
used by the OSSv4 output plugin.

.TP
.B VLC_DATA_PATH
The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g. /usr/share/vlc).

.TP
.B VLC_PLUGIN_PATH
An extra directory to load VLC plugins from.

.TP
.B VLC_VERBOSE
The level of verbosity for log messages
(0: silent, 1: error/info, 2: warning, 3: debug).

.TP
.B XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR
The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files and
user data files respectively.

.TP
.B 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.

.TP
.B XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
The unique identifier of the desktop session,
used by the PulseAudio output plugin.

.SH SEE ALSO
Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).