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
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
- 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).
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).