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VLC(1)                 DragonFly 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
       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
              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).

                               February 14, 2005                        VLC(1)

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