Other Alias
vlc, qvlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlcSYNOPSIS
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.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).