man vlc (Commandes) - the VLC media player
NAME
vlc, wxvlc, svlc - 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
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).