VLC(1) User Commands 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)