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19 vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc \- the VLC media player
25 This manual page documents briefly the
27 multimedia player and server.
31 follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
32 options starting with two dashes (`-').
33 For a precise description of options, please use "vlc \-\-help".
37 options depends on what plugins are installed because they automatically
38 add their own options. Please use "vlc \-\-longhelp \-\-advanced" for a
39 complete list of available options.
43 recognizes several URL-style items:
45 .B *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus
46 Various multimedia file formats
48 .B dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]]
49 DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and
50 must have been prepared beforehand.
52 .B vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
53 VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).
55 .B udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
56 UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC.
57 Usually "udp://" is enough.
59 .B http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>]
62 .B rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>
63 RTSP Video On Demand stream
66 Execute a playlist command. Commands are:
68 (pause execution of other items), and
72 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
73 The following environment variables may affect VLC:
77 The X11 display server address.
81 The HTTP proxy server URL.
85 The default audio output device,
86 used by the OSSv4 output plugin.
90 The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g. /usr/share/vlc).
94 An extra directory to load VLC plugins from.
98 The level of verbosity for log messages
99 (0: silent, 1: error/info, 2: warning, 3: debug).
102 .B XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR
103 The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files and
104 user data files respectively.
107 .B XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR XDG_MUSIC_DIR XDG_PICTURES_DIR XDG_VIDEO_DIR
108 The directories to fetch or store user text files,
109 downloads, music, pictures (i.e. snapshots), and video respectively.
112 .B XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
113 The unique identifier of the desktop session,
114 used by the PulseAudio output plugin.
117 Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
120 This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian
121 GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).