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19 vlc, gvlc, gnome-vlc, qvlc \- The VideoLAN Client
26 This manual page documents briefly the
28 , a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD player.
31 recognizes several URL-style items:
36 AVI files, such as DivX movies
38 .B dvd:[<device>][@<raw device>][@[<title>][,[<chapter>][,<angle>]]]
39 DVD device (for instance dvd:/dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and
40 must have been prepared beforehands.
43 VCD device (for instance dvd:/dev/cdrom).
45 .B udpstream:[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
46 UDP stream, such as one sent by VideoLAN Server or VideoLAN miniserver.
47 Usually "udpstream:" is enough.
50 Execute a play-list command. Commands are :
54 (pause execution of other items), and
59 follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
60 options starting with two dashes (`-').
61 For a precise description of options, please use "vlc --help".
67 This manual page was written by Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).