vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player

Author

       This  manual  page  was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
       used by others).

                                                  Feb 14, 2005                                            VLC(1)

Description

       This manual page documents briefly the VLC multimedia player and server.

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_DIRXDG_CONFIG_DIRXDG_DATA_DIR
              The  directories  to  store  user  cached  data,  user  configuration  files  and  user data files
              respectively.

       XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIRXDG_DOWNLOAD_DIRXDG_MUSIC_DIRXDG_PICTURES_DIRXDG_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.

Items

VLC recognizes several URL-style items:

       *.mpg,*.vob,*.avi,*.mp3,*.ogg,*.opus
              Various multimedia file formats

       dvd://[<device>][@<rawdevice>][#[<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://[@[<multicastaddress>][:<localport>]]
              UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC.  Usually "udp://" is enough.

       http://<serveraddress>[:<serverport>]/[<file>]
              HTTP stream

       rtsp://<serveraddress>[:<serverport>]/<streamname>
              RTSP Video On Demand stream

       vlc://<command>
              Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution of other items), and quit  (close
              VLC).

Name

       vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player

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.