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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).

                             Feb 14, 2005                           VLC(1)



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