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