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.SH NAME
vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc \- the VLC media player
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vlc
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.RI [ ITEMS ]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B VLC
multimedia player and server.

.SH OPTIONS
.B 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
.B 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.

.SH ITEMS
.B VLC
recognizes several URL-style items:
.TP
.B *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg
Various multimedia file formats
.TP
.B 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.
.TP
.B vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).
.TP
.B udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC.
Usually "udp://" is enough.
.TP
.B http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>]
HTTP stream
.TP
.B rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>
RTSP Video On Demand stream
.TP
.B vlc://<command>
Execute a playlist command. Commands are:
.B pause
(pause execution of other items), and
.B quit
(close VLC).

.SH SEE ALSO
Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).