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19 vlc \- The VideoLAN Client
25 This manual page documents briefly the
27 , a free MPEG2 player.
29 These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
30 options starting with two dashes (`-').
31 A summary of options is included below.
37 Specify an audio output plugin.
39 .B \-\-stereo, \-\-mono
40 Choose stereo or mono audio output
46 Specify a video output plugin.
48 .B \-\-display <display>
49 Specify the display name.
51 .B \-\-width <w>, -\-\height <h>
52 Choose the display coordinates.
61 Disable VLANs support.
63 .B \-\-server <host>, \-\-port <port>
64 Choose the video server address and port.
70 Print long help and exit.
73 Output version information and exit.
76 also accepts a lot of parameters to customize its behaviour.
78 .B Interface parameters:
79 vlc_init=<filename> initialization script
80 vlc_channels=<filename> channels list
83 vlc_aout=<method name> audio method
84 vlc_dsp=<filename> dsp device path
85 vlc_stereo={1|0} stereo or mono output
86 vlc_audio_rate=<rate> output rate
89 vlc_vout=<method name> display method
90 vlc_display=<display> display used
91 vlc_width=<width> display width
92 vlc_height=<height> dislay height
93 vlc_fb_dev=<filename> framebuffer device path
94 vlc_grayscale={1|0} grayscale or color output
97 vlc_server=<hostname> video server
98 vlc_server_port=<port> video server port
99 vlc_iface=<interface> network interface
100 vlc_vlan_server=<host> vlan server
101 vlc_vlan_port=<port> vlan server port
107 This manual page was written by the VideoLAN Team <videolan@via.ecp.fr>,
108 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).