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19 vlc, gvlc, gnome-vlc, qvlc \- The VideoLAN Client
26 This manual page documents briefly the
28 , a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD player.
31 recognizes several URL-style items:
36 .B dvd:<device>[@<raw device>]
37 DVD device (for instance dvd:/dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and
38 must have been prepared beforehands.
41 VCD device (for instance dvd:/dev/cdrom).
43 .B udpstream:[<server>:[<server port>]][@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
44 UDP stream, such as one sent by VideoLAN Server or VideoLAN miniserver.
45 Usually "udpstream:" is enough.
48 Execute a play-list command. Commands are :
52 (pause execution of other items), and
57 follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
58 options starting with two dashes (`-').
59 A summary of options is included below.
61 .B \-I, \-\-intf <module>
62 Specify an interface module: "gnome", "curses", "qt", for instance.
67 verbosity. This command is cumulative, you can use "-vv" or "-vvvv" for increased verbosity.
72 .B \-A, \-\-aout <module>
73 Specify an audio output module: "dsp", "esd", for instance.
75 .B \-\-stereo, \-\-mono
76 Choose stereo or mono audio output.
79 Activate hardware AC3 pass-through mode.
81 .B \-\-downmix <module>
82 Specify a module for AC3 downmix: "downmix", "sse" or "3dn" for instance.
85 Specify a module for AC3 IMDCT: "imdct", sse" or "3dn" for instance.
87 .B \-\-volume [1..1024]
88 Change VLC output volume (default: 512).
93 .B \-V, \-\-vout <module>
94 Specify a video output module: "x11", "sdl", "fb", for instance.
96 .B \-\-motion <module>
97 Specify a module for motion compensation: "motion", "motionmmx", for instance.
100 Specify a module for IDCT: "idct", "idctmmx", for instance.
103 Specify a YUV module: "yuv", "yuvmmx", for instance.
105 .B \-\-display <display>
106 Specify the display name.
108 .B \-\-width <w>, \-\-height <h>
109 Choose the display coordinates.
111 .B \-g, \-\-grayscale
118 Overlay (hardware accelerated output), if available.
120 .B \-\-xvadaptor <port>
121 Select XVideo adaptor, if XVideo output is used.
126 .B \-\-synchro <type>
127 Choose a fixed synchro value instead of the internal auto-adaptative
128 heuristics based on CPU usage.
130 `I' displays only I images, `IP' displays I and P images, `IP+'
131 displays I and P images and every second B image, and `IPB' forces
132 displaying of all images.
134 Note that vlc is not guaranteed to behave properly if you ask it to
135 display more images than your CPU can cope with.
137 .B \-t, \-\-dvdtitle <title>
138 Choose the DVD title. Most movies on DVDs start on the first title, but you may want to manually select another title.
140 .B \-T, \-\-dvdchapter <title>
141 Choose the DVD chapter. DVDs are divided into titles, which in turn are divided into chapters.
143 .B \-a, \-\-dvdaudio [ ac3 | lpcm | mpeg | off ]
144 Choose the audio channel type. Most DVDs have AC3 audio channels, but
145 you can also have Linear PCM or MPEG layer 2 sound. Also, one might decide
146 not to activate the audio channel.
148 .B \-u, \-\-dvdangle <num>
149 Choose the angle, available on some DVDs.
151 .B \-c, \-\-dvdchannel [ 0\-15 ]
152 Select the audio channel. Most DVDs only have one or two audio channels,
153 but some of them have a great number of available languages. Note that the
154 audio channel will also depend on the channel type.
156 .B \-s, \-\-dvdsubtitle [ 0\-31 ]
157 Select the subtitle channel, if there is one in the stream.
159 .B \-\-dvdcss-method <method>
160 Select the CSS decryption scheme when using libdvdcss. Usually to choose
161 from "disc", "title" or "key", but depends on your libdvdcss version.
163 .B \-\-dvdcss-verbose <level>
164 Select the CSS decryption verbosity level, 0, 1 or 2.
166 .B \-\-input <method>
167 Choose the input method, "dvd", "ps", "ts" for instance.
173 Print long help and exit.
176 Output version information and exit.
179 also accepts a lot of parameters to customize its behaviour.
181 .B Interface parameters:
182 vlc_intf=<method name> interface method
185 vlc_aout=<method name> audio method
186 vlc_dsp=<filename> dsp device path
187 vlc_stereo={1|0} stereo or mono output
188 vlc_spdif={1|0} AC3 pass-through mode
189 vlc_downmix=<method name> AC3 downmix method
190 vlc_imdct=<method name> AC3 IMDCT method
191 vlc_volume=[0..1024] VLC output volume
192 vlc_audio_rate=<rate> output rate
195 vlc_vout=<method name> display method
196 vlc_display=<display> display used
197 vlc_width=<width> display width
198 vlc_height=<height> dislay height
199 vlc_fb_dev=<filename> framebuffer device
200 vlc_grayscale={1|0} grayscale or color
201 vlc_fullscreen={1|0} full screen
202 vlc_overlay={1|0} overlay
203 vlc_xvport=<port> XVideo port
204 vlc_motion=<method name> motion compensation method
205 vlc_idct=<method name> IDCT method
206 vlc_yuv=<method name> YUV method
207 vlc_synchro={I|I+|IP|IP+|IPB} synchro algorithm
210 vlc_dvd_device=<device> DVD device
211 vlc_input_title=<title> title number
212 vlc_input_chapter=<chapter> chapter number
213 vlc_input_angle=<angle> angle number
214 vlc_input_audio={ac3|lpcm|mpeg|off} audio type
215 vlc_input_channel=[0-15] audio channel
216 vlc_input_subtitle=[0-31] subtitle channel
219 vlc_iface=<interface> network interface
222 .BR vls (1), vlms (1)
225 This manual page was written by Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).