-Note that vlc is not guaranteed to behave properly if you ask it to
-display more images than your CPU can cope with.
-.TP
-.B \-t, \-\-dvdtitle <title>
-Choose the DVD title. Most movies on DVDs start on the first title, but you may want to manually select another title.
-.TP
-.B \-T, \-\-dvdchapter <title>
-Choose the DVD chapter. DVDs are divided into titles, which in turn are divided into chapters.
-.TP
-.B \-a, \-\-dvdaudio [ ac3 | lpcm | mpeg | off ]
-Choose the audio channel type. Most DVDs have AC3 audio channels, but
-you can also have Linear PCM or MPEG layer 2 sound. Also, one might decide
-not to activate the audio channel.
-.TP
-.B \-c, \-\-dvdchannel [ 0\-15 ]
-Select the audio channel. Most DVDs only have one or two audio channels,
-but some of them have a great number of available languages. Note that the
-audio channel will also depend on the channel type.
-.TP
-.B \-s, \-\-dvdsubtitle [ 0\-31 ]
-Select the subtitle channel, if there is one in the stream.
-.TP
-.B \-\-input <method>
-Choose the input method, "dvd", "ps", "ts" for instance.
-.TP
-.B \-\-vlans
-Enable VLANs support. This feature isn't activated yet.
-.TP
-.B \-\-server <host>, \-\-port <port>
-Choose the video server address and port.
-.TP
-.B \-\-broadcast
-Set broadcast mode for network input.
-.TP
-.B \-h, \-\-help
-Print help and exit.
-.TP
-.B \-H, \-\-longhelp
-Print long help and exit.
-.TP
-.B \-\-version
-Output version information and exit.
-.SH PARAMETERS
-.B vlc
-also accepts a lot of parameters to customize its behaviour.
-.TP
-.B Interface parameters:
- vlc_intf=<method name> interface method
- vlc_init=<filename> initialization script
- vlc_channels=<filename> channels list
-.TP
-.B Audio parameters:
- vlc_aout=<method name> audio method
- vlc_dsp=<filename> dsp device path
- vlc_stereo={1|0} stereo or mono output
- vlc_spdif={1|0} AC3 pass-through mode
- vlc_downmix=<method name> AC3 downmix method
- vlc_imdct=<method name> AC3 IMDCT method
- vlc_audio_rate=<rate> output rate
-.TP
-.B Video parameters:
- vlc_vout=<method name> display method
- vlc_display=<display> display used
- vlc_width=<width> display width
- vlc_height=<height> dislay height
- vlc_fb_dev=<filename> framebuffer device
- vlc_grayscale={1|0} grayscale or color
- vlc_fullscreen={1|0} full screen
- vlc_overlay={1|0} overlay
- vlc_motion=<method name> motion compensation method
- vlc_idct=<method name> IDCT method
- vlc_yuv=<method name> YUV method
- vlc_synchro={I|I+|IP|IP+|IPB} synchro algorithm
-.TP
-.B DVD parameters:
- vlc_dvd_device=<device> DVD device
- vlc_input_title=<title> title number
- vlc_input_chapter=<chapter> chapter number
- vlc_audio={ac3|lpcm|mpeg|off} audio type
- vlc_channel=[0-15] audio channel
- vlc_subtitle=[0-31] subtitle channel
-.TP
-.B Input parameters:
- vlc_server=<hostname> video server
- vlc_server_port=<port> video server port
- vlc_broadcast={1|0} broadcast mode
- vlc_iface=<interface> network interface
- vlc_vlan_server=<host> vlan server
- vlc_vlan_port=<port> vlan server port
+.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
+.B vlc:<command>
+Execute a playlist command. Commands are :
+.B pause
+(pause execution of other items), and
+.B quit
+(close VLC).