VLC(1)

NAME
vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player

SYNOPSIS
vlc [OPTIONS] [ITEMS]...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the VLC multimedia player and server.

OPTIONS
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 VLC options depends on what plugins are installed because they automatically add their own options. Please use "vlc --longhelp" for a complete list of available options.

ITEMS
VLC recognizes several URL-style items:

*.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus
    Various multimedia file formats

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.

vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
    VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).

udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]
    UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC. Usually "udp://" is enough.

http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>]
    HTTP stream

rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>
    RTSP Video On Demand stream

vlc://<command>
    Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution of other items), and quit (close VLC).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables may affect VLC:

DISPLAY
    The X11 display server address.

http_proxy
    The HTTP proxy server URL.

OSSAUDIO_DEV
    The default audio output device, used by the OSSv4 output plugin.

VLC_DATA_PATH
    The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g. /usr/share/vlc).

VLC_LIB_PATH
    The directory containing VLC binary folder, which is used for the dynamically loaded libraries and architecture-dependant executables (e.g. /usr/lib/).

VLC_PLUGIN_PATH
    An extra directory to load VLC plugins from.

VLC_USERDATA_PATH
    The directory where the userdata will be stored (e.g. ~/.local/share/).

VLC_VERBOSE
    The level of verbosity for log messages (0: silent, 1: error/info, 2: warning, 3: debug).

XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR
    The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files and user data files respectively.

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR XDG_MUSIC_DIR XDG_PICTURES_DIR XDG_VIDEO_DIR
    The directories to fetch or store user text files, downloads, music, pictures (i.e. snapshots), and video respectively.

XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
    The unique identifier of the desktop session, used by the PulseAudio output plugin.

SEE ALSO
Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).