.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1).TH VLC 1 "Feb 14, 2005".\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage..\".\" Some roff macros, for reference:.\" .nh        disable hyphenation.\" .hy        enable hyphenation.\" .ad l      left justify.\" .ad b      justify to both left and right margins.\" .nf        disable filling.\" .fi        enable filling.\" .br        insert line break.\" .sp <n>    insert n+1 empty lines.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7).SH NAMEvlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc \- the VLC media player.SH SYNOPSIS.B vlc.RI [ OPTIONS ].RI [ ITEMS ]....SH DESCRIPTIONThis manual page documents briefly the.B VLCmultimedia player and server..SH OPTIONS.B VLCfollows the usual GNU command line syntax, with longoptions starting with two dashes (`-').For a precise description of options, please use "vlc \-\-help".The complete list of.B VLCoptions depends on what plugins are installed because they automaticallyadd their own options. Please use "vlc \-\-longhelp \-\-advanced" for acomplete list of available options..SH ITEMS.B VLCrecognizes several URL-style items:.TP.B *.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.oggVarious multimedia file formats.TP.B dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][@[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]]DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is optional andmust 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 ALSOOnline documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/.PP.SH AUTHORThis manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the DebianGNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).