VLC

VLC

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ITEMS OPTIONS PARAMETERS SEE ALSO AUTHOR

NAME

vlc, gvlc, gnome-vlc, qvlc - The VideoLAN Client

SYNOPSIS

vlc [''OPTIONS''? [''PARAMETERS''? [''ITEMS''?...

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the vlc , a free MPEG, MPEG2 and DVD player.

ITEMS

vlc recognizes several URL-style items:

*.mpg, *.vob

Plain MPEG-1/2 files

dvd:

DVD device (for instance dvd:/dev/dvd). The raw device is optional and must have been prepared beforehands.

vcd:

VCD device (for instance dvd:/dev/cdrom).

udpstream:[[

UDP stream, such as one sent by VideoLAN Server or VideoLAN miniserver. Usually

vlc:

Execute a play-list command. Commands are : loop (loop the playlist), pause (pause execution of other items), and quit (close VLC).

OPTIONS

vlc follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-I, --intf

Specify an interface module:

-v, --verbose

Set vlc verbosity. This command is cumulative, you can use __

--memcpy

Specify a module for performing heavy memory copies:

--noaudio

Disable audio output.

-A, --aout

Specify an audio output module:

--stereo, --mono

Choose stereo or mono audio output.

--spdif

Activate hardware AC3 pass-through mode.

--downmix

Specify a module for AC3 downmix:

--imdct

Specify a module for AC3 IMDCT:

--volume [1..1024?

Change VLC output volume (default: 512).

--desync

Compensate desynchronization of the audio (default: 0).

--novideo

Disable video output.

-V, --vout

Specify a video output module:

--motion

Specify a module for motion compensation:

--idct

Specify a module for IDCT:

--yuv

Specify a YUV module:

--display

Specify the display name.

--width

Choose the display coordinates.

-g, --grayscale

Grayscale output.

--fullscreen

Full screen output.

--overlay

Overlay (hardware accelerated output), if available.

--xvadaptor

Select XVideo adaptor, if XVideo output is used.

--color

Color output.

--synchro

Choose a fixed synchro value instead of the internal auto-adaptative heuristics based on CPU usage.

`I' displays only I images, `IP' displays I and P images, `IP+' displays I and P images and every second B image, and `IPB' forces displaying of all images.

Note that vlc is not guaranteed to behave properly if you ask it to display more images than your CPU can cope with.

-t, --dvdtitle

Choose the DVD title. Most movies on DVDs start on the first title, but you may want to manually select another title.

-T, --dvdchapter

Choose the DVD chapter. DVDs are divided into titles, which in turn are divided into chapters.

-a, --dvdaudio [ ac3?

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.

-u, --dvdangle

Choose the angle, available on some DVDs.

-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.

-s, --dvdsubtitle [ 0-31?

Select the subtitle channel, if there is one in the stream.

--dvdcss-method

Select the CSS decryption scheme when using libdvdcss. Usually to choose from

--dvdcss-verbose

Select the CSS decryption verbosity level, 0, 1 or 2.

--input

Choose the input method,

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-H, --longhelp

Print long help and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

PARAMETERS

vlc also accepts a lot of parameters to customize its behaviour.

Interface parameters:

vlc_intf=

Audio parameters:

vlc_aout=

Video parameters:

vlc_vout=

DVD parameters:

vlc_dvd_device=

Input parameters:

vlc_iface=

SEE ALSO

vls(1)?,vlms(1)?

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Samuel Hocevar