Man page for apt-get vlc Command
This tutorial shows the man page for man vlc in linux.
Open terminal with 'su' access and type the command as shown below:
man vlc
Result of the Command Execution shown below:
VLC(1) 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 start
ing 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 advanced" for a complete list of available options.
ITEMS
VLC recognizes several URL style items:
*.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg
Various multimedia file formats
dvd://[][@ ][@[ ][:[ ][: ]]]
DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is
optional and must have been prepared beforehand.
vcd://[][@{E|P|E|T|S}[ ]]
VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).
udp://[@[][: ]]
UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC. Usually
"udp://" is enough.
http://[: ]/[ ]
HTTP stream
rtsp://[: ]/
RTSP Video On Demand stream
vlc://
Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution
of other items), and quit (close VLC).
SEE ALSO
The videolan doc package contains comprehensive documents on how to use
VLC both as a media player and as a streaming server. Online documen
tation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar, for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Feb 14, 2005 VLC(1)