VLC command-line help

2006-02-21T17:02:20Z

Shawnboy777:

As you may have noticed, the command ''vlc --help'' is not very useful due to to the non-scrollable pop-up window that opened.

If you look for help, on a particular module, use ''vlc -p module --advanced''

So here's the output of ''vlc --longhelp --advanced'' for the 0.8.2 version in Windows.

If you want extra explanations, you can try the ''--help-verbose '' option.

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Usage: c:\Xtophe\VLC\vlc.exe [options] [playlistitems] ...
You can specify multiple playlistitems on the commandline. They will be enqueued in the playlist.
The first item specified will be played first.

Options-styles:
--option A global option that is set for the duration of the program.
-option A single letter version of a global --option.
:option An option that only applies to the playlistitem directly before it
and that overrides previous settings.

Playlistitem MRL syntax:
URL[@[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] [:option=value ...]

Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options.
Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified.

URL syntax:
[file://]filename Plain media file
http://ip:port/file HTTP URL
ftp://ip:port/file FTP URL
mms://ip:port/file MMS URL
screen:// Screen capture
[dvd://][device][@raw_device] DVD device
[vcd://][device] VCD device
[cdda://][device] Audio CD device
udp:[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
UDP stream sent by a streaming server
vlc:pause Special item to pause the playlist
vlc:quit Special item to quit VLC

Audio
--audio, --noaudio Enable audio (default enabled)
--volume <integer> Audio output volume
--aout-rate <integer> Audio output frequency (Hz)
--hq-resampling, --no-hq-resampling
High quality audio resampling (default
enabled)
--spdif, --nospdif Use the S/PDIF audio output when available
(default disabled)
--audio-desync <integer> Audio desynchronisation compensation
-A, --aout <string> Audio output module
--audio-filter <string> Audio filters
--audio-visual <string> Audio visualisations

Video
--video, --novideo Enable video (default enabled)
--grayscale, --nograyscale Greyscale video output (default disabled)
-f, --fullscreen, --nofullscreen
Fullscreen video output (default disabled)
--skip-frames, --no-skip-frames
Skip frames (default enabled)
--quiet-synchro, --no-quiet-synchro
Quiet synchro (default disabled)
--overlay, --nooverlay Overlay video output (default enabled)
--video-on-top, --no-video-on-top
Always on top (default disabled)
--snapshot-path <string> Video snapshot directory
--snapshot-format {png,jpg}
Video snapshot format
--width <integer> Video width
--height <integer> Video height
--video-x <integer> Video x coordinate
--video-y <integer> Video y coordinate
--aspect-ratio <string> Source aspect ratio
--video-deco, --no-video-deco
Window decorations (default enabled)
--video-title <string> Video title
--align {0 (Centre), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
Video alignment
--zoom <float> Zoom video
-V, --vout <string> Video output module
--vout-filter <string> Video filter module
--filter <string> (null)

Subpictures
--osd, --noosd On Screen Display (default enabled)
--sub-file <string> Use subtitle file
--sub-autodetect-file, --no-sub-autodetect-file
Autodetect subtitle files (default enabled)
--sub-autodetect-fuzzy <integer>
Subtitle auto-detection fuzziness
--sub-autodetect-path <string>
Subtitle auto-detection paths
--sub-margin <integer> Force subtitle position
--spu-margin <integer> (null)
--sub-filter <string> Subpictures filter module

Input
--access <string> Access module
--access-filter <string> Access filter module
--demux <string> Demux module
--program <integer> Choose programme (SID)
--programs <string> Choose programmes
--audio-track <integer> Choose audio track
--audio-channel <integer> (null)
--sub-track <integer> Choose subtitles track
--spu-channel <integer> (null)
--audio-language <string> Choose audio language
--sub-language <string> Choose subtitle language
--input-repeat <integer> Input repetitions
--start-time <integer> Input start time (seconds)
--stop-time <integer> Input stop time (seconds)
--input-list <string> Input list
--input-slave <string> Input slave (experimental)
--bookmarks <string> Bookmarks list for a stream
--dvd <string> DVD device
--vcd <string> VCD device
--cd-audio <string> Audio CD device
--server-port <integer> UDP port
--mtu <integer> MTU of the network interface
--iface-addr <string> Network interface address
-6, --ipv6, --noipv6 Force IPv6 (default disabled)
-4, --ipv4, --noipv4 Force IPv4 (default disabled)
--socks <string> SOCKS server
--socks-user <string> SOCKS user name
--socks-pwd <string> SOCKS password
--meta-title <string> Title metadata
--meta-author <string> Author metadata
--meta-artist <string> Artist metadata
--meta-genre <string> Genre metadata
--meta-copyright <string> Copyright metadata
--meta-description <string>
Description metadata
--meta-date <string> Date metadata
--meta-url <string> URL metadata
--cr-average <integer> Clock reference average counter
--clock-synchro {-1 (Default), 0 (Disable), 1 (Enable)}
Clock synchronisation

Decoders
--codec <string> Preferred codecs list
--encoder <string> Preferred encoders list

Stream output
--sout <string> Default stream output chain
--sout-display, --no-sout-display
Display while streaming (default disabled)
--sout-keep, --no-sout-keep
Keep stream output open (default disabled)
--sout-all, --no-sout-all Enable streaming of all ES (default disabled)
--sout-audio, --no-sout-audio
Enable audio stream output (default enabled)
--sout-video, --no-sout-video
Enable video stream output (default enabled)
--ttl <integer> Time To Live
--mux <string> Mux module
--access_output <string> Access output module
--packetizer <string> Preferred packetiser list
--sap-flow-control, --no-sap-flow-control
Control SAP flow (default disabled)
--sap-interval <integer> SAP announcement interval

CPU
--fpu, --nofpu Enable FPU support (default enabled)
--mmx, --nommx Enable CPU MMX support (default enabled)
--3dn, --no3dn Enable CPU 3D Now! support (default enabled)
--mmxext, --nommxext Enable CPU MMX EXT support (default enabled)
--sse, --nosse Enable CPU SSE support (default enabled)
--sse2, --nosse2 Enable CPU SSE2 support (default enabled)

Miscellaneous
--memcpy <string> Memory copy module
--audio-channel-mixer <string>
Channel mixer
--plugins-cache, --no-plugins-cache
Use a plugins cache (default enabled)
--plugin-path <string> Modules search path
--minimize-threads, --no-minimize-threads
Minimise number of threads (default disabled)
--one-instance, --no-one-instance
Allow only one running instance (default
disabled)
--high-priority, --no-high-priority
Increase the priority of the process (default
disabled)
--fast-mutex, --no-fast-mutex
Fast mutex on NT/2K/XP (developers only)
(default disabled)
--win9x-cv-method <integer>
Condition variables implementation for Win9x
(developers only)
--vlm-conf <string> VLM configuration file

Playlist
-Z, --random, --norandom Play files randomly forever (default disabled)
-L, --loop, --noloop Repeat all (default disabled)
-R, --repeat, --norepeat Repeat current item (default disabled)
--play-and-stop, --no-play-and-stop
Play and stop (default disabled)
-S, --services-discovery <string>
Services discovery modules

Interface
-I, --intf <string> Interface module
--extraintf <string> Extra interface modules
-v, --verbose <integer> Verbosity (0,1,2)
-q, --quiet, --noquiet Be quiet (default disabled)
--language {auto,en,en_GB,ca,da,de,es,fr,it,ja,nl,pt_BR,ru,zh_TW}
Language
--color, --nocolor Colour messages (default enabled)
--advanced, --noadvanced Show advanced options (default enabled)
--control <string> Control interfaces

Hot keys
--key-fullscreen <integer> Fullscreen
--key-play-pause <integer> Play/Pause
--key-pause <integer> Pause only
--key-play <integer> Play only
--key-faster <integer> Faster
--key-slower <integer> Slower
--key-next <integer> Next
--key-prev <integer> Previous
--key-stop <integer> Stop
--key-position <integer> Position
--key-jump-10sec <integer> Jump 10 seconds backwards
--key-jump+10sec <integer> Jump 10 seconds forward
--key-jump-1min <integer> Jump 1 minute backwards
--key-jump+1min <integer> Jump 1 minute forward
--key-jump-5min <integer> Jump 5 minutes backwards
--key-jump+5min <integer> Jump 5 minutes forward
--key-nav-activate <integer>
Activate
--key-nav-up <integer> Navigate up
--key-nav-down <integer> Navigate down
--key-nav-left <integer> Navigate left
--key-nav-right <integer> Navigate right
--key-quit <integer> Quit
--key-vol-up <integer> Volume up
--key-vol-down <integer> Volume down
--key-vol-mute <integer> Mute
--key-subdelay-up <integer>
Subtitle delay up
--key-subdelay-down <integer>
Subtitle delay down
--key-audiodelay-up <integer>
Audio delay up
--key-audiodelay-down <integer>
Audio delay down
--key-audio-track <integer>
Cycle audio track
--key-subtitle-track <integer>
Cycle subtitle track
--key-intf-show <integer> Show interface
--key-snapshot <integer> Take video snapshot
--key-set-bookmark1 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 1
--key-set-bookmark2 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 2
--key-set-bookmark3 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 3
--key-set-bookmark4 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 4
--key-set-bookmark5 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 5
--key-set-bookmark6 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 6
--key-set-bookmark7 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 7
--key-set-bookmark8 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 8
--key-set-bookmark9 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 9
--key-set-bookmark10 <integer>
Set playlist bookmark 10
--key-play-bookmark1 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 1
--key-play-bookmark2 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 2
--key-play-bookmark3 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 3
--key-play-bookmark4 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 4
--key-play-bookmark5 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 5
--key-play-bookmark6 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 6
--key-play-bookmark7 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 7
--key-play-bookmark8 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 8
--key-play-bookmark9 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 9
--key-play-bookmark10 <integer>
Play playlist bookmark 10
--key-history-back <integer>
Go back in browsing history
--key-history-forward <integer>
Go forward in browsing history
--key-record <integer> Record

Help options
-h, --help print help for VLC (can be combined with
--advanced)
-H, --longhelp print help for VLC and all it's modules (can
be combined with --advanced)
--advanced print help for the advanced options
--help-verbose ask for extra verbosity when displaying help
-l, --list print a list of available modules
-p, --module <string> print help on a specific module (can be
combined with --advanced)
--save-config save the current command line options in the
config
--reset-config reset the current config to the default values
--config <string> use alternate config file
--reset-plugins-cache resets the current plugins cache
--version print version information

live.com (RTSP/RTP/SDP) demuxer
--rtsp-tcp, --no-rtsp-tcp Use RTP over RTSP (TCP) (default disabled)
--rtsp-caching <integer> Caching value (ms)
--rtsp-kasenna, --no-rtsp-kasenna
Kasenna RTSP dialect (default disabled)

TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
--sout-ts-pid-video <integer>
Video PID
--sout-ts-pid-audio <integer>
Audio PID
--sout-ts-pid-spu <integer>
SPU PID
--sout-ts-pid-pmt <integer>
PMT PID
--sout-ts-tsid <integer> TS ID
--sout-ts-program-pmt <integer>
PMT Program number
--sout-ts-es-id-pid, --no-sout-ts-es-id-pid
Set PID to id of ES (default disabled)
--sout-ts-shaping <integer>
Shaping delay (ms)
--sout-ts-use-key-frames, --no-sout-ts-use-key-frames
Use keyframes (default disabled)
--sout-ts-pcr <integer> PCR delay (ms)
--sout-ts-bmin <integer> Minimum B (deprecated)
--sout-ts-bmax <integer> Maximum B (deprecated)
--sout-ts-dts-delay <integer>
DTS delay (ms)
--sout-ts-crypt-audio, --no-sout-ts-crypt-audio
Crypt audio (default enabled)
--sout-ts-csa-ck <string> CSA Key

Matroska stream demuxer
--mkv-use-ordered-chapters, --no-mkv-use-ordered-chapters
Ordered chapters (default enabled)
--mkv-use-chapter-codec, --no-mkv-use-chapter-codec
Chapter codecs (default enabled)
--mkv-seek-percent, --no-mkv-seek-percent
Seek based on percent not time. (default
disabled)
--mkv-use-dummy, --no-mkv-use-dummy
Dummy Elements (default disabled)

ffmpeg audio/video decoder/encoder ((MS)MPEG4,SVQ1,H263,WMV,WMA)
--ffmpeg-dr, --no-ffmpeg-dr
Direct rendering (default enabled)
--ffmpeg-error-resilience <integer>
Error resilience
--ffmpeg-workaround-bugs <integer>
Workaround bugs
--ffmpeg-hurry-up, --no-ffmpeg-hurry-up
Hurry up (default disabled)
--ffmpeg-vismv <integer> Visualise motion vectors
--ffmpeg-lowres <integer> Low resolution decoding
--ffmpeg-pp-q <integer> Post processing quality
--ffmpeg-pp-name <string> ffmpeg post processing filter chains
--ffmpeg-debug <integer> Debug mask
--sout-ffmpeg-hq {rd,bits,simple}
Quality level
--sout-ffmpeg-keyint <integer>
Ratio of key frames
--sout-ffmpeg-bframes <integer>
Ratio of B frames
--sout-ffmpeg-hurry-up, --no-sout-ffmpeg-hurry-up
Hurry up (default disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-interlace, --no-sout-ffmpeg-interlace
Enable interlaced encoding (default disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-vt <integer> Video bitrate tolerance
--sout-ffmpeg-pre-me, --no-sout-ffmpeg-pre-me
Enable pre motion estimation (default
disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc, --no-sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc
Enable strict rate control (default disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-rc-buffer-size <integer>
Rate control buffer size
--sout-ffmpeg-rc-buffer-aggressivity <float>
Rate control buffer aggressiveness
--sout-ffmpeg-i-quant-factor <float>
I quantisation factor
--sout-ffmpeg-noise-reduction <integer>
Noise reduction
--sout-ffmpeg-mpeg4-matrix, --no-sout-ffmpeg-mpeg4-matrix
Enable MPEG4 quantisation matrix (default
disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-qmin <integer>
Minimum video quantiser scale
--sout-ffmpeg-qmax <integer>
Maximum video quantiser scale
--sout-ffmpeg-trellis, --no-sout-ffmpeg-trellis
Enable trellis quantisation (default disabled)
--sout-ffmpeg-qscale <float>
Use fixed video quantizer scale
--sout-ffmpeg-strict <integer>
Strict standard compliance

MPEG2 video switcher stream output
--sout-switcher-files <string>
Files
--sout-switcher-sizes <string>
Sizes
--sout-switcher-aspect-ratio <string>
Aspect ratio
--sout-switcher-port <integer>
Command UDP port
--sout-switcher-command <integer>
Command
--sout-switcher-gop <integer>
GOP size
--sout-switcher-qscale <integer>
Quantizer scale

ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
--a52-dynrng, --no-a52-dynrng
A/52 dynamic range compression (default
enabled)

Standard filesystem directory input
--recursive {none,collapse,expand}
Subdirectory behaviour

Fake input
--fake-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--fake-fps <float> Framerate

Standard filesystem file input
--file-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--file-cat <string> Concatenate with additional files

Record
--record-path <string> Record directory

FTP input
--ftp-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--ftp-user <string> FTP user name
--ftp-pwd <string> FTP password
--ftp-account <string> FTP account

HTTP input
--http-proxy <string> HTTP proxy
--http-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--http-user <string> HTTP user name
--http-pwd <string> HTTP password
--http-user-agent <string> HTTP user agent
--http-reconnect, --no-http-reconnect
Auto re-connect (default disabled)
--http-continuous, --no-http-continuous
Continuous stream (default disabled)

Microsoft Media Server (MMS) input
--mms-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--mms-all, --no-mms-all Force selection of all streams (default
disabled)
--mms-maxbitrate <integer> Select maximum bitrate stream

File stream output
--sout-file-append, --no-sout-file-append
Append to file (default disabled)

HTTP stream output
--sout-http-user <string> Username
--sout-http-pwd <string> Password
--sout-http-mime <string> Mime
--sout-http-cert <string> Certificate file
--sout-http-key <string> Private key file
--sout-http-ca <string> Root CA file
--sout-http-crl <string> CRL file

UDP stream output
--sout-udp-caching <integer>
Caching value (ms)
--sout-udp-ttl <integer> Time To Live
--sout-udp-group <integer> Group packets
--sout-udp-late <integer> Late delay (ms)
--sout-udp-raw, --no-sout-udp-raw
Raw write (default disabled)

SMB input
--smb-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--smb-user <string> SMB user name
--smb-pwd <string> SMB password
--smb-domain <string> SMB domain

TCP input
--tcp-caching <integer> Caching value in ms

UDP/RTP input
--udp-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--udp-auto-mtu, --no-udp-auto-mtu
Autodetection of MTU (default enabled)

Image properties filter
--contrast <float> Image contrast (0-2)
--brightness <float> Image brightness (0-2)
--hue <integer> Image hue (0-360)
--saturation <float> Image saturation (0-3)
--gamma <float> Image gamma (0-10)

DirectX audio output
--directx-audio-device <integer>
Output device
--directx-audio-float32, --no-directx-audio-float32
Use float32 output (default enabled)

File audio output
--audiofile-format {u8,s8,u16,s16,u16_le,s16_le,u16_be,s16_be,fixed32,float32,spdif}
Output format
--audiofile-channels <integer>
Output channels number
--audiofile-file <string> Output file
--audiofile-wav, --no-audiofile-wav
Add wave header (default enabled)

AVI demuxer
--avi-interleaved, --no-avi-interleaved
Force interleaved method (default disabled)
--avi-index, --no-avi-index
Force index creation (default disabled)

Audio CD input
--cdda-caching <integer> Caching value in ms

Clone video filter
--clone-count <integer> Number of clones
--clone-vout-list <string> List of video output modules

Crop video filter
--crop-geometry <string> Crop geometry (pixels)
--autocrop, --noautocrop Automatic cropping (default disabled)

Deinterlacing video filter
--deinterlace-mode {discard,blend,mean,bob,linear,x}
Deinterlace mode
--sout-deinterlace-mode {discard,blend,mean,bob,linear,x}
Deinterlace mode

Filedump demuxer
--demuxdump-file <string> Filename of dump
--demuxdump-append, --no-demuxdump-append
Append (default disabled)

Distort video filter
--distort-mode {wave,ripple}
Distort mode

Dummy interface function
--dummy-quiet, --no-dummy-quiet
Do not open a DOS command box interface
(default disabled)
--dummy-save-es, --no-dummy-save-es
Save raw codec data (default disabled)
--dummy-chroma <string> Dummy image chroma format

DVDnav Input
--dvdnav-angle <integer> DVD angle
--dvdnav-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--dvdnav-menu, --no-dvdnav-menu
Start directly in menu (default enabled)

DVDRead Input (DVD without menu support)
--dvdread-angle <integer> DVD angle
--dvdread-caching <integer>
Caching value in ms
--dvdread-css-method {title,disc,key}
Method used by libdvdcss for decryption

Equalizer 10 bands
--equalizer-preset {flat,classical,club,dance,fullbass,fullbasstreble,fulltreble,headphones,largehall,live,party,pop,reggae,rock,ska,soft,softrock,techno}
Equalizer preset
--equalizer-bands <string> Bands gain
--equalizer-2pass, --no-equalizer-2pass
Two pass (default disabled)
--equalizer-preamp <float> Global gain

Freetype2 font renderer
--freetype-font <string> Font
--freetype-fontsize <integer>
Font size in pixels
--freetype-opacity <integer>
Opacity, 0..255
--freetype-color {0 (Black), 8421504 (Gray), 12632256 (Silver), 16777215 (White), 8388608 (Maroon), 16711680 (Red), 16711935 (Fuchsia), 16776960 (Yellow), 8421376 (Olive), 32768 (Green), 32896 (Teal), 65280 (Lime), 8388736 (Purple), 128 (Navy), 255 (Blue), 65535 (Aqua)}
Text Default Color
--freetype-rel-fontsize {20 (Smaller), 18 (Small), 16 (Normal), 12 (Large), 6 (Larger)}
Font size

Mouse gestures control interface
--gestures-threshold <integer>
Motion threshold (10-100)
--gestures-button {left,middle,right}
Trigger button

GnuTLS TLS encryption layer
--tls-check-cert, --no-tls-check-cert
Check TLS/SSL server certificate validity
(default disabled)
--tls-check-hostname, --no-tls-check-hostname
Check TLS/SSL server hostname in certificate
(default disabled)
--dh-bits <integer> Diffie-Hellman prime bits
--tls-cache-expiration <integer>
Expiration time for resumed TLS sessions
--tls-cache-size <integer> Number of resumed TLS sessions

Goom effect
--goom-width <integer> Goom display width
--goom-height <integer> Goom display height
--goom-speed <integer> Goom animation speed

H264 video demuxer
--h264-fps <float> Frames per Second

Headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
--headphone-dim <integer> Characteristic dimension

Hotkeys management interface
--bookmark1 <string> Playlist bookmark 1
--bookmark2 <string> Playlist bookmark 2
--bookmark3 <string> Playlist bookmark 3
--bookmark4 <string> Playlist bookmark 4
--bookmark5 <string> Playlist bookmark 5
--bookmark6 <string> Playlist bookmark 6
--bookmark7 <string> Playlist bookmark 7
--bookmark8 <string> Playlist bookmark 8
--bookmark9 <string> Playlist bookmark 9
--bookmark10 <string> Playlist bookmark 10

HTTP remote control interface
--http-host <string> Host address
--http-src <string> Source directory
--http-intf-cert <string> Certificate file
--http-intf-key <string> Private key file
--http-intf-ca <string> Root CA file
--http-intf-crl <string> CRL file

Image video output
--image-out-format {png} Image format
--image-out-ratio <integer>
Recording ratio
--image-out-prefix <string>
Filename prefix

IPv4 network abstraction layer
--ipv4-timeout <integer> TCP connection timeout in ms
--miface-addr <string> Multicast output interface

File logging
--logfile <string> Log filename
--logmode {text,html} Log format

Logo video filter
--logo-file <string> Logo filename
--logo-x <integer> X coordinate of the logo
--logo-y <integer> Y coordinate of the logo
--logo-transparency <integer>
Transparency of the logo
--logo-position {0 (Centre), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
Logo position

Marquee display sub filter
--marq-marquee <string> Marquee text
--marq-x <integer> X offset, from left
--marq-y <integer> Y offset, from the top
--marq-position <integer> Marquee position
--marq-opacity <integer> Opacity
--marq-color {-268435456 (Default), 0 (Black), 8421504 (Gray), 12632256 (Silver), 16777215 (White), 8388608 (Maroon), 16711680 (Red), 16711935 (Fuchsia), 16776960 (Yellow), 8421376 (Olive), 32768 (Green), 32896 (Teal), 65280 (Lime), 8388736 (Purple), 128 (Navy), 255 (Blue), 65535 (Aqua)}
Text Default Color
--marq-size <integer> Font size, pixels
--marq-timeout <integer> Marquee timeout

JPEG camera demuxer
--mjpeg-fps <float> Frames per Second

MOD demuxer (libmodplug)
--mod-noisereduction, --no-mod-noisereduction
Noise reduction (default enabled)
--mod-reverb, --no-mod-reverb
Reverb (default disabled)
--mod-reverb-level <integer>
Reverb level (0-100)
--mod-reverb-delay <integer>
Reverb delay (ms)
--mod-megabass, --no-mod-megabass
Mega bass (default disabled)
--mod-megabass-level <integer>
Mega bass level (0-100)
--mod-megabass-range <integer>
Mega bass cut off (Hz)
--mod-surround, --no-mod-surround
Surround (default disabled)
--mod-surround-level <integer>
Surround level (0-100)
--mod-surround-delay <integer>
Surround delay (ms)

Mosaic video sub filter
--mosaic-alpha <integer> Alpha blending
--mosaic-height <integer> Height in pixels
--mosaic-width <integer> Width in pixels
--mosaic-align {0 (Centre), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
Mosaic alignment
--mosaic-xoffset <integer> Top left corner x coordinate
--mosaic-yoffset <integer> Top left corner y coordinate
--mosaic-vborder <integer> Vertical border width in pixels
--mosaic-hborder <integer> Horizontal border width in pixels
--mosaic-position {0 (auto), 1 (fixed)}
Positioning method
--mosaic-rows <integer> Number of rows
--mosaic-cols <integer> Number of columns
--mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio, --no-mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio
Keep aspect ratio when resizing (default
disabled)
--mosaic-keep-picture, --no-mosaic-keep-picture
Keep original size (default disabled)
--mosaic-order <string> Order as a comma separated list of
picture-id(s)
--mosaic-delay <integer> Delay

Motion blur filter
--blur-factor <integer> Blur factor (1-127)

Motion detect video filter
--motiondetect-history <integer>
History parameter
--motiondetect-description <string>
Description file

ASF muxer
--sout-asf-title <string> Title
--sout-asf-author <string> Author
--sout-asf-copyright <string>
Copyright
--sout-asf-comment <string>
Comment
--sout-asf-rating <string> Rating
--sout-asf-packet-size <integer>
Packet Size

MP4/MOV muxer
--sout-mp4-faststart, --no-sout-mp4-faststart
Create "Fast start" files (default enabled)

Multipart jpeg muxer
--sout-mpjpeg-separator <string>
Multipart separator string

PS muxer
--sout-ps-dts-delay <integer>
DTS delay (ms)
--sout-ps-pes-max-size <integer>
PES maximum size

Network synchronisation
--netsync-master, --no-netsync-master
Act as master for network synchronisation
(default disabled)
--netsync-master-ip <string>
Master client ip address

Volume normalizer
--norm-buff-size <integer> Number of audio buffers
--norm-max-level <float> Max level

Windows Service interface
--ntservice-install, --no-ntservice-install
Install Windows Service (default disabled)
--ntservice-uninstall, --no-ntservice-uninstall
Uninstall Windows Service (default disabled)
--ntservice-name <string> Display name of the Service
--ntservice-options <string>
Configuration options
--ntservice-extraintf <string>
Extra interface modules

OpenGL video output
--opengl-cube-speed <float>
OpenGL cube rotation speed
--opengl-effect {none,cube,transparent-cube}
Select effect

PORTAUDIO audio output
--portaudio-device <integer>
Output device

Remote control interface
--rc-show-pos, --no-rc-show-pos
Show stream position (default disabled)
--rc-fake-tty, --no-rc-fake-tty
Fake TTY (default disabled)
--rc-unix <string> UNIX socket command input
--rc-host <string> TCP command input
--rc-quiet, --no-rc-quiet Do not open a DOS command box interface
(default disabled)

SAP announces
--sap-addr <string> SAP multicast address
--sap-ipv4, --no-sap-ipv4 IPv4-SAP listening (default enabled)
--sap-ipv6, --no-sap-ipv6 IPv6-SAP listening (default enabled)
--sap-ipv6-scope <string> IPv6 SAP scope
--sap-timeout <integer> SAP timeout (seconds)
--sap-parse, --no-sap-parse
Try to parse the SAP (default enabled)
--sap-strict, --no-sap-strict
SAP Strict mode (default disabled)
--sap-cache, --no-sap-cache
Use SAP cache (default disabled)

Screen Input
--screen-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--screen-fps <float> Frame rate
--screen-fragment-size <integer>
Capture fragment size

Shoutcast radio listings
--shoutcast-limit <integer>
Maximum number of shoutcast servers to be
listed

Interface showing control interface
--showintf-threshold <integer>
Threshold

Skinnable Interface
--skins2-last <string> Last skin used
--skins2-config <string> Config of last used skin
--skins2-transparency, --no-skins2-transparency
Enable transparency effects (default disabled)

Bridge stream output
--sout-bridge-out-id <integer>
ID
--sout-bridge-in-delay <integer>
Delay
--sout-bridge-in-id-offset <integer>
ID Offset

Display stream output
--sout-display-audio, --no-sout-display-audio
Enable audio (default enabled)
--sout-display-video, --no-sout-display-video
Enable video (default enabled)
--sout-display-delay <integer>
Delay

Elementary stream output
--sout-es-access <string> Output access method
--sout-es-access-audio <string>
Audio output access method
--sout-es-access-video <string>
Video output access method
--sout-es-mux <string> Output muxer
--sout-es-mux-audio <string>
Audio output muxer
--sout-es-mux-video <string>
Video output muxer
--sout-es-dst <string> Output URL
--sout-es-dst-audio <string>
Audio output URL
--sout-es-dst-video <string>
Video output URL

Mosaic bridge stream output
--sout-mosaic-bridge-id <string>
ID
--sout-mosaic-bridge-width <integer>
Video width
--sout-mosaic-bridge-height <integer>
Video height

RTP stream output
--sout-rtp-dst <string> Destination
--sout-rtp-sdp <string> SDP
--sout-rtp-mux <string> Muxer
--sout-rtp-name <string> Session name
--sout-rtp-description <string>
Session description
--sout-rtp-url <string> Session URL
--sout-rtp-email <string> Session email
--sout-rtp-port-audio <integer>
Audio port
--sout-rtp-port-video <integer>
Video port
--sout-rtp-port <integer> Port
--sout-rtp-ttl <integer> Time To Live

Standard stream output
--sout-standard-access <string>
Output access method
--sout-standard-mux <string>
Output muxer
--sout-standard-url <string>
Output URL
--sout-standard-sap, --no-sout-standard-sap
SAP announcing (default disabled)
--sout-standard-name <string>
Session name
--sout-standard-group <string>
Session groupname
--sout-standard-sap-ipv6, --no-sout-standard-sap-ipv6
SAP IPv6 announcing (default disabled)
--sout-standard-slp, --no-sout-standard-slp
SLP announcing (default disabled)

Transcode stream output
--sout-transcode-venc <string>
Video encoder
--sout-transcode-vcodec <string>
Destination video codec
--sout-transcode-vb <integer>
Video bitrate
--sout-transcode-scale <float>
Video scaling
--sout-transcode-fps <float>
Video frame-rate
--sout-transcode-hurry-up, --no-sout-transcode-hurry-up
Hurry up (default enabled)
--sout-transcode-deinterlace, --no-sout-transcode-deinterlace
Deinterlace video (default disabled)
--sout-transcode-deinterlace-module <string>
Deinterlace module
--sout-transcode-width <integer>
Video width
--sout-transcode-height <integer>
Video height
--sout-transcode-croptop <integer>
Video crop top
--sout-transcode-cropleft <integer>
Video crop left
--sout-transcode-cropbottom <integer>
Video crop bottom
--sout-transcode-cropright <integer>
Video crop right
--sout-transcode-aenc <string>
Audio encoder
--sout-transcode-acodec <string>
Destination audio codec
--sout-transcode-ab <integer>
Audio bitrate
--sout-transcode-channels <integer>
Audio channels
--sout-transcode-samplerate <integer>
Audio sample rate
--sout-transcode-audio-sync, --no-sout-transcode-audio-sync
Synchronise on audio track (default disabled)
--sout-transcode-senc <string>
Subtitles encoder
--sout-transcode-scodec <string>
Destination subtitles codec
--sout-transcode-soverlay, --no-sout-transcode-soverlay
Destination subtitles codec (default disabled)
--sout-transcode-sfilter <string>
Subpictures filter
--sout-transcode-threads <integer>
Number of threads

Text subtitles decoder
--subsdec-align {0 (Centre), 1 (Left), 2 (Right)}
Subtitles justification
--subsdec-encoding {System Default,ASCII,UTF-8,,ISO-8859-1,CP1252,MacRoman,MacIceland,ISO-8859-15,,ISO-8859-2,CP1250,MacCentralEurope,MacCroatian,MacRomania,,ISO-8859-5,CP1251,MacCyrillic,MacUkraine,KOI8-R,KOI8-U,KOI8-RU,,ISO-8859-6,CP1256,MacArabic,,ISO-8859-7,CP1253,MacGreek,,ISO-8859-8,CP1255,MacHebrew,,ISO-8859-9,CP1254,MacTurkish,,ISO-8859-13,CP1257,,ISO-2022-JP,ISO-2022-JP-1,ISO-2022-JP-2,EUC-JP,SHIFT_JIS,,ISO-2022-CN,ISO-2022-CN-EXT,EUC-CN,EUC-TW,BIG5,BIG5-HKSCS,,ISO-2022-KR,EUC-KR,,MacThai,KOI8-T,,ISO-8859-3,ISO-8859-4,ISO-8859-10,ISO-8859-14,ISO-8859-16,,CP850,CP862,CP866,CP874,CP932,CP949,CP950,CP1133,CP1258,,Macintosh,,UTF-7,UTF-16,UTF-16BE,UTF-16LE,UTF-32,UTF-32BE,UTF-32LE,C99,JAVA,UCS-2,UCS-2BE,UCS-2LE,UCS-4,UCS-4BE,UCS-4LE,,HZ,GBK,GB18030,JOHAB,ARMSCII-8,Georgian-Academy,Georgian-PS,TIS-620,MuleLao-1,VISCII,TCVN,HPROMAN8,NEXTSTEP}
Subtitles text encoding

Text subtitles demux
--sub-fps <float> Frames per second
--sub-delay <integer> Subtitles delay
--sub-type {auto,microdvd,subrip,subviewer,ssa1,ssa2-4,ass,vplayer,sami}
Subtitles fileformat

Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) decoder
--svcdsub-debug <integer> If nonzero, this gives additional debug
information.

VLM remote control interface
--telnet-port <integer> Telnet Interface port
--telnet-password <string> Telnet Interface password

Theora video decoder
--sout-theora-quality <integer>
Encoding quality

Time display sub filter
--time-format <string> Time format string (%Y%m%d %H%M%S)
--time-x <integer> X offset, from left
--time-y <integer> Y offset, from the top
--time-position {0 (Centre), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
Time position
--time-opacity <integer> Opacity, 0..255
--time-color {-268435456 (Default), 0 (Black), 8421504 (Gray), 12632256 (Silver), 16777215 (White), 8388608 (Maroon), 16711680 (Red), 16711935 (Fuchsia), 16776960 (Yellow), 8421376 (Olive), 32768 (Green), 32896 (Teal), 65280 (Lime), 8388736 (Purple), 128 (Navy), 255 (Blue), 65535 (Aqua)}
Text Default Color
--time-size <integer> Font size, pixels

Video transformation filter
--transform-type {90,180,270,hflip,vflip}
Transform type

MPEG Transport Stream demuxer
--ts-extra-pmt <string> Extra PMT
--ts-es-id-pid, --no-ts-es-id-pid
Set id of ES to PID (default disabled)
--ts-out <string> Fast udp streaming
--ts-out-mtu <integer> MTU for out mode
--ts-csa-ck <string> CSA ck
--ts-silent, --no-ts-silent
Silent mode (default disabled)

Libtwolame audio encoder
--sout-twolame-quality <float>
Encoding quality
--sout-twolame-mode <integer>
Stereo mode
--sout-twolame-vbr, --no-sout-twolame-vbr
VBR mode (default disabled)
--sout-twolame-psy <integer>
Psycho-acoustic model

VCD input
--vcd-caching <integer> Caching value in ms

Visualizer filter
--effect-list <string> Effects list
--effect-width <integer> Video width
--effect-height <integer> Video height
--visual-nbbands <integer> Number of bands
--visual-separ <integer> Band separator
--visual-amp <integer> Amplification
--visual-peaks, --no-visual-peaks
Enable peaks (default enabled)
--visual-stars <integer> Number of stars

RTSP VoD server
--rtsp-host <string> Host address

Vorbis audio decoder
--sout-vorbis-quality <integer>
Encoding quality
--sout-vorbis-max-bitrate <integer>
Maximum encoding bitrate
--sout-vorbis-min-bitrate <integer>
Minimum encoding bitrate
--sout-vorbis-cbr, --no-sout-vorbis-cbr
CBR encoding (default disabled)

Wall video filter
--wall-cols <integer> Number of columns
--wall-rows <integer> Number of rows
--wall-active <string> Active windows
--wall-element-aspect <string>
Element aspect ratio

Win32 waveOut extension output
--waveout-float32, --no-waveout-float32
Use float32 output (default enabled)

wxWindows interface module
--wxwin-embed, --no-wxwin-embed
Embed video in interface (default enabled)
--wxwin-bookmarks, --no-wxwin-bookmarks
Show bookmarks dialogue (default disabled)
--wxwin-taskbar, --no-wxwin-taskbar
Show taskbar entry (default enabled)
--wxwin-minimal, --no-wxwin-minimal
Minimal interface (default disabled)
--wxwin-autosize, --no-wxwin-autosize
Size to video (default enabled)
--wxwin-systray, --no-wxwin-systray
Show systray icon (default disabled)
--wxwin-config-last <string>
last config

h264 video encoder using x264 library
--sout-x264-qp <integer> Quantizer parameter
--sout-x264-qp-min <integer>
Minimum quantizer parameter
--sout-x264-qp-max <integer>
Maximum quantizer parameter
--sout-x264-cabac, --no-sout-x264-cabac
Enable CABAC (default enabled)
--sout-x264-loopfilter, --no-sout-x264-loopfilter
Enable loop filter (default enabled)
--sout-x264-analyse {,all,normal,fast,none}
Analyse mode
--sout-x264-tolerance <float>
Bitrate tolerance
--sout-x264-vbv-maxrate <integer>
Maximum local bitrate
--sout-x264-vbv-bufsize <integer>
Averaging period for the maximum local bitrate
--sout-x264-vbv-init <float>
Initial buffer occupancy
--sout-x264-keyint <integer>
Sets maximum interval between IDR-frames
--sout-x264-keyint-min <integer>
Sets minimum interval between IDR-frames
--sout-x264-bframes <integer>
B frames
--sout-x264-bpyramid, --no-sout-x264-bpyramid
B pyramid (default disabled)
--sout-x264-frameref <integer>
Number of previous frames used as predictors.
--sout-x264-scenecut <integer>
Scene-cut detection.
--sout-x264-subpel <integer>
Sub-pixel refinement quality.

DirectShow input
--dshow-caching <integer> Caching value in ms
--dshow-vdev {,none} Video device name
--dshow-adev {,none} Audio device name
--dshow-size <string> Video size
--dshow-chroma <string> Video input chroma format
--dshow-fps <float> Video input frame rate
--dshow-config, --no-dshow-config
Device properties (default disabled)
--dshow-tuner, --no-dshow-tuner
Tuner properties (default disabled)
--dshow-tuner-channel <integer>
Tuner TV Channel
--dshow-tuner-country <integer>
Tuner country code
--dshow-tuner-input {0 (Default), 1 (Cable), 2 (Antenna)}
Tuner input type

DirectX video output
--directx-hw-yuv, --no-directx-hw-yuv
Use hardware YUV->RGB conversions (default
enabled)
--directx-use-sysmem, --no-directx-use-sysmem
Use video buffers in system memory (default
disabled)
--directx-3buffering, --no-directx-3buffering
Use triple buffering for overlays (default
enabled)
--directx-device {} Name of desired display device
--directx-wallpaper, --no-directx-wallpaper
Enable wallpaper mode (default disabled)

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