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| :''See also [[VLC command-line help]], [[Console|Console interfaces]]''
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| This page describes how to access the terminal and start VLC in it.
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| A terminal is a text-based way to run programs. It is normally pre-installed on your computer. The command prompt may also be called:
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| * Command Prompt
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| * Console
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| * MS-DOS Prompt
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| * Terminal
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| Running VLC from the terminal gives you access to many commands and features in VideoLAN which you would not otherwise have: see the [[VLC command-line help]] page to find out more about options from the command line.
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| Note that '''%''' is used on many of the examples in VLC Wiki to represent the prompt, so you don't need to type that in. Depending on your [[operating system]], the prompt could be a >, %, $ or #. Read on for a detailed explanation.
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| == Windows ==
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| In windows, this is called the '''command prompt'''. To open the command prompt,
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| * Click on the Start Menu and select Run.
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| * In the Run box, type '''cmd''' (or '''command''' for older versions of windows) and press enter.
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| The command prompt will look something like this
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| C:\>
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| To run VLC, you will need to know where you installed VLC: the default is '''C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'''. So to start vlc, type
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| "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\VLC.exe" ''options''
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| replacing ''options'' with the name of the file to play and it's options.
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| == Mac OSX ==
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| You can run VLC on Mac OS X using a terminal application, such as '''Terminal.app''' in '''/Applications/Utilities'''. In the terminal window type
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| ../VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC ''options''
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| replacing ''options'' with vlc options, commands, the name of the file to play and so on.
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| To suppress the launch of any Mac-like interface, '''you have to add''' the Option '-I' or '--intf' followed by the interface you want use instead.
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| Available interfaces are ''rc'' (remote control) ''ncurses'' (command-line-gui) ''http'' (webinterface, usually on port [http://localhost:8080 8080]). VLC won't even appear in the Dock then.
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| In older versions you could replace the "VLC" at the end of the path with "clivlc" to suppress the launch of any Mac-like interface.
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| == Linux/Unix ==
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| To get a linux terminal, you should probably run Konsole or Xterm. The terminal normally looks like a $ or a %. If you are logged in as root (generally a bad idea) it will probably be a #. To run vlc, you can normally type
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| vlc ''options''
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| replacing ''options'' with the name of the file to play and it's options.
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| [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:Coding]]
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