VLC command-line help

As you may have noticed, running the command

vlc --help

on some command prompts 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

Here's the output of vlc --longhelp --advanced --help-verbose of the development version 0.9.0-svn-20070112-0001 (12 jan. 2007) in Windows.

     
Usage: vlc.exe [options] [stream] ...
You can specify multiple streams 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 stream directly before it
            and that overrides previous settings.

Stream MRL syntax:
  [[access][/demux]://]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:<seconds>            Special item to pause the playlist for a certain time
  vlc:quit                       Special item to quit VLC

 Audio
      --audio, --no-audio        Enable audio (default enabled)
          You can completely disable the audio output.
          The audio decoding stage will not take place,
          thus saving some processing power. (default
          enabled)
      --volume=<integer>         Default audio volume
          You can set the default audio output volume
          here, in a range from 0 to 1024.
      --volume-step=<integer>    Audio output volume step
          The step size of the volume is adjustable
          using this option, in a range from 0 to 1024.
      --aout-rate=<integer>      Audio output frequency (Hz)
          You can force the audio output frequency
          here. Common values are -1 (default), 48000,
          44100, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000.
      --hq-resampling, --no-hq-resampling
                                 High quality audio resampling (default
                                 enabled)
          This uses a high quality audio resampling
          algorithm. High quality audio resampling can
          be processor intensive so you can disable it
          and a cheaper resampling algorithm will be
          used instead. (default enabled)
      --spdif, --no-spdif        Use S/PDIF when available (default disabled)
          S/PDIF can be used by default when your
          hardware supports it as well as the audio
          stream being played. (default disabled)
      --force-dolby-surround={0 (Auto), 1 (On), 2 (Off)}
                                 Force detection of Dolby Surround
          Use this when you know your stream is (or is
          not) encoded with Dolby Surround but fails to
          be detected as such. Even if the stream is
          not actually encoded with Dolby Surround,
          turning on this option might enhance your
          experience, especially when combined with the
          Headphone Channel Mixer.
      --audio-desync=<integer>   Audio desynchronization compensation
          This delays the audio output. The delay must
          be given in milliseconds.This can be handy if
          you notice a lag between the video and the
          audio.
      --aout=<string>            Audio output module
          This is the audio output method used by VLC.
          The default behavior is to automatically
          select the best method available.
      --audio-filter=<string>    Audio filters
          This adds audio post processing filters, to
          modify the sound rendering.
      --audio-visual=<string>    Audio visualizations 
          This adds visualization modules (spectrum
          analyzer, etc.).

 Video
      --video, --no-video        Enable video (default enabled)
          You can completely disable the video output.
          The video decoding stage will not take place,
          thus saving some processing power. (default
          enabled)
      --grayscale, --no-grayscale
                                 Grayscale video output (default disabled)
          Output video in grayscale. As the color
          information aren't decoded, this can save
          some processing power. (default disabled)
  -f, --fullscreen, --no-fullscreen
                                 Fullscreen video output (default disabled)
          Start video in fullscreen mode (default
          disabled)
      --embedded-video, --no-embedded-video
                                 Embedded video (default enabled)
          Embed the video output in the main interface.
          (default enabled)
      --drop-late-frames, --no-drop-late-frames
                                 Drop late frames (default enabled)
          This drops frames that are late (arrive to
          the video output after their intended display
          date). (default enabled)
      --skip-frames, --no-skip-frames
                                 Skip frames (default enabled)
          This option enables framedropping on MPEG2
          stream. Framedropping occurs when your
          computer is not powerful enough (default
          enabled)
      --quiet-synchro, --no-quiet-synchro
                                 Quiet synchro (default disabled)
          This avoids flooding the message log with
          debug output from the video output
          synchronization mechanism. (default disabled)
      --overlay, --no-overlay    Overlay video output (default enabled)
          Overlay is the hardware acceleration
          capability of your video card (ability to
          render video directly). VLC will try to use
          it by default. (default enabled)
      --video-on-top, --no-video-on-top
                                 Always on top (default disabled)
          Always place the video window on top of other
          windows. (default disabled)
      --disable-screensaver, --no-disable-screensaver
                                 Disable screensaver (default enabled)
          Disable the screensaver during video
          playback. (default enabled)
      --snapshot-path=<string>   Video snapshot directory (or filename)
          Directory where the video snapshots will be
          stored.
      --snapshot-prefix=<string> Video snapshot file prefix
          Video snapshot file prefix
      --snapshot-format={png,jpg}
                                 Video snapshot format
          Image format which will be used to store the
          video snapshots
      --snapshot-preview, --no-snapshot-preview
                                 Display video snapshot preview (default
                                 enabled)
          Display the snapshot preview in the screen's
          top-left corner. (default enabled)
      --snapshot-sequential, --no-snapshot-sequential
                                 Use sequential numbers instead of timestamps
                                 (default disabled)
          Use sequential numbers instead of timestamps
          for snapshot numbering (default disabled)
      --width=<integer>          Video width
          You can enforce the video width. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --height=<integer>         Video height
          You can enforce the video height. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --video-x=<integer>        Video X coordinate
          You can enforce the position of the top left
          corner of the video window (X coordinate).
      --video-y=<integer>        Video Y coordinate
          You can enforce the position of the top left
          corner of the video window (Y coordinate).
      --crop=<string>            Video cropping
          This forces the cropping of the source video.
          Accepted formats are x:y (4:3, 16:9, etc.)
          expressing the global image aspect.
      --custom-crop-ratios=<string>
                                 Custom crop ratios list
          Comma seperated list of crop ratios which
          will be added in the interface's crop ratios
          list.
      --aspect-ratio=<string>    Source aspect ratio
          This forces the source aspect ratio. For
          instance, some DVDs claim to be 16:9 while
          they are actually 4:3. This can also be used
          as a hint for VLC when a movie does not have
          aspect ratio information. Accepted formats
          are x:y (4:3, 16:9, etc.) expressing the
          global image aspect, or a float value (1.25,
          1.3333, etc.) expressing pixel squareness.
      --monitor-par=<string>     Monitor pixel aspect ratio
          This forces the monitor aspect ratio. Most
          monitors have square pixels (1:1). If you
          have a 16:9 screen, you might need to change
          this to 4:3 in order to keep proportions.
      --custom-aspect-ratios=<string>
                                 Custom aspect ratios list
          Comma seperated list of aspect ratios which
          will be added in the interface's aspect ratio
          list.
      --hdtv-fix, --no-hdtv-fix  Fix HDTV height (default enabled)
          This allows proper handling of HDTV-1080
          video format even if broken encoder
          incorrectly sets height to 1088 lines. You
          should only disable this option if your video
          has a non-standard format requiring all 1088
          lines. (default enabled)
      --video-deco, --no-video-deco
                                 Window decorations (default enabled)
          VLC can avoid creating window caption,
          frames, etc... around the video, giving a
          "minimal" window. (default enabled)
      --video-title=<string>     Video title
          Custom title for the video window (in case
          the video is not embedded in the interface).
      --align={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Video alignment
          Enforce the alignment of the video in its
          window. By default (0) it will be centered
          (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom,
          you can also use combinations of these
          values, like 6=4+2 meaning top-right).
      --zoom=<float>             Zoom video
          You can zoom the video by the specified
          factor.
  -V, --vout=<string>            Video output module
          This is the the video output method used by
          VLC. The default behavior is to automatically
          select the best method available.
      --video-filter=<string>    Video filter module
          This adds post-processing filters to enhance
          the picture quality, for instance
          deinterlacing, or distortthe video.
      --vout-filter=<string>     (null)

 Subpictures
      --spu, --no-spu            Enable sub-pictures (default enabled)
          You can completely disable the sub-picture
          processing. (default enabled)
      --osd, --no-osd            On Screen Display (default enabled)
          VLC can display messages on the video. This
          is called OSD (On Screen Display). (default
          enabled)
      --text-renderer=<string>   Text rendering module
          VLC normally uses Freetype for rendering, but
          this allows you to use svg for instance.
      --sub-file=<string>        Use subtitle file
          Load this subtitle file. To be used when
          autodetect cannot detect your subtitle file.
      --sub-autodetect-file, --no-sub-autodetect-file
                                 Autodetect subtitle files (default enabled)
          Automatically detect a subtitle file, if no
          subtitle filename is specified (based on the
          filename of the movie). (default enabled)
      --sub-autodetect-fuzzy=<integer>
                                 Subtitle autodetection fuzziness
          This determines how fuzzy subtitle and movie
          filename matching will be. Options are:
0 =
          no subtitles autodetected
1 = any subtitle
          file
2 = any subtitle file containing the
          movie name
3 = subtitle file matching the
          movie name with additional chars
4 = subtitle
          file matching the movie name exactly
      --sub-autodetect-path=<string>
                                 Subtitle autodetection paths
          Look for a subtitle file in those paths too,
          if your subtitle file was not found in the
          current directory.
      --sub-margin=<integer>     Force subtitle position
          You can use this option to place the
          subtitles under the movie, instead of over
          the movie. Try several positions.
      --sub-filter=<string>      Subpictures filter module
          This adds so-called "subpicture filters".
          These filters overlay some images or text
          over the video (like a logo, arbitraty
          text...).
      --france, --no-france      France (default disabled)
          If you live in France, it is not allowed to
          workaround any Digital Restrictions
          Management measure. (default disabled)
      --program=<integer>        Program
          Choose the program to select by giving its
          Service ID. Only use this option if you want
          to read a multi-program stream (like DVB
          streams for example).
      --programs=<string>        Programs
          Choose the programs to select by giving a
          comma-separated list of Service IDs (SIDs).
          Only use this option if you want to read a
          multi-program stream (like DVB streams for
          example).
      --audio-track=<integer>    Audio track
          Stream number of the audio track to use (from
          0 to n).
      --sub-track=<integer>      Subtitles track
          Stream number of the subtitle track to use
          (from 0 to n).
      --audio-language=<string>  Audio language
          Language of the audio track you want to use
          (comma separated, two or three letter country
          code).
      --sub-language=<string>    Subtitle language
          Language of the subtitle track you want to
          use (comma separated, two or tree letter
          country code).
      --audio-track-id=<integer> Audio track ID
          Stream ID of the audio track to use.
      --sub-track-id=<integer>   Subtitles track ID
          Stream ID of the subtitle track to use.
      --input-repeat=<integer>   Input repetitions
          Number of time the same input will be repeated
      --start-time=<integer>     Start time
          The stream will start at this position (in
          seconds).
      --stop-time=<integer>      Stop time
          The stream will stop at this position (in
          seconds).
      --input-list=<string>      Input list
          You can give a comma-separated list of inputs
          that will be concatenated together after the
          normal one.
      --input-slave=<string>     Input slave (experimental)
          This allows you to play from several inputs
          at the same time. This feature is
          experimental, not all formats are supported.
          Use a '#' separated list of inputs.
      --bookmarks=<string>       Bookmarks list for a stream
          You can manually give a list of bookmarks for
          a stream in the form "{name=bookmark-name,time
          =optional-time-offset,bytes=optional-byte-offs
          et},{...}"
      --dvd=<string>             DVD device
          This is the default DVD drive (or file) to
          use. Don't forget the colon after the drive
          letter (eg. D:)
      --vcd=<string>             VCD device
          This is the default VCD device to use.
      --cd-audio=<string>        Audio CD device
          This is the default Audio CD device to use.
      --server-port=<integer>    UDP port
          This is the default port used for UDP
          streams. Default is 1234.
      --mtu=<integer>            MTU of the network interface
          This is the maximum packet size that can be
          transmitted over the network interface. On
          Ethernet it is usually 1500 bytes.
  -6, --ipv6, --no-ipv6          Force IPv6 (default disabled)
          IPv6 will be used by default for all
          connections. (default disabled)
  -4, --ipv4, --no-ipv4          Force IPv4 (default disabled)
          IPv4 will be used by default for all
          connections. (default disabled)
      --ipv4-timeout=<integer>   TCP connection timeout
          Default TCP connection timeout (in
          milliseconds). 
      --socks=<string>           SOCKS server
          SOCKS proxy server to use. This must be of
          the form address:port. It will be used for
          all TCP connections
      --socks-user=<string>      SOCKS user name
          User name to be used for connection to the
          SOCKS proxy.
      --socks-pwd=<string>       SOCKS password
          Password to be used for connection to the
          SOCKS proxy.
      --meta-title=<string>      Title metadata
          Allows you to specify a "title" metadata for
          an input.
      --meta-author=<string>     Author metadata
          Allows you to specify an "author" metadata
          for an input.
      --meta-artist=<string>     Artist metadata
          Allows you to specify an "artist" metadata
          for an input.
      --meta-genre=<string>      Genre metadata
          Allows you to specify a "genre" metadata for
          an input.
      --meta-copyright=<string>  Copyright metadata
          Allows you to specify a "copyright" metadata
          for an input.
      --meta-description=<string>
                                 Description metadata
          Allows you to specify a "description"
          metadata for an input.
      --meta-date=<string>       Date metadata
          Allows you to specify a "date" metadata for
          an input.
      --meta-url=<string>        URL metadata
          Allows you to specify a "url" metadata for an
          input.
      --cr-average=<integer>     Clock reference average counter
          When using the PVR input (or a very irregular
          source), you should set this to 10000.
      --clock-synchro={-1 (Default), 0 (Disable), 1 (Enable)}
                                 Clock synchronisation
          It is possible to disable the input clock
          synchronisation for real-time sources. Use
          this if you experience jerky playback of
          network streams.
      --network-synchronisation, --no-network-synchronisation
                                 Network synchronisation (default disabled)
          This allows you to remotely synchronise
          clocks for server and client. The detailed
          settings are available in Advanced / Network
          Sync. (default disabled)

 Decoders
      --codec=<string>           Preferred decoders list
          List of codecs that VLC will use in priority.
          For instance, 'dummy,a52' will try the dummy
          and a52 codecs before trying the other ones.
          Only advanced users should alter this option
          as it can break playback of all your streams.
      --encoder=<string>         Preferred encoders list
          This allows you to select a list of encoders
          that VLC will use in priority.

 Input
      --access=<string>          Access module
          This allows you to force an access module.
          You can use it if the correct access is not
          automatically detected. You should not set
          this as a global option unless you really
          know what you are doing.
      --access-filter=<string>   Access filter module
          Access filters are used to modify the stream
          that is being read. This is used for instance
          for timeshifting.
      --demux=<string>           Demux module
          Demultiplexers are used to separate the
          "elementary" streams (like audio and video
          streams). You can use it if the correct
          demuxer is not automatically detected. You
          should not set this as a global option unless
          you really know what you are doing.

 Stream output
      --sout=<string>            Default stream output chain
          You can enter here a default stream output
          chain. Refer to the documentation to learn
          how to build such chains.Warning: this chain
          will be enabled for all streams.
      --sout-display, --no-sout-display
                                 Display while streaming (default disabled)
          Play locally the stream while streaming it.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-keep, --no-sout-keep
                                 Keep stream output open (default disabled)
          This allows you to keep an unique stream
          output instance across multiple playlist item
          (automatically insert the gather stream
          output if not specified) (default disabled)
      --sout-all, --no-sout-all  Enable streaming of all ES (default disabled)
          Stream all elementary streams (video, audio
          and subtitles) (default disabled)
      --sout-audio, --no-sout-audio
                                 Enable audio stream output (default enabled)
          Choose whether the audio stream should be
          redirected to the stream output facility when
          this last one is enabled. (default enabled)
      --sout-video, --no-sout-video
                                 Enable video stream output (default enabled)
          Choose whether the video stream should be
          redirected to the stream output facility when
          this last one is enabled. (default enabled)
      --sout-spu, --no-sout-spu  Enable SPU stream output (default enabled)
          Choose whether the SPU streams should be
          redirected to the stream output facility when
          this last one is enabled. (default enabled)
      --vlm-conf=<string>        VLM configuration file
          Read a VLM configuration file as soon as VLM
          is started.
      --mux=<string>             Mux module
          This is a legacy entry to let you configure
          mux modules
      --access_output=<string>   Access output module
          This is a legacy entry to let you configure
          access output modules
      --ttl=<integer>            Hop limit (TTL)
          This is the hop limit (also known as
          "Time-To-Live" or TTL) of the multicast
          packets sent by the stream output (-1 = use
          operating system built-in default).
      --miface=<string>          Multicast output interface
          Default multicast interface. This overrides
          the routing table.
      --miface-addr=<string>     IPv4 multicast output interface address
          IPv4 adress for the default multicast
          interface. This overrides the routing table.
      --dscp=<integer>           DiffServ Code Point
          Differentiated Services Code Point for
          outgoing UDP streams (or IPv4 Type Of
          Service, or IPv6 Traffic Class). This is used
          for network Quality of Service.
      --packetizer=<string>      Preferred packetizer list
          This allows you to select the order in which
          VLC will choose its packetizers.
      --sap-flow-control, --no-sap-flow-control
                                 Control SAP flow (default disabled)
          If this option is enabled, the flow on the
          SAP multicast address will be controlled.
          This is needed if you want to make
          announcements on the MBone. (default disabled)
      --sap-interval=<integer>   SAP announcement interval
          When the SAP flow control is disabled, this
          lets you set the fixed interval between SAP
          announcements.

 CPU
      --fpu, --no-fpu            Enable FPU support (default enabled)
          If your processor has a floating point
          calculation unit, VLC can take advantage of
          it. (default enabled)
      --mmx, --no-mmx            Enable CPU MMX support (default enabled)
          If your processor supports the MMX
          instructions set, VLC can take advantage of
          them. (default enabled)
      --3dn, --no-3dn            Enable CPU 3D Now! support (default enabled)
          If your processor supports the 3D Now!
          instructions set, VLC can take advantage of
          them. (default enabled)
      --mmxext, --no-mmxext      Enable CPU MMX EXT support (default enabled)
          If your processor supports the MMX EXT
          instructions set, VLC can take advantage of
          them. (default enabled)
      --sse, --no-sse            Enable CPU SSE support (default enabled)
          If your processor supports the SSE
          instructions set, VLC can take advantage of
          them. (default enabled)
      --sse2, --no-sse2          Enable CPU SSE2 support (default enabled)
          If your processor supports the SSE2
          instructions set, VLC can take advantage of
          them. (default enabled)

 Miscellaneous
  -A, --memcpy=<string>          Memory copy module
          You can select which memory copy module you
          want to use. By default VLC will select the
          fastest one supported by your hardware.
      --plugins-cache, --no-plugins-cache
                                 Use a plugins cache (default enabled)
          Use a plugins cache which will greatly
          improve the startup time of VLC. (default
          enabled)
      --plugin-path=<string>     Modules search path
          Additional path for VLC to look for its
          modules.
      --minimize-threads, --no-minimize-threads
                                 Minimize number of threads (default disabled)
          This option minimizes the number of threads
          needed to run VLC. (default disabled)
      --one-instance, --no-one-instance
                                 Allow only one running instance (default
                                 disabled)
          Allowing only one running instance of VLC can
          sometimes be useful, for example if you
          associated VLC with some media types and you
          don't want a new instance of VLC to be opened
          each time you double-click on a file in the
          explorer. This option will allow you to play
          the file with the already running instance or
          enqueue it. (default disabled)
      --started-from-file, --no-started-from-file
                                 VLC is started from file association (default
                                 disabled)
          Tell VLC that it is being launched due to a
          file association in the OS (default disabled)
      --one-instance-when-started-from-file, --no-one-instance-when-started-from-file
                                 One instance when started from file (default
                                 enabled)
          Allow only one running instance when started
          from file. (default enabled)
      --playlist-enqueue, --no-playlist-enqueue
                                 Enqueue items to playlist when in one
                                 instance mode (default disabled)
          When using the one instance only option,
          enqueue items to playlist and keep playing
          current item. (default disabled)
      --high-priority, --no-high-priority
                                 Increase the priority of the process (default
                                 disabled)
          Increasing the priority of the process will
          very likely improve your playing experience
          as it allows VLC not to be disturbed by other
          applications that could otherwise take too
          much processor time. However be advised that
          in certain circumstances (bugs) VLC could
          take all the processor time and render the
          whole system unresponsive which might require
          a reboot of your machine. (default disabled)
      --fast-mutex, --no-fast-mutex
                                 Fast mutex on NT/2K/XP (developers only)
                                 (default disabled)
          On Windows NT/2K/XP we use a slow mutex
          implementation but which allows us to
          correctly implement condition variables. You
          can also use the faster Win9x implementation
          but you might experience problems with it.
          (default disabled)
      --win9x-cv-method=<integer>
                                 Condition variables implementation for Win9x
                                 (developers only)
          On Windows 9x/Me you can use a fast but
          incorrect condition variables implementation
          (more precisely there is a possibility for a
          race condition to happen). However it is
          possible to use slower alternatives which are
          more robust. Currently you can choose between
          implementation 0 (which is the fastest but
          slightly incorrect), 1 (default) and 2.

 Playlist
  -Z, --random, --no-random      Play files randomly forever (default disabled)
          VLC will randomly play files in the playlist
          until interrupted. (default disabled)
  -L, --loop, --no-loop          Repeat all (default disabled)
          VLC will keep playing the playlist
          indefinitely. (default disabled)
  -R, --repeat, --no-repeat      Repeat current item (default disabled)
          VLC will keep playing the current playlist
          item. (default disabled)
      --play-and-exit, --no-play-and-exit
                                 Play and exit (default disabled)
          Exit if there are no more items in the
          playlist. (default disabled)
      --play-and-stop, --no-play-and-stop
                                 Play and stop (default disabled)
          Stop the playlist after each played playlist
          item. (default disabled)
      --media-library, --no-media-library
                                 Use media library (default enabled)
          The media library is automatically saved and
          reloaded each time you start VLC. (default
          enabled)
      --playlist-tree={0 (Default), 1 (Always), 2 (Never)}
                                 Use playlist tree
          The playlist can use a tree to categorize
          some items, like the contents of a directory.
          "Default" means that the tree will only be
          used when really needed.
      --open=<string>            Default stream
          This stream will always be opened at VLC
          startup.
      --auto-preparse, --no-auto-preparse
                                 Automatically preparse files (default enabled)
          Automatically preparse files added to the
          playlist (to retrieve some metadata).
          (default enabled)
      --album-art={0 (Manual download only), 1 (When track starts playing), 2 (As soon as track is added)}
                                 Album art policy
          Choose how album art will be downloaded.
  -S, --services-discovery=<string>
                                 Services discovery modules
          Specifies the services discovery modules to
          load, separated by semi-colons. Typical
          values are sap, hal, ...
  -v, --verbose=<integer>        Verbosity (0,1,2)
          This is the verbosity level (0=only errors
          and standard messages, 1=warnings, 2=debug).
  -q, --quiet, --no-quiet        Be quiet (default disabled)
          Turn off all warning and information
          messages. (default disabled)
      --file-logging, --no-file-logging
                                 Log to file (default disabled)
          Log all VLC messages to a text file. (default
          disabled)
      --language={auto,en,en_GB,ca,cs,da,de,es,fr,gl,he,hu,it,ja,ka,ko,ms,nl,oc,pt_BR,ro,ru,sk,sl,sv,tr,zh_CN,zh_TW}
                                 Language
          You can manually select a language for the
          interface. The system language is
          auto-detected if "auto" is specified here.
      --color, --no-color        Color messages (default disabled)
          This enables colorization of the messages
          sent to the console Your terminal needs Linux
          color support for this to work. (default
          disabled)
      --advanced, --no-advanced  Show advanced options (default enabled)
          When this is enabled, the preferences and/or
          interfaces will show all available options,
          including those that most users should never
          touch. (default enabled)
      --interact, --no-interact  Interface interaction (default disabled)
          When this is enabled, the interface will show
          a dialog box each time some user input is
          required. (default disabled)
      --show-intf, --no-show-intf
                                 Show interface with mouse (default disabled)
          When this is enabled, the interface is shown
          when you move the mouse to the edge of the
          screen in fullscreen mode. (default disabled)
      --stats, --no-stats        Collect statistics (default enabled)
          Collect miscellaneous statistics. (default
          enabled)
  -I, --intf=<string>            Interface module
          This is the main interface used by VLC. The
          default behavior is to automatically select
          the best module available.
      --extraintf=<string>       Extra interface modules
          You can select "additional interfaces" for
          VLC. They will be launched in the background
          in addition to the default interface. Use a
          comma separated list of interface modules.
          (common values are "rc" (remote control),
          "http", "gestures" ...)
      --control=<string>         Control interfaces
          You can select control interfaces for VLC.

 Hot keys
      --key-fullscreen=<integer> Fullscreen
          Select the hotkey to use to swap fullscreen
          state.
      --key-play-pause=<integer> Play/Pause
          Select the hotkey to use to swap paused state.
      --key-pause=<integer>      Pause only
          Select the hotkey to use to pause.
      --key-play=<integer>       Play only
          Select the hotkey to use to play.
      --key-faster=<integer>     Faster
          Select the hotkey to use for fast forward
          playback.
      --key-slower=<integer>     Slower
          Select the hotkey to use for slow motion
          playback.
      --key-next=<integer>       Next
          Select the hotkey to use to skip to the next
          item in the playlist.
      --key-prev=<integer>       Previous
          Select the hotkey to use to skip to the
          previous item in the playlist.
      --key-stop=<integer>       Stop
          Select the hotkey to stop playback.
      --key-position=<integer>   Position
          Select the hotkey to display the position.
      --key-jump-extrashort=<integer>
                                 Very short backwards jump
          Select the hotkey to make a very short
          backwards jump.
      --key-jump+extrashort=<integer>
                                 Very short forward jump
          Select the hotkey to make a very short
          forward jump.
      --key-jump-short=<integer> Short backwards jump
          Select the hotkey to make a short backwards
          jump.
      --key-jump+short=<integer> Short forward jump
          Select the hotkey to make a short forward
          jump.
      --key-jump-medium=<integer>
                                 Medium backwards jump
          Select the hotkey to make a medium backwards
          jump.
      --key-jump+medium=<integer>
                                 Medium forward jump
          Select the hotkey to make a medium forward
          jump.
      --key-jump-long=<integer>  Long backwards jump
          Select the hotkey to make a long backwards
          jump.
      --key-jump+long=<integer>  Long forward jump
          Select the hotkey to make a long forward jump.
      --key-nav-activate=<integer>
                                 Activate
          Select the key to activate selected item in
          DVD menus.
      --key-nav-up=<integer>     Navigate up
          Select the key to move the selector up in DVD
          menus.
      --key-nav-down=<integer>   Navigate down
          Select the key to move the selector down in
          DVD menus.
      --key-nav-left=<integer>   Navigate left
          Select the key to move the selector left in
          DVD menus.
      --key-nav-right=<integer>  Navigate right
          Select the key to move the selector right in
          DVD menus.
      --key-disc-menu=<integer>  Go to the DVD menu
          Select the key to take you to the DVD menu
      --key-title-prev=<integer> Select previous DVD title
          Select the key to choose the previous title
          from the DVD
      --key-title-next=<integer> Select next DVD title
          Select the key to choose the next title from
          the DVD
      --key-chapter-prev=<integer>
                                 Select prev DVD chapter
          Select the key to choose the previous chapter
          from the DVD
      --key-chapter-next=<integer>
                                 Select next DVD chapter
          Select the key to choose the next chapter
          from the DVD
      --key-quit=<integer>       Quit
          Select the hotkey to quit the application.
      --key-vol-up=<integer>     Volume up
          Select the key to increase audio volume.
      --key-vol-down=<integer>   Volume down
          Select the key to decrease audio volume.
      --key-vol-mute=<integer>   Mute
          Select the key to mute audio.
      --key-subdelay-up=<integer>
                                 Subtitle delay up
          Select the key to increase the subtitle delay.
      --key-subdelay-down=<integer>
                                 Subtitle delay down
          Select the key to decrease the subtitle delay.
      --key-audiodelay-up=<integer>
                                 Audio delay up
          Select the key to increase the audio delay.
      --key-audiodelay-down=<integer>
                                 Audio delay down
          Select the key to decrease the audio delay.
      --key-audio-track=<integer>
                                 Cycle audio track
          Cycle through the available audio
          tracks(languages).
      --key-subtitle-track=<integer>
                                 Cycle subtitle track
          Cycle through the available subtitle tracks.
      --key-aspect-ratio=<integer>
                                 Cycle source aspect ratio
          Cycle through a predefined list of source
          aspect ratios.
      --key-crop=<integer>       Cycle video crop
          Cycle through a predefined list of crop
          formats.
      --key-deinterlace=<integer>
                                 Cycle deinterlace modes
          Cycle through deinterlace modes.
      --key-intf-show=<integer>  Show interface
          Raise the interface above all other windows.
      --key-intf-hide=<integer>  Hide interface
          Lower the interface below all other windows.
      --key-snapshot=<integer>   Take video snapshot
          Takes a video snapshot and writes it to disk.
      --key-history-back=<integer>
                                 Go back in browsing history
          Select the key to go back (to the previous
          media item) in the browsing history.
      --key-history-forward=<integer>
                                 Go forward in browsing history
          Select the key to go forward (to the next
          media item) in the browsing history.
      --key-record=<integer>     Record
          Record access filter start/stop.
      --key-dump=<integer>       Dump
          Media dump access filter trigger.
      --key-zoom=<integer>       Zoom
          Zoom
      --key-unzoom=<integer>     Un-Zoom
          Un-Zoom
      --key-crop-top=<integer>   Crop one pixel from the top of the video
          Crop one pixel from the top of the video
      --key-uncrop-top=<integer> Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video
          Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video
      --key-crop-left=<integer>  Crop one pixel from the left of the video
          Crop one pixel from the left of the video
      --key-uncrop-left=<integer>
                                 Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video
          Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video
      --key-crop-bottom=<integer>
                                 Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video
          Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video
      --key-uncrop-bottom=<integer>
                                 Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video
          Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video
      --key-crop-right=<integer> Crop one pixel from the right of the video
          Crop one pixel from the right of the video
      --key-uncrop-right=<integer>
                                 Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video
          Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video
      --extrashort-jump-size=<integer>
                                 Very short jump length
          Very short jump length, in seconds.
      --short-jump-size=<integer>
                                 Short jump length
          Short jump length, in seconds.
      --medium-jump-size=<integer>
                                 Medium jump length
          Medium jump length, in seconds.
      --long-jump-size=<integer> Long jump length
          Long jump length, in seconds.
      --key-set-bookmark1=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 1
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark2=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 2
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark3=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 3
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark4=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 4
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark5=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 5
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark6=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 6
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark7=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 7
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark8=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 8
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark9=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 9
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-set-bookmark10=<integer>
                                 Set playlist bookmark 10
          Select the key to set this playlist bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark1=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 1
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark2=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 2
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark3=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 3
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark4=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 4
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark5=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 5
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark6=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 6
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark7=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 7
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark8=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 8
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark9=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 9
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --key-play-bookmark10=<integer>
                                 Play playlist bookmark 10
          Select the key to play this bookmark.
      --bookmark1=<string>       Playlist bookmark 1
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark2=<string>       Playlist bookmark 2
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark3=<string>       Playlist bookmark 3
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark4=<string>       Playlist bookmark 4
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark5=<string>       Playlist bookmark 5
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark6=<string>       Playlist bookmark 6
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark7=<string>       Playlist bookmark 7
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark8=<string>       Playlist bookmark 8
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark9=<string>       Playlist bookmark 9
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.
      --bookmark10=<string>      Playlist bookmark 10
          This allows you to define playlist bookmarks.

 Help options
  -h, --help                     print help for VLC (can be combined with
                                 --advanced)
  -H, --longhelp                 print help for VLC and all its 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

 ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
      --a52-dynrng, --no-a52-dynrng
                                 A/52 dynamic range compression (default
                                 enabled)
          Dynamic range compression makes the loud
          sounds softer, and the soft sounds louder, so
          you can more easily listen to the stream in a
          noisy environment without disturbing anyone.
          If you disable the dynamic range compression
          the playback will be more adapted to a movie
          theater or a listening room. (default enabled)
      --a52-upmix, --no-a52-upmix
                                 Enable internal upmixing (default disabled)
          Enable the internal upmixing algorithm (not
          recommended). (default disabled)

 Standard filesystem directory input
      --recursive={none,collapse,expand}
                                 Subdirectory behavior
          Select whether subdirectories must be
          expanded.
none: subdirectories do not appear
          in the playlist.
collapse: subdirectories
          appear but are expanded on first
          play.
expand: all subdirectories are
          expanded.

      --ignore-filetypes=<string>
                                 Ignored extensions
          Files with these extensions will not be added
          to playlist when opening a directory.
This is
          useful if you add directories that contain
          playlist files for instance. Use a
          comma-separated list of extensions.

 Fake input
      --fake-caching=<integer>   Caching value in ms
          Caching value for fake streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --fake-fps=<float>         Framerate
          Number of frames per second (eg. 24, 25,
          29.97, 30).
      --fake-id=<integer>        ID
          Set the ID of the fake elementary stream for
          use in #duplicate{} constructs (default 0).
      --fake-duration=<integer>  Duration in ms
          Duration of the fake streaming before faking
          an end-of-file (default is 0, meaning that
          the stream is unlimited).

 File input
      --file-caching=<integer>   Caching value in ms
          Caching value for files. This value should be
          set in milliseconds.

 Dump
      --dump-force, --no-dump-force
                                 Force use of dump module (default disabled)
          Activate the dump module even for media with
          fast seeking. (default disabled)
      --dump-margin=<integer>    Maximum size of temporary file (Mb)
          The dump module will abort dumping of the
          media if more than this much megabyte were
          performed.

 Record
      --record-path=<string>     Record directory
          Directory where the record will be stored.

 Timeshift
      --timeshift-granularity=<integer>
                                 Timeshift granularity
          This is the size of the temporary files that
          will be used to store the timeshifted streams.
      --timeshift-dir=<string>   Timeshift directory
          Directory used to store the timeshift
          temporary files.
      --timeshift-force, --no-timeshift-force
                                 Force use of the timeshift module (default
                                 disabled)
          Force use of the timeshift module even if the
          access declares that it can control pace or
          pause. (default disabled)

 FTP input
      --ftp-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for FTP streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --ftp-user=<string>        FTP user name
          User name that will be used for the
          connection.
      --ftp-pwd=<string>         FTP password
          Password that will be used for the connection.
      --ftp-account=<string>     FTP account
          Account that will be used for the connection.

 HTTP input
      --http-proxy=<string>      HTTP proxy
          HTTP proxy to be usesd It must be of the form
          http://[user[:pass]@]myproxy.mydomain:myport/
          ; if empty, the http_proxy environment
          variable will be tried.
      --http-caching=<integer>   Caching value in ms
          Caching value for HTTP streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --http-user-agent=<string> HTTP user agent
          User agent that will be used for the
          connection.
      --http-reconnect, --no-http-reconnect
                                 Auto re-connect (default disabled)
          Automatically try to reconnect to the stream
          in case of a sudden disconnect. (default
          disabled)
      --http-continuous, --no-http-continuous
                                 Continuous stream (default disabled)
          Read a file that is being constantly updated
          (for example, a JPG file on a server).You
          should not globally enable this option as it
          will break all other types of HTTP streams.
          (default disabled)

 Microsoft Media Server (MMS) input
      --mms-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for MMS streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --mms-all, --no-mms-all    Force selection of all streams (default
                                 disabled)
          MMS streams can contain several elementary
          streams, with different bitrates. You can
          choose to select all of them. (default
          disabled)
      --mms-maxbitrate=<integer> Maximum bitrate
          Select the stream with the maximum bitrate
          under that limit.

 File stream output
      --sout-file-append, --no-sout-file-append
                                 Append to file (default disabled)
          Append to file if it exists instead of
          replacing it. (default disabled)

 HTTP stream output
      --sout-http-user=<string>  Username
          User name that will be requested to access
          the stream.
      --sout-http-pwd=<string>   Password
          Password that will be requested to access the
          stream.
      --sout-http-mime=<string>  Mime
          MIME returned by the server (autodetected if
          not specified.
      --sout-http-cert=<string>  Certificate file
          Path to the x509 PEM certificate file that
          will be used for HTTPS.
      --sout-http-key=<string>   Private key file
          Path to the x509 PEM private key file that
          will be used for HTTPS. Leave empty if you
          don't have one.
      --sout-http-ca=<string>    Root CA file
          Path to the x509 PEM trusted root CA
          certificates (certificate authority) file
          that will be used for HTTPS. Leave empty if
          you don't have one.
      --sout-http-crl=<string>   CRL file
          Path to the x509 PEM Certificates Revocation
          List file that will be used for SSL. Leave
          empty if you don't have one.
      --sout-http-bonjour, --no-sout-http-bonjour
                                 Advertise with Bonjour (default disabled)
          Advertise the stream with the Bonjour
          protocol. (default disabled)

 IceCAST output
      --sout-shout-name=<string> Stream name
          Name to give to this stream/channel on the
          shoutcast/icecast server.
      --sout-shout-description=<string>
                                 Stream description
          Description of the stream content or
          information about your channel.
      --sout-shout-mp3, --no-sout-shout-mp3
                                 Stream MP3 (default disabled)
          You normally have to feed the shoutcast
          module with Ogg streams. It is also possible
          to stream MP3 instead, so you can forward MP3
          streams to the shoutcast/icecast server.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-shout-genre=<string>
                                 Genre description
          Genre of the content. 
      --sout-shout-url=<string>  URL description
          URL with information about the stream or your
          channel. 
      --sout-shout-bitrate=<string>
                                 Bitrate
          Bitrate information of the transcoded stream. 
      --sout-shout-samplerate=<string>
                                 Samplerate
          Samplerate information of the transcoded
          stream. 
      --sout-shout-channels=<string>
                                 Number of channels
          Number of channels information of the
          transcoded stream. 
      --sout-shout-quality=<string>
                                 Ogg Vorbis Quality
          Ogg Vorbis Quality information of the
          transcoded stream. 
      --sout-shout-public, --no-sout-shout-public
                                 Stream public (default disabled)
          Make the server publicly available on the
          'Yellow Pages' (directory listing of streams)
          on the icecast/shoutcast website. Requires
          the bitrate information specified for
          shoutcast. Requires Ogg streaming for
          icecast. (default disabled)

 UDP stream output
      --sout-udp-caching=<integer>
                                 Caching value (ms)
          Default caching value for outbound UDP
          streams. This value should be set in
          milliseconds.
      --sout-udp-group=<integer> Group packets
          Packets can be sent one by one at the right
          time or by groups. You can choose the number
          of packets that will be sent at a time. It
          helps reducing the scheduling load on
          heavily-loaded systems.
      --sout-udp-raw, --no-sout-udp-raw
                                 Raw write (default disabled)
          Packets will be sent directly, without trying
          to fill the MTU (ie, without trying to make
          the biggest possible packets in order to
          improve streaming). (default disabled)

 Real RTSP
      --realrtsp-caching=<integer>
                                 Caching value (ms)
          Caching value for RTSP streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.

 SMB input
      --smb-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for SMB streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --smb-user=<string>        SMB user name
          User name that will be used for the
          connection.
      --smb-pwd=<string>         SMB password
          Password that will be used for the connection.
      --smb-domain=<string>      SMB domain
          Domain/Workgroup that will be used for the
          connection.

 TCP input
      --tcp-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for TCP streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.

 UDP/RTP input
      --udp-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for UDP streams. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --rtp-late=<integer>       RTP reordering timeout in ms
          VLC reorders RTP packets. The input will wait
          for late packets at most the time specified
          here (in milliseconds).
      --udp-auto-mtu, --no-udp-auto-mtu
                                 Autodetection of MTU (default enabled)
          Automatically detect the line's MTU. This
          will increase the size if truncated packets
          are found (default enabled)

 Image properties filter
      --contrast=<float>         Image contrast (0-2)
          Set the image contrast, between 0 and 2.
          Defaults to 1.
      --brightness=<float>       Image brightness (0-2)
          Set the image brightness, between 0 and 2.
          Defaults to 1.
      --hue=<integer>            Image hue (0-360)
          Set the image hue, between 0 and 360.
          Defaults to 0.
      --saturation=<float>       Image saturation (0-3)
          Set the image saturation, between 0 and 3.
          Defaults to 1.
      --gamma=<float>            Image gamma (0-10)
          Set the image gamma, between 0.01 and 10.
          Defaults to 1.
      --brightness-threshold, --no-brightness-threshold
                                 Brightness threshold (default disabled)
          When this mode is enabled, pixels will be
          shown as black or white. The threshold value
          will be the brighness defined below. (default
          disabled)

 DirectX audio output
      --directx-audio-device=<integer>
                                 Output device
          DirectX device number: 0 default device, 1..N
          device by number(Note that the default device
          appears as 0 AND another number).
      --directx-audio-float32, --no-directx-audio-float32
                                 Use float32 output (default disabled)
          The option allows you to enable or disable
          the high-quality float32 audio output mode
          (which is not well supported by some
          soundcards). (default disabled)

 File audio output
      --audiofile-format={u8,s8,u16,s16,u16_le,s16_le,u16_be,s16_be,fixed32,float32,spdif}
                                 Output format
          One of "u8", "s8", "u16", "s16", "u16_le",
          "s16_le", "u16_be", "s16_be", "fixed32",
          "float32" or "spdif"
      --audiofile-channels=<integer>
                                 Number of output channels
          By default, all the channels of the incoming
          will be saved but you can restrict the number
          of channels here.
      --audiofile-file=<string>  Output file
          File to which the audio samples will be
          written to.
      --audiofile-wav, --no-audiofile-wav
                                 Add WAVE header (default enabled)
          Instead of writing a raw file, you can add a
          WAV header to the file. (default enabled)

 Audioscrobbler submission Plugin
      --lastfm-username=<string> Username
          The username of your last.fm account
      --lastfm-password=<string> Password
          The password of your last.fm account

 AVI demuxer
      --avi-interleaved, --no-avi-interleaved
                                 Force interleaved method (default disabled)
          Force interleaved method. (default disabled)
      --avi-index={0 (Ask), 1 (Always fix), 2 (Never fix)}
                                 Force index creation
          Recreate a index for the AVI file. Use this
          if your AVI file is damaged or incomplete
          (not seekable).

 Audio CD input
      --cdda-caching=<integer>   Caching value in ms
          Default caching value for Audio CDs. This
          value should be set in milliseconds.
      --cdda-track=<integer>     (null)
      --cdda-first-sector=<integer>
                                 (null)
      --cdda-last-sector=<integer>
                                 (null)
      --cddb-server=<string>     CDDB Server
          Address of the CDDB server to use.
      --cddb-port=<integer>      CDDB port
          CDDB Server port to use.

 Clone video filter
      --clone-count=<integer>    Number of clones
          Number of video windows in which to clone the
          video.
      --clone-vout-list=<string> Video output modules
          You can use specific video output modules for
          the clones. Use a comma-separated list of
          modules.

 Color threshold filter
      --colorthres-color={16711680 (Red), 16711935 (Fuchsia), 16776960 (Yellow), 65280 (Lime), 255 (Blue), 65535 (Aqua)}
                                 Color
          Colors similar to this will be kept, others
          will be grayscaled. This must be an
          hexadecimal (like HTML colors). The first two
          chars are for red, then green, then blue.
          #000000 = black, #FF0000 = red, #00FF00 =
          green, #FFFF00 = yellow (red + green),
          #FFFFFF = white
      --colorthres-saturationthres=<integer>
                                 saturaton threshold
                --colorthres-similaritythres=<integer>
                                 similarity threshold
          
 Crop video filter
      --crop-geometry=<string>   Crop geometry (pixels)
          Set the geometry of the zone to crop. This is
          set as <width> x <height> + <left offset> +
          <top offset>.
      --autocrop, --no-autocrop  Automatic cropping (default disabled)
          Automatically detect black borders and crop
          them. (default disabled)
      --autocrop-ratio-max=<integer>
                                 Ratio max (x 1000)
          Maximum image ratio. The crop plugin will
          never automatically crop to a higher ratio
          (ie, to a more "flat" image). The value is
          x1000: 1333 means 4/3.
      --crop-ratio=<integer>     Manual ratio
          Force a ratio (0 for automatic). Value is
          x1000: 1333 means 4/3.
      --autocrop-time=<integer>  Number of images for change
          The number of consecutive images with the
          same detected ratio (different from the
          previously detected ratio) to consider that
          ratio chnged and trigger recrop.
      --autocrop-diff=<integer>  Number of lines for change
          The minimum difference in the number of
          detected black lines to consider that ratio
          changed and trigger recrop.
      --autocrop-non-black-pixels=<integer>
                                 Number of non black pixels 
          The maximum of non-black pixels in a line to
          consider that the line is black.
      --autocrop-skip-percent=<integer>
                                 Skip percentage (%)
          Percentage of the line to consider while
          checking for black lines. This allows to skip
          logos in black borders and crop them anyway.
      --autocrop-luminance-threshold=<integer>
                                 Luminance threshold 
          Maximum luminance to consider a pixel as
          black (0-255).

 Deinterlacing video filter
      --deinterlace-mode={discard,blend,mean,bob,linear,x}
                                 Deinterlace mode
          Deinterlace method to use for local playback.
      --sout-deinterlace-mode={discard,blend,mean,bob,linear,x}
                                 Streaming deinterlace mode
          Deinterlace method to use for streaming.

 File dumpper
      --demuxdump-file=<string>  Dump filename
          Name of the file to which the raw stream will
          be dumped.
      --demuxdump-append, --no-demuxdump-append
                                 Append to existing file (default disabled)
          If the file already exists, it will not be
          overwritten. (default disabled)

 Dummy interface function
      --dummy-quiet, --no-dummy-quiet
                                 Do not open a DOS command box interface
                                 (default disabled)
          By default the dummy interface plugin will
          start a DOS command box. Enabling the quiet
          mode will not bring this command box but can
          also be pretty annoying when you want to stop
          VLC and no video window is open. (default
          disabled)
      --dummy-save-es, --no-dummy-save-es
                                 Save raw codec data (default disabled)
          Save the raw codec data if you have
          selected/forced the dummy decoder in the main
          options. (default disabled)
      --dummy-chroma=<string>    Dummy image chroma format
          Force the dummy video output to create images
          using a specific chroma format instead of
          trying to improve performances by using the
          most efficient one.

 DVB subtitles decoder
      --dvbsub-position={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Subpicture position
          You can enforce the subpicture position on
          the video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top,
          8=bottom, you can also use combinations of
          these values, e.g. 6=top-right).
      --dvbsub-x=<integer>       Decoding X coordinate
          X coordinate of the rendered subtitle
      --dvbsub-y=<integer>       Decoding Y coordinate
          Y coordinate of the rendered subtitle
      --sout-dvbsub-x=<integer>  Encoding X coordinate
          X coordinate of the encoded subtitle
      --sout-dvbsub-y=<integer>  Encoding Y coordinate
          Y coordinate of the encoded subtitle

 DVDnav Input
      --dvdnav-angle=<integer>   DVD angle
          Default DVD angle.
      --dvdnav-caching=<integer> Caching value in ms
          Caching value for DVDs. This value should be
          set in milliseconds.
      --dvdnav-menu, --no-dvdnav-menu
                                 Start directly in menu (default enabled)
          Start the DVD directly in the main menu. This
          will try to skip all the useless warning
          introductions. (default enabled)

 DVDRead Input (DVD without menu support)
      --dvdread-angle=<integer>  DVD angle
          Default DVD angle.
      --dvdread-caching=<integer>
                                 Caching value in ms
          Caching value for DVDs. This value should be
          set in milliseconds.
      --dvdread-css-method={title,disc,key}
                                 Method used by libdvdcss for decryption
          Set the method used by libdvdcss for key
          decryption.
title: decrypted title key is
          guessed from the encrypted sectors of the
          stream. Thus it should work with a file as
          well as the DVD device. But it sometimes
          takes much time to decrypt a title key and
          may even fail. With this method, the key is
          only checked at the beginning of each title,
          so it won't work if the key changes in the
          middle of a title.
disc: the disc key is
          first cracked, then all title keys can be
          decrypted instantly, which allows us to check
          them often.
key: the same as "disc" if you
          don't have a file with player keys at
          compilation time. If you do, the decryption
          of the disc key will be faster with this
          method. It is the one that was used by
          libcss.
The default method is: key.

 Equalizer with 10 bands
      --equalizer-preset={flat,classical,club,dance,fullbass,fullbasstreble,fulltreble,headphones,largehall,live,party,pop,reggae,rock,ska,soft,softrock,techno}
                                 Equalizer preset
          Preset to use for the equalizer.
      --equalizer-bands=<string> Bands gain
          Don't use presets, but manually specified
          bands. You need to provide 10 values between
          -20dB and 20dB, separated by spaces, e.g. "0
          2 4 2 0 -2 -4 -2 0"
      --equalizer-2pass, --no-equalizer-2pass
                                 Two pass (default disabled)
          Filter the audio twice. This provides a more
          intense effect. (default disabled)
      --equalizer-preamp=<float> Global gain
          Set the global gain in dB (-20 ... 20).

 Extract RGB component video filter
      --extract-component={16711680 (Red), 65280 (Green), 255 (Blue)}
                                 RGB component to extract
          RGB component to extract. 0 for Red, 1 for
          Green and 2 for Blue.

 Fake video decoder
      --fake-file=<string>       Image file
          Path of the image file for fake input.
      --fake-width=<integer>     Video width
          Output video width.
      --fake-height=<integer>    Video height
          Output video height.
      --fake-keep-ar, --no-fake-keep-ar
                                 Keep aspect ratio (default disabled)
          Consider width and height as maximum values.
          (default disabled)
      --fake-aspect-ratio=<string>
                                 Background aspect ratio
          Aspect ratio of the image file (4:3, 16:9).
          Default is square pixels.
      --fake-deinterlace, --no-fake-deinterlace
                                 Deinterlace video (default disabled)
          Deinterlace the image after loading it.
          (default disabled)
      --fake-deinterlace-module={deinterlace,ffmpeg-deinterlace}
                                 Deinterlace module
          Deinterlace module to use.

 FFmpeg audio/video decoder/encoder ((MS)MPEG4,SVQ1,H263,WMV,WMA)
      --ffmpeg-dr, --no-ffmpeg-dr
                                 Direct rendering (default enabled)
          Direct rendering (default enabled)
      --ffmpeg-error-resilience=<integer>
                                 Error resilience
          Ffmpeg can do error resilience.
However, with
          a buggy encoder (such as the ISO MPEG-4
          encoder from M$) this can produce a lot of
          errors.
Valid values range from 0 to 4 (0
          disables all errors resilience).
      --ffmpeg-workaround-bugs=<integer>
                                 Workaround bugs
          Try to fix some bugs:
1  autodetect
2  old
          msmpeg4
4  xvid interlaced
8  ump4 
16 no
          padding
32 ac vlc
64 Qpel chroma.
This must
          be the sum of the values. For example, to fix
          "ac vlc" and "ump4", enter 40.
      --ffmpeg-hurry-up, --no-ffmpeg-hurry-up
                                 Hurry up (default disabled)
          The decoder can partially decode or skip
          frame(s) when there is not enough time. It's
          useful with low CPU power but it can produce
          distorted pictures. (default disabled)
      --ffmpeg-vismv=<integer>   Visualize motion vectors
          You can overlay the motion vectors (arrows
          showing how the images move) on the image.
          This value is a mask, based on these
          values:
1 - visualize forward predicted MVs
          of P frames
2 - visualize forward predicted
          MVs of B frames
4 - visualize backward
          predicted MVs of B frames
To visualize all
          vectors, the value should be 7.
      --ffmpeg-lowres=<integer>  Low resolution decoding
          Only decode a low resolution version of the
          video. This requires less processing power
      --ffmpeg-skiploopfilter={0 (None), 1 (Non-ref), 2 (Bidir), 3 (Non-key), 4 (All)}
                                 Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding
          Skipping the loop filter (aka deblocking)
          usually has a detrimental effect on quality.
          However it provides a big speedup for high
          definition streams.
      --ffmpeg-pp-q=<integer>    Post processing quality
          Quality of post processing. Valid range is 0
          to 6
Higher levels require considerable more
          CPU power, but produce better looking
          pictures.
      --ffmpeg-pp-name=<string>  FFmpeg post processing filter chains
          <filterName>[:<option>[:<option>...]][[,|/][-]
          <filterName>[:<option>...]]...
long form
          example:
vdeblock:autoq/hdeblock:autoq/linblen
          ddeint    default,-vdeblock
short form
          example:
vb:a/hb:a/lb de,-vb
more examples:
tn
          :64:128:256
Filters                       
          Options
short  long name       short   long
          option     Description
*      *              
          a       autoq           cpu power dependant
          enabler
                       c       chrom 
                   chrominance filtring enabled
       
                         y       nochrom        
          chrominance filtring disabled
hb     hdeblock
                 (2 Threshold)           horizontal
          deblocking filter
       1. difference
          factor: default=64, higher -> more
          deblocking
       2. flatness threshold:
          default=40, lower -> more deblocking
        
                        the h & v deblocking filters
          share these
                       so u cant
          set different thresholds for h / v
vb    
          vdeblock        (2 Threshold)          
          vertical deblocking filter
h1     x1hdeblock 
                                      Experimental h
          deblock filter 1
v1     x1vdeblock           
                            Experimental v deblock
          filter 1
dr     dering                       
                    Deringing filter
al     autolevels 
                                      automatic
          brightness / contrast
                      
          f       fullyrange      stretch luminance to
          (0..255)
lb     linblenddeint                
                    linear blend deinterlacer
li    
          linipoldeint                           
          linear interpolating deinterlace
ci    
          cubicipoldeint                          cubic
          interpolating deinterlacer
md     mediandeint
                                      median
          deinterlacer
fd     ffmpegdeint              
                        ffmpeg deinterlacer
de    
          default                                
          hb:a,vb:a,dr:a,al
fa     fast                
                             h1:a,v1:a,dr:a,al
tn    
          tmpnoise        (3 Thresholds)         
          Temporal Noise Reducer
                      
          1. <= 2. <= 3.          larger -> stronger
          filtering
fq     forceQuant      <quantizer> 
                     Force quantizer

      --ffmpeg-debug=<integer>   Debug mask
          Set ffmpeg debug mask
      --sout-ffmpeg-hq={rd,bits,simple}
                                 Quality level
          Quality level for the encoding of motions
          vectors (this can slow down the encoding very
          much).
      --sout-ffmpeg-keyint=<integer>
                                 Ratio of key frames
          Number of frames that will be coded for one
          key frame.
      --sout-ffmpeg-bframes=<integer>
                                 Ratio of B frames
          Number of B frames that will be coded between
          two reference frames.
      --sout-ffmpeg-hurry-up, --no-sout-ffmpeg-hurry-up
                                 Hurry up (default disabled)
          The encoder can make on-the-fly quality
          tradeoffs if your CPU can't keep up with the
          encoding rate. It will disable trellis
          quantization, then the rate distortion of
          motion vectors (hq), and raise the noise
          reduction threshold to ease the encoder's
          task. (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-interlace, --no-sout-ffmpeg-interlace
                                 Interlaced encoding (default disabled)
          Enable dedicated algorithms for interlaced
          frames. (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-interlace-me, --no-sout-ffmpeg-interlace-me
                                 Interlaced motion estimation (default enabled)
          Enable interlaced motion estimation
          algorithms. This requires more CPU. (default
          enabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-vt=<integer> Video bitrate tolerance
          Video bitrate tolerance in kbit/s.
      --sout-ffmpeg-pre-me, --no-sout-ffmpeg-pre-me
                                 Pre-motion estimation (default disabled)
          Enable the pre-motion estimation algorithm.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc, --no-sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc
                                 Strict rate control (default disabled)
          Enable the strict rate control algorithm.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-rc-buffer-size=<integer>
                                 Rate control buffer size
          Rate control buffer size (in kbytes). A
          bigger buffer will allow for better rate
          control, but will cause a delay in the stream.
      --sout-ffmpeg-rc-buffer-aggressivity=<float>
                                 Rate control buffer aggressiveness
          Rate control buffer aggressiveness.
      --sout-ffmpeg-i-quant-factor=<float>
                                 I quantization factor
          Quantization factor of I frames, compared
          with P frames (for instance 1.0 => same
          qscale for I and P frames).
      --sout-ffmpeg-noise-reduction=<integer>
                                 Noise reduction
          Enable a simple noise reduction algorithm to
          lower the encoding length and bitrate, at the
          expense of lower quality frames.
      --sout-ffmpeg-mpeg4-matrix, --no-sout-ffmpeg-mpeg4-matrix
                                 MPEG4 quantization matrix (default disabled)
          Use the MPEG4 quantization matrix for MPEG2
          encoding. This generally yields a better
          looking picture, while still retaining the
          compatibility with standard MPEG2 decoders.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-qmin=<integer>
                                 Minimum video quantizer scale
          Minimum video quantizer scale.
      --sout-ffmpeg-qmax=<integer>
                                 Maximum video quantizer scale
          Maximum video quantizer scale.
      --sout-ffmpeg-trellis, --no-sout-ffmpeg-trellis
                                 Trellis quantization (default disabled)
          Enable trellis quantization (rate distortion
          for block coefficients). (default disabled)
      --sout-ffmpeg-qscale=<float>
                                 Fixed quantizer scale
          A fixed video quantizer scale for VBR
          encoding (accepted values: 0.01 to 255.0).
      --sout-ffmpeg-strict=<integer>
                                 Strict standard compliance
          Force a strict standard compliance when
          encoding (accepted values: -1, 0, 1).
      --sout-ffmpeg-lumi-masking=<float>
                                 Luminance masking
          Raise the quantizer for very bright
          macroblocks (default: 0.0).
      --sout-ffmpeg-dark-masking=<float>
                                 Darkness masking
          Raise the quantizer for very dark macroblocks
          (default: 0.0).
      --sout-ffmpeg-p-masking=<float>
                                 Motion masking
          Raise the quantizer for macroblocks with a
          high temporal complexity (default: 0.0).
      --sout-ffmpeg-border-masking=<float>
                                 Border masking
          Raise the quantizer for macroblocks at the
          border of the frame (default: 0.0).
      --sout-ffmpeg-luma-elim-threshold=<integer>
                                 Luminance elimination
          Eliminates luminance blocks when the PSNR
          isn't much changed (default: 0.0). The H264
          specification recommends -4.
      --sout-ffmpeg-chroma-elim-threshold=<integer>
                                 Chrominance elimination
          Eliminates chrominance blocks when the PSNR
          isn't much changed (default: 0.0). The H264
          specification recommends 7.

 Freetype2 font renderer
      --freetype-font=<string>   Font
          Filename for the font you want to use
      --freetype-fontsize=<integer>
                                 Font size in pixels
          This is the default size of the fonts that
          will be rendered on the video. If set to
          something different than 0 this option will
          override the relative font size.
      --freetype-opacity=<integer>
                                 Opacity
          The opacity (inverse of transparency) of the
          text that will be rendered on the video. 0 =
          transparent, 255 = totally opaque. 
      --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
          The color of the text that will be rendered
          on the video. This must be an hexadecimal
          (like HTML colors). The first two chars are
          for red, then green, then blue. #000000 =
          black, #FF0000 = red, #00FF00 = green,
          #FFFF00 = yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF =
          white
      --freetype-rel-fontsize={20 (Smaller), 18 (Small), 16 (Normal), 12 (Large), 6 (Larger)}
                                 Relative font size
          This is the relative default size of the
          fonts that will be rendered on the video. If
          absolute font size is set, relative size will
          be overriden.
      --freetype-effect={1 (Background), 2 (Outline), 3 (Fat Outline)}
                                 Font Effect
          It is possible to apply effects to the
          rendered text to improve its readability.
      --freetype-yuvp, --no-freetype-yuvp
                                 Use YUVP renderer (default disabled)
          This renders the font using "paletized YUV".
          This option is only needed if you want to
          encode into DVB subtitles (default disabled)

 Mouse gestures control interface
      --gestures-threshold=<integer>
                                 Motion threshold (10-100)
          Amount of movement required for a mouse
          gesture to be recorded.
      --gestures-button={left,middle,right}
                                 Trigger button
          Trigger button for mouse gestures.

 GnuTLS TLS encryption layer
      --tls-check-cert, --no-tls-check-cert
                                 Check TLS/SSL server certificate validity
                                 (default enabled)
          This ensures that the server certificate is
          valid (i.e. signed by an approved
          Certification Authority). (default enabled)
      --tls-check-hostname, --no-tls-check-hostname
                                 Check TLS/SSL server hostname in certificate
                                 (default enabled)
          This ensures that the server hostname in
          certificate matches the requested host name.
          (default enabled)
      --gnutls-dh-bits=<integer> Diffie-Hellman prime bits
          This allows you to modify the Diffie-Hellman
          prime's number of bits, used for TLS or
          SSL-based server-side encryption. This is
          generally not needed.
      --gnutls-cache-expiration=<integer>
                                 Expiration time for resumed TLS sessions
          It is possible to cache the resumed TLS
          sessions. This is the expiration time of the
          sessions stored in this cache, in seconds.
      --gnutls-cache-size=<integer>
                                 Number of resumed TLS sessions
          This is the maximum number of resumed TLS
          sessions that the cache will hold.

 Goom effect
      --goom-width=<integer>     Goom display width
          This allows you to set the resolution of the
          Goom display (bigger resolution will be
          prettier but more CPU intensive).
      --goom-height=<integer>    Goom display height
          This allows you to set the resolution of the
          Goom display (bigger resolution will be
          prettier but more CPU intensive).
      --goom-speed=<integer>     Goom animation speed
          This allows you to set the animation speed
          (between 1 and 10, defaults to 6).

 Gradient video filter
      --gradient-mode={gradient,edge,hough}
                                 Distort mode
          Distort mode, one of "gradient", "edge" and
          "hough".
      --gradient-type=<integer>  Gradient image type
          Gradient image type (0 or 1). 0 will turn the
          image to white while 1 will keep colors.
      --gradient-cartoon, --no-gradient-cartoon
                                 Apply cartoon effect (default enabled)
          Apply cartoon effect. It is only used by
          "gradient" and "edge". (default enabled)

 Growl Notification Plugin
      --growl-server=<string>    Growl server
          This is the host to which Growl notifications
          will be sent. By default, notifications are
          sent locally.
      --growl-password=<string>  Growl password
          Growl password on the server.
      --growl-port=<integer>     Growl UDP port
          Growl UDP port on the server.

 H264 video demuxer
      --h264-fps=<float>         Frames per Second
          Desired frame rate for the H264 stream.

 Headphone virtual spatialization effect
      --headphone-dim=<integer>  Characteristic dimension
          Distance between front left speaker and
          listener in meters.
      --headphone-compensate, --no-headphone-compensate
                                 Compensate delay (default disabled)
          The delay which is introduced by the physical
          algorithm may sometimes be disturbing for the
          synchronization between lips-movement and
          speech. In case, turn this on to compensate.
          (default disabled)
      --headphone-dolby, --no-headphone-dolby
                                 No decoding of Dolby Surround (default
                                 disabled)
          Dolby Surround encoded streams won't be
          decoded before being processed by this
          filter. Enabling this setting is not
          recommended. (default disabled)

 HTTP remote control interface
      --http-host=<string>       Host address
          Address and port the HTTP interface will
          listen on. It defaults to all network
          interfaces (0.0.0.0). If you want the HTTP
          interface to be available only on the local
          machine, enter 127.0.0.1
      --http-src=<string>        Source directory
          Source directory
      --http-charset=<string>    Charset
          Charset declared in Content-Type header
          (default UTF-8).
      --http-handlers=<string>   Handlers
          List of handler extensions and executable
          paths (for instance: php=/usr/bin/php,pl=/usr/
          bin/perl).
      --http-intf-cert=<string>  Certificate file
          HTTP interface x509 PEM certificate file
          (enables SSL).
      --http-intf-key=<string>   Private key file
          HTTP interface x509 PEM private key file.
      --http-intf-ca=<string>    Root CA file
          HTTP interface x509 PEM trusted root CA
          certificates file.
      --http-intf-crl=<string>   CRL file
          HTTP interace Certificates Revocation List
          file.

 Image video output
      --image-out-format={png,jpeg}
                                 Image format
          Format of the output images (png or jpg).
      --image-width=<integer>    Image width
          You can enforce the image width. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --image-height=<integer>   Image height
          You can enforce the image height. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --image-out-ratio=<integer>
                                 Recording ratio
          Ratio of images to record. 3 means that one
          image out of three is recorded.
      --image-out-prefix=<string>
                                 Filename prefix
          Prefix of the output images filenames. Output
          filenames will have the "prefixNUMBER.format"
          form.
      --image-out-replace, --no-image-out-replace
                                 Always write to the same file (default
                                 disabled)
          Always write to the same file instead of
          creating one file per image. In this case,
          the number is not appended to the filename.
          (default disabled)

 RTP/RTSP/SDP demuxer (using Live555)
      --rtsp-tcp, --no-rtsp-tcp  Use RTP over RTSP (TCP) (default disabled)
          Use RTP over RTSP (TCP) (default disabled)
      --rtp-client-port=<integer>
                                 Client port
          Port to use for the RTP source of the session
      --rtsp-http, --no-rtsp-http
                                 Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP (default
                                 disabled)
          Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP (default
          disabled)
      --rtsp-http-port=<integer> HTTP tunnel port
          Port to use for tunneling the RTSP/RTP over
          HTTP.
      --rtsp-caching=<integer>   Caching value (ms)
          Allows you to modify the default caching
          value for RTSP streams. This value should be
          set in millisecond units.
      --rtsp-kasenna, --no-rtsp-kasenna
                                 Kasenna RTSP dialect (default disabled)
          Kasenna servers use an old and unstandard
          dialect of RTSP. When you set this parameter,
          VLC will try this dialect for communication.
          In this mode you cannot connect to normal
          RTSP servers. (default disabled)
      --rtsp-user=<string>       RTSP user name
          Allows you to modify the user name that will
          be used for authenticating the connection.
      --rtsp-pwd=<string>        RTSP password
          Allows you to modify the password that will
          be used for the connection.

 File logging
      --logfile=<string>         Log filename
          Specify the log filename.
      --logmode={text,html}      Log format
          Specify the log format. Available choices are
          "text" (default) and "html".
      --rrd-file=<string>        RRD output file
          Output data for RRDTool in this file.

 Logo video filter
      --logo-file=<string>       Logo filenames
          Full path of the image files to use. Format
          is <image>[,<delay in ms>[,<alpha>]][;<image>[
          ,<delay>[,<alpha>]]][;...]. If you only have
          one file, simply enter its filename.
      --logo-x=<integer>         X coordinate
          X coordinate of the logo. You can move the
          logo by left-clicking it.
      --logo-y=<integer>         Y coordinate
          Y coordinate of the logo. You can move the
          logo by left-clicking it.
      --logo-delay=<integer>     Logo individual image time in ms
          Individual image display time of 0 - 60000 ms.
      --logo-repeat=<integer>    Logo animation # of loops
          Number of loops for the logo animation.-1 =
          continuous, 0 = disabled
      --logo-transparency=<integer>
                                 Transparency of the logo
          Logo transparency value (from 0 for full
          transparency to 255 for full opacity).
      --logo-position={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Logo position
          Enforce the logo position on the video
          (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom,
          you can also use combinations of these
          values, eg 6 = top-right).

 Marquee display
      --marq-marquee=<string>    Text
          Marquee text to display. (Available format
          strings: Time related: %Y = year, %m = month,
          %d = day, %H = hour, %M = minute, %S =
          second, ... Meta data related: $a = artist,
          $b = album, $c = copyright, $d = description,
          $e = encoded by, $g = genre, $l = language,
          $n = track num, $p = now playing, $r =
          rating, $s = subtitles language, $t = title,
          $u = url, $A = date, $B = audio bitrate (in
          kb/s), $C = chapter,$D = duration, $F = full
          name with path, $I = title, $L = time left,
          $N = name, $O = audio language, $P = position
          (in %), $R = rate, $S = audio sample rate (in
          kHz), $T = time, $U = publisher, $V = volume,
          $_ = new line) 
      --marq-x=<integer>         X offset
          X offset, from the left screen edge.
      --marq-y=<integer>         Y offset
          Y offset, down from the top.
      --marq-position=<integer>  Marquee position
          You can enforce the marquee position on the
          video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top,
          8=bottom, you can also use combinations of
          these values, eg 6 = top-right).
      --marq-opacity=<integer>   Opacity
          Opacity (inverse of transparency) of
          overlayed text. 0 = transparent, 255 =
          totally opaque. 
      --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)}
                                 Color
          Color of the text that will be rendered on
          the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like
          HTML colors). The first two chars are for
          red, then green, then blue. #000000 = black,
          #FF0000 = red, #00FF00 = green, #FFFF00 =
          yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF = white
      --marq-size=<integer>      Font size, pixels
          Font size, in pixels. Default is -1 (use
          default font size).
      --marq-timeout=<integer>   Timeout
          Number of milliseconds the marquee must
          remain displayed. Default value is 0 (remains
          forever).

 M-JPEG camera demuxer
      --mjpeg-fps=<float>        Frames per Second
          This is the desired frame rate when playing
          MJPEG from a file. Use 0 (this is the default
          value) for a live stream (from a camera).

 Matroska stream demuxer
      --mkv-use-ordered-chapters, --no-mkv-use-ordered-chapters
                                 Ordered chapters (default enabled)
          Play ordered chapters as specified in the
          segment. (default enabled)
      --mkv-use-chapter-codec, --no-mkv-use-chapter-codec
                                 Chapter codecs (default enabled)
          Use chapter codecs found in the segment.
          (default enabled)
      --mkv-preload-local-dir, --no-mkv-preload-local-dir
                                 Preload Directory (default enabled)
          Preload matroska files from the same family
          in the same directory (not good for broken
          files). (default enabled)
      --mkv-seek-percent, --no-mkv-seek-percent
                                 Seek based on percent not time (default
                                 disabled)
          Seek based on percent not time. (default
          disabled)
      --mkv-use-dummy, --no-mkv-use-dummy
                                 Dummy Elements (default disabled)
          Read and discard unknown EBML elements (not
          good for broken files). (default disabled)

 MOD demuxer (libmodplug)
      --mod-noisereduction, --no-mod-noisereduction
                                 Noise reduction (default enabled)
          Enable noise reduction algorithm (default
          enabled)
      --mod-reverb, --no-mod-reverb
                                 Reverb (default disabled)
          Enable reverberation (default disabled)
      --mod-reverb-level=<integer>
                                 Reverberation level
          Reverberation level (from 0 to 100, default
          value is 0).
      --mod-reverb-delay=<integer>
                                 Reverberation delay
          Reverberation delay, in ms. Usual values are
          from to 40 to 200ms.
      --mod-megabass, --no-mod-megabass
                                 Mega bass (default disabled)
          Enable megabass mode (default disabled)
      --mod-megabass-level=<integer>
                                 Mega bass level
          Megabass mode level (from 0 to 100, default
          value is 0).
      --mod-megabass-range=<integer>
                                 Mega bass cutoff
          Megabass mode cutoff frequency, in Hz.This is
          the maximum frequency for which the megabass
          effect applies. Valid values are from 10 to
          100 Hz
      --mod-surround, --no-mod-surround
                                 Surround (default disabled)
          Surround (default disabled)
      --mod-surround-level=<integer>
                                 Surround level
          Surround effect level (from 0 to 100, default
          value is 0).
      --mod-surround-delay=<integer>
                                 Surround delay (ms)
          Surround delay, in ms. Usual values are from
          5 to 40 ms

 Audio filter for stereo to mono conversion
      --sout-mono-downmix, --no-sout-mono-downmix
                                 Use downmix algorithme. (default disabled)
          This option selects a stereo to mono downmix
          algorithm that is used in the headphone
          channel mixer. Itgives the effect of standing
          in a room full of speakers. (default disabled)
      --sout-mono-channel={0 (Left), 1 (Right), 2 (Left rear), 4 (Right rear), 8 (Center), 5 (Left front)}
                                 Select channel to keep
          This option silences all other channels
          except the selected channel. Choose one from
          (0=left, 1=right 2=rear left, 3=rear right,
          4=center, 5=left front)

 Mosaic video sub filter
      --mosaic-alpha=<integer>   Transparency
          Transparency of the mosaic foreground
          pictures. 0 means transparent, 255 opaque
          (default).
      --mosaic-height=<integer>  Height
          Total height of the mosaic, in pixels.
      --mosaic-width=<integer>   Width
          Total width of the mosaic, in pixels.
      --mosaic-align={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Mosaic alignment
          You can enforce the mosaic alignment on the
          video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top,
          8=bottom, you can also use combinations of
          these values, eg 6 = top-right).
      --mosaic-xoffset=<integer> Top left corner X coordinate
          X Coordinate of the top-left corner of the
          mosaic.
      --mosaic-yoffset=<integer> Top left corner Y coordinate
          Y Coordinate of the top-left corner of the
          mosaic.
      --mosaic-borderw=<integer> Border width
          Width in pixels of the border between
          miniatures.
      --mosaic-borderh=<integer> Border height
          Height in pixels of the border between
          miniatures.
      --mosaic-position={0 (auto), 1 (fixed), 2 (offsets)}
                                 Positioning method
          Positioning method for the mosaic. auto:
          automatically choose the best number of rows
          and columns. fixed: use the user-defined
          number of rows and columns. offsets: use the
          user-defined offsets for each image.
      --mosaic-rows=<integer>    Number of rows
          Number of image rows in the mosaic (only used
          if positionning method is set to "fixed".
      --mosaic-cols=<integer>    Number of columns
          Number of image columns in the mosaic (only
          used if positionning method is set to "fixed".
      --mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio, --no-mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio
                                 Keep aspect ratio (default disabled)
          Keep the original aspect ratio when resizing
          mosaic elements. (default disabled)
      --mosaic-keep-picture, --no-mosaic-keep-picture
                                 Keep original size (default disabled)
          Keep the original size of mosaic elements.
          (default disabled)
      --mosaic-order=<string>    Elements order
          You can enforce the order of the elements on
          the mosaic. You must give a comma-separated
          list of picture ID(s).These IDs are assigned
          in the "mosaic-bridge" module.
      --mosaic-offsets=<string>  Offsets in order
          You can enforce the (x,y) offsets of the
          elements on the mosaic (only used if
          positioning method is set to "offsets"). You
          must give a comma-separated list of
          coordinates (eg: 10,10,150,10).
      --mosaic-delay=<integer>   Delay
          Pictures coming from the mosaic elements will
          be delayed according to this value (in
          milliseconds). For high values you will need
          to raise caching at input.
      --mosaic-bs, --no-mosaic-bs
                                 Bluescreen (default disabled)
          This effect, also known as "greenscreen" or
          "chroma key" blends the "blue parts" of the
          foreground images of the mosaic on the
          background (like wheather forecast
          presenters). You can choose the "key" color
          for blending (blue by default). (default
          disabled)
      --mosaic-bsu=<integer>     Bluescreen U value
          "U" value for the bluescreen key color (in
          YUV values). From 0 to 255. Defaults to 120
          for blue.
      --mosaic-bsv=<integer>     Bluescreen V value
          "V" value for the bluescreen key color (in
          YUV values). From 0 to 255. Defaults to 90
          for blue.
      --mosaic-bsut=<integer>    Bluescreen U tolerance
          Tolerance of the bluescreen blender on color
          variations for the U plane. A value between
          10 and 20 seems sensible.
      --mosaic-bsvt=<integer>    Bluescreen V tolerance
          Tolerance of the bluescreen blender on color
          variations for the V plane. A value between
          10 and 20 seems sensible.

 Motion blur filter
      --blur-factor=<integer>    Blur factor (1-127)
          The degree of blurring from 1 to 127.

 MusePack demuxer
      --mpc-replaygain-type={0 (None), 1 (Title), 2 (Album)}
                                 Replay Gain type
          Musepack can have a title-specific replay
          gain (volume control) or an album-specific
          one. Choose which type you want to use

 MSN Now-Playing
      --msn-format=<string>      MSN Title format string
          Format of the string to send to MSN {0}
          Artist, {1} Title, {2} Album. Defaults to
          "Artist - Title" ({0} - {1}).

 ASF muxer
      --sout-asf-title=<string>  Title
          Title to put in ASF comments.
      --sout-asf-author=<string> Author
          Author to put in ASF comments.
      --sout-asf-copyright=<string>
                                 Copyright
          Copyright string to put in ASF comments.
      --sout-asf-comment=<string>
                                 Comment
          Comment to put in ASF comments.
      --sout-asf-rating=<string> Rating
          "Rating" to put in ASF comments.
      --sout-asf-packet-size=<integer>
                                 Packet Size
          ASF packet size -- default is 4096 bytes

 MP4/MOV muxer
      --sout-mp4-faststart, --no-sout-mp4-faststart
                                 Create "Fast Start" files (default enabled)
          Create "Fast Start" files. "Fast Start" files
          are optimized for downloads and allow the
          user to start previewing the file while it is
          downloading. (default enabled)

 Multipart JPEG muxer
      --sout-mpjpeg-separator=<string>
                                 Multipart separator string
          Multipart strings like MPJPEG use a specific
          string to separate its content pieces. You
          can select this string. Default is
          --myboundary

 PS muxer
      --sout-ps-dts-delay=<integer>
                                 DTS delay (ms)
          Delay the DTS (decoding time stamps) and PTS
          (presentation timestamps) of the data in the
          stream, compared to the SCRs. This allows for
          some buffering inside the client decoder.
      --sout-ps-pes-max-size=<integer>
                                 PES maximum size
          Set the maximum allowed PES size when
          producing the MPEG PS streams.

 TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
      --sout-ts-pid-video=<integer>
                                 Video PID
          Assign a fixed PID to the video stream. The
          PCR PID will automatically be the video.
      --sout-ts-pid-audio=<integer>
                                 Audio PID
          Assign a fixed PID to the audio stream.
      --sout-ts-pid-spu=<integer>
                                 SPU PID
          Assign a fixed PID to the SPU.
      --sout-ts-pid-pmt=<integer>
                                 PMT PID
          Assign a fixed PID to the PMT
      --sout-ts-tsid=<integer>   TS ID
          Assign a fixed Transport Stream ID.
      --sout-ts-netid=<integer>  NET ID
          Assign a fixed Network ID (for SDT table)
      --sout-ts-program-pmt=<string>
                                 PMT Program numbers
          Assign a program number to each PMT. This
          requires "Set PID to ID of ES" to be enabled.
      --sout-ts-es-id-pid, --no-sout-ts-es-id-pid
                                 Set PID to ID of ES (default disabled)
          Sets PID to the ID if the incoming ES. This
          is for use with --ts-es-id-pid, and allows to
          have the same PIDs in the input and output
          streams. (default disabled)
      --sout-ts-muxpmt=<string>  Mux PMT (requires --sout-ts-es-id-pid)
          Define the pids to add to each pmt. This
          requires "Set PID to ID of ES" to be enabled.
      --sout-ts-sdtdesc=<string> SDT Descriptors (requires --sout-ts-es-id-pid)
          Defines the descriptors of each SDT.
          Thisrequires "Set PID to ID of ES" to be
          enabled.
      --sout-ts-alignment, --no-sout-ts-alignment
                                 Data alignment (default enabled)
          Enforces alignment of all access units on PES
          boundaries. Disabling this might save some
          bandwidth but introduce incompatibilities.
          (default enabled)
      --sout-ts-shaping=<integer>
                                 Shaping delay (ms)
          Cut the stream in slices of the given
          duration, and ensure a constant bitrate
          between the two boundaries. This avoids
          having huge bitrate peaks, especially for
          reference frames.
      --sout-ts-use-key-frames, --no-sout-ts-use-key-frames
                                 Use keyframes (default disabled)
          If enabled, and shaping is specified, the TS
          muxer will place the boundaries at the end of
          I pictures. In that case, the shaping
          duration given by the user is a worse case
          used when no reference frame is available.
          This enhances the efficiency of the shaping
          algorithm, since I frames are usually the
          biggest frames in the stream. (default
          disabled)
      --sout-ts-pcr=<integer>    PCR delay (ms)
          Set at which interval PCRs (Program Clock
          Reference) will be sent (in milliseconds).
          This value should be below 100ms. (default is
          70ms).
      --sout-ts-bmin=<integer>   Minimum B (deprecated)
          This setting is deprecated and not used
          anymore
      --sout-ts-bmax=<integer>   Maximum B (deprecated)
          This setting is deprecated and not used
          anymore
      --sout-ts-dts-delay=<integer>
                                 DTS delay (ms)
          Delay the DTS (decoding time stamps) and PTS
          (presentation timestamps) of the data in the
          stream, compared to the PCRs. This allows for
          some buffering inside the client decoder.
      --sout-ts-crypt-audio, --no-sout-ts-crypt-audio
                                 Crypt audio (default enabled)
          Crypt audio using CSA (default enabled)
      --sout-ts-crypt-video, --no-sout-ts-crypt-video
                                 Crypt video (default enabled)
          Crypt video using CSA (default enabled)
      --sout-ts-csa-ck=<string>  CSA Key
          CSA encryption key. This must be a 16 char
          string (8 hexadecimal bytes).
      --sout-ts-csa-pkt=<integer>
                                 Packet size in bytes to encrypt
          Size of the TS packet to encrypt. The
          encryption routines subtract the TS-header
          from the value before encrypting. 

 Network synchronisation
      --netsync-master, --no-netsync-master
                                 Act as master (default disabled)
          Should act as the master client for the
          network synchronisation? (default disabled)
      --netsync-master-ip=<string>
                                 Master client ip address
          IP address of the master client used for the
          network synchronisation.

 Volume normalizer
      --norm-buff-size=<integer> Number of audio buffers
          This is the number of audio buffers on which
          the power measurement is made. A higher
          number of buffers will increase the response
          time of the filter to a spike but will make
          it less sensitive to short variations.
      --norm-max-level=<float>   Max level
          If the average power over the last N buffers
          is higher than this value, the volume will be
          normalized. This value is a positive floating
          point number. A value between 0.5 and 10
          seems sensible.

 Windows Service interface
      --ntservice-install, --no-ntservice-install
                                 Install Windows Service (default disabled)
          Install the Service and exit. (default
          disabled)
      --ntservice-uninstall, --no-ntservice-uninstall
                                 Uninstall Windows Service (default disabled)
          Uninstall the Service and exit. (default
          disabled)
      --ntservice-name=<string>  Display name of the Service
          Change the display name of the Service.
      --ntservice-options=<string>
                                 Configuration options
          Configuration options that will be used by
          the Service (eg. --foo=bar --no-foobar). It
          should be specified at install time so the
          Service is properly configured.
      --ntservice-extraintf=<string>
                                 Extra interface modules
          Additional interfaces spawned by the Service.
          It should be specified at install time so the
          Service is properly configured. Use a comma
          separated list of interface modules. (common
          values are: logger, sap, rc, http)

 OpenGL video output
      --opengl-cube-speed=<float>
                                 OpenGL cube rotation speed
          Rotation speed of the OpenGL cube effect, if
          enabled.
      --opengl-accuracy=<integer>
                                 OpenGL sampling accuracy 
          Select the accuracy of 3D object sampling(1 =
          min and 10 = max)
      --opengl-pov-x=<float>     Point of view x-coordinate
          Point of view (X coordinate) of the
          cube/cylinder effect, if enabled.
      --opengl-pov-y=<float>     Point of view y-coordinate
          Point of view (Y coordinate) of the
          cube/cylinder effect, if enabled.
      --opengl-pov-z=<float>     Point of view z-coordinate
          Point of view (Z coordinate) of the
          cube/cylinder effect, if enabled.
      --opengl-cylinder-radius=<float>
                                 OpenGL Cylinder radius
          Radius of the OpenGL cylinder effect, if
          enabled
      --opengl-effect={none,cube,transparent-cube,cylinder,torus,sphere,SQUAREXY,SQUARER,ASINXY,ASINR,SINEXY,SINER}
                                 Effect
          Several visual OpenGL effects are available.

 On Screen Display menu
      --osdmenu-x=<integer>      X coordinate
          You can move the OSD menu by left-clicking on
          it.
      --osdmenu-y=<integer>      Y coordinate
          You can move the OSD menu by left-clicking on
          it.
      --osdmenu-position={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Menu position
          You can enforce the OSD menu position on the
          video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top,
          8=bottom, you can also use combinations of
          these values, eg. 6 = top-right).
      --osdmenu-file=<string>    Configuration file
          Configuration file for the OSD Menu
      --osdmenu-file-path=<string>
                                 Path to OSD menu images
          Path to the OSD menu images. This will
          override the path defined in the OSD
          configuration file.
      --osdmenu-timeout=<integer>
                                 Menu timeout
          OSD menu pictures get a default timeout of 15
          seconds added to their remaining time. This
          will ensure that they are at least the
          specified time visible.
      --osdmenu-update=<integer> Menu update interval
          The default is to update the OSD menu picture
          every 200 ms. Shorten the update time for
          environments that experience transmissions
          errors. Be careful with this option as
          encoding OSD menu pictures is very computing
          intensive. The range is 0 - 1000 ms.

 MPEG-I/II video packetizer
      --packetizer-mpegvideo-sync-iframe, --no-packetizer-mpegvideo-sync-iframe
                                 Sync on Intra Frame (default disabled)
          Normally the packetizer would sync on the
          next full frame. This flags instructs the
          packetizer to sync on the first Intra Frame
          found. (default disabled)

 Panoramix: wall with overlap video filter
      --panoramix-cols=<integer> Number of columns
          Select the number of horizontal video windows
          in which to split the video
      --panoramix-rows=<integer> Number of rows
          Select the number of vertical video windows
          in which to split the video
      --offset-x, --no-offset-x  Offset X offset (automatic compensation)
                                 (default enabled)
          Select if you want an automatic offset in
          horizontal (in case of misalignment due to
          autoratio control) (default enabled)
      --bz-length=<integer>      length of the overlapping area (in %)
          Select in percent the length of the blended
          zone
      --bz-height=<integer>      height of the overlapping area (in %)
          Select in percent the height of the blended
          zone (case of 2x2 wall)
      --panoramix-attenuate, --no-panoramix-attenuate
                                 Attenuation (default enabled)
          Check this option if you want attenuate
          blended zone by this plug-in (if option is
          unchecked, attenuate is made by opengl)
          (default enabled)
      --bz-begin=<integer>       Attenuation, begin (in %)
          Select in percent the Lagrange coeff of the
          beginning blended zone
      --bz-middle=<integer>      Attenuation, middle (in %)
          Select in percent the Lagrange coeff of the
          middle of blended zone
      --bz-end=<integer>         Attenuation, end (in %)
          Select in percent the Lagrange coeff of the
          end of blended zone
      --bz-middle-pos=<integer>  middle position (in %)
          Select in percent (50 is center) the position
          of the middle point (Lagrange) of blended zone
      --bz-gamma-red=<float>     Gamma (Red) correction
          Select the gamma for the correction of
          blended zone (Red or Y component)
      --bz-gamma-green=<float>   Gamma (Green) correction
          Select the gamma for the correction of
          blended zone (Green or U component)
      --bz-gamma-blue=<float>    Gamma (Blue) correction
          Select the gamma for the correction of
          blended zone (Blue or V component)
      --bz-blackcrush-red=<integer>
                                 Black Crush for Red
          Select the Black Crush of blended zone (Red
          or Y component)
      --bz-blackcrush-green=<integer>
                                 Black Crush for Green
          Select the Black Crush of blended zone (Green
          or U component)
      --bz-blackcrush-blue=<integer>
                                 Black Crush for Blue
          Select the Black Crush of blended zone (Blue
          or V component)
      --bz-whitecrush-red=<integer>
                                 White Crush for Red
          Select the White Crush of blended zone (Red
          or Y component)
      --bz-whitecrush-green=<integer>
                                 White Crush for Green
          Select the White Crush of blended zone (Green
          or U component)
      --bz-whitecrush-blue=<integer>
                                 White Crush for Blue
          Select the White Crush of blended zone (Blue
          or V component)
      --bz-blacklevel-red=<integer>
                                 Black Level for Red
          Select the Black Level of blended zone (Red
          or Y component)
      --bz-blacklevel-green=<integer>
                                 Black Level for Green
          Select the Black Level of blended zone (Green
          or U component)
      --bz-blacklevel-blue=<integer>
                                 Black Level for Blue
          Select the Black Level of blended zone (Blue
          or V component)
      --bz-whitelevel-red=<integer>
                                 White Level for Red
          Select the White Level of blended zone (Red
          or Y component)
      --bz-whitelevel-green=<integer>
                                 White Level for Green
          Select the White Level of blended zone (Green
          or U component)
      --bz-whitelevel-blue=<integer>
                                 White Level for Blue
          Select the White Level of blended zone (Blue
          or V component)
      --wall-active=<string>     Active windows
          Comma separated list of active windows,
          defaults to all

 Parametric Equalizer
      --param-eq-lowf=<float>    Low freq (Hz)
                --param-eq-lowgain=<float> Low freq gain (Db)
                --param-eq-highf=<float>   High freq (Hz)
                --param-eq-highgain=<float>
                                 High freq gain (Db)
                --param-eq-f1=<float>      Freq 1 (Hz)
                --param-eq-gain1=<float>   Freq 1 gain (Db)
                --param-eq-q1=<float>      Freq 1 Q
                --param-eq-f2=<float>      Freq 2 (Hz)
                --param-eq-gain2=<float>   Freq 2 gain (Db)
                --param-eq-q2=<float>      Freq 2 Q
                --param-eq-f3=<float>      Freq 3 (Hz)
                --param-eq-gain3=<float>   Freq 3 gain (Db)
                --param-eq-q3=<float>      Freq 3 Q
          
 Playlist
      --playlist-autostart, --no-playlist-autostart
                                 Auto start (default enabled)
          Automatically start playing the playlist
          content once it's loaded.
 (default enabled)
      --parent-item=<integer>    (null)
      --shoutcast-show-adult, --no-shoutcast-show-adult
                                 Show shoutcast adult content (default
                                 disabled)
          Show NC17 rated video streams when using
          shoutcast video playlists. (default disabled)

 Podcasts
      --podcast-urls=<string>    Podcast URLs list
          Enter the list of podcasts to retrieve,
          separated by '|' (pipe).

 PORTAUDIO audio output
      --portaudio-device=<integer>
                                 Output device
          Portaudio identifier for the output device

 MPEG-PS demuxer
      --ps-trust-timestamps, --no-ps-trust-timestamps
                                 Trust MPEG timestamps (default enabled)
          Normally we use the timestamps of the MPEG
          files to calculate position and duration.
          However sometimes this might not be usable.
          Disable this option to calculate from the
          bitrate instead. (default enabled)

 Puzzle interactive game video filter
      --puzzle-rows=<integer>    Number of puzzle rows
          Number of puzzle rows
      --puzzle-cols=<integer>    Number of puzzle columns
          Number of puzzle columns
      --puzzle-black-slot, --no-puzzle-black-slot
                                 Make one tile a black slot (default disabled)
          Make one slot black. Other tiles can only be
          swapped with the black slot. (default
          disabled)

 Qt interface
      --qt-always-video, --no-qt-always-video
                                 FIXME (default disabled)
          FIXME (default disabled)

 Remote control interface
      --rc-show-pos, --no-rc-show-pos
                                 Show stream position (default disabled)
          Show the current position in seconds within
          the stream from time to time. (default
          disabled)
      --rc-fake-tty, --no-rc-fake-tty
                                 Fake TTY (default disabled)
          Force the rc module to use stdin as if it was
          a TTY. (default disabled)
      --rc-unix=<string>         UNIX socket command input
          Accept commands over a Unix socket rather
          than stdin.
      --rc-host=<string>         TCP command input
          Accept commands over a socket rather than
          stdin. You can set the address and port the
          interface will bind to.
      --rc-quiet, --no-rc-quiet  Do not open a DOS command box interface
                                 (default disabled)
          By default the rc interface plugin will start
          a DOS command box. Enabling the quiet mode
          will not bring this command box but can also
          be pretty annoying when you want to stop VLC
          and no video window is open. (default
          disabled)

 Rotate video filter
      --rotate-angle=<integer>   Angle in degrees
          Angle in degrees (0 to 359)

 RSS and Atom feed display
      --rrs-urls=<string>        Feed URLs
          RSS/Atom feed '|' (pipe) seperated URLs.
      --rrs-x=<integer>          X offset
          X offset, from the left screen edge.
      --rrs-y=<integer>          Y offset
          Y offset, down from the top.
      --rrs-position={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right), 4 (Top), 8 (Bottom), 5 (Top-Left), 6 (Top-Right), 9 (Bottom-Left), 10 (Bottom-Right)}
                                 Text position
          You can enforce the text position on the
          video (0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top,
          8=bottom; you can also use combinations of
          these values, eg 6 = top-right).
      --rrs-opacity=<integer>    Opacity
          Opacity (inverse of transparency) of overlay
          text. 0 = transparent, 255 = totally opaque.
      --rrs-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)}
                                 Color
          Color of the text that will be rendered on
          the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like
          HTML colors). The first two chars are for
          red, then green, then blue. #000000 = black,
          #FF0000 = red, #00FF00 = green, #FFFF00 =
          yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF = white
      --rrs-size=<integer>       Font size, pixels
          Font size, in pixels. Default is -1 (use
          default font size).
      --rrs-speed=<integer>      Speed of feeds
          Speed of the RSS/Atom feeds (bigger is
          slower).
      --rrs-length=<integer>     Max length
          Maximum number of characters displayed on the
          screen.
      --rrs-ttl=<integer>        Refresh time
          Number of seconds between each forced refresh
          of the feeds. 0 means that the feeds are
          never updated.
      --rrs-images, --no-rrs-images
                                 Feed images (default enabled)
          Display feed images if available. (default
          enabled)

 SAP Announcements
      --sap-addr=<string>        SAP multicast address
          The SAP module normally chooses itself the
          right addresses to listen to. However, you
          can specify a specific address.
      --sap-ipv4, --no-sap-ipv4  IPv4 SAP (default enabled)
          Listen to IPv4 announcements on the standard
          address. (default enabled)
      --sap-ipv6, --no-sap-ipv6  IPv6 SAP (default enabled)
          Listen to IPv6 announcements on the standard
          addresses. (default enabled)
      --sap-timeout=<integer>    SAP timeout (seconds)
          Delay after which SAP items get deleted if no
          new announcement is received.
      --sap-parse, --no-sap-parse
                                 Try to parse the announce (default enabled)
          This enables actual parsing of the announces
          by the SAP module. Otherwise, all
          announcements are parsed by the "livedotcom"
          (RTP/RTSP) module. (default enabled)
      --sap-strict, --no-sap-strict
                                 SAP Strict mode (default disabled)
          When this is set, the SAP parser will discard
          some non-compliant announcements. (default
          disabled)
      --sap-timeshift, --no-sap-timeshift
                                 Allow timeshifting (default disabled)
          This automatically enables timeshifting for
          streams discovered through SAP announcements.
          (default disabled)

 Screen Input
      --screen-caching=<integer> Caching value in ms
          Caching value for screen capture. This value
          should be set in milliseconds.
      --screen-fps=<float>       Frame rate
          Desired frame rate for the capture.
      --screen-fragment-size=<integer>
                                 Capture fragment size
          Optimize the capture by fragmenting the
          screen in chunks of predefined height (16
          might be a good value, and 0 means disabled).

 Shoutcast radio listings

 Show interface with mouse
      --showintf-threshold=<integer>
                                 Threshold
          Height of the zone triggering the interface.

 Bridge stream output
      --sout-bridge-out-id=<integer>
                                 ID
          Integer identifier for this elementary
          stream. This will be used to "find" this
          stream later.
      --sout-bridge-in-delay=<integer>
                                 Delay
          Pictures coming from the picture video
          outputs will be delayed according to this
          value (in milliseconds, should be >= 100 ms).
          For high values, you will need to raise
          caching values.
      --sout-bridge-in-id-offset=<integer>
                                 ID Offset
          Offset to add to the stream IDs specified in
          bridge_out to obtain the stream IDs bridge_in
          will register.

 Display stream output
      --sout-display-audio, --no-sout-display-audio
                                 Enable audio (default enabled)
          Enable/disable audio rendering. (default
          enabled)
      --sout-display-video, --no-sout-display-video
                                 Enable video (default enabled)
          Enable/disable video rendering. (default
          enabled)
      --sout-display-delay=<integer>
                                 Delay
          Introduces a delay in the display of the
          stream.

 Elementary stream output
      --sout-es-access=<string>  Output access method
          This is the default output access method that
          will be used.
      --sout-es-access-audio=<string>
                                 Audio output access method
          This is the output access method that will be
          used for audio.
      --sout-es-access-video=<string>
                                 Video output access method
          This is the output access method that will be
          used for video.
      --sout-es-mux=<string>     Output muxer
          This is the default muxer method that will be
          used.
      --sout-es-mux-audio=<string>
                                 Audio output muxer
          This is the muxer that will be used for audio.
      --sout-es-mux-video=<string>
                                 Video output muxer
          This is the muxer that will be used for video.
      --sout-es-dst=<string>     Output URL
          This is the default output URI.
      --sout-es-dst-audio=<string>
                                 Audio output URL
          This is the output URI that will be used for
          audio.
      --sout-es-dst-video=<string>
                                 Video output URL
          This is the output URI that will be used for
          video.

 Mosaic bridge stream output
      --sout-mosaic-bridge-id=<string>
                                 ID
          Specify an identifier string for this
          subpicture
      --sout-mosaic-bridge-width=<integer>
                                 Video width
          Output video width.
      --sout-mosaic-bridge-height=<integer>
                                 Video height
          Output video height.
      --sout-mosaic-bridge-sar=<string>
                                 Sample aspect ratio
          Sample aspect ratio of the destination (1:1,
          3:4, 2:3).

 RTP stream output
      --sout-rtp-dst=<string>    Destination
          This is the output URL that will be used.
      --sout-rtp-sdp=<string>    SDP
          This allows you to specify how the SDP
          (Session Descriptor) for this RTP session
          will be made available. You must use an url:
          http://location to access the SDP via HTTP,
          rtsp://location for RTSP access, and sap://
          for the SDP to be announced via SAP.
      --sout-rtp-mux=<string>    Muxer
          This allows you to specify the muxer used for
          the streaming output. Default is to use no
          muxer (standard RTP stream).
      --sout-rtp-name=<string>   Session name
          This is the name of the session that will be
          announced in the SDP (Session Descriptor).
      --sout-rtp-description=<string>
                                 Session description
          This allows you to give a broader description
          of the stream, that will be announced in the
          SDP (Session Descriptor).
      --sout-rtp-url=<string>    Session URL
          This allows you to give an URL with more
          details about the stream (often the website
          of the streaming organization), that will be
          announced in the SDP (Session Descriptor).
      --sout-rtp-email=<string>  Session email
          This allows you to give a contact mail
          address for the stream, that will be
          announced in the SDP (Session Descriptor).
      --sout-rtp-port=<integer>  Port
          This allows you to specify the base port for
          the RTP streaming.
      --sout-rtp-port-audio=<integer>
                                 Audio port
          This allows you to specify the default audio
          port for the RTP streaming.
      --sout-rtp-port-video=<integer>
                                 Video port
          This allows you to specify the default video
          port for the RTP streaming.
      --sout-rtp-ttl=<integer>   Hop limit (TTL)
          This is the hop limit (also known as
          "Time-To-Live" or TTL) of the multicast
          packets sent by the stream output (0 = use
          operating system built-in default).
      --sout-rtp-mp4a-latm, --no-sout-rtp-mp4a-latm
                                 MP4A LATM (default disabled)
          This allows you to stream MPEG4 LATM audio
          streams (see RFC3016). (default disabled)

 Standard stream output
      --sout-standard-access=<string>
                                 Output access method
          This is the output access method that will be
          used.
      --sout-standard-mux=<string>
                                 Output muxer
          This is the muxer that will be used.
      --sout-standard-dst=<string>
                                 Output destination
          This is the destination (URL) that will be
          used for the stream.
      --sout-standard-sap, --no-sout-standard-sap
                                 SAP announcing (default disabled)
          Announce this session with SAP. (default
          disabled)
      --sout-standard-name=<string>
                                 Session name
          This allows you to specify a name for the
          session, that will be announced if you choose
          to use SAP.
      --sout-standard-group=<string>
                                 Session groupname
          This allows you to specify a group for the
          session, that will be announced if you choose
          to use SAP.

 Transcode stream output
      --sout-transcode-venc=<string>
                                 Video encoder
          This is the video encoder module that will be
          used (and its associated options).
      --sout-transcode-vcodec=<string>
                                 Destination video codec
          This is the video codec that will be used.
      --sout-transcode-vb=<integer>
                                 Video bitrate
          Target bitrate of the transcoded video stream.
      --sout-transcode-scale=<float>
                                 Video scaling
          Scale factor to apply to the video while
          transcoding (eg: 0.25)
      --sout-transcode-fps=<float>
                                 Video frame-rate
          Target output frame rate for the video stream.
      --sout-transcode-hurry-up, --no-sout-transcode-hurry-up
                                 Hurry up (default enabled)
          The transcoder will drop frames if your CPU
          can't keep up with the encoding rate.
          (default enabled)
      --sout-transcode-deinterlace, --no-sout-transcode-deinterlace
                                 Deinterlace video (default disabled)
          Deinterlace the video before encoding.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-transcode-deinterlace-module={deinterlace,ffmpeg-deinterlace}
                                 Deinterlace module
          Specify the deinterlace module to use.
      --sout-transcode-width=<integer>
                                 Video width
          Output video width.
      --sout-transcode-height=<integer>
                                 Video height
          Output video height.
      --sout-transcode-maxwidth=<integer>
                                 Maximum video width
          Maximum output video width.
      --sout-transcode-maxheight=<integer>
                                 Maximum video height
          Maximum output video height.
      --sout-transcode-vfilter=<string>
                                 Video filter
          Video filters will be applied to the video
          streams (after overlays are applied). You
          must enter a comma-separated list of filters.
      --sout-transcode-croptop=<integer>
                                 Video crop (top)
          Number of pixels to crop at the top of the
          video.
      --sout-transcode-cropleft=<integer>
                                 Video crop (left)
          Number of pixels to crop at the left of the
          video.
      --sout-transcode-cropbottom=<integer>
                                 Video crop (bottom)
          Number of pixels to crop at the bottom of the
          video.
      --sout-transcode-cropright=<integer>
                                 Video crop (right)
          Number of pixels to crop at the right of the
          video.
      --sout-transcode-paddtop=<integer>
                                 Video padding (top)
          Size of the black border to add at the top of
          the video.
      --sout-transcode-paddleft=<integer>
                                 Video padding (left)
          Size of the black border to add at the left
          of the video.
      --sout-transcode-paddbottom=<integer>
                                 Video padding (bottom)
          Size of the black border to add at the bottom
          of the video.
      --sout-transcode-paddright=<integer>
                                 Video padding (right)
          Size of the black border to add at the right
          of the video.
      --sout-transcode-canvas-width=<integer>
                                 Video canvas width
          This will automatically crod and pad the
          video to a specified width.
      --sout-transcode-canvas-height=<integer>
                                 Video canvas height
          This will automatically crod and pad the
          video to a specified height.
      --sout-transcode-canvas-aspect=<string>
                                 Video canvas aspect ratio
          This sets aspect (like 4:3) of the video
          canvas and letterbox the video accordingly.
      --sout-transcode-aenc=<string>
                                 Audio encoder
          This is the audio encoder module that will be
          used (and its associated options).
      --sout-transcode-acodec=<string>
                                 Destination audio codec
          This is the audio codec that will be used.
      --sout-transcode-ab=<integer>
                                 Audio bitrate
          Target bitrate of the transcoded audio stream.
      --sout-transcode-channels=<integer>
                                 Audio channels
          Number of audio channels in the transcoded
          streams.
      --sout-transcode-samplerate=<integer>
                                 Audio sample rate
          Sample rate of the transcoded audio stream
          (11250, 22500, 44100 or 48000).
      --sout-transcode-audio-sync, --no-sout-transcode-audio-sync
                                 Synchronise on audio track (default disabled)
          This option will drop/duplicate video frames
          to synchronise the video track on the audio
          track. (default disabled)
      --sout-transcode-afilter=<string>
                                 Audio filter
          Audio filters will be applied to the audio
          streams (after conversion filters are
          applied). You must enter a comma-separated
          list of filters.
      --sout-transcode-senc=<string>
                                 Subtitles encoder
          This is the subtitles encoder module that
          will be used (and its associated options).
      --sout-transcode-scodec=<string>
                                 Destination subtitles codec
          This is the subtitles codec that will be used.
      --sout-transcode-soverlay, --no-sout-transcode-soverlay
                                 Destination subtitles codec (default disabled)
          This is the subtitles codec that will be
          used. (default disabled)
      --sout-transcode-sfilter=<string>
                                 Overlays
          This allows you to add overlays (also known
          as "subpictures" on the transcoded video
          stream. The subpictures produced by the
          filters will be overlayed directly onto the
          video. You must specify a comma-separated
          list of subpicture modules
      --sout-transcode-osd, --no-sout-transcode-osd
                                 OSD menu (default disabled)
          Stream the On Screen Display menu (using the
          osdmenu subpicture module). (default disabled)
      --sout-transcode-threads=<integer>
                                 Number of threads
          Number of threads used for the transcoding.
      --sout-transcode-high-priority, --no-sout-transcode-high-priority
                                 High priority (default disabled)
          Runs the optional encoder thread at the
          OUTPUT priority instead of VIDEO. (default
          disabled)

 Text subtitles decoder
      --subsdec-align={0 (Center), 1 (Left), 2 (Right)}
                                 Subtitles justification
          Set the justification of subtitles
      --subsdec-encoding={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
          Set the encoding used in text subtitles
      --subsdec-autodetect-utf8, --no-subsdec-autodetect-utf8
                                 UTF-8 subtitles autodetection (default
                                 enabled)
          This enables automatic detection of UTF-8
          encoding within subtitles files. (default
          enabled)
      --subsdec-formatted, --no-subsdec-formatted
                                 Formatted Subtitles (default enabled)
          Some subtitle formats allow for text
          formatting. VLC partly implements this, but
          you can choose to disable all formatting.
          (default enabled)

 Text subtitles parser
      --sub-fps=<float>          Frames per second
          Override the normal frames per second
          settings. This will only work with MicroDVD
          and SubRIP (SRT) subtitles.
      --sub-delay=<integer>      Subtitles delay
          Apply a delay to all subtitles (in 1/10s, eg
          100 means 10s).
      --sub-type={auto,microdvd,subrip,subviewer,ssa1,ssa2-4,ass,vplayer,sami,dvdsubtitle}
                                 Subtitles format
          Force the subtiles format. Valid values are :
          "microdvd", "subrip",  "ssa1", "ssa2-4",
          "ass", "vplayer" "sami", "dvdsubtitle" and
          "auto" (meaning autodetection, this should
          always work).

 Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) decoder
      --svcdsub-debug=<integer>  Enable debug
          This integer when viewed in binary is a
          debugging mask
calls                 1
packet
          assembly info  2


 VLM remote control interface
      --telnet-host=<string>     Host
          This is the host on which the interface will
          listen. It defaults to all network interfaces
          (0.0.0.0). If you want this interface to be
          available only on the local machine, enter
          "127.0.0.1".
      --telnet-port=<integer>    Port
          This is the TCP port on which this interface
          will listen. It defaults to 4212.
      --telnet-password=<string> Password
          A single administration password is used to
          protect this interface. The default value is
          "admin".

 Theora video decoder
      --sout-theora-quality=<integer>
                                 Encoding quality
          Enforce a quality between 1 (low) and 10
          (high), instead of specifying a particular
          bitrate. This will produce a VBR stream.

 Video transformation filter
      --transform-type={90,180,270,hflip,vflip}
                                 Transform type
          One of '90', '180', '270', 'hflip' and 'vflip'

 MPEG Transport Stream demuxer
      --ts-extra-pmt=<string>    Extra PMT
          Allows a user to specify an extra pmt
          (pmt_pid=pid:stream_type[,...]).
      --ts-es-id-pid, --no-ts-es-id-pid
                                 Set id of ES to PID (default enabled)
          Set the internal ID of each elementary stream
          handled by VLC to the same value as the PID
          in the TS stream, instead of 1, 2, 3, etc.
          Useful to do '#duplicate{..., select="es=<pid>
          "}'. (default enabled)
      --ts-out=<string>          Fast udp streaming
          Sends TS to specific ip:port by udp (you must
          know what you are doing).
      --ts-out-mtu=<integer>     MTU for out mode
          MTU for out mode.
      --ts-csa-ck=<string>       CSA ck
          Control word for the CSA encryption algorithm
      --ts-csa-pkt=<integer>     Packet size in bytes to decrypt
          Specify the size of the TS packet to decrypt.
          The decryption routines subtract the
          TS-header from the value before decrypting. 
      --ts-silent, --no-ts-silent
                                 Silent mode (default disabled)
          Do not complain on encrypted PES. (default
          disabled)
      --ts-dump-file=<string>    Filename of dump
          Specify a filename where to dump the TS in.
      --ts-dump-append, --no-ts-dump-append
                                 Append (default disabled)
          If the file exists and this option is
          selected, the existing file will not be
          overwritten. (default disabled)
      --ts-dump-size=<integer>   Dump buffer size
          Tweak the buffer size for reading and writing
          an integer number of packets.Specify the size
          of the buffer here and not the number of
          packets.

 Libtwolame audio encoder
      --sout-twolame-quality=<float>
                                 Encoding quality
          Force a specific encoding quality between 0.0
          (high) and 50.0 (low), instead of specifying
          a particular bitrate. This will produce a VBR
          stream.
      --sout-twolame-mode={0 (Stereo), 1 (Dual mono), 2 (Joint stereo)}
                                 Stereo mode
          Handling mode for stereo streams
      --sout-twolame-vbr, --no-sout-twolame-vbr
                                 VBR mode (default disabled)
          Use Variable BitRate. Default is to use
          Constant BitRate (CBR). (default disabled)
      --sout-twolame-psy=<integer>
                                 Psycho-acoustic model
          Integer from -1 (no model) to 4.

 VCD input
      --vcd-caching=<integer>    Caching value in ms
          Caching value for VCDs. This value should be
          set in milliseconds.

 Visualizer filter
      --effect-list=<string>     Effects list
          A list of visual effect, separated by
          commas.
Current effects include: dummy,
          scope, spectrum.
      --effect-width=<integer>   Video width
          The width of the effects video window, in
          pixels.
      --effect-height=<integer>  Video height
          The height of the effects video window, in
          pixels.
      --visual-nbbands=<integer> Number of bands
          Number of bands used by spectrum analyzer,
          should be 20 or 80.
      --visual-separ=<integer>   Band separator
          Number of blank pixels between bands.
      --visual-amp=<integer>     Amplification
          This is a coefficient that modifies the
          height of the bands.
      --visual-peaks, --no-visual-peaks
                                 Enable peaks (default enabled)
          Draw "peaks" in the spectrum analyzer.
          (default enabled)
      --spect-show-original, --no-spect-show-original
                                 Enable original graphic spectrum (default
                                 disabled)
          Enable the "flat" spectrum analyzer in the
          spectrometer. (default disabled)
      --spect-show-base, --no-spect-show-base
                                 Enable base (default enabled)
          Defines whether to draw the base of the
          bands. (default enabled)
      --spect-radius=<integer>   Base pixel radius
          Defines radius size in pixels, of base of
          bands(beginning).
      --spect-sections=<integer> Spectral sections
          Determines how many sections of spectrum will
          exist.
      --spect-color=<integer>    V-plane color
          YUV-Color cube shifting across the V-plane (
          0 - 127 ).
      --spect-show-bands, --no-spect-show-bands
                                 Enable bands (default enabled)
          Draw bands in the spectrometer. (default
          enabled)
      --spect-nbbands=<integer>  Number of bands
          Number of bands used by the spectrometer,
          from 20 to 80.
      --spect-separ=<integer>    Band separator
          Number of blank pixels between bands.
      --spect-amp=<integer>      Amplification
          This is a coefficient that modifies the
          height of the bands.
      --spect-show-peaks, --no-spect-show-peaks
                                 Enable peaks (default enabled)
          Draw "peaks" in the spectrum analyzer.
          (default enabled)
      --spect-peak-width=<integer>
                                 Peak extra width
          Additions or subtractions of pixels on the
          peak width.
      --spect-peak-height=<integer>
                                 Peak height
          Total pixel height of the peak items.

 RTSP VoD server
      --rtsp-host=<string>       RTSP host address
          This defines the address, port and path the
          RTSP VOD server will listen on.
Syntax is
          address:port/path. The default is to listen
          on all interfaces (address 0.0.0.0), on port
          554, with no path.
 To listen only on the
          local interface, use "localhost" as address.
      --rtsp-raw-mux=<string>    MUX for RAW RTSP transport
          MUX for RAW RTSP transport
      --rtsp-throttle-users=<integer>
                                 Maximum number of connections
          This limits the maximum number of clients
          that can connect to the RTSP VOD. 0 means no
          limit.

 Vorbis audio decoder
      --sout-vorbis-quality=<integer>
                                 Encoding quality
          Enforce a quality between 1 (low) and 10
          (high), instead of specifying a particular
          bitrate. This will produce a VBR stream.
      --sout-vorbis-max-bitrate=<integer>
                                 Maximum encoding bitrate
          Maximum bitrate in kbps. This is useful for
          streaming applications.
      --sout-vorbis-min-bitrate=<integer>
                                 Minimum encoding bitrate
          Minimum bitrate in kbps. This is useful for
          encoding for a fixed-size channel.
      --sout-vorbis-cbr, --no-sout-vorbis-cbr
                                 CBR encoding (default disabled)
          Force a constant bitrate encoding (CBR).
          (default disabled)

 Wall video filter
      --wall-cols=<integer>      Number of columns
          Number of horizontal windows in which to
          split the video.
      --wall-rows=<integer>      Number of rows
          Number of vertical windows in which to split
          the video.
      --wall-active=<string>     Active windows
          Comma-separated list of active windows,
          defaults to all
      --wall-element-aspect=<string>
                                 Element aspect ratio
          Aspect ratio of the individual displays
          building the wall.

 Win32 waveOut extension output
      --waveout-float32, --no-waveout-float32
                                 Use float32 output (default enabled)
          The option allows you to enable or disable
          the high-quality float32 audio output mode
          (which is not well supported by some
          soundcards). (default enabled)

 wxWidgets interface module
      --wx-embed, --no-wx-embed  Embed video in interface (default enabled)
          Embed the video inside the interface instead
          of having it in a separate window. (default
          enabled)
      --wx-bookmarks, --no-wx-bookmarks
                                 Bookmarks dialog (default disabled)
          Show bookmarks dialog at startup (default
          disabled)
      --wx-taskbar, --no-wx-taskbar
                                 Taskbar (default enabled)
          Show VLC on the taskbar (default enabled)
      --wx-extended, --no-wx-extended
                                 Extended GUI (default disabled)
          Show extended GUI (equalizer, image adjust,
          video filters...) at startup (default
          disabled)
      --wx-minimal, --no-wx-minimal
                                 Minimal interface (default disabled)
          Use minimal interface, with no toolbar and
          fewer menus. (default disabled)
      --wx-autosize, --no-wx-autosize
                                 Size to video (default enabled)
          Resize VLC to match the video resolution.
          (default enabled)
      --wx-playlist-view={0 (Normal), 1 (Embedded), 2 (Both)}
                                 Playlist view
          There are two possible playlist views in the
          interface : the normal playlist (separate
          window), or an embedded playlist (within the
          main interface, but with less features). You
          can select which one will be available on the
          toolbar (or both).
      --wx-systray, --no-wx-systray
                                 Systray icon (default disabled)
          Show a systray icon for VLC (default disabled)
      --wx-labels, --no-wx-labels
                                 Show labels in toolbar (default disabled)
          Show labels below the icons in the toolbar.
          (default disabled)
      --wx-config-last=<string>  last config
          last config

 H.264/MPEG4 AVC encoder (using x264 library)
      --sout-x264-keyint=<integer>
                                 Maximum GOP size
          Sets maximum interval between
          IDR-frames.Larger values save bits, thus
          improving quality for a given bitrate at the
          cost of seeking precision.
      --sout-x264-min-keyint=<integer>
                                 Minimum GOP size
          Sets minimum interval between IDR-frames. In
          H.264, I-frames do not necessarily bound a
          closed GOP because it is allowable for a
          P-frame to be predicted from more frames than
          just the one frame before it (also see
          reference frame option). Therefore, I-frames
          are not necessarily seekable. IDR-frames
          restrict subsequent P-frames from referring
          to any frame prior to the IDR-frame. 
If
          scenecuts appear within this interval, they
          are still encoded as I-frames, but do not
          start a new GOP.
      --sout-x264-scenecut=<integer>
                                 Extra I-frames aggressivity
          Scene-cut detection. Controls how
          aggressively to insert extra I-frames. With
          small values of scenecut, the codec often has
          to force an I-frame when it would exceed
          keyint. Good values of scenecut may find a
          better location for the I-frame. Large values
          use more I-frames than necessary, thus
          wasting bits. -1 disables scene-cut
          detection, so I-frames are inserted only
          every other keyint frames, which probably
          leads to ugly encoding artifacts. Range 1 to
          100.
      --sout-x264-bframes=<integer>
                                 B-frames between I and P
          Number of consecutive B-frames between I and
          P-frames. Range 1 to 16.
      --sout-x264-b-adapt, --no-sout-x264-b-adapt
                                 Adaptive B-frame decision (default enabled)
          Force the specified number of consecutive
          B-frames to be used, except possibly before
          an I-frame. (default enabled)
      --sout-x264-b-bias=<integer>
                                 Influence (bias) B-frames usage
          Bias the choice to use B-frames. Positive
          values cause more B-frames, negative values
          cause less B-frames.
      --sout-x264-bpyramid, --no-sout-x264-bpyramid
                                 Keep some B-frames as references (default
                                 disabled)
          Allows B-frames to be used as references for
          predicting other frames. Keeps the middle of
          2+ consecutive B-frames as a reference, and
          reorders frame appropriately. (default
          disabled)
      --sout-x264-cabac, --no-sout-x264-cabac
                                 CABAC (default enabled)
          CABAC (Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic
          Coding). Slightly slows down encoding and
          decoding, but should save 10 to 15% bitrate.
          (default enabled)
      --sout-x264-ref=<integer>  Number of reference frames
          Number of previous frames used as predictors.
          This is effective in Anime, but seems to make
          little difference in live-action source
          material. Some decoders are unable to deal
          with large frameref values. Range 1 to 16.
      --sout-x264-nf, --no-sout-x264-nf
                                 Skip loop filter (default disabled)
          Deactivate the deblocking loop filter
          (decreases quality). (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-deblock=<string>
                                 Loop filter AlphaC0 and Beta parameters
                                 alpha:beta
          Loop filter AlphaC0 and Beta parameters.
          Range -6 to 6 for both alpha and beta
          parameters. -6 means light filter, 6 means
          strong.
      --sout-x264-level=<string> H.264 level
          Specify H.264 level (as defined by Annex A of
          the standard). Levels are not enforced; it's
          up to the user to select a level compatible
          with the rest of the encoding options. Range
          1 to 5.1 (10 to 51 is also allowed).
      --sout-x264-interlaced, --no-sout-x264-interlaced
                                 Interlaced mode (default disabled)
          Pure-interlaced mode. (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-qp=<integer>   Set QP
          This selects the quantizer to use. Lower
          values result in better fidelity, but higher
          bitrates. 26 is a good default value. Range 0
          (lossless) to 51.
      --sout-x264-crf=<integer>  Quality-based VBR
          1-pass Quality-based VBR. Range 0 to 51.
      --sout-x264-qpmin=<integer>
                                 Min QP
          Minimum quantizer parameter. 15 to 35 seems
          to be a useful range.
      --sout-x264-qpmax=<integer>
                                 Max QP
          Maximum quantizer parameter.
      --sout-x264-qpstep=<integer>
                                 Max QP step
          Max QP step between frames.
      --sout-x264-ratetol=<float>
                                 Average bitrate tolerance
          Allowed variance in average bitrate (in
          kbits/s).
      --sout-x264-vbv-maxrate=<integer>
                                 Max local bitrate
          Sets a maximum local bitrate (in kbits/s).
      --sout-x264-vbv-bufsize=<integer>
                                 VBV buffer
          Averaging period for the maximum local
          bitrate (in kbits).
      --sout-x264-vbv-init=<float>
                                 Initial VBV buffer occupancy
          Sets the initial buffer occupancy as a
          fraction of the buffer size. Range 0.0 to 1.0.
      --sout-x264-ipratio=<float>
                                 QP factor between I and P
          QP factor between I and P. Range 1.0 to 2.0.
      --sout-x264-pbratio=<float>
                                 QP factor between P and B
          QP factor between P and B. Range 1.0 to 2.0.
      --sout-x264-chroma-qp-offset=<integer>
                                 QP difference between chroma and luma
          QP difference between chroma and luma.
      --sout-x264-qcomp=<float>  QP curve compression
          QP curve compression. Range 0.0 (CBR) to 1.0
          (QCP).
      --sout-x264-cplxblur=<float>
                                 Reduce fluctuations in QP
          This reduces the fluctuations in QP before
          curve compression. Temporally blurs
          complexity.
      --sout-x264-qblur=<float>  Reduce fluctuations in QP
          This reduces the fluctations in QP after
          curve compression. Temporally blurs quants.
      --sout-x264-partitions={none,fast,normal,slow,all}
                                 Partitions to consider
          Partitions to consider in analyse mode: 
 -
          none  : 
 - fast  : i4x4
 - normal:
          i4x4,p8x8,(i8x8)
 - slow  : i4x4,p8x8,(i8x8),b
          8x8
 - all   : i4x4,p8x8,(i8x8),b8x8,p4x4
(p4x
          4 requires p8x8. i8x8 requires 8x8dct).
      --sout-x264-direct={none,spatial,temporal,auto}
                                 Direct MV prediction mode
          Direct MV prediction mode.
      --sout-x264-direct-8x8=<integer>
                                 Direct prediction size
          Direct prediction size:  -  0: 4x4
 -  1:
          8x8
 - -1: smallest possible according to
          level

      --sout-x264-weightb, --no-sout-x264-weightb
                                 Weighted prediction for B-frames (default
                                 disabled)
          Weighted prediction for B-frames. (default
          disabled)
      --sout-x264-me={dia,hex,umh,esa}
                                 Integer pixel motion estimation method
          Selects the motion estimation algorithm:  -
          dia: diamond search, radius 1 (fast)
 - hex:
          hexagonal search, radius 2
 - umh: uneven
          multi-hexagon search (better but slower)
 -
          esa: exhaustive search (extremely slow,
          primarily for testing)

      --sout-x264-merange=<integer>
                                 Maximum motion vector search range
          Maximum distance to search for motion
          estimation, measured from predicted
          position(s). Default of 16 is good for most
          footage, high motion sequences may benefit
          from settings between 24 and 32. Range 0 to
          64.
      --sout-x264-subme=<integer>
                                 Subpixel motion estimation and partition
                                 decision quality
          This parameter controls quality versus speed
          tradeoffs involved in the motion estimation
          decision process (lower = quicker and higher
          = better quality). Range 1 to 7.
      --sout-x264-b-rdo, --no-sout-x264-b-rdo
                                 RD based mode decision for B-frames (default
                                 disabled)
          RD based mode decision for B-frames. This
          requires subme 6 (or higher). (default
          disabled)
      --sout-x264-mixed-refs, --no-sout-x264-mixed-refs
                                 Decide references on a per partition basis
                                 (default disabled)
          Allows each 8x8 or 16x8 partition to
          independently select a reference frame, as
          opposed to only one ref per macroblock.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-chroma-me, --no-sout-x264-chroma-me
                                 Chroma in motion estimation (default enabled)
          Chroma ME for subpel and mode decision in
          P-frames. (default enabled)
      --sout-x264-bime, --no-sout-x264-bime
                                 Jointly optimize both MVs in B-frames
                                 (default disabled)
          Joint bidirectional motion refinement.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-8x8dct, --no-sout-x264-8x8dct
                                 Adaptive spatial transform size (default
                                 disabled)
          SATD-based decision for 8x8 transform in
          inter-MBs. (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-trellis=<integer>
                                 Trellis RD quantization
          Trellis RD quantization: 
 - 0: disabled
 -
          1: enabled only on the final encode of a MB

          - 2: enabled on all mode decisions
This
          requires CABAC.
      --sout-x264-fast-pskip, --no-sout-x264-fast-pskip
                                 Early SKIP detection on P-frames (default
                                 enabled)
          Early SKIP detection on P-frames. (default
          enabled)
      --sout-x264-dct-decimate, --no-sout-x264-dct-decimate
                                 Coefficient thresholding on P-frames (default
                                 enabled)
          Coefficient thresholding on P-frames.Eliminate
           dct blocks containing only a small single
          coefficient. (default enabled)
      --sout-x264-nr=<integer>   Noise reduction
          Dct-domain noise reduction. Adaptive
          pseudo-deadzone. 10 to 1000 seems to be a
          useful range.
      --sout-x264-deadzone-inter=<integer>
                                 Inter luma quantization deadzone
          Set the size of the intra luma quantization
          deadzone. Range 0 to 32.
      --sout-x264-deadzone-intra=<integer>
                                 Intra luma quantization deadzone
          Set the size of the intra luma quantization
          deadzone. Range 0 to 32.
      --sout-x264-asm, --no-sout-x264-asm
                                 CPU optimizations (default enabled)
          Use assembler CPU optimizations. (default
          enabled)
      --sout-x264-psnr, --no-sout-x264-psnr
                                 PSNR computation (default disabled)
          Compute and print PSNR stats. This has no
          effect on the actual encoding quality.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-ssim, --no-sout-x264-ssim
                                 SSIM computation (default disabled)
          Compute and print SSIM stats. This has no
          effect on the actual encoding quality.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-quiet, --no-sout-x264-quiet
                                 Quiet mode (default disabled)
          Quiet mode. (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-sps-id=<integer>
                                 SPS and PPS id numbers
          Set SPS and PPS id numbers to allow
          concatenating streams with different settings.
      --sout-x264-aud, --no-sout-x264-aud
                                 Access unit delimiters (default disabled)
          Generate access unit delimiter NAL units.
          (default disabled)
      --sout-x264-verbose, --no-sout-x264-verbose
                                 Statistics (default disabled)
          Print stats for each frame. (default disabled)

 DirectShow input
      --dshow-caching=<integer>  Caching value in ms
          Caching value for DirectShow streams. This
          value should be set in millisecondss.
      --dshow-vdev={,none}       Video device name
          Name of the video device that will be used by
          the DirectShow plugin. If you don't specify
          anything, the default device will be used.
      --dshow-adev={,none}       Audio device name
          Name of the audio device that will be used by
          the DirectShow plugin. If you don't specify
          anything, the default device will be used.
          You can specify a standard size (cif, d1,
          ...) or <width>x<height>
      --dshow-size=<string>      Video size
          Size of the video that will be displayed by
          the DirectShow plugin. If you don't specify
          anything the default size for your device
          will be used.
      --dshow-chroma=<string>    Video input chroma format
          Force the DirectShow video input to use a
          specific chroma format (eg. I420 (default),
          RV24, etc.)
      --dshow-fps=<float>        Video input frame rate
          Force the DirectShow video input to use a
          specific frame rate(eg. 0 means default, 25,
          29.97, 50, 59.94, etc.)
      --dshow-config, --no-dshow-config
                                 Device properties (default disabled)
          Show the properties dialog of the selected
          device before starting the stream. (default
          disabled)
      --dshow-tuner, --no-dshow-tuner
                                 Tuner properties (default disabled)
          Show the tuner properties [channel selection]
          page. (default disabled)
      --dshow-tuner-channel=<integer>
                                 Tuner TV Channel
          Set the TV channel the tuner will set to (0
          means default).
      --dshow-tuner-country=<integer>
                                 Tuner country code
          Set the tuner country code that establishes
          the current channel-to-frequency mapping (0
          means default).
      --dshow-tuner-input={0 (Default), 1 (Cable), 2 (Antenna)}
                                 Tuner input type
          Select the tuner input type (Cable/Antenna).
      --dshow-video-input=<integer>
                                 Video input pin
          Select the video input source, such as
          composite, s-video, or tuner. Since these
          settings are hardware-specific, you should
          find good settings in the "Device config"
          area, and use those numbers here. -1 means
          that settings will not be changed.
      --dshow-audio-input=<integer>
                                 Audio input pin
          Select the audio input source. See the "video
          input" option.
      --dshow-video-output=<integer>
                                 Video output pin
          Select the video output type. See the "video
          input" option.
      --dshow-audio-output=<integer>
                                 Audio output pin
          Select the audio output type. See the "video
          input" option.
      --dshow-amtuner-mode={0 (Default), 1 (TV), 2 (FM radio), 4 (AM radio), 8 (DSS)}
                                 AM Tuner mode
          AM Tuner mode. Can be one of DEFAULT, TV,
          AM_RADIO, FM_RADIO or DSS.

 Skinnable Interface
      --skins2-last=<string>     Skin to use
          Path to the skin to use.
      --skins2-config=<string>   Config of last used skin
          Windows configuration of the last skin used.
          This option is updated automatically, do not
          touch it.
      --skins2-systray, --no-skins2-systray
                                 Systray icon (default disabled)
          Show a systray icon for VLC (default disabled)
      --skins2-taskbar, --no-skins2-taskbar
                                 Show VLC on the taskbar (default enabled)
          Show VLC on the taskbar (default enabled)
      --skins2-transparency, --no-skins2-transparency
                                 Enable transparency effects (default disabled)
          You can disable all transparency effects if
          you want. This is mainly useful when moving
          windows does not behave correctly. (default
          disabled)
      --skinned-playlist, --no-skinned-playlist
                                 Use a skinned playlist (default enabled)
          Use a skinned playlist (default enabled)

 DirectX video output
      --directx-hw-yuv, --no-directx-hw-yuv
                                 Use hardware YUV->RGB conversions (default
                                 enabled)
          Try to use hardware acceleration for YUV->RGB
          conversions. This option doesn't have any
          effect when using overlays. (default enabled)
      --directx-use-sysmem, --no-directx-use-sysmem
                                 Use video buffers in system memory (default
                                 disabled)
          Create video buffers in system memory instead
          of video memory. This isn't recommended as
          usually using video memory allows to benefit
          from more hardware acceleration (like
          rescaling or YUV->RGB conversions). This
          option doesn't have any effect when using
          overlays. (default disabled)
      --directx-3buffering, --no-directx-3buffering
                                 Use triple buffering for overlays (default
                                 enabled)
          Try to use triple buffering when using YUV
          overlays. That results in much better video
          quality (no flickering). (default enabled)
      --directx-device={}        Name of desired display device
          In a multiple monitor configuration, you can
          specify the Windows device name of the
          display that you want the video window to
          open on. For example, "\\.\DISPLAY1" or
          "\\.\DISPLAY2".
      --directx-wallpaper, --no-directx-wallpaper
                                 Enable wallpaper mode  (default disabled)
          The wallpaper mode allows you to display the
          video as the desktop background. Note that
          this feature only works in overlay mode and
          the desktop must not already have a
          wallpaper. (default disabled)

See also

• Mac OS X for special notes on using the command line on Mac OS X