'%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe' options So to start VLC, type the full path to VLC and the options: To run VLC, you will need to know where you installed VLC the default is '%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC'. The command prompt will look something like this: In Windows, this is called the command prompt. Most command-line interpreters will understand vlc or vlc.exe to be the program in that directory. Tip: For extended command-line work (or play) it may be worth changing to the directory of VLC. Note that % is used on many of the examples on the VLC Wiki to represent the prompt, so you don't need to type that in.ĭepending on your operating system, the prompt could appear as a >, %, $ or # symbol. Running VLC from the terminal gives you access to many commands and features in VideoLAN which you would not otherwise have: see the VLC command-line help page to find out more about options from the command line. The command prompt may also be called the 'Command Prompt', 'Console', 'Terminal', 'MS-DOS Prompt', or something similar. It is normally pre-installed on your computer.
This page describes how to access the terminal and start VLC in it.Ī terminal is a text-based way to run programs. See also: VLC command-line help, Console interfaces and Documentation:Command line
