Command line to play VLC file

[hnguyen]

I wrote an Autoit sript to play a file and got the following error

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "$FileName".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL '$FileName'. Check the log for details.

Below is the code

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$FileName = "pdv_nn_netcast_m4v-04-17-2010-170502.m4v" Run("C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe $FileName", "E:\My Videos\NBC Nightly News\")

However this code works fine

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Run("C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe pdv_nn_netcast_m4v-04-17-2010-170502.m4v", "E:\My Videos\NBC Nightly News\")

What is the correct syntax for passing a variable file name?