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I would like to open vlc with parameters, which are listed in a file.

How can I do it? I tried vlc --config file_name but nothing happend...

how are they listed ? (basically ... could we have an example file)

i.e. the whole command line:

/home/video/greenday.mpeg --sout #transcode{vcodec=mp1v,acodec=mpga,ab=128,vb=1024,scale=1}
:std{access=http,mux=asf,url=:8889}}'

something like : should do the trick.

Sorry I wasn't too detailed with my question.

So. I would like to broadcast on the web, with basic http auth. In that way i can set a user and pwd. But if i start vlc with this params, anybody who has an account to my computer can see that user-name and pwd.

With: ps aux | grep vlc

I tried to put the code into shell script, or use the $(cat pwd_file) trick, but neigther of them can help.

If there were a possibility to run vlc with a config file, I can hide the passwd in a well protected file.

Any suggestions?



(sorry for my english)

you can put the password in the ~/.vlc/vlcrc config file (you can also use the command line to change the config file used)

Thank YOU!