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Posted: **14 Dec 2005 11:24**

Hi

How do I run VLC in deamon mode with console or telnet interface?
Is there a list of such commands?
In short terms, how do I make a startup script that starts VLC with the parameters I want?.

Posted: **15 Dec 2005 01:43**

vlcsh.sh

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#!/bin/sh
/bin/killall vlc
sleep 4
/usr/local/bin/vlc -I http --ttl 1 --ipv4 --vlm-conf /tmp/vlm3.conf --daemon --control logger --logfile /var/log/vlclog
sleep 4
/usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost:8080/vlm/
rm index.html
sleep 4
/usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost:8080/vlm/
rm index.html

or

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#!/bin/sh
/bin/killall vlc
sleep 4
/usr/local/bin/vlc -I telnet --ttl 1 --ipv4 --vlm-conf /tmp/vlm3.conf --daemon --control logger --logfile /var/log/vlclog

or RTFM

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