What are vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc all for?
Posted: 28 Dec 2022 14:41
Having installed vlc version 3.0.18 on my RaspberryPi I see it provides all these possible ways to start it. So, what do they all do, I can't find anything that tells me.
When I run 'vlc' from an ssh login (the RaspberryPi is headless) I see:-
But, strangely, if I run cvlc (which I thought was the way to get a command line interface), I see:-
Which is rather confusing!
When I run 'vlc' from an ssh login (the RaspberryPi is headless) I see:-
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chris@pimedia$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[000000557b79b2b0] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[000000557b6c6650] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[000000557b6c6650] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000000557b79b2b0] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
[000000557b764860] main playlist: playlist is empty
[000000557b79b2b0] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
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chris@pimedia$ cvlc
VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[00000055cee96360] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000055cedc1650] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00000055cee96360] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
[00000055cee5f910] main playlist: playlist is empty