VLC Playlist Items via Command Line

[roteno]

Hello,

I am trying to play the latest podcasts using VLC via the command line only. I am trying to avoid using the GUI.

So far this is what I have come up with:
vlc -S podcast --podcast-urls "http://feeds.twis.org/twis/science/"

The command above adds a podcast to the playlist window. I would like to play the first (newest) item in the playlist.

I imagine that what I am doing is similar to wanting to play an item from a playlist. I'm hoping for a "--autoplayitem=0" type switch.

Thanks for reading.

[VLC_help]

--playlist-autostart will start the playback, but AFAIK there isn't command-line option to specify certain playlist item.