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I'm trying to use the remote control interface and am a bit confused. I started vlc by entering vlc -I rc in the terminal and it says type help for commands. I do that and see the help so I add a video (add video.wmv) and it plays. However, at that time I can't use the other commands listed in help... It seems to take one character commands at that point. f toggles fullscreen, s stops, a changes aspect, etc. What am I doing wrong and how can I execute the other commands?

Turns out that you have to use -rc:oldrc to get the command line... how is it that was so hard to find??