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I want to set a stream starting from the middle part of a file (e.g. start form 20th minute from a movie), by using a command line(since in GUI, the wizard has a function like that).

But I have checked almost all the related document, cannot find one. Does anybody meet this problem before? Thanks a lot if you could provide some suggestions.

try --start-time and --stop-time. Times are in seconds

try --start-time and --stop-time. Times are in seconds

Hello!

Would you post a full example command line, as correct syntax in VLC is always a mystery for me ?

Thanks!

you should read http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help
plays one minute from the 20th then quits

Thanks for yur help!

you should read http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help

I do read it, but it is quite elliptic...

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vlc.exe --start-time 1200 --stop-time 1260 input.avi vlc:quit

OK, but sometimes the syntax seams to be --start-time 1200, sometimes --start-time=1200, and sometimes --start-time="1200"
Could you explain clearly which is correct, or if several are corrrect, what are the differences ? Thanks again.

Both 3 ways of writing the flags are correct. Preferably, don't use quotes here as they might be mistreated on some setups.

For more, have a look at the other thread.