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stud188206:~/Development/vlc pjotr$ VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --help
[00000001] main vlc error: option rt-offset does not exist
Usage: VLC [options] [playlistitems]...
You can specify multiple playlistitems on the commandline. They will be enqueued in the playlist.
The first item specified will be played first.

Options-styles:
--option A global option that is set for the duration of the program.
-option A single letter version of a global --option.
ption An option that only applies to the playlistitem directly before it
and that overrides previous settings.

Playlistitem MRL syntax:
URL[@[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] [:option=value ...]

Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific ptions.
Multiple ption=value pairs can be specified.

URL syntax:
[file://]filename Plain media file
http://ip:port/file HTTP URL
ftp://ip:port/file FTP URL
mms://ip:port/file MMS URL
screen:// Screen capture
[dvd://][device][@raw_device] DVD device
[vcd://][device] VCD device
[cdda://][device] Audio CD device
udp:[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]]
UDP stream sent by a streaming server
vlc:pause Special item to pause the playlist
vlc:quit Special item to quit VLC

Help options
-h, --help print help for VLC (can be combined with --advanced)
-H, --longhelp print help for VLC and all it's modules (can be combined with --advanced)
--advanced print help for the advanced options
--help-verbose ask for extra verbosity when displaying help
-l, --list print a list of available modules
-p, --module <string> print help on a specific module (can be combined with --advanced)
--save-config save the current command line options in the config
--reset-config reset the current config to the default values
--config <string> use alternate config file
--reset-plugins-cache resets the current plugins cache
--version print version information

Audio
--audio, --noaudio Enable audio (default enabled)
--volume <integer> Audio output volume
--spdif, --nospdif Use the S/PDIF audio output when available (default disabled)
--audio-filter <string> Audio filters
--audio-visual <string> Audio visualizations

Video
--grayscale, --nograyscale Grayscale video output (default disabled)
-f, --fullscreen, --nofullscreen
Fullscreen video output (default disabled)
--video-on-top, --no-video-on-top
Always on top (default disabled)
--snapshot-path <string> Video snapshot directory
--filter <string> Video filter module

Subpictures
--osd, --noosd On Screen Display (default enabled)
--sub-file <string> Use subtitle file
--sub-autodetect-file, --no-sub-autodetect-file
Autodetect subtitle files (default enabled)

Input
--programs <string> Choose programs
--audio-track <integer> Choose audio track
--sub-track <integer> Choose subtitles track
--audio-language <string> Choose audio language
--sub-language <string> Choose subtitle language
--dvd <string> DVD device
--vcd <string> VCD device
--cd-audio <string> Audio CD device
--server-port <integer> UDP port
-6, --ipv6, --noipv6 Force IPv6 (default disabled)
-4, --ipv4, --noipv4 Force IPv4 (default disabled)
--cr-average <integer> Clock reference average counter
--clock-synchro {-1 (Default), 0 (Disable), 1 (Enable)}
Clock synchronisation

Playlist
-Z, --random, --norandom Play files randomly forever (default disabled)
-L, --loop, --noloop Repeat all (default disabled)
-R, --repeat, --norepeat Repeat current item (default disabled)
--play-and-stop, --no-play-and-stop
Play and stop (default disabled)
-S, --services-discovery <string>
Services discovery modules

Interface
-I, --intf <string> Interface module
--extraintf <string> Extra interface modules
-v, --verbose <integer> Verbosity (0,1,2)
--language {auto,en,en_GB,bn,da,de,el,es,fr,hi,hu,it,ja,my,ne,nl,no,pl,ps,pt_BR,ru,sv,tet,tl}
Language
--advanced, --noadvanced Show advanced options (default disabled)
--control <string> Control interfaces

Hot keys
--key-fullscreen <integer> Fullscreen
--key-play-pause <integer> Play/Pause
--key-faster <integer> Faster
--key-slower <integer> Slower
--key-next <integer> Next
--key-prev <integer> Previous
--key-stop <integer> Stop
--key-jump-10sec <integer> Jump 10 seconds backwards
--key-jump+10sec <integer> Jump 10 seconds forward
--key-jump-1min <integer> Jump 1 minute backwards
--key-jump+1min <integer> Jump 1 minute forward
--key-jump-5min <integer> Jump 5 minutes backwards
--key-jump+5min <integer> Jump 5 minutes forward
--key-quit <integer> Quit
--key-vol-up <integer> Volume up
--key-vol-down <integer> Volume down
--key-vol-mute <integer> Mute
--key-audio-track <integer>
Cycle audio track
--key-subtitle-track <integer>
Cycle subtitle track