Launching VLC from command line with caching

[dmpop]

I've figured out how to launch VLC Player from command line on Windows XP:

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" http://vruk.sc.llnwd.net:12265

However, this starts VLC with the Caching option turned off. Is there a command parameter that turns caching on and specifies its size in milliseconds?

I've checked the manual to no avail.

Thank you!

Kind regards,
Dmitri

[tx413]

I think you're looking for the "--http-caching" option. And it is indeed specified in milliseconds. So your example would be:

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"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --http-caching 5000 http://vruk.sc.llnwd.net:12265

For 5000 milliseconds (5 sec) of caching from the http stream.

This option is explained when you run vlc with the "--longhelp --advanced" options, but in Windows it's not always easy to be able to see this output.

[Guest]

Hi tx413,

Thank you for your reply. That's exactly what I was looking for!

Kind regards,
Dmitri