cvlc user documentation available?

[lazylew]

I Googled and searched this forum as well, but can't find any documentation on how to use cvlc.
eg how to stop or pause a track?

[VLC_help]

IIRC typing help should list the commands.

[lazylew]

IIRC typing help should list the commands.

True, but that's useful for someone who already knows how it works and wants to look up some reference. I've gone over the -help several times but don't see simple stuff like "how to stop playing", for instance.

[VLC_help]

AFAIK those are only listed in source code
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=bl ... =HEAD#l800

[lazylew]

AFAIK those are only listed in source code
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=bl ... =HEAD#l800

When I play 2 tracks, like here:

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ludo@crunchdesk:~/Modern Jazz Quartet - Portrait$ cvlc 07* 12* VLC media player 1.1.3 The Luggage (revision exported) Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1) [0x1634160] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...

and then type, when the music plays

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next

or

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stop

nothing happens.
I have to stop it with CTRL-c.
I guess I'll let it rest till I understand more about code and all that

Thanks for your help, anyway.

[VLC_help]

AFAIK dummy interface has no control options. So rc or telnet interface might suit you better.

[lazylew]

AFAIK dummy interface has no control options. So rc or telnet interface might suit you better.

Somewhat over my head, technically Guess I'll stick to GUI in VLC and mocp in CLI. Thanks again for your replies