Startup options of VLC

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Andy Kellner wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> this may be a stupid question, but how can i start VLC with a specific set
> of preferences set already ?
> In particual I want vlc to listen to a specific network stream and hide the
> user interface when it starts up.
> 
> I do vlc --broadcast 10.1.1.255 --server 10.1.1.x --port xxxx, but it still
> comes up with the user interface
> and I need to click on 'net' and specify the server before it listens.

You should do vlc -I dummy ts://10.1.1.255:xxxx to connect automatically
to the network stream. The --broadcast --server --port option do not
appear to do anything, well at least not what I expected.

> 
> How can i make it startup already listening and hiding the user interface ?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Andy