VLC Command Line : Play DVD
This video shows how to play a DVD from the command line using VLC.
Now why in the world would you want to do that?
First, its a good way to get your feet wet with the VLC command line.
Second, this may be the starting point for further chains such as filters, transcoding, and output.
VLC must be in your path for these examples to work.
Lets start the DVD from the command line
vlc dvd:///G:/
This brings you to the first title root menu - just as if you had put it in a DVD player
Now if you just want to play the main title all the way through, use dvdsimple instead:
vlc dvdsimple:///G:/
Finally, lets talk about titles and chapters. Titles are the first level of organization on the disc.
So typically you will have between 2 and 5 titles, but there can be up to 99.
One of these will be the main title.
One typically is an FBI warning against copying.
So lets play title number 1.
vlc dvd:///G:/#1
Chapters are the next level of organization on a DVD.
Chapters are within titles.
There may be 15 to 40 chapters.
Chapters usually occur at changes in the story.
Or for a concert DVD, every song could be a chapter.
So chapters are not usually the same length.
So lets play the 2nd chapter of the 1st title
vlc dvd:///G:/#1:2
So that is how to play a DVD from the command line using VLC
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