[1] VLC command-line help - VideoLAN Wiki () https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help/

Stream MRL syntax:

[[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]]

[:option=value ...]

Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options.

Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified.

[2] Media resource locator - VideoLAN Wiki () https://wiki.videolan.org/Media_resource_locator/

A media resource locator (MRL) is a string of characters used to identify a multimedia resource or part of a multimedia resource.