VLC Media Player is often known as the KING player because of its ability to play almost anything you throw on it. In many cases, people use VLC to play broken files retrieved from a failed memory card. I’ve also experienced the exact same situation which all data in my camera memory card was accidentally deleted. I used card recovery to recover what had been deleted but the recovered files are broken and are in the format of big JPG even though it was originally a video file. Surprisingly, I was able to play it in VLC! So, if you have anything that is unplayable in other players, try it on VLC, it might work.
Below is a list of VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts that I wanted to share with you.
Table of Contents:
- Most used
- Mouse actions
- Movie Navigation
- Jump in playback
- Manage VLC, Playlists, and Special Commands
Most used
F |
Fullscreen |
Space |
Pause or play movie |
S |
Subtitles on/off |
B |
Audio track cycle |
Ctrl+Arrow Up/Ctrl+Arrow Down |
Volume |
Mouse actions
Double click |
Fullscreen |
Scroll |
Volume or Position (see settings) |
Right click |
Local menu (play controls, audio/video) |
Movie Navigation
Ctrl+D |
Open disc menu |
Ctrl+F |
Open folder (browse folder menu) |
Ctrl+R/Ctrl+S |
Advanced open file |
Ctrl+O |
Open single file(s) |
Shift-M |
Go to the DVD menu |
Shift-O |
Select previous DVD title |
Shift-B |
Select next DVD title |
Shift-P |
Select prev DVD chapter |
Shift-N |
Select next DVD chapter |
Shift-S |
Take video snapshot |
Shift-R |
Record |
M |
Mute and unmute audio |
P |
Play movie (from the very beginning) |
S |
Stop movie |
Esc |
Exit full screen mode |
[+]/-/= |
Faster, slower, normal |
A |
Aspect ratio |
C |
Crop screen |
G/H |
Decrease subtitle delay / Increase subtitle delay |
J/K |
Decrease audio delay / Increase audio delay |
Z |
Change zoom mode |
Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4 |
Recent media (in Media – Recent media menu) |
T |
Show time |
Ctrl+T |
Goto tim |
Jump in playback
Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right |
Very short jump (3 seconds) |
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right |
Short jump (10 seconds) |
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right |
Medium jump (1 minute) |
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right |
Long jump |
Manage VLC, Playlists, and Special Commands
Ctrl+H |
Hide / unhide controls |
Ctrl+P |
Preferences/ interface settings |
Ctrl+E |
Adjustments and audio/video effects |
Ctrl+B |
Edit bookmarks |
Ctrl+M |
Open messages |
Ctrl+N |
Open network |
Ctrl+C |
Open captue device |
Ctrl+L |
Open playlist |
Ctrl+Y |
Save playlist |
Ctrl+I/Ctrl+J |
Media information |
Alt+A |
Open audio menu |
Alt+H |
Open help menu |
Alt+M |
Open media menu |
Alt+P |
Open playlist menu |
Alt+T |
Open tool menu |
Alt+V |
Open video menu |
Alt+L |
Open playback menu |
D |
Show movie path |
N |
Play next movie from playlist |
F1 |
Show Help |
Alt+F4, Alt+q or Ctrl+Q |
Quit VLC |
All the above VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts are the default keys set, they are not fixed. You can change them easily via Tools -> Preferences -> Hotkeys if you want to.
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