VLC Player Keyboard Shortcuts
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VLC is a very versatile media player that can play anything you throw on it, but very so often you really won’t be able to figure out the controls. If you didn’t know, you can get a lot of things done on VLC Player just by using keyboard shortcuts.
Here goes a list of keyboard shortcuts for VLC player:
Space Play/Pause
s Stop
+ Play faster
- Play Slower
t Position
n Next Item
p Previous Item
f Fullscreen
m Mute
Shift+Rt Arrow Forward 3 seconds
Shift+Lt Arrow Backward 3 seconds
Alt+Rt Arrow Forward 10 seconds
Alt+Lt Arrow Backward 10 seconds
Ctrl+q Quit
Ctrl+Up Arrow Volume up
Ctrl+Dn Arrow Volume down
Ctrl+Rt Arrow Forward 1 minute
Ctrl+Lt Arrow Backward 1 minute
Ctrl+r Record
Alt+Ctrl+S Video Snapshot
Ctrl+m DVD Menu
Ctrl+p Select Previous DVD Title
Ctrl+n Select Next DVD Title
Ctrl+B Bookmarks
Ctrl+P Playlist
Ctrl+I Stream, Media Info
Ctrl+S Preferences
Ctrl+G Extended GUI
For your note, all these shortcuts are customizable. You can play with them in the Edit >> Preferences Dialog.
hey u may not face these type of problems and questions for VLC shortcuts. it is very easy. Just do the following……..
Goto VLC Media Player -> tools -> preferences
in preferences at left-bottom corner u will find two options ,
one is “simple”
and
the other is “all”
by default simple is selected (if not , select simple)
then u will find some options at the left side of the window. then
Click “Hotkeys”.
now u will find all the shortcuts provided by VLC. now u can make What ever u want………
Enjoy the services…….
if u selected anything wrong unfortunately, nothing to worry. just click “reset preferences”……
VLC always Rockzzzzzz
and now u can Rock……
~~~@ ENJOY THE MUSIC @~~~
i don’t like this.
Thanks for nice information .Article was really nice and easy to understand .
Thanks again
Thanks for useful shortcuts! Here are more http://www.allshortcuts.com
[M] : Mute On/Off
[Ctrl] + [Up arrow] : Turn Volume up
[Ctrl] + [Down arrow] : Turn Volume Down
[Ctrl] + [Up arrow] : Volume Up
[Ctrl] + [Down arrow] : Volume Down
[Ctrl] + [H] : Subtitle Delay Up
[Ctrl] + [J] : Subtitle Delay Down
General Shortcut Keys :
[T] : Show time Played/time left
[Ctrl] + [Q] : Quit program
[F] : Full screen mode
[Ctrl] + [P] : Playlist
[Ctrl] + [M] : Messages
[Ctrl] + [I] : Stream and Media info
[Ctrl] + [A] : Open capture device
[Ctrl] + [W] : Streaming and Transport Wizard
[Ctrl] + [X] / [Ctrl] + [Q] : Exit
[Ctrl] + [V] : VLM control
[Ctrl] + [G] : Extended GUI
[Ctrl] + [B] : Bookmarks
[Ctrl] + [S] : Preferences
[F] : Fullscreen
[+] : Play faster
[-] : Play slower
Video Playback Shortcut Keys :
[Space] : Play/pause
[S] : Stop
[N] : Next entry in playlist
[F] : Full screen
[Ctrl] + [O] : Quick open file
[Ctrl] + [O] : Open directory
[Ctrl] + [D] : Open disk
[Ctrl] + [N] : Open network stream
[N] : Next item
[P] : Previous item
[Shift] + [Left Arrow] : Very Short Backwards jump
[Shift] + [Right Arrow] : Very Short Forward jump
[Alt] + [Left arrow] : Backwards jump
[Alt] + [Right arrow] : Forward jump
[Ctrl] + [Left arrow] : Medium backwards jump
[Ctrl] + [Right arrow] : Medium forward jump
[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Left arrow] : Long backwards jump
[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Right Arrow] : Long Forward jump
[Enter] : Active
DVD PlayBack :
[Ctrl] + [M] : Go to DVD menu
[Ctrl] + [P] : Selected previous DVD title
[Ctrl] + [F] : Selected next DVD title
[Ctrl] + [U] : Selected previous DVD chapter
[Ctrl] + [D] : Selected Next DVD Chapter
thnx buddy it really helps..
Thankx dude,i don’t like orange interface ,now i got the latest black interface version of vlc here is the snapshot http://i.imgur.com/46I8w.jpg i got it from here check this out if are bored that old orangle interface.
All shortcuts are configurable.Anyone can modify these shortcuts according to his choice.Go to Tools->preferences->Hot Keys.Select any option to change shortcut.First clear then choose ur shortcut key and apply and save.