VLC Media player shortcuts are highly beneficial for saving some of your time. We can perform numerous actions without needing to move the mouse and click on the menu buttons. The hotkeys are great for quick video playback actions. Simply, hit the shortcut combination keys and see the results immediately.
VLC Media Player Shortcuts for Microsoft Windows
Here are the shortcuts and hotkeys of VLC Media Player on Windows:File Operations
CTRL + O : Open a single file CTRL + SHIFT + O : Open multiple files CTRL + F : Open folder CTRL + D : Open disk CTRL + N : Open network stream CTRL + C : Open capture device CTRL + V : Open location copied in the clipboard CTRL + R : Convert and save file CTRL + S : Stream your media locally or on the internet
Program Operations
CTRL + Q or ALT + F4 or ALT + Q : Quit CTRL + E : Open the adjustment and effects menu CTRL + SHIFT + W : VLM Configuration CTRL + M : Open the message screen CTRL + P : Open the preferences menu F1 : Help SHIFT + F1 : About
Playing Operations
SPACE : Play and Pause a file N : Next Track P : Previous Track F or F11 or Mouse Double Click : Full screen mode on and off CTRL + H : Switch minimal interface on and off T : Show current and remaining time information CTRL + T : Go to a specific time of a playing media P : Go and play from the start of a file S : Stop movie Esc : Full screen exit E : Switch to next frame L : Loop off, one or all R : Random on and off
Subtitles
G : Decrease subtitle delay H : Increase subtitle delay V : Cycle through subtitles
Playing Speed
[ : Decrease playing speed ] : Increase playing speed = : Normal playing speed
Quick Forward and Backward
SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW : 3 seconds forward SHIFT + LEFT ARROW : 3 seconds backward ALT + RIGHT ARROW : 10 seconds forward ALT + LEFT ARROW : 10 seconds backward CTRL + RIGHT ARROW : 1 minute forward CTRL + LEFT ARROW : 1 minute backward
Video Display Options
A: Cycle aspect ratio C : Cycle through crop display area Z : Cycle through zoom mode D : Deinterlace On and Off O : Switch to original size of the video W : Wallpaper mode on (with DirectX output)
Sound and Audio Operations
CTRL + UP ARROW or Mouse Scroll Up : Volume Up CTRL + DOWN ARROW or Mouse Scroll Down : Volume Down J : Decrease audio delay K : Increase audio delay B : Cycle through available audio tracks M : Mute sound on and off Shift + A : Cycle through audio devices
Media Information
CTRL + I : View and edit media information like title, artist, album CTRL + J : View codec information like your media dimensions, audio and video codecs
Playlist Operations
CTRL + L : Switch to playlist or back to media CTRL + Y : Save current playlist to a file CTRL + B : Create, delete and clear bookmarks menu.
Disc Operations
Shift + B : Next title Shift + O : Previous title Shift + N : Next chapter Shift + P : Previous chapter Shift + M : Disk Menu Shift + H : History forward Shift + G : History back
Miscellaneous
Shift + R : Start and stop recording Shift + S : Take snapshot ALT + C : Crop from bottom ALT+ SHIFT + C : Uncrop from bottom ALT + D : Crop from left ALT + SHIFT + D : Uncrop from left ALT + F : Crop from right ALT + SHIFT + F : Uncrop from right ALT + R : Crop from top ALT + SHIFT + R : Uncrop from top
File Menu Operations
ALT + M : Open media menu ALT + L : Open playback menu ALT + A : Open audio menu ALT + V : Open video menu ALT + S : Open subtitle menu ALT + O : Open tools menu ALT + I : Open view menu ALT + H : Open help menu
* Hit the subsequent underlined character of menu item name after opening menu items using the above file menu operation shortcuts. This will open the sub-menu. If the same character is underlined for several sub-menu items, hit those characters multiple times to navigate to the correct one. Then hit enter to open it.
* You can also learn how to edit these shortcuts to fit your preferences.
VLC Media Player Shortcuts for Apple Mac
Here are the shortcut keys for VLC Media Player when you use it on Apple's Mac devices (Macbook Air, Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, Mac Pro):Playback Operations
⌘ + F: Fullscreen Esc: Exit Fullscreen Space: Play/Pause ⌘ + =: Increase Playback Speed ⌘ + -: Decrease Playback Speed ⌘ + Right Arrow: Next Track ⌘ + Left Arrow: Previous Track ⌘ + . : Stop T: Display Position ⌘ + ⌥ + Left Arrow: Short Backward Jump ⌘ + ⌥ + Right Arrow: Short Forward Jump ⌘ + Shift⇧ + Left Arrow: Medium Backward Jump ⌘ + Shift⇧ + Right Arrow: Medium Forward Jump ⌘ + ⌃ + Left Arrow: Very Short Backward Jump ⌘ + ⌃ + Right Arrow: Very Short Forward Jump E: Next Frame
Navigation and Program Operations
Up Arrow: Navigate Up Down Arrow: Navigate Down Left Arrow: Navigate Left Right Arrow: Navigate Right ⌃ + M: Access the DVD Menu ⌃ + P: Select Previous DVD Title ⌃ + N: Select Next DVD Title ⌃ + U: Select Previous DVD Chapter ⌃ + D: Select Next DVD Chapter ⌘ + Q: Quit VLC
Sound and Audio Operations
⌘ + Up Arrow: Volume Up ⌘ + Down Arrow: Volume Down ⌘ + ⌥ + DownArrow: Mute the Volume G: Audio Delay Up F: Audio Delay Down L: Cycle between two or more audio tracks Shift⇧ + A: Cycle between audio devices
Subtitle Operations
J: Subtitle Delay Up H: Subtitle Delay Down Shift⇧ + H: Subtitle Sync or Bookmark Audio Timestamp Shift⇧ + J: Subtitle Sync or Bookmark Subtitle Timestamp Shift⇧ + K: Subtitle Sync or Reset Audio and Subtitle Synchronization S: Cycle between subtitle tracks ⌥ + S: Cycle between subtitle tracks in reverse order Shift⇧ + S: Toggle Subtitles on or off ⌘ + 0: Reset Subtitle Text Scale ⌘ + Mouse Wheel Up: Scale Down Subtitle ⌘ + Mouse Wheel Down: Scale Up Subtitle
Playback Operations
⌘ + Z: Random Shift⇧ + L: Toggle between normal, looped, and repeat the single track/playlist playback
Video Display Operations
A: Cycle between different aspect ratios C: Cycle between different video crop options O: Toggle Autoscaling ⌥ + O: Increase Scale Factor Shift⇧ + ⌥ + O: Decrease Scale Factor D: Deinterlacing on and off Shift⇧ + D: Cycle between deinterlacing modes L: Show Controller when a video is fullscreen ⌘ + ⌥ + S: Take a Snapshot ⌘ + Shift⇧+ R: Begin and Stop Recording Z: Zoom Shift⇧ + Z: Zoom Out (Unzoom) ⌘ + 0: Set the video size to half of the original ⌘ + 1: Set the video dimensions to the original ⌘ + 2: Set the video dimensions to double of the original
Crop Video During Playback
⌥ + I: Crop one pixel from the top of the video ⌥ + Shift⇧ + I: Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video ⌥ + J: Crop one pixel from the left of the video ⌥ + Shift⇧ + J: Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video ⌥ + K: Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video ⌥ + Shift⇧ + K: Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video ⌥ + L: Crop one pixel from the right of the video ⌥ + Shift⇧ + L: Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video
Playlist Bookmark Operations
⌘ + F1: Set Playlist Bookmark 1 ⌘ + F2: Set Playlist Bookmark 2 ⌘ + F3: Set Playlist Bookmark 3 ⌘ + F4: Set Playlist Bookmark 4 ⌘ + F5: Set Playlist Bookmark 5 ⌘ + F6: Set Playlist Bookmark 6 ⌘ + F7: Set Playlist Bookmark 7 ⌘ + F8: Set Playlist Bookmark 8
F1: Play Playlist Bookmark 1 F2: Play Playlist Bookmark 2 F3: Play Playlist Bookmark 3 F4: Play Playlist Bookmark 4 F5: Play Playlist Bookmark 5 F6: Play Playlist Bookmark 6 F7: Play Playlist Bookmark 7 F8: Play Playlist Bookmark 8
Miscellaneous Operations
X: Cycle Next Program Service ID Shift⇧ + X: Cycle Previous Program Service ID
Is there a way to create a shortcut to download subtitles? Using the VLsub 0.11.0 extension under VLC>extensions menu.
Nah, no shortcut for addon features
What are the hotkeys for the Android version (for those who use Android VLC on their Chromebooks)? These hotkeys don't work, but it does respond to some keypresses but in an unpredicatable way.
Yeah, I think the Chromebook version doesn't support the desktop version's hotkeys.
But it does support some hotkeys, just not the ones listed here. Why is there no documentation of what they are?
Is there a hotkey to switch between audio track 1 & 2? Thanks
Don't think so.
Its 'B'. it cycles through audio tracks
My Hotkeys suddenly stopped working today. Spacebar works but F and the left and right arrow keys don't. Alt+arrow keys don't either. Very strange. Using latest VLC 3.0.8 on Win7.
Plaese add a shortcut key for AB repeat
Shortcuts not working. Trying to use vcl while transcribing (to a word file) a video. Space and such are of course out of question so created alternative combinations for play/pause etc. Won't work. Shortcuts such as volume and skip do work.
agreed. configuring volume controls repeatedly w & w/o shortcuts doesn't work after 3.0,used to be defaultly controlled with keyboard arrows. had to reset forward/back playback too.
ah if only they add shortcut to previous frame
that would be reasonble :D
can vlc make a hot key for AUDIO/STEREO MODE/LEFT? This is very useful for me when I am playing a multiplex file.Thanks
I'd love a shortcut to resume where I left off. Presently, I am watching a Documentary, ported through my TV. It's on the dry side, so to take a break, I moved it down the playlist. I've got the keyboard beside me, but without the shortcut, I have to get up, hit the mouse to resume, which will not happen before the resume button disappears.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to jump to the start of a video? I see "P : Go and play from the start of a file" listed under "Playing Operations" above; but it doesn't work on my MacBook Pro.
VLC player is awesome, but what I've been missing for years is a hotkey for the AB loop command. It'd be so much more comfortable to have a shortcut at hand for this. Read about some workarounds with pulling the button into the fullscreen controller and then being able to use the Strg-L combination, but, as of today, this function seems to have been abandoned again. It's the only thing that bothers me with the VLC. Would be glad if this could be solved.
Agreed. I downloaded this program hoping for just such a feature. This is a key utility for musicians learning parts.
Click on the "View" tab and then click "Advanced Controls" and an additional toolbar will open up with an "A B" loop icon.
George Best Holy Toledo! THANK YOU!!
B cycles through audio tracks
On my Mac, J increases subtitle delay and H reduces it, though according to the list here G should decrease and H should increase. I don't mind the keys being a little different, but I have no key to decrease audio delay, which I need to do. G increases it while K does nothing. Can anyone advise? Thanks.
some of these shortcuts don't work in fullscreen mode. Like Ctrl+B doesn't show bookmarks list while in fullscreen mode, etc. similarly with many other shortcuts. Is there a way to make them work? Please, Any amount of help is appreciable. (btw, I'm running VLC version 3.0.16 on windows 10)
some of these shortcuts don't work with fullscreen mode. Like hitting Ctrl+B doesn't show bookmarks list while in fullscreen mode, similarly with so many other shortcuts. Is there a way to enable it/ make it work ? Any amount of help is appreciable. (btw, I'm running VLC 3.0.16 on WIndows 10)
I found some hotkeys stopped working when I got a new laptop. For instance + used to speed the video on the old keyboard but not the new. The problem was the old keyboard had a + button whereas the new keybord it was Shift + and woudnt be recognised. Anyway the fix was to go to VLC Tools Preference Hotkeys and double click on the hotkey not working, press the key combination you want to set for it and accept the change. It worked for me. Good luck.
Try latest version 3.0.18
Is there any shortcut to minimize VLC player from full screen?
Use the Windows shortcut. It is Windows Key + M.
Frist, thank you for VLC!!! It is very good and useful Second, Is there a hotkey for incremental go forward - like 1/10 or 1/4 second? This is very useful for analyzing sports motion. Is it there and I am somehow not seeing it??
When playing a video you can use the spacebar to stop/start (pause) playback but when you are playing an MP3 the spacebar does nothing. Is there a solution to this ? Seems odd that it does not work for both formats. UPDATE: Updating to Version 3.0.18 (from 3.0.17) has now solved this.
Missing are the skip fwd/back just using the right and left arrow keys. Also, volume up/down just uses the up/down arrow keys on Windows version anywhere. Using the ALT key isn't necessary
Frame advance - "E" press, works for about a dozen frames then does a big skip ahead... I am using on high frame rate video for precision viewing through 120 fps clips and would love this to work better. Any ideas?
Missing is a shortcut to quickly rotate the video by 90/270/0 degrees. Without going through menus.
It would be good to have a hotkey for brightness to save going through a procedure, like SM Player has press for for brighter or 3 for darker.
Shift+L is the A/B Loop shortcut... I dont know why its not posted anywhere but I found it on one of the forums and no one seems to know about it.