List of VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows
Keyboard shortcuts help a lot and let you perform most of the actions quickly, This is the reason, keyboard shortcuts improve productivity. We have already covered keyboard shortcuts for few software in past. Today, I am going to add the keyboard shortcuts for the VLC media player. Most of us use VLC media player and of course, many of us already know few keyboard shortcuts. But there is nothing wrong in improving the knowledge.
Also see: Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
In this article, I am listing the 44 different keyboard shortcuts of VLC media players for Windows. Check all and learn keyboard shortcuts few actions that you perform most.
VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
| Most used | |
|---|---|
| F | Fullscreen |
| Esc | Exit full-screen mode |
| Space | Pause or play movie |
| V | Subtitles on/ off |
| B | Select audio track |
| Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Volume up/ down in 5% increments |
| Jump in playback | |
| Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 3 seconds forward/ backward |
| Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 10 seconds forward/ backward |
| Ctrl+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 1 minute forward/ backward |
| Mouse actions | |
| Scroll up/ down | 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 | Advanced open file |
| Ctrl+O | Open single file(s) |
| M | Mute and unmute audio |
| P | Play movie (from the very beginning) |
| S | Stop movie (not pause; this stops the movie completely) |
| [/ ] | Increase/ decrease playback by 0.1x |
| = | Adjust playback to normal (1.0x) |
| C | Change screen Crop 16:10, 16:9, 4:3, etc. |
| A | Change Aspect ratio 16:10, 16:9, 4.:3, etc. |
| G/H | Decrease/ increase subtitle delay |
| J/K | Decrease/ increase audio delay |
| Z | Change zoom mode |
| Ctrl+1 … 4 | Play Recent media (in Media – Recent media menu) |
| T | Show time |
| Ctrl+T | Goto time |
| E | Frame by Frame Mode; continue pressing E to advance one frame at a time. |
| Ctrl+H | Hide Control |
| Manage VLC, Playlists, and Special Commands | |
| 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 Capture device |
| Ctrl+L | Open PlayList; press again to return to the movie. |
| Ctrl+Y | Save playlist |
| Ctrl+I | Media Information |
| D | Toggle Deinterlace |
| N | Play next movie from playlist |
| F1 | Show help |
| F11 | Window full-screen (not equal to pressing F) |
| Ctrl+W | Quit VLC |
Final Words
Now you have the list of VLC keyboard shortcuts. You can learn for actions that you perform most and see how your productivity improves. Even if you already knew few of these, you may have learnt many for sure.
Deepanker Verma is the founder of Techlomedia. He is a tech blogger, developer and gadget freak.
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