vlc mediaplayer keyboard shortcuts

VLC (Windows & OS X) Keyboard Shortcuts

Useful keyboard shortcuts for OS X and Windows. Did you know you can easily re-sync audio and subtitles?

VLC - Frequently Used

f | ⌘+f	Fullscreen
Space	Space
v | s	Subtitles cycle/off
b | l	Audio track cycle
Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down | ⌘+Up / ⌘+Down	Volume
Ctrl+o | ⌘+o	Open Single file(s)

 

VLC - Mouse actions

Double click	Fullscreen
Scroll	Volume or Position (see settings)
Right click	Local menu (play controls, audio/­video)

VLC - Navigation

Ctrl+t | ⌘+j	Goto | jump to time
Shift+­Lef­t/Right | ⌘+Ctrl­+Le­ft/­Right	Very short jump – 3 secs
Alt+Le­ft/­Right | ⌘+Alt+­Lef­t/Right	Short jump – 10 secs
Ctrl+L­eft­/Right | ⌘+Shif­t+L­eft­/Right	Medium jump – 1 min
Ctrl+A­lt+­Lef­t/Right | ⌘+Alt+­Shi­ft+­Lef­t/Right	Long jump
e	Next frame
n | ⌘+Right	Next in playlist
p | ⌘+Left	Current from beginn­ing­/Pr­evious in playlist

 

VLC - Browsing & Playback Adjust­ments

Ctrl+d | ⌘+d	Open disc menu
Ctrl+f | no equivalent	Open folder (browse folder menu)
Ctrl+r or Ctrl+s | ⌘+Shift+o	Advanced open file
Ctrl+o | ⌘+o	Open single file(s)
m | ⌘+alt+Down	Mute and unmute audio
s | ⌘+.	Stop movie
Esc	Exit full screen mode
+ | ⌘+=	Faster
- | ⌘-	Slower
= | not set by default	Normal
a	Aspect ratio
c	Crop screen
g/h | j/h	Increase or decrease subtitle delay
j/k | g/f	Increase or decrease audio delay
z	Change zoom mode
Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4 | no equivalent	Recent media (in Media - Recent media menu)
t	Show time
r | ⌘+r	Random

 

Manage VLC

Ctrl+h | no equivalent	Hide / unhide controls
Ctrl+p | ⌘+,	Prefer­ences/ interface settings
Ctrl+e | ⌘+e	Adjust­ments and audio/­video effects
Ctrl+b | ⌘+b	Edit bookmarks
Ctrl+m | ⌘+Shift+m	Open messages
Ctrl+n | ⌘+n	Open network
Ctrl+c | ⌘+r	Open capture device
Ctrl+l | ⌘+Shift+p	Open playlist
Ctrl+y | ⌘+s	Save playlist
Ctrl+i or Ctrl+j | ⌘+i	Media inform­ation
Alt+a | no equivalent	Open audio menu
Alt+h | no equivalent	Open help menu
Alt+m | no equivalent	Open media menu
Alt+p | ⌘+Shift+p	Open playlist menu
Alt+t | no equivalent	Open tool menu
Alt+v | no equivalent	Open video menu
Alt+l | no equivalent	Open playback menu
d | no equivalent (right click in playlist and select Reveal in Finder)	Show movie path
F1 | no equivalent	Show Help
F11 | no equivalent	Window full-s­creen (not equal to pressing F)
Alt+f4, alt+q or ctrl+q | ⌘+q	Quit VLC