MPlayer Keyboard Shortcuts

MPlayer for Windows supplies the binary builds of MPlayer and MEncoder for Windows. It is easy to use, lightweight, and it has a clean and interface that is unobtrusive and runs nearly every video file that you can throw at it.

 

Keyboard control
<- and ->	Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
up and down	Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
pgup and pgdown	Seek forward/backward 10 minutes.
[ and ]	Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
{ and }	Halve/double current playback speed.
backspace	Reset playback speed to normal.
< and >	Go backward/forward in the playlist.
ENTER	Go forward in the playlist, even over the end.
HOME and END	next/previous playtree entry in the parent list
INS and DEL (ASX playlist only)	next/previous alternative source.
p / SPACE	Pause (pressing again unpauses).
.	Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every consecutive press will play one frame and then go into pause mode again (any other key unpauses).
q / ESC	Stop playing and quit.
+ and -	Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
/ and *	Decrease/increase volume.
9 and 0	Decrease/increase volume.
( and )	Adjust audio balance in favor of left/right channel.
m	Mute sound.
_ (MPEG-TS and libavformat only)	Cycle through the available video tracks.
# (DVD, MPEG, Matroska, AVI and libavformat only)	Cycle through the available audio tracks.
TAB (MPEG-TS only)	Cycle through the available programs.
f	Toggle fullscreen (also see -fs).
T	Toggle stay-on-top (also see -ontop).
w and e	Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range.
o	Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
d	Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip decoding (see -framedrop and -hardframedrop).
v	Toggle subtitle visibility.
j	Cycle through the available subtitles.
y and g	Step forward/backward in the subtitle list.
F	Toggle displaying forced subtitles .
a	Toggle subtitle alignment: top / middle / bottom.
x and z	Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
r and t	Move subtitles up/down.
i (-edlout mode only)	Set start or end of an EDL skip and write it out to the given file.
s (-vf screenshot only)	Take a screenshot.
S (-vf screenshot only)	Start/stop taking screenshots.
I	Show filename on the OSD.
! and @	Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter.
D (-vo xvmc, -vf yadif, -vf kerndeint only)	Activate/deactivate deinterlacer.
Hardware accelerated video output
1 and 2	Adjust contrast.
3 and 4	Adjust brightness.
5 and 6	Adjust hue.
7 and 8	Adjust saturation.
SDL Video Output Driver
c	Cycle through available fullscreen modes.
n	Restore original mode.
Multimedia Keyboard
PAUSE	Pause.
STOP	Stop playing and quit.
PREVIOUS and NEXT	Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
GUI Support (if compiled in)
ENTER	Start playing.
ESC	Stop playing.
l	Load file.
t	Load subtitle.
c	Open skin browser.
p	Open playlist.
r	Open preferences.
If TV or DVB support compiled
h and k	Select previous/next channel.
n	Change norm.
u	Change channel list.
Navigate menus (if DVNAV support)
keypad 8	Select button up.
keypad 2	Select button down.
keypad 4	Select button left.
keypad 6	Select button right.
keypad 5	Return to main menu.
keypad 7	Return to nearest menu (the order of preference is: chapter->title->root).
keypad ENTER	Confirm choice.
Teletext support (if compiled)
X	Switch teletext on/off.
Q and W	Go to next/prev teletext page.
mouse control
button 3 and button 4	Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
button 5 and button 6	Decrease/increase volume.
joystick control
left and right	Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
up and down	Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
button 1	Pause.
button 2	Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
button 3 and button 4	Decrease/increase volume.