VLC Media Player Complete Shortcut Keys

VLC Media Player Complete Shortcut Keys

Frequent VLC user? You're missing out if you haven't memorized these keyboard shortcuts yet.

I am damn sure, you must already know some of VLC keyboard shortcuts.On the other hand I am also sure that you doesn’t know every keyboard shortcuts of VLC. Some of  shortcuts of vlc ,you already know are.

Space Play / Pause 

A  cycle aspect ratio

B cycle audio track

C cycle cropping ratio

D cycle deinterlace filters

E next frame (1.0 and over)

F toggle fullscreen

G subdelay down

H subdelay up

I interface show

J audiodelay down

K audiodelay up OR next subtitle-track (or none) (??????????????)

L loop

M mute

N next track

O original video size ( adding the black borders to the video )

P previous track

R random

S stop

T position/time

V subtitle track cycle

W wallpaper (does only work with video output DirectX)

Z cycle zoom

 + Play faster  -  Play Slower  
Shift + A cycle audio device

Shift + B title next

Shift + G history back

Shift + H history forward

Shift + N chapter next

Shift + O title prev

Shift + P chapter prev

Shift + M disc menu

Shift + R Record

Shift + S snapshot

Alt + A audio menu (English translation)

Alt + C crop / (+shift) uncrop bottom

Alt + D crop / (+shift) uncrop left

Alt + F crop / (+shift) uncrop right

Alt + H help menu (English translation)

Alt + L playback menu (English translation)

Alt + M media menu (English translation)

Alt + R crop / (+shift) uncrop top

Alt + T tools menu (English translation)

Alt + V video menu (English translation)

Alt + Left Arrow jump 10 sec. back

Alt + Right Arrow jump 10 sec. forward

Control + Left Arrow jump 1 minute back

Control + Right Arrow jump 1 minute forward

Control + Alt + Left Arrow jump 5 minutes back

Control + Alt + Right Arrow jump 5 minutes forward

Shift + Left Arrow jump 5 seconds back

Shift + Right Arrow jump 5 seconds forward

Ctrl+Rt Arrow Forward 1 minute 

Ctrl + Rt Arrow Forward 1 minute 

Ctrl+Lt Arrow Backward 1 minute 

Ctrl + Lt Arrow Backward 1 minute 

 Alt + Ctrl + S Video Snapshot  Ctrl + A 

Advanced controls

Ctrl + B Bookmarks

Ctrl + C Open capture device

Ctrl + D Open disc

Ctrl + E Extended settings

Ctrl + F Open Folder/Directory

Ctrl + H hide/show menus (a.k.a Minimal view; like in Acrobat Reader)

Ctrl + I Media Information

Ctrl + J Codecs Information

Ctrl + L Hide/Show playlist

Ctrl + M Messages

Ctrl + N Open network stream

Ctrl + O Open File

Ctrl + P Preferences

Ctrl + Q Quit

Ctrl + R Convert/Save

Ctrl + S Streaming

Ctrl + T Goto Time

Ctrl + U Dock/Undock playlist

Ctrl + V Paste Location/Paste MRL

Ctrl + Shift+W VLM configurator

Ctrl + X Load playlist

Ctrl + Y Save playlist