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VLC media player keyboard shortcuts

Playback, seeking, volume, track, and snapshot controls.

25 shortcuts Windows

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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Play or pause Player Not yet source checked Windows Space Source
Enter or leave full screen Player Not yet source checked Windows F Source
Leave full screen Full screen Not yet source checked Windows Esc Source
Mute or unmute Player Not yet source checked Windows M Source
Turn the volume up Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlUp arrow Source
Turn the volume down Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlDown arrow Source
Play the next item Playlist Not yet source checked Windows N Source
Play the previous item Playlist Not yet source checked Windows P Source
Stop playback Player Not yet source checked Windows S Source
Play faster Player Not yet source checked Windows Source
Play slower Player Not yet source checked Windows - Source
Return to normal speed Player Not yet source checked Windows = Source
Jump back three seconds Player Not yet source checked Windows ShiftLeft arrow Source
Jump forward three seconds Player Not yet source checked Windows ShiftRight arrow Source
Jump back ten seconds Player Not yet source checked Windows AltLeft arrow Source
Jump forward ten seconds Player Not yet source checked Windows AltRight arrow Source
Jump back one minute Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlLeft arrow Source
Jump forward one minute Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlRight arrow Source
Cycle the subtitle track Subtitles must be available Not yet source checked Windows V Source
Cycle the audio track Player Not yet source checked Windows B Source
Take a snapshot Player Not yet source checked Windows ShiftS Source
Open a file Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlO Source
Show the playlist Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlL Source
Open preferences Player Not yet source checked Windows CtrlP Source
Cycle the aspect ratio Player Not yet source checked Windows A Source

About VLC media player and its shortcuts

VLC plays everything, and its keyboard covers what you want while watching: playback and seeking by different amounts, volume, subtitle and audio track selection, and fullscreen. The variable seek commands are its quiet strength, since jumping by three seconds and by a minute are different keys.

VLC lets you rebind every command in its preferences, and its interface differs between platforms. Shortivo publishes the Windows list.

Where the VLC media player keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of VLC media player. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as VLC media player, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task