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Most Used VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts That You Must Know

by Anup Maurya
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Most Used VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts That You Must Know

VLC Media Player is an open-source free platform that supports playing videos of all formats. There are certain VLC Media Player keyboard shortcuts that you must know in order to make use of this platform efficiently.

VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows

Here’s a complete list of the keyboard shortcuts for the VLC media player.

1. VLC Media Player Keyboard shortcuts for Playback

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
SpacePlay/PauseSStop
+FasterSlower
]Faster (Fine)[Slower (Fine)
=Normal rateShift + Left ArrowBack 3 seconds
Shift + Right ArrowForward 3 secondsAlt + Left ArrowBack 10 seconds
Alt + Right ArrowForward 10 secondsControl + Left ArrowBack 1 minute
Control + Right ArrowForward 1 minuteControl + Alt + Left ArrowBack 5 minutes
Control + Alt + Right ArrowForward 5 minutesNNext track
PPrevious trackTPosition/ Time
LNormal/Loop/RepeatENext Frame
Shift + MDisc MenuShift + OPrevious title
Shift + BNext titleShift + PPrevious chapter
Shift + NNext chapterShift + QQuit

2. VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts for Audio

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
JDecrease audio delayBCycle audio track
Shift + ACycle audio deviceMMute
Ctrl + Up ArrowIncrease volumeCtrl + Down ArrowDecrease volume

3. Display

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
IShows the controller in fullscreenZZoom
Shift + ZReset ZoomFToggle fullscreen
EscapeLeave fullscreenPage + UpShrink the viewpoint
Page + DownExpand the viewpointAlt + 11:4 Quarter crop
Alt + 21:2 half cropAlt + 31:1 Original crop
Alt + 42:1 Double cropACycle aspect ratio
CCycle cropping ratioOToggle autoscaling
Alt + OIncrease scale factorAlt + Shift + ODecrease scale factor
DToggle deinterlacingShift + DCycle deinterlace modes

4. Playlists

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
Ctrl + F1 – F10Set playlist bookmark 1-10F1 – F10Play playlist bookmark 1-10
Ctrl + WClear the playlistCtrl + YSave playlist

5. Subtitles

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
Ctrl + 0Reset subtitles scaleCtrl + Mouse wheel upScale down subtitles text
Ctrl + Mouse wheel downScale-up subtitles textHIncrease subtitle delay
GDecrease subtitle delayShift + HSync subtitles
Alt + VCycle subtitle track in reverse orderVCycle subtitle track

6. Menu & Settings

ShortcutActionShortcutAction
Ctrl + BBookmarksCtrl + COpen capture device
Ctrl + DOpen discCtrl + EExtended settings
Ctrl + FOpen folderCtrl + HHide/Show menus
Ctrl + IMedia informationCtrl + JCodecs information
Ctrl + LHide/Show playlistCtrl + MMessages
Ctrl + NOpen network streamCtrl + OOpen file
Ctrl + PPreferencesCtrl + RConvert/Save
Ctrl + SStreamingCtrl + TGo to time
Ctrl + VPaste locationCtrl + Shift + WVLM Configurator
Alt + AAudio menuAlt + HHelp menu
Alt + IView menuAlt + LPlayback menu
Alt + MMedia menuAlt + STools menu
Alt + TSubtitle menuShift + SSnapshot
Shift + RRecordRRandom
EnterSelect menu entryArrow KeysNavigate menus

These shortcuts can make it easier and faster to navigate and control the playback of your media files in VLC Media Player.

How do you change a videos speed?

Right-click on the video clip in the timeline you’d like to speed up or slow down, then click on Show Clip Properties. The Clip Inspector panel will now be visible, look for the Clip Speed option. Adjust the Clip Speed setting to speed up or slow down the video clip.

How do I combine 3 VLC videos?

First, open VLC. Then click on the Media menu and select Open Multiple Files… from the dropdown menu. In the Open Media popup window, under the File tab, click on the +Add button to import the videos you want to merge.

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