If you are using vlc media player for watching videos, you should need to know some of best keyboard shortcuts for a quick and easy way to handle the media player. So, this post we are going to list essential VLC media player keyboard shortcuts that will help you.
VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
| KEY | FUNCTION |
|---|---|
| F | Fullscreen |
| Esc | Exit full screen mode |
| Space | Pause or play movie |
| V | Subtitles on/ off |
| B | Select audio track |
| Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Volume up/ down in 5% increments |
| Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 3 seconds forward/ backward |
| Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 10 seconds forward/ backward |
| Ctrl+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Jump 1 minute forward/ backward |
| Scroll up/ down | Volume or Position (see settings) |
| Right-click | Local menu (play controls, audio/ video) |
| Ctrl+D | Open Disc menu |
| Ctrl+F | Open Folder (browse folder menu) |
| Ctrl+R | Advanced open file |
| Ctrl+O | Open single file(s) |
| M | Mute and unmute audio |
| P | Play movie (from the very beginning) |
| S | Stop movie (not pause; this stops the movie completely) |
| [/ ] | Increase/ decrease playback by 0.1x |
| = | Adjust playback to normal (1.0x) |
| C | Change screen Crop 16:10, 16:9, 4:3, etc. |
| A | Change Aspect ratio 16:10, 16:9, 4.:3, etc. |
| G/H | Decrease/ increase subtitle delay |
| J/K | Decrease/ increase audio delay |
| Z | Change zoom mode |
| Ctrl+1 … 4 | Play Recent media (in Media – Recent media menu) |
| T | Show time |
| Ctrl+T | Goto time |
| E | Frame by Frame Mode; continue pressing E to advance one frame at a time. |
| Ctrl+H | Hide Control |
| Ctrl+P | Preferences/ interface settings |
| Ctrl+E | Adjustments and audio/ video Effects |
| Ctrl+B | Edit Bookmarks |
| Ctrl+M | Open Messages |
| Ctrl+N | Open Network |
| Ctrl+C | Open Capture device |
| Ctrl+L | Open PlayList; press again to return to movie. |
| Ctrl+Y | Save playlist |
| Ctrl+I | Media Information |
| D | Toggle Deinterlace |
| N | Play next movie from playlist |
| F1 | Show help |
| F11 | Window full-screen (not equal to pressing F) |
| Ctrl+W | Quit VLC |
