VLC Keyboard Shortcuts

May 16,2021
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VLC is a great multimedia player. It helps in playing a majority of media files present on the internet. It does offer a variety of features for the same, but have ever wondered, what if you know the shortcuts for some common tasks? Having a knowledge of various shortcuts of VLC would surely make your entertainment better.

The best part of VLC shortcuts is, there are mainly one key binds for a majority of tasks. The list goes like this.

Function	macOS	Windows / Linux
Fullscreen	Cmd +f	f
Exit fullscreen	Esc	Esc
Play/pause	Spacebar	Spacebar
Pause only	Not set by default	Media pause
Play only	Not set by default	Media play
Faster	Cmd + =	+
Slower	Cmd + –	–
Normal rate	Not set by default	=
Faster (fine	Not set by default	]
Slower (fine)	Not set by default	[
Next	Cmd + ->	n
Previous	Cmd + <-	p
Stop	Cmd	s
Position	t	t
Very short backwards jump	Cmd + Ctrl + <-	Shift + <-
Very short forward jump	Cmd + Ctrl + ->	Shift + ->
Short backwards jump	Cmd + Opt + <-	Alt + <-
Short forward jump	Cmd + Opt + ->	Alt + ->
Medium backwards jump	Cmd + Shift + <-	Ctrl + <-
Medium forward jump	Cmd + Shift + ->	Ctrl + ->
Long backwards jump	Cmd + Shift + Opt + <-	Ctrl + Alt + <-
Long forward jump	Cmd + Shift + Opt + ->	Ctrl + Alt + ->
Next frame	e	e
Activate	Enter	Enter
Navigate up	Up	Up
Navigate down	Down	Down
Navigate left	<-	<-
Navigate right	->	->
Go to the DVD menu	Ctrl + m	Shift + m
Select previous DVD title	Ctrl + p	Shift + o
Select next DVD title	Ctrl + n	Shift + b
Select previous DVD chapter	Ctrl + u	Shift + p
Select next DVD chapter	Ctrl + d	Shift + n
Quit	Cmd + q	Ctrl + q
Volume up	Cmd + Up	Ctrl + Up
Volume down	Cmd + Down	Ctrl + Down
Mute	Cmd + Opt + Down	m
Subtitle delay up	j	h
Subtitle delay down	h	g
Subtitle sync/bookmark audio timestamp	Shift + h	Shift + h
Subtitle sync/bookmark subtitle timestamp	Shift + j	Shift + j
Subtitle sync/synchronize audio & subtitle timestamps	Shift + k	Shift + k
Subtitle sync/reset audio & subtitle synchronization	Cmd + Shift + k	Ctrl + Shift + k
Audio delay up	g	k
Audio delay down	f	j
Cycle audio track	l	b
Cycle through audio devices	Shift + a	Shift + a
Cycle subtitle track in reverse order	Opt + s	Alt + v
Cycle subtitle track	s	v
Toggle subtitles	Shift + s	Shift + v
Cycle next program Service IDx	x	x
Cycle previous program Service ID	Shift + x	Shift + x
Cycle source aspect ratio	a	a
Cycle video crop	c	c
Toggle autoscaling	o	o
Increase scale factor	Opt + o	Alt + o
Decrease scale factor	Opt + Shift + o	Alt + Shift + o
Toggle deinterlacing	d	d
Cycle deinterlace modes	Shift + d	Shift + d
Show controller in fullscreen	i	i
Context menu	Menu	Menu
Take video snapshot	Cmd + Opt + s	Shift + s
Record	Cmd + Shift + r	Shift + r
Zoom	z	z
Un-zoom	Shift + z	Shift + z
Toggle Wallpaper mode in video output	Not set by default	w
Crop one pixel from the top of the video	Opt + i	Alt + r
Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video	Opt + Shift + i	Alt + Shift + r
Crop one pixel from the left of the video	Opt + j	Alt + d
Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video	Opt + Shift + j	Alt + Shift + d
Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video	Opt + k	Alt + c
Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video	Opt + Shift + k	Alt + Shift + c
Crop one pixel from the right of the video	Opt + l	Alt + f
Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video	Opt + Shift + l	Alt + Shift + f
Random	Cmd + z	r
Normal/Loop/Repeat	Shift + l	l
Shrink the viewpoint field of view (360)	Not set by default	Page Up
Expand the viewpoint field of view (360)	Not set by default	Page Down
1:4 quarter	Not set by default	Alt + 1
1:2 half	Cmd + 0	Alt + 2
1:1 original	Cmd + 1	Alt + 3
2:1 double	Cmd + 2	Alt + 4
Set playlist bookmark 1	Cmd + F1	Ctrl + F1
Set playlist bookmark 2	Cmd + F2	Ctrl + F2
Set playlist bookmark 3	Cmd + F3	Ctrl + F3
Set playlist bookmark 4	Cmd + F4	Ctrl + F4
Set playlist bookmark 5	Cmd + F5	Ctrl + F5
Set playlist bookmark 6	Cmd + F6	Ctrl + F6
Set playlist bookmark 7	Cmd + F7	Ctrl + F7
Set playlist bookmark 8	Cmd + F8	Ctrl + F8
Set playlist bookmark 9	Not set by default	Ctrl + F9
Set playlist bookmark 10	Not set by default	Ctrl + F10
Play playlist bookmark 1	F1	F1
Play playlist bookmark 2	F2	F2
Play playlist bookmark 3	F3	F3
Play playlist bookmark 4	F4	F4
Play playlist bookmark 5	F5	F5
Play playlist bookmark 6	F6	F6
Play playlist bookmark 7	F7	F7
Play playlist bookmark 8	F8	F8
Play playlist bookmark 9	Not set by default	F9
Play playlist bookmark 10	Not set by default	F10
Clear the playlist	Not set by default	Ctrl + w
Reset subtitles text scale	Cmd + 0	Ctrl + 0
Scale down subtitles text	Cmd + Scroll up	Ctrl + Scroll up
Scale-up subtitles text	Cmd + Scroll down	Ctrl + Scroll down