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title: VLC Player
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.696412
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 82 keyboard shortcuts found in VLC Player
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### General I

| Shortcut             | Action                    |
| -------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `F`                  | Fullscreen                |
| `Esc`                | Leave fullscreen          |
| `Space`              | Play/Pause                |
| `]`                  | Pause only                |
| `[`                  | Play only                 |
| `+`                  | Faster                    |
| `-`                  | Slower                    |
| `=`                  | Normal rate               |
| `N`                  | Next                      |
| `P`                  | Previous                  |
| `S`                  | Stop                      |
| `T`                  | Position                  |
| `Shift` `Left`       | Very short backwards jump |
| `Shift` `Right`      | Very short forwards jump  |
| `Alt` `Left`         | Short backwards jump      |
| `Alt` `Right`        | Short forwards jump       |
| `Ctrl` `Left`        | Medium backwards jump     |
| `Ctrl` `Right`       | Medium forwards jump      |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Left`  | Long backwards jump       |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Right` | Long forwards jump        |
| `E`                  | Next frame                |
| `Enter`              | Activate                  |
| `Up`                 | Navigate up               |
| `Down`               | Navigate down             |
| `Left`               | Navigate left             |
| `Right`              | Navigate right            |
| `Shift` `M`          | Go to the DVD menu        |
| `Shift` `O`          | Select previous DVD title |

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### General II

| Shortcut          | Action                         |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `Shift` `B`       | Select next DVD title          |
| `Shift` `P`       | Select previous DVD chapter    |
| `Shift` `N`       | Select next DVD chapter        |
| `Ctrl` `Q`        | Quit                           |
| `Ctrl` `Up`       | Volume up                      |
| `Ctrl` `Down`     | Volume down                    |
| `M`               | Mute                           |
| `H`               | Subtitle delay up              |
| `G`               | Subtitle delay down            |
| `K`               | Audio delay up                 |
| `J`               | Audio delay down               |
| `B`               | Cycle audio track              |
| `Shift` `A`       | Cycle through audio devices    |
| `V`               | Cycle subtitle track           |
| `A`               | Cycle source aspect ratio      |
| `C`               | Cycle video crop               |
| `O`               | Toggle autoscaling             |
| `Alt` `O`         | Increase scale factor          |
| `Shift` `Alt` `O` | Decrease scale factor          |
| `D`               | Cycle deinterlace modes        |
| `I`               | Show interface                 |
| `Shift` `I`       | Hide interface                 |
| `Shift` `S`       | Take video snapshot            |
| `Shift` `G`       | Go back in browsing history    |
| `Shift` `H`       | Go forward in browsing history |
| `Shift` `R`       | Record                         |
| `Shift` `D`       | Dump                           |
| `Z`               | Zoom                           |

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### General III

| Shortcut              | Action                           |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `Shift` `Z`           | Un-Zoom                          |
| `W`                   | Toggle wallpaper mode            |
| `Alt` `Shift` `M`     | Display OSD menu on top          |
| `Alt` `Ctrl` `M`      | Do not display OSD menu          |
| `Alt` `Shift` `Right` | Highlight widget on the right    |
| `Alt` `Shift` `Left`  | Highlight widget on the left     |
| `Alt` `Shift` `Up`    | Highlight widget on top          |
| `Alt` `Shift` `Down`  | Highlight widget on bottom       |
| `Alt` `Shift` `Enter` | Select current widget            |
| `Alt` `R`             | Crop one pixel from the top      |
| `Alt` `Shift` `R`     | Uncrop one pixel from the top    |
| `Alt` `D`             | Crop one pixel from the left     |
| `Alt` `Shift` `D`     | Uncrop one pixel from the left   |
| `Alt` `C`             | Crop one pixel from the bottom   |
| `Alt` `Shift` `C`     | Uncrop one pixel from the bottom |
| `Alt` `F`             | Crop one pixel from the right    |
| `Alt` `Shift` `F`     | Uncrop one pixel from the right  |
| `R`                   | Random                           |
| `L`                   | Normal/Repeat/Loop               |
| `Ctrl` `1`            | 1:4 Quarter                      |
| `Ctrl` `2`            | 1:2 Half                         |
| `Ctrl` `3`            | 1:1 Original                     |
| `Ctrl` `4`            | 2:1 Double                       |
| `3`                   | Very short jump length (integer) |
| `Ctrl` `F1-F10`       | Set playlist bookmark 1-10       |
| `F1-F10`              | Play playlist bookmark 1-10      |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for VLC](https://wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table/) _(wiki.videolan.org)_