VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
VLC Media Player is often known as the GOD player because of its ability to play almost anything you throw on it. In many cases, people use VLC to play broken files retrieved from a failed memory card. I’ve also experienced the exact same situation which all data in my camera memory card was accidentally deleted. I used card recovery to recover what had been deleted but the recovered files are broken and are in the format of big JPG even though it was originally a video file. Surprisingly, I was able to play it in VLC! So, if you have anything that is unplayable in other players, try it on VLC, it might work. Below is a list of VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts that I wanted to share with you.
| Fullscreen | key-toggle-fullscreen | f |
| Leave fullscreen | key-leave-fullscreen | Esc |
| Play/Pause | key-play-pause | Space |
| Pause only | key-pause | Unset |
| Play only | key-play | Unset |
| Faster | key-faster | + |
| Slower | key-slower | - |
| Normal rate | key-rate-normal | = |
| Faster (fine) | key-rate-faster-fine | ] |
| Slower (fine) | key-rate-slower-fine | [ |
| Next | key-next | n |
| Previous | key-prev | p |
| Stop | key-stop | s |
| Position | key-position | t |
| Very short backwards jump | key-jump-extrashort | Shift-Left |
| Very short forward jump | key-jump+extrashort | Shift-Right |
| Short backwards jump | key-jump-short | Alt-Left |
| Short forward jump | key-jump+short | Alt-Right |
| Medium backwards jump | key-jump-medium | Ctrl-Left |
| Medium forward jump | key-jump+medium | Ctrl-Right |
| Long backwards jump | key-jump-long | Alt-Ctrl-Left |
| Long forward jump | key-jump+long | Alt-Ctrl-Right |
| Next frame | key-frame-next | e |
| Activate | key-nav-activate | Enter |
| Navigate up | key-nav-up | Up |
| Navigate down | key-nav-down | Down |
| Navigate left | key-nav-left | Left |
| Navigate right | key-nav-right | Right |
| Go to the DVD menu | key-disc-menu | Shift-m |
| Select previous DVD title | key-title-prev | Shift-o |
| Select next DVD title | key-title-next | Shift-b |
| Select prev DVD chapter | key-chapter-prev | Shift-p |
| Select next DVD chapter | key-chapter-next | Shift-n |
| Quit | key-quit | Ctrl-q |
| Volume up | key-vol-up | Ctrl-Up |
| Volume down | key-vol-down | Ctrl-Down |
| Mute | key-vol-mute | m |
| Subtitle delay up | key-subdelay-up | h |
| Subtitle delay down | key-subdelay-down | g |
| Audio delay up | key-audiodelay-up | k |
| Audio delay down | key-audiodelay-down | j |
| Cycle audio track | key-audio-track | b |
| Cycle through audio devices | key-audiodevice-cycle | Shift-a |
| Cycle subtitle track | key-subtitle-track | v |
| Cycle source aspect ratio | key-aspect-ratio | a |
| Cycle video crop | key-crop | c |
| Toggle autoscaling | key-toggle-autoscale | o |
| Increase scale factor | key-incr-scalefactor | Alt-o |
| Decrease scale factor | key-decr-scalefactor | Alt-Shift-o |
| Cycle deinterlace modes | key-deinterlace | d |
| Show interface | key-intf-show | i |
| Hide interface | key-intf-hide | Shift-i |
| Take video snapshot | key-snapshot | Shift-s |
| Go back in browsing history | key-history-back | Shift-g |
| Go forward in browsing history | key-history-forward | Shift-h |
| Record | key-record | Shift-r |
| Dump | key-dump | Shift-d |
| Zoom | key-zoom | z |
| Un-Zoom | key-unzoom | Shift-z |
| Toggle wallpaper mode | key-wallpaper | w |
| Display OSD menu on top | key-menu-on | Alt-Shift-m |
| Do not display OSD menu | key-menu-off | Alt-Ctrl-m |
| Highlight widget on the right | key-menu-right | Alt-Shift-Right |
| Highlight widget on the left | key-menu-left | Alt-Shift-Left |
| Highlight widget on top | key-menu-up | Alt-Shift-Up |
| Highlight widget below | key-menu-down | Alt-Shift-Down |
| Select current widget | key-menu-select | Alt-Shift-Enter |
| Crop one pixel from the top | key-crop-top | Alt-r |
| Uncrop one pixel from the top | key-uncrop-top | Alt-Shift-r |
| Crop one pixel from the left | key-crop-left | Alt-d |
| Uncrop one pixel from the left | key-uncrop-left | Alt-Shift-d |
| Crop one pixel from the bottom | key-crop-bottom | Alt-c |
| Uncrop one pixel from the bottom | key-uncrop-bottom | Alt-Shift-c |
| Crop one pixel from the right | key-crop-right | Alt-f |
| Uncrop one pixel from the right | key-uncrop-right | Alt-Shift-f |
| Random | key-random | r |
| Normal/Repeat/Loop | key-loop | l |
| 1:4 Quarter | key-zoom-quarter | Ctrl-1 |
| 1:2 Half | key-zoom-half | Ctrl-2 |
| 1:1 Original | key-zoom-original | Ctrl-3 |
| 2:1 Double | key-zoom-double | Ctrl-4 |
| Very short jump length (integer) | extrashort-jump-size | 3 |
| Set playlist bookmark 1 | key-set-bookmark1 | Ctrl-F1 |
| Set playlist bookmark 2 | key-set-bookmark2 | Ctrl-F2 |
| Set playlist bookmark 3 | key-set-bookmark3 | Ctrl-F3 |
| Set playlist bookmark 4 | key-set-bookmark4 | Ctrl-F4 |
| Set playlist bookmark 5 | key-set-bookmark5 | Ctrl-F5 |
| Set playlist bookmark 6 | key-set-bookmark6 | Ctrl-F6 |
| Set playlist bookmark 7 | key-set-bookmark7 | Ctrl-F7 |
| Set playlist bookmark 8 | key-set-bookmark8 | Ctrl-F8 |
| Set playlist bookmark 9 | key-set-bookmark9 | Ctrl-F9 |
| Set playlist bookmark 10 | key-set-bookmark10 | Ctrl-F10 |
| Play playlist bookmark 1 | key-play-bookmark1 | F1 |
| Play playlist bookmark 2 | key-play-bookmark2 | F2 |
| Play playlist bookmark 3 | key-play-bookmark3 | F3 |
| Play playlist bookmark 4 | key-play-bookmark4 | F4 |
| Play playlist bookmark 5 | key-play-bookmark5 | F5 |
| Play playlist bookmark 6 | key-play-bookmark6 | F6 |
| Play playlist bookmark 7 | key-play-bookmark7 | F7 |
| Play playlist bookmark 8 | key-play-bookmark8 | F8 |
| Play playlist bookmark 9 | key-play-bookmark9 | F9 |
| Play playlist bookmark 10 | key-play-bookmark10 | F10 |
All the above VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts are the default keys set, they are not fixed. You can change them easily via Tools -> Preferences -> Hotkeys if you want to.
