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.