VLC Media player hotkeys

Concepts

1. Open media file, disc, stream
2. Playlist queue of items
3. Playback seek, speed, tracks
4. Output window, snapshot, record

Playback

Space

Play / pause

S

Stop

N

Next item

P

Previous item

Shift+Left / Shift+Right

Back / forward 5 seconds

Alt+Left / Alt+Right

Back / forward 10 seconds

Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right

Back / forward 1 minute

Ctrl+Alt+Left / Ctrl+Alt+Right

Back / forward 5 minutes

E

Step one frame forward

Ctrl+T

Jump to a time

T

Show position and time

Ctrl+Q

Quit

Speed and Loop

Plus / Minus

Faster / slower

=

Normal speed

] / [

Faster / slower, fine steps

L

Cycle loop, repeat one, off

R

Toggle random order

Audio and Volume

Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down

Volume up / down

M

Mute

B

Cycle audio track

J / K

Audio delay down / up

Shift+A

Cycle audio device

Subtitles

V

Cycle subtitle track

Shift+V

Toggle subtitles on / off

H / G

Subtitle delay up / down

Ctrl+0

Reset subtitle scale

Ctrl+Wheel

Scale subtitles

Video and Window

F

Toggle fullscreen

Esc

Leave fullscreen

A

Cycle aspect ratio

C

Cycle crop ratio

Z / Shift+Z

Zoom in / out

O

Toggle original size and fit

Alt+1 / Alt+2 / Alt+3 / Alt+4

Scale 1:4 / 1:2 / 1:1 / 2:1

D

Cycle deinterlacing

I

Show controls in fullscreen

Ctrl+H

Hide / show menus and controls

Playlist

Ctrl+L

Show / hide playlist

Ctrl+O

Open file

Ctrl+F

Open folder

Ctrl+N

Open network stream

Ctrl+V

Paste a location and play it

Ctrl+D

Open disc

Ctrl+C

Open capture device

Ctrl+W

Clear playlist

Ctrl+X / Ctrl+Y

Load / save playlist

Ctrl+F1 / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3

Set playlist bookmark 1 / 2 / 3

Works up to Ctrl+F10; F1 to F10 then play the matching bookmark.

Info and Capture

Shift+S

Take snapshot

Shift+R

Start / stop recording

Ctrl+I

Media information

Ctrl+J

Codec information

Ctrl+M

Messages (log window)

Ctrl+R

Convert / save

Ctrl+S

Streaming

Ctrl+P

Preferences

Ctrl+E

Extended settings

Ctrl+B

Bookmarks

DVD and Discs

Shift+M

Disc menu

Shift+N / Shift+P

Next / previous chapter

Shift+B / Shift+O

Next / previous title

Enter

Select highlighted menu entry

Command Line

vlc <file>

Play a file

vlc <url>

Play a stream or network URL

vlc -f <file>

Start fullscreen

vlc --start-time <sec> <file>

Start at a time in seconds

vlc --stop-time <sec> <file>

Stop at a time in seconds

vlc --no-video <file>

Play audio only

vlc --loop <files>

Loop the whole playlist

vlc --random <files>

Play in random order

vlc -I <module>

Pick the interface module

vlc <a> :start-time=<sec> <b>

Option for one item only

A colon option applies only to the item before it; global options use --.

vlc -vv <file>

Show debug messages

vlc --help

List options

Recipes

vlc --no-video lecture.mp4

vlc --start-time 90 --stop-time 120 movie.mkv

vlc a.mp4 :start-time=10 b.mp4 :start-time=60

vlc -f --loop ~/Videos/*.mp4