Shortcut | Command | How useful(?) |
Keyboard control
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<- and -> | Seek backward/forward 10 seconds. | + – |
up and down | Seek forward/backward 1 minute. | + – |
pgup and pgdown | Seek forward/backward 10 minutes. | + – |
[ and ] | Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%. | + – |
{ and } | Halve/double current playback speed. | + – |
backspace | Reset playback speed to normal. | + – |
< and > | Go backward/forward in the playlist. | + – |
ENTER | Go forward in the playlist, even over the end. | + – |
HOME and END | next/previous playtree entry in the parent list | + – |
INS and DEL (ASX playlist only) | next/previous alternative source. | + – |
p / SPACE | Pause (pressing again unpauses). | + – |
. | Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every consecutive press will play one frame and then go into pause mode again (any other key unpauses). | + – |
q / ESC | Stop playing and quit. | + – |
+ and - | Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds. | + – |
/ and * | Decrease/increase volume. | + – |
9 and 0 | Decrease/increase volume. | + – |
( and ) | Adjust audio balance in favor of left/right channel. | + – |
m | Mute sound. | + – |
_ (MPEG-TS and libavformat only) | Cycle through the available video tracks. | + – |
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# (DVD, MPEG, Matroska, AVI and libavformat only) | Cycle through the available audio tracks. | + – |
TAB (MPEG-TS only) | Cycle through the available programs. | + – |
f | Toggle fullscreen (also see -fs). | + – |
T | Toggle stay-on-top (also see -ontop). | + – |
w and e | Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range. | + – |
o | Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time. | + – |
d | Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip decoding (see -framedrop and -hardframedrop). | + – |
v | Toggle subtitle visibility. | + – |
j | Cycle through the available subtitles. | + – |
y and g | Step forward/backward in the subtitle list. | + – |
F | Toggle displaying forced subtitles . | + – |
a | Toggle subtitle alignment: top / middle / bottom. | + – |
x and z | Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds. | + – |
r and t | Move subtitles up/down. | + – |
i (-edlout mode only) | Set start or end of an EDL skip and write it out to the given file. | + – |
s (-vf screenshot only) | Take a screenshot. | + – |
S (-vf screenshot only) | Start/stop taking screenshots. | + – |
I | Show filename on the OSD. | + – |
! and @ | Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter. | + – |
D (-vo xvmc, -vf yadif, -vf kerndeint only) | Activate/deactivate deinterlacer. | + – |
Hardware accelerated video output
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1 and 2 | Adjust contrast. | + – | |
3 and 4 | Adjust brightness. | + – | |
5 and 6 | Adjust hue. | + – | |
7 and 8 | Adjust saturation. | + – |
SDL Video Output Driver
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c | Cycle through available fullscreen modes. | + – | |
n | Restore original mode. | + – |
Multimedia Keyboard
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PAUSE | Pause. | + – | |
STOP | Stop playing and quit. | + – | |
PREVIOUS and NEXT | Seek backward/forward 1 minute. | + – |
GUI Support (if compiled in)
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ENTER | Start playing. | + – | |
ESC | Stop playing. | + – | |
l | Load file. | + – | |
t | Load subtitle. | + – | |
c | Open skin browser. | + – | |
p | Open playlist. | + – | |
r | Open preferences. | + – |
If TV or DVB support compiled
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h and k | Select previous/next channel. | + – | |
n | Change norm. | + – | |
u | Change channel list. | + – |
Navigate menus (if DVNAV support)
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keypad 8 | Select button up. | + – | |
keypad 2 | Select button down. | + – | |
keypad 4 | Select button left. | + – | |
keypad 6 | Select button right. | + – | |
keypad 5 | Return to main menu. | + – | |
keypad 7 | Return to nearest menu (the order of preference is: chapter->title->root). | + – | |
keypad ENTER | Confirm choice. | + – |
Teletext support (if compiled)
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X | Switch teletext on/off. | + – | |
Q and W | Go to next/prev teletext page. | + – |
mouse control
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button 3 and button 4 | Seek backward/forward 1 minute. | + – | |
button 5 and button 6 | Decrease/increase volume. | + – |
joystick control
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left and right | Seek backward/forward 10 seconds. | + – | |
up and down | Seek forward/backward 1 minute. | + – | |
button 1 | Pause. | + – | |
button 2 | Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time. | + – | |
button 3 and button 4 | Decrease/increase volume. | + – |