mplayer shortcuts

Shortcut	Command	How useful(?)
Keyboard control MPlayer
<- 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.	+       –
# (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 MPlayer
1 and 2	Adjust contrast.	+       –
3 and 4	Adjust brightness.	+       –
5 and 6	Adjust hue.	+       –
7 and 8	Adjust saturation.	+       –

SDL Video Output Driver MPlayer
c	Cycle through available fullscreen modes.	+       –
n	Restore original mode.	+       –

Multimedia Keyboard MPlayer
PAUSE	Pause.	+       –
STOP	Stop playing and quit.	+       –
PREVIOUS and NEXT	Seek backward/forward 1 minute.	+       –

GUI Support (if compiled in) MPlayer
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 MPlayer
h and k	Select previous/next channel.	+       –
n	Change norm.	+       –
u	Change channel list.	+       –

Navigate menus (if DVNAV support) MPlayer
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) MPlayer
X	Switch teletext on/off.	+       –
Q and W	Go to next/prev teletext page.	+       –

mouse control MPlayer
button 3 and button 4	Seek backward/forward 1 minute.	+       –
button 5 and button 6	Decrease/increase volume.	+       –

joystick control MPlayer
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.	+       –