VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts

VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts

Hi Friends….Today I am sharing the easiest method to use of VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcut. 

VLC media player best media players out there for Windows. I remember those days when I used to exchange movies and songs in CDs/DVDs with friends, and there were times when default media player failed to play various videos that have some different formats. But, VLC was there that played almost all formats. That is the main reason; people love VLC. That all, you get for FREE. Yes, VLC media player is offered free.

List of VLC Keyboard Shortcuts

Press “F” to make VLC go full Screen

Once you play a movie in VLC, and it is in small windows, just press F and it will be toggled into full-screen mode. Again, pressing F will get back to the smaller screen.

Press “A” to Change Aspect Ratio

Aspect ratio in VLC is the ratio of width and height of the screen playing the video. Many videos don’t display well, in that case toggling between predefined Aspect ratios can help. Though it can be done by going to the menu as well but just pressing A will do this job which is easier.

-/+ Play video slower/faster

Though you can go to Playback >> Speed and adjust if you play a video either faster or slower, you have the shortcut keys for it. Press – button to play slower and + to play faster. Press -/+ multiple times to make the playback slower/faster.

Press “Space” to pause the Playback

If you are watching a video or movie, and suddenly you have got to do some work, but you don’t want to miss any scenes, just quickly hit space button, the playback will be paused. To resume, press the space button again. Simple!

Press “S” to stop the Playback

If you want to stop the playback but don’t want to close VLC, then simply press “S,” and playback will be stopped.

“Ctrl + H” to hide/unhide the menu and controls

Pressing Ctrl + H will hide controls and menu, and again pressing the same will get them back showing.

Press “N” to Play Next and “P” to Play the Previous file on the Playlist

If you have added many videos or songs to the playlist, and you want to toggle them one by one or just want to play next track, you can press N, and if you want to play previous one, press P. You can repeatedly press N/P to toggle between files one by one.

Press “T” to show time remaining and elapsed

While playing a video, press “T” to display the time remaining and elapsed. It will display in the upper right corner of the playback.

Press “Ctrl + E” to display audio/video adjustment window

If you want to adjust audio/video settings, press “Ctrl + E” while playback. Then, you can adjust settings from the window displayed as you see in the above screenshot.

Press “M” to Mute

While you are watching a movie or song, if suddenly your phone rings and you don’t want to miss the scene, but you have to answer the call as well, you can simply mute the video and answer the call. So that you can keep watching the scenes while you talk over the call. To do this, Press “M”, and playback will be muted.

Press “Ctrl + P” to Play from start

No matter how much time elapsed in the video you are watching, as you press “Ctrl + P”, it will restart the video from the beginning.

Shift + Right Arrow : 3 seconds forward

Shift + Left Arrow : 3 seconds backward

Ctrl + Right Arrow : 1 minute forward

Ctrl + Left Arrow : 1 minute backward

Alt + Right Arrow : 10 seconds forward

Alt + Left Arrow : 10 seconds backward

Alt + M : Open media menu

Alt + L : Open playback menu

Alt + S : Open subtitle menu

Alt + O : Open tools menu

Alt + I : Open view menu

Alt + A : Open audio menu

Alt + V : Open video menu

Alt + H : Open help menu

VLC is the most popular video player online, and most of us use it because it does play almost all popular formats.