List of Shortcut keys for VLC media player

List of Shortcut keys for VLC media player

VLC is the most used media player that support variety of file formats. It will be useful to you to know its most general keyboard shortcuts for controls. Some keyboard shortcuts are really useful because they can do better that moving the mouse and then dragging and clicking. So having knowledge of shortcut keys is better.


List of Shortcut keys



Space Play/Pause
s Stop
+ Play faster
- Play Slower
t Position
n Next Item
p Previous Item
f Fullscreen
m Mute
Shift+Rt Arrow Forward 3 seconds
Shift+Lt Arrow Backward 3 seconds
Alt+Rt Arrow Forward 10 seconds
Alt+Lt Arrow Backward 10 seconds
Ctrl+q Quit
Ctrl+Up Arrow Volume up
Ctrl+Dn Arrow Volume down
Ctrl+Rt Arrow Forward 1 minute
Ctrl+Lt Arrow Backward 1 minute
Ctrl+r Record
Alt+Ctrl+S Video Snapshot
Ctrl+m DVD Menu
Ctrl+p Select Previous DVD Title
Ctrl+n Select Next DVD Title
Ctrl+B Bookmarks
Ctrl+P Playlist
Ctrl+I Stream, Media Info
Ctrl+S Preferences
Ctrl+G Extended GUI