VLC Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet of 82 keyboard shortcuts in VLC Player

General

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Fullscreen	`F`	`F`
Exit Fullscreen	`Esc`	`Esc`
Play/Pause	`Space`	`Space`
Pause only	`]`	`]`
Play only	`[`	`[`
Faster	`+`	`+`
Slower	`-`	`-`
Normal rate	`=`	`=`
Next	`N`	`N`
Previous	`P`	`P`
Stop	`S`	`S`
Position	`T`	`T`
Very short back jump	`Shift` + `Left`	`Shift` + `Left`
Very short forward jump	`Shift` + `Right`	`Shift` + `Right`
Short back jump	`Alt` + `Left`	`Alt` + `Left`
Short forward jump	`Alt` + `Right`	`Alt` + `Right`
Medium back jump	`Cmd` + `Left`	`Ctrl` + `Left`
Medium forward jump	`Cmd` + `Right`	`Ctrl` + `Right`
Long back jump	`Cmd` + `Alt` + `Left`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Left`
Long forward jump	`Cmd` + `Alt` + `Right`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Right`
Next frame	`E`	`E`
Enable	`Enter`	`Enter`
Navigate Up	`Up`	`Up`
Navigate Down	`Down`	`Down`
Navigate Left	`Left`	`Left`
Navigate Right	`Right`	`Right`
Go to DVD menu	`Shift` + `M`	`Shift` + `M`
Select previous DVD title	`Shift` + `O`	`Shift` + `O`
Select next DVD title	`Shift` + `B`	`Shift` + `B`
Select previous DVD chapter	`Shift` + `P`	`Shift` + `P`
Select next DVD chapter	`Shift` + `N`	`Shift` + `N`
Quit	`Cmd` + `Q`	`Ctrl` + `Q`
Volume Up	`Cmd` + `Up`	`Ctrl` + `Up`
Volume Down	`Cmd` + `Down`	`Ctrl` + `Down`
Mute	`M`	`M`
Subtitle delay	`H`	`H`
Decrease subtitle delay	`G`	`G`
Increase audio delay	`K`	`K`
Decrease audio delay	`J`	`J`
Cycle audio tracks	`B`	`B`
Cycle audio devices	`Shift` + `A`	`Shift` + `A`
Cycle subtitle tracks	`V`	`V`
Cycle aspect ratio	`A`	`A`
Cycle video crop	`C`	`C`
Toggle autoscale	`O`	`O`
Increase scale factor	`Alt` + `O`	`Alt` + `O`
Decrease scale factor	`Shift` + `Alt` + `O`	`Shift` + `Alt` + `O`
Cycle deinterlace mode	`D`	`D`
Show interface	`I`	`I`
Hide interface	`Shift` + `I`	`Shift` + `I`
Take video snapshot	`Shift` + `S`	`Shift` + `S`
Go back in browsing history	`Shift` + `G`	`Shift` + `G`
Go forward in browsing history	`Shift` + `H`	`Shift` + `H`
Record	`Shift` + `R`	`Shift` + `R`
Dump	`Shift` + `D`	`Shift` + `D`
Zoom	`Z`	`Z`
Unzoom	`Shift` + `Z`	`Shift` + `Z`
Toggle wallpaper mode	`W`	`W`
Show OSD menu on top	`Alt` + `Shift` + `M`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `M`
Do not show OSD menu	`Alt` + `Cmd` + `M`	`Alt` + `Ctrl` + `M`
Highlight widget to the right	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Right`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Right`
Highlight widget to the left	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Left`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Left`
Highlight widget above	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Up`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Up`
Highlight widget below	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Down`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Down`
Select current widget	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Enter`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `Enter`
Crop one pixel from top	`Alt` + `R`	`Alt` + `R`
Uncrop one pixel from top	`Alt` + `Shift` + `R`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `R`
Crop one pixel from left	`Alt` + `D`	`Alt` + `D`
Uncrop one pixel from left	`Alt` + `Shift` + `D`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `D`
Crop one pixel from bottom	`Alt` + `C`	`Alt` + `C`
Uncrop one pixel from bottom	`Alt` + `Shift` + `C`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `C`
Crop one pixel from right	`Alt` + `F`	`Alt` + `F`
Uncrop one pixel from right	`Alt` + `Shift` + `F`	`Alt` + `Shift` + `F`
Random	`R`	`R`
Normal/Repeat/Loop	`L`	`L`
1:4 Quarter	`Cmd` + `1`	`Ctrl` + `1`
1:2 Half	`Cmd` + `2`	`Ctrl` + `2`
1:1 Original	`Cmd` + `3`	`Ctrl` + `3`
2:1 Double	`Cmd` + `4`	`Ctrl` + `4`
Very short jump length (integer)	`3`	`3`
Set playlist bookmark 1-10	`Cmd` + `F1-F10`	`Ctrl` + `F1-F10`
Play playlist bookmark 1-10	`F1-F10`	`F1-F10`