VLC Media Player Shortcut key (HotKeys)

Ctrl + A 

Advanced controls

Ctrl + B 

Bookmarks

Ctrl + C 

Open capture device

Ctrl + D 

Open disc

Ctrl + E 

Extended settings

Ctrl + F 

Open Folder/Directory

Ctrl + H 

hide/show menus (a.k.a Minimal view; like in Acrobat Reader)

Ctrl + I 

Media Information

Ctrl + J 

Codecs Information

Ctrl + L 

Hide/Show playlist

Ctrl + M 

Messages

Ctrl + N 

Open network stream

Ctrl + O 

Open File

Ctrl + P 

Preferences

Ctrl + Q 

Quit

Ctrl + R 

Convert/Save

Ctrl + S 

Streaming

Ctrl + T 

Goto Time

Ctrl + U 

Dock/Undock playlist

Ctrl + V 

Paste Location/Paste MRL

Ctrl + Shift+W 

VLM configurator

Ctrl + X 

Load playlist

Ctrl + Y 

Save playlist

+ 

faster

- 

slower

ESC 

leave fullscreen/close dialogue

space 

play/pause

Enter 

select menu entry (dvd)

Arrows 

navigate menus (dvd)

A 

cycle aspect ratio

B 

cycle audio track

C 

cycle cropping ratio

D 

cycle deinterlace filters

E 

next frame (1.0 and over)

F 

toggle fullscreen

G 

subdelay down

H 

subdelay up

I 

interface show

J 

audiodelay down

K 

audiodelay up OR next subtitle-track (or none) (??????????????)

L 

loop

M 

mute

N 

next track

O 

original video size ( adding the black borders to the video )

P 

previous track

R 

random

S 

stop

T 

position/time

V 

subtitle track cycle

W 

wallpaper (does only work with video output DirectX)

Z 

cycle zoom

Shift + A 

cycle audio device

Shift + B 

title next

Shift + G 

history back

Shift + H 

history forward

Shift + N 

chapter next

Shift + O 

title prev

Shift + P 

chapter prev

Shift + M 

disc menu

Shift + R 

Record

Shift + S 

snapshot

Alt + A 

audio menu (English translation)

Alt + C 

crop / (+shift) uncrop bottom

Alt + D 

crop / (+shift) uncrop left

Alt + F 

crop / (+shift) uncrop right

Alt + H 

help menu (English translation)

Alt + L 

playback menu (English translation)

Alt + M 

media menu (English translation)

Alt + R 

crop / (+shift) uncrop top

Alt + T 

tools menu (English translation)

Alt + V 

video menu (English translation)

Alt + Left Arrow 

jump 10 sec. back

Alt + Right Arrow 

jump 10 sec. forward

Control + Left Arrow 

jump 1 minute back

Control + Right Arrow 

jump 1 minute forward

Control + Alt + Left Arrow 

jump 5 minutes back

Control + Alt + Right Arrow 

jump 5 minutes forward

Shift + Left Arrow 

jump 5 seconds back

Shift + Right Arrow 

jump 5 seconds forward