13 useful VLC keyboard shortcuts. Frequent VLC user? You're missing out if you haven't memorized these keyboard shortcuts yet. These instructions work for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and – I’ve just tested – I can confirm it works on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion as well. Keyboard shortcuts can be necessary to force an app to exit, as a hung app may prevent access to the force quit function through the Apple menu.
VLC is my favorite Media Player and it has been there in my Windows PC since ages now and I am quite good at those VLC Keyboard Shortcuts and use them quite often and easily got rid of all those right clicks and huge preferences menu where you can’t search for the simplest options around. VLC Media player or the VideoLan media player is a freeware and is developed by a team of developers from all across the globe. You can get the most needed updates quite regularly. It has been estimated that there are millions of so far.
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So to be more productive its quite necessary for you to learn the VLC media Player Keyboard Shortcuts which can be used on Windows or Mac OS. 50 Best VLC Keyboard Shortcuts: I will make it easier for you to see the most used VLC Shortcuts first and latest I will simply post the random ones which may be helpful in long run. 1- F key: The “F” key can be used to toggle between full-screen. 2- Esc: It can be use to exit from the Full Screen 3- Space: Mostly used to pause and run the video. 4- A: Used to change the screen resolution of the video being played. You can choose the Default, 16: 9 or even the 4:3 with respect to the screen you are using.
5- Z: Used to zoom in to any video at any moment. 6- Alt+Left/Alt+Right to Fast Forward slow 7- Ctrl+Left/Ctrl+Right to Fast forward Medium 8- Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+Down to Increase or Decrease Volume 9 – T: T is the one I use mostly while in full screen just to see the Time remaining or elapsed. 10 – +/- to Play Faster/Slower More shortcuts have been posted here included their actions too. If you like all the above 50 Best VLC Media Player Shortcuts then you can like our post and make sure to share it too. Meanwhile you can read about the best tricks of getting on the VLC media player.
20 Best VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts 1. Full Screen Windows: F Mac OS: Command+F 2. Exit Full Screen Windows: Esc or F Mac OS: Command+F 3. Pause/Play Windows: Spacebar Mac OS: Spacebar 4.
Turn on/off Subtitles Windows: V Mac OS: S 5. Jump Forward/Backward Windows: Ctrl+left/Right (short), Alt+Left/Right (Medium), Shift+Left/Right (Long) Mac OS: Command +Ctrl+left/Right (short), Command+Option+Left/Right (Medium), command+Shift+Left/Right (Long) 6. Control Volume Windows: Ctrl+ (Up/Down) arrow Mac OS: Command+Up/Down arrow 7. Mute Windows: M Mac OS: Command+Option+Down 8. Open File Windows: Ctrl+O Mac OS: Command+O 9.
Change Aspect Ratio Windows: A Mac OS: A 10. Manage Subtitle delay Windows: Decrease “G” and Increase “H” Mac OS: Decrease “H” and Increase “J” 11. Manage Audio delay Windows: Decrease “J” and Increase “K” Mac OS: Decrease “F” and Increase “G” 12. Moves Frame by Frame Windows: E Mac OS: E 13.
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Hide Controls Windows: Ctrl+H Mac OS: Command+H 14. Manage Bookmarks Windows: Ctrl+B Mac OS: Command+B 15.
Open and Save Playlist Windows: Open “Ctrl+L” and Save “Ctrl+Y” Mac OS: Open “Command+L” and Save “Command+Y” 16. Play Next or Previous Track List Windows: Use “N” for next and use “P” for previous Mac OS: Use “command+Right Arrow Key” for next and for previous “Command+Left Arrow Key”.
See Playback Time Windows: Use “T” to see the playback time. Mac OS: Use “T” to see the playback time. Change Playback Speed Windows: Increase “+” and Decrease “” Mac OS: use command and “+” together for increase playback speed and use command and “-” together to decrease playback speed. Take a Screenshot Windows: Shift+s Mac OS: Shift+S 20. Access Effects and Filters Menu Windows: Ctrl+E Mac OS: Command+E.
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