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VLC is VideoLAN's free, open-source, cross-platform media player that plays nearly any audio or video file, disc, stream or webcam input without extra codecs. These are VLC 3.0's shipped defaults, taken from VideoLAN's own hotkey table in the player's source and from the menu definitions of the two interfaces it ships: Qt on Windows and Linux, Cocoa on macOS. The media keys are mostly identical everywhere, while macOS swaps CMD in for the CTRL of the Windows and Linux builds — and in several cases, such as the subtitle and audio delay keys, binds an entirely different letter.

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All VLC media player keyboard shortcuts (Mac)

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Esc
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
`
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
-
=
⌫
Tab
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
[
]
\
⇪
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
;
'
↩
Shift
Z
X
C
V
B
N
M
,
.
/
Shift
⌃
⌘
⌥
Space
⌥
⌘
⌃
↑
←
↓
→

+ 2 more controls in the table below

115 shortcuts

Interface 18

Action Shortcut
Open file ⌘O
Open network stream ⌘N
Preferences ⌘,
Open multiple files ⌘⇧O
Open disc ⌘D
Effects and filters ⌘E
Media information ⌘I
Open capture device ⌘R
Convert / Save ⌘⇧S
Bookmarks ⌘B
Show controller in fullscreen I
Close window ⌘W
Audio effects ⌘⇧E
Messages ⌘⇧M
Errors and warnings ⌘⌥M
Playback window ⌘⌥C
Minimize ⌘M
VLC media player help ⌘⇧/

Video 21

Action Shortcut
Fullscreen ⌘F
Exit fullscreen ⎋
Cycle source aspect ratio A
Take video snapshot ⌘⌥S
Cycle video crop C
Record ⌘⇧R
Zoom Z
Un-Zoom ⇧Z
Toggle autoscaling O
Toggle deinterlacing D
Increase scale factor ⌥O
Decrease scale factor ⌥⇧O
Cycle deinterlace modes ⇧D
1:2 Half ⌘0
1:1 Original ⌘1
2:1 Double ⌘2
Fit to screen ⌘3
Shrink the viewpoint field of view (360°) ⇞
Expand the viewpoint field of view (360°) ⇟
Cycle next program Service ID X
Cycle previous program Service ID ⇧X

Bookmarks 16

Action Shortcut
Set playlist bookmark 1 ⌘F1
Set playlist bookmark 2 ⌘F2
Set playlist bookmark 3 ⌘F3
Set playlist bookmark 4 ⌘F4
Set playlist bookmark 5 ⌘F5
Set playlist bookmark 6 ⌘F6
Set playlist bookmark 7 ⌘F7
Set playlist bookmark 8 ⌘F8
Play playlist bookmark 1 F1
Play playlist bookmark 2 F2
Play playlist bookmark 3 F3
Play playlist bookmark 4 F4
Play playlist bookmark 5 F5
Play playlist bookmark 6 F6
Play playlist bookmark 7 F7
Play playlist bookmark 8 F8

Playback 11

Action Shortcut
Play / Pause ␣
Stop ⌘.
Next ⌘→
Previous ⌘←
Faster ⌘=
Slower ⌘−
Next frame E
Random ⌘Z
Normal / Loop / Repeat ⇧L
Quit ⌘Q
Position T

Subtitles 11

Action Shortcut
Cycle subtitle track S
Toggle subtitles ⇧S
Subtitle delay up J
Subtitle delay down H
Cycle subtitle track in reverse order ⌥S
Subtitle sync / bookmark audio timestamp ⇧H
Subtitle sync / bookmark subtitle timestamp ⇧J
Subtitle sync / synchronize audio & subtitle timestamps ⇧K
Subtitle sync / reset audio & subtitle synchronization ⌘⇧K
Scale down subtitles text ⌘Wheel ↑
Scale up subtitles text ⌘Wheel ↓

Disc 10

Action Shortcut
Activate (select menu entry) ↵
Go to the DVD menu ⌃M
Select previous DVD chapter ⌃U
Select next DVD chapter ⌃D
Navigate up ↑
Navigate down ↓
Navigate left ←
Navigate right →
Select previous DVD title ⌃P
Select next DVD title ⌃N

Navigation 9

Action Shortcut
Very short backwards jump (3 s) ⌃⌘←
Very short forward jump (3 s) ⌃⌘→
Short backwards jump (10 s) ⌘⌥←
Short forward jump (10 s) ⌘⌥→
Medium backwards jump (1 min) ⌘⇧←
Medium forward jump (1 min) ⌘⇧→
Go to time ⌘J
Long backwards jump (5 min) ⌘⌥⇧←
Long forward jump (5 min) ⌘⌥⇧→

Cropping 8

Action Shortcut
Crop one pixel from the top of the video ⌥I
Uncrop one pixel from the top of the video ⌥⇧I
Crop one pixel from the left of the video ⌥J
Uncrop one pixel from the left of the video ⌥⇧J
Crop one pixel from the bottom of the video ⌥K
Uncrop one pixel from the bottom of the video ⌥⇧K
Crop one pixel from the right of the video ⌥L
Uncrop one pixel from the right of the video ⌥⇧L

Audio 7

Action Shortcut
Volume up ⌘↑
Volume down ⌘↓
Mute ⌘⌥↓
Cycle audio track L
Audio delay up G
Audio delay down F
Cycle through audio devices ⇧A

Playlist 4

Action Shortcut
Show / hide playlist ⌘⌥P
Save playlist to file ⌘S
Repeat playlist ⌘L
A→B loop ⌘⇧L

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VLC media player has 115 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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