Earlier we have seen How to install VLC media player in Mac OS X in our last post, so I hope you already have vlc media player installed in your mac.
Using any application/software without keyboard shortcut sometimes becomes painful, image a situation where you have no idea about keyboard shortcuts or the hotkeys, I can bet you would wonder around toolbar and waste quite a useful time of yours doing things that you could have done within seconds with the help of keyboard shortcuts.
Using most frequent/ common vlc media player shortcuts in Mac OS X can increase the productivity many folds. Keyboard shortcuts /hotkeys for vlc media player are same in every mac OS X version i.e. OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.7 Lion etc. Below are the most frequently used vlc keyboard shortcuts for mac os x.
Action |
Shortcut |
Fullscreen | ⌘(Command) + F |
Exit Fullscreen | Esc |
Play/Pause | Space |
Navigation |
Shortcuts |
Faster | ⌘(Command) + = |
Slower | ⌘(Command) + – |
Next | ⌘(Command) + (Right Arrow) |
Previous | ⌘(Command) +(Left Arrow) |
Stop | ⌘(Command) + . |
Position | T |
Jump backward by about 3-4 seconds | ⌘(Command) + Control + Left Arrow |
Jump forward by about 3-4 seconds | ⌘(Command) + Control + Right Arrow |
Jump backward by about 10 seconds | ⌘(Command) + Option + Left Arrow |
Jump forward by about 10 seconds | ⌘(Command) + Option + Right Arrow |
Jump backward by about 1 minute | ⌘(Command) + Shift + Left Arrow |
Jump forward by about 10 minute | ⌘(Command) + Shift + Right Arrow |
Volume |
Controls |
Increase Volume | ⌘(Command) + Up Arrow |
Decrease Volume | ⌘(Command) + Down Arrow |
These are few shortcuts for opening media file, setting aspect ration, subtitle and audio delay etc.
Playback |
Adjustment |
Aspect Ration | A |
Crop Screen | C |
Decrease Audio delay in ms | F |
Increase Audio delay in ms | G |
Decrease subtitle delay in ms | H |
Increase subtitle delay in ms | J |
Open single file | ⌘(Command)+ O |
Open Advanced file | ⌘(Command) + Shift + O |