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Mplayer, Mpv and Vlc keyboard control

I personnaly use mplayer, mpv and vlc as media players. I will put here some Keyboard Control.

Keyboard Control

Function mplayer mpv vlc
Adjust audio delay (A/V sync) - / + Ctrl+- / Ctrl++ j / k
Adjust subtitle delay x / z Z / z h / g
Cycle through the available audio tracks # # b
Cycle through the available subtitles j / J j / J v / Alt+v
Chapters Next/Previous Page Up / Page Down ⇧ Shift+n / ⇧ Shift+p
Decrease/increase volume / * / * Ctrl+ / Ctrl+
Decrease/increase current playback speed [ ] { } [ ] { }
Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range (zoom / dezoom) e / w w / W
Full screen f f f
Go backward/forward in the playlist < > < > p / n
Hide / Show Subtitles v v Shift+v
Move subtitles up/down r / t r / R
Mute m m m
Pause / Play p / Space bar p / Space bar Space bar
Reset playback speed to normal ← Backspace ← Backspace =
Show progression bar, elapsed time and total duration on the OSD o o / O
Show statistics about the currently playing file such as codec, framerate, number of dropped frames... i / I
Toggle infinite looping L l
Toggle hardware video decoding on/off Ctrl+h
Toggle stay-on-top T T
Take a screenshot s ⇧ Shift+s
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