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We've compiled most of the mpv's hotkeys together. We hope they will allow you to control mpv better. If you'd like to access user-defined bindings, go to ~/.config/mpv/input.conf .

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We've compiled most of the mpv's hotkeys together. We hope they will allow you to control mpv better. If you'd like to access user-defined bindings, go to ~/.config/mpv/input.conf .

14	P	Pause / Playback
8	F	Toggle fullscreen
15	M	Mute
24	V	Toggle subtitles
23	S	Take a screenshot
11	↑ Shift + S	Take a screenshot without subtitles (may or may not work depending on display driver)
9	Ctrl + S	Take a scaled screenshot with subtitles and OSD
30	Alt + S	Automatically take screenshot of every frame
6	Q	Quit, save current position
7	O	Show progress
0	↑ Shift + O	Toggle show progress
8	↑ Shift + T	Toggle video window on top

10	Page Up / Down	Next / previous chapter
21	.	Next frame
23	,	Previous frame
12	← →	Seek 5 seconds
7	↑ Shift + ← →	Exact seek 1 seconds (don't show on the OSD)
3	↑ ↓	Seek 60 seconds
5	↑ Shift + ↑ ↓	Exact seek 5 seconds (don't show on the OSD)
1	Shift + Page Up / Down	Seek 600 seconds

4	Ctrl + +	Increase audio delay
6	Ctrl + -	Decrease audio delay
56	[	Decrease speed
66	]	Increase speed
6	M	Mute / unmute audio
12	↑ Shift + A	Cycle aspect ratio ("16:9", "4:3", "2.35:1", "-1")
2	1	Decrease contrast
0	2	Increase contrast
3	3	Decrease brightness
-1	4	Increase brightness
1	5	Decrease gamma
1	6	Increase gamma
0	7	Decrease saturation
2	8	Increase saturation
32	9	Decrease audio volume
28	0	Increase audio volume
-17	W	Zoom out
-15	E	Zoom in

4	V	Show / hide subtitles
23	J	Next subtitle
7	↑ Shift + J	Previous subtitle
27	Z	Increase subtitle delay
21	X	Decrease subitle delay
9	R	Move subtitles up
10	T	Move subitles down
8	Ctrl + ← →	Skip to previous / next subtitle
3	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ←	Adjust timing to previous subtitle
2	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + →	Adjust timing to next subtitle

1	Alt + ←	Add video pan-x 0.1
-1	Alt + →	Add video pan-x -0.1
5	Alt + ↑	Add video pan-y 0.1
5	Alt + ↓	Add video pan-y -0.1
3	Alt + Backspace	Reset video zoom, video pan-x and video pan-y to 0

2		Seek 10 seconds
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-2		Seek -10 seconds
4		Toggle fullscreen
1		Toggle pause

7	Ctrl + H	Cycle hardware decoding
-6	Ctrl + C	Quit
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Program name: mpv mpv (Media player)

mpv is a free and open-source media player software that runs on several operating systems including Linux, macOS, and Windows. Based on the MPlayer, the program also has an Android port called mpv-android.

Web page: mpv.io

Last update: 2/10/2025 12:19 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 88%

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? Bill OP says:

A-B loops, more explicitly: Open the file in mpv. Position to 'A' and press 'l', now position to 'B' and press 'l' again. mpv will respond briefly with a message indicating that you have created an A-B loop. To cancel it press 'l' once more.

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? Guest OP says:

#_ cycle video # switch video track

? Banana Joe OP says:

You can also loop A-B with L. L+shift loops whole file. You can pretty much do anything you want with these shortcuts. They're worth learning. I also hate VLC's right mouse button. And VLC doesn't have everything MPV has, but most of all it's not such a great quality player as MPV. MPV is much better if you want your videos decoded by hardware/GPU. it works beautifully and offloads decoding from CPU. VLC is quite buggy.

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You can also ZOOM IN with ALT++ and ZOOM OUT with ALT+- and then use ALT+arrows to pan around the video. Very handy when you need to zoom in details in all those science docos. d=;)

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? giovannirocky OP says:

Thanks for putting together this comprehensive list of mpv hotkeys! It's so handy to have all these shortcuts in one place. I've been using mpv for a while, but I'm still discovering new ways to enhance my video playback experience with these hotkeys. And the tip about user-defined bindings in ~/.config/mpv/input.conf is a game-changer – customization to the max!

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? Hoempert OP says:

Is there a way to enter a specific time so that the timeline jumps to that given time of e.g. a video.

when playing a list of videos, this is essential
shift , : previous video
shift . : next video

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? Mickie OP says:

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? Comexs OP says:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mpv-player/mpv/master/etc/input.conf download this file and move it to the mpv folder.

It isn't even odd, it is ridiculous. The UP/DOWN Arrow keys for Volume Control is pretty obvious..... I thought, anyways.....

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You are totally right. The controls for the MPV player are just horrible. If the mouse and keyboard controls were developed beyond primitive phase design, I would never use VLC again (not that I don't like it). For now, I also stay with VLC.

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How can I change the volume control to the Up and Down Arrow keys?

Right now, the up/down/left/right arrow keys all do the same forward/reverse tracking.

Ideally, I would like the Mouse Scroll Wheel to adjust the volume, like VLC player does. I know the idea is to be mousless, but when watching a movie, it is way easier and better to scroll the mouse wheel, than get your hands back on the keyboard.

Just getting the up and down arrow keys to adjust the volume would be great.

Thanks!

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