MPlayer keybindings

bilalshussain@gmail.com (Bilal Syed Hussain) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:25:32 +0000

A list of MPlayer’s keybindings since it hard to find a complete list online. If using a Mac consider using MPlayer OSX Extended which is the best GUI for MPlayer on the mac.

Common
p / SPACE	Pause (pressing again unpauses).
q / ESC	Stop playing.
f	Toggle fullscreen
#	Cycle through the available audio tracks.
T	Toggle stay-on-top
Navigation
← and →	Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
↓ and ↑	Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
Pagedown and Pageup	Seek backward/forward 10 minutes.
! and @	Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter.
Volume
/ and *	Decrease/increase volume.
9 and 0	Decrease/increase volume.
m	Mute sound.
Subtitles
j	Cycle through the available subtitles.
J	Cycle through the available subtitles backwards.
y and g	Step forward/backward in the subtitle list.
x and z	Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.

Playlists

< and >	Go backward/forward in the playlist.
ENTER	Go forward in the playlist.
HOME and END	next/previous playtree entry in the parent list.
Information
I	Show filename on the OSD.
P	Show current time/total time
o	Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
⇥ (Tab)	Cycle timestamp display modes
\1
+ and -	Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
d	Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip decoding.
Playback Speed
[ and ]	Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
{ and }	Halve/double current playback speed.
backspace	Reset playback speed to normal
Video Equaliser
1 and 2	Adjust contrast.
3 and 4	Adjust brightness.
5 and 6	Adjust hue.
7 and 8	Adjust saturation.

Tools on Bilal Syed Hussain

MPlayer keybindings