Help Index
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Options & Settings
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Keyboard Shortcuts
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User interface
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Media Library
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Command & Control
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Formats & Decoders
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Chapters & Bookmarks
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Dynamic Video Editing
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Presets
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Calibration Patterns
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Streaming
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Resources
When no custom key file is in use, the following keys are available :
*** Information
F1 Open this Key list
Alt+Ctrl C Copy current position to the windows clipboard
Alt+Ctrl D Show current Date and Time
I Open Video Information Dialog
A+S+C V Show Current Version
Alt X Exit the Player
*** Interface
F2 Switch between Audio and Media modes
F4 Switch to Default Skin Layout (Default Skin)
Alt+Ctrl F4 Switch player to 100% visibility (Vista+ Only)
F5 Switch to Lite Skin Layout (Default Skin)
Alt+Ctrl F5 Switch player to 80% visibility (Vista+ Only)
F6 Switch to Minimalistic Skin Layout (Default Skin)
Alt+Ctrl F6 Switch player to 60% visibility (Vista+ Only)
F7 Switch to Video Only Skin Layout(Default Skin)
Alt+Ctrl F7 Switch player to 40% visibility (Vista+ Only)
F8 Toggle Default Skin Top-Bar (ON/OFF)
F9 Toggle Default Skin Bottom-Bar (ON/OFF)
F10 Switch between DVD and Media modes
Ctrl+Shift F10 Switch user interface to Classic mode
Ctrl+Shift F11 Switch user interface to Modern mode
Alt+Shift F12 Open the PC/HTPC/Tablet Pre-Configuration Wizard
Ctrl+Shift F12 Open the IPTV Setup Wizard
Alt 0 Bring Player Window to Front (Send Externally)
Shift C Open the Chapter/Bookmark Editor Dialog
Alt+Shift C Open the Contact Sheet Creator
D Open the Video Decoder's Properties/Configuration
Alt E Show/Hide the last open Home Theater interface
Shift E Show/Hide the Home Theater's Stream Selection interface
Shift F Show/Hide the Home Theater's File Browser interface
Alt+Shift F Show/Hide the Home Theater's Favorites interface
G Show/Hide the GoTo Timeline dialog
Alt G Show/Hide the Home Theater's GoTo-Time interface
Ctrl G Show/Hide the IPTV Player interface
Alt H Show/Hide the Play History interface
Shift H Show/Hide the Home Theater's Play History interface
Alt I Minimize the Player
Ctrl I Show/Hide the Home Theater's Station Browsing interface
Shift I Show/Hide the Home Theater's Main/Home interface
Alt+Shift I Show/Hide the Home Theater's Information interface
J Show/Hide the Advanced Playlist Control interface
Ctrl J Show/Hide MPC-VR video information overlay
Alt K Enable/Disable Video Blanking
Ctrl K Show/Hide the Blanking Presets dialog
Shift K Show/Hide the Home Theater's Blanking interface
Alt+Shift K Blank (black-out) non-playing monitors
Alt L Open the Playlist Editor dialog
Shift L Show/Hide the Control Bar buttons
Alt M Show/Hide the Home Theater's Media Library interface
Shift M Show/Hide the Media Library category editor
Ctrl+Shift M Show/Hide the Home Theater's Media Scanner interface
Alt+Shift M Rename/Move the playing media or playlist entry
N Open the Skin Selection dialog
Alt N Open the Home Theater's Chapter/Bookmark interface
Shift N Open the Home Theater's Playlist interface
Alt O Enable/Disable On-Screen-Display messages
Ctrl O Open the Options dialog
Shift O Show/Hide the Color Controls
Alt+Shift O Enable/Disable MadVR's smooth motion feature
Ctrl P Show/Hide the Image Position presets dialog
Shift P Cycle Image Calibration Pattern Modes
Q Show/Hide the Internal Equalizer dialog
Shift Q Show/Hide the Home Theater's Equalizer interface
Alt Q Open the Source/Streaming filter's configuration dialog
Alt S Open the Subtitle Configuration dialog
Shift S Show/Hide the Home Theater's Size & Position interface
Alt+Shift S Save the currently playing file in a new location
Alt+Ctrl S Show/Hide the Schedule editor dialog
Alt T Enable/Disable Stay-On-Top
Shift T Show/Hide the Scene Cut Editor dialog
Alt+Ctrl T Show/Hide the audio TAGs display
Ctrl+Shift T Open the Meta-Data editor
Shift Y Show/Hide the Media Server's browser client
Ctrl V Show/Hide the Home Theater's Media Library filter interface
Shift V Toggle the Internal Screen Saver (ON/OFF)
Alt W Show/Hide the Home Theater's Mouse Wheel function interface
Shift W Show/Hide the Home Theater's Web Browser interface
Alt+Shift W WhiteWash Screen-Burn repair (ON/OFF)
X Show/Hide the Station Manager dialog
Shift X Show/Hide the Home Theater's Custom-Menu interface
Ctrl X Show/Hide the Home Theater's Download Manager interface
Alt Z Cycle through the Zoom Axis (Width, Height, Width & Height)
Alt+Shift Z Zoom on badly encoded 16:9 content (containing black bars)
Alt+Ctrl Z Cycle through Zoom-in Levels (16.6%, 33.3%, 50%, 100%)
Delete Delete the currently playing file to the recycle bin
Shift Delete Delete the selected playlist entries to the recycle bin
Shift Esc Close Home Theater interfaces
Space Custom Action according to Space toggle setting in Options
Default value "Play / Pause"
Alt Space Control Bar (Show/Hide)
Ctrl Space Control Overlay (Show/Hide)
Ctrl PgDn Next Active Arrow Control function
Ctrl PgUp Previous Active Arrow Control function
Alt PgDn Move Selected Playlist Items Down one item
Alt PgUp Move Selected Playlist Items Up one item
Enter When in DVD Menu mode, select active menu item
Enter When in Media mode, Show the Selected Home Theater interface
Alt+Ctrl 0 .. 9 DVD Number Pad (0 - 9) action
*** Content
Alt F5 Increase Brightness
Ctrl F5 Decrease Brightness
Alt F6 Increase Contrast
Ctrl F6 Decrease Contrast
Alt F7 Increase Gamma
Ctrl F7 Decrease Gamma
Alt F8 Increase Hue
Ctrl F8 Decrease Hue
Alt F9 Increase Saturation
Ctrl F9 Decrease Saturation
Alt+Shift F1 .. F8 Apply Pixel Shaders preset (1 - 8)
Alt+Shift F9 Toggle Pre-image resize Pixel Shaders (ON/OFF)
Alt+Shift F10 Toggle Post-image resize Pixel Shaders (ON/OFF)
Alt+Shift F11 Toggle both Post and Pre-image resize Pixel Shaders (ON/OFF)
Ctrl F11 Reset Color settings
Ctrl F12 Apply Color settings
Alt 1 Zoom Video to 50% (in window mode)
Alt 2 Zoom Video to 100% (in window mode)
Alt 3 Zoom Video to 200% (in window mode)
Alt 4 Zoom Video to 400% (in window mode)
Alt 5 Zoom Video to 800% (in window mode)
Alt A Show the Audio Decoder property/configuration page
Shift A Cycle between preferred Audio Rendering devices
Ctrl+Shift D DeInterlacing Video (Enable/Disable)
Ctrl E Show the RingTone creator dialog
Alt F Frame Capture (Screenshot)
Alt+Ctrl F Update scraped image with a screenshot from the playing media
Ctrl+Shift F Add playing media to favorites list
Ctrl H Enable/Disable Source Relative Stretch
M Maximize Video/Window to screen size
R Cycle forward through Aspect Ratio modes
Shift R Cycle through Video Rotation modes (requires MadVR or MPC-VR)
Ctrl+Shift S Sharpen Video (Enable/Disable)
Ctrl T DVD Auto Aspect Ratio (Enable/Disable)
Alt+Shift R Manually decrease Derived Aspect Ratio width
Alt+Shift T Manually increase Derived Aspect Ratio width
Z Toggle Zoom Mode (Fullscreen maintaining image position)
Alt ] Cycle Video Presets
Alt [ Reverse Cycle Video Presets
Ctrl ] Cycle Blanking Presets
Ctrl [ Reverse Cycle Blanking Presets
` Set video size to source resolution
Shift ` Resize window to hide aspect ratio black bars (Windowed mode)
Ctrl ` Reset user interface size to default
Alt / Search for subtitle for the playing video
+ (Pad) Enlarge Video Area (Zoom in)
Ctrl + (Pad) Enlarge Width of Video Area
Alt + (Pad) Enlarge Height of Video Area
Shift + (Pad) Resync Audio +25ms
Alt+Shift + (Pad) Move Subtitles Down
Alt+Ctrl + (Pad) Resync Media Subtitles +100ms
- (Pad) Reduce Video Area (Zoom out)
Ctrl - (Pad) Reduce Width of Video Area
Alt - (Pad) Reduce Height of Video Area
Shift - (Pad) Resync Audio -25ms
Alt+Shift - (Pad) Move Subtitles Up
Alt+Ctrl - (Pad) Resync Media Subtitles -100ms
Arrows User selected functions (set in Options)
Arrows When in DVD/BluRay Menu mode, move menu selection
Shift Arrows Position Video Area, even in DVD Menu mode
Alt Arrows Pixel Resize Video Area (In Zoom Mode)
+ or = Increase Volume
- Decrease Volume
Ctrl Home Increase PreAmp Volume (can degrade quality)
Ctrl End Decrease PreAmp Volume (can degrade quality)
Alt Enter Fullscreen Mode (ON/OFF)
0 .. 9 Apply Zoom Preset (0 - 9)
Ctrl 0 .. 9 Store Zoom Preset (0 - 9)
Shift 0 .. 9 Apply Blanking Preset (0 - 9)
Alt+Shift 0 .. 9 Apply Custom Aspect Ratio Preset (0 - 9)
*** Playback
Alt 6 Toggle libVLC IPTV playback (Enabled/Disabled)
Alt 7 Toggle libVLC BluRay playback (Enabled/Disabled)
Alt 8 Toggle libVLC Media file playback (Enabled/Disabled)
Alt 9 Toggle libVLC Streaming playback (Enabled/Disabled)
A Pause
Ctrl A Cycle through Media/DVD Audio Tracks
B Create DVD Auto-Loading Bookmark (loads on play)
Alt B Attempt setting a DVD AutoLoad Bookmark at frame 0
Ctrl B Cycle through Media/DVD Subtitle Tracks
Shift B Disable Media/DVD Subtitle (if active)
Alt C Save Current chapter list for the playing media
Ctrl C Toggle Closed Captions (ON/OFF)
Ctrl+Shift C Add Current Position to Chapter/Bookmark Editor
Alt D Open an entire folder for playback (including sub-folders)
Ctrl D Save Definition File for the currently playing media
Alt+Shift D Load Definition File for the currently playing media
Shift D Open an entire Drive for playback
F Fast Forward (ON/OFF)
Ctrl F Half Speed: Fast Forward (ON/OFF)
Shift J Reload currently loaded media
L Slow Motion (ON/OFF)
Ctrl L Half Speed: Slow Motion (ON/OFF)
Ctrl M Mute Volume (ON/OFF)
Ctrl N Cycle through DVD Video Angles or Media Video Tracks
O Open File Dialog
P Play / Pause
Alt P Cycle through the Playlist's Auto-Repeat modes
Ctrl R Random (shuffle) Play (ON/OFF)
Alt R Start, Stop and Cancel AB-Repeat
S Stop and go to start of Clip
Ctrl S Stop and go to start of Playlist
T Seek to Start of Media (position "00:00:00")
U Unpause Playback (Discrete Play)
Alt U Play DVD bypassing Auto-Bookmark loading feature
Ctrl U Show/Hide the Scene Cut Editor dialog
Shift U Open Streaming URL
Alt+Ctrl U Open Streaming URL from Clipboard
Alt V Get Media Files Duration for current Playlist
W Rewind (ON/OFF)
Ctrl W Open Web Page
Ctrl Z Pause Playback at the end of the currently playing media
Shift Z Fast Play
[ Media: Previous Track, DVD: Previous Chapter
] Media: Next Track, DVD: Next Chapter
Shift [ Media: Previous Chapter, DVD: Previous Bookmark
Shift ] Media: Next Chapter, DVD: Next Bookmark
Alt+Shift [ Previous DVD Title
Alt+Shift ] Next DVD Title
Alt+Ctrl [ Seek Backward 10% of the media's duration
Alt+Ctrl ] Seek Forward 10% of the media's duration
, Seek Backward 5 seconds
. Seek Forward 5 seconds
Alt , Seek Backward 20 seconds
Alt . Seek Forward 20 seconds
Ctrl , Seek Backward 2 minutes
Ctrl . Seek Forward 2 minutes
Ctrl+Shift , Seek Backward 10 minutes
Ctrl+Shift . Seek Forward 10 minutes
Shift , Previous Frame
Shift . Next Frame
Alt+Shift , Move Audio Balance to the Left
Alt+Shift . Move Audio Balance to the Right
Alt+Ctrl , Decrease Play Rate 10%
Alt+Ctrl . Increase Play Rate 10%
Ctrl / Eject specified (Options) Disc Drive
Shift / Use libVLC to Cast playing media to a Chromecast device
; Open the DVD Root Menu (when playing a DVD)
Alt ; Open the DVD Chapter Menu (when playing a DVD)
Shift ; Open the DVD Subtitle Menu (when playing a DVD)
' Open the DVD Title Menu (when playing a DVD)
Alt ' Open the DVD Angle Menu (when playing a DVD)
Shift ' Open the DVD Audio Menu (when playing a DVD)
Ctrl ' Return from DVD SubMenu (when playing a DVD)
Esc Exit Zoom and Pause (and optionally exit player)
PgDn Play Next media file in the same folder (same ext)
PgUp Play Prev media file in the same folder (same ext)
Shift PgDn Play Next media file in the same folder (media ext)
Shift PgUp Play Prev media file in the same folder (media ext)
Alt Home Increase Play Rate (3 rate cycle)
Alt End Decrease Play Rate (3 rate cycle)