How to Edit Shortcuts on VLC Media Player?

The VLC media player is a free and open-source , portable , cross-platform media player program. It has plenty of shortcuts to make the work simple for us. With the help of these handy shortcuts, we can use the player and its functions quickly. This helpful post will show how to edit shortcuts on your VLC media player program on your Windows 10 system. Let’s get into this post and check out the steps given below.

Features of VLC Player

• This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
• It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
• VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
• It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.

Edit VLC Media Player Shortcuts

Kindly follow the below-given instructions to edit the VLC media player hotkeys on your own.

• Primarily, you need to launch the VLC Media Player software on your system.
• Under the Tools bar, you need to select the Preferences option from the menu, or else, you can also press the CTRL + P shortcut to open the Simple Preferences dialog box.

Tools tab

• It will open the Simple Preferences dialog box.
• You have to *click * the *Hotkeys * option to see the different sets of shortcuts of VLC.

Hotkeys section

• Now, you need to double-click on any one of the Action or Hotkey as you wish.
• For instance, we choosed the key Esc.

Select the Hotkey

• Now, it will display the Hotkey Change dialog box on your screen.
• You have to press the key combination to change it with your custom shortcuts.
• For example, you can press CTRL + K keys together or just the K key as you need.
• Here, we used the Q key as the replacement.

Pop-up box

• If the shortcut is already assigned, then it will display the warning message as shown below.

Warning message

• Otherwise, it will make the change.
• Then, it would be best if you hit ** ** the Save button.

Click the Save button

• That’s it. You successfully edited the VLC shortcut Keys.

Frequently Used Shortcuts on VLC

• Space bar – It helps to play or pause the video.
• F – This key will toggle between full-screen mode or window mode.
• A – It can change the aspect ratio.
• Z – It is used to change the Zoom mode.
• ALT + Left Arrow or ALT + Right Arrow – This hotkey is used for fast forward or slow.
• CTRL + Up or CTRL + Down Arrow – It helps to increase or decrease the volume.
• M – Click this button to mute the video.
• S – It helps to stop the playback.

Want more shortcuts? Then kindly head to the 100+ list of ** VLC shortcuts **!

Verdict

This helpful post illustrated how to edit shortcuts on your VLC media player program on your Windows 10 system. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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