MPlayer keybindings
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. |