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    Mplayer keyboard shortcuts

    MPlayer is a multimedia player that has a lot of options, but not all are available through the GUI.

    Anyway, here is a list of available shortcuts that will make you able to change subtitles, audio track, sync audio and much more.

    To get a list of these shortcuts, it is also possible to type man mplayer in the terminal to get the manual in text mode:

    keyboard control
    <- and ->
    Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
    up and down
    Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
    pgup and pgdown
    Seek forward/backward 10 minutes.
    [ and ]
    Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
    { and }
    Halve/double current playback speed.
    backspace
    Reset playback speed to normal.
    < and >
    Go backward/forward in the playlist.
    ENTER
    Go forward in the playlist, even over the end.
    HOME and END
    next/previous playtree entry in the parent list
    INS and DEL (ASX playlist only)
    next/previous alternative source.
    p / SPACE
    Pause (pressing again unpauses).
    .
    Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every con‐
    secutive press will play one frame and then go into pause
    mode again (any other key unpauses).
    q / ESC
    Stop playing and quit.
    + and -
    Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
    / and *
    Decrease/increase volume.
    9 and 0
    Decrease/increase volume.
    ( and )
    Adjust audio balance in favor of left/right channel.
    m
    Mute sound.
    _ (MPEG-TS, AVI and libavformat only)
    Cycle through the available video tracks.
    # (DVD, MPEG, Matroska, AVI and libavformat only)
    Cycle through the available audio tracks.
    TAB (MPEG-TS only)
    Cycle through the available programs.
    f
    Toggle fullscreen (also see -fs).
    T
    Toggle stay-on-top (also see -ontop).
    w and e
    Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range.
    o
    Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek +
    timer + total time.
    d
    Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip
    decoding (see -framedrop and -hardframedrop).
    v
    Toggle subtitle visibility.
    j
    Cycle through the available subtitles.
    y and g
    Step forward/backward in the subtitle list.
    F
    Toggle displaying "forced subtitles".
    a
    Toggle subtitle alignment: top / middle / bottom.
    x and z
    Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
    r and t
    Move subtitles up/down.
    i (-edlout mode only)
    Set start or end of an EDL skip and write it out to the
    given file.
    s (-vf screenshot only)
    Take a screenshot.
    S (-vf screenshot only)
    Start/stop taking screenshots.
    I
    Show filename on the OSD.
    ! and @
    Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter.
    D (-vo xvmc, -vf yadif, -vf kerndeint only)
    Activate/deactivate deinterlacer.

    (The following keys are valid only when using a hardware accel‐
    erated video output (xv, (x)vidix, (x)mga, etc), the software
    equalizer (-vf eq or -vf eq2) or hue filter (-vf hue).)

    1 and 2
    Adjust contrast.
    3 and 4
    Adjust brightness.
    5 and 6
    Adjust hue.
    7 and 8
    Adjust saturation.

    (The following keys are valid only when using the quartz or ma‐
    cosx video output driver.)

    command + 0
    Resize movie window to half its original size.
    command + 1
    Resize movie window to its original size.
    command + 2
    Resize movie window to double its original size.
    command + f
    Toggle fullscreen (also see -fs).
    command + [ and command + ]
    Set movie window alpha.

    (The following keys are valid only when using the sdl video out‐
    put driver.)

    c
    Cycle through available fullscreen modes.
    n
    Restore original mode.

    (The following keys are valid if you have a keyboard with multi‐
    media keys.)

    PAUSE
    Pause.
    STOP
    Stop playing and quit.
    PREVIOUS and NEXT
    Seek backward/forward 1 minute.

    (The following keys are only valid if GUI support is compiled in
    and will take precedence over the keys defined above.)

    ENTER
    Start playing.
    ESC
    Stop playing.
    l
    Load file.
    t
    Load subtitle.
    c
    Open skin browser.
    p
    Open playlist.
    r
    Open preferences.

    (The following keys are only valid if you compiled with TV or
    DVB input support and will take precedence over the keys defined
    above.)

    h and k
    Select previous/next channel.
    n
    Change norm.
    u
    Change channel list.

    (The following keys are only valid if you compiled with dvdnav
    support: They are used to navigate the menus.)

    keypad 8
    Select button up.
    keypad 2
    Select button down.
    keypad 4
    Select button left.
    keypad 6
    Select button right.
    keypad 5
    Return to main menu.
    keypad 7
    Return to nearest menu (the order of preference is: chap‐
    ter->title->root).
    keypad ENTER
    Confirm choice.

    (The following keys are only valid if teletext support is en‐
    abled during compilation: They are used for controlling TV tele‐
    text.)

    X Switch teletext on/off.
    Q and W
    Go to next/prev teletext page.

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    Re: Mplayer keyboard shortcuts

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    Re: Mplayer keyboard shortcuts

    Has anyone noticed that some of these don't work?

    For example, try loading more than one subtitle files at once. I tried cycling through the available subtitles using y and g, but y delayed the subtitles for about 90 seconds instead. g lessened the delay by a second or two. b does nothing. Only j cycles through subtitles.

    Also, I tried cycling through audio tracks today. The manpage lists #, but when I pressed it, it only displayed the name of the current audio track, it didn't change it.

    Is the manpage outdated? Am I the only one having these problems? I am using Gutsy.
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