A list of shortcuts for VLC, GOM, KM and WINAMP media players that you should know

Media players as we all know, are applications on our PCs or mobile devices used to play media files. Be it a software or the operating system itself, having the main keyboard shortcuts memorized and using them each day can save you a ton of time in the long run.

While some might like the mouse more and feel that they could be more productive with that, keyboard is something which you tend to use far more than the mouse and hence knowing how to use it faster and better doesn’t harm.

Below are a list of  'em shortcuts for the above mentioned media players.

1.    VLC MEDIA PLAYERS SHORTCUTS

• [M]------------------Mute
• [F]-------------------Fullscreen
• [Space]--------------Play/Pause
• [s]-------------------Stop
• [P]-------------------Previous Item
• [+]-------------------Faster Playing Mode
• [-]-------------------Slower Playing Mode
• [T]------------------Time Played/Time Left
• [N]------------------Next
• [Enter]---------------Active
• [A]------------------Toggle video to different aspect ratios
• [V]------------------Enable subtitles 
• [Z]------------------Zoom In or Zoom Out
• [ctrl]+[Up Arrow]-------------Increase volume
• [ctrl]+[Down Arrow]------------Decrease volume
• [ctrl]+[H]------------------------Subtitle Delay Up
• [ctrl]+[J]-------------------------Subtitle Delay Down
• [ctrl]+[B]------------------------Bookmarks
• [ctrl]+[P]------------------------Playlist ( when playing musics )
• [ctrl]+[A]------------------------Active Capture Device
• [ctrl]+[M]-----------------------Go to DVD Menu
• [ctrl]+[D]------------------------Next DVD chapter
• [ctrl]+[P]------------------------Select Previous DVD title ( for DVD )
• [ctrl]+[M]-----------------------Messages ( General )
• [ctrl]+[M]-----------------------DVD Menu ( DVD Playbacks )
• [ctrl]+[U]------------------------Previous DVD Chapter 
• [ctrl]+[I]-------------------------Stream and Media Information
• [ctrl]+[W]-----------------------Streaming and Transcoding Wizard
• [ctrl]+[Q]-----------------------Quit Program
• [ctrl]+[G]------------------------Extended GUI
• [ctrl]+[S]------------------------Preferences
• [alt]+[Left Arrow]---------------Backward Jump
• [alt]+[Right Arrow]--------------Forward Jump
• [ctrl]+[Left Arrow]--------------Medium Backward Jump
• [ctrl]+[Right Arrow]-------------Medium Forward Jump
• [ctrl]+[N]------------------------Open Network Stream
• [ctrl]+[D]------------------------Open Disk ( Playback )
• [ctrl]+[O]------------------------For quickly opening a File
• [ctrl]+[F]------------------------Open a File
• [alt]+[ctrl]+[Left Arrow]---------Long Backward Jump
• [alt]+[ctrl]+[Right Arrow]--------Long Forward Jump
• [alt]+[ctrl]+[S]-------------------Video Snapshot
• [Shift]+[Right Arrow]------------Short Forward Jump
• [Shift]+[Left Arrow]-------------Short Backward Jump

2.     KM PLAYER

• [M]-------------------------Mute
• [ctrl]+[O]-------------------Open files

• [ctrl]+[U]-------------------Open URL
• [ctrl]+[K]-------------------Open Video CD
• [ctrl]+[V]-------------------Open DVD File
• [ctrl]+[F]-------------------Open Folder
• [ctrl]+[D]------------------Opend DVD Standard Device
• [ctrl]+[J]-------------------Open Files for TV-Output
• [ctrl]+[W]-----------------Open WDM ( TV ) as Default Device
• [ctrl]+[I]-------------------Open URL Extracted from IE
• [ctrl]+[M]------------------Open WDM ( TV ) Device
• [ctrl]+[R]-------------------Open Recent File
• [ctrl]+[P]-------------------Reopen After Changing Settings
• [Tab]------------------------Playback info ( on OSC )
• [Shift]+[tab]-----------------Playback Message
• [ctrl]+[tab]------------------Advanced Playback Info
• [ctrl]+[']--------------------Advanced Filter Info
• [Ctrl]+[Z]-------------------Stop
• [Page Up]-------------------Previous
• [Page Down]----------------Next
• [Space]---------------------Play
• [Alt]+[G]-------------------Control Box
• [Alt]+[E]--------------------Playlist
• [Alt]+[F4]-------------------Exit
• [1]--------------------------Half Size (50%)
• [2]--------------------------Normal Size (100%)
• [3]---------------------------One and a Half Size (150%)
• [4]---------------------------Double Size (200%)
• [5]---------------------------Full Screen (Normal)
• [6]---------------------------Full Screen (Stretch)
• [7]---------------------------Full Screen (Overscan)
• [8]--------------------------Maximize Window
• [9]--------------------------Desktop Mode

3.       WINAMP

• [F1]------------------------The about window of Winamp
• [Ctrl] + [A]-----------------Always on top toggle
• [Ctrl] + [W] -----------------Toggle window shade mode
• [Ctrl] + [D]------------------Toggle Double size mode
• [Ctrl] + [E] -----------------Toggle easy move
• [Ctrl] + [T]-----------------Toogle time display mode
• [Alt] + [W] ----------------Toggle main  window
• [Alt] + [E]------------------Toggle playlist editor
• [Alt] + [T] ---------------------Toggle mini browser
• [Ctrl] + [Tab] -----------------Cycle through the winamp windows
• [Alt] + [S]---------------- Go to skin selection
• [Ctrl] + [P] ---------------Go to preferences
• [Alt] + [F] ---------------- Jump to main menu
• [Ctrl] + [J] : ------------------Jump to time in current track
• [J] : ----------------------------Open jump to file box
• [.]-------------------------Open jump to file box
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [N]----------Open new winamp window
• [R]-------------------------Toggle repeat
• [S] ------------------------Toggle shuffle
• [Alt] + [3] -----------------Current file info box
• [alt]+[Left Arrow]----------Go Back
• [Alt]+[Right Arrow]---------Go Forward
• [ctrl]+[L] ----------------------Open "Go" Menu
• [Ctrl]+[O] --------------------Open Internet Location Box
• [Ctrl]+[R] ---------------------Reload Page
• [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[R] ---------------Update Link List

 

  4.     GOM Player

•  [F1] :---------------------- Display the About GOM Player window  
• [F2] : ----------------------Open File
•  [F3] : ----------------------Open Subtitles
•  [F4] : -----------------------Stop and close video
•  [F5] : ----------------------Open the Prefences window
•  [F7] : ----------------------Open/Close Control Panel window
•  [F8] : ----------------------Open/Close Playlist window
•  [F12]: ---------------------Open DVD
•  Ctrl + [F5] : ----------------Set Default Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F6] : ---------------Default Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F7] : ---------------4:3 Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F8] : ---------------16:9 Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F9] : ---------------1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F10]: --------------2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
•  Ctrl + [F11]: ---------------User-Defined Aspect Ratio
•  Alt  + [F4] : ---------------Quit GOM Player
•  Alt  + [F10]: ---------------Open Skin Manager
•  Alt  + [F11]: ----------------Previous color-scheme
•  Alt  + [F12]: ----------------Next color-scheme 
• Play/Pause:------------------ Spacebar 
•  Stop: ------------------------ Ctrl + Spacebar 
•  Pause and Hide Player: --------------ESC
• Fast Forward (10 sec) : -----------Right Arrow 
• Fast Forward (60 sec) : -----------Ctrl + Right Arrow
• Fast Forward (300 sec): ----------Shift + Right Arrow 
•  Rewind (10 sec): -------------------Left Arrow 
•  Rewind (60 sec): -------------------Ctrl + Left Arrow 
•  Rewind (300 sec)    : ---------------Shift + Left Arrow 
•  Advance by Keyframe : ------------F 
•  Playback Info: ------------------------Tab 
•  Play Previous File (Chapter) :------ Page Up 
•  Play Next File (Chapter)     : --------Page Down 
•  Play Speed Up   : -----------------------C 
•  Play Speed Down :--------------------- X 
•  Default Speed   : ------------------------z