Essential Windows Media Player 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Give your mouse wrist a rest and use keyboard shortcuts in Windows Media Player 11 instead. Here’s a comprehensive list of each shortcut and what it does.
Audio
Increase the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[F9]
Decrease the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[F8]
Mute/unmute the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[F7]
Playback and Playlist
Play or pause a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [P], Space Bar
Close or stop playing a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [W], [Ctrl] + [S], [Ctrl] + [f4]
Play the next item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [F]
Play the previous item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [B]
Create a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [N]
Repeat the playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [T]
Turn shuffle on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [H]
Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[R]
Fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]
Play faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [G]
Play Slower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [S]
Play at Normal Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N]>
Short Backwards Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Shift] + [Left Arrow]
Short Forward Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Shift] + [Right Arrow]
Medium Backwards Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Left Arrow], [Down Arrow]
Medium Forward Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Right Arrow], [Up Arrow]
Long Backwards Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [Left Arrow]
Long Forward jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [Right Arrow]
Open Media
Open media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Ctrl] + [O]
Open URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [U]
Eject CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Ctrl] + [J]
Other Useful Shortcuts
Show / captions and subtitles on or off . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [C]
Show video in full screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . [Alt] + [Enter]
full mode, hide/unhide menu bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Ctrl] + [M]
Switch to full mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Ctrl] + [1]
Switch to skin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Ctrl] + [2]
Zoom to 50 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Alt] + [1]
Zoom to 100 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[Alt] + [2]
Zoom to 200 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[Alt] + [3]
Add media files to the library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F3]
Refresh information in the panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F5]
Edit media information of a selected item in the library . . . [F2]
Open Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F1]
Quit VLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Alt] + [F4]
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