MPV Standard Keybindings

Cheat sheet for mpv.

https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#keyboard-control

MPV

keysfunction
left/right arrowseek backward/forward 5 seconds
shift + left/right arrowseek backward/forward 1 seconds
control + left/right arrowseek backward/forward to next subtitle
control + shift + left/right arrowadjust subtitle delay
[ and ]decrease/increase playback speed by 10%
{ and }halve/double playback speed
backspacereset playback speed
shift + backspaceundo last seek
shift + control + backspacemark current position for shift backspace
< / >go backwards/forward in playlist
entergo forward in playlist
p / spacepause and return
.pause, go forward one frame once pressed again
,pause, go back one frame once pressed again
qquit
Qquit but store current playback position
/ and *decrease/increase volume
9 and 0decrease/increase volume
mmute sound
-cycle through video tracks
#cycle through audio tracks
Ecycle through editions
ffullscreen
ESCexit fullscreen
Ttoggle stay on top
w and Wdecrease/increase pan and scan range
o and Pshow progression bar
Otoggle progress between playback time and duration
vtoggle subtitle visibility
j and Jcycle subtitles
z and Zadjust subtitle delay
lset/clear A-B loop points
Ltoggle infinte looping
control + + and control + -adjust audio delay
shift + g and shift + fadjust subtitle size
uswitch between no style overrieds to SSA/ASS subtitles and overriding almost completely
Vtoggle subtitles VSFilter compatiblity mode
r and Rmove subtitles up and down
stake screenshot
Stake screenshot without subtitles
control + stake screenshot as window shows it
page up and page downseek to beginning of previous/next chapter
shift + page up and shift + page downseek backward/forward by 10 minutes
dtoggle deinterlace
Acycle aspect ratio override
control + htoggle hardware vide decoding
alt + left, alt + right, alt + up, alt + downmove video rectangle
alt + + and alt + -change video zoom
alt + backspacereset pan and zoom
F8show playlist in current position, only in ui
F9show list of audio and subtitles streams, only in ui
i and Itoggle overlay showing statistics about current file
deletecycle OSC visibility never, auto, always
`show console, esc to close
1 and 2adjust contrast
3 and 4adjust brightness
5 and 6adjust gamma
7 and 8adjust saturation
alt + 0resize video window to half its original size
alt + 1resize video to its original size
alt + 2resize video to double its original size
wheel up and wheel downseek forward/backward 10 seconds
wheel left and wheel rightdecrease/increase volume
Last modified 2023.11.08