IINA Player Keyboard Shortcuts

I watch a tonne of videos, so it’s worth being efficient with them. Learn these keyboard shortcuts, you’ll be happier. I switched from VLC to IINA a while back, so this reference is for IINA.

Key Notation Reference

Notation Key
M Meta/Command (⌘)
A Alt/Option (⌥)
C Control (^)
S Shift (⇧)
BS Backspace/Delete (⌫)

The Shortcuts I Actually Use

  • Space - Pause/Play
  • ← / → - Seek backward/forward 5s
  • A-← / A-→ - Seek to previous/next subtitle
  • , / . - Previous/next frame
  • M-[ / M-] - Halve/double playback speed
  • M-\ - Reset speed to 1.0
  • M-< / M-> - Previous/next chapter
  • M-← / M-→ - Previous/next media
  • ↑ / ↓ - Volume +5/-5
  • M-/ - Mute
  • C-S-F - Fullscreen
  • C-S-P - Picture-in-Picture
  • S-S - Screenshot
  • A-S-D - Find online subtitles
  • A-Z / A-X - Subtitle delay -0.5s/+0.5s

MPV

mpv is a CLI player driven by keybindings, and I added custom chapter commands myself in my mpv config:

  • c - show chapter list
  • !/@ - next/prev chapter
  • [ / ] - decrease/increase playback speed
  • { / } - halve/double playback speed