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