mpv hotkeys

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The keys work in the player window, not in the panel of the program: mpv is a separate program; the panel only sends it commands and takes positions from it.

The list is taken from the player itself: it is the input-bindings answer of the build of 14 August 2026 with the configuration from config\mpv, not a page copied from the internet. What is written here is what the player answers to in this build.

What you cut with

A dozen keys that do all the work. The rest is optional.

Key	What it does
Space	play / pause
, .	step exactly one frame back and forward
← →	seek 5 seconds
Shift+← Shift+→	exactly one second back and forward
Shift+↓ Shift+↑	exactly five seconds
↓ ↑	one minute back and forward
Home	to the start of the file
l	set point A; a second press sets point B; the piece between them plays in a loop
Ctrl+l	clear points A and B
b	play backwards
n	return to forward playback
[ ]	slower / faster by 10 %; at speed 0.25 every syllable is heard
Backspace	back to normal speed
s	screenshot of the frame next to the source file (FileName-shot-1.png)

l is the cut itself: set A and B, listen to the loop, and if a point is wrong, move it with , and . and press l again. Then in the panel Take A and B moves both points into the last row of fields, and + clears A and B for the next piece. In SPLIT the point is moved by Take A, and only if it lies past the previous ones.

The difference between ← and Shift+← matters: the plain seek jumps 5 seconds and shows the nearest frame, while Shift is exact, one second precisely, and lands on the frame. To find a cut point you need the second one.

b and n are added by this build. In a plain mpv, b turns debanding on and off (deband); here it is redefined.

Everything else

Below are all 197 bindings of this build, by section. Where a command speaks for itself, there is a description; where it does not, there is the mpv command as it is, and it can be typed in the player console (` ``).

Seeking and time

Key	What it does	mpv command
!	to the neighboring chapter	add chapter -1
,	one frame back	frame-back-step
.	one frame forward	frame-step
@	to the neighboring chapter	add chapter 1
Ctrl+←	to the neighboring subtitle line	no-osd sub-seek -1
Ctrl+→	to the neighboring subtitle line	no-osd sub-seek 1
↓	one minute back	seek -60
Forward (media key)	one minute forward	seek 60
g-c	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-chapter
Home	to the start of the file	seek 0 absolute
←	5 s back	seek -5
Page Down	to the neighboring chapter	add chapter -1
Page Up	to the neighboring chapter	add chapter 1
Rewind (media key)	one minute back	seek -60
→	5 s forward	seek 5
Shift+Backspace	return to where you were before the seek	revert-seek
Shift+Ctrl+Backspace	remember the place to return to	revert-seek mark
Shift+↓	exactly 5 s back	no-osd seek -5 exact
Shift+←	exactly 1 s back	no-osd seek -1 exact
Shift+Page Down	10 min back	seek -600
Shift+Page Up	10 min forward	seek 600
Shift+→	exactly 1 s forward	no-osd seek 1 exact
Shift+↑	exactly 5 s forward	no-osd seek 5 exact
↑	one minute forward	seek 60
Wheel left	10 s back	seek -10
Wheel right	10 s forward	seek 10

Playback and speed

Key	What it does	mpv command
[	speed × 1/1.1	multiply speed 1/1.1
]	speed × 1.1	multiply speed 1.1
b	play backwards	set play-direction backward ; set pause no
Backspace	normal speed	set speed 1
Window close	quit	quit
Ctrl+c	quit	quit 4
Ctrl+l	clear points A and B	set ab-loop-a no ; set ab-loop-b no
Ctrl+w	quit	quit
L	loop the file	cycle-values loop-file inf no
l	set point A, then B: a loop between them	ab-loop
n	play forward	set play-direction forward ; set pause no
p	play / pause	cycle pause
Pause (media key)	play / pause	cycle pause
Pause (media key)	pause	set pause yes
Play (media key)	play / pause	cycle pause
Play (media key)	play	set pause no
Play/Pause (media key)	play / pause	cycle pause
Power (media key)	quit	quit
Q	quit and remember the place	quit-watch-later
q	quit	quit
Space	play / pause	cycle pause
Stop (media key)	quit	quit
{	speed × 0.5	multiply speed 0.5
}	speed × 2.0	multiply speed 2.0

Sound

Key	What it does	mpv command
*	volume 2	add volume 2
/	volume -2	add volume -2
0	volume 2	add volume 2
9	volume -2	add volume -2
Ctrl++	shift the sound by 0.1 s	add audio-delay 0.1
Ctrl+-	shift the sound by -0.1 s	add audio-delay -0.1
Ctrl+Numpad plus	shift the sound by 0.1 s	add audio-delay 0.1
Ctrl+Numpad minus	shift the sound by -0.1 s	add audio-delay -0.1
g-a	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-aid
g-d	—	script-binding select/select-audio-device
Numpad slash	volume -2	add volume -2
Numpad asterisk	volume 2	add volume 2
m	sound on/off	cycle mute
Mute (media key)	sound on/off	cycle mute
#	next audio track	cycle audio
Volume down (media key)	volume -2	add volume -2
Volume up (media key)	volume 2	add volume 2

Subtitles

Key	What it does	mpv command
Alt+v	—	cycle secondary-sub-visibility
F	subtitle size -0.1	add sub-scale -0.1
G	subtitle size 0.1	add sub-scale 0.1
g-L	—	script-binding select/select-secondary-subtitle-line
g-l	—	script-binding select/select-subtitle-line
g-S	—	script-binding select/select-secondary-sid
g-s	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-sid
J	—	cycle sub down
j	next subtitles	cycle sub
R	—	add sub-pos +1
r	subtitles up/down	add sub-pos -1
Shift+Ctrl+←	—	sub-step -1
Shift+Ctrl+→	—	sub-step 1
t	—	add sub-pos +1
u	toggle sub-ass-override	cycle-values sub-ass-override "force" "scale"
V	—	cycle sub-ass-use-video-data
v	show/hide subtitles	cycle sub-visibility
x	shift the subtitles by 0.1 s	add sub-delay 0.1
Z	shift the subtitles by 0.1 s	add sub-delay 0.1
z	shift the subtitles by -0.1 s	add sub-delay -0.1

Picture

Key	What it does	mpv command
1	contrast -1	add contrast -1
2	contrast 1	add contrast 1
3	brightness -1	add brightness -1
4	brightness 1	add brightness 1
5	gamma -1	add gamma -1
6	gamma 1	add gamma 1
7	saturation -1	add saturation -1
8	saturation 1	add saturation 1
_	next video track	cycle video
A	toggle video-aspect-override	cycle-values video-aspect-override "16:9" "4:3" "2.35:1" "no"
Alt++	zoom in / out	add video-zoom 0.1
Alt+-	zoom in / out	add video-zoom -0.1
Alt+Backspace	reset the zoom and the position	set video-zoom 0; no-osd set panscan 0; no-osd set video-pan-x 0; no-osd set video-pan-y 0; no-osd set video-align-x 0; no-osd set video-align-y 0
Alt+↓	move the picture vertically	add video-pan-y -0.1
Alt+KP1	—	repeatable add video-rotate -1
Alt+KP3	—	repeatable add video-rotate 1
Alt+KP5	video-rotate = 0	set video-rotate 0
Alt+Numpad plus	zoom in / out	add video-zoom 0.1
Alt+Numpad minus	zoom in / out	add video-zoom -0.1
Alt+←	move the picture horizontally	add video-pan-x 0.1
Alt+→	move the picture horizontally	add video-pan-x -0.1
Alt+↑	move the picture vertically	add video-pan-y 0.1
Ctrl+h	toggle hwdec	cycle-values hwdec no auto
Ctrl+KP1	—	add video-pan-x -0.01; add video-pan-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP2	move the picture vertically	add video-pan-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP3	—	add video-pan-x 0.01; add video-pan-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP4	move the picture horizontally	add video-pan-x -0.01
Ctrl+KP5	—	set video-pan-x 0.00; set video-pan-y 0.00
Ctrl+KP6	move the picture horizontally	add video-pan-x 0.01
Ctrl+KP7	—	add video-pan-x -0.01; add video-pan-y -0.01
Ctrl+KP8	move the picture vertically	add video-pan-y -0.01
Ctrl+KP9	—	add video-pan-x 0.01; add video-pan-y -0.01
Ctrl+KP_BEGIN	—	set video-align-x 0.00; set video-align-y 0.00
Ctrl+KP_DOWN	video-align-y: 0.01	add video-align-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP_END	—	add video-align-x -0.01; add video-align-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP_HOME	—	add video-align-x -0.01; add video-align-y -0.01
Ctrl+KP_LEFT	video-align-x: -0.01	add video-align-x -0.01
Ctrl+KP_PGDWN	—	add video-align-x 0.01; add video-align-y 0.01
Ctrl+KP_PGUP	—	add video-align-x 0.01; add video-align-y -0.01
Ctrl+KP_RIGHT	video-align-x: 0.01	add video-align-x 0.01
Ctrl+KP_UP	video-align-y: -0.01	add video-align-y -0.01
d	deinterlacing	cycle deinterlace
e	—	add panscan +0.1
g-v	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-vid
KP1	zoom in / out	add video-zoom -0.01
KP2	video-scale-y: -0.01	add video-scale-y -0.01
KP4	video-scale-x: -0.01	add video-scale-x -0.01
KP5	—	set video-scale-x 1.00; set video-scale-y 1; set video-zoom 0
KP6	video-scale-x: 0.01	add video-scale-x 0.01
KP8	video-scale-y: 0.01	add video-scale-y 0.01
KP9	zoom in / out	add video-zoom 0.01
S	screenshot of the clean frame, without subtitles	screenshot video
W	—	add panscan +0.1
w	crop the margins at the edges	add panscan -0.1
ZOOMIN	zoom in / out	add video-zoom 0.1
ZOOMOUT	zoom in / out	add video-zoom -0.1

Window, screen and screenshots

Key	What it does	mpv command
Alt+0	window-scale = 0.5	set window-scale 0.5
Alt+1	window-scale = 1	set window-scale 1
Alt+2	window-scale = 2	set window-scale 2
Alt+s	—	screenshot each-frame
Ctrl+r	—	set file-local-options/start ${=time-pos}; playlist-play-index current yes; show-text "Reloading current file..."
Ctrl+s	screenshot of the window as it is	screenshot window
Ctrl+v	—	update-clipboard text; loadfile ${clipboard/text} append-play; show-text '+ ${clipboard/text}'
Esc	fullscreen = no	set fullscreen no
f	fullscreen	cycle fullscreen
F8	—	show-text ${playlist}
F9	—	show-text ${track-list}
Double click	fullscreen	cycle fullscreen
O	—	no-osd cycle-values osd-level 3 1
o	show the time bar	show-progress
P	show the time bar	show-progress
s	screenshot of the frame with subtitles	screenshot
Shift+End	—	no-osd set playlist-pos-1 ${playlist-count}
Shift+Home	—	no-osd set playlist-pos 0
T	on top of other windows	cycle ontop

Files and the list

Key	What it does	mpv command
<	previous file in the list	playlist-prev
>	next file in the list	playlist-next
Enter	next file in the list	playlist-next
g-p	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-playlist
Mouse back button	previous file in the list	playlist-prev
Mouse forward button	next file in the list	playlist-next
Next (media key)	next file in the list	playlist-next
Previous (media key)	previous file in the list	playlist-prev

Menu, information, other

Key	What it does	mpv command
?	—	script-binding stats/display-page-4-toggle
```	—	script-binding commands/open
Ctrl+Left button	drag the picture with the mouse	script-binding positioning/drag-to-pan
Ctrl+p	menu	script-binding select/menu
Ctrl+Wheel down	—	script-binding positioning/cursor-centric-zoom -0.1
Ctrl+Wheel up	—	script-binding positioning/cursor-centric-zoom 0.1
Delete	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/visibility
E	—	cycle edition
g-b	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-binding
g-e	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-edition
g-h	—	script-binding select/select-watch-history
g-m	menu	script-binding select/menu
g-r	—	script-binding select/show-properties
g-t	choose from a list	script-binding select/select-track
g-w	—	script-binding select/select-watch-later
I	information about the file and playback	script-binding stats/display-stats-toggle
i	information about the file and playback	script-binding stats/display-stats
Left button	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding11
Middle button	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding6
Right button	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding7
MENU	—	script-binding select/context-menu
MOUSE_LEAVE	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding4
MOUSE_MOVE	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding3
Shift+F10	—	script-binding select/context-menu
Shift+Left button	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding8
Wheel down	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding10
Wheel up	on-screen controller	script-binding osc/__keybinding9

If a key does not work

• The player window must be active: a click on it returns the focus.
• While the A/B loop is set, playback does not go past point B; clear it with Ctrl+l.
• The full reference of mpv itself lies next to the player:

Tools\mpv\bin\doc\manual.pdf; the installer puts it there.