Shortcuts in KMPlayer

This guide provides a practical overview of Shortcuts in KMPlayer, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

In the article below summarizes the useful shortcuts in KMPlayer.

Shortcuts to play / stop video

Esc: pause and minimize the player to the system tray.

Space: when the video playing interface is displayed, use the Space key to continue playing the current video.

Shortcuts to rewind video

Left / Right arrow keys: Back or forward 5 seconds.

Ctrl + Left / Right arrow key: Back or forward 30 seconds.

Alt + Left / Right arrow keys: Back or forward 1 minute.

Ctrl + Alt + Left / right arrow keys: back or forward 10 minutes.

Shortcuts change the size of the frame

Enter: switch to full screen view.

Ctrl + Enter: view full screen with Stretch mode.

Ctrl + Alt + Enter: view full screen with Normal mode.

Number key 5: return to original frame size.

Alt + 1: halve the screen size (50%)

Alt + 2: return to original size.

Alt + 3: increase by 1.5 times the size

Alt + 5: double the size.

Shortcuts increase or decrease the volume

Up arrow key: increase the volume.

Down arrow key: decrease the volume.

M key: turn off the volume.

Shortcuts to adjust lighting, contrast and saturation

Z, X, C: increase, reset and reduce H / W contrast.

V, B, N: increase, reset and reduce S / W contrast.

A, S, D: increase, reset and reduce H / W saturation.

G, H, J: increase, reset and reduce S / W saturation.

Q, W, E: increase, reset and reduce H / W brightness.

T, Y, U: increase, reset and decrease S / W brightness.

Keyboard shortcuts

P key: mark playback position.

Alt + Up / down arrow keys: To start playing the next / previous bookmark position.

Shortcut activation Album Art

Ctrl + Alt + L: activate and change the KMPlayer player interface.

Shortcuts related to subtitles

Alt + O: press the key combination to download subtitles for videos.

Alt + X: Show or hide subtitles for the currently playing video.

Alt + Q: Assemble a movie to load the subtitle editor.

Alt + F1, F2, F3: Increase, decrease, or reset the font size for subtitles.

Some other shortcut key combinations

F1: Open help (Help).

F2 key: Open Preferences.

Alt + G: Open the Control Box control dialog.

Ctrl + Z: Close the currently playing file.

Alt + E: Open the Playlist Editor playlist editor.

Alt + F4: Close the KMPLayer program.

Hopefully, with the keyboard shortcuts in the article summarized, you can easily use KMPlayer to listen to music and watch movies. Good luck!