[vlc] vlc Digest, Vol 34, Issue 3

[Richard Hole]

Hello

Thanks for the letter. I tried some of the keystrokes that were 
suggested while VLC was playing and open and visible on the PC screen. 
However, some of them did not seem to work. For example, “+” for 
“Faster”. However “–“ for slower did work.
However, the below keystrokes worked and I was very impressed with this 
feature as I never knew that fine adjustment were possible.
] Faster (fine)
[ Slower (fine)

By “Left” do you mean the left arrow near the bottom of the keyboard? I 
tried this keystroke but nothing happened. Also, I tried “Alt+Left” for 
“Short Backwards Jump” but nothing happened. This may have been what I 
was wanting to do as asked in my previous letter. Is that so?

If so, it is a shame that the Alt key would also have to be pressed. It 
would be good if just the Left arrow could be pressed for a step 
backwards of perhaps 10 or 20 seconds. This is a lot easier than having 
to press the Alt key as well. It would be better if just a single key 
had to be pressed for the most used keystrokes like a step back. I 
thought a small step back would be about the most used thing because 
people would want to repeat something that they could not quite take in 
or hear.
Would such a keystroke be possible?

Your help is appreciated
Regards Richard.



Bill Luebkert wrote:
> vlc-request at videolan.org wrote:
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:11:08 +1000
>> From: Richard Hole <richard.hole at truesolutions.info>
>> Subject: [vlc] VLC media player suggestion and question.
>> To: vlc at videolan.org
>> Cc: videolan at videolan.org
>> Message-ID: <4B8DB72C.1010709 at truesolutions.info>
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>> Hi
>>
>> I have been using VLC media player for a while and found it has 
>> advantages over other software as it can be played back at twice 
>> normal speed while still being able to understand what is being 
>> spoken. However, I have some suggestions on what features could be 
>> added if they are not already part of the software.
>>
>> It would be good to be able to step back or forward a certain number 
>> of seconds. Currently, the only way I know how to do this is to click 
>> on the scroll bar. This steps back or forward but often it is too far 
>> and I have to listen to a lot of things again in order to replay the 
>> last bit that I missed. It would be good to have a button or 
>> preferably a keystroke to step back perhaps about 10 seconds. If the 
>> button or keystroke is pressed twice it could be back 20 seconds. 
>> Each time it is pressed it could go back an extra 10 seconds. Another 
>> button could be used to step forward a certain number of seconds. Are 
>> these features available or could you possibly include them in the 
>> next version?
>
> Here are the hotkeys (you can modify the length of the jumps under
> Tools->Preferences->Interface->Hotkey Settings->Jump Sizes
>
>
> f Fullscreen toggle
> Esc Leave Fullscreen
> Space Play/Pause
> Unset Pause Only
> Unset Play Only
> + Faster
> - Slower
> = Normal Rate
> ] Faster (fine)
> [ Slower (fine)
> n Next (on playlist)
> p Previous (on playlist)
> s Stop
> t Position
> Shift+Left Very Short Backwards Jump
> Shift+Right Very Short Forward Jump
> Alt+Left Short Backwards Jump
> Alt+Right Short Forward Jump
> Ctrl+Left Medium Backwards Jump
> Ctrl+Right Medium Forward Jump
> CtrlAlt+Left Long Backwards Jump
> CtrlAlt+Right Long Forward Jump
> e Frame Step
> Enter Activate
> Up Navigate Up
> Down Navigate Down
> Left Navigate Left
> Right Navigate Right
> Shift+m Go To DVD Menu
> Shift+o Select Previous DVD Title
> Shift+b Select Next DVD Title
> Shift+p Select Previous DVD Chapter
> Shift+n Select Next DVD Chapter
> Ctrl+q Quit
> Ctrl+Up Volume Up
> Ctrl+Down Vulume Down
> m Mute
> h Subtitle Delay Up
> g Subtitle Delay Down
> k Audio Delay Up
> j Audio Delay Down
> b Cycle Audio Track
> Shift+a Cycle Thru Audio Devices
> v Cycle Subtitle Track
> a Cycle Source Aspect Ratio
> c Cycle Video Crop
> o Toggle Autoscaling
> Alt+o Increase Scale Factor
> AltShift+o Decrease Scale Factor
> d Cycle Deinterlace Modes
> i Show Interface
> Shift+i Hide Interface
> Shift+s Take Video Snapshot
> Shift+g Go Back In Browsing History
> Shift+h Go Forward In Browsing History
> Shift+r Record
> Shift+d Dump
> z Zoom
> Shift+z Unzoom
> w Toggle Wallpaper Mode In Video Output
> AltShift+m Display OSD Menu On Top Of Video Output
> CtrlAlt+m Do Not Display OSD Menu On Video Output
> AltShift+Right Highlight Widget On The Right
> AltShift+Left Highlight Widget On The Left
> AltShift+Up Highlight Widget On Top
> AltShift+Down Highlight Widget Below
> AltShiftEnter Select Current Widget
> Alt+r Crop One Pixel From Top Of Video
> AltShift+r Uncrop One Pixel From Top Of Video
> Alt+d Crop One Pixel From Left Of Video
> AltShift+d Uncrop One Pixel From Left Of Video
> Alt+c Crop One Pixel From Bottom Of Video
> AltShift+c Uncrop One Pixel From Bottom Of Video
> Alt+f Crop One Pixel From Right Of Video
> AltShift+f Uncrop One Pixel From Right Of Video
> r Random
> | Normal/Repeat/Loop
> Ctrl+1 1:4 Quarter
> Ctrl+2 1:2 Half
> Ctrl+3 Original
> Ctrl+4 Double
> Ctrl+F1 Set Playlist Bookmark 1
> Ctrl+F2 Set Playlist Bookmark 2
> Ctrl+F3 Set Playlist Bookmark 3
> Ctrl+F4 Set Playlist Bookmark 4
> Ctrl+F5 Set Playlist Bookmark 5
> Ctrl+F6 Set Playlist Bookmark 6
> Ctrl+F7 Set Playlist Bookmark 7
> Ctrl+F8 Set Playlist Bookmark 8
> Ctrl+F9 Set Playlist Bookmark 9
> Ctrl+F10 Set Playlist Bookmark 10
> F1 Play Playlist Bookmark 1
> F2 Play Playlist Bookmark 2
> F3 Play Playlist Bookmark 3
> F4 Play Playlist Bookmark 4
> F5 Play Playlist Bookmark 5
> F6 Play Playlist Bookmark 6
> F7 Play Playlist Bookmark 7
> F8 Play Playlist Bookmark 8
> F9 Play Playlist Bookmark 9
> F10 Play Playlist Bookmark 10
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