Windows Media Player 11 Keyboard shortcuts
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 09:38 — Ciprian
We have published lots of articles and tutorials about Windows Media Player 11. This time we have prepared for you a list with the most useful keyboard shortcuts.
- Show video in full screen - ALT+ENTER
- Switch to full mode - CTRL+1
- Switch to skin mode - CTRL+2
- Play the previous item - CTRL+B
- Play the next item - CTRL+F
- Move the focus to the search box in the library - CTRL+E
- Turn shuffle on or off - CTRL+H
- Show or hide the Classic Menus (menu bar) in full mode - CTRL+M
- Create a playlist - CTRL+N
- Open a file - CTRL+O
- Play or pause a file - CTRL+P
- Stop playback - CTRL+S
- Rewind video - CTRL+SHIFT+B
- Turn captions and subtitles on or off - CTRL+SHIFT+C
- Fast-forward through video or music - CTRL+SHIFT+F
- Play faster than normal speed (time compression) - CTRL+SHIFT+G
- Play at normal speed - CTRL+SHIFT+N
- Play slower than normal speed (time expansion) - CTRL+SHIFT+S
- Repeat the playlist - CTRL+T
- Close or stop playing a file - CTRL+W
- Open Help - F1
- Show the Classic Menus (menu bar) -F10
- Switch to full-screen mode - F11
- Edit media information on a selected item in the library - F2
- Add media files to the library - F3
- Refresh information in the panes - F5
- Increase the size of album art - F6
- Decrease the size of album art - SHIFT+F6
- Mute the volume - F7
- Decrease the volume - F8
- Increase the volume - F9
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Windows Media Player 11
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Comments
That's Super
That really helps a lot...
Is there any way of using
Is there any way of using these shortcuts while (for example) playing a game? I stream online radio stations while gaming and it'd be nice to change the volume of media player independantly and also change tracks without having to ALT+TAB out of the game, since these shortcuts only work when Media Player is the active program! Let me know, would be super useful! :)
Use Winamp instead
They work only when Media Player is the active program. Sorry.
If you want to do this, then try Winamp. It has the option to register global keyboard shortcuts which can be used even when Winamp is not the active program.
I use them all the time. However, I did not try them when gaming cause at that time I always close Winamp.
Changing WMP shortcut keys
I have read many a forum comment saying you cannot change the shortcut keys in media player (& other programs), but i've been doing this for ages, using a simple macro program. Very handy if you (like me) use a wireless keyboard to control your pc when it's plugged into your main tv screen...& dont fancy pressing multiple keys to change track/dvd chapter etc.
Just go to;
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Tutorial.htm
Have a read, click the download tab, run the installer, practise a bit & create an '.ahk' file that you open with WMP (you could even create a macro to do that for you!). I'm no pc expert, yet it only took me 15 minutes to create something useful.
I have a few saved strings that work on all sorts of applications...its great for lazy buggers like me, who'd like to drink beer & work the pc all at the same time ;o)
Hope this helps.
CTRL+P for pause ? no way
I don't understand, this is the 11th version of Windows Media Player, the guys at Microsoft can't be seriously thinking that I'm going to use macros for making something as simple as plause/play "easy".
I'm upset, I go back to media player classic. see you in a couple of years...
Yeah wtf?
Seriously, ctrl-p for pause? Still the single reason I never use WMP.
VLC For teh win!
Also
According to that list, the space bar isnt even used for ANYTHING?
Ballmer needs to spaz out and throw a chair at someone in the WMP group!
For me the lack of normal
For me the lack of normal keyboard shorcuts has been major showstopper in the past. I really like how in VLC you can pause with SPACEBAR and move forward or backward by 5 sec at a time using SHIFT+ARROW LEFT or RIGHT and if you need bigger steps use CONTROL key instead of SHIFT. That's basically all I need.
In the current case I need to change standard WMP shortcuts to imitate VLC (google search took me here) which is unfortunate but neccessary as WM codec 9 advanced profile videos don't seem to go well with latest VLC for Windows (1.0.3)..
Yeah, the world is not perfect, I know.. WMP shortcuts are not usable though (at least with one hand). Makes me wonder why did they even put the arrow keys on the keyboard in the first place (absurd) :P
WMP's default keybinds is
WMP's default keybinds is still as crappy as last time i used it. There should atleast be a option to remap the keybinds when the defaults is such nonsense that people ends up here looking for the way to change them. Editing macros for basic functionality isn't quite the way to go.
There isn't even a "x sec forward/back" keybind listed in the "most useful keyboard shortcuts" page.... seriously, MS, get your act together -.-
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