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I have seen that I can control the speed of vlc by using the keyboard shortcuts +/-. It works to play the movie slower with [-], but I can't get it to play faster than 1.00x with the [+] keyboard shortcut. This is with vlc run as cvlc file.mkv version 2.0.3-0ubuntu0 under Ubuntu 12.04 x86.

I am doing this on a laptop, so the only '+' sign I have is in the [+/=] key.

Any ideas?

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Use the square brackets keys.

  • [ for decrease speed by 0.1x increments
  • ] for increase speed by 0.1x increments

These keys also allow moving above the 1.0x speed, unlike +/- keys.

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  • Try the + key on the numeric keypad. This seems to increase the playback rate by 0.5. I found this out by trying every key on my keyboard :) (- slows the playback rate.)
  • Try the = key. This seems to increase the playback rate by 0.1. Note that cvlc seems to assume a QWERTY keyboard layout, regardless of your choice of keyboard layout.
  • On Ubuntu 11.10, there is a config file for vlc located at ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc. Search for

    # Faster (fine) (key)
    # key-rate-faster-fine=]
    

    and / or

    # Faster (key)
    # key-faster=+
    

    Uncomment the second line by removing the # sign, and (if you desire) change the key. For example,

       # Faster (key)
       key-faster=0
    
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  • hmmm, I am doing this on a laptop, so the only '+' sign I have is in the [+/=] key...
    – 719016
    Jan 5, 2013 at 16:36
  • 1
    I can't get cvlc to pick up any changes I make to the ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc file.
    – olejorgenb
    Jul 18, 2022 at 11:12
  • @olejorgenb same thing here. you ever find a solution?
    – ipatch
    Feb 10, 2023 at 22:15
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Hotkeys map http://openclipart.org/detail/171818/keyboard-mappings-for-clvc-by-todd-partridge---gen2ly-171818

Official documentation: https://wiki.videolan.org/Hotkeys_table/

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You are expected to use square brackets. They are usually found under the - and + key on the keyboard.

[ - For decreasing the speed of video

] - For increasing the speed

http://www.latestsolution.com/2016/07/top-20-keyboard-shortcut-vlc.html

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