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{{Module|name=ncurses|type=Control interface|description=ncurses console interface}}

== Introduction ==
This is one of the three command line interfaces (besides [[Documentation:Modules/rc|remote control (rc)]] and [[Documentation:Modules/telnet|telnet]]).
To force vlc into using this interface, do the following:
 vlc -I ncurses

This interface is operated through a set of shortcuts which are listed in the next section.

== Shortcuts ==
To get the following list of all available shortcuts in the interface press 'h'. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll.

 [Display]
 h,H         Show/Hide help box
 i           Show/Hide info box
 L           Show/Hide messages box
 P           Show/Hide playlist box
 B           Show/Hide filebrowser
 
 [Global]
 q, Q        Quit
 s           Stop
 <space>     Pause/Play
 f           Toggle Fullscreen
 n, p        Next/Previous playlist item
 [, ]        Next/Previous title
 <, >        Next/Previous chapter
 <right>     Seek +1%
 <left>      Seek -1%
 a           Volume Up
 z           Volume Down
 
 [Playlist]
 r           Random
 l           Loop Playlist
 R           Repeat item
 o           Order Playlist by title
 O           Reverse order Playlist by title
 /           Look for an item
 A           Add an entry
 D, <nowiki><del></nowiki>    Delete an entry 
 <backspace> Delete an entry
 
 [Filebrowser]
 <enter>     Add the selected file to the playlist
 <space>     Add the selected directory to the playlist
 .           Show/Hide hidden files
 
 [Boxes]
 <up>,<down>     Navigate through the box line by line
 <pgup>,<pgdown> Navigate through the box page by page
 
 [Player]
 <up>,<down>     Seek +/-5%
 
 [Miscellaneous]
 Ctrl-l          Refresh the screen

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