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If anyone is interested, a solution that seems to work on Windows is AutoHotkey. Here's an example: I'd like to map the h, j, k and l keys to the arrows (like Vim), but only for vlc.exe. I use the following configuration file: #IfWinActive ahk_exe vlc.exe h::send, {left} ; Makes the 'h' key send a l...

I'm interested in this feature as well. I can tell that the GUI still doesn't support this feature, but I'm wondering if there are any other tricks one might use.
For instance, is there any way to tweak the VLC config files to achieve this?