HotKey Customization not working and also defaults for faster playback
Posted: 13 Mar 2019 11:39
I am using the latest version of VLC on mac and have issues with keyboard shortcuts:
The default hotkey to make playback faster is [command][=] and for slower is [command][-].
The thing is that on a German mac keyboard there is only a direct key for [-] so [command][-] works but the = sign is above the 0 key so you have to press [shift][0] to enter =
Thus I can not press [command][=] but only [command][shift][=].
Therefore faster can not be triggered on a German keyboard but only slower.
I went to Preferences > HotKeys and changed the HotKeys. This is a nice and promising UI. However, it took me a while to analyse and verify that it has absolutelty no effect on the VLC keybindings itself. When I change slower, faster, etc. and click "Save" still all the old default hotkeys are in place.
So to summarize: VLC HotKeys are buggy (at least on MacOS) and it is impossible to make playback faster with a German keyboard so you have to use the menu.
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The default hotkey to make playback faster is [command][=] and for slower is [command][-].
The thing is that on a German mac keyboard there is only a direct key for [-] so [command][-] works but the = sign is above the 0 key so you have to press [shift][0] to enter =
Thus I can not press [command][=] but only [command][shift][=].
Therefore faster can not be triggered on a German keyboard but only slower.
I went to Preferences > HotKeys and changed the HotKeys. This is a nice and promising UI. However, it took me a while to analyse and verify that it has absolutelty no effect on the VLC keybindings itself. When I change slower, faster, etc. and click "Save" still all the old default hotkeys are in place.
So to summarize: VLC HotKeys are buggy (at least on MacOS) and it is impossible to make playback faster with a German keyboard so you have to use the menu.
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