XBMC shortcuts - the most important key combinations

Kodi - formerly XBMC - is the most popular free software for setting up a media center on different platforms. The most important shortcuts and key combinations can be found in this practical tip.

Shortcuts: keyboard shortcuts for Kodi (XBMC)

There are a variety of keyboard shortcuts for Kodi (XBMC). Below you will find a list of all important key combinations. We'll tell you both general shortcuts and combinations for video and music playback.

Keyboard shortcuts for Kodi (XBMC)

You can generally use the following keyboard shortcuts in the Kodi (XBMC) menu:

• [B] - Programming the timers for live TV
• [C] - context menu
• [D] - Move Object Down (Playlist & Preferred Windows)
• [E] - TV newspaper
• [F] - Fast forward
• [H] - Program window live TV
• [I] - Info
• [J] - Window of the live TV radio station
• [K] - Recordings live TV
• [M] - player control
• [P] - Play
• [Q] - queue
• [R] - rewind
• [S] - shutdown menu
• [CTRL] + [S] - screenshot
• [U] - Move object up (playlist & preferred windows)
• [W] - Mark as seen / unseen
• [X] - stop
• [Y] - Switch between players / select player
• [Spacebar] - pause / play
• [←] - links
• [→] - Right
• [↑] - high
• [↓] - Down
• [Image ↑] - Page up
• [Image ↓] - page down
• [Enter] - Select
• [Backspace] - Back
• [Esc] - Previous menu / main screen
• [+] - Volume up
• [-] - Volume down
• [CTRL] + [End] - Exit Kodi (XBMC) (only on the main screen)
• [Shift] + [Letter] - Jump to the letter in a list

Kodi (XBMC): keyboard shortcuts during video playback

The following key combinations help during video playback:

• [0] - Switch between the last two TV channels
• [A] - Set the sound delay
• [B] - Programming the timers for live TV
• [C] - playlist
• [E] - [K] - Same meaning as the flat key combinations
• [L] - Next subtitle
• [M] - player control
• [O] - Codec information
• [P] - playback
• [R] - rewind
• [S] - shutdown menu
• [CTRL] + [S] - screenshot
• [T] - subtitles on / off
• [Ctrl] + [T] - position of the subtitle
• [V] - Teletext
• [X] - stop
• [Y] - Switch between players / select player
• [Z] - Set zoom / aspect ratio
• [Spacebar] - pause / play
• [←] - Videos: -30 seconds / Live TV: Previous station group
• [→] - Videos: +30 seconds / Live TV: Next station group
• [↑] - Videos: +10 minutes / Live TV: Nearest station
• [↓] - Videos: -10 minutes / Live TV: Previous station
• [Enter] - player control
• [Backspace] - Back
• [-] - Volume down
• [+] - Volume up

Kodi (XBMC): key combination during music playback

If you're listening to music with Kodi (XBMC), the following shortcuts will help you:

• [F] - Fast forward
• [I] - Info
• [L] - Lock preset
• [M] - player control
• [N] - Current playlist
• [O] - Codec information
• [P] - List of visualization presets
• [R] - rewind
• [S] - Show presets
• [V] - Visualization settings
• [X] - stop
• [Y] - Switch between players / select player
• [Spacebar] - pause / play
• [←] - Previous
• [→] - Next
• [↑] - Increase rating
• [↓] - Lower rating
• [Enter] - player control
• [Backspace] - Back
• [-] - Volume down
• [+] - Volume up