MythTV Keyboard Shortcuts

List of shortcut keys

Shortcut	Command	How useful(?)
mythfrontend MythTV
Arrow keys	used to move the highlight point around	+ –
ALT-F4	exit out of the application	+ –
Space/Enter	take action on the item under the highlight point	+ –
P	play in both Watch a Recording and Delete a Recording	+ –
D	delete in both Watch a Recording and Delete a Recording	+ –
U	to view details for the currently selected show on the Watch or Delete screens, EPG, Program Finder, Fix Scheduling Conflicts and search results screens	+ –
O	to list the upcoming episodes for the currently selected show on the EPG, Program Finder, Program Recording Priorities, Fix Scheduling Conflicts or search results screens	+ –
I	edit recording options from the EPG, Program Finder, Program Recording Priorities, or Fix Scheduling Conflicts screens. From the Playback and Delete screens, 'I' presents options for recorded shows such as Auto Expire or Stop Recording. Pressing 'I' while on the Recording Options screen will take you to the Advanced Recording Options screen.	+ –


Watching TV or a recording MythTV
Up or down	keys change the channel	+ –
num pad	Type a number to enter a channel number or jump amount (HHMM format)	+ –
P	pause / play. You may also add an explicit keybinding for 'Play' through MythWeb, returning you to normal speed if you are in slow motion, rewind fast forward or pause mode.	+ –
C	change inputs on TV Tuner card	+ –
ESC	quits	+ –
I	puts the On-screen Display up again. During playback, 'I' toggles between position and show description info. If a jump amount is entered, jump to that position.	+ –
M	brings up the electronic program guide (Grid) -- see the EPG section	+ –
Page Up	jump back the configured number of minutes (default is 10)	+ –
Page Down	jump ahead the configured number of minutes (default is 10)	+ –
End or Z	skip to next commercial break marker	+ –
Home or Q	skip back to previous commercial break marker	+ –

T	toggle close caption support Pressing 0-9 (preferably 3 times) + T changes teletext page and turns on teletext.	+ –
F	rotate between the various Picture Adjustments (Colour, Hue, etc.) While Picture Adjustment is on-screen, use Left and Right arrows to adjust. These settings adjust the look of the video playback, and are independent of the G-key settings used at record-time.	+ –
[ or F10	decrease volume	+ –
] or F11	increase volume	+ –
\| or F9	toggle mute	+ –
/	jump to the next favorite channel	+ –
?	mark/unmark the current channel as a favorite	+ –
U	increase the play speed	+ –
J	decrease the play speed	+ –
A	Adjust time stretch (speed up or slow down normal play of audio and video	+ –
W	cycle through zoom and fill modes: 4:3 aspect ratio, 16:9, 4:3 Zoom (like Pan and Scan), 16:9 Zoom, and 16:9 Stretch (eliminates black sidebars in TV signal)	+ –
F8	toggle the sleep timer 30m->1hr->1hr30m->2hr->Off	+ –
CTRL-B	Jump to the beginning of the recording / ringbuffer	+ –
+	Switch between audio streams	+ –
Left	(if a jump amount is entered) to jump back that amount	+ –
Right	(if a jump amount is entered) to jump ahead that amount	+ –


Without the stickykeys option selected MythTV
Left	rewind the configured number of seconds (default is 5)	+ –
Right	fast forward the configured number of seconds (default is 30)	+ –
<	starts rewind mode as if stickykeys are selected	+ –
>	starts fast forward mode as if stickykeys are selected	+ –


With Stickykeys option selected MythTV
Right	starts fast forward mode	+ –
Left	starts rewind mode	+ –


In fast forward or rewind mode: MythTV
Left/Right	increases the ff/rew speed	+ –
0	plays at normal speed, but leaves the time indicator on screen	+ –
1 or 2	plays back more slowly than normal ff/rew speed (1 is slowest)	+ –
3	plays back at normal ff/rew speed	+ –
4-9	plays back faster than normal ff/rew speed (9 is fastest)	+ –
Space	exits fast forward or rewind mode	+ –


While video is paused: MythTV
Left	rewind 1 frame	+ –
<	rewind 1 second	+ –
Right	advance 1 frame	+ –
>	advance 1 second	+ –


Watching TV only MythTV
G	rotate between the various Picture Adjustments (Colour, Hue, etc.) for recording. These values affect the look of the resulting .nuv file, and are independent of the playback picture settings. While Picture Adjustment is on-screen, use Left and Right arrows to adjust.	+ –
H	Channel history. Each repeat steps back through the previous channels.	+ –
O	Turns on 'Browse' mode, allowing user to browse channels and program info while watching current show FullScreen.	+ –
Y	switch between multiple capture cards. NOTE: you will lose your LiveTV buffer on your current card. Useful for different-sourced cards (such as Dish Network on one, HDTV over-the-air on another card.)	+ –


LiveTV Browse Mode MythTV
Left	browse program prior to current listed program	+ –
Right	browse program following current listed program	+ –
Up	browse program on channel above current listed channel/program	+ –
Down	browse program on channel below current listed channel/program	+ –
/	browse program on next favorite channel	+ –
0-9	enter a channel number to browse	+ –
Space/Enter	change channel to channel of current listed program	+ –
R/r	Toggle recording of current program (cycles through types)	+ –
Esc/O	Exit Browse mode	+ –


Playback Recording Zoom Mode MythTV
Left	Move video to Left	+ –
Right	Move video to Right	+ –
Up	Move video Up	+ –
Down	Move video Down	+ –
PageUp	Zoom In	+ –
PageDown	Zoom Out	+ –
Space/Enter	Exit Zoom mode leaving picture at current size and position	+ –
ESC	Exit Zoom mode and return to original size	+ –


If you have two or more tuner cards MythTV
V	toggle Picture-in-picture on or off	+ –
B	toggles the window focus (lets you change channels on the PiP window)	+ –
N	swaps the two channels by changing channels on both cards	+ –


Watching a recording only MythTV
Space/Enter	set a bookmark at that point. Next time you start the recording, you will automatically jump forward to this point and clear the bookmark.	+ –
X	queues the current recording for transcoding	+ –
O	brings up menu to allow toggling settings such as Commercial Auto-Skip, Auto-Expire, etc.	+ –
D	exits the current recording and displays the Delete menu	+ –
E or M	enters/exits edit mode.	+ –


In edit mode MythTV
Left/Right	move forward and backward	+ –
Up/Down	alter the amount of time you jump forward and backward. Increments are: nearest cutpoint, nearest video keyframe, 1 frame, 0.5 seconds, 1 second, 20 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes.	+ –
PageUp/PageDown	move forward and backward to the nearest cut point	+ –
< or >	move forward or backward by 10 times the normal jump amount	+ –
Space/Enter	allows you to set or delete a cut point	+ –
Z	loads the commercial skip list (if one exists) into the cutlist	+ –
C or Q	clear all cut points in the cutlist	+ –
I	Inverts the cutlist	+ –


EPG MythTV
Arrows	are used to move the highlighted program point around	+ –
A, D, S, W	perform the same as left, right, down and up	+ –
PageUp/PageDown	move the channel list up or down a page	+ –
Home/End	move the highlight left or right by one day	+ –
Ctrl+Left or <	move the highlight left by one page	+ –
Ctrl+Right or >	move the highlight right by one page	+ –
9, 3, 7, 1	(like a numeric keypad) perform the same as PageUp, PageDown, Home and End	+ –
I	bring up more information about a show, and allow you to schedule a recording. If you select Record this showing while watching Live TV you can Instant Record a program.	+ –
Space/Enter	allow you resolve conflicts or change overrides. If the program is not already scheduled to record, it will instead act like pressing 'I'.	+ –
M	when on a channel will change to that channel	+ –
ESC or C	exits without changing the channel	+ –
R	change the current item from Recording/Not-Recording. Successive keypresses cycle through the scheduled recording type list.	+ –
X	change the channel to the currently selected channel without leaving the EPG (Most useful in the alternate EPG)	+ –
?	mark/unmark the current channel as a favorite	+ –
/ or 4	toggle the guide listing between all channels and filtered favorites	+ –


Setting Program or Channel Recording Priorities MythTV
Right	increases priority value	+ –
Left	decreases priority value	+ –
1	sorts by title	+ –
2	sorts by priority	+ –
Home/End	toggle sort priority	+ –
I	edit recording options	+ –
ESC	commits changes and exits	+ –


Viewing Scheduled Recordings/Resolving Conflicts MythTV
1	show all recordings	+ –
2	show only important recordings	+ –
Home/End	toggle show showing all/important	+ –
I	edit recording options	+ –
Space/Enter	resolve conflict or override	+ –


Viewing Search Listings MythTV
Home	change to the previous view if applicable	+ –
End	change to the next view if applicable	+ –
M	select another view if applicable. In the title and description search popup, press M again to edit or delete the selected view.	+ –


Recording Profiles Setup Screen MythTV
D	on a custom profile group displays a popup to delete the group	+ –


Recording Groups MythTV
M	change the view or to set a group password	+ –
I	move a program from one Recording Group to another	+ –


Watch Recordings Screen MythTV
1 or F1	Meaning of the icons	+ –
/	Tags a recording. Tagged recordings can be played either in order or shuffled and deleted as a group. You can also change the recording group for several recordings at once by tagging them and using the popup INFO menu to change the recording group.	+ –
?	Clear the tagged list.	+ –


Remote Controls MythTV
0 - 9 0 - 9	channel selection, EPG navigation, ff/rew speed setting (with stickykeys)	+ –
Left Arrow Left	scroll left, rewind	+ –
Right Arrow Right	scroll right, fast forward	+ –
Up Arrow Up	scroll up, channel change up	+ –
Down Arrow Down	scroll down, channel change down	+ –
Select / OK / Play Space	Select item, play (with stickykeys) set bookmark	+ –
Cancel Escape	Cancel, quit playback	+ –
Menu m	EPG (from watching TV) edit (from playback).	+ –
Pause p	Pause	+ –
Other key 1 i	Information	+ –
Other key 2 c	Change tuner card input	+ –