Netflix has a handful of secret keyboard shortcuts that aren’t listed anywhere. Most of them are related to debugging and you won’t be using them on a day-to-day basis, but they could prove useful if you’re ever having trouble.
Sep 08, 2014 Chances are that if you are a regular Netflix user, you often wish you could adjust the quality of your video stream. That reveals a page of statistics about your video. Jul 28, 2013 LPT: While watching Netflix (Instant Play) hold down Shift+Alt and click on the screen to access buffering settings, A/V sync compensation settings and other information. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R – toggle color Rotation for overlays in Chrome; probably a debugging feature.
Stream Options (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S)
Having trouble with stream lag, buffering, choppiness, or whatever else? Try tweaking the stream options manually with this menu. You can even change the Content Delivery Network, in case your problem is routing related.
Audio/Video Stats (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D)
If you aren’t sure how to tweak your stream options above, use this window to see what your current settings are.
Logging Window (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L)
This logging window won’t be useful most of the time, but if you’re running into errors, if the stream won’t load, or if playback is glitched in some way, then you may see some pertinent error messages that could help you solve your issues.
Other Keyboard Shortcuts
- Space — Toggle Play/Pause
- Enter — Toggle Play/Pause
- PgUp — Play
- PgDn — Pause
- F — Fullscreen
- Esc — Exit Fullscreen
- Up — Increase Volume
- Down — Decrease Volume
- M — Toggle Mute
- Shift + Left — Rewind
- Shift + Right — Fast Forward
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Netflix is very well known for its cool range of features with easy navigations. It enables users to watch their interesting videos, TV shows without any interruption. Users can develop their own profile and also receive recommendations based on their priorities. Netflix has made navigation and functionalities even more easily through keyboard shortcuts. Here is how you can use the Netflix shortcuts on the PC.
Step 1
While watching the videos on Netflix, you can easily skip the intro. Instead of clicking on the skip intro button through your mouse, you can press ‘S’ button on the keyboard as a shortcut for skipping the intros on Netflix.
Step 2
You might need to sometimes mute the audio while playing the videos on Netflix. The shortcut for this is that you need to press the ‘M’ button on your keyboard to mute the audio.
Step 3
In order to view the video audio statistics data on the screen on Netflix, you can use the keyboard shortcut. You need to press ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Shift’ + ‘Alt’ + ‘D’ to see the stats on your screen. You will see the details like the bitrate, the movie id, framerate as well as the buffer size.
Step 4
This is the most needed keyboard shortcut while watching videos on Netflix. You don't have to use your mouse to play or pause the video by clicking on the play or pause icon instead, use the keyboard shortcut as it saves time and easy. You need to press the ‘Space Bar’ button or ‘Enter’ button on your Keyboard. Through this, you can toggle the play/ pause option while watching videos on Netflix.
You can now easily perform some functionalities on Netflix without using your mouse. You can use the keyboard shortcuts to perform the functionalities while paying videos on Netflix.