VLC

The OG free and open source cross-platform multimedia player.

15 Mar 2023

Using now in workflow: !projects/video-screenshots

Need to figure out backwords frame-by-frame navigation.

Unfortunately, VLC doesn’t support frame-stepping backwards; it’s only possible to move forward.

😕

There’s a VLC extension called “Jump to time Previous frame v3” that’s said to work.

Keyboard shortcuts

Action Shortcut Note
Very short forward jump Cmd + Ctrl + Right 3s
Short forward jump Cmd + Alt + Right 10s
Medium forward jump Cmd + Shift + Right 1mn
Long forward jump Cmd + Shift + Alt + Right 5mns
Left for back.

Alternatives

IINA

!apps/iina

PotPlayer

Seems to do backwords frame-by-frame navigation.

links

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