Alta Video keyboard shortcuts

Last modified: Friday February 17, 2023.

The Alta Video user interface includes many keyboard shortcuts, enabling you to quickly carry out the steps and tasks that you carry out most frequently.

You can find the list of available Alta Video keyboard shortcuts from the user interface:

  1. Click Alta Video Settings Settings.
  2. Click Preferences.
  3. Select Keyboard

Table 1 – Alta Video keyboard shortcuts

ActionWindows shortcut keysMac shortcut keys
Play/pause in playbackSpacebar keySpacebar key
Download diagnostic UI logsCtrl key + Shift key + L keyControl key + Shift key + L key
Jump to live in playbackCtrl key + Down Arrow keyControl key + Down Arrow key
Jump 30 sec back in timeCtrl key + Left Arrow keyControl key + Left Arrow key
Jump 30 sec forward in timeCtrl key + Right Arrow keyControl key + Right Arrow key
Clear all panes in Video viewCtrl key + X keyControl key + X key
Enter playbackCtrl key + V keyControl key + V key
Exit playbackCtrl key + Shift key + V keyControl key + Shift key + V key
Previous framePrevious framePrevious frame
Next frameNext frameNext frame

In addition, many of the standard Windows, Apple Mac and browser shortcut keys are useful when using the Alta Video cloud user interface.