Use similar controls as on YouTube when watching Netflix (f for full screen, k to play/pause, c for captions, j and l to go back and forward 10 seconds, a to change audio, p for picture-in-picture, and many more – all configurable)
This script lets you control video playback, language, subtitles and more on Netflix with keyboard shortcuts.
A few are inspired by the YouTube shortcuts, and provide consistency with that player (like j/k/l for example).
All the key bindings are documented here and in the script, and are easy to change.
This script was converted to a full Chrome extension, available for free here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-keyboard-shortcut/mjpponglbellandpimdbmmhbhmakcgji
Going forward this script will still be available but will no longer be maintained; only the Netflix Keyboard Shortcuts extension will receive updates. Both will remain free forever.
All key bindings are configurable. By default, the following shortcuts are used:
k switches between playing and pausedl moves ahead by 10 secondsj moves back by 10 secondsN goes to the very end of the video (as in “next episode”), when paused: moves back by one frame. when paused: moves ahead by one frame> makes the video play faster< makes the video play more slowlyc switches subtitles on or off (you can also configure which language to select automatically the first time you switch them on)s changes the size of subtitles (Netflix provides 3 sizes, so it cycles between small/medium/large)v changes the subtitles track, moving to the next one in the lista changes the audio track, moving to the next one in the listp turns “picture-in-picture” mode on or offm is already set to mute/unmute by Netflix, but you can configure the script to also let you use a different keyPage Up increases the audio volume by 5% – unfortunately we can’t use Up Arrow here since Netflix catches the key press event for it.Page Down decreases the audio volume by 5% – unfortunately we can’t use Down Arrow here either.0 to 9 jump to 0% of the video (the start) to 90% in 10% increments (so pressing 5 jumps to 50%, etc.)d enables or disables Netflix’s diagnostics panel, similar to YouTube’s “stats for nerds” option.l moves ahead by 10 secondsj moves back by 10 secondsL moves ahead by 60 seconds (capital L as opposed to lowercase l listed above)J moves back by 60 seconds] moves ahead by 5 seconds[ moves back by 5 secondsl, j, and others jump forward or back by updating the values in TIME_SCRUB_KEYS (10 seconds by default).TIME_SCRUB_KEYS.Up Arrow or Down Arrow (5% by default) with VOLUME_DELTA.c (English by default) with DEFAULT_SUBTITLES_LANGUAGE. If you select a different language with v, pressing c again will switch between “Off” and that new language.< and > let you slow down on speed up playback. Change PLAYBACK_SPEED_INCREMENTS to use different playback speeds; by default it covers the following steps: 0.5x, 0.75x, 0.9x, 1x, 1.1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2.0x, 2.5x._SHOW control whether to display this text for various actions (e.g. PLAY_PAUSE_SHOW, PLAYBACK_SPEED_CHANGE_SHOW, etc.)The script also has a debug mode, disabled by default. Enabling it provides debug information for anyone trying to modify it.