Music Playback Controls

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Music Playback Controls

When playing music on the Music tab, the playback controls display as follows:

Note: the below table includes the hotkey for each specific button on the playback controls, if available. For a complete list of all the hotkeys in PowerDVD and the corresponding behavior, see PowerDVD Hotkeys.

 

Icon

Button

Hotkey

Description

A

 

Navigational slider

 

Visually displays elapsed playback time. Click along the navigational slider to jump to different moments in the song.

B

 

Elapsed time

 

Displays the time elapsed in the current song. Hover your mouse over it to reveal two buttons that let you jump backward and forward in the song.

 

Click to quickly jump back 8 seconds, or to skip forward 30 seconds. If you want these two buttons to always be available, you can enable them in UI preferences.

C

 

Song duration/ Remaining time

 

Click to toggle between song duration and remaining playback time.

D

Shuffle

V

Plays the music in a folder, playlist, or on a disc in random order.

E

Previous

P

Returns to the previous song in the folder, playlist, or on the disc.

F

Play/Pause

Space bar

Plays and pauses music playback.

G

Mute/Volume adjustment

Q / + and -

Click to mute the volume, or to turn mute off. To manually adjust the volume, hover your mouse over this button and then use the slider to increase or decrease the volume.

H

PowerDVD settings menu

 

Opens the PowerDVD settings menu, where you can access player settings and PowerDVD preferences. See PowerDVD Settings - Player Settings and PowerDVD Settings - Preferences for more information.

I

Play to

 

Select music in the media library and then click this button to play it on another device or display. See Playing Media on Another Display or Device (Play to) for more information.

J

Zoom

Ctrl+mouse wheel**

Hover your mouse over the button, and then use the slider to zoom in or out on the album art when in artist or album view. ** note that this hotkey can be modified in settings, so the behavior may differ.

K

Next

N

Jumps to the next song in the folder, playlist, or on the disc.

L

Stop

S

Stops music playback.

M

Repeat

Ctrl+R

Click this button during playback to repeat one or all of the songs in a folder/playlist. When the button displays as , the repeat function is off.

N

Audio equalizer

 

When playing back music, click this button to access the Audio Equalizer presets used to alter the audio.

O

 

Song information

 

Displays the album art and song information for the current music that is playing. If you're browsing through media on other tabs during music playback, double-click on the song information to quickly return to the music section of the media library.