Use these shortcuts in the Monitor, Timeline, or Clip windows.

Preview

Enter

Play

Spacebar or ~ (tilde) or L

Play from edit line to Out point*

Alt + ~ (tilde)

Play from In point to Out point

Alt + + ~ (tilde)

Play faster

Press ~ (tilde) or L more than once as needed

Play from preroll to postroll (amount defined in General preferences)

+ ~ (tilde) or Alt + click Play button

Stop

Spacebar or K

Loop from In point to Out point

+ + ~ (tilde)

Reverse

+ Alt + ~ (tilde) or J

Scrub without rendering

Drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

Scrub with transitions, effects, and superimposing visible

Alt + drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

Scrub with alpha channel visible only

Alt + + drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler