Getting started
Open file
To play a file, it must be loaded in the player. You can do this in several ways. The easiest way is by clicking on the "Open file" button:

Also you can do it by:
- pressing F2 hotkey on keyboard;
- dragging a file(s) from Windows Explorer (or from another file manager) to the player.
DVD, Blu-ray, AudioCD playback
Quick access to DVD, Blu-ray or AudioCD discs can be obtained through the items 2-5 in the right-click context menu of the control panel:

- 2. The player will automatically find and open the proper disc;
- 3. Open a (DVD or Blu-ray) folder from your hard drive or from another storage medium (select the desired folder);
- 4. Open a DVD folder and skip the DVD menu in order to play the main movie directly (do not use this option for DVDs that contain multiple movies);
- 5. Choose yourself the drive you want to play.
Fullscreen mode
You can switch to the fullscreen mode or go back to the original window, by clicking this button in the header of the player:

Or by clicking on this button in the control panel:

But you can also do it by:
- pressing the Enter key on the keyboard;
- pressing the middle mouse button;
- double-clicking with the left mouse button on the title bar of the player or on the video panel.
Note:
- In some skins the full screen button in the title bar of the player does not switch to full screen but to a maximized window. This depends on the intention of the skin designer.
Volume control
You can adjust the volume with this slider:

But you can also do it by:
- pressing the ↑ / ↓ arrow keys on the keyboard;
- using the mouse wheel.
Note:
- To adjust the volume you don't need to drag the slider. You can also control the volume by clicking on the desired position on the slider bar;
- If you want to adjust the volume with an opened playlist, make sure that the mouse pointer is outside the playlist area;
- If you press on the button at the left of the slider, you mutes the sound completely, regardless of the position of the slider.
Seek / Move playback position
You can move the playback position of a loaded file, by dragging the slider on the timeline with pressed left mouse button:

You can also use the keyboard:
- ← / → (default: 5 seconds backward / forward);
- Shift+← / Shift+→ (default: 30 seconds backward / forward);
- Ctrl+← / Ctrl+→ (frame backward / frame forward);
Note:
- To move the playback position, you do not necessarily have to drag the slider on the timeline with left mouse button pressed. You can also move the playback position by clicking on the desired position on the timeline.
Default setting basic keys
Many basic commands can be performed with a single key or key combination, with a mouse click, or with a combination of mouse and keyboard. Below you will find a list of the hot keys for some often used basic commands.
Mouse:
- Left button click on video - pause
- Left button click & hold & move (on video) - move window
- Left button click & hold & move (on video in fullscreen) - seek (move cursor to left -> seek forward, to right -> seek backward; more you move - farther it seek)
- Left button, double click - window/fullscreen
- Right button on player's caption or control panel - popup menu
- Right button on video - show/hide control panel
- Right button on playlist - popup menu of playlist
- Middle button - window/fullscreen
- Wheel - volume change
Keyboard:
- Spacebar - play/pause
- Esc - close Light Alloy
- ← / → - move playback position
- ↑ / ↓ - volume change
- ~ (tilde) - hide/show control panel
- Enter - window/fullscreen
- PgUp / PgDn - previouse/next in playlist
- BackSpace - rewind to start
- + / - on main keyboard - video zoom
- + / - on keypad - audio shift
- Ctrl + M - mute sound
- Ctrl + / - audio streams switch
- Ctrl + S - show/hide subtitles
You can change these settings in the mouse or keyboard section of the settings menu.