<p>I'm glad to see someone else on this topic. I too would like the ability to assign a shortcut key to start the vlc embedded player. I hope this is on the roadmap for the future. You could ALMOST call it a bug report - a missing shortcut - since so many other features are given shortcut keysrokes. :) We're looking for a keystroke eqivalent of the mouse-click of the PLAY arrowhead. Someday... </p><p> </p><p> </p>