Terminal Video – How to Start a Video at a Specific Time Using Terminal

VLC has a wonderful short cuts menu where you can see or even set the shortcuts.

Open the VLC preferences and the Hotkeys tab.

Restart VLC after making the hotkey change.

The following was tested by me on VLC Version 2.0.9 Twoflower (Intel 64bit).

_{Ranting: I wish every app would have such easy access and feature, rather them me searching the Google to find out what Hotkeys they use and how to set them. End of Rant.}

The free and open-source VLC media player is able to do this.

If the video file is an .avi, a dialog saying "The AVI file is broken. Seeking will not work correctly. Do you want to try to fix it?" may pop up. Simply click "Don't repair" and the video will start playing.