
Use Alt with the cursor keys instead, and you can move the video around ("panning"). Press Alt together with - (minus) and + (plus) to zoom out/in.
Combine Shift with to move to the previous or next file in your playlist. Space works as a Play and Pause toggle.
The left and right cursor keys allow you to move back and forward in the active media file. If you haven't tweaked MPV's default settings (as we'll see next), it's easier to navigate your media with your keyboard: You can perform the same basic feats you'd expect from other media players: starting and pausing playback, moving to the previous or next file in a playlist, and if the active file comes with more than one, choose subtitles or an audio stream.
Although we mentioned that MPV doesn't come with a proper GUI interface, that's partially a lie: it does offer an interface, but it's pretty simplistic.