screen grabs

[fintytin]

Anyine know of a decent easy to use and prefferably free program for grabbing dvd screen shots ?

[Harbottle]

Many free options out there I usually use Media Player Classic, you can download it here:



Download Media Player Classic for Win2k/XP 6.4.9.1 Revision 89 - An enhanced version of Windows Media Player 6.4 - Softpedia



Plays numerous formats and very simple to get a screen grab. Play your DVD or file, pause it. Click on File and from the drop down menu select Save Image you then have a still saved to the chosen directory on your computer

[DB7]

I use VLC which will play most formats.

VLC media player - Overview

[penfold]

VLC for me too. Pretty much idiot proof with some useful features.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='penfold']VLC for me too. Pretty much idiot proof with some useful features.

I can use it so that must be true...

[fintytin]

VLC seems most handy-thanks for the heads up peeps !!

[Mr Sloane]

ditto VLC is easy to use for all video needs.

[Edward G]

Harbottle,

Loaded this program but an error message came up. It fails to save

the screenshot, even when I alter the renderer method, as directed....

name='Harbottle']Many free options out there I usually use Media Player Classic, you can download it here:



Plays numerous formats and very simple to get a screen grab. Play your DVD or file, pause it. Click on File and from the drop down menu select Save Image you then have a still saved to the chosen directory on your computer

Penfold,

I already have VLC but I cannot see where if offers you a video grabbing facility!



Can anyone help please?

name='penfold']VLC for me too. Pretty much idiot proof with some useful features.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='Edward G']

Penfold,

I already have VLC but I cannot see where if offers you a video grabbing facility!



Can anyone help please?

Video - snapshot. I think the default is a .png format, whatever that is, though you can set it to save as jpegs and it it saves in My Pictures in Wndows but you can change that if you want.

[Mr Sloane]

When using VLC to run the video

on the top of the screen select snapshot from the drop down menu under video and click. It will take a snap shot and save it to your default picture menu.

[wellpip]

name='fintytin']Anyine know of a decent easy to use and prefferably free program for grabbing dvd screen shots ?

I think this is what you are after?



Cool utility for creating preview screencaps from your video files. Skip throughs vids taking pics at the time interval you set, joins them, and can label them with info such as file name, size, play length, or resolution all on its own.

Run image grabber. Click Options and set the amount of rows and columns you want. A setting of 3 to 6 for each is good. Then click Open and find the video you want to make caps from. Then click Save and after setting a filename and location for your image then program will run and save your screencap image to that location on your computer.



Use the link below and hit the free button.



http://rapidshare.com/files/93774542/Image_Grabber.rar]anonym.to - free dereferer service[/url]

[mallee59]

name='CaptainWaggett']Video - snapshot. I think the default is a .png format, whatever that is, though you can set it to save as jpegs and it it saves in My Pictures in Wndows but you can change that if you want.

all you needed to know about png but wished you never asked....



Portable Network Graphics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ican]

You can take snaps with Power DVD, just click the camera icon. Right hand click to alter functions such as save and size.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='mallee59']all you needed to know about png but wished you never asked....



Portable Network Graphics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stop making me learn things on my day off

[Harbottle]

name='Edward G']Harbottle,

Loaded this program but an error message came up. It fails to save

the screenshot, even when I alter the renderer method, as directed....







Penfold,

I already have VLC but I cannot see where if offers you a video grabbing facility!



Can anyone help please?

Sorry Edward never encountered that problem, probably easier to just download VLC player (which I sometimes use as well). Another really excellent player is KM Player KMPlayer - Download which has even more tricks like recording clips from video etc.

[Edward G]

Harbottle, CaptainWagget, Ican, Mallee59, Mr Sloane and Wellpip,

Cracked it!

Many thanks to all for the assistance here - there was no one else I could get this info from.

You are invaluable - and so is this forum!