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scustalow
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:20 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I have looked in the converter section and can't seem to find one..Can anyone suggest a good simple program that will capture a phot from a dvd or such type of video ?Thank you

yoda313
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hello,

Dvd software like powerdvd has a screen shot abiltiy built in. For powerdvd there is a little camer icon that will save it to .bmp format.

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scustalow
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:48 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I would like to just do a screen capture from windows media player is this possible?

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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
NO , use media player classic, powerDVD , winDVD, or virtualdubMOD to capture a frame off a dvd ..
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yoda313
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
scustalow wrote:
I would like to just do a screen capture from windows media player is this possible?
Hello,

Not sure, never used it. But if it's an unencrypted file (not dvd vob) then you could always just do alt+prnt screen in windows, then paste it into ms paint.

Kevin
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BJ_M
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 11:52 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
yoda313 wrote:
scustalow wrote:
I would like to just do a screen capture from windows media player is this possible?
Hello,

Not sure, never used it. But if it's an unencrypted file (not dvd vob) then you could always just do alt+prnt screen in windows, then paste it into ms paint.

Kevin


doesnt ussually work as video is played in a overlay ..
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scustalow
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 12:43 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
will this work with a asf file too?

Alan69
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Post Posted: Oct 05, 2004 12:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
BJ_M wrote:
yoda313 wrote:
scustalow wrote:
I would like to just do a screen capture from windows media player is this possible?
Hello,

Not sure, never used it. But if it's an unencrypted file (not dvd vob) then you could always just do alt+prnt screen in windows, then paste it into ms paint.

Kevin


doesnt ussually work as video is played in a overlay ..


And then click Advanced in the performance options and turn off overlays and it works fine..

Alan

impie
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Post Posted: Oct 07, 2004 01:35 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If I use VD and I have a file that is about 2 minutes long but only want to catch something evert 2 secs how do I set that up?

BJ_M
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Post Posted: Oct 07, 2004 07:42 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
impie wrote:
If I use VD and I have a file that is about 2 minutes long but only want to catch something evert 2 secs how do I set that up?


thats something different ..

just set the in and out points ..
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BJ_M
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Post Posted: Oct 07, 2004 07:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Alan69 wrote:
BJ_M wrote:
yoda313 wrote:
scustalow wrote:
I would like to just do a screen capture from windows media player is this possible?
Hello,

Not sure, never used it. But if it's an unencrypted file (not dvd vob) then you could always just do alt+prnt screen in windows, then paste it into ms paint.

Kevin


doesnt ussually work as video is played in a overlay ..


And then click Advanced in the performance options and turn off overlays and it works fine..

Alan



doesnt always work on some systems
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angryassdrummer
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Post Posted: Nov 03, 2004 04:57 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I tried the PowerDVD photo icon but nothing happened!

Is there more to it than just pressing the icon on a particular frame i want captured?

yoda313
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Post Posted: Nov 03, 2004 07:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hello,

Check the settings in powerdvd. Maybe you saved the file in a different directory. Make sure you know where it's going and try it again. smile.gif

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Post Posted: Nov 03, 2004 08:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
By default I believe PowerDVD captures to the clipboard. Be sure to set the option to save to a file and specify the "save to" directory.

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Two2Tango
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Post Posted: Nov 20, 2004 13:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
PowerDVD captures to the PowerDVD directory.

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Post Posted: Nov 20, 2004 14:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If you want to capture a pic with windows media player then go to control panel/display/settings/advanced/troubleshooting and turn down hardware acceleration to none and then press Prt Scrn on your keyboard and paste from paint.You can also paste the capture from powerdvd this way also if you didnt change the options to save in a folder.
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VenGeanCe
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Post Posted: Jan 16, 2005 11:43 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
well u can try vcd cutter also.also u can try the print screen + ms paint option just do so by settingur hardware acceleration zero because for movie files print screen doesn't work properly for full hardware acc.

sanjayk
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Post Posted: Feb 04, 2005 04:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The best way is as suggested by BJ_M.

Use software line "WinDVD", "PowerDVD" and like. Play you file and select the capture command on the frame you want to capture. By default these software capture to clipboard. This can be easily changed to save the frame to a file. If you want to save frames continously you have to use some good mpeg editor software like "TMPGEnc MPEG Editor".

mjohnson
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Post Posted: Mar 08, 2005 06:35 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I hope this doesn't take this post off topic, but I'd like to capture multiple images from a file.

For example, if I have a 10 minute home DVD on disk and want to capture an image, for example every second or every 20 frames (or what ever I define), is there any software that can do this automatically with out the need to keep clicking a capture button?

Any help or advice appreciated.

Regards,

Mark J.

BJ_M
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Post Posted: Mar 08, 2005 07:56 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
you can do this automatic using v-dub and use decimate and save to images ...

set your in and out points first ..
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mjohnson
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Post Posted: Mar 08, 2005 08:00 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
BJ_M wrote:
you can do this automatic using v-dub and use decimate and save to images ...

set your in and out points first ..


Thanks for that - I'll look into it.

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Looked into it and it works a treat - thanks again


ChrissyBoy
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Post Posted: Mar 24, 2005 14:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
ImageGrab from the tools section has some merit too. But for DVDs I'd stick to WinDVD etc.
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Tom Saurus
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Post Posted: Apr 11, 2005 07:42 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If this is not an Encyrpted DVD, you can use Mpeg Video Wizard, and load the .vobs in and capture still pictures. You can chose to save them as .jpeg's, .bmp's and .mpeg's. I suggest choosing .bmp, and do whatever editing you want to the picture in picture editor and then when you have it the way you want it, then save the picture as a .jpeg. I like using Mpeg Video Wizard for extracting picture, it gets right down to the frame by frame accurance, that is sometimes quite useful. It also is easy to create a folder for the pictures to be put in.

spectroelectro
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Post Posted: Apr 29, 2005 22:15 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If you want to take the time to rip the VOB from a DVD you can also use TMPGenc or VirtualDubMod. Load the VOB using BROWSE into the video input for TMPGenc, go to ADVANCED SETTINGS -> SOURCE RANGE, choose one frame or a group of frames, -> FILE -> TOOLS -> SAVE AS -> BMP. You can then convert the BMP(s) into JPG using Photoshop.

Same basic procedure with VDubMod. Except use HOME to choose start and END to choose finish of the section you want to convert to photos.

Bjs
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Post Posted: May 20, 2005 08:52 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just open the vob you want the snap from using vobedit , goto file , hit preview in list , and use mwsnap to take a snapshot of what is in the window .

Mwsnap is one of the best freeware tool's everyone should have .

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Post Posted: Jun 15, 2005 08:56 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Talking about screen captures, i want to advise you to use good program, wich can take Video screen captures from windows screen. It allows you to record screen to avi, asf, wmv. So this very useful tool for creating presentations, demos, video tutorials etc.
Good Luck!

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Post Posted: Jun 15, 2005 09:06 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
_Snow_ wrote:
Talking about screen captures, i want to advise you to use good program, wich can take Video screen captures from windows screen. It allows you to record screen to avi, asf, wmv. So this very useful tool for creating presentations, demos, video tutorials etc.
Good Luck!
Interesting indeed - would you like to share the name of such an application with the rest of the world, or is it a well kept secret? tongue.gif

/Mats
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