how do I take stills from VCD and MPEG

[red_octoberz]

How do I take still photographs from my VCD?
I also converted the VCD to MPEG. Can I get stills from those as well? How?
Thanks

[gonz0]

I assume you don't mean taking photographs camera. Try this: http://www.vcdhelp.com/faq.htm#screenshot

Another option is to open the mpegs or .dat files in VirtualDub. That has the option to export a movie as an image sequence (don't do this for an entire movie as you'll get thousands of BMPs). For long sequences you can mark in and out a section of the mpeg and only export frames from that section (to reduce the number of BMPs). This probably won't make sense until you try it.

[Mirror_Image]

Virtual Dub also has the option to copy current frame to clipboard, so you can paste it in Paint Shop Pro (or whatever your editor may be).