screen cap question

lapdance_for003 · Post by **lapdance_for003** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:07 am

i'm a noob at screen caps and i was just wonderin how to do it...
i have like screen caping programs and i do wot they say in the manual but it dosn't work!! i use winamp 5 as ma video viewer and then i do the screen cap stuff, all that comes up on like the previews is just the black background of the video screen. am i doin somthin rong or do i have the rong programs?

Herbert West · Post by **Herbert West** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:13 am

I wouldn't recommend using screencap software for videocaps. I don't know about Winamp but most Videoplayers have integrated screencap functions.

lapdance_for003 · Post by **lapdance_for003** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:22 am

but there arn't any...not that i'm suggestin u tell me but yeh... i've had look around...shouldn't the screen cap program work?

Herbert West · Post by **Herbert West** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:28 am

lapdance_for003 wrote:but there arn't any...not that i'm suggestin u tell me but yeh... i've had look around...shouldn't the screen cap program work?

If it is a good prog it should work, but you have to activate something like "capture overlay".

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu May 20, 2004 7:23 am

If the file is anything other than rm and qt, you can get screencaps with VirtualDub - open the video (with an avisynth script if the file is wmv) and select the frame you want, then click 'save image sequence'. If you have a good picture program, you can save a tga file (very good quality) and compress it elsewhere - if you just have windows paint, then save it as a bmp file. Either way, it's a very accurate way to take a pic of any frame in a video without having to pause. If you don't have Vdub, check out www.doom9.org - it's a free downloadable program.

Declan_Vee · Post by **Declan_Vee** » Thu May 20, 2004 7:40 am

BSPlayer has a screencap feature built in. Otherwise, Ari's Vitrualdub method is probably best.

lapdance_for003 · Post by **lapdance_for003** » Fri May 21, 2004 2:47 am

Thnx!!! u guys rock

egemini · Post by **egemini** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:18 pm

Just for completing that problem with screencaps... The "black window" usually appears when running the player with "hardware acceleration" enabled.
This option can be turned off - just search for it in the options of the player (at least Windows Media Player and Real Player have this).
After doing this, the player should still run as smoothly as before

lapdance_for003 · Post by **lapdance_for003** » Fri May 21, 2004 3:52 pm

coollllllll.... lol
thanx alot!