Easiest way to screen-cap a movie still in XP?

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  • TheFLY
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jan 2001
    • 11856
    #1

    Easiest way to screen-cap a movie still in XP?

    Just want to do a Photoshop still shot for a little movie I did in Prague... Print-Screen is not working for some reason when I paste into photoshop the movie image is gone -- same shit happens with Quicktime... Anyone know the solution?

    For info about the movie see this thread if yer intersted http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=115781
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    • gripcash
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2003
      • 154
      #2
      The reason is copyright protections in the players. One approach is to download a crappy little shareware or freeware player off cnet and screencapture from that. Can't remember the one i used.
      -grip

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        • Carrie
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2002
          • 3162
          #3
          Get a little program called SnagIt and read the instructions - to grab screen caps from video you'll need to go into (I think) Capture -> Advanced -> DirectX.
          Works like a fuckin' charm.

          There are also other programs that will do everything you need (convert, edit, screen caps etc.) all-in-one, if you're interested in a cheap one check out Video Edit Magic. A little more expensive (but really PACKED with features) is Pinnacle's Studio 8.

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            • sexyclicks
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2002
              • 3240
              #4
              you can open .mpg, .avi etc files with imageready

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                • TheFLY
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 11856
                  #5
                  Originally posted by gripcash
                  The reason is copyright protections in the players. One approach is to download a crappy little shareware or freeware player off cnet and screencapture from that. Can't remember the one i used.
                  Yeah it's fucking bullshit... But the video guy gave me .WMV format! These are my fucking pixels damnit! I can't even read my own video memory? WTF? There's got to be a way... Maybe LVIEW will do it...

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                    • sexyclicks
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 3240
                      #6
                      also with Quicktime PRO you can export as .bmp

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                        • Dirty F
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jul 2001
                          • 59204
                          #7
                          Open 2 movie players...print screen...paste....1 will show up.

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                            • The Machine
                              Confirmed User
                              • May 2002
                              • 859
                              #8
                              wmv sucks.
                              Complex, large-scale, multi-platform custom programming.

                              icq # 106 769 997

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                                • gripcash
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 154
                                  #9
                                  The totally impractical way:
                                  Open a pc anywhere connection to a computer playing the movie in windows media player. Now screenshots work fine.
                                  -grip

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                                    • TheFLY
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Jan 2001
                                      • 11856
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by gripcash
                                      The totally impractical way:
                                      Open a pc anywhere connection to a computer playing the movie in windows media player. Now screenshots work fine.


                                      I thought u were going to say I need to open up my computer and tear out the innards...

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                                        • cafeaulait
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jun 2002
                                          • 587
                                          #11
                                          Its nothing to do with anti-piracy, just turn off your video hardware acceleration temporarily:

                                          Control Panel -> Display ->Settings-> Advanced -> Troubleshoot then turn Hardware Accel down to zero.

                                          G

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                                            • TheFLY
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jan 2001
                                              • 11856
                                              #12
                                              Holy shit -- I copy the movie file and XP tries to get through my firewall... WOw they are really going to try to catch copyright infringers...

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                                                • Jizzman
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                  • 379
                                                  #13
                                                  virtualdub works just great and its freeware.

                                                  http://www.virtualdub.org/

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                                                    • twistyneck
                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                      • 4660
                                                      #14
                                                      Too simple. Start any Quicktime movie. Start Grab. Capture-->Screen. You are done. Works the first time, everytime.

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                                                        • TheFLY
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Jan 2001
                                                          • 11856
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by cafeaulait
                                                          Its nothing to do with anti-piracy, just turn off your video hardware acceleration temporarily:

                                                          Control Panel -> Display ->Settings-> Advanced -> Troubleshoot then turn Hardware Accel down to zero.

                                                          G
                                                          Ahh dude you are totally right! That was easy -- just right click desktop and turn off acceleration! Damn you're a genius...

                                                          Anyhow, VDUB doesn't play .WMV whoever said that -- because I love VDUB for my bullshit little projects... :p

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                                                            • msg
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Mar 2002
                                                              • 293
                                                              #16
                                                              after 45 minutes i finally found this thread... thanks for the help!

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                                                                • EZRhino
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jul 2003
                                                                  • 6258
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Carrie
                                                                  Get a little program called SnagIt and read the instructions - to grab screen caps from video you'll need to go into (I think) Capture -> Advanced -> DirectX.
                                                                  Works like a fuckin' charm.

                                                                  There are also other programs that will do everything you need (convert, edit, screen caps etc.) all-in-one, if you're interested in a cheap one check out Video Edit Magic. A little more expensive (but really PACKED with features) is Pinnacle's Studio 8.
                                                                  Works great for us

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                                                                    • WebTitan
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                      • 5114
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by sexyclicks
                                                                      you can open .mpg, .avi etc files with imageready
                                                                      shit....i ended up learning something today....


                                                                      very cool though, was not aware that you could do that

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                                                                        • JOP
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Apr 2001
                                                                          • 931
                                                                          #19
                                                                          What do I do when I need a screeshot from a DVD and not a AVI or MPG file?

                                                                          Any good programms to do this?

                                                                          thanks
                                                                          JOP

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                                                                            • JDog
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                                              • 7453
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by sexyclicks
                                                                              you can open .mpg, .avi etc files with imageready
                                                                              Really? I can't, just tried!

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                                                                                • WebTitan
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                                                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                                                  • 5114
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by JDog


                                                                                  Really? I can't, just tried!

                                                                                  jDoG
                                                                                  just tried it myself for the first time and it worked fine. what version are you using? works in 7.0

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