grabbing a screenshot from an mpeg

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  • Socks
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 8475

    #1

    grabbing a screenshot from an mpeg

    wmp seems to block this, is there another simple viewer that I can grab screenshots with?
  • jimmy3way
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2001
    • 2508

    #2
    Sure just play it to the point you wan ta screen sho tof, pause it, get your Polaroid out, take a picture, scan it, bingo. Screen shot.
    One thing, I forgot this last detail: the Biz Markie will always prevail.

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    • Pornwolf
      Drunk and Unruly
      • Jan 2002
      • 22712

      #3
      Jimmy's on a roll tonight!

      There's a couple of ways, get Vegas Video 3.0 from Sonic Foundry. It makes it easier than any other utility I've used. You can also do it with the stuff you have but there's an accelleration setting you have to shut down on Windows Media in order to capture video stills through Print Screen or whatever you are using.
      I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

      Webair, bitches.

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      • jimmy3way
        Confirmed User
        • Sep 2001
        • 2508

        #4
        Originally posted by Pornwolf
        Jimmy's on a roll tonight!
        Choices: design a stupid contraption made of structural steel cables that will hold a 5,ooo kilo load at 1500 meters or fuck around on GFY...
        One thing, I forgot this last detail: the Biz Markie will always prevail.

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        • Nubiles
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2002
          • 1496

          #5
          Have you tried turning your graphics card acceleration to none?
          Screenshots work for me everytime now.
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          • Dice TGP
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2002
            • 228

            #6
            I had the same problem. All I do is get the movie to the part I want the shot of, click the "show desktop" icon in the quick start menu to minimize all windows, then open the movie player again, and it worked fine.

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            • DrewKole
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2001
              • 5193

              #7
              www.hypersnap.com

              download the version 3, and get a free week trial... its worth the purchase if you do alot of video stuff.

              Go to enable special effects under capture settings, check both directx check marks... go to the clip... press print screen on your keyboard, go back to hypersnap and its right there, save it as a bmp or jpg.

              That help? =)

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              • Carrie
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2002
                • 3162

                #8
                SnagIt is perfect for getting shots from movies, games, whatever you want. Works great.
                http://www.techsmith.com/products/sn...calwriters.asp

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                • dirtymonkey
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 128

                  #9
                  Jimmy - I prefer 35mm (better quality) than run 24 hour photo development service... then scanning... etc...

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                  • quiet
                    we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                    • Sep 2001
                    • 25115

                    #10
                    if you have quicktime pro, you can export out frames from pretty much all video types. 30 bucks or so.
                    we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                    • Theo
                      HAL 9000
                      • May 2001
                      • 34515

                      #11
                      Originally posted by quiet
                      if you have quicktime pro, you can export out frames from pretty much all video types. 30 bucks or so.
                      mac junky!

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                      • Theo
                        HAL 9000
                        • May 2001
                        • 34515

                        #12
                        download virtualdub
                        open the mpeg with it and hit a screenshot like before with print screen.
                        paste the image to paint or photoshop and you have the best possible screenshop available :-)

                        Snag it and hupersnap can capture it too, but the result will be of lower quality compared to my way.

                        With few words my way rules.

                        Bottom line I rule.

                        Im the best.

                        I'm the king.

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                        • Kimmykim
                          bitchslapping zebras!!!!!
                          • Jun 2001
                          • 16015

                          #13
                          With any of these programs can you pull out frame by frame from the videos?

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                          • dirtymonkey
                            Confirmed User
                            • Mar 2002
                            • 128

                            #14
                            Magic Media ++, you can get it from download.com - I have been happy with the results I get from the program - plus you can select which frame you want to export from the movie - as well batch a whole folder of files !

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                            • Theo
                              HAL 9000
                              • May 2001
                              • 34515

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Kimmykim
                              With any of these programs can you pull out frame by frame from the videos?
                              with snag-it it's matter of luck to find the correct frame,if you pause the movie most of the times will return a blank screen. Hypersnag it is a bit better. The way I described is the best I have found so far for mpeg/avi files. You can select any frame you want.

                              I'll have to take a look at Magic Media ++, it sounds interesting program.

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                              • quiet
                                we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                • Sep 2001
                                • 25115

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Kimmykim
                                With any of these programs can you pull out frame by frame from the videos?
                                with qt pro, no problem. jog through until you see a frame you want, then export. you can get at every single frame in a given file. it also produces very high quality grabs (relative to your source file).

                                and soul, qt pro is available for windows too ;)
                                Last edited by quiet; 09-11-2002, 09:54 PM.
                                we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                • Cali
                                  Registered User
                                  • Apr 2001
                                  • 72

                                  #17
                                  *tsk*Tsk* All you need to do is to turn "Overlay" off in your WMP. Then you can take all the screenshots you like with Ctrl+PrintScreen

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