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    Capturing Images from Video

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Luar, Oct 1, 2006.

  1. Luar

    Luar Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an MPG video file and want to capture a few images to JPG or PNG. Any suggestions?
     
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    The only way I know how to do it is: Import the video into Windows Movie Maker, put that video on the timeline, play it and stop it to seach for pic you want to take; Under the preview screen there is a button that looks like a camera, push it and it takes a shot of the current screen. I can't remember if it asks you where you want to put the pic or if it just puts it in 'My Pictures". I'm not sure if the quality is the same as the video or not. The video I took pics from was not-so-great quality, so it might take the same quality as the video.
    Hope this helps.
     
    Jesusfrk611, Oct 1, 2006
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  3. drumfu

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    use VLC player

    there is a command line option...

    C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --intf wx --wx-embed --nooverlay

    if you launch with that, you can do easy capture with your printscreen button on your keyboard, then paste into an image editor
     
    drumfu, Oct 1, 2006
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  4. Luar

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    This was perfect and the quailty was actually quite good for a web page. Thanks!!
     
    Luar, Oct 2, 2006
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    Right click desktop -> Properties -> Settings tab then click Advanced -> Trouble shoot tab. Then pull down the hardware acceleration slider all the way down to low, apply. Take the screen shot and change the slider back up again.
     
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    Eh...did you guys know that VLC has an option to capture a snapshot of the video right in the Video>Snapshot option? Only problem is it will save the native resolution of that video. Resizing will not make the snapshot bigger.
     
    Qhs, Oct 2, 2006
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    see post #3
     
    drumfu, Oct 2, 2006
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    You do not need to remove overlay or use the print screen function to use the Snapshot feature. All you need to do is open the video file, go to Video in the top menu, and click snapshot. It takes a snapshot of the video so you do not need to PS the desktop and other things out. May not work on all types of video formats though.
     
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    i never have to ps the desktop out because using those command line options means it takes a capture of whatever size i have vlc at at the moment of capture. therefore if vlc is running at full screen and i take a snapshot, than wysiwyg.
     
    drumfu, Oct 2, 2006
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    I have bad experiences with removing overlay and hardware acceleration. The snapshots on my desktop are of horrible quality. I usually use Hypersnap DX instead.
     
    Qhs, Oct 2, 2006
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