Capturing Pics from Vids - Help wanted!!!

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#1

Hello,

I need help.

I’m trying to capture a scene in a form of jpeg from any movie file. (AVI, MPEG, MPClassic, Divx, DAT, MKV, etc.) The problem is that it won’t work with Snagit 8 nor with VirtualDub. Even with the hardware accelerator down to the lowest setting I still could not capture a pic, meanwhile VirtualDub was suggested from a friend of mine and it can’t even do SHIT!

For any technical experts out there, or for anyone with a suggestion, please help by providing any info here and I’ll test them out. Thx.

Yoono

#2

You could always just take a screenshot in full-screen mode and paste it into an editor (MS Paint), right?

#3

I usually use Hypercam if i’m lazy as all hell otherwise the old fashioned way works
“print screen” then copy and pasting to Paint, selecting the area I want, clicking on it, copy it , open a new file, paste it, voila~

#4

Been there, done that, and it does nothing.

I tried Hypercam recently and it too does nothing. Argh this is frustrating!!! I said I already tried capturing a scene from a movie by using the command key “Print Screen” under the hardware acceleration of “none” in order to make a snapshot from Windows Media Player. When I pasted it on MS Paint it did paste but I realized it was not solidly pasted because as I moved the MS Paint the whole program moved but the image stay fixed - in the same frame as the original from WMP. I need help solving this problem or a new system to capture video scenes into a picture.

I really appreciate your guy’s help but somehow I’m not getting any results. Anybody else?

#5

I used Nero Show Time and Photoshop/ImageReady. I used slow speed for capturing image from video. Then I pasted it on Photoshop (JPEG), or ImageReady (GIF and JPEG). You can use MS Paint or other painting programs, too. I will try Macromedia programs for capturing pictures from videos.

JPEG- only one page
GIF- more than one page

#6

I just did it with the OP for Shakugan no Shana, worked fine for me. Maybe it depends on the encode. This file was an avi, probably encoded with Xvid.

#7

Are you playing the video on Windows Media Player?

  • Open Window Media Player
  • Then go to Tools | Options
  • In Options, select the Performance Tab
  • Way below you click on the Advanced Button
  • Uncheck “Use Overlays”
  • Click Ok
  • And you are ready.
#8

I tried it with Nero Show Time and with Photoshop/MS Paint, but it didn’t work even with slow speed.

Tried it but still didn’t freeze the frame.

Maybe this info will help:

*The movie file was downloaded from a torrent
*It is an SRT file type
*I have Snagit 8
*I have the following media players:
**Windows Media Player
**Divx
**Winamp
**Media Player Classic

I tried capturing a picture from a movie file with all the listed players and still couldn’t capture a solid frame. Please help!

#9

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Open any art programs like MS Paint, Photoshop/Image Ready, GIMP, Macromedia (Freehand, Dreamweaver?, others), and others
Nero Showtime- open, if you want to find best frame, then press slow down and pause. If you will like frame, then press right button for opening “capture frame” or ALT C on video.

Then select “New” on art program. Select paste it.

If you may not understand, then you may look it at google search engine.

I found tutorial in google search engine.

http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/newslet … 8.asp#art3

#10