Talk: Screencap

Delete This method doesn't work. At least not for Window... --Señor Eko 13:06, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

I moved this to the Help Namespace instead. This method does work in VLC for downloaded files, but I did not get a chance to test on DVD. Either way, that alone is not a good enough reason for deletion. The method should just be corrected. Jabberwock talk contribs email - 13:47, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

I'm just looking for a good method to screencap my DVDs, right now I'm using a BlazeDVD demo... --Señor Eko 13:56, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

Delete: There's nothing freaking here! Oh wait, yea there is. :-)--The thing ^Talk

This article is actually useful[]

So I might dismiss all the votes. I as a mac user did it the hard way (3rd party app) until this article taught me how. I am sure there are others like me that will benefit from it. So, unilaterally, it won't be deleted. --GodEmperorOfHell 18:49, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

It is pretty useful and informative.--Captain Insano

whether or not prtscr does or doesn't capture the image in the VLC window is very dependent on your video hardware (and indeed windows drivers settings, for pc). useful article, needs rewriting so that it describes a method which works for everyone (which will probably require two sections, one for mac, one for pc) --k a i n i. 19:24, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

Agreed, The DVD utility on Mac disables third party software and Option+Shift+3. there is, however, a third party application in here. --GodEmperorOfHell 19:29, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

The instructions on Mac were for VLC, not the default Apple DVD player, in which case you are correct. -- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯^Talk11:54, 27 July 2006 (PDT)

For PCs, there is a much easier method (perhaps for Mac too). Using VLC to screencap in the method that was suggested resulted in a black screen of the image, for me; however, there is a snapshot tool built into VLC that is easy to use. The only drawback I found is that changing the default directory didn't work for me (still went to My Pictures) but it's simple to use and I was able to get a clear shot (and you don't have to crop out the extraneous things picked up by normal screencapping). Updated article. -- LOSTonthis darnisland 21:15, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

essentially, this is my gripe; depending on what hardware or software video acceleration you use, and how the software/hardware setup handles DVD render, screencapping stuff via prtscr in VLC will result in a black area as opposed to the desired image. i think the amendment to the article ought to cover this, but... --k a i n i. 21:21, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

Right. That's why I took that bit out. I got a black screen as well. However, snapshot works fine and you get a crisp clear pic of only the image from the DVD, not the extras that have to cropped off. -- LOSTonthis darnisland 06:28, 20 July 2006 (PDT)

much better[]

much better --k a i n i. 21:09, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

thank you everyone[]

Sorry my experience is stronger on the OS X side (wow I didn't know geoh was a mac guy), and I didn't test exhaustively with all of the different PCs at my disposal when I wrote those instructions. These corrections are great, thank you. Also I've clarified the OS X instructions to specify VLC rather than Apple DVD Player... TRIVIA: actually I think if you set the "black screenshot" resulting from Apple DVD player to your desktop background, then play your DVD, your desktop becomes the moving DVD movie.-- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯^Talk11:54, 27 July 2006 (PDT)

I added the command to screencap from within VLC on Mac OS X. -- Graft talk contributions 20:17, 13 January 2008 (PST)

lost-media?[]

The lost-media episode galleries are an excellent resource. They seem to allow for resusing their screencaps as long attribution is given and no one takes an entire gallery. Is there any problem using some of these here? And is it allowable to crop images as long as attribution is given on the image page, since that would remove the watermak in some cases? --Jackdavinci 07:26, 15 February 2007 (PST)