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Posted: **26 Jan 2013 00:00**

I'm attempting to load a huge playlist and then save (via <SHIFT-S>) a snapshot (.jpg or .png) to create a single thumbnail for each clip in a folder (or group of folders). I'd like it so hitting the snapshot hotkey gets me....

Given C:\dir1\FILENAME.AVI
Produces C:\dir1\FILENAME.JPG

Given C:\dir2\FILENAME2.AVI
Produces C:\dir2\FILENAME2.JPG

Is this possible? As far as naming the prefix (with "." <without quotes> set as the current directory) $N seems to use the meta-data TITLE instead of filename so instead of "filename.jpg" I get something like:
animals are beautiful people00001.jpg

$F produces full name and path but in reality creates an ugly snapshot name like:
file____C__Users_username.DOMAINNAME_Videos_Jungle_alcohol.wmv00001.png

How do I get a snapshot to save in the same directory as the video being played with the same name as the video (just a different extension, i.e. .png or .jpg).

Posted: **26 Jan 2013 13:41**

cannot

Posted: **31 Jan 2013 19:28**

Here was my workaround using a MS Dos Batch File, just in case anyone else has a similar need. It doesn't load a playlist--it merely loops recursively through all subfolders and launches the video files. User can take a screenshot ("Shift" + "S" in Windows) and it will save the thumbnail in the same folder with the same file name and a ".tbn" extension. Close the video after you take the screenshot and it will launch the next video. Change to .jpg if you need.

PLEASE NOTE: that this saves jpgs as .tbn (thumbnail) for use with XBMC.
vlc-screenshots.bat

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setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion

@rem SET PATH ACCORDINGLY
@rem CHANGE all instance of tbn to jpg if you would like the file saved with a jpg extension
@rem (XBMC uses a tbn extension for thumbnails)
SET VLCPATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC
@SET PATH=%PATH%;%VLCPATH%
@for /r %%f in ("*.flv", "*.mpg", "*.avi", "*.wmv", "*.mp4", "*.m4v") do @call :DONTOVERWRITE "%%f"
endlocal
goto :END

:DONTOVERWRITE
@set _FILENAME=%~1
@set _JPGFILENAME="%_FILENAME:~0,-4%.tbn"
if not exist %_JPGFILENAME% vlc --snapshot-format=jpg --snapshot-path=%_JPGFILENAME% "%_FILENAME%"

:END:

Posted: **01 Feb 2013 18:07**

Thanks for sharing your solution.

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