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I'm trying to take snapshot from some videos, but when I take them VLC names vlcsnap-error[number] (like, vlcsnap-error114.jpg) instead of using the timestamp; in settings the prefix is vlcsnap- and I can't understand why the error.

I'm running VLC 2.2.1 on Windows 8.1.

and I can't understand why the error

and why correct timestamp for this user
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=128537&p=433600#p433600

I've got the same problem
it was working just fine before updating the app

i have same problem.
using vb.net

I also had this error on Windows 10 64 bit with VLC 2.2.2 64 bit (as well as 2.2.1 and 2.1.5 64 bit) - replacing it with the 32 bit version solved it.

Reverting to 32 bit worked for a while, but now I don't know why it went back to the wrong naming...

Are you sure you did not change version in-between?

I'll check again, but I didn't upgrade it in the meanwhile, so I'm not sure how it could be back to 64 bit...

I mean the version number, not the bit width.

I didn't upgrade it in the meanwhile, I'll check if someone else did; if anything, I could try a rollback and see if this solves the problem...

I checked, it was upgraded from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4.

Just to confirm that I am seeing the same issue.

Clean install of Windows 10 with a new install of VLC 2.2.4 64bit.

As I said, it will only be fixed in 3.0

I've been getting this naming error with v2.2.4 (64 bit) on Win10 64 bit.

But there's an additional error... the screenshots are LARGER than the original frame. So instead of being 720x1280 they are 738x1280 with those 18 extra pixels being a solid lime green bar.

I think I solved that green line by deselecting "Use hardware YUV->RGB conversion" under Preferences > Video.

I think I solved that green line by deselecting "Use hardware YUV->RGB conversion" under Preferences > Video.

Thanks for responding. It didn't work... or I should say I don't seem to have problems with mp4 files I've compressed. But I have problems with the original .mov video files shot on my Canon SX160is... which I believe are mjpeg. Maybe that's a clue to why it's happening.

If I'm watching 480p mjpeg videos... it adds 2 pixels rows of green.... but it consistently adds 18 pixel rows for 720p. I have nothing to shoot 1080p mjpegs on.

Here are the video specs from Media Info for the 720p files that create those green line. It's saying that these files are AVC but I don't believe there's any interframe compression. These video stream alone is a whopping 19Mbs

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 0000.02 (qt )
File size : 201 MiB
Duration : 1 min
Overall bit rate : 24.7 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Writing application : Lavf53.24.2

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=15
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 min
Bit rate : 23.2 Mb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Minimum frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 30 000.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.839
Stream size : 188 MiB (94%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Color range : Full
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.601

I'm trying to take snapshot from some videos, but when I take them VLC names vlcsnap-error[number] (like, vlcsnap-error114.jpg) instead of using the timestamp; in settings the prefix is vlcsnap- and I can't understand why the error.

I'm running VLC 2.2.1 on Windows 8.1.

Looking back at my folder of captured frames... I had no problems with these errors with Win8.1. They started with Win10.

32-bits vs 64-bits VLC maybe?

32-bits vs 64-bits VLC maybe?

Partial success. I uninstalled 2.2.4 64 bit yesterday and installed the 32 bit. It did fix the file naming problem. But it's still adding the green bar to the bottom of some screen shots. Since that's a separate problem... perhaps I should start a new thread on the topic.

Problem is I don't know with what version that problem started.

Still having this problem in the last 64bits version. I unistall it and then I install the 32bits version and now the problem is solved. But my PC is 64 bits, It would be nice to solve this problem in VLC 64bits version.

Thank you for this great player, by the way.