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VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby thedarkjoker » 09 Aug 2008 04:58

VLC media player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

This is what it says when I take a snapshot. Then at the bottom it says Send Error Report or Don't Send. I click don't send and the program just crashes, i'm back to my desktop. I don't get it. I just downloaded the program today. I really would like to use the video cap feature in this. VLC is all around a nice program and i'd like to be able to continue using it. If you could help me that would be great! Thanks!!

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby basos » 09 Aug 2008 09:18

Hello,
i m sure you should provide vlc version
it would be nice to run vlc -v2 from a command line and provide the output.
Finaly the best is to download a nightly and run within a debbuger like gdb providing a backtrace

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby thedarkjoker » 10 Aug 2008 14:23

Sorry for not searching this problem. I don't understand though, what do I download from that link? Thanks

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 11 Aug 2008 18:43

Either install 0.8.6h or use the libvlc.dll from it with 0.8.6i.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby thedarkjoker » 11 Aug 2008 20:16

Awsome, I got the snapshot to work! Thanks man! But uh, one thing. How can I get the picture to look crystal clear like with no grainy look to it? I notice that when I upload the pic to photobucket or I look at it through photoshop. Thanks again!

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 12 Aug 2008 17:04

Is there some added graininess or is the original video grainy?

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby thedarkjoker » 12 Aug 2008 17:21

I don't belive the original vid is grainy, and i'm not sure if there is added grain to it. I never add anything like that. If i watch the movie through my dvd player or PS3 it looks great no grain at all.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby thedarkjoker » 12 Aug 2008 17:28

The movie was made in 2002 it's we were soldiers. Maybe it is just grainy itself.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 13 Aug 2008 13:16

You can try Media Player Classic and it's snapshot feature to see if the image is grainy.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby O-MEGA » 14 Aug 2008 15:12

hi reporting a bug
when i take a screen shot of 8 simple rules i pause the video to make sure its the correct
place of the intro and i press snapshot it crashs so ive gone and installed the old version till
the new one can be fixed is there going to be a bug fix for the one soon as possible cos
i like to stick with the new stuff of vlc media player as soon as.

thanks :)

this is the screenshot of the crash i get i just press dont send
also when i press the screenshot button it leaves a empty photo file format
Image

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 14 Aug 2008 15:54

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=49163
snapshot capture crash is fixed in latest release.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby O-MEGA » 14 Aug 2008 19:42

thank you

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby espera » 20 Jan 2010 09:37

I tried the latest version 1.0.3 but taking a screen shot closes the program instantly without even an error message or a crash report.

I then tried previous versions 0.9.9, 1.0.0, but they crash as well.

I had to go back to version 0.8.6i for the snapshot to work again.

Running Windows XP
ATI RADEON HD 4350
3GB RAM

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 20 Jan 2010 13:54

espera: change video output module.
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.0 ... _output.3F

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby espera » 20 Jan 2010 22:49

Thanks. I changed it to "OPENGL" first but the colors were off so I used "WINDOWS GUI" instead and everything was fine.

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby Arbie » 31 Jan 2010 22:28

It was crashing for me too, when I try to take a snapshot of a 1080p frame. I tried changing the "Video Display" setting from "Default" to "Direct X" and "Windows GDI". Neither one of them fixed the problem. Finally (in the same dialog) I turned off "Accelerated Video Output (Overlay)", and went back to "Default" on the Video Display setting. Now I can get snapshots. This is with Win XP Pro and a Radeon HD 4850 512MB graphics board.

BTW, the link to the FAQ doesn't go to anything useful. At least I couldn't info on snapshots crashing there.

Arbie

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby goodfellow_puck » 03 Feb 2010 03:47

"Windows GDI" did nothing. Using Arbie's solution to turn off the "Accelerated Video Output (Overlay)" DID work, HOWEVER after I used "Jump to Specific Time" and "Snapshot" it crashed again and continues to do so even with with the "AVO" turned off.

I used to use VLC many years ago just for screen capping purposes, but lost it when I upgraded. Just downloaded again today for this purpose and will have to go elsewhere I guess. :/

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Re: VLC crashes when I take a snapshot!!

Postby VLC_help » 03 Feb 2010 13:52

goodfellow_puck: you restarted VLC after changes?


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