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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!!

-Joker

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

Please use search before posting.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=48198&start=0&st=0 ... t=snapshot

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

thank you

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

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

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

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

"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. :/

goodfellow_puck: you restarted VLC after changes?