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I want to take screen captures of these videos on dailymotion. It plays for a few minutes and just stops. I am trying to stream it at the moment. Is it best to download the video first to get bigger and clearer pics? Could it be because of slow internet connection? How do people gets clips like this onto dailymotion etc.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh25i0 ... -1-2_sport
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh25x9 ... -2-2_sport

Also is it possible to stream or download shows from youtube such as Hollyoaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMR0873Y2wM&list=SL

Thanks In advance

I get the best source i can...dvd, download, stream...and pause the source when taking a snapshot. I use vlc or ms snipping tool to take a snapshot.

Realplayer has a "download this video" option...if it is disabled, i use the BSR screen recorder which also can take snapshots. Note: the bsr free version has a watermark at the bottom right, and adds another watermark in each corner every week until all 4 corners are full, so do all your snapshots the first week. I have the paid version which is well worth the money if you want to record tv shows etc...you can set preset window regions to record for different sites.

I'm new to vlc so I can't be more specific about it's functions.

If you use Firefox then you can get the "download helper" add on, which works well for snagging videos from YouTube, etc. As far as RealPlayer, if you're going to do that then you need to make sure that you install the "download manager" add on when you install the latest version of RealPlayer.

On the topic: I've noticed that when I take a screen cap of any video, whether it's a clip or a DVD, it can end up blurry. Is there any way to avoid this? I note you mention pausing the source when taking a screen cap - is that the only way to avoid a blurry screenshot?

Currently using VLC 1.1.7 The Luggage on a Windows XP machine (Core2Duo, 2 Gig memory) with an nVidia 9500 GT card (1 Gig memory), so hardware isn't a problem.