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Hi!

My question is about the screen capture prefix name.

How do i change it that the name will depict the file's name, for example "Friends S01E08.jpg"?

i tried $t but i get "2012-08-13-18h29m09s179.jpg", so date and time. $T also doesnt work.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Rooney,
Just found a topic that may help you :
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23991&start=20#p286228

Even if you won't get exactly the snapshot name you wish ("Friends S01E08.jpg") , you'll be able to include the file name as prefix, by using the $N meta variable :

1) Ticking Sequential numbering :
"Friends S01E08.avi00001.jpg"

2) Unticking Sequential numbering :
"Friends S01E08.avi2012-08-13-19h03m47s132.jpg"

Maybe j-b will confirm if there's a way to save snapshots without including time or sequential number in the snapshot name, but it would be strange to allow this behavior : what about a 2nd snapshot of the same movie ? how should it be named if time or sequential number wasn't part of its name, as it would overwrite the 1st snapshot [same names]

Yes it works, thank you so much!

And no, i also need Sequential numbering so this is just fantastic!

Thanks again.

Glad it worked, I was fixing typos in my 1st answer while you already replied lol
Have a great Snapshot time

Is there anyway to edit VLC snapshot file naming? I already have changed to "%N - %T", but I want to change name and time format too, like MPC [Media Player Classic]. VLC names snapshots as "filename.mp4-00_00_0100001" [dash after file extension, hour, underline... then sequential number!] but I want to be like "filename.mp4_00.00" [just underline after file extension, then hour, dot, minutes, dot, seconds]. Is there any file in VLC app folders to edit to this name format?