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Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby ekennedy » 23 Aug 2009 23:13

Previous versions detected the file type from the extension. "snapshot.bmp" was a bitmap and "snapshot.jpg" was a jpg. 1.0.1 is exporting PNG files for both of those requests.

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby VLC_help » 24 Aug 2009 23:09

You have changed VLC settings? Tools -> Preferences... and Video and Format selection?

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby ekennedy » 25 Aug 2009 23:18

You have changed VLC settings? Tools -> Preferences... and Video and Format selection?
I'm using vlc in from libvlc.dll, ignoring config.

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby VLC_help » 27 Aug 2009 13:59

There is an option called
--snapshot-format={png,jpg}
Video snapshot format
Image format which will be used to store the video snapshots
http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby ekennedy » 27 Aug 2009 16:15

There is an option called
--snapshot-format={png,jpg}
Video snapshot format
Image format which will be used to store the video snapshots
http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help

Even with that option set the resulting image is a PNG. To add insult to injury now I need some code to process the PNG. That results in access violations! (viewtopic.php?f=14&t=64159)

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby Stewart » 24 Sep 2009 00:04

I have exactly the same problem.
In Tools > Preferences > Video - alter format from PNG to JPG & Save.
VLC opens with JPG as format but still saves as PNG

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.1

Postby Stewart » 24 Sep 2009 13:10

All is OK this morning - Jpgs now being saved. :D

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Re: Snapshots problem with 1.0.2

Postby ekennedy » 28 Sep 2009 19:53

Checked on the current release 1.0.2 and noticed the issue has still not been fixed.

Even setting default export within VLC to .jpg it still exports .png files. When using through libvlc.dll the exports are always PNG files... regardless of that you name them.


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