9 of 10 video snapshots are green

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9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby basspig » 17 Jul 2023 04:07

When I grab a snapshot of a paused video, usually I'll get one good frame written to disc. Subsequent frames will appear to be grabbed normally (the thumbnail in the upper left of the VLC screen looks fine) but the file written to disc is a green frame. If I keep clicking the the grab (camera) icon a dozen times, I'll get a good grab out of that dozen or so.
I upgraded from 3.0.4 to 3.0.6 and the problem persists.
The video plays fine and no green video at all, just the frames captured to disc are green.
What could be causing that?

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Re: 9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby Lotesdelere » 17 Jul 2023 13:26

I upgraded from 3.0.4 to 3.0.6 and the problem persists.

Update to the latest version, 3.0.18 as of today.

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Re: 9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby basspig » 17 Jul 2023 22:21

I upgraded from 3.0.4 to 3.0.6 and the problem persists.

Update to the latest version, 3.0.18 as of today.
I just checked and the version I am currently updated to is 3.0.18

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Re: 9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby Lotesdelere » 18 Jul 2023 10:04

Try another video output module:
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0 ... _output.3F

You can also try with and without hardware acceleration.

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Re: 9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby basspig » 22 Nov 2023 20:22

I rotated through a bunch of the video output options and found one that consistently works: open GL. I was able to write 4 out of 4 frames in a row without green screen. Thank you.

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Re: 9 of 10 video snapshots are green

Postby BAA » 03 Dec 2024 22:01

I experienced issues with green screnn instead of VLC snapshot images this evening 03/12/2024. I restarted my windows 10 laptoponly to return to the dreaded "Microsoft windows is configuring your updates do not switch off your computer" message. When my laptop eventually became available I obtained a perfect VLC snapshot on the same video that prior to Windows update had produced a green screen.
I therefore suspect the issue might be windows graphics handling related.


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