Screenshot makes only solid green images

[Tim from Sola]

I am using VLC version 3.0.1 Vetinari on an Alienware 15 R3 laptop running windows 10. While playing a video file and when I click on the screenshot icon on the toolbar it only saves a solid green image instead of an actual image of what was on the screen at the time. I was playing an x264 mkv file. In the settings I tried using both png and jpeg as the file types of the files it saves but it makes just a green rectangle with both. Any idea what I can to make it work?

[noob5000000]

I'm having this same issue with most video formats. .avi screenshots work normally, .m4v, .mov, .wmv, .mkv all produce a solid green screenshot, some .mp4 are solid green, others create a solid green background with lighter green and/or red lines angling across parts of the screen.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I'm having this same issue with most video formats. .avi screenshots work normally, .m4v, .mov, .wmv, .mkv all produce a solid green screenshot, some .mp4 are solid green, others create a solid green background with lighter green and/or red lines angling across parts of the screen.

PLease share your logs, with VLC 3.0.3

[SimonSolar2C]

I too am having this problem, green snapshot images. My video format is:
Looks like I cant attach images or log file to this post.

[SimonSolar2C]

Maybe you can see this.
It is the codec window for the file that produces a green snapshot

or this?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4vb53zfbebt3 ... c.jpg?dl=0

[roo4less]

Completely uninstall VLC , preferably with revo uninstaller or similar software, download a freshly up to date installation files and install, during install you will come across some options for adding to browsers, scroll down to the very last option which will be a tick box with the option of removing cache and files from previous installation , once VLC is installed taking snapshots will work with all video formats.

[ertank]

I just installed 64bit version of "VLC 3.0.6 Vetinari jenkins@728791c5f812 Jan 9 2019 20:40:01" on my computer for the first time.
When playing over rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
I see video on screen just fine.
When I try to take a snapshot. They are only 1/4 correct.
I tried to upload some of the captures here for better understanding.
https://imgur.com/a/4FSLhpv

Any help is appreciated.

[TheKiller]

The issue is still present in the latest version of 3.0.16 Vetinari. If you have "Image Adjust" checked/activated, screenshots come plain green.

[Lotesdelere]

The issue is still present in the latest version of 3.0.16 Vetinari. If you have "Image Adjust" checked/activated, screenshots come plain green.

You should create a new ticket on the VLC Trac with your above report and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

[TheKiller]

The issue is still present in the latest version of 3.0.16 Vetinari. If you have "Image Adjust" checked/activated, screenshots come plain green.

You should create a new ticket on the VLC Trac with your above report and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

Done. Took me a while to find out my password and i realised that trac.videolan.org was retired and replaced by github.
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/26186