sangiro 26 #1 July 27, 2006 Heya all, I'm looking for a very light free frame grabbing application. No shareware or 'pay for the full version' stuff. All it needs to be able to do is to capture a video frame from as many as possible of the most popular online media formats - wmv, mpg, mov, avi, ram. Any suggestions? Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #2 July 27, 2006 I beleive MPlayer in Linux can do it. I think it has a Windows version as well. Clicky.Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plutoniumsalmon 0 #3 July 27, 2006 If you have video editing software on your computer you might be able to do it alreadyPointy birds Oh pointy pointy Anoint my head Anointy nointy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 July 27, 2006 In a pinch, you can usually make whatever player you have as large as you can make it and simply do a screen capture of your display.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #5 July 27, 2006 Depending on your video card overlay, PRNTSCREEN can capture the entire player, then crop. I did a review of frame-grabs for Studio Magazine back in November, here's a list: Some are free, some are shareware, some are trials SnagIt's demo is 30 days, runs great. TV VideoGrabber is very good, free demo Advanced AVISplitter 1.25 is great, but 20.00 Capturex Image is great, shareware ACS is another one XVid in the event you already have it Most DVD player software offers it iMovie has it (dunno if you're Apple) Topaz Moment IC Image Control (free) Video2Photo/Pixelchain (free) AviSynth Free Advanced AVI Splitter (MPEG and AVI only) Free EZPhotoGrabber Free HTH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dokeman 0 #6 July 27, 2006 movie maker does it and its included with windows xp SP2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #7 July 27, 2006 I could never get screen capture to work... it always copies the media player border with a black screen as the display. These days I just use one of the editing programs I have installed.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratman05 0 #8 July 27, 2006 http://www.acasystems.com/en/screencapture/faqs01.htm Check out #2 about disabling "hardware Acceleration". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #9 July 30, 2006 Excellent. Thanks for all the help. Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #10 July 30, 2006 QuoteI could never get screen capture to work... it always copies the media player border with a black screen as the display. These days I just use one of the editing programs I have installed. I was about to say the same thing, but if you read DSE's post you'll see that we propaly don't hav a great video cardMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #11 July 31, 2006 Actually, the "great" video cards usually have more problems than the "cheap" video cards. Go figure. I don't use gaming cards or any high end card in our video systems at all. Matrox 550's in probably 10-12 machines, a few Parhelia cards in others, and some are just doubled up S3 cards. Old, and cost maybe 10.00. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #12 July 31, 2006 Yup, all the video cards I've had were high-end gaming cards and it never worked on any of them.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
