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Old 06-02-08, 15:46   #1
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Hi to all, I wasn't sure where to put this thread so General Chat it goes I guess!

This has been bothering me for sometime now... I was wondering how to take screencaps when viewing videos via Windows Media Player. When I press the print screen key nothing appears. Help would be much appreciated.
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Old 06-02-08, 15:48   #2
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Use another player, such as VLC.
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Old 06-02-08, 15:50   #3
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Which version are you using?

PrintScreen works perfectly fine with WMP11 for me.
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Old 06-02-08, 15:57   #4
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My impression is that it has something to do not only with the player you use, but also the video card... But VLC would be a good solution, because even if the print screen button wouldn't work, it has a feature to take snapshots built in.
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Old 06-02-08, 16:13   #5
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I don't know which version of Media Player I am using, but it certainly isn't the latest, decided not to get that one a while ago.

I just downloaded VLC. How do I take screencaps off that?
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Old 06-02-08, 16:30   #6
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Which version are you using?

PrintScreen works perfectly fine with WMP11 for me.
Oh really, cause mine is WMP 11 too, and all I get when I go to MS Paint, and press Ctrl + V is a black screen
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Old 06-02-08, 16:32   #7
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Oh really, cause mine is WMP 11 too, and all I get when I go to MS Paint, and press Ctrl + V is a black screen
Yeah, I'm always getting a black screen.
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Old 06-02-08, 16:46   #8
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I don't know which version of Media Player I am using, but it certainly isn't the latest, decided not to get that one a while ago.

I just downloaded VLC. How do I take screencaps off that?
Humm I have the Dutch version of it so I'm not sure what it's called in English, but in the Video menu, the second last option should make a screencap
By default they end up in the My Documents\My Pictures directory.
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Old 06-02-08, 16:49   #9
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FRAPS works with Windows Media Player (Only when the video is in motion, though. If you pause it, it won't work.)

http://www.fraps.com/
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Humm I have the Dutch version of it so I'm not sure what it's called in English, but in the Video menu, the second last option should make a screencap
By default they end up in the My Documents\My Pictures directory.
You're a god!I've been trying to find out for ages how to take a screenshot from VLC *runs off and takes some JCVD In Hell screens of Chris Moir*
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