Looking for advice/suggestions. If I were to play a DVD or YouTube video or any video for that matter, on my Laptop, is anyone aware of any software that would be able to take rapid fire screenshots
For example: Could I leave 30 seconds of footage playing and have something take 60+ screenshots for me automatically without me having to constantly pause and do it manually?
Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
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Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
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Re: Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
There's a bunch of different options for Mac and Windows (i'm a Mac user myself) but VLC is free and available for both and should be more than capable of doing what you described.crimsonskies wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:07 am Looking for advice/suggestions. If I were to play a DVD or YouTube video or any video for that matter, on my Laptop, is anyone aware of any software that would be able to take rapid fire screenshots
For example: Could I leave 30 seconds of footage playing and have something take 60+ screenshots for me automatically without me having to constantly pause and do it manually?
Here's a tutorial that walks you through the process of dealing with batch screen capturing:
https://turbofuture.com/computers/How-t ... dia-Player
I know Scott has dealt with this in the past, so he may be able to offer some more specific insight?
Re: Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
The VLC player (free for Windows, Mac and Linux) lets you extract frame grabs as you play a given video clip. The method is explained in section 2 of this webpage.
As far as I know, VLC requires you to have the video file stored on a local drive; I don't think it works with commercial DVDs or Blu-Rays.
Good luck!
As far as I know, VLC requires you to have the video file stored on a local drive; I don't think it works with commercial DVDs or Blu-Rays.
Good luck!
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Re: Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
"Recording Ratio" initially confused me, but sorted it now. Thankyou Jim and Ben.
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Re: Rapid Fire Screenshotting/Screencapping...is this a thing?!
How about that! Ben and I posted essentially the same advice 1 minute apart. The VLC Player trick is definitely a little wonky, so hopefully two tutorials are better than one.