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This may be a stupid question, but how do you take snapshots? I'm thinking you don't mean take a picture of your tv screen while watching the video, so just how is this done? Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] <sup>[[User talk:Shambala108|talk to me]]</sup> 18:29, May 31, 2012 (UTC) | This may be a stupid question, but how do you take snapshots? I'm thinking you don't mean take a picture of your tv screen while watching the video, so just how is this done? Thanks! [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] <sup>[[User talk:Shambala108|talk to me]]</sup> 18:29, May 31, 2012 (UTC) | ||
:Not a stupid question at all. There are many ways to get a screenshot. You can push the PrntScrn button on your Windows based machine, or | :Not a stupid question at all. There are many ways to get a screenshot. You can push the {{key|PrntScrn}} button on your Windows based machine, or {{key|Shift}}-{{Key|Command}}-{{key|3}} on your OSX machine, and then crop the resulting image. Or you can use whatever command your playback software allows. | ||
:Personally, I think the easiest method is to use VLC as your primary playback software (available at http://www.videolan.org/index.html) and then [http://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Usage:Snapshot follow these simple instructions]. VLC is available on all platforms, it opens ''everything'', and it has superior audio fidelity to any playback software I've ever used. If you've not been using VLC, you've been missing out. (That ''would'' be an advertisement, 'cept that VLC is free.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">12:07: Sun 03 Jun 2012 </span> | :Personally, I think the easiest method is to use VLC as your primary playback software (available at http://www.videolan.org/index.html) and then [http://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Usage:Snapshot follow these simple instructions]. VLC is available on all platforms, it opens ''everything'', and it has superior audio fidelity to any playback software I've ever used. If you've not been using VLC, you've been missing out. (That ''would'' be an advertisement, 'cept that VLC is free.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">12:07: Sun 03 Jun 2012 </span> | ||
:: I have a feeling the instructions are outdated. I checked the hotkeys under preferences myself, and apparently the default is Shift-S, not Ctrl-Alt-S. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 16:39, July 8, 2012 (UTC) | :: I have a feeling the instructions are outdated. I checked the hotkeys under preferences myself, and apparently the default is {{key|Shift}}-{{key|S}}, not {{key|Ctrl}}-{{key|Alt}}-{{key|S}}. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 16:39, July 8, 2012 (UTC) | ||
:::I dunno, Tybort. I don't have a Windows machine to check on anymore, but it definitely used to be — and VLC themselves are saying in [http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html their FAQ] that it ''still'' is — {{key|Ctrl}}-{{key|Alt}}-{{key|S}}. Certainly, as of version 2.0.2, the ''current'' Mac default is as it has been since version 0: {{key|Command}}-{{key|Alt}}-{{key|S}}. This suggests they're still using {{key|Ctrl}} on the Windows side. Maybe you've inadvertently changed your own defaults and forgot that you did it? The page at the VideoLAN wiki referred to above was written only in December, so if there have been changes, maybe they are super-recent. It seems weird, though, that VideoLAN would have made the version 2.0.2 Windows and Mac keys "asymmetrical", as it were. | |||
:::In any case, users can double-check the hotkey by going to '''Preferences | Interface | Hotkeys''' on a Windows machine. Once there, check '''Advanced options''' and look for the keys next to '''Take video snapshot'''. (Mac users have a more straightforward path: just go to '''Preferences | Hotkeys''' and look for '''Take video snapshot'''.) | |||
:::If you're investigating this issue further, please note that, in general, VLC uses the word ''snapshot'', not ''screenshot''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">16:12: Mon 09 Jul 2012 </span> | |||
