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GleepGlop22
13th March 2004, 20:52
hi, i loaded an avi or whatever into powerdvd 5 and it captured the first screen i took but from then on when i pressed capture it would just go black for a second and return, and there would be no bmp in my folder for the shot.
powerdvd 5 is the only thing ive gotten sucessful screens with, and ive tried turning on and off acceleration in the options...
wierd that it would work once and then stop working...
2COOL
13th March 2004, 21:10
@GleepGlop22

Welcome to the forum! :D

Here's one suggestion you can do.

You can use TMPGenc to open your AVI. Do a Shift+Ctrl+P to preview. Go to the vicinity of the frames you want. Now go to File / Output to file / Sequence BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG file. Select a destination folder and format type. Press Save to process. Just press your Stop key to abort when you got enough BMPs to choose from. ;)

Also, if you want to copy and paste a specific frame, you can do so in preview window. Do a Ctrl+C to copy to clipboard.
GleepGlop22
13th March 2004, 21:20
is that a program i can download? my technique is i pause at the exact frame i want and then hopefully turn it into a bmp... its better if its a dvd so i can advance frame by frame but...
2COOL
13th March 2004, 21:26
Originally posted by GleepGlop22
is that a program i can download? my technique is i pause at the exact frame i want and then hopefully turn it into a bmp... its better if its a dvd so i can advance frame by frame but... Available in Doom9's download section. http://www.doom9.org/software.htm Look in MPEG1/2 Encoders section. ;)
GleepGlop22
13th March 2004, 22:29
hmm, the ctrl c method for the preview seems to work, except the quality is poor and i know it could be better, im not sure if theres a way to get a better quality output... is this the program that people use to get screens from avi's?
GleepGlop22
14th March 2004, 01:51
the TMPGenc works but the quality is poor unless i havent figured out how to maximize the quality yet, and powerdvd 5 inexplicably doesnt work...
ammck55
14th March 2004, 06:26
You must have posted a new thread by mistake, so I'll merge this one with the one that's currently running.

ammck55
Abond
14th March 2004, 09:59
Load in TMPG a DVD Template.
From avi you can capture a frame with VirtualDub (or VDubMod)
From DVD you can capture a frame with Media Player Classic (not 100% sure though)