[MPlayer-dev-eng] [patch][rfc] screenshot. Aspect Ratio problems

[The Wanderer]

Rich Felker wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 06:22:16AM +0100, ObsessiveMathsFreak wrote:

>>> There is no way to give a "what you see is what you get" output.
>>> It simply does not exist, since the scaled video only exists on
>>> the phosphors of your crt (cells of your crappy tft) for a split
>>> second.
>> 
>> There's an abundance of third party screenshot capture programs.
>> People really like taking screenshots. A lot of distros now include
>> some kind of screen capture function as well, which is more or less
>> a poor mans WYSIWYG.
> 
> No, they will not work at all. They'll give you a solid blue (or
> other color) window, because THE PICTURE IS NOT THERE.

That depends on the VO method. With some of them this is certainly true,
unless my memory is being several times less cooperative than usual, but
I've used scrot to take screenshots from MPlayer's window more than once
in the past.

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