[MPlayer-users] capture a screen shot

[D Richard Felker III]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 08:30:18AM +0100, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This morning when I wanted to watch a DivX file on a SuSE-8.1/Linux box at work
> I realise that the directory where the DivX file lies was full of .jpg files
> that where screen shots of the first seconds of the DivX movies. I don't know
> what created them. I did maybe something with MPlayer (hit a key?).

You probably used -vo jpeg, or maybe you didn't have another working
vo so mplayer fell back to vo_jpeg.

> Thus it means that I can capture with MPlayer screen shots of a .avi movies bur
> how? If anybody can tell.

If you want to capture arbitrary screenshots the best thing to do is
use -vo x11, then pause and use a separate window-capture program.

> Hoping this message will arrive the list because I have not got anything since
> a few days. Is the MPlayer group striking?

Yes, we're demanding higher pay and decreased hours... ;))

Rich