MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Recommendation: Windows program to create screen captures of HD video files?

> I'm unsure of your exact needs. If you can give a couple of specific clues, I might
> be able to assist better.
>
> Which format? What kind of captures do you need: random, arbitrary, or a set of
> captures like one every 30 seconds to give you an idea of each vid?

Mainly H.263 MPEG4 with a few cellphone .3GP's thrown in.

Looking for random/arbitrary/automatic every 30 seconds. (Ideally there should be an app that picks "major scene changes", I think Youtube does that for their thumbnails assuming it's not random)

Basically, the short version is that a few events were poorly documented by photos and I'd like to create photos from the available video without taking the time to watch it all over again.

> VLC plays almost anything without needing to use bloated codec packs. A couple of
> changes to place either the screen capture button, or assign a key combo to it, will
> make you just need to 1. load the vid, 2. seek to where you want to make the
> screenie, and 3. activate the function.

Yeah, I know what VLC can do.

I need to make a LOT from one video. Maybe 1 every 20 seconds or something.
And I am hoping that this can be done automatically in faster-than-real time.

1. Process video
2. Collect snapshots
3. Now take the time to choose the less crappy ones.

> If what you need is a set of captures from each video in regular intervals, there are
> many video thumbnail makers, but I've never used any of them. I'd say that there is
> probably a set of options for ImageMagick which does exactly that.
>
> Edit:
> You might just use this: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Video-Thumbnails-Maker
> Or browse the screen capture section there:
> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/desktop-screen-capture
>
> Videohelp.com has a great selection of the best tools for dealing with videos so I'm
> sure you'll find something there to use.

Okay, I'll take a look. Was hoping someone might know instantly a good one, but I guess not.

- Stiletto

Edited by Stiletto (11/07/14 01:42 AM)