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 | | From: | gwaihir | | Subject: | extract stills | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 06:00:26 -0800 |
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 | I am trying to extract stills from an avi file. I play the file, and
try the screen capture, but it captures a black box over where the avi
file was playing. This black box will display the avi if I put it over
the spot where the avi file is playing. I assume that this is because
the graphics card is doing some fancy stuff to play the avi file
faster, which means that the os doesn't actually have the bits of the
file, it only displays a special color that lets the graphics card do
its magic. This being the case, how do I actually capture a still
image from the avi file???
Thanks
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| | From: | burlev at hotmail.com | | Subject: | Re: extract stills | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 21:19:40 -0800 |
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| You can do this in Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker. I have also used a
tool called AVIedit http://www.am-soft.ru/download.html
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| | From: | Gene E. Bloch | | Subject: | Re: extract stills | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:15:40 -0600 |
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| "gwaihir" wrote in
news:1106229626.751206.29270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
> I am trying to extract stills from an avi file. I play the file,
> and try the screen capture, but it captures a black box over where
> the avi file was playing. This black box will display the avi if
> I put it over the spot where the avi file is playing. I assume
> that this is because the graphics card is doing some fancy stuff
> to play the avi file faster, which means that the os doesn't
> actually have the bits of the file, it only displays a special
> color that lets the graphics card do its magic. This being the
> case, how do I actually capture a still image from the avi file???
>
> Thanks
>
If you mean the WIndows screen capture, it won't work becasue Video
Acceleration bypasses something in Windows. If you ask what that is,
someone else will have to answer :-).
Two solutions:
1. Turn off video acceleration (right click on the desktop, choose
Properties, then Settings | Advanced | Troubleshoot and slide the
Hardware acceleration slider to the left. Press Apply, then OK your
way out.
2. There might be a snapshot button in the program (or one or more
of the programs) you use to watch the video. If so, this is the
esisest way to do it. You'll have to look. It usually looks like an
icon of a 35mm camera.
HTH,
Gino
--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino) phone 650.966.8481
Call me letters find me at domain blochg whose dot is com
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| | From: | PTravel | | Subject: | Re: extract stills | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:47:21 -0800 |
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"gwaihir" wrote in message
news:1106229626.751206.29270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I am trying to extract stills from an avi file. I play the file, and
> try the screen capture, but it captures a black box over where the avi
> file was playing. This black box will display the avi if I put it over
> the spot where the avi file is playing. I assume that this is because
> the graphics card is doing some fancy stuff to play the avi file
> faster, which means that the os doesn't actually have the bits of the
> file, it only displays a special color that lets the graphics card do
> its magic. This being the case, how do I actually capture a still
> image from the avi file???
Most editing programs will do it, but I assume you're not interested in
spending much money on this. Take a look at virtualdub, an open-source,
free program that, I suspect, will do what you want.
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> Thanks
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