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[icosahedron]

Hi,

I'm using Lucid 5.2.5.

When I try to take a screenshot from UM Player version 0.95, using the default MT Paint screen capture tool, the captured image shows for a fraction of a second, then it's replaced by a plain blue field. The image data does not seem to be captured. All I get is a png depicting a blue screen.

I can capture a video image from the default Gnome player without difficulty, so I assume it's a problem with UM Player.

Any idea what is wrong and how to fix it? I need UM Player for its Frame-step function. (I've tried a capture on live, pause and step, and I get the blue screen of death in all captures from UM Player).

It could be something simple. I'm a Linux beginner, and I probably can't fix anything from Command Line - I've never used it.

Thanks.

[Semme]

Which output driver's being used for video? Does the condition reach across different video formats?

[icosahedron]

Sorry, what does output driver mean? Where would I find the answer? (my sig says it all. )

It sort of bridges formats.
Following your question, I tried different formats. It does what I described on MP4 and Mpeg, but on wmv, instead of seeing a blue screen, I see the continuing video in the MT Paint screenshot window rather than a still shot if I snapshot without pausing the vid. If I pause, it seems to work normally, but when I save, it goes through the motions, but the image file shows the blue screen when I retrieve it.

Those are the only formats I have to hand just now, but it seems likely that any screenshot image will be blue regardless of interim appearances.

Thanks.

[CatDude]

Hello icosahedron

[icosahedron]

Thanks Cat Dude. Well, in that case, it's set to the default xv.

As a matter of curiosity I fired up my 'other' machine, and Windows Media Player won't capture screenshots into MS Paint either.

I'm wondering if it's some sort of anti-piracy security thingy (note the techno-jargon there) that Gnome player (1.0.2) successfully ignores. I wonder if there's a later version of Gnome Player with a frame-step function?

Thanks.

[Semme]

Thank you CatDude.

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This has something to do with the frame buffer. Since I don't fully understand it, I don't have a reasonable explanation.

[icosahedron]

Thanks Semme.

I tried taking a screen shot with UM Player's own screenshot command, but I couldn't figure out how to import that into MT Paint. Either the screen capture isn't working or I need to sit down for a few weeks and learn how to use MT Paint properly, too. I'll fit it in sometime...

However, I've just found on the net some keyboard controls for Gnome M Player that aren't listed in its non-existent help file.

Apparently Gnome does have a frame step function - it's the full stop (period) key. So my immediate problem can be solved by using Gnome rather than UM, but I'd still like an effective way to capture from UM.

Thanks.

[Semme]

Import would have to happen directly from mtPaint as I doubt UMPlayer can handle the transfer the same way the psnapshot script can. At least, not without some *divine* intervention.

UMPlayer by default saves screen shots to /root/.config/umplayer/screenshots..

This is where you'd open them from mtPaint.

[icosahedron]

Thank you Semme. That location works and it stores images that are not a blue screen. I would never have found it buried away in hidden files.

Problem solved.

It’s a pleasure to to find helpers who can explain things to a Bear of Very Little Brain.

Thanks again for your time.

[Semme]

Oh good. Just look under the *general* tab in options >> prefs and you'll see YOU control the destination directory.

*Update: As I originally thought, changing the output driver to say, x11 or gl will allow capture with an outside utility.

[icosahedron]

Even better.

Thanks for that update. Now I just have to remember all this next time I want to capture from video.

(I run Puppy live from CD, so I tend to add things like this to a list and remaster when the list gets long enough.)

[CatDude]

Hi

[Semme]

Now THAT is gonna come in handy!
<Once I figure out howda woik it>

[icosahedron]

Hi Cat Dude, thanks for that tip.

I see the thing, but as Semme says, I've no idea what it does or how to work it, and, along with much other potentially useful stuff, I doubt if I'll find the time to learn in the next decade... I just write a WP document and file it on a stick under Puppy Updates.

[Semme]

Hey Sherlock- just incase, create the /usr/share/doc/notecase folder and drop this in.