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[tcman41]

Ok, i am playing a dvd in mc13, i right click on the screen, pick dvd options and then screen grab to file.

Where are the screen grab files going and in what format are they?

thanx

TC

[Yaobing]

The jpg files go to "Application Data\J River\Media Center 13\Data\ScreenGrab\" folder, unless you directed them somewhere else.

[tcman41]

The jpg files go to "Application Data\J River\Media Center 13\Data\ScreenGrab\" folder, unless you directed them somewhere else.

Is this application data under documents & settings\administrator?, anyway i have looked in every location on my computer where there is a application data\j river folder and in none of these i am seeing a data folder.

In addition i see no where in MC13 to direct where the screenshots should go. I have noticed that right underneath the option the properties box is greyed out, meaning i have no way to specify where the grabs should go or apparently even the ability to make them, wonder whats going on?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
TC

[Yaobing]

It should be under Application Data folder of the current user. If you computer OS is Vista, the folder names maybe somewhat different.

Sorry, I mis-spoke on directing the files to another folder.  For "Use screen grab for thumbnail", the folder is always in the AppData.  You can choose a different folder only if you do "Screen Grab to file".

[tcman41]

It should be under Application Data folder of the current user. If you computer OS is Vista, the folder names maybe somewhat different.

Sorry, I mis-spoke on directing the files to another folder.  For "Use screen grab for thumbnail", the folder is always in the AppData.  You can choose a different folder only if you do "Screen Grab to file".

thanx, but in my previous post i stated that the properties button to redirect to where i can send the screenshot files is greyed out, it wont let me specific an alternative directory or even seems like let me take screen shots...

[rick.ca]

I'm not sure how this feature is intended to work, but what "Screen Grab to file" is doing (build 132) doesn't make sense to me. It invokes a standard "Save as" dialog in which a filename must be entered. But it doesn't matter what is entered, the image is always saved with the video filename. Subsequent screen shot images overwrite the previously saved image.

What I expect from a screen shot function is the ability to instantly and unobtrusively get as many shots as I wish—without interfering with the viewing of the video. That means it's invoked by a keyboard shortcut or remote key press, and the images are saved in some logical (preferably configurable) location. The image filenames would be automatically incremented, or perhaps named with its time-location in the video.

[Yaobing]

I'm not sure how this feature is intended to work, but what "Screen Grab to file" is doing (build 132) doesn't make sense to me. It invokes a standard "Save as" dialog in which a filename must be entered. But it doesn't matter what is entered, the image is always saved with the video filename. Subsequent screen shot images overwrite the previously saved image.

What I expect from a screen shot function is the ability to instantly and unobtrusively get as many shots as I wish—without interfering with the viewing of the video. That means it's invoked by a keyboard shortcut or remote key press, and the images are saved in some logical (preferably configurable) location. The image filenames would be automatically incremented, or perhaps named with its time-location in the video.

This is fixed in an upcoming build.

[fitbrit]

Also bear in mind that if your video renderer doesn't allow screengrabs, your screengrab to file action will just be ignored by MC13. This isn't disasterous, as you're expecting a save box and can tell something's amiss if it didn't appear. It is dangerous if you're doing screengrab to thumbnail for many video files in a row without checking that they're being made, though; you may find that the last 20 screengrabs you thought you made, just didn't get saved. I think MC should alert the user that the screengrab procedure won't work with the chosen renderer. I use Haali for playback, but have to switch to WVR9 for screenshots.