Movie Capping

mailman · 12-13-2002, 12:18 PM

Anyone know and good simple to use free or ones that i have to pay for progams that can cap mpgs...

I use to have this one you would just play the movie pause it when ever then click on something like take picture then i would have my caption...

so i am looking for something as simple as that

thanks in advance.

Mailman.

Evil Chris · 12-13-2002, 01:15 PM

I dunno much about video editing other than Adobe Premiere is pretty damn good, however it's not free.
In the meantime, why don't you check out what you can find at www.tucows.com

Mister X · 12-13-2002, 01:30 PM

I think you're asking about getting screen caps from an mpeg if I understand right. Most ordinary screen capture programs won't work because overlay is used to display video on the monitor. So the easiest thing is a program that does like you said. Pause it and grab a still. There's a program called Virtual Dub that will do what you want. It's really an avi editing program but it will import an mpeg and get a still anytime you want. If you have PowerDVD and use it to play mpegs it has a still cap button. Many other player programs have a similar function. If you use quicktime it will allow you to export the whole mpeg as an image sequence and then you can browse the stills for what you want. At least the pro version does. Not sure about the regular version. Also there are screen grabber programs that have a switch for directx that will allow them to get a still from the overlay. SnagIt comes to mind.

LadySharlot · 12-13-2002, 04:11 PM

I don't do a lot of screen caps, but I have done a few.

We use Paint Shop Pro. It's about a $75.00 program, but I believe there might be a "free trial" somewhere on the net. It's as easy to use as what you stated you would prefer.

Start paint-shop, hit "capture", play the video, pause, click the button and the image on screen is captured for ya.

Pretty schweet!!

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LoGiCs_oF_NaThOkA · 12-13-2002, 04:14 PM

Hi, VCD Cutter is shareware, but its excellent for cutting stills and clips. You dont need to register it for still caps. If you want a free registration code, talk to me on icq# 54926307.

Mister X · 12-13-2002, 05:07 PM

Forgot about vcd cutter. That's a good one too.

12-13-2002, 05:50 PM

Check out Dazzle. We've used it before.

http://www.dazzle.com