Screencapping Programs?

[BeardedHoplite]

Alright, I grabbed VLC, but how do I configure the screen-capturing? Do I need that Stone Image Viewer or does VLC come with one?

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. Would Paint work to crop and convert? I really don't want to install another program.

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by BeardedHoplite

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. Would Paint work to crop and convert? I really don't want to install another program.

Paint's JPEG output is horrible, you're better with something like GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) or photoshop.

[Gunman5]

Hi, I'm one of the newer users on here and like some, I typically take my pictures and screencaps either from a quicktime file or a YouTube video since the copyright protection disallows for me to do a Shift+Command+4 snapshot but overall I find that the best way if you get the video in fullscreen mode and take a picture with that key combo.

[Evil Tim]

As a note: nobody should discuss how to take screenshots from blu-ray discs, since almost all ways to do so can also be used to pirate blu-ray discs, and the industry is pretty sharp on sending cease and desists to anyone discussing how to do that.

Best you can say for that is that older blu-ray players have screenshot functions. Most new ones have the functionality gutted out of them to stop people using a macro to screencap every frame and them stitch them back together into a movie.