screen capture/screen grab movies

nosmarie · Mar 24, 2009, 01:54 AM

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to take a screen shot/screen grab ect. movies on mac? Because I wanted to put it as my desktop and take a few and just have them alternating.

Thanks!

BlueRevolution · Mar 24, 2009, 02:13 AM

Wait, slow down. You want to do what what? Take video screenshots and use them as your desktop?

johto · Mar 24, 2009, 07:27 AM

Do you mean still images from movie playing?

Just use the normal screen capture keys while having the movie on pause/playing on fullscreen

cmd+shift+3

BlueRevolution · Mar 24, 2009, 12:15 PM

Ah yes, that would make some sense. It's not the most clearly-worded post I've ever read, put it that way.

Unfortunately, johto's trick won't work in DVD Player. It'll be fine in QuickTime, though.

ethical · Mar 24, 2009, 12:38 PM

after collecting your screen grabs, put them all in a folder, and in system preferences under desktop you can select that folder and check the "change every x minutes" box.

nebarik · Apr 6, 2009, 10:17 AM

if its DVD's your playing and need to take screens of. try using VLC player. either the standard screenshot (cmd+shift+3) or the inbuilt screenshot function VLC player has

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nosmarie macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009	screen capture/screen grab movies Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to take a screen shot/screen grab ect. movies on mac? Because I wanted to put it as my desktop and take a few and just have them alternating. Thanks!
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BlueRevolution macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal, QC	Ah yes, that would make some sense. It's not the most clearly-worded post I've ever read, put it that way. Unfortunately, johto's trick won't work in DVD Player. It'll be fine in QuickTime, though. __________________ Ⓟ PIRATE PARTY OF CANADA — Information leadership for the 21st century
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Mar 24, 2009, 07:27 AM	#3
johto macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Finland	Do you mean still images from movie playing? Just use the normal screen capture keys while having the movie on pause/playing on fullscreen cmd+shift+3
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Apr 6, 2009, 10:17 AM	#6
nebarik macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007	if its DVD's your playing and need to take screens of. try using VLC player. either the standard screenshot (cmd+shift+3) or the inbuilt screenshot function VLC player has
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