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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 07/15/06 21:28
I V wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:33:24 -0700, cwdjrxyz wrote:
> > After looking at some of your posts to other groups, it seems that you
> > want some captures of video frames to make thumbnails. I just did this.
> > I played a DVD file with the Cyberlink player and paused it at the
> > frame I wished to capture. You could use any other player that will
> > play the type of video file you have and that allows you to pause and
> > navigate back and forward. I then used the free Gadwin screen capture
> > program to capture the paused frame from the screen by pressing the
> > print screen button. I then went to Paintshop Pro and pasted the
>
> That seems rather clumsy. Why not just use the frame-capture feature in
> your media player?
If I read the intention right, it is desired to capture the frame from
the video by users other than just the owner of the site with the
video, and then get the captured frame back to the server of the owner
to do I-know-not-what there. If one can capture the video from a frame
capture feature of the player - fine. However we are talking about a
..wmv video file. This can be played by the WMP, Real, QT, Winamp, and
several lesser known players as well as special players that come with
some video processing programs. Not knowing what player some viewer may
use, I am not certain that all players out there have a screen capture
feature. The free Gadwin and other like capture programs will let you
capture just about anything that you can view on the screen, and it is
easy and quick to use. The largest problem now likely is what one has
to do on the server once someone uploads the captured frame to it via
ftp or some other method. This could easily involve some rather complex
server side language even including higher level languages such as C++.
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