[mythtv-users] Getting Screenshots via jump snapshot

[Kenneth Emerson]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:

> Kenneth Emerson wrote:
> > Just to not answer your question (I didn't even know that feature
> >
> >     existed!) I usually use a vnc viewer to take snapshots. Alas it won't
> >     work when video is showing, but it will take snapshots of menu screns
> >     (if thats what you are after?)
> >
> > I was really looking for a way to create my own fanart to fill in the
> > spaces where tvdb lacks pictures.  i.e. grab a still frame out of an
> > existing recording.
> >
> > -- Ken E.
>
> Have you tried using one or other of the SCREENSHOT keybindings in the
> frontend? One is in the JumpPoints context and the other is in the TV
> Playback context. You probably want the latter but not sure if it works
> with all the video renderers.
>
> Paul H.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I added a keybinding of Ctrl+s in the
TVPlayback context for screenshot.  Unfortunately, it did less than the main
jump point in the telnet session.  I paused a recording on a frame I wanted
to capture, pressed Ctrl-s and nothing happened.  Running out of ideas.
 Maybe this just doesn't work.  Sounds like noone else has tried it.

-- Ken E.
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