[mythtv-users] Getting Screenshots via jump snapshot

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Kenneth Emerson
<kenneth.emerson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've tried capturing screenshots using the "jump snapshot" jump point via
> the telnet command port 6546.  Each time I do, I get the error message:
>
> 2010-02-14 11:34:31.279 MythMainWindow::screenShot saving winId 259 to
> //tmp//myth-screenshot-2010-02-14T11-34-31.279.png (0 x 0) [ 0/0 -
> 1920/1080] type PNG
> 2010-02-14 11:34:31.280 Scaling to 0 x 0 from 0 x 0
> 2010-02-14 11:34:31.280 MythMainWindow::screenShot Failed!
>
> Can anyone give me pointers on how to use this feature?  I'm running trunk
> with a combined FE/BE.

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?)