Capture picture function disabled ??

[bluedan]

Heya,
Did anybody try to produce a snapshot with 'P' or shift+'P' on a WinXP system?
I tried with all versions since .479 with OGM and AVI (both containing XVid coded material). I know it had worked before on my Win98SE ( ) system, switched some weeks ago to eXPerienced.
I need images from chapters for the cbf file.
On the ReadMe file from Zoomplayer I read that M$ changed something with the videosystem in XP. I was looking there for a way to to do my snapshots with that player, but it only says that you have to configure the filter (sorry, which filter??) manually.
Comments?

[fk]

I have strange problems too; after recover win2k from a backup an add only the latest codecs something is going wrong; subtitles does not appear even if the some materiale has previously worked, when i grab i get always the some picture full of garbage or a black picture and with some ogm already tested before now i get the exception warning and the player hang/close.

Does exist a way to edit and remove codecs? Also about hacking the registry or anything else, so i'll try older filters to make the system similar like was before the recover.

[fk]

Not sure, after some try i figured there is a problem with the filter ffdirectshow, and to play ogm files with subtitles i have to upgrade dvobsub to the actual version 2.16 ;
Unsolved the problem about that ogm that crashes the player.

[bluedan]

Wait a sec.
For OGM+ subtitles look at this:http://forum.bsplayer.com/bspforum/viewtopic.php?t=393
FFdshow is doing fine on my WinXP and on all others, AFAIK. Maybe there is a noticable playback quality decrease with XVid compared to Nic's postprocessing filter (http://nic.dnsalias.com/). But that should be all.
There are two ways for uninstalling codecs/ filters: If it was installed with an installation routine ->control panel -> Software -> uninstall.
Or look under control panel -> System -> device manager -> audio + videocodecs, double click, tab properties, remove
Or for filters (.ax): regsvr32.exe /u [filtername.ax] in command line simply to unregister, it's not gone, you can register it again without (/u).
It looks like you need a fresh install of your player and codecs: latest!

BTW, over at Doom9 DJ BoBo ( horrible nick, em!?) solved my problem with capturing image: you have to turn on overlay mode 1.

As brave as a student can me: Why, I have to ask. What makes the difference between 1 and 2 ?

[fk]

i found very useful register and unregister the codecs with regserv32 and i solved mosto of the problems;

About pictures garbage i solved by unregistering the ffdshow but i think i must try some more with other codecs.

Overlay mode? There is something strange happened, if i convert a ogm to avi adding subtitles (using Graphedit) i need to use overlay 2 or rgb or older rendering mode or i get black screen, maybe my 3dfx/V3 card is too old but other avis don't need that settings, also the various alternative players seem to work fine.

i think i need to learn more how codecs are handled by the system.

[ckkaris]

Hey!
Okay, I'm not a computer genius.
I got BSPlayer to make screencaps, at someone's instruction, and when I hit P or Shift P I get nothing but a green picture with the outlines of the picture, and it's a mirror-like image (complicated to explain)
I have Windows XP, and i"m taking from either AVI or MPG shows that I have downloaded. Anyone know what my problem could be? And how to fix it.

Thanks