Frame Capture problems

Sinthetikdevil · #1 (**permalink**) 24th November 2002

For some reason, when I capture frames, the JPEGs are all distorted and jumbled. Once in a while it works for like one or two caps, then it goes back to being jumbled again. I can't figure this one out....it's pissing me off. I'm thinking maybe it's my video card?

Sinthetikdevil · #2 (**permalink**) 24th November 2002

Ok now this is weird. The only time the capture feature worked properly was after i tried to change overlay to 2 and I got an error message. Then it worked for 2 music videos. After that, it went back to capturing distorted images again. The weird thing is, now when I load the 2 movies that frame capture worked on, it still works on those 2 videos, but still wont on anything else. What the heck!?!!?

Someone help me out here....please!!!!

Sinthetikdevil · #3 (**permalink**) 24th November 2002

Now I think I fixed it...kinda.

I turned overlay off, and now the movies play all distorted, but the framecaps come out clear...its reversed. How gay is that. Oh well, I guess I'll just play the movies with no overlay for frame caps....even though I can hardly see what the fuck I'm capturing...

bluedan · #4 (**permalink**) 24th November 2002

Do you have latest codecs installed for your movies? Do you use ffdshow?
It could be a problem of your decoder.
If for exemple you have a brandnew XVid movie, but old decoder version then you'll have garbled pictures. Codecs like XVid are still under heavy development. Check that. If you are using DivX decoder to process XVid video you run into problems, too. Lately B-frames have been implemented into XVid builds, but are not 100% compatible with DiVX/Mpeg4.
For some people ffdshow causes problems, too. Turn it of then under corresponding 'codec' tab in ffdshow config. Or try installing latest version (find it on sourceforge).
Do you use implemented key shortcuts for capturing? It's Shift-P and P.
In mode 1 it should work properly, mode 2 doesn't AFAIK.
You see, there may be a lot of reasons for your problems.
Another thing you can try is doing screenshots in fullscreen mode with 'print'-key right next to 'F12'. Pause bsplayer then, switch to a photo editor and paste: there it is...